While similar to classic Tarot’s Strength card, Lust goes a step further by suggesting we should enjoy the pleasures of exercising our strengths, sating our passions, and embracing that which allows one to express the majesty of their unique self. The lust this card indicates is not purely sexual, but at its most basic this lust is a primal desire to experience life to the fullest degree possible while taming our more beastly side. Lust implies that we not fight with our base instincts, but rather that we accept and manage and nourish them as an essential aspect of maintaining a balanced, complete self.
Casting the Stones, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for Today
The Past Berkano
Berkano is the Rune of birth and rebirth. This may symbolize a time when you are capable of great personal growth. Love may be in the air as well.
The Present Ehwaz
Ehwaz represents movement. You may be closing in on reaching your current goals. Your life may be changing for the better. Harmony with others should come easy for you at this time.
The Future Fehu
Fehu is the Rune of prosperity, good luck and unbridled creative energies. Being associated with Frey, this Rune is also a powerful omen of fertility. Fehu is one of the three Mother Stones and should never be taken lightly.
Ehwaz represents movement. You may be closing in on reaching your current goals. Your life may be changing for the better. Harmony with others should come easy for you at this time.
Additional information about Today’s Rune, Ehwaz…..
power, aiding in communication, transportation; to ‘send’ a spell
ASSOCIATED MYTHS & DEITIES:
Sleipnir, Freya’s feathered cloak
ANALYSIS:
The horse has been a powerful symbol in nearly every culture and every age. They were often believed to draw the sun about the heavens. Strong, swift and loyal, their relationship with humankind is unique. They allow us to perform tasks that would normally be beyond our strength, and to travel distances that would normally be beyond our reach. The mare symbolizes fertility and fecundity, and the stallion is the epitome of virility and raw energy. It is an animal that never lost its power by being domesticated.Like the sun which is its counterpart, ehwaz represents energy and motion. In this case, however, there is also respect for the source of the power to be considered. This is not merely an impersonal energy source – it is a living, breathing thing whose needs and desires must be taken into consideration, rather than be simply used as a slave. This is the power that was given by the God at algiz, and this rune reminds us of our oath to only use it to help, never to harm. Like the two-edged sword, the horse is a powerful tool, but must be carefully controlled to avoid harming yourself or other. It is tempting to just go barrelling along recklessly, but to do so is to risk loosing that power forever. This is the balance that must be achieved on the path of pure magic.
The Hierophant represents the protector of a culture’s heritage and traditions. His purpose is to defend and teach the established ways and beliefs a group embraces. He is inherently conventional and a true believer in the power of the group. He loves the structure of the group and its values. It is the task of The Hierophant to bring new members into the group—to prepare the uninitiated to take their rightful place in his culture. In this sense he is very much like a teacher or a priest. He also acts as the repository of his group’s history. The Hierophant is certainly not one to buck proper authority. However, he is staunch and worthy defender of the tried and true. He represents the positive aspects of conformity.
When The Emperor is among your personal cards, the influence of The Hierophant may be increased. Having The Fool or The Lovers in your personal cards may diminish the influence of The Hierophant.
The Lovers
The Lovers indicates both the most powerful of unions and the most of challenging conflicts humans must face. On one side The Lover’s embodies love and union on a cosmic scale—a love so strong, so inherently good that it actually makes the lovers better, more than they really are. All of the elements are there for the perfect union. The Lovers represent all powerful unions in general, and the elements that create/sustain them. The problem The Lovers face is temptation and the decision to act morally or abandon their ethics to take advantage of other opportunities that would be defined as transgressions.
The Lovers’ influence is increased when The Empress is among your personal cards. Having The Hierophant or The Hermit in your personal cards may diminish the influence of the Lovers.
Strength denotes an inner power, mastery of will and development of inner might. Through mastering one’s emotions and learning from both success and failure the person Strength represents has reached a place where they are influential without applying physical force, able to weather the roughest of storms, and not likely to abandon the less fortunate. Strength also denotes a large capacity for forgiveness and compassion. Strength is not as much about winning as it is about achieving balance, overcoming hardship, and using well crafted persuasion to gain allies.
This can be a wonderfully motivating day, dear Aries, as your ruler, action-oriented Mars, aligns with the Sun and come together in your communications sector. You might receive an ego boost of sorts, or feel acknowledged or validated today, which motivates you to succeed all the more. Watch for impatient or even haughty communications, as you have a tendency to speak before thinking, as well as to come across as a tad impatient or even aggressive. Before voicing your unsatisfied desires, see if the feeling passes, particularly if the desires come on very suddenly. Also be cautious en route, as impatience can lead to tricky situations. Otherwise, this can be a fabulous day for the energy to work towards a goal or pet project, taking the lead, and mustering up the courage to make a connection or follow through on a missed connection. A love relationship may be animated now as well.
