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October was the eighth month of the old Roman calendar and was sacred to the goddess Astraea, daughter of Zeus and Themis.

Deireadh Fóómhair or an Damhair, the stag rut, was the Irish name for this month or Gealach a 'bhruic, moon of the badger. Winterfelleth, "winter is coming," was the Anglo-Saxon name. The Franks called October Windurmanoth, "vintage month." Hunting is the Asatru name.

The first Full Moon is called the Hunter's Moon. This moon is also known as Shedding Moon, Ten Colds Moon, Ancestor Moon or the Moon of the Dead, and the Moon of the Changing Season. It shares the name Blood Moon with July and Harvest Moon with September.

The sun passes from Libra to Scorpio around October 23rd. Marigolds are for October children. Beryl, aquamarine, opal, or tourmaline are best for people born in October, and opal or tourmaline are also the birthstones of Libra, while topaz is the stone for Scorpio. Libra has connections to aquamarine, emerald, kunzite, moonstone, opal, peridot, and pink tourmaline, and other Scorpio stones include albite, aquamarine, emerald, garnet, green tourmaline, malachite, moonstone, obsidian, and ruby.

Festivals of Sobek

festival of Ishhara (Ishtar)

Hathor Goes Forth

Hi Matsuri,

Orionids

Ceremony in honor of Thoth and a Festival for Selket.

feast day of the Saints Crispin and Crispinian (continuation of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus)

Aban Jashan

Sybil Leek

Allan Apples

Owagit

Feast of Osiris

Fyribod or Forebode

first day of the Isia - Zetesis and Heuresis

second day of the Isia - Zetesis and Heuresis

Helms Amendment was dropped

third day of the Isia - Zetesis and Heuresis

Oidhche Shamhna, Samhain Eve, November Eve, the First of the Three Days of Samhain, Oidhche Alamaise, or All-Hallow Eve

fourth day of the Isia - Zetesis and Heuresis

November took its name as the ninth month of the Roman calendar. As the first month of the winter quarter, November was the first month of the new year according to Celtic traditions, Samhain (La Samhna - Irish) being the first day of the new year. Cailleach had guardianship of this month.

Called Blotmonath, the month of sacrifice, by the Anglo-Saxons, the Franks called this month Herbistmanoth, " harvest month," and Fogmoon is the Asatru name. It was called Samhain or an t-Samhainn, summer's end, by the Irish, the month of the festival of Samhain.

The full moon of November is called the Beaver Moon. It is the Mourning or Frosty Moon, and it may also be referred to as the Moon When Deer Shed Antlers, the Fog Moon, or the Moon of Storms, a name it shares with February and March. Some call it the Dark Moon or Mad Moon.

Scorpio gives way to Sagittarius around November 22nd. Scorpios and other folk born in Those born to this month have the Chrysanthemum for their birth flower. November children have topaz for their stone, though one list mentions pearl as a stone for November, while the birthstone of Sagittarius is turquoise or lapis lazuli. Other stones associated with Scorpio are albite, aquamarine, emerald, garnet, green tourmaline, malachite, moonstone, obsidian, and ruby. Amethyst, azurite, labradorite, pink tourmaline, ruby, sodalite, and topaz are also linked to Sagittarius.

On the tenth day of the waning moon, Buddhists and Hindus of Nepal honor the mother goddess Gujeswari

fifth day of the Isia -the Zetesis and Heuresis

Day of the Banshees

Hela and the dragon Fafnir

Aquarian Tabernacle Church established

La Samhna, Samhain Day; Second of the Three Days of Samhain; Feile na Marbh, Samhain, All-Hallowtide, the Feast of the Dead, Mile na Marbh, and Fide Moingfhinne

sixth day of the Isia -the Zetesis and Heuresis

last day of Samhain

last day of the Isia -the Zetesis and Heuresis

St. Malachy

Gaelic New Year

Inuit tug-of-war competition

Taurids

Also known as : Fleadh nan Mairbh (Feast of the Dead), All Hallows Eve, Hallowtide, Harvest Home, Hallowmass, Hallows, The Day of the Dead, All Soul's Night, All Saints' Day, Third Harvest, Samana, Old Hallowmas, Vigil of Saman, Shadowfest (Strega), and Samhuinn, Dyedy (“Ancestors” Slavic), Vetrarkvöld (Scandinavia)

