Astrology of Today – August 23, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Astrology of Today – August 23, 2015

Summary:

The Sun enters Virgo, where it will stay until September 23rd, and is parallel Jupiter, encouraging us to be our best. We can have a taste of what Jupiter in Virgo feels like today and on the 26th, when the Sun aligns with Jupiter.
•The Moon is in Sagittarius all day (until Tuesday, August 25th, at 12:21 AM).
•The Moon is waxing and in its First Quarter phase.
•A First Quarter Moon occurred yesterday and a Full Moon will occur on the 29th (in Pisces).
•Venus is retrograde (Venus is retrograde from July 25-September 6).
•The Sun enters Virgo this morning (the Sun transits Virgo from August 23-September 23).

Current Moon Phase for August 23 is Waxing Gibbous

August 23
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 57%

 

The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has it’s roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Phase Details for – Sunday, August 23, 2015

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 57%
Moon Age: 8.05 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 391,037.58 km

Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,266,824.39 km

 

Lady A’s Specialty of the Day – Third Eye Rite to Improve Psychic Powers Spell


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Third Eye Rite to Improve Psychic Powers Spell


Perform this neo-Pagan ritual to improve psychic powers three days before the moon is full, and preferably when it is in either the astrological sign of Cancer, Pisces or Scorpio.

Begin by brewing a strong magical tea made from yarrow or mugwort (herbs that
stimulate the psychic senses) and then light thirteen purple colored votive candles to
help attract psychic influences.

Drink the tea and then gaze fixedly into a magic mirror, crystal ball, or crystal pyramid
as you chant thrice the following incantation:

I invoke thee, O Asariel
Archangel of Neptune
And ruler of clairvoyant powers.
I ask thee now to open my third eye
And show me the hidden light
Let me see the future.
Let me see the past.
Let me perceive the divine
Kingdoms of the unknown.
Let me understand the wisdom
Of the mighty universe.
So mote it be!

After chanting, relax, breathe slowly and concentrate on opening your Third Eye.
Do not permit any negative thought to contaminate your mind.

The Third Eye, an invisible chakra located in the middle of the forehead above the
space between the eyebrows, is the human body’s highest source of power,
supernormal sight and clairvoyant vision.

The Witches Magick for the 23rd Day of the Wort Moon – Flower Star Magic


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FLOWER STAR MAGIC

Cast this spell to enlist the power of the faeries to help protect you and those you love.

 

Use a bowl of white flower petals.

After dark, stand next to a picture window where you can see the stars, or better yet, outdoors where you won’t be disturbed. Hold the bowl of flower petals upward in your hands. Merge with the divine light, and say:

Flower faeries, I ask you to join me

tonight

I pray you shining ones, assist me in

my rite

Guide, protect, and bless those I love

and cherish

Bring those who are bright to me and

repel those who harm

In the Lady and Lord’s name, so be it!

Blessed be!

Sprinkle the flower petals in a star shape around you. As you do, chant the names of your favorite goddesses and gods. Sit in the middle of the star shape and focus your mind on the people in your life whom you truly love. With your heart and mind’s energy, send the ones you love soft flower hugs and love. Use your breath and intention as carrier waves. When you are done, return the flower petals to the earth.

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Let’s Talk Witch – Shielding


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Let’s Talk Witch – Shielding

 

The objective of shielding is to provide you with a layer of protection from unwanted negative energy. It can be counter-productive energy, draining energy, or even dangerous magickal energy directed towards you. You can perform shielding to protect a person or a place such as your bed or your vehicle when you’re inside it.

a)The Sphere of Light

To do this type of shielding, you are to visualize a three dimensional sphere of light. You are cocooned within that sphere of light. When you move, it moves with you.

If you wish to form a shield that would allow you to send energy as well, create a porous sphere. Similar to the grounding technique, envision that shield absorbing all the negative energy. Then, observe in your mind’s eye as that energy flows back into the earth along with the one that you release.

b)The Brick Shield

     To perform this kind of shielding conjure happy memories and positive images. Each picture, each memory, is a brick.