Taurus
Taurus
You can accomplish much today, dear Taurus, as long as you are self-aware and avoid giving in to impatience or unhealthy risk-taking. Business matters can suddenly move forward or require action. You’re not afraid of taking charge. Avoid defensiveness, particularly revolving around money or income, but stand up for yourself if the need arises. You are very protective by nature, and this trait may come to the fore now. You might have the courage to ask for a raise or pursue a business deal. Impulses today can be powerful, but also a little misleading. See if they have long-term viability before rushing to indulge them. In fact, while this is a great time to work tirelessly towards a goal, important new launches or new beginnings are best left for after the New Moon on the 16th.
Gemini
Gemini
Fiery, action-oriented Mars aligns with the powerful Sun in your sign today, Gemini, and this can bring great energy into your life. While it can be an excellent day for pushing forward with personal plans, do watch for impatience and even aggressiveness. Be honest, straightforward, and direct in your dealings, but use some sensitivity as well. Confidence is attractive; impatience leads to poor choices. This can be a strong day for working on personal plans and doing independent work with increased motivation, expressing yourself more creatively and assertively, and going your own way where you’ve previously felt less than confident. While this is a strong time for solo efforts, you can also benefit greatly now from teamwork, even if you are at the head of it.
Cancer
Cancer
Where there may have been complicated feelings about a past or private matter recently, dear Cancer, today there can be a sudden surge of desire to take care of things once and for all. You are more courageous and bold now, and you may find yourself acting on impulse. Because the Sun and Mars align in your sector of secrets, anonymity, privacy, service to others, and endings, you might boldly pursue a secret relationship or desire, gain the courage to end a frustrating problem, drawing upon your considerable inner strength as you do, or experience anger or resentment that you’ve previously buried, and that you now want to deal with. You have little tolerance for things you may have put up with for a long time. Because this house of your chart is also connected with self-undoing, be careful that you don’t act too quickly on matters that may need more processing.
Leo
With fiery Mars and the powerful Sun in alignment in your friendship and goals sector today, Leo, your social life can be quite animated. This configuration can stimulate ambitions and competitiveness, but it occurs in a cooperative area of your solar chart, so that the need to lead is strong, but you might also depend on others to reach your goals or teamwork is essential to your success. You might assume a leadership role in a group, encounter aggressiveness in a group setting, or take a courageous step in your social life. Collaborations can work, but there is strong need for more than just talk – you need activity and movement and a say about how to achieve your goals. Alternatively, you might have a sudden rush of gumption and motivation to work on an ambitious project or ready a project for a launch. If there’s a friend or group goal that you want to pursue, this can be a time that you do so with more vigor. This can also be an important time for developing skills and gaining knowledge.
Virgo
Virgo
There is a strong need today to take action on a matter that might involve career, reputation, or relationships with parents and authority figures, dear Virgo. This can be a time when you’re sticking up for someone or for yourself, asking for a better position or raise, and other activities that call for more confidence or boldness than usual. Be confident, courageous, and commanding, and avoid being blindly impulsive, especially with authority. You have a desire to do things your way, but watch for a runaway ego. Clear the air honestly but respectfully, too. This can be a wonderful time for tackling ambitious projects, for working almost tirelessly towards a project launch, and for showing a braver or bolder face to others.
Libra
Libra
Today, you might feel the need or desire to stand up for yourself or your beliefs, dear Libra. You certainly have a lot of courage and energy at your disposal today. You may be reworking a project or going after something you’ve been wanting for some time. Travel or education may be part of the story now. Competitive activities can thrive. Some of you might enjoy a new adventure of sorts, or otherwise experience a sudden detour from the regular routine. There is a strong tendency towards impatience and a desire for instant gratification, which should be watched. Try to avoid bringing your ego into any debates arising now. While this can be a great time for competitive activities and enjoying more personal bravery and a pleasing drop of inhibitions, launches of all-new projects may be a little premature, and could fare better after the New Moon on the 16th.
