Llewellyn's 2004 Witches' Datebook © 2003 Llewellyn Worldwide 144 pages
paperback ISBNB 0-7387-0130-0 $9.95 (U.S.)
Every year Llewellyn puts out a variety of calendars, datebooks, almanacs,
etc. They all share a number of similarities: each daily entry will give
you the moon phase and sign, a color associated with the day, and any
significant astronomical/astrological events. Each of these publications
will also include some articles, short bios of the contributing authors and
a list of eclipses, Full Moons, and planetary retrogrades. This one also
includes a table of Moon Void of Course data and a few pages for a phone
book. It contains five articles: "Magick for the Quite Season," "The
Swifting of Energy," "The Art of Reading Tea Leaves," "Commonsense Ritual
Preparation," and "Knot Magic."
Then there are the short (1/2 page) recipes, stories, poetry, illustrations,
etc., which occur on the odd numbered pages beginning on page 31. These add
a variety of informational sources and inspirational ideas.
Some of the daily entries contain historical facts ((January 8th: The
birthday of MacGregor Mathers [of Golden Dawn fame] is one example), while
others contain bits of arcane lore (January 11th": "Tuck a bit of apple in
your money clip or wallet to prevent your cash supply from running dry.")
You could read through this book, or you could skim the articles and the 1/2
page informational inserts and save reading the daily entries until you
actually encounter them. I have found, more than once, that some note for
the day ends up being particularly appropriate when I come across it
unexpectedly.
The only disadvantage to this datebook (if you consider it a disadvantage)
is the smallness of the space for entries of your own on each day (with only
about four square inches of space per day [and with one quarter to one half
of that space already used] you need to keep your entries short and to the
point.
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