Envision these memory and image bricks going on top of the other.

Keep on conjuring good thoughts until you are able to build a wall. When you build a brick wall, make sure that it surrounds you on all sides, including the top and the bottom.

An important note: You must never make use of negative emotions to build a brick wall. It might seem easier, but the wall is more likely to crumble. The thing about creating bricks from negative emotions is that others sense them. Someone else can pick up on your negative mental images, augment them and send them back to you. This will result to intense feelings of self-directed disgust.

Also, keep in mind that compared to the Sphere of Light, the Brick Shield demands more time and energy. However, it is also more effective.

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Celebrating Other Spirituality 365 Days A Year – Vocanalia


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August 23

Vocanalia

 

Vulcan was the ancient Roman God of fire and smithcraft. He had his own Flamen, the Flamen Vocanalis. Very little is known about his festival and worship, but he did have a temple on the Campus Martius. Mythologically, Vulcan was the father of the fire-breathing monster Cacus, and his two consorts were Maia and Hora-also worshiped during his festival.

Home & Hearth Magick for Sunday, August 23


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Home & Hearth Magick for Sunday, August 23

 

On Sunday, work for success, healing and blessings.

Planetary Influence: The Sun

Household Symbols: A rooster, a sun, gold jewelry

Colors: Yellow and gold

Kitchen Spices: Cinnamon and orange peels

Source:
Cottage Witchery
Natural Magick for Hearth and Home
Author: Ellen Dugan

Sunday is Ruled By the Sun


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Sunday is Ruled By the Sun

 

Sunday corresponds to the sun, our closest star. This day is full of wonder and all sorts of magical potential for success, wealth, and fame. Sundays are for personal achievements of any kind such as working towards a promotion at your job, seeking fame and wealth, or being acknowledged for a job well done. All of these goals fall under the golden influence of the sun.

Some suggestions for Sunday enchantments would include:

Sitting outside at sunrise and calling on the goddess Brigid for illumination and inspiration

Wearing gold jewelry or clothing that is gold or sunshine yellow to pull some color magic into your life

Arranging a few sunflowers in a vase and empowering these “flowers of the sun” for fame and ambition

Gathering up the common marigold flower and scattering it’s petals about to encourage prosperity

Baking up a batch of cinnamon rolls for the family and enchanting them for health and success

Snacking on a solar fruit, the orange, and enjoying the magical boost it brings to your life

The Witches Correspondences for Sunday, August 23


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The Witches Correspondences for Sunday, August 23

 

Magickal Intentions: Growth, Advancements, Enlightenment, Rational Thought, Exorcism, Healing, Prosperity, Hope, Exorcism, Money

Incense: Lemon, Frankincense

Planet: Sun

Sign: Leo

Angel: Michael

Colors: Gold, Yellow, Orange and White

Herbs/Plants: Marigold, Heliotrope, Sunflower, Buttercup, Cedar, Beech, Oak Stones: Carnelian, Citrine, Tiger’s Eye, Amber, Clear Quartz and Red Agate

Oil: (Sun) Cedar, Frankincense, Neroli, Rosemary

The first day of the week is ruled by the Sun. It is an excellent time to work efforts involving business partnerships, work promotions, business ventures, and professional success. Spells where friendships, mental or physical health, or bringing joy back into life are an issue work well on this day, too.

The Witches Almanac for Sunday, August 23rd


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The Witches Almanac for Sunday, August 23rd

Sunday (Sun): Healing, spirituality, success, strength and protection.

National Day (Romanian)

 

Waxing Moon

The Waxing Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.

Moon phase: Second Quarter

Moon Sign: Sagittarius

Sagittarius: Encourages flights of imagination and confidence. This is an adventurous, philosophical, and athletic Moon sign. Favors expansion and growth.

Sun enters Virgo 6: 37 am

Virgo: Favors accomplishment of details and commands from higher up. Focuses on health, hygiene, and daily schedules.

