You are emotional and sensitive, sometimes to the point of drama, but the people around you love you for it. In fact, you can achieve the greatest success when you are able to express your creativity and your sense of drama in your line of work. Strong emotions can trip you up at times, but if channeled well, can lead to great success. You can sometimes be a “mother hen”, caring for others and worrying that they’re safe and happy. Loving, passionate, and warm, life would be dull indeed without you! Even so, you can be difficult to know at times, possibly because you wear your feelings on your face, and they are not always indicative of reactions to the company you’re keeping but rather they’re more in line with your thoughts. Misunderstandings can be frequent as a result. You are keenly sensitive, but not only in a self-centered way – you also pick up subtle emotional cues surrounding others, and this may be the reason that you’re so thoughtful. You are a visionary, and you promote love, harmony, and equality. In love, you are attracted to, or you attract, people who are success-oriented, accomplished, and practical. Famous people born today: Martha Raye, Tuesday Weld, Barbara Bach, Aaron Paul, Alexa Vega, Sarah Chalke.
Today is strong for applying yourself to your work or devoting your attention to a creative project, child, or romantic relationship, dear Aries. You are especially independent and self-directed right now. However, you are also entering a cycle today that stimulates a stronger desire to communicate with others. Mercury enters your solar seventh house today and will continue to transit this sector that rules partnership for a longer time than usual, until November 2nd. There is a shift in mental focus to making connections and collaborating. Mental cooperation is especially important to you during this cycle. You can gain a better perspective on your own life, thoughts, and ideas through discussion with a partner or someone special in your life. You could find that discussions with others tend to be more objective and reasonable. You seek out learning experiences, mental encounters or connections with others, and intellectual stimulation.
Taurus
Taurus
Today, Mercury enters your solar sixth house, dear Taurus. While Mercury typically transits a sign in about 3-4 weeks, this transit will last until November 2nd. You’re especially focused on details during this cycle, and some of you could be learning new, or updating old, skills and areas of knowledge. While you should certainly watch for overwork, a tendency to fret, or an inclination to nitpick at this time, it’s a strong cycle for attention to important systems in your life. You can get a lot done now. Work, schooling, or daily life and routines can keep you especially preoccupied and busy. You could be perfecting your skills or researching health or work methods to your advantage. There can be strong ideas for business and money, particularly on a detail-oriented level. While the outside world can demand your attention today, you can benefit from working on a domestic project that requires strong focus or concentration.
Gemini
Gemini
Mercury is your ruler, dear Gemini, and so its sign changes might have a stronger effect on you than many. Today, Mercury enters Libra and your solar fifth house, and being in the same element (Air) as your sign has its benefits. You’re more self-expressive and your ideas tend to be received well during this cycle that lasts until November 2nd. There can be more dialogues, communications, and thoughts about creative or romantic pursuits at this time. You can be a little more showy or theatrical in your approach, enjoying putting on a show or entertaining others with your observations. You are attracted to others on a mental level more than usual during this period. Today, the Moon moves into harmony with your sign as well, allowing emotions easier expression. Life engages you more than usual now, and you can be feeling especially vital and curious.
Cancer
Cancer
Mercury moves into your solar fourth house today, dear Cancer, where it will stay for a longer than usual time, until November 2nd. This is a lively time for family or home life. Your thoughts can frequently turn to personal matters during this cycle, and you can be filled with ideas about activities that improve your domestic world. You could need space to think, and may very well come up with the best ideas while in a comfortable environment. There can be work or learning going on at home, or more activity or “traffic” there, such as making many small changes or attending to details in the home. Circumstances can stimulate more memories of the past, and people from your past may figure strongly now. or trailers. Even so, today is especially strong for applying yourself to work or business matters. You seem to have more patience or determination to draw upon now.
Leo
Leo
Mercury begins its transit of your solar third house today, dear Leo. This is a longer than usual transit of Mercury and it happens to be a very supportive one. Until November 2nd, there is a stronger curiosity and focus on learning, sharing, teaching, communicating, and connecting. Your communications tend to flow more naturally and others more often understand what you intend them to understand. You could be busier and more communicative than usual, particularly with classmates, siblings, neighbors, and acquaintances. This is a strong time for learning from friends or networks, and also for sharing your own knowledge with others. There can be more movement or “traffic” in your daily life during this period. Today is strong for applying yourself to learning, particularly something new or an entirely different subject or perspective on a subject. New methods can engage you and absorb your attention.