Dividing the year in half, Samhain and Beltaine are the two most important Sabbats of the Wheel of the Year. It is called Samhain (pronounced SOW-in in Irish, SOW-een in Wales, and SAV-en in Scotland), and Sauin (Manx), meaning summer’s end. It is often pronounced "SAM-haine" in non Gaelic speaking countries, and it is the last of the three harvest festivals, often referred to as the "Last Harvest." Though some groups do not celebrate the coming of the new year until Yule, Samhain is usually considered the end of the old year in almost all Celtic based Paths. As with most Celtic holidays, Samhain begins at sundown on October 31st. This night is called Oíche Shamhna in Irish, Oidhche Shamhna in Scots Gaelic, Oie Houney in Manx, and it is the primary focus of the celebration. It is a time of fairs and festivals. Many Witches of the Old Ways actually celebrate two Samhains, and old customs had the festival extending for three days. The old date for Samhain was when the sun enters 15 degrees Scorpio. The Catholic Church made this day Martinmas however.

While individual remembrance and communion with the dead might be sought by people at any time during the year, there is no other time when such a deep communal connection could be forged than during the Samhain season. The rituals of Samhain involve a more intense union with the dead in the time-honored fashion of all communal bonding, with feasting. Sharing a solemn meal, "in the sight of gods and mortals," placed mutual responsibilities on all participants. By inviting the dead to such a feast, the living were reminded to honor their ancestors, while the dead were encouraged to take a hand in the well-being of their living kin.

Most of Samhain customs fall into two broad patterns. The dead, present as invisible entities, entered through open doors and windows to partake of the festivities. A certain amount of food was set aside exclusively for the dead. In some cases, a specific type of food, usually some kind of cake, was made solely for them. In others customs, a portion of the same food that the living would eat was put aside. The most classic example of this pattern is the boued an Anaon ("food of the hosts of the dead") custom in Brittany. The Anaon (a word related to Annwn, the Welsh Otherworld) are the gatherd hosts of ancestral spirits, usually portrayed as hungry for sustenance from the world of the living. A large amount of food was set aside for their sole use, and had to remain untouched by all human agencies for the entire feast. Eating the food of the dead, even if one was desperately hungry, was a terrible blasphemy. Anyone who did so was condemned to become a hungry ghost after death, barred from sharing the Samhain feast for all time.

The other pattern of Samhain custom encouraged the recycling of the offered food into the community. This may be seen most in the Welsh cennad y meirw, "embassy of the dead" custom. While the wealthier members of the community put together lavish Samhain feasts for their households, the cenhadon, the poor, took on the collective identity of the community's dead by going from door to door in disguise. At each house they were given a portion of the food that had been set aside for the dead. Refusing them food for any reason was sinful and retaliation in the form of destruction of property was acceptable and encouraged. This may be the true origin of the "trick" aspect of our modern Halloween, though the reasoning has been lost.

Also at this time, the flocks were brought in from the fields to live in sheds until spring. Some animals were slaughtered and preserved to provide food for winter, and the last of the crops was gathered from the fields. Any crops left on the field after this time were taboo. Bonfires (bone-fires) were built, and bones from the feasting were thrown in the fire as offerings for healthy and plentiful livestock in the New Year. Once the hearth fires were relit from the village bonfire, the ashes were spread over the fields to protect and bless the land. The hearthfires would burn continuously until Beltaine.

The period from Samhain to Yule, the "time which is no time," is very magickal and at the same time very dangerous. The veil between worlds is thinnest at this time. None should walk alone at night while the dead return to visit their kin and the doors to the Faery Realm open. This is the beginning of the cider season, and apples, a favorite food of the dead, are traditionally buried for their consumption. To honor spiritual visitors and gain their favor for the coming year, the Fleadh nan Mairbh is laid out or families hold a Dumb Supper. Many folks leave milk and cakes (Bannocks) outside their door on Samhain. In Belgium, small white cakes or cookies were prepared as Cakes for the Dead. A cake was eaten for each person gone beyond with the belief that the more cakes you ate, the more the dead would bless you.

