Weekend Love Horoscope

September 11-13: Romantic enhancements

The Moon will enter discerning Virgo early Friday morning and will remain there until late Sunday night — making it a weekend to pay attention to the details in matters of the heart. What makes this weekend extra important is the fact that on Sunday, we’ll have a Solar Eclipse in Virgo. What does this mean for your love life? First, you’ll feel ready to develop a few new habits that will ultimately make you a better person. That can only translate into making you a better partner.

While your trek towards self-improvement might be your main focus, you’ll also want to make your relationship as perfect as possible. Share your ideas with your mate in a non-judgmental way. You might be surprised at how easily he or she is willing to make a few changes.

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.

 

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Solar Eclipse in Virgo Horoscopes

Patience is the biggest virtue

The Virgo New Moon on September 13, 2015 will play out as a Solar Eclipse — a cosmic punctuation mark that signals a clean break in the emotional energy. This Solar Eclipse in analytical Virgo momentarily stops our logical train of thought. Like all eclipses, this one can precipitate sudden change and shock us with new perspectives. Nevertheless, we’re too impatient for our own good with instantaneous Uranus in the mix. We want useful information available to us at a moment’s notice.

On one hand, the Virgo influence enables us to be fastidious and efficient in our thinking. On the other hand, our confidence can get the best of us, tempting us to jump to conclusions rather than sticking to the facts. It’s challenging to find the right balance; we can be so focused on the details that we can’t see the forest for the trees. Fortunately, an opposition between adventurous Jupiter and visionary Neptune gives us the impetus to widen our vision and expand our horizons. Keeping our minds open is a healthy antidote to any tunnel vision we might experience.

Aries Horoscope (March 21 – April 19)

The tension is palpable now, distracting you with the anticipation of something dramatic that’s about to occur. Although you can’t push the feeling away, you’re not ready to calmly accept your fate, either. But the Virgo Solar Eclipse rattles your 6th House of Logistics, reminding you that replaying a familiar old pattern does not allow you to progress on your journey of life. Embrace this opportunity to make the positives changes you’ve been dreaming of for too long. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Taurus Horoscope (April 20 – May 20)

You can ride an impressive wave of creativity if you simply concentrate on utilizing your talents. The Virgo New Moon Eclipse electrifies your 5th House of Play, reinvigorating your spirits and encouraging you to express yourself at any cost. However, focusing on the practical aspects of your life frees you to have more fun once you finish your chores. Paradoxically, the more you narrow your awareness, the better your chance of losing yourself in the spontaneity of the moment.

Gemini Horoscope (May 21 – June 20)

You may experience unexpected stress on the home front, but luckily, you are wired to handle it with finesse. Whatever you do, keep the energy moving with the Virgo Solar Eclipse falling in your 4th House of Security. However, maintaining a smooth flow is a challenge, for worldly responsibilities pull you one way while your emotions and family dynamics pull another. You will probably be caught in the middle, unless you do your famous Gemini shuffle. There’s no need to choose between home and career; dance between the various parts of your life with a smile in your heart and a twinkle in your eye.

Cancer Horoscope (June 21 – July 22)

You are stepping into a new phase of your life where what you say is extremely critical to your success. You’re preoccupied with how to best get your message across as the exacting Virgo Solar Eclipse lands in your 3rd House of Communication. But tossing out a few well-chosen words won’t do the trick unless you follow through by expressing your deeper emotions. Don’t let your rational thoughts talk your heart out of what it wants.

Leo Horoscope (July 23 – Aug. 22)

It is apparent to you that practice really does make perfect as the Virgo New Moon Eclipse shakes up your 2nd House of Values. Luckily, you can successfully build on your previous efforts, but it will require ongoing determination on your part. Careful analysis before you do anything can make your actions count more later on. Move methodically and don’t bite the bait that’s dangling on the hook of immediate gratification. Proceed at your own pace; picking up steam will come naturally when the time is right.

Virgo Horoscope (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22)

You have reached a significant milestone that could remind you of all the hard work behind you as well as the challenges still in front of you. The Virgo Solar Eclipse accentuates your 1st House of Self, prompting you to attempt to make everything happen all at once. Needless to say, this ambitious tactic sets you up for failure. With visionary Jupiter blessing your sign now, you must strive for long-term completion rather than short-term satisfaction. Keeping your eyes on the distance prevents discouragement; your sustained efforts will earn you the accolades you seek, but only after you put in the work.

