:: Planting Spell

PLANTING SPELL| Grow what you Love in your Life

Though Spring is not yet here it is time to begin planning that vegetable or cutting garden. Time to prune back the dead limbs and make way for the fresh boughs of green...it is a good time to make manifest that which you need in your life and have been without for whatever reason it is time to give yourself permission to accept nature's bounty and prepare for it as a lover prepares a wedding bed. Now is the time of fertility and richness.

What you need:

• A small pot or plot
• A sunny, sheltered place like a kitchen window or outside a greenhouse or porch
• Organic Dirt
• Magic Plantable Spell Paper or Organic Seeds and a scroll
• Writing implement

You can use the MarvelousPLANTABLE PAPER, from above for this spell...it does come in many different colors giving you vibrational support for your spell and turning over the plant to the faery realm afterall...but you don't need that to Grow your True Desire...some choice seeds and a plain sheet of paper will do for this purpose. Check out our selection of MEDICINAL AND MAGICKAL SEEDS. The kind of seed you plant can help when it comes to creating your spell, as does the moonphase when planting. Right now the moon is waxing towards full...a perfect time to plant root crops...and also the kind of spell we are looking to take root and manifest....

Planting by the Moon

At the new moon, the lunar gravity pulls water up, and causes the seeds to swell and burst. This factor, coupled with the increasing moonlight creates balanced root and leaf growth. This is the best time for planting above ground annual crops that produce their seeds outside the fruit. Examples are lettuce, spinach, celery, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and grain crops. Cucumbers like this phase also, even though they are an exception to that rule. Plant a golden giant, Amaranth, Golden Grain to sustain your spell. New moon energy brings calmness. Next new moons for planting are March 4, April 3, May 3.

In the second quarter the gravitational pull is less, but the moonlight is strong, creating strong leaf growth. It is generally a good time for planting, especially two days before the full moon. The types of crops that prefer the second quarter are annuals that produce above ground, but their seeds form inside the fruit, such as beans, melons, peas, peppers, squash, and tomatoes. Mow lawns in the first or second quarter to increase growth. Plant a sweetpea for your sweetie. Let you love flow with a long runner of scarlet beans. There is Magick in the Morning Glory...Now is the perfect time to plant when the moonlight is strong and love is in the air.

After the full moon, as the moon wanes, the energy is drawing down. The gravitation pull is high, creating more moisture in the soil, but the moonlight is decreasing, putting energy into the roots. This is a favorable time for planting root crops, including beets, carrots, onions, potatoes, and peanuts. It is also good for perennials, biennials, bulbs and transplanting because of the active root growth. Pruning is best done in the third quarter, in the sign of Scorpio. Now is a great time to lay in those summer-flowering bulbs. Full moon energy brings pwer and heightened emotions. Next full moon to plant are Feb 18, March 19, April 18 & May 17.

In the fourth quarter there is decreased gravitational pull and moonlight, and it is considered a resting period. This is also the best time to cultivate, harvest, transplant and prune. Mow lawns in the third or fourth quarter to retard growth.

Write now your hearts desire...that which will fulfill you...money, love, meaningful work...that which calls to you to bring forth into manifestation. Know that spirit is working with you, with every fiber of your being to say YES to the path that you have chosen. Know now that mother/father god in you, as you, is you and the very power that fuels the stars beats your heart. Give thanks for this knowing and take your paper and declare your truth. So Mote it Be.

Now, if you have written your spell on plantable paper, tear off that piece and insert sideways into the dirt. You can also tear it into small squares and plant it 1/4 inches apart in a circle. If you are planting seeds do so now. Plant them according to their instructions and then burn the paper where your spell is and cast the ashes upon the dirt.

Now pick up your watering can and say:

Water me, love me, let me be,
From a tiny seed grows a mighty tree,
take root in my heart, take care of my soul,
water me, love me, let me grow.

And as your seed takes root and sends up it's first shoot of promise know that your hearts desire is now manifest...it has only now to break through the darkness of soil and into the light of being. Be sure and say your little spell as you water your plant and remember the spell is working. (Sacred Mists Shoppe)