Scorpio
Scorpio
You can feel inspired or motivated to take action today, dear Scorpio. The Sun and Mars are aligning, and when these two bodies come together they stimulate courage and impulse, and sometimes recklessness. This activity is happening in your solar eighth house, which rules a number of things, including intimacy, sharing, finances shared with others or received through others, and self-empowerment. You may suddenly get a push or impulse to pursue these things, or there can be an argument stimulated now revolving around power dynamics. The Sun rules your career sector, and Mars rules your work sector, so the impulses you experience now may be work-related. There can be a strong desire to research a matter. You are especially persuasive with others. You can be in an especially passionate mood today, and it may be best to channel this into positive activities, as you are quite hungry for emotional stimulation.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
The Sun, the powerful leader, and Mars, the planet of action, aligns in your relationship house today, dear Sagittarius. This can bring stimulation to a relationship and can manifest in a variety of ways. Someone may be trying to take the lead in your life, and possibly attempting to strong-arm you, for example. While the affected sector of your chart can represent others’ influences on you, it’s nevertheless YOUR chart, so if you are self-aware enough, you can own this energy and use it to fuel your own courage to pursue a relationship, for example, or to take the lead. Either way, it’s likely to be an animated day in which impulses rule over the head. Follow your instincts, but avoid throwing all caution to the wind. This is a potentially excellent day for asserting yourself and going after what (or who!) you want.
Capricorn
Capricorn
Your daily routine or work environment is unlikely to be calm or static today, Capricorn, with two powerful, action-oriented bodies aligning in your work, health, and routine sector. Things to avoid are impatience, needless arguments, and shortness with others. Things to nurture, on the other hand, are courage and initiative. Take charge of your life today in some way, and take advantage of the motivation you feel now. While launching new work projects or health programs may be best left for after the New Moon on the 16th, this is a good time to take important steps. Being active or taking on an active role today is best. Otherwise, excess energy can lead to impatience or brusqueness with others and unnecessary stress.
Aquarius
Aquarius
This can be a highly-charged and animated day, dear Aquarius, particularly related to matters ruled by the solar fifth house where the Sun and Mars join today in your chart. Fifth house matters include romance, relationships with children, recreation, sports, and creative self-expression. You can be impatient and impulsive now, but preferably confident and in charge rather than reckless. Inner stores of courage are readily accessible, and you are likely feeling free of guilt or inhibition at the moment. Tune into your energy and motivation, but tune out of any egocentric or reckless inclinations now, as the former can bring you to the finishing line a winner, and the latter can lead to regret.
Pisces
Pisces
Abundant energy is available to us today, Pisces, but we need to know what to do with it and how to channel it in order to make the most of it. With your sector of home and family stimulated, and occurring in a sign in conflict with yours, this may be a challenge. Avoid getting into who’s right and who’s wrong arguments or games. Be direct but also sensitive to others’ feelings – this can be difficult but it is far from impossible. Take charge, but if someone wants to take the lead more than you do, know when to step aside. Egos can be difficult to satisfy right now. Some of you could come to the defense of a loved one today. Put energy into a constructive project for best results today.
You instinctively know that change is necessary for your growth, and you also go through many transformations in your life time. You are at once fascinated with and worried about the unknown. This compels you to be as prepared as possible and to plan ahead. You like to be prepared for the unknown and often plan ahead. You are not only hard working, you love to work and feel at your best when you are responsible and committed. You are creative and unique in the ways you express yourself. Famous people born today: William Butler Yeats, Paul Lynde, Malcolm McDowell, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Tim Allen.
The Moon in your solar second house all day, Aries, turns your attention to the things you own or want to own, practical concerns, and security matters. Watch for impatience when you’re expressing your desires or feelings later today. Emotions can be up and down when it comes to love. You may be more brusque in your speech than you realize. In truth, there is a lot of mental energy with you now, and it’s building. Put this to constructive use by tackling a project or by learning something you’ve always meant to look into. Independent work is favored today and tomorrow.
Taurus
Taurus
The Moon in your sign all day brings emotions to the surface and can make unmet needs feel urgent to satisfy. There can be a restless and impatient atmosphere in the second half of the day that can feel exciting or unsettling, depending on the moment, and sometimes a bit of both! You may be quick to defend yourself or fired up about a money matter. This can lead you to new approaches or motivate you to take care of a problem that you might otherwise ignore. Express your feelings, enjoy the passion of the moment, but watch for impulsiveness today. You might be giving off mixed messages without intending to.
Gemini
Gemini
You have a lot going for your today, dear Gemini, although there can be some impulsiveness or impatience experienced in the second half of the day. Try to center yourself so that you don’t do something rash that you’ll later regret, as you’re more inclined to act on ego or emotion rather than reason today. Energy is building, and until you figure out what to do with it, you could feel a little raw. Tomorrow, the Sun aligns with energetic Mars in your sign, and you have quick access to your inner courage and can be ready to meet challenges. It’s best that you have a plan in terms of where you might direct this extra energy, because left unexpressed, you could become rather aggravated.