The ghosts of all persons who were destined to die in the coming year would walk through the graveyard at midnight on Samhain. Going about in costume was an ancient practice. Villagers would dress as ghosts to escort the dead to the city limits and deter the angry or evil ghosts from doing any damage. People dressed in white, wore disguises made of straw, or dressed as the opposite gender. Many thought ghosts possessed an evil nature and so for protection, jack-o-lanterns with hideous candle-lit faces were carved out of turnips and carried as lanterns to scare away the malevolent spirits. Later pumpkins were used.

In addition to communion with the dead, divination of the future was a common practiced as people focused on the coming year. Certain traditions, such as bobbing for apples, roasting nuts in the fire, and baking cakes which contained tokens of luck, were actually ancient methods of telling fortunes. Stones were marked with names and thrown into the bonfires. In the morning, these stones were retrieved and the stone's condition foretold the person's fortune in the coming year. New Year resolutions are a common practice on Samhain, but with a magickal twist. On a piece of parchment, write down the weaknesses or bad habits you would like to loose. After meditating on your resolutions and how your life would improve by their loss, burn the parchment paper, preferably in the ritual fire. Thank your gods and continue your celebration.

Modern Halloween

When the Romans invaded Britain, they brought with them many of their festivals and customs. One of these was the festival know as Pomona Day, named for Pomona, the goddess of fruits and gardens. Celebrated around the 1st of November, the Celtic Samhain festival and the Roman Pomona Day eventually combined to form the basis of our modern Halloween.

In 800 AD, the Roman Catholic All Hallow's Day was switched from May to November 1st to coincide with the Celtic Samhain in an effort to convert the Pagan masses. The eve of All Hallow's Day became All Hallow's Even and slowly evolved into the familiar word Hallowe'en. Mexico observes a Day of the Dead on this day, as do other world cultures. Our modern celebration includes all of these influences, Pomona Day's apples, nuts, and harvest, the Festival of Samhain honoring the dead and otherworld, and skeletons and skulls from All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.

As thousands of Irish and Scottish immigrants flowed into America, the Hallowe'en practice of Trick or treat evolved. Beginning sometime around the 1840s, the old tradition of going door to door asking for donations of money or food for the New Year's feast was carried over to the US from the British Isles. Traditionally, curses heaped on those who did not give generously; while gave from their hearts were blessed. During the 1920's, Hallowe'en antics became a way of letting off steam for the poor living in crowded conditions. Innocent acts of vandalism such as soaping windows gave way to violent, cruel acts. Organizations like the Boy Scouts in an attempt to pacify the holiday encouraged good children to visit shops and homes asking for treats to prevent criminal acts. These "beggar's nights" became very popular and evolved into what America calls Hallowe'en. From these varied origins, the term "trick or treat" was derived though this greeting was not commonly used until the 1930's. By 1910 however, American manufacturers were making or importing products just for Hallowe'en.

Samhain Associations

Plants : Broom, Calendula, Catnip, Deadly Nightshade, Hemlock, Mandrake, Mugwort, Mullein, Mushrooms, Nettle, all Nuts, Oak, Passionflower, Pine, Straw, Ginseng, Wormwood

Foods of Samhain : Allspice, Beef, Almond, Apple, Bay, Calendula, Garlic, Gourds, Hazelnut, Mulled Wines, Mushrooms, Nettle, Nuts, Pine, Pumpkin, Pork, Poultry, Rosemary, Rue, Sage, Turnips, Sunflower, Tarragon

Incense of Samhain : Heliotrope, Mint, Nutmeg

Gems and Stones : All black stones, Amber, Brass, Clear and Smoky Quartz, Diamond, Garnet, Gold, Granite, Hematite, Iron, and Steel, Marble, Pyrite, Ruby, Sandstone

Colors of Samhain : Black, Orange, White, Silver, Gold

While the paints that this recipe make will never be as good as quality, manufactured face paints, they're worth trying if your budget is tight or you simply can't find face paints in your local store or wait for delivery from an on-line company. This recipe uses a few basic ingredients, and will wash off with warm water. The recipe does use food coloring, so common- sense precautions should be applied in case of allergies to this and to prevent staining clothes.

One teaspoon (slightly heaped) cornstarch.
Half a teaspoon cold (aqueous) cream.
Half a teaspoon water.
Food coloring in various colors.

Mix the cornstach and cold cream together until they are well blended. Stir in the water. You now have the base to which you mix in the food coloring to make different colors of face paint. Add food coloring a drop at a time and stir well. Store the paint in small containers with lids so it's easy to transport.

