Frequency of Candle Spell Casting?

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I'm interested in casting multiple candle spells with the same intent for a number of days with tea lights. Is this ok? Will it simply build on my first spell, do nothing, or negate the intent? There is a major issue in my life which I need to address. I cast one last night with more of a spoken meditation rather than a written incantation, but I blessed my tea light with jasmine and etched symbols in it. So.....would it be safe to repeat the spell? Also, I read something about the moon phases still being active several days in advance after the phase. Right now the moon is newly waxing, so should I still treat the spell as such?

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Dualism in Pantheons

I have been thinking a lot about duality in nature and spirituality. I was wondering if anyone had any examples of dual deities. Of course there is Apollo and Dionysos with their opposite qualities. I am very interested to hear some dualist gods in your pantheons! Also, how do you combine the opposing forces of such pairings in your own life?

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Quick and Easy Dinner Ideas for Coven Discussion Evenings

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Posting this in here, because I suddenly realised folks around here might have good ideas. So, one of the things no one ever talks about with coven work is how you make the practical details work. In my case, I'm looking at doing evening discussion/class sessions two or three times a month on a weeknight. It obviously makes sense to feed people in the process, but there are some limitations.

- Potluck (which we do for rituals) is possible, but people will likely be coming from work with limited resources for keeping something cold all day, etc. I'd rather provide something main-dish like, and ask people to bring more portable options (crackers and cheese, dessert, etc.) that can be a little more flexible.

- I don't want to be fussing about last minute food prep as people are showing up - i.e. taking something out of the oven is fine, but keeping an eye out to make sure the pasta doesn't overcook is more fiddly than I want. (5 minute flexible range, in other words, is ideal.)

- Likewise, I don't want to wait for food to cook more than 5-10 minutes after people get there. (Heating up soup in a pan, fine. Boiling pasta from scratch and heating a sauce, not so great.)

- I don't want to spend tons of money on this - my own food budget is about $150 a month (for one person), and given that I'll be doing this 2-3 nights a month, don't want any given meal to cost much above $6-10 for 3-4 people.

- My own food habits are meat-heavy at lunch (since work feeds me quite well) and simpler at night (pasta, veggies, etc.) Crockpot meals might make sense in other ways, but I don't want to do anything that's "Take half a dozen chicken legs" or "Take a roast and..."

- I live by myself, and have a smallish fridge (it's a bit smaller than most apartment/house fridges, and usually full with my own stuff, since I grocery shop once a week). I also don't own a microwave (and really have nowhere to put one - 400 square foot house, no kitchen flat space that I can reliably reach safely that will also take a microwave.) Leftovers need to be things I can freeze, and reheat on stovetop or oven.

- I've got a strong preference for avoiding heavily processed foods. (Canned cream of mushroom soup is a comfort food, but I try not to have it too often, etc.) I'd also prefer a bunch of seasonal recipes. (And I've got a budget preference for making from scratch, too, or close to it.)

- I do enjoy cooking, bake my own bread most of the time, etc. but have limited time/energy after I get home from work. (I work a 9+ hour day, so usually need to come home and sit down for a bit first, and there's usually a tad of last minute cleaning or setting up for class that needs to happen too.) Advance prep is possible, but day of prep should involve less than 10-15 minutes.

Foods that have worked so far:
- Soup, bread, and cheese
- Chicken wild-rice stew (made ahead and reheated)
- Homemade pizza (assuming I'm home early enough to get the dough out and let it come to room temp first, which happens about half the time.)
- Cold plates in summer - hummus, baba ganoush, pita bread, salads, etc.

Food limits:
- Currently no major allergies, aversions, or things people don't eat, but I'd like to come up with a range of items that could be adapted if/when we do.
- My one major aversion is that peppers and I don't get along terribly well: I prefer not to cook them.

I don't own a crockpot, but do have somewhere one could go, and am seriously considering it, but would love recipes that don't involved processed foods to start, and that are meat-minimal or meat-free for this particular application.

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Gender/Sex Based Mysteries?

Do you think that there are different mysteries based on sex? If so, could a male or female understand the mysteries of the other sex? Or possibly the mysteries are accessible for anyone who wishes to understand them?

What do you think?

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Does your Tarot Deck Have a Consciousness?

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I know this sounds like it should be on the divination board but I'm going to turn it into a philosophical debate I hope. So to all you tarot heads out there, here we go. I went to go ask the question of the tarot, what do you really think of me and at first it just gave me overall advice on my current situation. Then I asked it again and got a little bit more along the lines of my question but still offering advice as if it had occ and couldn't help but give advice.

I feel that each deck has it's on style and personality as to how it answers you. When I was asking about my ex situation all of the time a lot of the answers I was getting from the deck was that IT didn't want the info to hurt me. Which shows care and concern and a certain amount of consciousness on the decks part to make that sort of statement.

So my questions are of card ethics and this does the tarot deck have a consciousness of it's own? And if it does would you care to share your experiences with it showing it's personality, or consciousness towards you in any way? How many times should on ask the same question of the deck before they should stop? And feel free to share like I said any experiences you've had with questions like what does the deck think of me or anything along the lines of asking the decks opinion of you, your life, or it's personal opinion of the universe. I don't think too many people think to ask so if you haven't try it out and get back to me on it because I will be and am fascinated by the subject!

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