Intentions

Creating and beginning

• The seven keys to a request To Begin

  To look over a request before you make it.

• Seven moves for creating a ritual To Begin

  To give shape to a ceremony of your own.

• A novena for an intention To Begin

  To hold a single intention for nine days in a row.

• An affirmation for the day To Begin

  To turn a sentence into an act.

• The first page of the notebook To Begin

  To give your practice a direction.

• Seven days of calling on the angels of abundance Prosperity and Work

  To work on one goal for a week, one step each day.

• Sunflower: being seen and recognized Plants

  To show what you know how to do.

• Consecrating a plant on its day Plants

  To dedicate a plant to an intention on the day of its planet.

• A bath for recognition Baths

  To get ready to show your work.

• The river and the sea at home Baths

  To get through a hard time and begin again.

• Consecrating a stone at the full Moon Stones

  To dedicate a piece to an intention.

• Consecrating a piece of jewelry Stones

  To dedicate a piece of jewelry to a purpose you want to remember when you see it.

• The color of your sign Stones

  To choose a stone by the color of a zodiac sign.

• Your birthstone Stones

  To begin your year with the stone of the month you were born in.

• Choosing a planetary practice The Days and the Planets

  To find the planet, the day and the color that fit what you are working on.

• The Sun: recognition and expression The Days and the Planets

  To show one of your abilities and put it out into the world.

• Venus: affection, beauty and meeting The Days and the Planets

  To make room for beauty and for an affection that respects freedom.

• Mars: will, discipline and courage The Days and the Planets

  To take the step you have been putting off.

• Jupiter: expansion and the wide view The Days and the Planets

  To make something bigger with direction and responsibility.

• Saturn: structure, limits and permanence The Days and the Planets

  To set a commitment you can keep up over time.

• The square of Saturn The Days and the Planets

  To give a firm shape to a long-term commitment.

• A candle for the planet of the day The Days and the Planets

  To dedicate a request, and the step that goes with it, to the planet of the day.

• New Moon: the seed The Moon

  To start something and give it time to grow.

• A wish on a bay leaf The Moon

  To put a wish in writing and keep it for one cycle of the Moon.

• Waxing Moon: tending The Moon

  To keep going with what you started.

• Eight stations of a lunar cycle The Moon

  To stay with one purpose through the eight phases of the Moon.

• Tuesday: the pink ray The Seven Rays

  To ask Lady Rowena, Paul the Venetian, Archangel Chamuel, Elohim Orion and the angels of the pink flame for love, harmony and inspiration.

• Spring: the four winds The Year

  To open the season of beginnings.

• St. John's Eve: beginning again The Year

  To name what you want to renew at the midpoint of the year.

• The spirit of Christmas and the letter of wishes The Year

  To welcome the spirit of Christmas with a letter about what you wish to receive and to nurture.

• The twelve grapes The Year

  To welcome the year with a wish for each month.

• The birthday letter and its nine days The Year

  To give direction to your new year of life.

• The first twenty-four hours The Year

  To plant the seeds of your year with three small gestures.

• The commitment pen Everyday Rituals

  To tie your words to actions you can carry out.

• The ribbon of three knots Everyday Rituals

  To keep a project moving.

• The coin of your craft Everyday Rituals

  To honor what you know how to do and give it a concrete outlet.

• The leaf of the living project Everyday Rituals

  To see the shape and the needs of something you are starting.

• The first-draft lamp Everyday Rituals

  To make room for creativity without demanding a finished piece.

• The seed of patience Everyday Rituals

  To stay with processes that need steady attention.

• The key to a new cycle Everyday Rituals

  To mark a transition.

• Four-card spread: The threshold Tarot

  To walk yourself through the passage from one stage to another.

• A question by the bed Dreams

  To invite a dream to keep company with something you want to understand.

• A paper emblem Symbols

  To turn a sentence into a sign that reminds you of it.

• A cord with nine knots Symbols

  To tie an intention knot by knot and keep it in sight while you work toward it.