Virgo
Virgo
Mercury enters your solar second house today, dear Virgo, and will stay in this area of your solar chart for a longer period than usual, until November 2nd. During this cycle, you are inclined to frequently think about manifesting results, building upon your ideas, or putting plans into practical action. Material affairs, business, and finances can be in stronger focus now. You’re especially interested in producing tangible results. It’s a good time for communicating about practical affairs and business communications in general. There can be more pleasure in planning ahead or organizing your affairs. It’s also a strong period for educating yourself on financial or commercial matters, and for developing your talents and resources. During this cycle, you can be feeling especially desirous of independence and may be especially responsible for earning income and managing money. It’s a fabulous time for specializing, so focus on those things you know well and learn even more about them.
Libra
Libra
Mercury enters your sign today, dear Libra, and will stay in Libra for longer than Mercury’s usual three or four weeks, and in fact until November 2nd. You are communicating with more impact during this cycle, and can be more talkative, curious, and perhaps restless or on the go. You are sharper, more observant, and tend to find no problems being “heard”. Because Mercury rules your solar ninth, you may be more verbal about your beliefs and opinions about larger matters. You can be especially focused on learning new things. This is a time when you have more mental initiative than usual, wanting to put your ideas into action. Some of you could find that you’re intellectually competitive at this time. You tend to make executive decisions and rely more on yourself and your observations when making decisions, depending less on what others think you should do. While this doesn’t always work out well for other signs, you generally do consider all sides of a situation, and at this time, can benefit from some independence and self-interest. Today, however, is strong for getting things done, particularly with a partner.
Scorpio
Scorpio
Mercury begins its transit of your privacy sector today, dear Scorpio, and will stay in this area of your solar chart for a longer period than usual, until November 2nd. This is a good period for contemplation, reflection, research, and meditation. Your thinking is especially influenced by, and focused on, past experiences and memories. This analysis is good and helpful, of course, to a point, after which it can lead to frustration or can keep you fixated on emotionally unhealthy matters and inclined to want to escape from your more practical affairs. There can be some inconstancy with studies or work, but overall this period is good for seeing details you may not normally see, building your intuition, and bringing some objectivity to emotional issues. You may be working in relative solitude, people may be taking you into their confidence, and there can be fascinating reveals of secrets or discoveries of hidden resources during this cycle.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
Mercury moves into your solar eleventh house, dear Sagittarius, where it will transit for some time, until November 2nd, so you’ll have plenty of time to work with this energy and use it to your advantage. This is a strong idea cycle! It’s also good for networking and gaining inspiration from what you learn through and share with others. With Mercury in harmonious aspect to your sign, communications in general are easier, natural, and mostly well-received, although there can be some miscommunications during the upcoming Mercury retrograde cycle (which will occur from September 17-October 9). People tend to seek you out or get in touch with you more often. Partnering with a friend in some manner may figure strongly during this cycle. This is a time when conversations with friends and various networking activities can offer valuable learning experiences. You are thinking outside of the box. Today is especially strong for applying yourself to something creative or educational.
Capricorn
Capricorn
Today, Mercury moves into your career and reputation sector, dear Capricorn, and will transit there until November 2nd. Due to an upcoming retrograde cycle, this transit lasts far longer than the usual Mercury transit. This is a time of increased learning and communicating on professional levels, and also of stronger impact, particularly in terms of what and how you communicate. You seem to be more accountable for what you say and what you know. There can be more movement, a hectic pace, or increased communications in the work you do at this time. For some of you, your ideas may come into public view now. You are likely doing some multi-tasking regarding career and business matters. This is a fabulous time for ambitious ideas and thinking. Even so, there may be increased mental pressure at times during this cycle. Today is strong for independent study and research.
Aquarius
Aquarius
Mercury begins its journey through your adventure sector today, dear Aquarius, where it will transit until November 2nd. This is a longer transit than Mercury’s usual, and it happens to be an easy one for you. Communications and learning are favored in a general way, and ideas are mostly well-received during this cycle. You may be meeting people, and possibly romantic interests, through the internet, schooling, or travel. There can be a stronger interest in getting away from it all or changing up your routines at this time. You might also be especially interested in long-range visions, ideals, and goals. Conversations are often about broader issues and beliefs or opinions. Today, the Moon moves into your sign early morning, stimulating a more vital and involved approach to your life. There is good energy today for applying yourself to learning and studying.