Libra Horoscope (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22)

It’s crucial to keep all your dealings above board, for an unspoken assumption can be your undoing. The slightest hint of shady dealings may cause your world to come tumbling down as the Virgo New Moon Eclipse triggers your 12th House of Destiny. Even while in the midst of a significant transition, you still must honor your core beliefs, for it is your integrity and your faith that will ultimately pull you through any challenge. Do what is right, not what is easy, if you want to walk on a spiritual path.

Scorpio Horoscope (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21)

Your social calendar may have filled up faster than you realized. Suddenly, it’s obvious that you have way too much to do as the laser-like Virgo Solar Eclipse over-amps your 11th House of Community. It’s probably too late to eliminate extraneous activities now, even if this sounds like the most intelligent strategy. Sometimes you just have to admit defeat and join the crowd. Surprisingly, you may end up learning something unusual, meeting someone influential or even opening a few doors of your own if you surrender to the idea of having fun.

Sagittarius Horoscope (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21)

Until quite recently you believed that your life was running on track, but you might start to question your direction when the Virgo New Moon Eclipse activates your 10th House of Career. It’s challenging to have faith in your chosen path when your inner feelings don’t seem to match up with your outer circumstances. But don’t fret about the obstacles that prevent you from reaching your destination. You may already be exactly where you’re supposed to be without knowing it yet. Allow time for your head to catch up with your heart and for the universe to answer your prayers.

Capricorn Horoscope (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)

Taking a conservative route may not get you as far as you wish these days. The discriminating Virgo Solar Eclipse galvanizes your 9th House of Distant Horizons, urging you to pick one of your big ideas to pursue or they will all fade without so much as leaving a trace. Thankfully, you’re capable of executing an exquisitely complex scenario now. So disregard the distractions, select your destination and shift into high gear. Be tenacious about your goals and flexible about your methods for the best results.

Aquarius Horoscope (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18)

An interpersonal drama might demand your undivided attention, even if you try to remain cool, calm, and collected. Your logical approach won’t help you avoid the emotional pressure as the Virgo New Moon Eclipse zaps your 8th House of Deep Sharing. Although you may try to reason your way out of the situation at first, demonstrate your courage by exploring a new path to intimacy instead. Remember, flashy behavior is not as fulfilling as being true to your heart and making a real connection with someone you love.

Pisces Horoscope (Feb. 19 – March 20)

The relationship issues that resurface now feel all too familiar, because they won’t disappear until you address them once and for all. It might seem as if the problem resides in people who are less than reliable as the Virgo Solar Eclipse destabilizes your 7th House of Companions. Unfortunately, there’s little you can do to make anyone else take responsibility for their actions. However, you have your own rebellious nature to rein in before you ask others to do the same. Deal with your own idiosyncrasies; worrying about the rest of the world is just an easy distraction.

 

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The Balance of the Signs and the Elements for Saturday, September 12

 

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.
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS

EARTH STRONG
We are especially in touch with the physical world. We consider what we’ve learned and experienced in the past in order to make the most of the present. We can be cautious, practical, and possibly unimaginative. We are deliberate and can pace ourselves well. We need hands-on experience and are not impressed with theory as much as we are with results. Routines are tolerable and comforting.
AIR WEAK
We may have a difficult time being objective or detached. We may not be especially communicative.
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.

 

BALANCE OF MODES

The modes are balanced.

