Get Witchy in Oct. Learn to read the Tarot with Lexa

Lexa Rosean presents...


World of Tarot Workshop
3 Hour Crash Course on reading the cards


When: Wednesday Oct. 25th. 2006 and Wednesday Nov. 1st. 2006
Event TIME Details: 6:30pm - 8pm
Event Location: TBA in downtown Manhattan
Price: $70 for both sessions $36 for one session

Event Details: Outline of Tarot Workshop:

*Lexa will familiarize you with the 22 Trumps and the 56 cards of the
minor arcana and show you quick keys for remembering their meanings.

*Learn techniques for properly handling the cards and training the
psychic eye.

*Color symbology, numerology, astrology, and kabbalistic links and
associations with Tarot will also be explored. You will learn how to
tap into the Tarot and its innate wisdom.

*Basic spreads and layouts with be taught.

*In the second session on Nov 1, each student will have an opportunity to interpret a spread with help and guidance from Lexa. We will work on eliminating personal blocks and fears as well as correcting patterns of misinterpretation. You will receive an overall toning of the psychic muscles and learn how to make an instant connection with the querant (questioner) making your readings hit the mark.

ALSO REMEMBER THAT NOVEMBER 1 IS DAY OF THE DEAD AND THE VEIL IS LIFTED. PSYCHIC ABILITIES ARE AT THEIR STRONGEST AND LEXA WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO TAP IN TO YOUR FULL POTENTIAL!!!

Beginners and more advanced tarot readers will all benefit from this
workshop.

What to Bring: your favorite tarot deck, notebook, and a pen
(If you do not have a tarot deck, don't worry, there will be some house decks available.)

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Lexa Rosean is one of the leading pagan authors. She has written
eleven books on magick and spellcraft including The Supermarket
Sorceress, Easy Enchantments, and the newly released TAROT POWER


Lexa is a High Priestess and Witch and has been a professional
astrologer and tarot reader since 1982. She has appeared on
numerous television and radio shows in the US, Canada, Ireland,
Asia, and Europe.

*The New York Times wrote: "Ms. Rosean has her share of satisfied customers."

**Page 6 of the Post named Lexa as 'psychic of the moment'

***and the Village Voice named her "Best Witch of NYC"!

Class size is LIMITED. Make your reservation NOW!!
email AsktheWitchDr
or call 212 529 1353

Website: Lexa Rosean.com
Blog: The Witch Doctor is IN

MABON MAGICK

The Mabon or Autumn Equinox has arrived and the Harvest Season is in full swing. One of the strongest symbols of this Sabbat is the SICKLE. It is used to trim the grain and the word itself means "to cut". In the Wicca, the sickle is a magical tool used to symbolically cut down the Sun God and return him to the earth. His reign is now over as is symbolized by the shortening of the days. Although a somewhat mournful rite, we realize that his rest in the earth will bring rebirth just as seed planted in the womb brings gestation and new life.

The sickle is used to separate the wheat from the chaff. It is a tool that can cut away all that is useless and harmful as well as gather and reap all the fruits and rewards of the hard work we have done throughout the year.

THE SICKLE MEDITATION can be done any time between Sep 23 and Nov 1. Begin by visualizing any obstacles, fears, or dangers that you face and see yourself cutting them down with the sickle and pushing them away from you with the POWERFUL sickle in your right hand.

This harvest season is less difficult than last year, when loss of lives over a wasteful war and loss of lives and livelihoods due to hurricanes caused an enormous amount of stress and grief to this nation and the world. This year, many are still dealing with grief and recovery which potentially decreases the good that can be gleaned. In regard to this, it becomes even more important to visulize the cutting away of negative and baneful energies that deplete the harvest.

Now take three deep breaths and imagine all you have worked hard for, and everything you are thankful for. Imagine the good you have and the good you hope and wish for - take all these images and gather them up in the CRESCENT of the sickle. Pull them towards you with the sickle in your right hand. End this ritual visualization by saying a prayer of gratitude in your own words to the God and Goddess.

The 22nd/23rd of this month is the NEW MOON. It is not just any old new moon because according to lunar (13 month) calendars, it is the first new moon of the year. It is also Rosh Hashanah or the Jewish New Year and on the 24th, Ramadan begins. These three days are extremely powerful for cleansing and rebirth. It is also an important time to gird or seal yourself with strength so that you don't lose what you have already gained.


To increase, strengthen and protect your assets (both spiritual and material) or to draw and renew abundance, take a TRES LECHES BATH on the NEW MOON . Fill a tub with water and add one cup whole milk (cow's), one cup goat's milk (easily found in health food stores), and one cup coconut milk. Soak for a minimum of ten minutes and then wrap yourself in a white towel or bathrobe and air dry. Do not soap or rinse off for 8 hours after this soak. It is best to take at night before retiring. (If you do not have a bath tub, you may mix 8 quarts water with one cup of each milk into a bucket and pour over your head and shoulders while standing in the shower.)