Cancer
Cancer
You’re more inclined to seek out good company today, dear Cancer, as you tend to need a break from people who are looking to your performance rather than your personality. Impulsiveness should be watched for later today, though, as there is a bit of a show-off quality to the day’s energies, and you might end up buying something beyond your means. Wait for a day when we’re seeing things more clearly to make a big purchase. Love is complicated, but feelings that emerge this week illuminate insecurities so that you can learn from them. There can be a sense that when someone gets what they want, they lose interest anyway, so avoid giving in to pushy people today.
Leo
The day’s energies can bring responsibilities and ambitions to the fore, dear Leo, and while you can be feeling particularly ambitious, there can be plenty of social distractions today. There could be small disagreements or awkward choices to make with friend. Group activities, cooperative efforts, networking, and friendships can be animated and charged today and tomorrow. Positively, you could become especially motivated to pursue a dream or plan, and will channel the extra energy you have now into making something work or taking important steps forward. Tomorrow especially, you are not content to only think about your dreams – you want to actively pursue them.
Virgo
Virgo
With the Sun and Mars moving towards an alignment in your professional sector, dear Virgo, energy and ambitions are building. You may have the chance to push forward on an important work in progress, and this can be exciting, but today, you could be off to a frustrating or fumbled start. This simply means that it’s time to change your approach, not time to abandon something important to you. If you’re not self-aware today, you might inadvertently reawaken a conversation that perhaps should remain in the past, perhaps as you are seeking out personal challenges. Direct your energy well, and you can move mountains now.
Libra
Libra
A change of scenery may serve to inspire you now, dear Libra, with so much activity in your solar ninth house these days, and more is coming. Tomorrow, the Sun and Mars align in this sector of adventure, higher learning, aspirations, travel, and self-expression. Energy and courage are building, and a strong desire to take action, move forward, and otherwise make a dent can be with you. Today, you could be off to a bit of a fumbled start if you are not aware of what it is you want to accomplish or do with extra energy. Your social life can be quite animated today, and although in some ways it can be entertaining, you might want to avoid jumping to conclusions.
Scorpio
Scorpio
The Moon is in your partnership zone all day, Scorpio, stimulating more concern for and interest in relationships, or simply a stronger need to have company or a sounding board for your thoughts and feelings. Stay active, think about what you want to accomplish in the next while, and avoid pushing something too fast right now, but do take steps towards your goals now. The desire to look into a matter more deeply, as well as sexuality and intimacy, are strongly stimulated today and tomorrow. Certainly, some of your deeper desires can come up from within and possibly even surprise you with their intensity. However, ego conflicts concerning jointly held property or money, credit, and performance could be experienced. The trick today is to identify what you want to do so that you can channel extra energy positively.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
The Moon is in your work and health sector all day, dear Sagittarius, and you are emotionally geared towards setting things right in your place of work or with your routines and daily functions. You may be hyper aware of what’s out of balance, but if you aim to fix the problems you’re seeing, it’s all for the good. A relationship matter can be charged up today and tomorrow, and, positively, you can work through a problem or deal with a matter directly and honestly. On the other hand, you might find others to be a little difficult, aggressive, or challenging. Consider that you may need someone’s help in order to do what you want to do. There may be conflicts, but these can lead to resolutions or reconciliations.
Capricorn
Capricorn
The Moon in Taurus, a fellow Earth sign, all day brings rather smooth energy for releasing or expressing emotions, dear Capricorn. There can also be a quickening of the pace with work and daily routine matters today and tomorrow. You have more energy for these things, but today, you could experience initial lack of direction or exasperation, not knowing where to begin. If you are frustrated and restless, try to find smaller projects to tackle until you figure out where you can best channel excess energy constructively. YOu may very well discover that it’s the “little things” that need your full attention now. Vague concerns about motivation levels aside, you can put a dent in your “to do” list.
Aquarius
Aquarius
While the Moon’s presence in your home and family sector all day can stimulate some need to stick with the familiar, dear Aquarius, there is a growing need to express yourself with the Sun and Mars moving towards an alignment in your sector of creativity, romance, entertainment, and self-expression. Initially, if you’re not yet aware of what it is you want to do with this energy, you could be feeling a bit out of sorts, and today, you may not have the self-discipline to match your drive. Similarly, relationships can be animated and charged. It can be difficult knowing how or where to direct excess energy, which can lead to needless aggravation, but if you focus on being active together or a particular activity, you’re likely to enjoy yourself fully.
Pisces
Pisces
You are more mentally curious than usual with the Moon in your communications sector all day, dear Pisces, and at times perhaps a little restless, as your need for stimulation prompts you to keep moving or mentally engaged. There can be animation in your domestic life today and tomorrow with the Sun and Mars moving towards an alignment, which is exact midday tomorrow. Excess energy when channeled well and into the home can point to home improvement and organization efforts, or lively family activities. If left on its own, you could be inclined to tensions with family. We can sometimes waste a lot of time and energy trying to decide or agree upon a path of action, which can also lead to arguments as well, when it’s probably better to start a preliminary activity right away, and then decide whether to keep doing it or move on to something else.
