Virgo Witch: Unlock the Magic of Your Sun Sign

by Ivo Dominguez Jr., Thumper Forge, Stephanie Rose Bird (Contribution by), Alexander Cabot (Contribution by), Ellen Dugan (Contribution by)

Overview

Witchcraft to Celebrate Your Intelligent & Skillful Self

Improve your magical practice and personal development with the power of your Virgo Sun sign. Ivo Dominguez, Jr. and Thumper Forge share what strengths and challenges your sign brings to both witchcraft and everyday life. Featuring recipes, exercises, stories, rituals, and spells from the authors and a host of Virgo contributors, this book teaches you how to best connect with your sign's energy, manage your power, cleanse and shield yourself, tailor-fit magical workings to your sign, and more.

Contributors to this volume:

Stephanie Rose Bird • Alexander Cabot • Ellen Dugan • Gina Martini • Mercedes NineMoons • Katrina Rasbold • Dawn Aurora Hunt • Sandra Kynes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738772851
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	11/08/2023
Series:	The Witch's Sun Sign Series , #6
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Ivo Dominguez, Jr. (Georgetown, DE) has been active in the magickal community since 1978. He is one of the founders of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first Assembly of the Sacred Wheel coven. He serves as one of the Elders in the Assembly. Ivo is the lead author of Llewellyn's Witch's Sun Sign Series and the author of several other titles, including The Four Elements of the Wise and Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans. In his mundane life, he has been a computer programmer, the executive director of an AIDS/HIV service organization, a bookstore owner, and many other things. Visit him at www.ivodominguezjr.com.

Thumper Forge (Houston, TX) is a Gardnerian High Priest, an initiate of the Minoan Brotherhood, an Episkopos of the Dorothy Clutterbuck Memorial Cabal of Laverna Discordia, and a notary public. He also blogs for Patheos Pagan. Learn more at ThumperForge.com.

Priestess Stephanie Rose Bird is a painter and the author of several bestselling books on earth spirituality, Hoodoo, and anthropology, including Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones, 365 Days of Hoodoo, Light, Bright and Damned Near White, and African American Magick. Priestess Bird, who holds a BFA cum laude and an MFA, is a devotee of the Divinely Feminine. She is an Elder, Eclectic Pagan, Magick-maker, and keeper of the spiritual wisdom of her indigenous African ancestors. Her work centers around the nexus of earth wisdom and the legacy of black cultural heritage. Visit her at www.stephanierosebird.com.

Rev Alexander Cabot has been involved with several magickal traditions since childhood. A traditionalist at heart, Alexander represents New York Wica, from the Kentucky Line through Lady Rhea, the Gwydian Welsh Tradition from Lady Gwen Thompson and Eddie Buczynski, and the Cabot Tradition from Laurie Cabot of the Cabot Kent Hermetic Temple. Learn more at www.AlexanderCabot.com.

Ellen Dugan is the award-winning author of fifteen books, and is known as the "Garden Witch". A psychic-clairvoyant, she has been a practicing Witch for over thirty years. Well known for her candor and humor, she is a Master Gardener, and is the High Priestess of her Coven in the St. Louis area. Ellen teaches classes both online and across the country on Witchery, Psychic Protection, and Magick. She has contributed articles for over twelve years to Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, Witches Datebook, Sabbat Almanac, and Witches Calendar.

Ellen's popular magickal books have been translated into over ten foreign languages. When she's not working on her next book project, or keeping up with her family (the kids are out on their own, and the youngest is in Graduate school), Ellen likes to unwind by working in her perennial gardens at home with her husband of 31 years. Ellen wholeheartedly encourages folks to reclaim their personal power and to personalize their Spell-craft. To go outside and connect with the spiritual side of nature. To get their hands dirty and discover the wonder and magick of natural world that surrounds them.

Visit her popular syndicated "Blog of Witchery" at www.ellendugan.blogspot.com 

You can visit her website at www.ellendugan.com

Gina Martini has been a working pagan since 1986. She has expanded her studies to many forms of witchcraft, ritual magic, shamanism and wisewoman work, trance movement, Norse, Buddhism, and nature reverence. Since then, she has developed her own form of paganism, Walking in Magic.

Mercedes NineMoons is a contributor to Virgo Witch of the Witch's Sun Sign Series.

Katrina Rasbold is a practicing bruja, rootworker, Tarotologist, teacher, and author of over thirty published books who has been active in the magical arts since 1982. In 1997, she and her husband, Eric, founded the CUSP spiritual path, now practiced worldwide. Katrina has presented at California festivals for more than two decades and is a founding member and president of North Western Circles Association. She is also a frequent presenter at Pantheacon.

Dawn Aurora Hunt, owner and CEO of Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery, has been teaching and writing on the topics of Kitchen Witchery and Spiritual Nutrition since 2010, when she started her own company making gourmet foods with a dash of magic and a heaping helping of positive vibes as the main ingredients. With simple ingredients and the power of intention, Hunt teaches people how to cook simple meals in a mindful way to help achieve spiritual goals. Incorporating magic and energy work into food, she has grown her brand to reach people from all faiths and spiritual backgrounds. The author of Tastes from the Temple, Hunt speaks at events all along the East Coast, appears regularly on local TV, and teaches people that good, healthy, and even gluten-free food can be easy to make and wonderful to eat.

Sandra Kynes (Mid-coast Maine) is a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids and the author of twenty-one books, including The Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, Magical Faery Plants, Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences, Mixing Essential Oils for Magic, and Sea Magic. Additionally, her work has been featured in Utne Reader, The Portal, and Circle Magazine. Sandra's writing also appears regularly in Llewellyn's popular almanacs and datebooks. Visit her at Kynes.net.

Table of Contents

Contents

Spells, Recipes, and Practices — xv

Introduction — 1

How Your Sun Powers Your Magick (Dominguez) — 9

Virgo Correspondences (Dominguez) — 28

Witchcraft That Comes Naturally to a Virgo (Forge) — 31

Magical Correspondences (Forge) — 42

Timing, Places, and Things (Dominguez) — 45

Herbal Correspondences (Dominguez) — 64

Cleansing and Shielding (Forge) — 67

What Sets a Virgo Off, and How to Recover (Forge) — 77

A Brief Bio of Raymond Buckland (Rasbold) — 89

The Sway of Your Moon Sign (Dominguez) — 93

Tarot Correspondences (Dominguez) — 122

My Most Virgo Witch Moment (Forge) — 125

Your Rising Sign's Influence (Dominguez) — 133

A Dish Fit for a Virgo: Grounding Seed Bread with Maple Butter (Hunt) — 157

Recharging and Self-Care (Forge) — 161

Don't Blame It on Your Sun Sign (Forge) — 173

Postcard from a Virgo Witch (Martini) — 181

Spirit of Virgo Guidance Ritual (Dominguez) — 185

Virgo Anointing Oil Recipe (Dominguez) — 201

Better Every Day: The Way Forward (Forge) — 203

Conclusion (Dominguez) — 215

Appendix: Virgo Correspondences from Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences (Kynes) — 217

Resources — 221

Contributors — 223