Your Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, February 21

The magical mystery tour continues today as our dreams overflow into the real world. An elusive Venus-Neptune alignment spurs romantic fantasies while the Moon shifts into hypersensitive Pisces at 12:31 pm EST and joins surreal Neptune to further dissolve reality; but a hard-edged Mercury-Saturn aspect prevents us from floating away with our thoughts. The Pisces New Moon at 5:34 pm marks a turning point as we start to put the past behind us.

 

Aries Horoscope
Aries Horoscope (Mar 21 – Apr 19)

You may feel as if you’re in an imaginative bubble and time is standing still today as the Pisces New Moon falls in your 12th House of Escapism. You know that big changes are on the way, but temporarily everything seems to be moving in slow motion. Don’t ignore what’s happening now because you have to finish a current project while you still have time. Once you tie up loose ends, you’ll be able to move into the next phase of your life.

Taurus Horoscope
Taurus Horoscope (Apr 20 – May 20)

Today’s Pisces New Moon triggers your need to be with like-minded people as it brings to life your 11th House of Friends. However, you can be so overwhelmed by your imagination now that your cohorts may think you’ve lost touch with reality. Thankfully, they’ll begin to take you more seriously if you don’t ramble on endlessly about your visions. Share your hopes, but stop talking once you’ve said what’s on your mind.

Gemini Horoscope
Gemini Horoscope (May 21 – Jun 20)

Getting a handle on what’s happening at work today can be challenging, but don’t just throw your hands up in frustration and walk away. Although you might not be able to make sense out of the instructions you’re given now, simply follow your intuition and take the most sensible course of action. Whatever you do, the rules are likely to be changed. Shift gears as necessary or take a whole new approach if your current methods no longer do the trick.

Cancer Horoscope
Cancer Horoscope (June 21 – Jul 22)

You may be obsessed with dreams of an exotic vacation, yet it would be a shame to waste the current opportunity without at least making a plan. At this point it really doesn’t matter if you cannot afford taking time off from work or if the costs are beyond your budget. What does matter is that you actually attempt to make your fantasy come true. Your preliminary explorations won’t require additional resources now, and you can always focus on the details later if you decide to embark on your escapade.

Leo Horoscope
Leo Horoscope (Jul 23 – Aug 22)

You are often so self-sufficient that it may be difficult now to get the help you need. Your co-workers might be hesitant to offer assistance, even if you would appreciate a little support. Although you could be in over your head, you don’t want to appear as if you’re desperate. Thankfully, it isn’t too late; ask for what you need, even if it means revealing your vulnerability. You don’t have to be perfect; others will rally to your defense if you’re willing to meet them halfway.

Virgo Horoscope
Virgo Horoscope (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

Everyone seems a bit unreliable today as the Pisces New Moon confuses your 7th House of Partners. You may expect one thing to occur, but something else comes out of left field. You could quickly become anxious if you are overly rigid in your approach to the day. However, being less self-critical now also enables you to loosen your judgment of others. Being flexible is a smart strategy to get you through these uncertain times.

Libra Horoscope
Libra Horoscope (Sep 23 – Oct 22)

The imaginative Pisces New Moon lands in your 6th House of Habits, prompting you to start a new regimen to improve your well-being. A healthier diet and more effective exercise program usually sounds like a good idea, but you often lack the serious commitment required to make it work. Thankfully, your intentions go a long way today, and starting a new routine can have a lasting positive impact. An enduring little change makes more sense now than a big one that doesn’t last.

Scorpio Horoscope
Scorpio Horoscope (Oct 23 – Nov 21)

The magical Pisces New Moon smiles on your 5th House of Love and Creativity today. A romantic fantasy might be exactly what you need, even if you don’t actually do anything about it. Yet a wonderful experience that takes place only within your imagination can still have real implications if you choose to act on your feelings now or later on. Whether you tell anyone or not, give yourself permission to feel the current attraction without worrying about where it may lead you.

Sagittarius Horoscope
Sagittarius Horoscope (Nov 22 – Dec 21)

You would be wise to keep your feelings to yourself today as the confusing Pisces New Moon lands in your 4th House of Roots. Your emotions are best left at home now; sharing your private life at work might not be the smartest move. However, don’t slip into denial about what’s happening. Instead of shutting yourself off from your heart, it’s healthier to write in a journal or talk about your personal issues with a trusted friend.