The Moon enters Taurus early Friday morning, remaining there until Sunday afternoon. Substance and physical presence will be the overwhelming theme in the love department this weekend. Adding to the depth will be the fact that on Sunday Saturn, the planet of karma, returns to Scorpio for his final visit in this sign.
Matters of intimacy and shared resources between you and your mate are likely to be top-priority now. If there’s not a profound connection to your mate and if you aren’t tangled together physically, financially and emotionally, the relationship might not have as much appeal. Superficial romantic encounters will not interest you, so if you’re looking for a one-night-stand kind of weekend, this won’t be a good one. If, however, you’re looking for something real, you might be in luck.
This Weekend’s Romantic Rating*
* Heart ratings are based on the lunar cycle. They range from low to full, with low indicating a rocky weekend for romance and full indicating plenty of passionate potential.
a message from Jamye Price
To read more of Jamye’s insight, please visit her website, Crystalline Soul Healing
A spiritual being having a human experience. Are you embracing the human experience? Are you open to the experience of life on Earth, this reality that is so real to your senses? Are you embracing the reality that is not so real to your senses? These questions will show you your balance. Observe how you authentically feel and think about them. Embrace your resistance and reverence as equal, a reflection of each other; and you see the point; balanced, open to expansion, willing to imbalance for a moment of movement. Life continues.
The Line of Delineation from one perspective connects and from another perspective separates. Which one are you looking at? If one of those feels better, more spiritual than the other, then again go back to the equality of reflection seeming so opposite, yet being a mere reflection of the same. If you find yourself separating, utilize the physical benefit of that separation as you strengthen the heart and mind to hold understanding in the midst of challenge. If you find yourself connecting, appreciate your strength, for another moment may call you to a greater depth of connection that requires more fortitude than currently available.
You are endowed with brain functionality that separates, categorizes, delineates, defines and refines. This functionality of separating is in-built into half of your brain. Equality in form. Your brain is your vehicle of choice, allowing Life to expand out through your brilliant choice. It both connects and separates. It is merely for you to decide how you will balance the usage of your brain to have easy access to both. Begin to seek more connection in things that seem so separate. Begin to embrace your natural ability to discern the distinctions in Life around you. From that Line of Delineation, choose. It is your birthright. Ultimately, the Line of Delineation is within you, for that is where choice resides. You hold within you the keys to Life. Life opens its doors to you.
As we sit to Blast Line of Delineation, we are opening our minds to our hearts, which bridges understanding and choice. We are becoming strong in this reality on Earth, reclaiming our internal power from the misinformation of societies. We are bold in the face of opposition, willing to see the Self reflected experiencing a moment of weakness or strength – Life growing. We are expanding our definition of Self to include All Life, connecting invisible realms of Love to unite the separation within. Blast on!
a message from Kate Spreckley
To read more of Kate’s insight, please visit her website, Spirit Pathways Foundation
May was an interestingly intense month with lots of clearing, releasing, planning and preparation. June started with a Full Moon on the 2nd which brought in some pretty unpredictable energy. Full Moon’s always amplify energies, both positive and negative and its this energy that is supporting us in a powerful way throughout the month.
We are being energetically and physically realigned with the Earth’s shifting consciousness, which is deepening our connection to both our hearts and our souls. As the energies move to uncover and unearth all that needs to be rebalanced and realigned, we can expect to be faced with challenges and situations that require a different approach and a different perspective.
The energy of June will bring to the fore some aspects of your life and relationships that are keys to your forward progress. During this month gifts of truth and wisdom will be uncovered as imbalances are highlighted. For some the insights are opportunities to review, revise and refocus on what is most important. For others it is an opportunity to clear the debris of past emotional pain and really connect with the heart.
When you connect with the energy of your heart and work with its power, old emotional trauma and pain can come up to be healed and released. This revisiting of old pain and trauma can cause you to shut down the heart in fear of being overwhelmed by emotion. But in these times of heart centred energy, you are being supported and guided through the pain. By moving into it and allowing it to flow you are able to release it quickly. Once released you are able to enter into a scared space of healing filled with Divine bliss, peace and love.
June is a powerful time when the energies of the summer / winter solstice gather. The solstice marks another high point in our energetic cycles. As the seasons change so too does our inner landscape. Use this time to become reacquainted with the power of your inner resources. This will enable you to rebalance your inner and outer realities and refocus your energy. Take some time to be alone and to nurture your heart and soul. Create your own sanctuary where the chaos of the external world cannot intrude. In this space allow yourself to discover the new vibration awakening within, a new vibration that is summoning you forward on your journey.