Pisces
Pisces
Today and until November 2nd, Mercury is transiting your solar eighth house, dear Pisces. There is emphasis on deep thoughts, study, research, secrets, or mysteries during this cycle. This is not the best cycle in which to be clearly understood, although you may be quite content on this level, and communications within an intimate relationship can improve. You might also learn a lot about your own inner workings at this time. This can be a cycle in which you learn significant things about a partner, finances, shared finances, taxes, and debts. It’s in fact a strong time for making financial plans and strategies. You are especially interested in motives and hidden elements of life at this time. Today, the Moon moves into your privacy zone, prompting you to need more time to yourself and some form of emotional withdrawal and renewal. It’s a good day for independent work. You could find that you are especially able to apply yourself to your work right now.
The Balance of the Signs and the Elements for Thursday, August 27
LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
VIRGO STRONG
Meticulous, discriminating, pure, practical, health conscious, hard working. Can be hyper-critical, petty and perfectionistic.
AQUARIUS STRONG
Humanitarian, innovative, group conscious, progressive, serving others. Can be rebellious, eccentric, aloof, emotionally superficial, overly extroverted.
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
Scores: Fire 5; Earth 5; Air 5; Water 2
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.
Mercury enters Libra today for a longer stay than usual due to an upcoming retrograde cycle in the sign (Mercury will retrograde from September 17th to October 9th), until November 2nd.
•The Moon is in Capricorn until 4:03 AM.
•The Moon is void from 3:19 AM to 4:03 AM.
•The Moon is in Aquarius from 4:03 AM forward (until Saturday, August 29th, at 4:50 AM).
•The Moon is waxing and in its Waxing Gibbous phase.
•A First Quarter Moon occurred on the 22nd and a Full Moon will occur on the 29th (in Pisces).
•Venus is retrograde (Venus is retrograde from July 25-September 6).
•Mercury enters Libra today (Mercury transits Libra from August 27-November 2).
Many are questioning the purpose behind their lives and searching for guidance and insight. Very few are prepared to do the actual work that is required to shift and change, as our habitual way of thinking is to consider such questions as unknowable. We shrug off any awareness we get as we are drawn into the mundane aspects of our lives. But in these current times of transformation and shifting consciousness a new definition of our nature and the balance of the feminine and masculine energies is being called for.
Humanity, as a whole, has lost themselves in creating a seemingly secular, secure, economic environment to replace the spiritual one we experienced many thousands of years ago. The questions of why we are here have been pushed aside and repressed to enable the establishment of a more comfortable style of survival. We have used the drive for this comfortable style of survival as a reason to live, to feel complete, gradually forgetting our original and individual purpose for being.
What we seldom remember is that as a representative of the Divine Feminine in physical form, woman hold space, hold energy and direct the masculine in when and how to manifest form and reality. We have forgotten that woman are the guiding force behind transformation and that without the Divine Feminine our world, cultures, societies, families and relationships are out of alignment and balance.
When we remember the true purpose of the feminine energy and we contain that purpose with love, we have the power to transform this world and to create a new balanced and harmonious reality. We can only truly see this transformation and balance in our world when we allow the feminine power her rightful place. In saying that, we are seeing the rise of the feminine energy and power in our cultures and societies. Woman are no longer the watchers or the doers. Woman are no longer required to follow, but are leaving their mark by leading and guiding. This empowerment has been a long time coming and as we see more and more woman moving into their true power, which is based in love, an awakening of the feminine within men will be initiated to bring a new balance within relationships, families, cultures and societies.
For many this process is causing conflict, as men, and woman, feel threatened by the feminine power awakening within. Many are struggling to adjust to the increased independence and power of woman, which is creating conflict in relationships and partnerships. Men don’t necessarily understand the need woman have to access and own their own power. They don’t necessarily understand why woman cannot find happiness and fulfilment in having t heir basic needs met.
What most have forgot is that thousands of years ago it was the responsibility of woman to build communities and to run those communities. A woman’s role and purpose was so much more than just being a wife and a mother. Woman were the healers, the midwives, the crafter’s, the herbalists and the teachers. These roles fulfilled the basic needs of a woman’s soul and brought a very necessary balance and harmony to individual societies and cultures.