Capricorn Horoscope
Capricorn Horoscope (Dec 22 – Jan 19)

A close friend or family member might do something that confuses you today, but don’t let this become the main focus of your day. You have important things to do and shouldn’t waste time trying to figure out someone else’s motives. If you’re really curious, be direct and ask them what’s going on. However, if satisfactory answers aren’t readily forthcoming, let it go for now; you can return to the conundrum another time.

Aquarius Horoscope
Aquarius Horoscope (Jan 20 – Feb 18)

Today’s Pisces New Moon activates your 2nd House of Money, inspiring visionary ideas about increasing your income. But your thoughts won’t necessarily lead to financial rewards because you might be misled by your own idealism now. Be smart and consider everything that comes to mind, but don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Pisces Horoscope
Pisces Horoscope (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Today’s New Moon falls in your creative sign, offering you a new lease on life. There’s no limit to what you can dream up in your mind now, but there’s also nothing to be gained by rushing into anything just yet. You are at the edge of an imaginative journey, but your thoughts will eventually solidify into reality. Move cautiously and consider all your options prior to focusing on any one path.

New Moon Report for February 21 – New Moon in Pisces

New Moon Report for February 21

by Jeff Jawer

 

New Moon in Pisces

Tuesday, February 21, 2:35 pm PST, 5:35 pm EST

Every New Moon in Pisces is an invitation to dive into an ocean of emotion. This boundless sea of feelings can inspire our dreams or flood us with confusion. Idealistic Neptune’s conjunction to this spiritual lunation brings us even closer to a cosmic sense of unity that stirs religious fervor and enhances imagination. Boundaries melt away to deepen our connections with one another and with nature, spurring compassion, hope, faith and charity.

The Pisces New Moon is like a warm bath that drains our worries away. It soothes the pains of isolation and disappointment by floating us above the complexities of daily life. Taking breaks from routine activities to nourish the soul with sweet music, tender touches and spiritual reflection restores hope and rewards us with a greater awareness of our divinity.

Cosmic Calendar for Tuesday, February 21

Easy does it! Days like this don’t happen that often – when a New Moon (activating 3 degrees of Pisces at 2:36PM PST) occurs with a wide variety of significant alignments. In addition, until that 2:36PM PST moment, the dark-of-the-moon monthly cycle is in effect – reminding you to finish enterprises begun during the last four weeks. To get a sense of today’s complexity, examine the following list of aspects as the Moon forms a contra-parallel to Mars (12:22AM PST), the Moon parallels Mercury (8:13AM PST), a void-of-course lunar cycle in Aquarius happens from 8:18AM PST to 9:32AM PST, Venus makes a 45-degree link to Neptune (9:21AM PST), the Moon enters Pisces (9:32AM PST), the Moon unites with Neptune (10:49AM PST), Mercury forms a 135-degree tie to Saturn (12:38PM PST), the Moon unites with Pallas (3:37PM PST), the Sun makes a 30-degree contact with Uranus (3:59PM PST), the Moon unites with Chiron (6:55PM PST), Mercury forms a contra-parallel with Venus (6:56PM PST) and the Moon makes a 60-degree link with Jupiter (8:10PM PST). When a dozen solar, lunar and interplanetary aspects vie for supremacy and you are shifting from an Old Moon to a New Moon vibration, count your blessings. It is not a sign of weakness to take several time-outs in order to catch your breath and revamp your game plan for overall success and achievements during the next several weeks. Studying metaphysics and advanced subjects in any field of knowledge is encouraged as the Moon unites with the trio of Neptune, Pallas and Chiron during only an 8-hour time-span.

Calendar of the Moon for Tuesday, February 21

Calendar of the Moon

Ash Tree Month

Color: Pale Blue
Elements: Water and air
Altar: On a cloth of pale blue set a great bowl of salt water in which are set many shells and stones, a shell full of salt, incense, and the figures of sea-birds and fishes.
Offerings: Wash something clean, or air it out.
Daily Meal: Either fish or seafood, or poultry.

