29/05/2026
Today is Friday, May 29th the 149th day of 2026 and there are 216 days left in the year. The next sabbat, Litha, is in 33 day’s.
The Moon is Waxing Gibbous at 96% illumination. The Full for this phase is Sunday, May 31st, and the next New Moon will be Monday June 15th. According to Native American lore, the May Moon is known as the Flower Moon.
🌙 The current Moon sign is Scorpio, element of Water 💧
🌞 The current Sun sign is Gemini, element of Air 🌬️
Today’s planet is Venus, element of Earth and Water 🌏💧
Today’s color is Pink 🩷
The incense for today are Benzoin, Jasmine, Rose, and Vanilla💨
💎 The stones/crystals for today are Rose quartz, Malachite, Aquamarine, Ruby, green Jade, Pearl.
Gods we honor today are Venus, Freyja, and Aphrodite.
Today’s keywords are Love, Friendship, Beauty, Inner-beauty, Attraction.
The Tarot card of the moment is the Five of Swords.
🕯️ TODAYS ACTIVITY: Carry a Rose Quartz with you to receive and send out some gentle loving vibes to those around you. Do a flower spell to imbibe a single pink rose for friendship and inner beauty and set it on your altar; or enchant a red rose for passion and romance and place it on your bedside table. Take advantage of todays energies and plant a seed, grow something beautiful, and enjoy your blessings✨
“Love, may I be; when I give love so shall I receive.”
•: F I V E o f S W O R D S :•
Conflict, disagreements, competition, defeat, winning at all costs.
The Five of Swords turns up when you have had a falling out, disagreement or conflict, and you are walking away with a sense of sadness and loss. You may be upset and resentful over the heated words you said and now wish you could take back. ‘Bad blood’ and a general ‘icky-ness’ hang over you as your relations have turned sour.
Even if you won the argument or came out the apparent victor, you realise that you have lost as much as (or more than) your opponent. This battle has cost you trust, respect or dignity, and isolated you. As you try to pick up the pieces and set the conflict behind you, you find it‘s more difficult than you thought; others have lost faith in you and are keeping their distance. You will need to decide whether your point of view is so important to you that you’re willing to put your relationships in jeopardy, or if you can compromise and see eye-to-eye.
The advice of the Five of Swords is to pick your battles. You may be tempted to fight every conflict to ensure you get your way, to prove that you are right, or defend yourself when you are feeling challenged or threatened. However, most experts agree, choosing your battles wisely is a much better way of life than engaging in every disagreement. Not only will it lead to a more peaceful existence, but your interpersonal relationships are likely to come out stronger.
The Five of Swords can often indicate that you are competing with others on the path to success. You see them as threats to your own happiness, and so you seek to win at any cost.
If you have been engaged in a conflict and can see it taking its toll, the Five of Swords is an invitation to apologise. The longer you brood, or the more you try to prove you were right, the more challenging the relationship will become. Be ready to say you were wrong and make amends. There’s no sense in trying to justify your behaviour; just let it go and move on. Look for common ground with those you have been fighting with, or seek forgiveness so you can put this behind you.
The Five of Swords may also point to failure. It shows that, despite your best efforts, you are likely to be beaten or come out as the loser. If you allow yourself to become disillusioned after such a loss, then you will find yourself on the path to increased ruin and torment. Accept your defeat, and learn from it. Be smarter and wiser next time.
(Card description from Biddytarot. com; the Tarot card meaning description is based on the Rider Waite cards.)
(Pictured: Five of Swords from the “Celtic Dragon” Tarot illustrated by Lisa Hunt; lisahuntart. com)
*note: all dates and times are according to Pacific Standard Time (PST)*
~ Alemanaka; the Witches Almanac
by The Spae-Wife Witch ~