In the past few thousand years our world has drastically changed and been shaped to function according to the masculine form of thought and structure. Domination, aggression, force and control have been at the heart of all our relationships and social conditions. The feminine qualities of intuition, healing, compassion, nurturing and non-violence have been discredited and condemned. The feminine power has been weakened and when small independently thinking groups of woman (so called witches) showed their power they became a threat and were burnt at the stake. Thus the balance between the feminine and the masculine energies was destroyed.
In the last century we have seen woman having to take on the roles of both the feminine and the masculine just to survive. These roles have become so blurred, unequal and unbalanced that most don’t even know what the purpose of these Divine roles actually is. We have forgotten that woman require greater stimulation and free access to their inner power and wisdom. We have forgotten that woman carry the key to access the spiritual realms of intuition, healing and spiritual wisdom. We have forgotten that it is woman who have easy access to the Void, the Great Mystery, from where all wisdom and guidance comes.
We are in a time now where it is essential for our survival that these two forces of creation are brought into balance, a balance that is equal in power and responsibility. As woman become more independent, separate and powerful there are less marriages and unions, and a greater desire for woman to earn their own keep. With the evolving balance between the feminine and the masculine energies, men will no longer need to shoulder the responsibility for the care, protection and support of the family unit or community. Although woman have always carried the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of the family, they are now more equipped to shoulder equally the total responsibility of the family and community.
For example it may be easier to work at a career than it is to raise a well balanced family. As the masculine surrenders and accepts the feminine energy and power, we will see a powerful transition that creates perfect balance within our world. This shift is a process and will be a long time in the making, but eventually we will see human emotions such as jealousy, stubbornness and withholding becoming a thing of the past. Men will allow woman to take an equal stand and position without threat or judgment, without the need for a woman to suppress her true feminine power in favour of the masculine energy.
The unconscious threat is potentially that woman assume the masculine role and thereby create more imbalance, recreating the very same patterns of suppression and subjugation in reverse. This is why it is essential that both woman and men learn to operate from a place of love, truth, forgiveness, acceptance and understanding, honouring each other in this profound space of transition.
This shifting of balance is a process and we are only really in the beginning stages. The solution lies in connecting with your healing, intuitive, spiritual gifts and learning in a safe space. Be this within a relationship, a partnership, or a business, without assuming that you can do this alone or be exiting current relationships and partnerships.
It is essential too that woman remember their inherent gifts of intuition and healing and bring these gifts as a force for positive, loving change in relationships, families, cult rues and societies. External factors will always be of great influence, such as solar flares, planets in retrograde, planetary alignments and on a more physical level, financial loss, loss of loved ones, changes of environments and illness. The key is to take all factors into consideration whilst doing everything for your highest good and the good of humankind.
Change cannot be avoided and what we are experiencing in these profound times is the manifestation of that which is in need of healing and or transformation. Whether this be within our world or within ourselves it is up to us to heal, change, transform and move forward. The greatest advice I give my clients who are in process within relationships, financial crisis or loss of faith, is to work through it and not ignore it or walk away. Most times the healthiest platform to work from is the plat form you are currently standing upon.
Blessed Creative Being, you live in a world of waves, of vibration. Your science has told you for many years that the solid table is a mass of vibrating molecules, densified by a bond that creates a sensory effect of solidity. Yet at its core it vibrates, willing to release the bond with the proper force. For a table, that force may be impact, fire or a chemical compound that severs the vibrational attraction, changing the behavior of the particles at the subatomic level. Your science has also discovered the ability to track light at a level so small that mere awareness changes the behavior from waveform to particle form.
Your awareness, then, is a catalyst that causes the behavioral change in a wave. It is not the only catalyst, and at this point in time, you are reconciling the time factor in form as you build form from awareness, choice and action. These are the building blocks of your world. The natural world around you shows you clues, the technical world around you now also shows you clues; but you must find your internal path of knowing that you create your world.
Much of your awareness resides in your unconscious mind, your subconscious awareness. Begin utilizing your intuitive senses, your choice and your actions toward clarity of feelings, thoughts and expression. This brings the vast subconscious into conscious awareness. As you focus your awareness, you begin creating impact in the subtle realm of waveform rather than the physical realm of table form. Your impact is your feelings, thoughts and expression. It is not visible like the results from the table, yet it begins the reworking of form.