Your life is a journey along a winding road that stretches before you. The road isn’t always easy and require strength and stamina to travel. Yet it does offer you many beautiful views and rewards along the way. This journey is one of discovery, a discovery of who you are and why you exist. This is the power of your path. It is a unique journey where you are shown the power of your physical and spiritual choices. Each moment, each step gives you the opportunity to review, revise and recreate yourself and to choose a new direction.
The energy of this month will lend you the courage and stamina your require to realign your energies and focus with your heart and thus your destiny. You are here to awaken the truth of who you are through the power of your heart and soul. As you walk your path you experience many valuable lessons. Your ability to perceive the lesson lies at the heart of each experience. Its important with each experience to acknowledge the lesson and to move on. This month pause and allow yourself to reflect on your journey and the many lessons you have learnt thus far. Take stock of where you have been, where your choices have taken you and where you want to go. What are you creating right now? Are you moving in a direction you want to go? Are you travelling a path of heart consciousness?
It is, as always, important to focus your awareness and attention in the present moment, to remain centred within the core of your being so that you may fully experience what is occurring now. Reviewing your past and your journey thus far is not about reliving the experience, but rather a process of understanding how you have gotten to this point and what choices and decisions you need to make to move forward in balance. Powerful and unexpected situations and experiences are emerging and you are being called to look carefully and deeply into the purpose of your journey. Progress will occur as you free yourself to follow the path of your heart. Allow the Divine to be your guide and you will find a new song of joy in your heart, and a gratitude for the many wonders of your life.
The Balance of the Elements & The Signs for Saturday, June 13th
TAURUS STRONG
Stable and enduring, strong values, unyielding, earthy, acquisitive, strong desires. Can be stuck, stubborn, overly possessive, self-indulgent.
GEMINI STRONG
Agile, versatile, inquisitive, flowing, conversational, airy, many ideas. Can be volatile, superficial, changeable, restless and inconsistent.
LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
AIR STRONG
We tend to favor rational, objective thought over emotions, impulses, and feelings at this time. We are more intellectual, fair-minded, and logical in our approach, Ideas flow easily and quickly, we are more communicative and guided by principles, and also somewhat dispassionate or impersonal.
WATER WEAK
There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.
CARDINAL WEAK
This is not a time that we tend to naturally initiate actions. We may be stronger at following up than starting anew. Survival mechanisms may be weaker now.
MUTABLE STRONG
We are flexible, adaptable, willing, open to change, and possibly flighty or nervous.
LUNAR PHASE: BALSAMIC
Moon less than 45 degrees behind the Sun.
Time to tie up loose ends, review, reflect, let go, and edit.
Tonight, Venus semi-squares Mars, suggesting a small or annoying challenge getting our needs met straightforwardly, but the friction can be interesting, too. The Taurus Moon does fairly well today. The Sun and Mars are moving towards a conjunction, exact towards midday tomorrow, quickening the pace and bringing more insistence to our desires.
The Moon is in Taurus all day (until Sunday, June 14th, at 1:50 PM).
The Moon is void from 6:06 PM forward (until tomorrow at 1:50 PM).
The Moon is waning and in its Waning Crescent phase.
Mercury is direct and in its shadow until it reaches 13 Gemini 09, early into the day on June 27th.
Neptune stationed retrograde yesterday (Neptune is retrograde from June 12th to November 18th).
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination in growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.
Phase Details for – Saturday, June 13, 2015
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 11%
Moon Age: 26.29 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 370,464.20 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 151,936,971.96 km
You can embark on this journey using several methods: (1) You can read this guided journey in its entirety, and then do it; (2) you can read a few lines at a time, and imagine it in your mind; or (3) you can tape-record the journey in your own voice and play it back.
Before you go to sleep, switch on soft, meditative music. Recline comfortably, taking a few deep breaths in and out. Allow the music and your breathing to merge into one. Imagine breathing in bright white light. Surround yourself with the light, above, below, beside, in front of, and behind you.
In your mind’s eye, imagine being in a peaceful place in nature, a place where you have been before or a place in your imagination. Notice how the details of this place in nature become more vivid and alive with each breath you take. Flow into this natural place with your imagination, taking in the beauty around you, feeling calm, safe, and relaxed.