You can use a brush, sponge, or even your fingers. You'll soon figure out what works best for you. Use clips and/or a hair band to keep long hair out of the way while you're painting a face. Be careful painting near the eyes –– ask the person to close them. As this DIY paint takes several minutes to dry, consider working out your design so you don't paint colours on top of one another, just next to each other. If you're worried someone may have a very sensitive skin, apply a little of the paint on the inside of a wrist and wait an hour or so to see if they have a reaction. Avoid getting the paint on clothes, as the food colouring may stain.

Baduhenna is a Teutonic/Frisians goddess of war and storms. The word “badwa” means battle or slaughter and “henna” usually refers to groups of matrons. During the Frisian rebellion in 28 AD, a Roman army was slaughtered by the Frisians in the Baduhennawald, a holy wood dedicated to Baduhenna. This sacred forest was probably located to the north of the city of Velsen in the modern Dutch province of Noord-Holland, though the exact location may have been the city of Heiloo (“hei” possibly meaning holy, “loo” meaning forest). It is said she received a sacrifice of nine hundred Roman POWs in her woods.

Description: Syzygium aromaticum is a member of the myrtle family. A broad-leaved tropical evergreen, it grows from thirty-three to forty feet. It is native to the Spice Islands, the Philippines, and Moluccas, and is also grown in Sumatra, Jamaica, the West Indies, and Brazil. The truck is erect with smooth grayish bark. The large, bright green leaves, five inches long or more, are opposite, ovate-acuminate, and leathery. Each is dotted with oil glands and sports a conspicuous stalk and veins. The entire plant gives off a fragrant odor when bruised.

Trees usually fruit eight to nine years after planting. The red and white flowers appear at the start of the rainy season in terminal corymb-like cymes, three to each branch. They are bell shaped with a cylindrical, yellowish to red gamosepalous calyx with five lobes, red petals, and a number of projecting stamens. If the seed is allowed to mature, it loses much of its potency. The fruit is a fleshy one- to two-seeded drupe, but it is the flower bud which is commercially harvested and dried while the petals are still closed. The dried bud resembles a light colored wooden ball on top of the calyx.

Effects: strong
Planet: Jupiter, Venus, Uranus Zodiac: Aquarius
Element: fire
Associated Deities:

Traditions:
The name clove comes from the Latin word clavus, meaning nail, which describes its shape. The Greeks and Romans used cloves extensively in herbal medicine and some evidence exists that it was one of the earliest plants used in Chinese medicine.

In third century BC, Han Dynasty courtiers seeking audience with the Chinese emperor were required to sweeten breath by chewing cloves, keeping it in their mouths for the duration of the interview. By the fourth century AD, there was much trade between the Arabs and Europeans for clove. A fierce trade war between the Portugal and Dutch broke out in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Dutch created a monopoly on trade by destroying all the trees but for those which grew on island of Ambon in the Spice Islands which they owned. This monopoly until the French managed to cultivate the tree on their own island plantations.

Magic:
Clove may be used as an incense for a variety of things. It is said to attract riches, drive away hostile/negative forces, produce spiritual vibrations, purify, stop gossip, and increase psychic ability (incense or tea).

Wear or carry to attract the opposite sex. Eat also as an aphrodisiac, and cloves or clove oil is an ingredient in love potions.

For an enduring friendship, fill two bags for you and your friend. Both of you should wear these around your necks. It may also be worn or carried in the pocket for comfort and solace.

Known Combinations:

Medical Indications: (Caution: The oil is very strong and can cause irritation if used in pure form. It is recommended that it be diluted in Olive oil or distilled water, and the oil should never be taken internally in large quantities or for an extended length of time unless supervised by a health professional.) Parts Used: dried unopened flower buds, essential oil
Clove is an anodyne, anti-emetic, antiseptic, anti-parasitic, and digestive. It is often used in combination with other herbs because it strengthens their power. The oil is often applied topically to a toothache. It is used by dentist in fillings and cements and post-extraction treatment. It is also applied topically for athlete’s foot. Mix it with Mint, Eucalyptus, and Rosemary in Vaseline for an aromatic healing ointment.

A few drops oil in water should stop vomiting, and it is made into a tea for nausea and gas. In Bolivia, an infusion is made of a few cloves in boiling water for flatulence.

