āš¹ August Bone Reading
For the Black Veil
High Priest/esses of the Temple of Lilith
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š¹ Bone Reading for the Black Veil, August 2025 š
I enter the current of the hidden world, where the wind moves through the bones of the earth and whispers from the shadowed side of the Moon. This reading is given to the Black Veil initiates of the Temple of Lilith, those who walk between veils with the serpent crown upon the spine.
The bones fall in three clusters, telling the tale of August’s current for those consecrated in shadow and sovereignty.
š½ The First Casting: The Bone of the Ancestor
A long bone of the stag, marked with a dark line of ash, falls pointing toward the North. The ancestors of blood and spirit call this month. They ask that you walk the land with slow and reverent feet. There is power in honoring the old agreements of your line, in lighting a candle for the ones who walked before you, and in listening for their breath at night. Those who heed this call may find new doors opening, and a hidden ally will step forward to whisper a name or guide your hand in a moment of uncertainty.
Message: Root into your lineage, not as chains but as roots of power. August asks you to awaken what sleeps in the bones of your blood.
š½ The Second Casting: The Broken Shell and the Serpent’s Tooth
The serpent’s tooth lands beside the cracked shell, an omen of shedding. What was clung to in July must now be shed. Some of you will find old fears or bindings rising to the surface, tempting you to hold them, to cradle the shell of the familiar. But the serpent knows… she grows only when the old skin is split and abandoned in the shadows of the cave.
The cracked shell whispers that a hidden vulnerability will become your strength if it is allowed to break fully. Do not cling to the husk. This month, some relationships or habits may dissolve, leaving a rawness that is holy and necessary.
Message: Shed with dignity, and honor the shedding with ritual. Burn, bury, or cast into flowing water the symbol of what is leaving.
š½ The Third Casting: The Three Crow Bones
Three small black crow bones form a perfect triangle facing the West. The West is the womb of the underworld, the place of dusk, the cauldron of transformation. This omen speaks of a creative and magical current rising in the second half of the month. Energy fed into ritual, song, spellcraft, or artistic devotion will be amplified threefold.
The crow bones bring warning and blessing intertwined: what you feed your attention to will take form. For Black Veil initiates, this is the month to remember that thought is spell, breath is offering, and movement of hand or tongue shapes reality.
Message: Choose your magic with precision. Invoke what you desire, not what you fear, and it will come walking to you on crow’s feet.
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š¹ The Current of August for the Black Veil
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This month is a deepening spiral, a descent that is not of sorrow but of potency. The ancestor calls, the serpent sheds, and the crow brings the triple mirror of creation. Ritual work will be especially fertile during the waning moon and the nights of heavy summer heat. The world between the veils is thin, and the whispering of bones is clear.
Walk August with awareness, with the serpent coiled in readiness at your spine, and your shadow crowned with light.
š¹ Priestess of Lilith and the Copper Flame,
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