August's Full [Super!] Moon Goals Link-up ☆

Hi everyone! Brightest of super moon blessings <3

Here are my goals from the last Full Moon...

☆ Read the Llwellyn's Sabbats Essentials Lughnasadh book. Done! Always a great read =)

☆ Continue learning to love my Mystical Cats Tarot deck. Not done. Why is this so difficult for me?!

☆ Cleanse my new deck, Myths & Mermaids: Oracle of the Water, under the Full Moon tonight. Done! I love this deck so much.

☆ Cook something yummy for my Lughnasadh feast! Also done!

3 outta 4 ain't bad! Now let's create some super goals for this super moon~

☆ Search for my pendulums. [How did all three of them disappear?]

☆ Play with my beautiful candy cane quartz generator!
☆ Sew a lovely stone bag for my niece.

☆ Make an effort to dedicate more time to self-care this month.

☆ Create a fantastic herbal recipe for Tiff!

☆ Work on protecting myself from negative energies.


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Would you like to join this month's Link-up? If you're new to link-ups, here's a great how-to post!

Full Moon Goals Link-up Rules

1. This link-up is specifically for full moon goals. Any links that are unrelated to the theme or that direct to your homepage will be deleted. Please note: This is a link-up for Pagan bloggers, so please make the majority of your goals Pagan-related =)

 2. Paste this button into your Full Moon Goals post to link back here so everyone can join the goal-making fun. [Very important part. This is what makes it a 'link-up'!]

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3. Visit the other links [at least one or two!] and leave encouraging comments for our fellow bloggers. This link-up is meant to motivate us to reach our goals....and hopefully we'll make a few friends along the way!

Once you've read & understood the rules, feel free to add your Full Moon Goals blog link below!

The Faolan Girl's Lughnasadh Celebration~

Hi everyone! I hope your Lughnasadh celebrations were lovely.

One of my Full Moon Goals was to whip up something yummy for the Sabbat~ Cookies are my specialty, but I decided to try my hand at biscuits! I used several fresh herbs from my witchy garden to make these cheddar & herb biscuits. Judging by how quickly they disappeared, I'd say they were a hit with my family! I also made a jug of strawberry-mint iced tea.



I harvested a bit of my catnip plant as well. I was going to dry it for my kitties, but I think I'd also like to use it for tea!

The energies were perfect for divination! I did a three card reading for the winner of The Faolan Girl's give-away. It was such a lovely reading and I enjoyed it a lot.

Enjoying tea and a movie with my mom! We watched Left Behind, which is decidedly very un-Pagan, but I liked it. This tea is my favourite from DAVIDsTEA!

An oracle reading for myself~ I've been in an odd mood lately, making some very un-Faula-like decisions, and I decided to see what my oracle had to say about it. The reading? Turn Back!

Blessings,

Faula.

Celebrating Lughnasadh: Activities for the Harvest Festival.

♥ Collect rain and storm water for use in spellwork or to empower objects. Add dried herbs and store in glass bottles.

♥ Harvest fruits and vegetables from your garden, or pay a visit to a Farmer's Market for some yummy home-grown produce.

♥ Sacrifice bad habits and unwanted things from your life by throwing symbols of them them into the Sabbat fire. (You can either use a representation or write it on a piece of paper.)

♥ Celebrate the first harvest by eating a meal with foods of the season, such as grain and blueberries.

♥ Take a nature walk!

 ♥ Bake a loaf of bread and share it with your family and friends.

♥ Read poetry. (Whether aloud or in your head!)

♥ Make corn husk chains and corn dollies

♥ Research some of the deities celebrated on this day.

♥ Do some spellwork for releasing energies, blessings, and strengthening relationships.

♥ Hang crystals and/or sun catchers in windows. They will absorb and break up the colors of the sun and thus deflect any negative energy coming in.

Brightest of Lughnasadh blessings to all of my sister-witches, soul sisters, family, friends and readers. May your harvest be abundant and your table be blessed with love, health and happiness!

Faula.

July's BLUE Full Moon Goals Link-up

Hi everyone!

Happy Blue Moon! Shout-out to Sharnie for diligently posting her Full Moon Goals and reminding me to post the link-up =3

My goals from the last Full Moon:

☆ Do a manifestation ritual under the Full Moon to bring good things into my life. I don't think I did this....

☆ Make an effort to find my missing Tarot cards and reunite them with their proper decks. I found one! One card!!

 ☆ Maybe, finally, take photos of my stock for The Faolan Girl. Maybe. Nope.

 ☆ Plan for an upcoming giveaway here on the blog. Eee, so excited! Well, I did a giveaway on my FB page.

Well. I don't think I put much effort into completing my goals =( But here are my goals for this month:

☆ Read the Llwellyn's Sabbats Essentials Lughnasadh book.
☆ Continue learning to love my Mystical Cats Tarot deck.
☆ Cleanse my new deck, Myths & Mermaids: Oracle of the Water, under the Full Moon tonight.

☆ Cook something yummy for my Lughnasadh feast!

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Would you like to join this month's Link-up? If you're new to link-ups, here's a great how-to post!

Full Moon Goals Link-up Rules

1. This link-up is specifically for full moon goals. Any links that are unrelated to the theme or that direct to your homepage will be deleted.

 2. Paste this button into your Full Moon Goals post to link back here so everyone can join the goal-making fun. [Very important part. This is what makes it a 'link-up'!]

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<a href="http://thefaolangirl.blogspot.ca/search/label/full%20moon%20goals" title="The Faolan Girl"><img src="https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/13189_10206952645681576_263954573894369316_n.jpg?oh=633e15291f05ed9d199f4cb192dc58f1&oe=55F21EDE" alt="The Faolan Girl" style="border:none;" /></a></div>

3. Visit the other links [at least one or two!] and leave encouraging comments for our fellow bloggers. This link-up is meant to motivate us to reach our goals....and hopefully we'll make a few friends along the way!

Once you've read & understood the rules, feel free to add your Full Moon Goals blog link below!

Celebrating Lughnasadh: Decorating Your Altar ☆

Lughnasadh - August 1st.
Lughnasadh (or Lammas) is the first of the three harvest festivals. At this turn of the Wheel of the Year, we celebrate not only the generous bounty of our Mother Earth, but the fruit of our own labour. We honour our strength, our skill, and our vision which allow us to produce a harvest of abundance for ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO[d]-nass-ah) is the holy day dedicated to the Irish god Lugh. Lugh is a solar deity, but he is also the god of craft and skill. So at this Wiccan Sabbat we honour the gifts of the Sun, as well as of our own labour.
- Credit ♥

While decorating your altar for this Sabbat, think of what the first harvest brings to mind. Is it bright, sunshiney colours? Delicious seeds and grains? Late summer flowers? Incorporate these representations into your decorations or choose a few from the selection below!

Colours: Yellow, orange, red, and brown.

Flowers & herbs: Heather, oak leaves, rosehips, sunflowers, marigolds and corn stalks.

Crystals: Citrine, carnelian, cat's eye, aventurine, obsidian and clear quartz.

Symbols: Corn dollies, threshing tools, baskets of fruit/vegetables, braids of grain, bread, grapes and wine.

Brightest of Lughnasadh blessings,
Faula.

Tarot Reading GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone!

I'm offering a free 3 card, 1 question Tarot reading to one lucky fan of my Facebook page, The Faolan Girl. Please check out the FB post for giveaway rules!

Blessings,
Faula