Patience is a cosmic and cardinal virtue. That should be your motto in the early hours today as the Moon in Scorpio continues in its void mode. There is no sense trying to leapfrog over competitors or push your way to the top of the executive totem pole when last night’s lunar conjunction with Saturn is still trying to make all the rules and force human souls to kowtow to numerous restrictions on the material plane. The breakthrough comes to fruition at 8:40AM when the Moon goes through its monthly alchemy of changing from fixed water (Scorpio) to mutable fire (Sagittarius). In many ways, this is the toughest of all the lunar shifts as Scorpio implies the need for some kind of dying to the old while Sagittarius suggests the need to be reborn and renewed via a generous injection of fiery will and stimulating goal-orientation. Before you know it, fortuitous vibrations are on the upswing as the Moon trines the Sun in fire signs (10:28AM) while — just three minutes before — Venus makes a supportive, 30-degree tie with Chiron (10:25AM and energizing a variety of healing rituals). Watch out for a rise in communication snafus as the Moon squares Mercury (5:30PM) and keep your distance from foggy conditions in the artistic, photographic and musical realms as the Moon squares Neptune (7:21PM). Even though the Moon in Sagittarius doesn’t sit too well with Mercury and Neptune 90-degrees away in Pisces, there are plenty of games and sports you can enjoy as the lunar orb graces this multi-faceted, eager and enthusiastic sector of the zodiac. [Note to readers: All times are calculated for Pacific Daylight Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]
Day: March 21, 2014
Calendar of the Moon for Friday, March 21st
Calendar of the Moon
4 Fearn/Elaphebolion
Alder Tree Month
Color: Crimson
Element: Fire
Altar: Upon cloth of crimson set a flaming brazier filled with charcoal and incense.
Offerings: Purification. Write what has been dragging your down, and place it in the fire.
Daily Meal: Hot, nourishing food.
Fearn Invocation
Call: Now is the time of the warming of Earth.
Response: Now is the time of the Sun’s first warmth.
Call: Now is the time when the waters of Spring are banished.
Response: Now is the time when fire dries the flood.
Call: Now is the time when the heat rises within us.
Response: Now is the time when our tears are dried.
Call: Now is the time when our inner floods give way.
Response: Now is the time when our inner fields are greening.
Call: Like the birds who build their nests in the Spring….
Response: Like the creatures of the woods who brave the open fields…
Call: As they brave the world….
Response: So we now brave the world.
Call: As they seek sustenance of the body….
Response: So we seek sustenance of the soul.
Call: As they are driven forth by need and the cycle of life…..
Response: So we are driven forth by need and the cycle of life.
Call: No house can contain our souls….
Response: As no house contains the foundation on which it is built.
Call: We will be the piles that lift the house from the water….
Response: And we will lift our spirits from the winter’s flood.
Call: We will be the island in the river….
Response: The islands where the future is told…
Call: And we will see that future running like the current….
Response: Knowing not where it will lead….
Call: Save by the grace of the gods.
Response: Save by the grace of the Gods.
Chant:
We gather at the river
We bring fire to the water
Our fire burns within us
The river parts before us
Calendar of the Sun for Friday, March 21st
Calendar of the Sun
21 Hrethemonath
Quinquatria Day 3: Music Day
Color: Blue
Element: Air
Altar: Upon a blue cloth lay many musical instruments, blue candles, a clear glass bowl of water, and a fan made from a bird’s wing.
Offerings: Song and music.
Daily Meal: Light vegetarian meal.
Quinquatria Invocation II (to be sung)
Hail Athena, true and bright,
Sharp your blade and keen your sight,
Goddess of a Thousand Works,
Giver of the soul in flight.
Guide our touch as we reach out,
Weaver, crafter, artisan,
Guide our urge to build and make,
Guide the power of our hands.
Mentor, teacher, patient tutor,
Maker of heroes through the years
In the epic glance of history,
Giving sight to blinded seers,
Giving purpose to the wanderer,
Giving courage to the weak,
We beseech you, armored Lady,
By the Word of Power you speak,
Like the wind that blows so cold
And bright and clear through minds of grey,
Stand beside us when we falter,
Sweep our weakness clean away.
(The rest of Sponde should be spent in song, whatsoever has been chosen by the community as the absolute best that they can do, as an offering. Songs can be solo offerings, or as a group. Those who wish to give private offerings can play instrumental music after the main group has left.)