You Create a Wave with your awareness; your feelings, thoughts and expression that manipulates the malleable vibration of life around you. Observe how your choice of kindness shifts the behavior around you. Observe how anger, suppression and shame shift the behaviors around you. Choose your impact, for you are influencing the form of your world. That form is not typically visible or palpable in the moment. Yet the vibrational behavior is changing and compelling new bonds before your eyes are able to see it. Choose your impact.
As we sit to Blast Creating a Wave, we are boldly choosing the positive potentials that seem impossible in the current bonding of humanity. We are influencing the future with the force of Love that compels rather than complies. We are learning our power to stand strong in the winds of change, creating a new future rather than lamenting the challenges that formed such strength. We are relentless in our expression of Love, allowing the impact of a yes or a no to be drenched in the creation of a new foundation of Love. We are unwilling to see no hope, for though it is invisible, it is within and calling for our wave of Love to bring it to the surface. When another ebbs, we flow; for humanity is remembering that Life is supportive in invisible, yet compelling ways. Blast on!
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 – Thursday, August 27, 2015
Phase: Waxing Gibbous Illumination: 93% Moon Age: 12.16 days Moon Angle: 0.54 Moon Distance: 372,112.28 km Sun Angle: 0.53 Sun Distance: 151,136,206.09 km
To make an herbal cleansing bottle, pour a layer of sand in a large clear bottle. Add layers of dried herbs, one at a time: first rosemary; then lemon peel, sage, cedar, black peppercorns, lavender, dill, bay leaf, and rowan.
When the bottle is full, focus cleansing protective energy into the herbs and sand, and see a golden light radiating from the bottle. Visualize the herbs driving away negative influences.
Cork and seal the bottle with white wax. Using a permanent marker, draw the Algiz rune on one side of the bottle, and on the other side draw a pentagram.
Set the bottle near your front or back door, and every six months, uncap,
Pour herbs out into the woods or your compost heap, and thoroughly wash and dry the bottle before filling it with a new round of herbs.
You will need your lover, one ounce of olive oil, nine drops of vanilla scented oil, and three drops of jasmine-scented oil.
Just before you make love, take a warm bath with your beloved. Decide what you both want to direct your sexual and orgasmic energy toward. Keep it simple and be specific. Next, mix the oils together, and paint words of endearment on your lover’s naked skin. Finger-paint one word on your lover’s skin, then ask your lover to paint a word of love on your skin. After you paint each word, use your fingers and your imagination to rub the oil gently and sensuously into your lover’s skin. See how many words you spell before you fall passionately into the throws of lovemaking. Direct your lovemaking energies toward a shared goal or dream.
Wiccan Spell A Night: Spells, Charms, And Potions For The Whole Year
In the ancient Greek philosophical school of thought, the fifth element was referred to as ether. Aristotle wrote of ether as an element that transcended physical decay and aging, or in other words, the element of which the stars were made up. Ether has also been speculated on as the energetic field which connects all things in the universe. To the ancient Chinese, the fifth element was simply space, as all of the other elements require space in which to exist. Still others have called it time, because none of the other elements can exist without duration. While these thoughts are clearly divided, you may notice that they all follow a common theme: all of them speculate on the fifth element as a unifying element between the other four.
For magickal purposes, the fifth element is referred to as spirit. Even within the range of magickal practices, there are different meanings of this concept. In traditional magick, spirit is the unification of all other elements. It is also representative of the will of the magickal practitioner to direct the energies of the other elements. In this sense, we could say quite accurately that the fifth element is magick itself.
On another esoteric level of understanding, the spirit element represents the completion and balance of man. You may notice that the four elements all represent parts of nature of the human. Earth is aligned to the physical body, water is aligned to the emotions, air is aligned to the consciousness, and fire is aligned to the life energy within. The spirit element is achieved when these four are all at work and balanced within a human being. Lack of proper balance will inherently cause suffering in one form or another. Traditions that seek to improve the practitioner through achieving this balance often use the four elements as symbols of the aspects that combine to create a properly balanced human being. It is for this reason that Masonic ritual, one such tradition, makes reference to the four elements at the end of its Entered Apprentice degree. It is during this section that the new initiate is taught, through understanding of this type of symbolism, that the four aspects of man must be balanced in order to lead a happy, healthy, and productive life. As you will see when dealing with elemental symbolism, spirit can also be repesentative of the balanced unification of the masculine and feminine aspects of human beings.
