Have you ever read an astrological report for a particular day that said aspects were good for love, or communication, or business, or whatever but your schedule kept you stuck somewhere that kept you from taking full advantage of the super ducky planetary energy? If I had a dime . . .

Well, there is a way to work around this. You can capture the benefit of planetary energies in a crystal, a charm or a potion - literally catching a "falling" planet and put it in your pocket to save for a rainy day.

Let's say Venus is in a once-in-a-lifetime aspect to Jupiter, which would serve to give your current romance a much-needed expansion, but the love of your life is on a business trip half-way around the world. All cheesy advertising to the contrary, the telephone isn't exactly your idea - or Venus' - of the best way to reach out and touch someone. What's a witch in love to do? She charges a pink quartz (or the effective stone of choice) with the energy of the moment to use when honey bunny gets back, that's what. Charging stones with energy is a very effective and easy way to use them to help you when you need them, whether it's to imprint the memory of a magickal working to help you do it again properly when you need to or to store the energy of a particular planetary alignment so you can benefit from that energy even after the planets involved have moved on. It's all about charging the stone with intent and channeling the energy available to you.

Potions work well for this type of work. At a moment when planetary energies are beneficial for a particular purpose, use the ingredients that correspond best to the planets involved to make a potion. Then, when you need to recreate those energies, even if the planets are not aspected in the same way, you can use the potion to bring the power to your spellwork that the planets would have if you had been able to do your work at the time they had been in that particular place. Whether you anoint candles or use the potion in other ways that work for you, the point is that the potion can serve you when the planets no longer can.

Busy witches with a little ingenuity never need to let auspicious astrological moments go to waste.

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 7:29 PM