In the distance you see an animal approaching you. As the animal comes closer, you communicate with it, noticing as many details about the animal and its behavior as you can. Make an effort to trust your instincts and connect with the animal spirit’s energy, and listen to it or feel what it has to share. At first, you may think or feel like you are talking with yourself, but after a few moments, you realize that the messages and ideas that are being described to you are not your own. When the communication is complete, the energy will shift; for example, you may feel a coolness or the animal will fade or move away from you. Thank your power animal, knowing you can return to this place and communicate with it, tapping into its natural power, whenever you choose. As you drift to sleep, imagine your power animal. In the morning, record your dreams, pull up the circle, and bid farewell to the elements.
Wiccan Spell A Night: Spells, Charms, And Potions For The Whole Year
Sirona Knight
The energy and magickal powers at work in Wicca are real. They aren’t of some astral plane. They’re within the Earth and ourselves. They maintain life. We daily deplete our store of energy and replenish it through the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the powers that stream down from the Sun and Moon.
Know that this power is physical. Yes, it’s mysterious, but only because so few investigate it in magical ways. Following are some exercises to help you do just that.
Calm yourself. Breathe deeply. Rub your palms together for twenty seconds. Start slowly and rub faster and faster. Feel your muscles tense. Feel your palms grow warm. Then, suddenly, stop and hold your palms about two inches from each other. Feel them tingling? That’s a manifestation of power. By rubbing your palms together and using the muscles in your arms and shoulders you’re raising energy-magical power. It’s flowing out from your palms as you hold them apart.
If you don’t feel anything, practice this once or twice a day until you have success. Remember, don’t force yourself to feel the power. Trying harder won’t accomplish anything. Relax andallow yourself to feel what’s been there all the time.
After you’ve actually sensed this energy, begin to fashion it into shapes. Use your visualization to do this. Directly after rubbing your hands, while they’re still tingling, visualize jolts of energy-perhaps electric blue or purple-passing from your right (projective) palm to your left (receptive) palm. If you’re left-handed, reverse the directions.
Now envision this energy slowly swirling in a clockwise direction tion between your palms. Form it into a ball of glowing, pulsating magical energy. See its dimensions, its colors. Feel its force and heat in your palms.
This is a bit of energy which you’ve released from your body. There’s nothing supernatural about it. Cup your hands around the ball. Make it grow or decrease in size through your visualization. Finally push it into your stomach and absorb it back into your system. This is not only great fun but is a valuable magical learning experience. When you’ve mastered the art of energy spheres, go onto feel energy fields.
Sit or stand before any plant. Herbs and plants in bloom seem to work best. Ina pinch, cut flowers can be used as well. Breathe deeply for a few moments and clear your thoughts. Hold your receptive (left) palm a few inches above the plant. Pinpoint your consciousness to your palm. Do you feel a dull throbbing, a hum, a wave of heat, or simply a shift in the energies within your palm? Do you feel the inner force of the plant?
If so, good-you’ve felt energy. After you’ve accomplished this, try sensing the energies of stones and crystals. Place a quartz crystal, say, on a table and pass your receptive hand over the crystal. Stretch out with your feelings and become aware of the non-visible but viable energies that pulsate within the crystal.
All natural objects, remember, are manifestations of divine energy. With practice we can feel the power that resides within them.
If you have difficulty feeling these powers, rub your palms lightly together to sensitize them and try again.
This energy is the same power we’re filled with when we’re angry, nervous, terrified, joyous or sexually aroused. It’s the energy used in magic, whether we pull it from ourselves or channel it from the Goddess and God, plants, stones and other objects. It is the stuff of creation which we utilize in magic.
Now that you’ve felt the power, use visualization to move it around. You needn’t rub your palms together to raise energy-you can do this simply by concentrating on doing so. One of the easiest methods is to tighten up the muscles-tense your body. This raises energy, which is why we must relax in meditation. Meditation lowers our energy and allows us to drift from this world.
When you feel yourself bursting with power, hold out your right (projective) hand and direct energy from your body, through your arm and out your fingers. Use your visualization. Really see and feel it streaming out.
For practice, stand in your home. Build the power within you. Direct it into each room, visualizing it sinking into the cracks and walls and around doors and windows. You’re not creating a psychic burglar alarm but a magical protectant, so visualize the energy forming an impenetrable barrier across which no negativity or intruders can cross.
After “sealing” the house, halt the flow of energy. You can do this by visualizing it stopping and by shaking your hand. Sense your protective-powered energy resting within the walls. A secure, safe feeling should flood through you as you stand within your now guarded home.
Yes, you’ve done this with your mind, but also with power. Energy is real, and your ability to manipulate energy determines the effectiveness of your circles and rituals.
Work with feeling and directing the power daily. Make this a sort of magical play until you reach the point where you won’t have to stop and think, “Can I do it? Can I raise the power?”
You’ll know you can.
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
Scott Cunningham.
