If you are feeling the need to alter your diet or add nutritional foods to your weekly meal planning, it is probably due to this morning’s monthly Moon-Ceres union in Gemini (2:07AM PDT). Nurture dear ones in your familial circle who are down on their luck or who need your healing touch. A void lunar uncertainty zone clocks in at 4:00AM PDT when the Moon trines Saturn. This limbo-like time-period lasts until 9:50AM PDT when the lunar orb returns to its natural abode of watery Cancer. Be more fashion-conscious and consider shopping for values as Mercury forms an inspirational, 72-degree link to Juno (5:31AM PDT). Some of these favorable vibrations will still be available once the Moon has changed signs. Anticipate some psychic turbulence around the time when Mars forms a dicey, 135-degree link with Chiron (2:32PM PDT). Throwing your weight around or conducting arm-twisting maneuvers are bush league. Home, family and nostalgic themes are prominent with the Moon in the fourth sign of the zodiac. Learn more about advances on the cutting edge of alternative medicine as the Moon trines Chiron (11:20PM PDT). Research into UFOs, ETs, pyramid power, reincarnation, mysticism, alchemy and oracles can also bear fruit.
Calendar of the Moon for September 9
Calendar of the Moon
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Taliesin’s Day
Color: Sky-Blue
Element: Air
Altar: Upon cloth of sky-blue set a chalice of wine, a cup of honey, a ring of keys, a single stone, and many blue candles.
Offerings: Words that you have written yourself.
Daily Meal: Any food transformed to look like something else, such as a subtlety.
Invocation to Taliesin
Hail, Greatest of Bards!
You who were once Gwion Bach,
A wandering child with no home and no luck,
You who minded the Cauldron of Cerridwen
And stole from it three drops of wisdom,
You who heard the language of birds
And fled from the Goddess’s wrath,
You who were hare and fish and otter,
You who were a bird and a single grain of corn,
You who were seized by Her sharp eyes
And devoured by Her questing beak,
You who grew to fullness again in Her belly
And were birthed forth a second time,
You who were cast into the sea and blown forth
Upon the shore of a far land,
You whose words bedazzled the throned ones,
You whose curse turns men to stone,
You whose song confounds and enlightens,
You who are the Power of Words
Cascading over our ears and our minds,
Infuse us with the Spirit of Inspiration
And may our own words gleam
With the treasure more precious than gold.
(One who has been chosen to do the work of the ritual pours the honey into the wine cup and stirs it, and takes it about to each one present, bidding them drink and saying, “May thy tongue flow with honey.” Each drinks, and the rest is poured out as libation. As this is the day of the God of Bards, one should be brought in from outside the house to sing or speak to all the folk present. They should be feasted as the reliquary of Taliesin, and given honor. Many books should be read tonight.)
Calendar of the Sun for September 9
Calendar of the Sun
Media Aestas
Colors: Gold and blue
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a golden cloth set a single blue candle, a bunch of herbs from the garden, lengths of twine, a bowl of rainwater, a bucket of manure tea, and several empty baskets.
Offering: Water and fertilizer, to be added to the garden.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian
Media Aestas Invocation
Earth, your bounty is showered upon us!
We walk amid your green leaves
And cut down what you give us,
And the harvest begins in earnest.
Bless us with a full pantry
As the Sun begins to wane,
Let us eat his light in the food
You gift to our table.
We now enter the time of year
When we do take more than is given,
Yet even now we will water and feed you,
For this is the dance of giving.
And we shall do the sacred act of cultivation,
Weeding that which hinders our harvest,
Bringing the first death that Life may go on.
Chant: Gift given
Hands receive you
Earth’s bounty
Brings the sheaf to you
(Two who have been chosen to do the work of the ritual take up the rainwater and the manure tea, and carry them out tot he garden, where they are ceremonially poured around the roots of the herbs and vegetables, and especially into any plots of land where everything has been harvested. All others follow with empty baskets to harvest some thing from the garden, or twine to cut herbs and hang them to dry. After this, each should do some weeding, as weeding is the sacred cultivation work of this season. The weeds should be placed in a compost heap with all due reverence; we take their perfectly legitimate lives that our own plants may grow.)
Current Moon Phase for Sept. 9 – Last Quarter
Last Quarter Moon
(waning/45% illumination)
The time of reaping is at hand. There is a feeling of completion infused into the atmosphere during the Last Quarter Moon. The opportunity opens to recognize how far you’ve come in various parts of your life. This is not a good time for new beginnings, but rather a reflective period suited to evaluating how you have been using your time and what has been accomplished. Issues of authority may arise. This Moon phase supports taking responsibility for actively tying up the loose ends of projects that are already underway.