Ayurveda tradition suggests clove for fevers, dyspepsia, brain ailments, to tone heart, and to relieve kidneys, stomach, spleen, and intestinal disorders.

Nutrition:
The taste of clove is sweet and tangy. It is used in stewed fruit, hot spiced drinks, pickling liquids, and marinades. The clove is ground into powder for use in breads, cookies, spice cakes, pies, fruit dishes, curries, and some meat dishes. It is used whole to pickle onions, beets, souse herring, and is used to stud in ham and gammon. An infused made with milk is used for sauces, pies and puddings. Often cloves is used in conjunction with ginger.

Mercantile Uses:
The oil is used in tooth powder, mouthwash, soap, and lotion. It is found whole or used as an oil in potpourris and used to stud an orange to make a pomander. Cloves also repel insects.

The Indonesians consume half of the world’s supply, mixing it with tobacco for special cigarettes.

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Poem :Song of Samhain
Caitlin Matthews, Celtic Devotional

I am the hallow-tide of all souls passing,
I am the bright releaser of all pain,
I am the quickener of the fallen seed-case,
I am the glance of snow, the strike of rain.
I am the hollow of the winter twilight,
I am the hearth-fire and the welcome bread,
I am the curtained awning of the pillow,
I am unending wisdom's golden thread.

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Quote : Thomas H. Huxley
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

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The Power of Stones:
For past articles and the bibliography, please go to the
Power of Stones Archive.

Cancrinite forms masses and prisms with a wide range of colors, including shades of pink, blue, white, orange, and yellow. Pink may be used to stimulated the hear chakra, blue activates the throat chakra, yellow affects the solar plexus, orange the navel, and white the crown chakra. Cancrinite enhances worldly abilities and assists in endeavors requiring courage or approval from others. It also assists one who is attempting to resist temptations.

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Humor : Halloween One-Liners

Q: What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter? A: Pumpkin Pi. Q: How do you make a witch stew? A: Keep her waiting for hours. Q: How do ghosts begin their letters? A: "Tomb it may concern..." Q: What happened to the guy who couldn't keep up payments to his exorcist? A: He was repossessed. Q: What do you call a person who puts rat poison in a person's Corn Flakes? A: A cereal killer Q: How do you mend a broken Jack-o-lantern? A: With a pumpkin patch. Q: What is a ghost's favorite ride? A: A roller ghoster. Q: Why are there fences around cemeteries? A: Because people are dying to get in. Q: What do you get when you cross Dracula with Sleeping Beauty? A: Tired blood. Q: Why was the mummy so tense? A: He was all wound up. Q: What kind of street does a ghost like best? A: A dead end. Q: How do you know if a ghost is lying? A: You can see right through him. Q: How is a werewolf like a computer? A: They both have megabytes. Q: Where do vampires live? A: At the Vampire State Building. Q: Why don't witches like to ride their brooms when they're angry? A: They're afraid of flying off the handle. Q: Where do ghosts go on vacation? A: Lake Erie. Q: How can you tell when a window is scared? A: They get shudders. Q: Why didn't the skeleton dance at the Halloween party? A: It had no body to dance with. Q: What do you say to a ghost with three heads? A: Hello, hello, hello. Q: What is a witch's favorite subject in school? A: Spelling! Q: When does a skeleton laugh? A: When something tickles his funny bone. Q: What tops off a ghost's sundae? A: Whipped Scream Q: What has a black hat, flies on a broomstick, and can't see anything? A: A witch with her eyes closed. Q: Why is a ghost such a messy eater? A: Because he's always a goblin. Q: What happens when a ghost gets lost in a fog? A: He's mist. Q: What sailor like to be chilled to the bone? A: A skeleton crew. Q: Where does Count Dracula usually eat his lunch? A: In the casketeria. Q: Where did the goblin throw the football? A: Over the ghoul line. Q: What do you call a goblin who gets too close to a bonfire? A: Toasty ghosty. Q: What do you call a ghost with a broken leg? A: Hoblin Goblin. Q: What do you call a wicked witch who lives by the sea? A: A Sand-witch Q: What did the baby ghost eat for dinner? A: A boo-loney sandwich. Q: What do you get when you cross a were-wolf with a drip-dry suit? A: A wash-and-werewolf. Q: What did the papa ghost say to the baby ghost? A: Fasten your sheet belt. Q: Who does a ghoul fall in love with? A: His ghoul friend. Q: What is a vampires favourite mode of transportation? A: A blood vessel. Q: What do you call a dog owned by Dracula? A: A blood hound. Q: What kind of hot dogs do werewolves like best? A: Hallowieners. Q: What do you call serious rocks? A: Grave stones. Q: How do you picture yourself flying on a broom? A: By witchful thinking. Q: Why did the witch's mail rattle? A: It was a chain letter. Q: Why did the vampire's lunch give her heartburn? A: It was a stake sandwich. Q: What do you call a skeleton who refuses to help around the house? A: Lazybones Q: Why did Dracula take cold medicine? A: To stop his coffin

