You’ve worked hard all day at work, taken the kids to soccer practice and dance classes, cooked dinner, picked up the toys, and just as you begin on that pile of dishes in the sink, you see the Full Moon shining down on you and realize that tonight you should do something special. Homework still has to be checked, laundry needs to be done, and you need a couple of hours of sleep before starting all over again tomorrow.
Just what is a busy witch to do?
Many of us find ourselves in just this position. Life is demanding and leaves little room for free time to do a lot of magickal working. I spend ten hours of each day in my office, not to mention the time I need to spend with my daughter and other family. But you have more at your fingertips than you think!
I’m one of those busy witches! Work with your children. Encourage them to write “chore” chants to help make the chore go by faster. I know some of you may groan at the mention of that big giant purple dinosaur, but even he had a clean up song:
Clean up, Clean up
Everybody, everywhere
Clean up, Clean up
Everybody do your share
Show your children how everything they do can have a touch of magick. These are just a few things I do daily to keep my connection with the Goddess and God open and flowing. I pass this on to my daughter and she has come up with a few ideas of her own.
Do you have an herb cabinet in your kitchen? If you cook, then sure you do! Why not charge those herbs with a little magick before cooking with them? Add a pinch of garlic to that dish and charge it with good health for the family. Most of us cook with salt and it is known for it’s grounding properties. Why not charge it to do so when you eat a meal! Many herbs for cooking are also used in magick and can be found at any grocery store. Find a good book or resource on the web and make a list of what you have in your kitchen. Have the kids join in and give their own ideas as to how an herb could be used. You can teach them cooking magickally and herbal lore at the same time. It only takes a few moments while stirring a pot (clock-wise!) of food to charge it with your energy.
Can you make your laundry magickal? Why not? It may sound silly, but why not place a little spell of “cleansing for the body” or “comfort on the soul” on the laundry detergent before washing the clothes. Make up a chant while you pour in the laundry detergent (pour it in clockwise!). Remember what you did as you pull the warm clothes out of the dryer. Think of the lint as all the negative energy you’ve picked up while wearing the items and toss it all away in the garbage.
Want to protect your children while they are at school? Add a small charm to the book bag or a special treat in their lunch box charged with protection. Or charge that lunch with inspiration to do a good job on a test. You can even encourage you child to do it themselves.
The workplace can be made magickal without anyone ever knowing it! Keep a colored candle at your desk to meditate on to relieve stress (I don’t recommend lighting it… bosses frown on fire in the office) for just a few moments in the day. Place a quartz crystal on your desk charged to send you calm and peace when things get hectic. Keep your favorite oil scent in a drawer that brings a smile to your face every time you smell it.
Stuck in traffic on a Full Moon or New Moon and know you won’t have time to get a ritual in to your schedule? Take a moment, especially if it is at night, to look up to Mother Moon and thank Her for the many blessings in your life. This is the opportunity to empower your car with protection from the moonlight.
When my daughter is with me around the Full Moon, I don’t have time to plan out a full ritual. Instead, we drive out to the country, look up at the Moon, and say, “I see the Moon and the Moon sees me. Goddess bless the Moon and Goddess bless me!” This is a special way for she and I to spend time alone together and a way for me to teach her about my religious beliefs without offending the rest of my family and ex-husband.
Remember that busy witch in the beginning who just realized it was a Full Moon? That was me not too long ago. As the moonlight shone down on me, I directed its energy through me and into the dirty dishwater. I felt it cleansing me and empowering me to make it through one more busy day and felt all of the negative thoughts and energy flowing into the dirty water. After the last dish was done, the water went down the drain along with all the icky stuff I had sent into it. I felt refreshed and recharged, ready to tackle homework, laundry, and still find time to sleep.
I challenge you to take a look around at your busy life and see if you can’t find a way to add a little magick to everything you do. I bet you a nine year old who chants at the mop before cleaning the kitchen floor that you can!
—Lady Flame
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