Nion/Anthesterion Invocation

Call: Now is the time of wind and water.
Response: Now is the time of sea and sky.
Call: Now is the time of the Gods of weather.
Response: Now is the time of the great waves.
Call: Now is the time of terrible flooding.
Response: Now is the time of needed rain.
Call: Now is the time of battering gales.
Response: Now is the time of winds of change.
Call: Now is the time of fear of change.
Response: Now, and always, change will win.
Call: The wild winds disturb our dreams.
Response: The wild winds awake our minds.
Call: The heavy rains flood our hearts.
Response: The heavy rains water our future.
Call: The sea will sweep us away.
Response: The sea will bear us up.
Call: The sea is cold and unending.
Response: The sea is the source of life.
Call: We are ships on the lost expanse of the ocean.
Response: We are winds that call to one another.
Call: We will brave the wind and water.
Response: We will bring together mind and heart.
Call: We will come home safely after wandering.
Response: We will anchor safely after our journeys.
Call: We will come through wind and water!
Response: We will come through wind and water!
(Repeat last two lines twice more.)

Chant:
We will come through wind and water
We will come through sea and sky

Calendar of the Sun for Tuesday, February 21

Calendar of the Sun

Feralia: Day of Purification

Color: White
Element: Air
Altar: On a white cloth put a lit candle, incense, a cup of water, and a bowl of salt.
Offering: Although this day is not a day of total silence, it is a solemn day and talking should be done only when necessary and in quiet tones. Bodies should be thoroughly cleaned during the bathing hour, and then the altar area should be cleaned and purified with all four elements. Each person, upon entering the altar space at the beginning of Sponde should remove their clothing and be naked, and each body should be purified with the four elements and marked with water and salt, at which point they may enrobe again. Chores of the day should concentrate on cleaning and repair.
Daily Meal: Vegan and extremely simple and plain.

Feralia Invocation

Breathe the air into your body
And breathe out again,
And as you breathe out,
Let all grime and corruption
Depart on that breath
(All breathe together for twelve breaths.)
Feel the blood coursing through your body
And imagine it clean
Of anything but what should be there.
Feel the energy coursing through your body
And wash it clean
Of anything that does not belong.
Feel the Earth beneath you,
Remember that She can absorb all
Remember that all rot is her provenance
Draw her energy up into you
And give it back again.

(After this grounding, all breathe together again in a yogic breathing pattern for the next half an hour, after which all will go with water and salt and incense and fire to all rooms in the house and cleanse them. Great care should be taken for the rest of the day not to disturb the energy of the freshly cleaned house.)

Correspondences for Tuesday, February 21

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Correspondences for Tuesday, February 21

Magickal Intentions: Courage, Physical Strength, Revenge, Military Honors, Surgery and the Breaking of Negative Spells, Matrimony, War, Enemies, Prison, Vitality and Assertiveness

 Incense: Dragon’s Blood, Patchouli

Planet: Mars

Sign: Aries and Scorpio

Angel: Samuel

Colors: Red and Orange

 Herbs/Plants:Red Rose, Cock’s Comb, Pine, Daisy, Thyme and Pepper

Stones: Carnelian, Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet and Pink Tourmaline

 Oil: (Mars) Basil, Coriander, Ginger

 Mars rules Tuesday. The energies of this day best harmonize with efforts of masculine vibration, such as conflict, physical endurance and strength, lust, hunting, sports, and all types of competition. Use them, too, for rituals involving surgical procedures or political ventures.

The Wicca Book of Days for Feb. 21 – Rest in Peace

The Wicca Book of Days for February 21

Rest in Peace

In ancient Rome, February 21 marked the last day of the Parentalia festival honoring ancestral spirits that began on February 13. Today was known as the Feralia, or the “Festival of the Dead,” when libations of milk, honey, and wine were poured over the tombs of deceased family members, which were garlanded with violets and roses, and black animals were sacrificed to them, in the hope that these placatory gestures would encourage them to rest in peace. For it was said that when Romans neglected to keep their dead sweet in this way, they roamed around howling their displeasure and punishing many for their disrespect with an untimely end.

Unfinished Business?