Incense: Marigold

Color: Amber

Sunday’s Witchery


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Sunday’s Witchery

 

Those ambitious, successful spells and charms will be heightened by working on the day of the week that has the planetary influence of the sun. So light those sunny candles, wear some luminous colors, and break out the gold jewelry! Bake up some cinnamon rolls or low-fat cinnamon muffins for an enchanting family breakfast. Take an orange with you to eat at lunch today. Try using a little magickal aromatherapy and burn some cinnamon-scented incense to encourage success and wealth today. Make the talisman to keep your solar magick with you. Sprinkle some dried marigold petals around your house-or across the threshold-to pull triumph and protection toward you and your family.

Get outside and tip up your face to the sun. Take a walk outside, and soak up some sunshine! Acknowledge the power of Sunna or Helios as they blaze across the sky and bring courage and motivation into your life. Sit outside at sunrise on a Sunday morning and bask in its warm, rosy-golden glow Acknowledge Brigid as the inner, creative spark of imagination and inspiration. She can help these gifts burn brightly within your own soul. Use your imagination and create your own brand of witchery and magick. Here comes the sun, and it’s your turn to shine!

—–Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week

Ellen Dugan

Sunday


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Sunday

 

Ruler: Sun
Colors: Gold or yellow
Power Hours: Sunrise and sunset.
Key Words: Love, happiness, health, wealth

 

It is easy to spot the ruler of this day by its name. Sunday is the day of the sun. Community work, volunteer services, exercise, outdoor sports, buying, selling, speculating, meeting people, anything involving groups, running fairs and raffles, growing crops and taking care of all health matters fall under the influence of the Sun. With all this activity and the brightness of the sun, it’s easy to see why the child that is born on the Sabbath day is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

Michael is the primary angel of Sunday but each hour of this day also has it’s secondary angel. These angels are Michael (first hour), Anael (second hour), Raphael (third hour), Gabril (fourth hour), Cassiel (fifth hour), Sachiel (sixth hour), Samael (seventh hour), Michael (eighth hour), Anael (ninth hour), Raphael (tenth hour), Gabriel (eleventh hour), and Cassiel twelfth hour). Notice some of the angels do double duty this day.

On Sundays, (unless you are invoking a specific angelic energy) the hour of sunrise will be the most powerful time to work, especially if you want to infuse energy into your work. Sunset is the second best time and is favored when you need to calm down a situation. Check the local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac to determine your local sunrise.

Source:
Gypsy Magic

A Gift for You On This Beautiful Sunday Morn’


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A Gift for You

 

May your day be filled with joy

May your day be filled with love

May your day be filled with comfort

May your day be filled with humor.

 

May the Goddess show you her light with joy

May the Goddess show you her light with love

May the Goddess show you her light with comfort

May the Goddess show you her light with humor.

 

A smile is sent to you

A hug is sent to you

A touch of love is sent to you

 

May the Moon shine on you this day

and many more

May the Moon’s power fill your

home

May the Moon’s light fill you soul.

 

Your power grows as the Moon rises

Your power grows as your Sisters

stand with you

 

Your power grows as the Goddess sends her words to you.

 

A whisper comes to you …

You are my daughter and I am here with you.

 

Blessings on this day and many more

 

A Witch’s Prayerbook

JoAnne Spiese

DESTRUCTIVE KNOT SPELL

DESTRUCTIVE KNOT SPELL

If there is a situation, problem, possible menace you are facing, there is a knot spell for this. 

Take the cord and firmly visualize the problem in all its agonizing detail. Become emotional about it; seethe with anger, crumble into tears, whatever works. Then firmly tie the knot. Walk away from it, out of the room if possible. Take a shower, eat, do whatever will get your mind off the spell and allow you to relax. When your emotions are stabilized return to the knot. With calm and peace untie the knot. See the problem vanishing; dissolving into a dust that is swept away by the cleansing, refreshing North wind. It is done

Ashes to Riddance Spell

ASHES TO RIDDANCE SPELL

There are times in our lives when we become burdened with worrying. We spend so much time worrying that we never come to solving the problem. Sometimes we have past hang-ups that prevent us from moving towards more positive lifestyles. This little spell is to help us put an end to these ruts in our lives.

