Announcing!!

Good Morning, All!

It's not a normal post day, it's an announcement day! 

As of this morning, I have 76 followers on Google Friend Connect.  It's gone up over the past week, and that's awesome!  I love having you all read my posts, and I love reading all of your comments! 

SO, here it comes.  Share this blog with your friends, with whoever you think would enjoy it!  Once I reach 150 followers on GFC, I'll be having another giveaway!

So now, I have some questions for you!  If you don't normally comment, please do!  I want to know what you all think! 

For this giveaway, I was thinking of having a caption contest.  Do you think that would be fun, or would you rather a traditional giveaway?

What would you all like to see for a prize?  A gift card, or something tangible?

Let me know!! ♥

Goddess Bless,

Stacy

Honoring the Gods at Beltane

The Gods of Beltane.  Covering areas from fertility and family to new spring growth and love, they are the Gods and Goddesses of rebirth and renewal.  Goddesses are in their virgin or young mother aspect, and Gods are lovers or young fathers.  The Horned God, of course, as well as Pan, Dionysus and his Roman aspect Bacchus, Kokopelli, and Bes, are all honored at Beltane.  Goddesses honored are Hera, Flora, Artemis and Diana, and Aphrodite.  Of course these are not complete lists, they are just meant to give example.

My own Rendition of Kokopelli.

One my my favorite Gods to honor at this time is Kokopelli, the flute player.  Kokopelli is traditionally a fertility god among the Hopi, and is viewed differently in different traditions.  Some legends state that in his humped back he carries seeds, and other legends say he carries unborn babies which he hands out to women.  Either way, it is obvious that he is a god of fertility and celebration.  We honor him by distributing seed to the birds, and a great family activity at Beltane would be to build (or just buy and paint) a bird feeder!  Kokopelli has always been associated with many different animals, birds only being one kind of them.  Of course, they are the easiest animals for us to interact with in this modern age.

As for Goddesses, I always honor Hera and Freya.  It may seem like a strange combination, but it works for me.  Freya is (among other things of course) a Goddess of Abundance and Fertility.  Hera, depicted often holding a pomegranate, is an obvious Goddess of fertility.  Did you know that for many years, English kings ate pomegranates before having "relations"?  Pomegranates have for centuries been used as an aid to fertility and libido. 

Which Gods and Goddesses do you honor at Beltane?  How do you honor them?

Goddess Bless,

Stacy

Weather Magick: Should we or Shouldn't we

Most of the time I am definitely of the opinion that we shouldn't mess with the weather.  One little change here can spark infinite changes elsewhere, as we all know.  Or should know. 

Regardless, there can be days where I think about changing my mind.  Like today, for instance!  Yesterday was a gorgeous day.  A going out without a sweater kind of day, I think it got up to +8.  Celsius, of course.  The ground was nice and dry, you could see the grass coming back.  I was debating getting out my sandals.

Today?

Yep, that's what we woke up to.  It only stopped snowing a couple hours ago, we got about half a foot.  Needless to say, it was tempting.

I know some people that use the energy in the weather to help put more power into their rituals and other work.  I myself have no issue influencing the weather on occasion, more of an asking, "Hey, drop that rain over there, please!" instead of trying to control it.  I've found that most people I've known who try to control and manipulate the weather fail at it, and instead bring about worse weather.
Do you use weather magick?  How do you feel about controlling the weather?

Goddess Bless,

Stacy