The Current Moon Phase for March 21st – Waning Gibbous
Gibbous Moon
(waning /66% of illumination)
This is a tremendous time of transmutation. All of the prior elements are coming together for a final burst of creative output. You have seen a clear view of your own needs and the posture of significant others. Now the accumulation of that input is leading to a deep, core change within you. In this phase, you will naturally be inclined to seek higher guidance so that you can emerge from this transformation successfully. The Disseminting Moon favors sharing what you have learned (and are learning) with others.
Magickal Activities for the Spring Equinox
Magickal Activities for the Spring Equinox
Prosperity Seed Spell
Items You Will Need:
Marigold seeds A clay pot filled with Earth One green candle A small topaz stone Green paint Brush A small square of paperPaint the rune symbol for wealth (Fehu) on the clay pot and on the paper. Put the topaz stone along with the paper in the bottom of the pot, and fill it with the Earth. Place the pot and seeds, along with the candle, on a small table or altar covered with a green cloth.
Light the candle. Pick up the seeds and hold them as you meditate on what it is you need. For more than one participant, put the seeds on a small plate so that each person can take a seed and plant it, making his or her own wish. When you feel the time is right, plant the seeds as you chant:
“Seeds and earth, To dreams gives birth.”Leave the candle to burn for four hours. Extinguish the candle and place it along with the pot in a window. Each time you water the seeds, light the candle and repeat the chant. This is a great activity for the whole family, particularly if family members have a collective goal in mind.
Celebrating Other Spirituality 365 A Day – Ostara/Spring or Vernal Equinox
Ostara/Spring or Vernal Equinox
March 20 – 22
The Equinox is the time when the Sun crosses the plane of the equator, making day and night of equal length. This is the actual beginning of Spring and occurs somewhere between the 20th and 22nds of March. In fact, most of our modern-day Easter customs come from the Pagan Ostara, named after the Saxon Goddess Eostre. This is a time of balance, equality, and harmony between the masculine and feminine forces in Nature, the time of year when practitioners of the Wiccan and Witchcraft religions, both physically as well as symbolically, plant the seeds of their desires–seeds that in time will grow into plants representing individual, long-term goals, that began at Yule, the Winter Solstice and rebirth of the Sun.
Friday Is Ruled by Venus
Friday Is Ruled by Venus
Archangel: Anael
Candle colour: Green or pink
Incenses: Rose or geranium
Crystals: Jade or rose quartz
Use Fridays for spells for love, fidelity, healing, for anything to do with beauty, the arts and crafts and for all spells concerning the environment.
Where possible, work in any enclosed beautiful place outdoors, for example a botanical garden, a field, park or your own garden – even in a circle of plants indoors.
The Witches Correspondence for Friday, March 21st
The Witches Correspondence for Friday, March 21st
Magickal Intentions: Love, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers and Heart
Incense: Strawberry, Sandalwood, Rose, Saffron and Vanilla
Planet: Venus
Sign: Libra and Taurus
Angel: Ariel
Colors: Green, Pink, Aqua
Herbs/Plants: Pink Rose, Ivy, Birch, Heather, Clematis, Sage, Violet and Water Lilly Stones: Rose Quartz, Moonstone, Pink Tourmaline, Peridot, Emerald and Jade
Oil: (Venus) Cardamom, Palmrosa, Rose, Yarrow
Friday belongs to Venus, and its energies are warm, sensuous, and fulfilling. Efforts that involve any type of pleasure, comfort, and luxury, as well as the arts, music, or aroma (incense and perfume) works well on this day. As Venus lends its sensuous influences to the energies of this day, use it for any magical work that deals with matters of the heart.
The Witches Almanac for Friday, March 21st
The Witches Almanac for Friday, March 21st
Friday (Venus): Love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty.
Juarez Day (Mexican)
Waning Moon
The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation, and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).
Moon Sign: Scorpio
Scorpio: Increases awareness of psychic power. Precipitates psychic crises and ends connections thoroughly. People tend to brood and become secretive.
Moon enters Sagittarius 11:39 am
Sagittarius: Encourages flights of imagination and confidence. This is an adventurous, philosophical, and athletic Moon Sign. Favors expansion and growth.