Elemental Magick: A Guide to Harnessing the Magickal Powers of the Elements (The Ultimate Guide to Magick Book 3)
Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays And Some Not So Ancient!
Today Is …
Consus, the God of the Grain-store, was celebrated annually on this date by the ancient Romans. Sacrifices were made in his honor, and all beasts of burden were embellished with wreaths of flowers and given a day of rest.
The Festival of Krishna is celebrated annually on this day in the country of India. It is also a sacred day dedicated to Devaki, the Mother-Goddess.
Procession of the Witches in Belgium. Sounds like fun! Gather your witchy friends and have a parade, even it it’s only in your backyard.
Egyptian; Procession of Bast; Birthday of Nut
Egypt/Kemet: Feast of the Nativity of Isis, the Goddess of 10,000 Names. She is an ancient Goddess who assisted her husband, Osiris, in civilizing the people of the Nile. She taught them how to grind corn, to spin flax, and to weave cloth. She is the guide of all wives, mothers, healers, advocates, and teachers; the patron of magic, learning, love, and motherhood; the power of the Pharaohs. She is usually portrayed wearing a throne on her head. She is Goddess of day while her sister Nephthys is Goddess of night. There are many stories of Isis, but the most well known is how she conceived a child with Osiris after he had been killed by Set. He had cut the body of Osiris into 14 pieces and cast them into the Nile. Isis, with the help of Nephthys, recovered all but one part. This was the phallus, which had been swallowed by a fish. Using her magic, she brought all of Osiris’s parts together and reformed him whole. He became the first mummy when she embalmed his body, with the help of Anubis, thus restoring him to eternal life. The child of their post-resurrection tryst was Horus.
India: Festival of Krishna – a celebration of the rebirth of Lord Vishnu to his incarnation as the God Krishna. It was Krishna who revealed the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna.
Rome: Volturnalia, the festival dedicated to Volturnus, ‘God of the Waters,’ God of fountains; a tribal river god who later was identified as God of the Tiber river. The Volturnus River, in southern Italy, is named for him. Volturnus was the father of the Goddess Juturna, who was first identified with a spring in Latium near the Numicus River and later with a pool near the temple of Vesta in the Forum of Rome. They were both honored on this day with feasting, wine-drinking and games by Romans.
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast Archives Remember the ancient ways and keep them sacred! )0( Live each Season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. ~Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Herb: Cinquefoil Ruled by the planet Jupiter and dedicated to Thor, god of thunder and agricultural work. His parallels in various European Traditions include Zeus, Taranis, Perun, and Perkunas.
Magical aspects: controlled optimism, energetic growth, physical well-being, material success, expansion, money/wealth, prosperity, leadership, and generosity.
Thursday is the day of Jupiter, the largest of the planets and said to be the most powerful. Spellcasters would be wise to use this day for attempting wealth, success and prosperity spells.
Thursday is also associated (in Greek mythology) to Thor – Thor’s day – and some even say that Jupiter and Thor are one in the same. Both are strong and powerful, yet wise and just. Try a small prayer to Jupiter before commencing any ritual on Thursday as a sign of respect. This is the proper day of the week to perform spells and rituals involving luck, happiness, health, legal matters, male fertility, treasure, wealth, honour, riches, clothing, money, desires, business, group pursuits, joy, laughter, and expansion
Today is the day for prosperity work of all kinds. It can also be used for healing work, whether that is a physical healing of an illness or an emotional healing. Also remember that you have to follow up your healing work and prosperity magick and physical action.
I can’t tell you the number of times I have met new witches who complain to me that their prosperity spell or “I need a better job” spell did not work as they expected. They’ll ramble on and on about how much time and money they spent working their magick….but, alas, they had no glorious manifestion of wealth or fabulous job that suddenly dropped out of the sky and landed in their laps.
Then, when I gently ask them, “Did you enchant your resume or application when you filled it out? Did you do a little confidence-boosting spellwork when you went to apply for the job or went to the interview?” typically they give me a blank, confused stare.
Nine times out of ten, their response is, “You mean I have to go out and actually look for the job too?” Um, yes, my dear, you certainly do. Magick follows the path of least resistance, which means it’s going to manifest along the simplest, quickest route. Get out there and hit the pavement. See what you can find. Times are tough and competition for good jobs is fierce, so you need whatever edge you can get. For folks like us, we’re going to get the edge by using our magick and our spellcraft.