If you are uncomfortably aware that you have not yet fulfilled a deathbed promise, that you made to a dying relative, today would be an ideal time to begin to lay that particular ghost to rest. Otherwise, light a candle in memory of those who have gone before you.

Today’s Affirmation, Thought & Meditation for Tuesday, Feb. 21

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Today’s Affirmation

To be a good friend to myself I will, without harshness, see the truth about myself, no matter how difficult or beautiful this truth may be.

 

Today’s Thought

“He who knows other is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

Lao Tzu (c. 604 – 531 BCE)

 

Today’s Meditation

The House of the Self

Close your eyes and visualize the exterior of a house. In your mind enter the house and explore the interior from the basement to the attic. As you look around notice the colours, style and overall atmosphere of each room. After examining each room thoroughly, open your eyes and draw what  you have seen. Reflect on the meaning of your house as a metaphor for yourself.  What understanding of yourself can you glean from this exploratory visualization?

Happy & Blessed Tuesday, dear, dear friends!

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How is everyone doing this lovely morning/afternoon? I hope fantastic. I was sitting here in perfect harmony with my own little cosmos. All my familiars had wondered into the bedroom and I was playing some of my Pagan songs. Oh, life is so good! I was singing and chanting. I was holding poor Razzy, swaying back and forth, just singing away. I think this was the first time she had actually heard music come out of my laptop. So she was into it for a while and then said, “the heck with this, she was missing her naptime.” Anything to get her asleep these days, I swear. She has become a handful. She is not like your average run of the mill housecat. It seems like she is up the whole time I am up. I know that can’t be true though, she has to be napping somewhere. Just where? Back to the topic, if singing and chanting each morning before I do my dailys puts her to sleep, I guess I will just have to make the sacrifice, lol!

Anyway, while I was doing my thing, I got to thinking???Is today “Fat Tuesday?” Why I believe it is! Then I got to thinking again, what the heck does “Fat Tuesday” mean anyway? I know, how dumb can you get. Well to keep from being dumb the rest of my life, I went to Wikipedia and looked it up. I thought I would share it with you. I hope you enjoy!

Have a super fabulous day, dearies!

*PS – I knew Mardi Gras was about partying, partying, partying. I just figured Fat Tuesday was were you really partied and got fat off the beer and whiskey, like I said me, dumbass, lol!*

Mardi Gras

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The terms “Mardi Gras” (/ˈmɑrdiɡrɑː/), “Mardi Gras season“, and “Carnival season“, in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday; in English the day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning “confess.” Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. Popular practices include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, etc. Similar expressions to Mardi Gras appear in other European languages sharing the Christian tradition. In English, the day is called Shrove Tuesday, associated with the religious requirement for confession before Lent begins.

In many areas, the term “Mardi Gras” has come to mean the whole period of activity related to the celebratory events, beyond just the single day. In some US cities, it is now called “Mardi Gras Day” or “Fat Tuesday”. The festival season varies from city to city, as some traditions consider Mardi Gras the entire period between Epiphany or Twelfth Night and Ash Wednesday. Others treat the final three-day period before Ash Wednesday as the Mardi Gras. In Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras-associated social events begin in November, followed by mystic society balls on Thanksgiving, then New Year’s Eve, followed by parades and balls in January and February, celebrating up to midnight before Ash Wednesday. In earlier times parades were held on New Year’s Day. Other cities famous for Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Barranquilla, Colombia; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Quebec City, Canada; Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico; and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Carnival is an important celebration in Anglican and Catholic European nations. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the week before Ash Wednesday is called “shrovetide”, ending on Shrove Tuesday. It has its popular celebratory aspects as well. Pancakes are a traditional food. Pancakes and related fried breads or pastries made with sugar, fat and eggs are also traditionally consumed at this time in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Shrove Tuesday

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is observed mainly in English speaking countries, especially Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States but is also observed in the Philippines and Germany. Shrove Tuesday is linked to Easter, so its date changes on an annual basis.

In most traditions the day is known for the eating of pancakes before the start of Lent. Pancakes are eaten as they are made out of the main foods available, sugar, fat, flour and eggs, whose consumption was traditionally restricted during the ritual fasting associated with Lent.