On Saturday work for protection, boundaries, and house rules
Planetary Influence: Saturn
Household Symbols: A gate, a fence, a sprig of ivy from a houseplant
Colors: Black or deep purple
Kitchen spices: Traditionally there are not many herbs associated with Saturn that are not poisonous. However, for banishing and the removal of negative situations, try a clove of garlic or dried minced onion.
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Cottage Witchery
Natural Magick for Hearth and Home
Ellen Dugan
Saturday is the sixth day of the workweek. It’s officially the weekend. Some see it as one of the luckiest days for gambling. It’s one of those days where you can do what you need around your home and relax, as well. You can take care of a little business, then, reap the rewards. It’s a really good day to do collect, courage, reap, gamble and exercise spells.
Garden Witch Protection Spell
This Saturday witchery is designed to stop bad feelings and harsh words between two friends. It’s tough when a person that you consider your friend turns against you for whatever reason. Perhaps you quarreled or you have simply grown apart. In these situations, however, now that the feud is on, your defenses are low. Emotions can be raw, and feelings may be hurt very easily on both sides. Why? Probably because you know each other well enough to know exactly which buttons to push. If you feel that you’ve hit your limit on what you can handle, then try this protection spell designed to end the fight and let the both of you heal and move forward in a positive way.
Gather the following supplies:
• A single stem of blooming snapdragons (snapdragons break manipulative energies and are very protective magickal flowers)
• A few dark purple pansies-a bloom or two will suffice
• A black satin ribbon
• A 6 x 6-inch square of cotton or silk dark purple or black fabric (it’s best if the fabric is natural)
Take a few of the snapdragon blooms and a pansy flower, and place them in the center of the cloth square. Repeat the spell below three times, and on the final saying, gather up the sides of the bag and tie it closed with the black ribbon.
Snapdragons, snap back at hostility
End the quarrel between my friend and me
The bewitching colors of purple and black
Remove hurt and keep negativity back
Pansies are a sure cure for the brokenhearted
Let us both move on and our relief get started!
Knot the bag three times. Close the spell by saying:
For the good of all, with harm to none
By Saturn’s energies, this spell is done.
You may keep the charm bag on your person for as long as you need to. Allow yourself self some time to mend. It won’t be instantaneous, but you can reinforce this spell every Saturday as needed. Perform in a waning moon phase to push away the hurt and in a waxing moon phase to pull healing toward yourself.
When you feel that you don’t need the herbal charm bag anymore, open it up and give the floral components back to nature. You now have two options with the fabric square and the ribbon. You may wash them by hand, allow them to air-dry, and save them for another use. Or you can dispose of them in a garbage can well away from where you live and work.
Book of Witchery
Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
Saturday, our final featured day of the week, gets its name from the Latin Dies Saturni, or “Saturn’s day.” In Old English, it was Saeturnesdaeg. The Middle English version was Saterday. Saturn, a Roman god of agriculture, was believed to have ruled the earth during an age of contentment and virtue. Saturn was a god who symbolized the passage of time and karma. He was not a harsh, judgmental god, either; he was a sower and a harvester. Interestingly enough, there is no Norse god associated with this day. It has remained under the province of Saturn. But if you think about what Saturn stood for, it does make a lot of sense.
Saturdays are traditionally days to work on protection, remove obstacles, bind troublesome or dangerous individuals and banish negativity. Saturdays are like a magickal “let’s clean house” day. Any magickal messes left lying around that need to be addressed, or any problems that need to be cleared up, are best dealt with on the day devoted to Saturn.
Book of Witchery Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
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The Present 
The Future 
The Hierophant represents the protector of a culture’s heritage and traditions. His purpose is to defend and teach the established ways and beliefs a group embraces. He is inherently conventional and a true believer in the power of the group. He loves the structure of the group and its values. It is the task of The Hierophant to bring new members into the group—to prepare the uninitiated to take their rightful place in his culture. In this sense he is very much like a teacher or a priest. He also acts as the repository of his group’s history. The Hierophant is certainly not one to buck proper authority. However, he is staunch and worthy defender of the tried and true. He represents the positive aspects of conformity.
The Lovers indicates both the most powerful of unions and the most of challenging conflicts humans must face. On one side The Lover’s embodies love and union on a cosmic scale—a love so strong, so inherently good that it actually makes the lovers better, more than they really are. All of the elements are there for the perfect union. The Lovers represent all powerful unions in general, and the elements that create/sustain them. The problem The Lovers face is temptation and the decision to act morally or abandon their ethics to take advantage of other opportunities that would be defined as transgressions.
Maria DeSimone on the topics of love, horoscopes, astrology
Witches Of The Craft® 
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