Electional chart for a job application
Picked an electional window to send my application today: Moon applying to a trine with Jupiter, nothing lurking in the 12th, and Mercury stationing retrograde any minute now, so it was today or never (pitchforks down, I'm being thorough). Lit an orange jar candle on my desk where I could see it, wrote the job title on a bay leaf, and hit send at 10:42 exactly.
Is this an elaborate way to stop procrastinating? Yes. Did I finally send it? Also yes.
Found a green pillar candle at Goodwill for 99 cents, so obviously it's now a money candle. Carved my rent amount into the side with a bobby pin (very traditional), dusted it with cinnamon from the spice drawer and brushed off the extra so it wouldn't flare, then lit it on a saucer in the sink while I updated my resume. Never left it alone, snuffed it when I was done.
I've been reading a lot this year about which practices are open to me and which aren't mine to borrow. Candle magic with things from my own kitchen feels like home. It's humble, it's mine, and I can afford it.