Magical Correspondences for Creativity

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Whether hoping to become more creative in the kitchen, writing an article for a blog, or starting a craft with children, sometimes a boost to our creative side can be helpful.  Writer's block, the cooking doldrums,  artistic enui; it happens to everyone at some point.

Doing magical work to encourage your creative side can be as easy as a prayer to a creative aspect of deity or as elaborate as creating a full ritual to spur on creative juices.  Whatever the creative magical working pursued, here is a list of creativity correspondences that can help.

General Correspondences:

• Day of the week: Wednesday
• Planet/s: Mercury, Venus
• Phase of the moon: Full
• Tarot card: Ace of Wands or The Magician
• Animals: Butterfly
• Color: Yellow
• Drink: Sangria
• Items of nature and the environment: Rain, sand

Stones of creativity: 

• Orange calcite
• Citrine
• Opal
• Topaz

Gods associated with creativity:

• Apollo (Greek)
• Bragi (Norse)
• Gwydion (Celtic)
• Lugh (Celtic)
• Odin (Norse)
• Ptah (Egyptian)
• Tvashtri (Hindu)
• Veveteotl (Aztec)
• Wayland (Anglo Saxon)

Goddesses associated with creativity:

• Anatum (Sumerian)
• Artemis Calliste (Greek)
• Athena (Greek)
• Brighid (Celtic)
• Danu (Celtic)
• Ilmater (Finland)
• Maya (Hindu)
• Minerva (Roman)
• Namagiri (Hindu)
• Oshun, (Yoruban)
• Rhiannon (Celtic)
• Sarasvati (Hindu)
• The Muses (Greek)

Corresponding Plants and Herbs:

• Barley
• Basil
• Chervil
• Cinnamon
• Coriander
• Honeysuckle
• Horehound
• Mace
• Mint
• Rosemary
• Rye
• Snapdragon
• Tansy
• Vervain
• Woodruff

Foods associated with creativity:

• Bagels
• Barley
• Beans
• Capers
• Guava
• Jicama
• Mulberry
• Orange
• Pasta
• Pickles
• Plums

Kindle your creativity by eating or cooking with the foods and herbs of creativity.  Paint a picture of an associated deity.  Place stones of creativity on your work area or in your kitchen window sill.  Place the Ace of Wands card out where it can remind you to create.  With a little magical influence, you'll be creating in no time at all!

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