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CAPRICORN
This week's scenario is highlighted by a need to simply enjoy life; you find it easy now to put any
worries or concerns to the side. You are likely to spend some time with friends or take a weekend
vacation and thoroughly enjoy it. Have fun! Unexpected pleasures, new friends, or a more playful,
adventurous attitude in your relationships make this time period stimulating and delightful. You want a
break from your usual routine and, because you are willing to experiment and to be spontaneous, you are
likely to experience a refreshing change of pace. A new romance or a revitalization of a current one is
very likely.
AQUARIUS
This week's scenario is highlighted by agreements, contracts, and joining your efforts with others. These
efforts will work out very much to your advantage now. A friend or person in authority may offer help or
present an opportunity which will benefit you now or in the future. Also, you will reap rewards later for
the generosity and aid you extend to others at this time. Also, this can be a time when you are forced to
confront and deal with something which is no longer working - from old, outworn possessions to an
unhealthy relationship or a deeply ingrained, self-defeating attitude.
PISCES
This week's scenario is highlighted by change. You may decide to change the decor of your home, or you
may attend a musical or artistic event that exposes you to new styles that are different from your
customary tastes. Communications with family and friends can be strained at this time, as you try to clear
up points of confusion. This is a good time to get a new perspective on your relationships and your life
style, but do not force yourself to make important decisions now while you are not completely
comfortable with any of the alternatives. It's also a good time to have company or to give a party at your
home. You are feeling hospitable and loving and need to share comfort and affection with close friends
and family. Home improvements or beautifying your surroundings in some way is also favored now.
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GENERAL INFORMATION - Power Raising
In Wicca, we deal with many different forms of energy. These include the energy within our own bodies,
energy within the land, energy we physically raise and the energy / presence of the Divine which we tap
into via evokation and invokation.
In working with these energies, wiccans generally follow four main steps. The successful outcome of
each step relies heavily on the witch's own skill, and can take a lot of practice to achieve. The four steps
are sensing the energy, raising the energy, manipulating the energy and focusing the energy. Some
Wiccans relate these steps to the Witches Pyramid: to know; to will; to dare and to keep silent.
Sensing Energy:
Sensing energy is a very personal skill. No two witches will sense energy in exactly the same way, but
there are some common threads. There are also varying degrees of sensitivity. Some witches will be
constantly overwhelmed by the energy around them and have to shield it out, others will Know that is
there but be unable to Feel it in any tangible way. The five "mundane" senses can be related to, and
utilised with, the "sixth sense" that is the awareness of energies and patterns.
Probably the most common "sense" utilised when dealing with energy, is that of touch, of feeling the
energies gathering around or within you. The next most common sense would be that of sight. Witches
with "the sight" can generally see the currrents of energy they are working with. Some need to be in a
light trance to See, either with their physical eyes or with their inner or third eye. Others can See energies
and auras as easily as they view what others would call the mundane world.
The abilities to taste and hear most energy is rarer but still does occur. Usually these energy senses would
come to the fore when dealing with magic that requires the witch eat or drink a magically charged object,
or some kind of music or drumming is involved.
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