The Eclipse Cycle Begins

a message from Archangel Michael channeled by Meredith Murphy
To read more of Meredith’s insight, please visit her website, Expect Wonderful by Meredith Murphy
Greetings Divine One,
The Eclipse Cycle begins this weekend with a new moon and a partial solar eclipse. We want to offer you some energetic support for this alignment, so if you would like this, please pause for a moment now and go inward. Connect through the center of your chest, your heart chakra, with an openness within you. A calm, quiet stillness. To do this, is to tap into an access-way to all that you are.
Once you have oriented there, speak telepathically to all that you are. You might think of this as calling upon your Divine Self. By doing this, you’re in a sense saying energetically, “Hello — I’m orienting to our connection now…and I am consciously amplifying and empowering you to participate in my embodied life more fully.” You can telepathically say what you wish to greet all that you are, to summon or activate this connection consciously. Think of all that you are, like a super fantastic ally who is always here for you and loves being summoned. It’s true, you know.
Now then, in this quiet still point within your very being, and consciously connected with all that you are, if you wish, open up to a direct connection with the Angelic Realm. Simply create it with imagination or inner-telepathic-talk, or whatever way you wish. Your focus is powerfully creative. So choices like these simply steps we are describing make stuff happen. For real.
Now then, if you wish, state that you welcome angelic support for this Eclipse Cycle. Invite the fullness of your being to mediate that support. You can instruct all that you are to help you to experience the expansion, transformation, clarity, healing, support, love, insight, release, whatever you may need most at this time. You can invite all that you are, to provide you with the most relevant and beneficial experiences and energies and to also facilitate you receiving support from the Angelic Realm.
We in the Angelic Realm love to be with you. We are here for you. We are here on behalf of all that is and all that we are, to support divine expression in human experience. What we mean when we say this is this: we are here to help you be fully you. You are the divine that is wishing to express through this life. The life form that is experiencing this message, which Meredith is translating — that version of you, is simply an elaboration of all that you are. So you are, in the way we are suggesting you focus and orient right now, tapping into the Source of your being.
In this powerful alignment, you can easily get the support you will find most useful for you at this time. In this powerful alignment, you can free yourself up from anything that is bothering you in life, and you can shift into an energy that will be more resonant with all that you seek.
As your Divine Self, you are already expressing all that you have chosen and wish to have unfold as manifest experience. So this Divine You is the means by which all that you wish to experience can flow into your manifest life, what you think of as reality.
Realize there are many realities available to you and your alignment is like the engineer at a multiple-track train station, altering which line delivers the manifest experience to you. You call these timelines. Your inner being can alter what is arriving in your “station of life,” by you being in alignment more. Your alignment facilitates your Divine Self, or your inner being, giving you more of what you seek to experience.
The Eclipse that takes place this weekend can also help you out with the aspirations you have, be they personal or spiritual. The energies of the Sun and Moon affect life on Earth and your planet. You are part of these fields, which progress into increasingly expanded focus and manifest in different ways — such as your planet, your galaxy, your universe. As you take in the realization that these vast fields are in a sense expanded versions of you. That these fields such as the galaxy and the universe, actually nest, so to speak, within your own vaster wholeness, you realize that you can play at many different levels of consciousness.
To learn to live at different levels of consciousness and to embody higher frequencies, which facilitate experiences of higher, vaster fields of consciousness is one of the potentials available to you. This Eclipse Cycle is offering you a progressive opportunity to build into more capacity to embody these higher frequencies and thus have a broader menu of consciousness available to you.
Consciousness is dynamic. Your state of being is continually generating your consciousness. Your choice of focus and the quality of is are creating your state of being. Think of it like this — how you are viewing things has a particular frequency and this determines your state of being. This state of being is like a location, energetically, and as such has access to certain views and experiences. You can choose this with your focus or what you are paying attention to and by the quality of that attention. A higher quality of attention — one that is more neutral and unconditional — will give you the broadest options for perspective, insight, wisdom, and manifestations that give you the greatest joy.
This Eclipse Cycle is beneficial because it’s a like a portal, that will transmit to you a concentrated experience of progressive energies. You can play with this by using the unfolding within this time frame to condition yourself to higher frequencies.
We would suggest that you start with the relationship with all that you are — by orienting inward to your Divine Self. This relationship with all that you are is how you access everything else, so it is absolutely fundamental.
Many human beings have not loved themselves enough to want to connect with their higher self. In fact, when one feels self-loathing, for example, this is often projected onto the Divine Self. So there have been many humans who preferred to connect with the idea of a separate GOD, or with us — the Archangels — or the Star Beings, or the Ascended Masters. Some energy field that felt separate and, therefore, might be able to help more!
The fullness of your being is your access to everything. As you grow in self-love, which all of you are doing, you begin to be more available to the direct connection you have with Source. Your direct connection with Source/Creation/All that is, is within you and available via your own energetic hierarchy — the fullness of your being.
By beginning to cultivate this relationship more, you open yourself up to great wisdom and guidance. Your life can start to ease out and your ascension experience become more graceful. Everything starts to smooth out and you feel more peaceful and calm.
We suggest you start this today, right now. Commit to your own Divine Self as the most important relationship in your life and begin to consider that this IS the Source of your being.
The Eclipse Cycle will build energetically, and with the assistance of your Divine Self, you can use it to your greatest advantage. Your Divine Self knows how to do this, and so you don’t need to know how. You benefit when you orient to the vaster you. In that connection, in the present moment you will have all the knowledge and knowing that you need to function well and thrive. If you let yourself orient this way, it will release you from planning for the future or needing to figure anything out. You will be more available to the fun and joy and beauty of each moment and yourself.
It can be truly glorious to live this way. Now, more and more of you have returned to a greater state of self-love so that the illusions between you and all that you are, are dissolving. With this insight and awareness, you can see that the direct connection with Creation is what has always been available to you, and you can decide to cultivate your relationship with the broader YOU.
We hope you will take these simple suggestions for your alignment to heart and play with them in your life. The promise of connecting more fully with all that you are can be fulfilled. It is simply up to you to empower this participation often enough that the fullness of your being, can more fully participate in your embodied awareness and share with you, the beauty and radiance of your aliveness.
May this Eclipse Cycle support you well, in loving yourself more and in freeing yourself up to be more fully who you are. We know you as a beautiful, radiant fullness of light and are so honored to participate in this Divine Unfolding, which you are creating.
I AM Archangel Michael with the Angelic Legion of Light