Got Milk?! It is a very powerful ingredient to work magick with. Milk is sacred to the Moon and the Mother Goddess and contains energies of nurturing, sustanance, protection, and prosperity.
Blessed Be! Happy Healthy Bountiful Harvest!

Blessed Fall

Blessed Autumn and in this time we begin our preparation for the Witches New Year and Great Sabbat of Samhain. The image of the snake reminds me of the change of the coming season. May we be blessed to shed what is old and outdated and no longer serves us just as the serpent sheds it's skin. May we also emerge into the coming season with a new skin renewed strength, and wisdom. May the Serpent goddess, Lilith, and the goddesses of Wisdom, Hecate, inspire and enlighten you in this season.

Photo of Lexa and her familiar Angel taken for Interview Magazine in 1984 by Christopher Makos

FULL MOON TIPS

Wed Aug 9
06:55 EDT

Today is the Full Moon
also known as the Full Sturgeon Moon, Full Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, or Grain Moon
The moon is in Aquarius and that means politics, science, invention, technology, and friendship are the areas of full focus and attention. (and also the topics over which emotions are likely to get full blown.) We will see some great humanitarian efforts, but unfortunately, Aquarius is also the sign of emotional detachment and results in a callousness to individual suffering. The following is reccommended ritual for this day.


Tips for technology: Place a double terminated quartz crystal and/or a Greek or Turkish Eye next to your computer to avoid any kind of malfunction. If you don't have either of these items on hand, place a garlic bulb on the desk next to the computer.

Pray for world peace and for humanitarian efforts to be valued more than politicking. You can accompany your prayer with the burning of a white or blue candle, and placing an effigy of George Bush (or any modern day fascist) in your freezer to chill them out.

Burn an orange success candle for stem cell research or any scientific/medical issue you would like to see succeed. You can also wear orange or salmon to increae your creativity or drape orange fabric around a creation or invention to bring it to a successful completion.

Today is the best day to work things out with a friend.
Cherish your friends and spend the FULL day with your best ones!!

Here are some of my favorite quotes on friendship, and I hope they inspire you too.

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."
- Euripides

"My friends are my estate."
- Emily Dickinson

"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together"
- Woodrow Wilson

"I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody."
- Benjamin Franklin

"A true friend stabs you in the front."
- Oscar Wilde

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
- Mark Twain

"I count myselt in nothing else so happy
As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends."
- William Shakespeare

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."
- Helen Keller

I am also offering FULL MOON SPECIALS this week.

*BUY a copy of one of my new books


The Encyclopedia of
Magical Ingredients
($14 + S&H = $18.05)
or TarotPower
($12.95 + S&H = $17.)


and receive a free copy of either PowerSpells or ZodiacSpells













**Purchase a dressed candle or 1/2 hour consultation and receive a copy of ZodiacSpells or PowerSpells

***Purchase a Full Hour Astrology/Tarot consultation and receive a free copy of both books!

(please go to my website and click either Books or Consults to purchase any specials)

Blessed Be and Happy Full Moon!
-Lexa

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LEXA ON FILM

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TRUE STORY...LEXA
a film by Krista Bilynsky and Marc Calamia

(If session has expired, type LEXA
in VIDEO SEARCH to find film.)

BLESSED BELTANE

Here are some photos from Nancy Venus's
13th Annual Beltane in the Park

Lady Venus (Lexa) was pleased to teach an astrology workshop
and thanks all the wonderful folks who participated.














The Beltane is one of the Great Sabbats of the
Witches and Pagans and is celebrated on May 1.




























Faires, nymphs, gnomes, elves, wee ones, and even belly dancers LOVE the MAY!















Worshipers sing and dance while wrapping ribbons around the maypole. The May Pole symbolizes the Phallis. Originally, ribbons were red and white to symbolize the blood of the Virgin.














In modern times, ribbons of all colors are used. Nowadays the ribbon color symbolizes the color you wish to weave into your life for the year.















This time marks the fertility of the earth. A May Queen and King are chosen as representatives of the God and Goddess.





























Sometimes those "gods" need to be tied down so they don't run away!





It was a great Beltane Celebration
thanks to Copper Cauldron, Nancy Venus and John C.
We ran our ribbons round the maypoles,
danced the Spiral Dance, and jumped the Beltane Fires
for blessing,fertility, creativity, power, and prosperity.



photo credits: Lexa/John C.