The Taurus Witch

Ivo Dominguez Jr. (Southern Delaware) has been active in Wicca and the Pagan community since 1978 and has been teaching since 1982. He was a founding member of Keepers of the Holly Chalice and he currently serves as an elder of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. He has taught at many gatherings and conferences, and he's the author of numerous books, including Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans. Visit him at IvoDominguezJr.com. Sandra Kynes (Mid-coast Maine) is a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids and the author of seventeen books, including Star Magic, 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. Thorn Mooney is a Witch of more than twenty years and the high priestess of Foxfire, a traditional Gardnerian coven thriving in the American South. She holds graduate degrees in religious studies and English literature and has worked as a university lecturer, public school teacher, academic journal manager, tarot reader, writer, and musician. Thorn maintains a longstanding YouTube channel, has been blogging about Witchcraft and the occult for more than a decade, and is a regular at Pagan festivals throughout the United States. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Visit Thorn Mooney on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Khi Armand is an intuitive life and business consultant who uses divination and manifestation tools from around the world to help people find joy, clarity, and purpose. A native of NYC with an MA in Performance Studies from NYU, he founded Conjure in the City in 2010 and is the author of Deliverance! Hoodoo Spells of Uncrossing, Healing & Protection. He blogs about shamanism, folk magic, and the spirits of NYC at cityconjure.wordpress.com and is the host of the weekly podcast On Sacred Ground. Cheryl Costa has been practicing magick for decades. A long-time teacher, she now shares her magickal style and wisdom through books. She is the author of Magickal Musings of a Rogue Witch and a contributing author to the Witch's Sun Sign Series. Rev. Selena Fox is senior minister and high priestess of Circle Sanctuary, a Nature Spirituality church, Pagan resource center, and nature preserve with a worldwide ecospirituality ministry that includes networking, publishing, education, environmental preservation, counseling, events sponsoring, and other work. For more than thirty years, Rev. Fox has served as one of the elders, religious freedom activists, and public media spokespersons for the Wiccan religion and related forms of contemporary Paganism and Nature religion, nationwide and internationally. In addition to her work as a minister, Rev. Selena Fox is a certified clinical psychotherapist. She graduated cum laude with a BS in Psychology from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and received a MS in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Dodie Graham McKay (Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg, Canada) is an initiated Witch and independent filmmaker. Since the 1980s, she has been involved in magic, music, and other forms of media. Dodie is the founder of Moongazey Films Inc, has written for The Wild Hunt, and is active in her local art and magic communities. Christopher Orapello is an artist, witch, and animist with a background in western occultism, ceremonial magick, Freemasonry and has been on his journey for 30 years. He co-hosts the podcast Down at the Crossroads with his partner, Tara-Love Maguire, is a signature artist with Sacred Source (a leading producer and distributor of ancient deity images in North America), and an author with Red Wheel / Weiser Books. After a growing desire for a more locally-based form of witchcraft, he and Tara-Love Maguire founded Blacktree coven in 2014, where they set out to forge a modern approach to Traditional Witchcraft for a new era of praxis. He is the coauthor, with Tara-Love, of Besom, Stang, and Sword. Christopher Penczak is a Witch, teacher, writer, and healing practitioner. He is the founder of the world-renowned Temple of Witchcraft and the Temple Mystery School, and he is the creator of the bestselling Temple of Witchcraft books and audio CDs. Christopher is an ordained minister, serving the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Pagan and metaphysical communities through public rituals, private counsel, and teaching. He also travels extensively and teaches throughout the United States. Christopher lives in New Hampshire. 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.

Contents

Spells, Recipes, and Practices ? xv

Introduction ? 1

How Your Sun Powers Your Magick (Dominguez) ? 9

Taurus Correspondences (Dominguez) ? 26

Witchcraft That Comes Naturally to a Taurus (Mooney) ? 29

Magical Correspondences (Mooney) ? 40

Timing, Places, and Things (Dominguez) ? 43

Herbal Correspondences (Dominguez) ? 62

Cleansing and Shielding (Mooney) ? 65

What Sets a Taurus Off, and How to Recover (Mooney) ? 77

A Brief Bio of Marion Weinstein (Fox) ? 85

The Sway of Your Moon Sign (Dominguez) ? 89

Tarot Correspondences (Dominguez) ? 116

My Most Taurus Witch Moment (Mooney) ? 119

Your Rising Sign's Influence (Dominguez) ? 127

A Dish Fit for a Taurus: Fetching Fettuccini (Hunt) ? 151

Recharging and Self-Care (Mooney) ? 155

Don't Blame It on Your Sun Sign (Mooney) ? 169

Postcard from a Taurus Witch (Costa) ? 177

Spirit of Taurus Guidance Ritual (Dominguez) ? 181

Taurus Anointing Oil Recipe (Dominguez) ? 197

Better Every Day: The Way Forward (Mooney) ? 199

Conclusion (Dominguez) ? 207

Appendix: Taurus Correspondences from Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences (Kynes) ? 209

Resources ? 213

Contributors ? 215