Moon Phase: Third Quarter
Incense: Violet
Color: Pink
Wishing You & Yours A Very Happy & Blessed Ostara!
Next, The Missing Malaysia Airline Jet
A Ritual To Find the Lost Malaysia Airline Jet
There are many reason this plane could be missing. I know at this time there are many theories what could have happened to it. Needless to say, none of them good. I keep holding out hope that out of all these possible outcomes that it will turn out the plane was hi-jacked. I know that isn’t a good outcome at all but at least, the passengers might be alive.
What I am getting ready to suggest, I have never tried. Especially something on this magnitude and a search that involves something like this. But I have a strong belief in all of us, especially we unite in one cause. We have done it before and I believe we can do this, all we have to do is unite again. These relatives of the passengers need closure one way or the other.
I watch the families and especially the parents of children that were on this plane. It absolutely breaks my heart. I know the majority of us have children. I have two and think to myself what if this happened to me. What if my son or daughter just disappeared without a trace? My Goddess, I don’t believe I could bear it. These people are going through hell, I know I would be. I would be willing to try anything just to know what or where my children were. I believe you would too.
We honestly need to try to help these people. We have been successful twice before if you remember. I honestly believe we can do it again. Everything else has been tried and has failed. I know personally, I feel guilty every time I see their families on TV. I know deep down in my heart that we can possibly help them. I want you to believe this also. I am asking you as a parent and a friend, to help us give these people some type of closure. Let them know what or where their loved ones are. You and I both know, we would try anything and everything to find our own. Let’s try to do this for these families. We have the power to do this, I know we can. It might take a couple of times repeating this spell. But think what we will be giving these poor families. If it was me, I would have to know and I would want to know what happened to my loved one. Either way the outcome at least I would know and finally have peace. We all know these people are in emotional turmoil, a living hell.
We are given our abilities from our Divine Mother for a reason. One of the main reasons is to help mankind anyway and anytime that we can. I am asking, no I am pleading with you because my heart is breaking with these people. Please join us in this ritual. Let us unity again as one. You have seen for yourself what we can do when we stand together. We are an unstoppable force. Again, I am so sorry and feel very ashamed I have not brought this up sooner. But I honestly figured the plane would have been found by now. I ask the Goddess to forgive me and all the families of this missing plane to forgive me for not bringing this up. I know we can do this. Let’s find that plane and those missing passengers.
The Spell
The items you will need are something you probably have on hand:
A pure white candle Some rose petals or lavender beads, fresh or dried
When you are alone and quiet, light the candle and allow a picture of the missing plane and passengers to come into your mind.
Speak into the flame words of love and any positive news that you can possibly think about involving this plane. Let the words gently flow into the candle.
When you have finished, say three times:
Flight 370, you and your passengers have simply vanished from this plane of existence. You have left behind loved ones that are in turmoil and cannot continue without knowing what has happened, what has occurred or where you are. On their behalf, we now petition the Greater Powers in the Universe to step in and help them in their quest for answers. Let the plane and passengers of Flight 370 be found or send word of what has happened. We ask that families now be given peace and if their loved ones have passed on may they now know peace. Peace is desperately needed for all concerned. Again, we petition this on their behalf. We are children of the Goddess and we ask this in Her Name.
So Mote It Be.
Blow out the candle and using all your strength and power, push the light in your mind to enfold the plane and its passengers in love wherever they are.
Repeat daily, if possible at the same time until the candle is burnt down, then leave a day’s gap before beginning with a fresh candle. The message after the first candle can be shortened or you can add your own words
First, The Prayer for A Peace
I started to write this prayer myself but I didn’t. I found a prayer written by Dr. Jane Goodall. She is person I am sure we all know and one that I admire very much. Dr. Goodall wrote what I could have never put into words. It is a rather long prayer but it is very suited for this current situation. Please take time out of your day to pray it with us. Thank you.
We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which
we live and move and have our being.
We pray that we may at all times
keep our minds open to new ideas and shun dogma;
that we may grow in our understanding of the nature of all living beings
and our connectedness with the natural world;
that we may become ever more filled with
generosity of spirit and true compassion and love for all life;
that we may strive to heal the hurts that we have inflicted on nature
and control our greed for material things, knowing that our actions are harming our natural world and the future of our children;
that we may value each and every human being
for who he is, for who she is, reaching to the spirit that is within,
knowing the power of each individual to change the world. We pray for social justice,
for the alleviation of the crippling poverty
that condemns millions of people around the world
to lives of misery – hungry, sick, and utterly without hope.