Needed: Ashes from burned wood Jar or bowl to hold the ashes
Moon Phase: Waning Moon
Locations: Outdoors in a clearing
Gather wood ashes the day of the spell and place in a glass jar or open bowl.
During the day, hold the jar or bowl and visualize all your worries and/or hang-ups pouring from your 3rd eye and heart and into the ashes. When the night falls, take the ashes to a clearing in a field, wood, or parking lot. Hold the jar or bowl in your hands and do one last pouring out of your worries and hang-ups. Now say:
“You are ashes, And to ashes you shall return.”
Pour the ashes out of the jar or bowl and walk away without looking back. When you’ve returned home be sure to wash out the jar or bowl.
Burn some incense, take a bath, or light a candle, and refocus. It is done.

Banishing and Cleansing Ritual

BANISHING AND CLEANSING RITUAL

Point your Athame at the sky, and then at the earth. Then pointing Athame horizontally either spin 360 or walk around the perimeter with the Athame held out in a threatening manner.

Spirits of evil, Unfriendly beings
Unwanted guests, Be gone!
Leave us leave this place, leave this Circle,
that the Goddess and the God may enter.
Go, or be cast into the outer darkness!
Go, or be drowned in the watery abyss!
Go, or be burned in the flames!
Go, of be torn by the whirlwind!
By the power of the Mother and the Horned One
We banish you! We banish you! We banish you!

 

Sprinkle the perimeter with salt and water

Spell for Releasing Negative Beings

SPELL FOR RELEASING NEGATIVE BEINGS

You can make this ceremony as simple or as elaborate as you like. 

To perform this ceremony you will need a smudge stick, a candle, and lavender or some other pleasant scent.

Start by calling on your protector. Once you feel its presence, say a simple prayer of protection, such as:

Creator, Great Spirit, Universal Energy,
I call upon your love and your protection.
I call upon the beings of light and all
those beings that help lost souls.
See this being that has lost its way home.
It believes it is of the dark; it has forgotten
it is of the light.
Please surround it with your love and gently
guide it back to the light so that it may heal.
Please surround this place and all within it
with your love and protection.
I give thanks.

Light the candle and smudge stick.Thoroughly smudge the area and yourself and allow the smoke to clear the area of any negativity. Then stand in the center of the room and declare that only beings of light are allowed in your aura or dwelling place.

Call upon beings of light to protect you and your location.Demand that all lower energy forces leave now and return to the light. Declare that this place is only for those who live in love and light.

See yourself and the room filled with and surrounded by bright white light. Know you are safe and protected. Sprinkle lavender around the room. Make sure you protect yourself for a few days after you release the beings.

One way to do this is to visualize your energy field and see it filled with white light. Mentally seal it with white light and see flecks of green and pink light floating around your body. Do this several times a day for the next few days. You tend to be more open to negative beings once one has been removed, and this process will help seal up your energy field.

If you again feel a negative presence, repeat the ceremony. The easiest thing to do is make sure you don’t attract one in the first place. If you remember to call upon your protector and keep yourself surrounded by white light, they can’t get near you.

 

Banishing Oil

 BANISHING OIL



1/2 oz olive oil

7 drops pepper oil (add cayenne pepper to olive oil if you wish) 

10 drops peppermint oil – or peppermint essence from icing part of a grocers plus olive oil

12 drops of rue or rosemary oil. You can add rue or rosemary to olive oil and put in a warm
place for 3 days and strain or buy the essential oil. 

Some crushed black peppercorns 

9 drops of pine oil or some pine needles stepped in olive oil for 3 days in warm place and strained.
Or pine essential oil

One obsidian or black onyx stone or a small black pebble

 

Blend together in an eggcup and put In a clean brown or dark medicine bottle. Some of these oils are volatile. Do not anoint yourself with Banishing oil. You could burn yourself. Wash your hands after using. Charge the stone or stones used after adding it and focus on the person and your intent pouring in energy and emotion. As you dress the candles you make them your magical tools. Charge again as you massage away from you massaging in banishing oil from
middle to the ends of the candle.