Living Life As The Witch – The Living Rede
The Living Rede
A lifetime of learning I’ve set to these pages,
Some learned from fools, and some learned from sages.
This tomb contains musings: some wisdom, some rant.
Some will find truth here, some won’t and some can’t.
If your eyes fall upon this page, it’s meant for you,
For the Universe offers what you’re meant to do.
The Secret of Magic quite often astounds:
There isn’t a Secret! Just look all around!
The Trees teach you lessons – the Willow that bends.
The challenge for you: learn the message it sends.
By Example and Symbol the Universe speaks.
It may happen quickly or take many weeks.
Be aware what you notice – it needs your attention
If you’re going to hear what it’s trying to mention.
For the Universe rarely speaks loudly and clearly,
But it speaks all the time if you listen sincerely.
You’re here for a reason – to heal, teach and learn.
The better you listen, the more growth you’ll earn.
The goal, it would seem, is reunion with Spirit.
Learn lessons while here, don’t run from, don’t fear it.
Though we travel our own paths, our lives interlace.
We must all grow together – this isn’t a race.
So be mindful of others, and help when you can,
A bird, tree or pebble, a woman or man.
Material, Ether and Astral involved,
Work them correctly, your problems be solved.
Magic is simple, has rules, like Mundane,
Push or pull with your Heart and direct with your Brain.
The Emotions you raise will determine its power.
The more you project, that much sooner its hour.
The Thoughts that you hold in your mind as you cast
Tell the power its job – where to go and its task.
If your thoughts falter or change while you work,
Your focus is lessened – your power will fork.
Dual aspects to work with, the God and the Goddess,
Called Yang and called Yin – the names matter not, honest!
Yang feels like anger – you feel in your chest.
It jumps to the hand and for quick work is best.
Yin is much softer – it’s felt at the womb.
The power of Love and the peace of a tomb.
Yang is aggressive – Male “Get It Done Now!”
If you’re in a hurry, Yang does it, and how!
Yin is more subtle, for delicate tasks.
If you’re working with love, it’s the one you should ask.
All genders have both, their intensities varied,
And strong you will be with both energies married.
Be Humble and True, though, whatever your power. Sometimes you’re the lightning, sometimes you’re The Tower.
The Cards hold no magic, the Runes have no secret
That’s not found within you – if only you’ll seek it.
Negative or Positive? Sometimes you must give.
The Antelope dies so the Lion may live.
Remember, when tragedy breaks down your door:
Whatever you lose, you will gain so much more.
I know it sounds hard, when loss brings pain and sorrow,
But you will know joy again – next year, or tomorrow.
One thing that I’ve found, and I hope you will heed:
Ask not what you want from life. Ask what you need.
Ask what you want and it may come to you,
But ask what you need: What you came here to do.
This far through my Rede you have stayed and have read.
Down paths much like mine you are likely to tread.
I welcome you, joyful, a companion to walk,
For someone to listen to, someone to talk.
These pages are yours to accept or critique.
May your road straight to Spirit unfold at your feet.
Stay if you will, here, or leave if you must.
Blessed Be, One and All. Perfect Love. Perfect Trust.
– Brian Gallagher – author of this rede
The Witches Almanac for *Sunday, September 9
The Witches Almanac for *Sunday, September 9
*Sunday (Sun): Healing, spirituality, success, strength and protection.
Chrysanthemum Festival (Japanese)
Moon Sign: *Gemini
*Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts, communication, games, and fun.
*Waning Moon
*The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation, and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).
Moon enters *Cancer 12:40 pm
*Cancer: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Pinpoints need, supports growth and nurturance. Tends to domestic concerns.
Moon Phase: Fourth Quarter
Incense: Hyacinth
Color: Yellow
Good Morning My Dear Friends!
Spellcaster’s Affirmation
There is one Presence and Power in the Universe
That manifests to me as Goddess and as God
It guides the stars and the planets
It guides me and moves through my life
For I am a perfect incarnation of God /dess
And a perfect priest/ess of God/dess
I am a complete manifestation of this power
I release all imbalanced energy and it’s effects
I harness harmonious energy
And shape it for the good of all
In accordance with free will
With ease and with joy
With love and kindness
So mote it be
Witches Of The Craft® 
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