We pray for the children who are starving,
who are condemned to homelessness, slave labor, and prostitution,
and especially for those forced to fight, to kill and torture
even members of their own family.
We pray for the victims of violence and war,
for those wounded in body and for those wounded in mind.
We pray for the multitudes of refugees, forced from their homes to alien places
through war or through the utter destruction of their environment. We pray for suffering animals everywhere,
for an end to the pain caused by scientific experimentation,
intensive farming, fur farming, shooting, trapping,
training for entertainment, abusive pet owners,
and all other forms of exploitation
such as overloading and overworking pack animals,
bull fighting, badger baiting, dog and cock fighting and so many more. We pray for an end to cruelty,
whether to humans or other animals,
for an end to bullying, and torture in all its forms.
We pray that we may learn the peace that comes with forgiving
and the strength we gain in loving;
that we may learn to take nothing for granted in this life;
that we may learn to see and understand with our hearts;
that we may learn to rejoice in our being. We pray for these things with humility;
We pray because of the hope that is within us,
and because of a faith in the ultimate triumph of the human spirit;
We pray because of our love for Creation, and because of our trust in God.
We pray, above all, for peace throughout the world. prayer for world peace – dr. jane goodall
Thank You So Very Much! You are an awesome bunch of people!
We have a lot to cover today in the opening, so please bear with me. First, I want to thank all of you for the beautiful pentagram necklace. You shouldn’t have but I am so glad you did. I have looked at that necklace for months wanting it and now you got it for my birthday. When I opened the package, I couldn’t believe it. I was so happy and so surprised, you made me cry. And that ain’t easy to make an old witch do, lol! Hmm, I am not really that old and please don’t ask either. Mystie and the Lord don’t even know that. I know the Lord has a pretty good idea but he isn’t for sure. And you know the old saying never ask a lady her age, lol! But seriously, I love you all for the beautiful gift. I love it so much and I will always treasure it since it came from you.
Now on to the world stage. I have two things right now that are bothering me. I also know others that I have talked to, these events are bothering them. I would imagine if all of us were truthfully with ourselves one of these events terrify all of us. That is the current state of affairs between the U.S. and Russia. I don’t like to get involved in politics but sometimes the situation deems otherwise. I talked to the astrologers that do our daily horoscopes at the first of the year (and you probably know how accurate they are, very!). They predicted this year was a year of castrophe for this planet and mankind. Now the situation between Russia and the U.S had cropped up, I am worried. I feel we all should be worried. If either country make the wrong gesture, we all know what could happen. Cooler heads have to prevail for all of our sakes. Whether you are Russian, American, Chinese, Italian, it doesn’t matter, the outcome of these affairs effect the entire world. We both know what these two countries are capable of, no matter what Tradition, Path or Religion you are, we have to pray for peace. For each of our Divinities to step in and take control over the matter. Because seriously, I am afraid that all of our futures are currently at stake.
Now on that happy note, let move on to the next event. This one I am totally ashamed of myself for not mentioning sooner. It is about the plane that disappeared almost two weeks ago. I never imagined that it would be missing this long, never. In fact, to me, with our technology it is unbelievable. I see these poor families on TV and it literally breaks my heart. I want to do something for them so bad. I put myself in their place, I have children as many of you do. Stop to think if this was one of our kids or family members, what would you be going through right now. I think we need to do something for these families. We have come together twice before in the past. We united in two events and we had huge success. So I am asking that we come together as a community and help these people. It won’t hurt to try. Nothing else has worked and you know as I do we have the power and the ability to make things happen. Let’s do it one more time for these poor people.
Well, I am asking a lot from you today. But you know yourself, I don’t generally ask much at all. In fact, I seldom ask anything unless it is not important. Both of these situations are important, I will give you they are important for different reasons. But both are equally as important. They involve the comfort and protection of our fellow man. We are given our powers for times like these. I know in my heart we can make a difference again. It is our duty and obligation to at least try. Like I said I know I am asking a lot, but please let us unity once again. We are needed, let’s meet these challenges head on.
For all these things that you have done for me and all the things that I have asked of you today, thank you from the very bottom of my heart. I love you all more than you will ever know.
Lady Of The Abyss
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