Thursdays have such a rich source of magick for us to draw upon that, honestly, the sky is the limit. This is the day associated with the gods of the sky and heavens, after all. Get to know these deities and add their wisdom and magick into your days
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
The name is derived from Old English Þūnresdæg and Middle English Thuresday (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse Þorsdagr) meaning “Thor’s Day”. Thunor, Donar (German, Donnerstag) and Thor are derived from the name of the Germanic god of thunder, Thunraz, equivalent to Jupiter in the interpretatio romana.
In most Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was known as Iovis Dies, “Jupiter’s Day”. In Latin, the genitive or possessive case of Jupiter was Iovis/Jovis and thus in most Romance languages it became the word for Thursday: Italian giovedì, Spanish jueves, French jeudi, Sardinian jòvia, Catalan dijous, and Romanian joi. This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh dydd Iau.
The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter is sometimes used to represent Thursday.
Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: Torsdag in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, Hósdagur/Tórsdagur in Faroese, Donnerstag in German or Donderdag in Dutch. Finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic (Uralic) languages, uses the borrowing “Torstai” and “Duorastat”. In the extinct Polabian Slavic language, it was perundan, Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor.
There are a number of modern names imitating the naming of Thursday after an equivalent of “Jupiter” in local tradition. In most of the languages of India, the word for Thursday is Guruvar- var meaning day and guru being the style for Bṛhaspati, guru to the gods and regent of the planet Jupiter. In Thai, the word is Wan Pharuehatsabodi – referring to the Hindu deity Bṛhaspati, also associated with Jupiter. En was an old Illyrian deity and in his honor in the Albanian language Thursday is called “Enjte”. In the Nahuatl language, Thursday is Tezcatlipotōnal meaning “day of Tezcatlipoca”.
Lunabar Moon Almanack for Thursday, 27 August, 2015
Waxing, Gibbous Moon Age: 13 ¼ days.
Ascending Node is at 2° Libra.
Moon in 10th degree of the Sign Aquarius, the Waterman; also in 11th deg. of the Constellation Capricornus, the Goat. Moonset: 3:57 morn. Moonrise: 6:04 eve. Souths: 11:36 eve.
Aspects of the Moon in Aquarius: Yang, Masculine, Solar, Positive, Diurnal, Airy, Fixed, Barren, Horary Western, Wintery, Austral, Obeying, Human, Moist, Vocal, Sweet, Warm, Mental, Nervous, Hot
Waxing Moon: Time: From New Moon To Full (Approx. 14 Days Symbolic of growth, manifestation, attainment, gravidity (heavy with child – both philosophical and literal).
Spells and rituals involving the air element should be performed when the Moon is in the air sign: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
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Moon Moon, Mother Moon
Lunar Lore
The Moon in conjunction with Jupiter, is found to be a good day in all humane affairs. ~ Bethem’s “Centiloquium”.
Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon. – Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” I, i.
Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy crystal-shining quiver ; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe how short soever ; Thou that mak’st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright! – Ben Jonson, “Hymn to Diana.”
Lunabar Sun Almanack for Thursday, 27 August, 2015
Sunrise: 6:32 morn. Sunset: 7:46 eve.
Length of Day: 13h. 13m.
Dawn: 6:03 morn. Dusk: 8:14 eve.
Length of Twilight: 0h. 28m.
Sun in 3rd degree of the Sign Virgo, the Virgin; also in 16th degree of the Constellation Leo, the Lion;
Aspects of the Sun in Virgo: Yin, Feminine, Lunar, Negative, Nocturnal, Earthy, Mutable, Barren, Horary Southern, Summery, Boreal, Commanding, Double, Double-Bodied, Dual, Bicorporeal, Human, Dry, Vocal, Cold.
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Solar Lore
When the air is hazy, so that the solar light fades gradually, and looks white, rain will most certainly follow. ~Collected in R. Inwards, “Weather Lore”.
Can’t we meet halfway
I have mine
You have yours
Can we all get along
Why does it always have to be war
I ask how much more pain
Before we are no more
Not for just some
But for all
I know it’s a dream
It’s one we all share
Can we work as a team
I don’t like going nowhere
Now just let it be
So no one loses their dream
Now I bid you with peace
Witches Of The Craft® 
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