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A Dreamer's Guide : Pipes to Pity

For past articles and the bibliography, please go to the
Dreamer's Guide Archive.

Pipes augur unusually good events, the more the better. Smoking one indicates your ability to meet your obligations and solve your own problems, though filling one suggests you will find yourself in a disagreeable position. If you put a pipe away, you will have pride without any advantage to yourself. A broken pipe or putting out a pipe suggests a parting of ways between you and a valued friend, though if you broke one indicates security. A dirty pipe augurs misery. Giving a pipe to someone predicts beneficial events to come, while receiving one means advancement of your own business. Buying one predicts a visit from an old friend.

Any other kind of pipe (plumbing, gas, chemical, etc) suggests your attitude toward life makes you a victim. A new view would do much to improve your circumstances. An old or broken pipe signifies ill health and stagnation of business.

Pirates symbolize your desire to enter into exciting new ventures, but be wary of your associates and investigate before you invest. A pirate is a warning to be wary of your friends, while many pirates may indicate your love affair has reached an all time low. If you were a pirate, you may take a journey which will bring you financial gain. If a pirate victimized you, a deceitful associate will bring you pain.

If your lover was a pirate, s/he may be unworthy and deceitful. If your lover was captured by pirates, s/he may be forced to leave home under false pretenses.

You will have cause to be very grateful if you dreamed of doing a Pirouette, and others doing them suggests you will soon receive money. Health and prosperity are foretold if you watched young girls dancing, but any different dancers pirouetting is a sign of deception in business. If your daughter was dancing a pirouette, she will marry someone in the music field.

A Pistol foretells the recovery of your health, and profit is foretold if you owned many pistols. Misfortune is augured by the sound of a pistol being fired, and if you shot the gun, you will work hard with little to show for it. If others shot off pistols, you will learn of schemes to ruin you. People will dislike you if you carried one, and if you were an officer carrying a gun, this a warning of treachery. You will be annoyed if friends were carrying guns, while enemies carrying a pistol are a warning not to lose your temper.

A Pit is a straightforward dream of obstacle. Your business affairs will decline if you went down into a deep pit, and falling into one indicates an indifferent and cold attitude toward love. Descending into a shallow pit foretells a decline in love affairs. Trouble will follow you if you hurt yourself in a pit. Your fortune and health are at risk if you were forced into a pit. You will escape danger if you walked along a pit’s edge. Others trapped in a pit warn of business losses. Many enemies will try to destroy you if you saw people in a pit dead.

If you saw Pitch used to repair cracks, you will make money. Honor and dignity are foretold if it was used on the bottom of a boat.

Pouring anything from a Pitcher is a sign of abundance. A full pitcher is a sign of fidelity, while an empty one means infidelity. A cracked or broken pitcher is a warning that you are putting a valued friendship in jeopardy through your own selfish indulgence, though throwing a pitcher away foretells a new lover in your life. You may have a streak of bad luck if the pitcher was colored, and a ceramic pitcher suggest you may soon lose money.

Pitching for a ball game represents honors, and you will obtain money easily if you saw others pitching. Your undertakings will be accomplished if you saw children pitching. Your reputation is in danger if a pitcher lost a game.

A Pitchfork is a warning of financial headaches through overindulgence. If you were attacked by someone wielding a pitchfork, you must be wary. There are people who would not hesitate to do you physical harm.

Feeling Pity for someone heralds a season of discord for yourself. However, if someone pitied you, you will have good fortune in all your affairs, and being pitied by friends foretells a small gift. Pitying your friends augurs health and joy. Luck and prosperity is indicated if you pities sick people, though pitying poor folk means your affairs will be in confusion.

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Quote : Andre Gide
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'

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