Cassandra Eason

Using playing cards, dice and dominoes, plus a two part course on tea-leaf reading.

Libra Full Moon April 2nd UTC- read about it HERE

A happy April from Cassandra and Debi.

April traditionally begins with a welcome day or morning of fun and tricks. Some link this custom that exists in many parts of the world to the change in calendar in 1584 in Europe and 1752 in the UK, the US and Canada when 10 or 11 days were wiped off the calendar. New Year’s Day was moved to January 1 from April 1 or some say more anciently March 25, but the old ways were not forgotten. The origins of April Fool’s day may go back even further to Hilaria in Old Rome, In Scotland there is still Gowkie Day on April 1, in France Poisson(fish) d’Avril, and the major colorful festival of Holi in India. Another explanation of April 1 fun is its closeness to the Spring Equinox with uncertain weather and new energies, kicking off the constraints of winter and celebrating the greater freedom of longer and lighter days.

For April springs fresh in the Northern hemisphere, scattering the first blossoms, a stir-crazy month of shimmering sunbeams, sudden frost and the showers that tease the moment we take off our coats and reach out to the warmth. Birds are bustling with straws and grasses and pieces of rush matting stolen from suburban patios to make their nests and already lambs are tottering across the meadows. 

The month is named after Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, the sea and beauty and also Aprilis or Aphrilis, a goddess of the Etruscans, the people who once inhabited central Italy and she was associated with flowers and fertility.

Magically April is good for love and fertility, the emergence or revival of creativity, increase in any aspect of life, especially health and money and for beauty, healing and happiness. 

Asmodel, angel of harmony and beauty whose special colour is pink or green, whose fragrance is rose and whose crystal rose quartz, is the Angel of April. 

Wherever you live in the world, if you lack confidence to reach out for love, friendship, success or to follow your dreams or others seem smarter, more charismatic and confident. Use April to increase your self-esteem and believe you can achieve anything. Some older folks like me can feel that the world is for the young and we hold back, concentrating on being useful to others as we doubt anyone would want us for ourselves. But people of any age can feel left out, second best and hold back from asking for what they truly want from life. Let the April showers and sunshine energies radiate across the world to fill you with confidence to reach out for happiness and recognition of your true worth. 

Try this ritual any day in April. 

A mirror in which you can see your head and shoulders.

Five pink candles along the base of the mirror in a row so their light reflects in the mirror

Any time in April, for five consecutive days after dark.