 

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September 12

Pumpkin Festival

 

In France, the pumpkin festival draws people from far and wide to search the produce markets in search of The Mother of all Pumpkins. Once the great squash has been decided upon, it is decorated and placed upon a throne, where it is allowed to remain for a respectable period of time. At the conclusion of the festivities, the pumpkin is made into bread and soup and shared among those in attendance.

 

Saturday Is Ruled By Saturn

 

This day of the week got it’s name from the god of karma and time, Saturn. This day is obviously associated with the planet Saturn and is our last day of the week. Traditionally Saturdays are great days for protection, banishing a negative situation, and generally a good time to clean up any magical messes that you have been ignoring. Some suggestions for Saturday enchantments would include:

◦Wearing the colors of the day, black and deep purple. Here’s your perfect excuse to be dramatic and witchy. Empower these dramatic pieces of your wardrobe for protection and strength.

◦Burning black candles to absorb negativity and burning purple ones to increase your magical wisdom and boost your spirituality

◦Adding a touch of garden witchery to your Saturday spells by working with the pansy (in black or purple of course), the morning glory flowering vine, or the cypress tree.

◦Carrying an obsidian, hematite, or jet tumbled stone in your pocket to reinforce your personal protection and to ward off bad vibes and sour feelings. You can also add these crystals to a candle spell on a Saturday night to really increase the punch of your spellcasting.

◦Cleaning your house and cleansing it while you are at it. Tap into those obstacle-removing vibes and the positive, concluding energies.

◦Closing up the final day of the bewitching week with a bang by calling on Hecate for protection and guidance.

 

Saturday’s Must Dos

 

Feel the need for a psychic cleansing in the house? Light up some patchouli- or myrrh-scented incense, and wave the smoke around your house or apartment. It will help to break up any lingering negativity or bad feelings. Crumble up a few dried mullein leaves and create a circle around your home, or scatter it across the thresholds, to keep prowlers away.

Burn a few black candles to repel manipulative intentions or unwanted advances. Add a few protective herbs to your dinner such as thyme or basil. Try growing a blooming cyclamen plant in your kitchen to ward the family and to encourage Hecate’s blessings. Grow deep purple and black pansies in window boxes to encourage the planetary vibrations of Saturn. Let ivy grow up the walls of your home for even more bewitching security.

Saturdays are the particular day of the week for protection and for dealing with more serious magickal matters. Go back over the at-a-glance list and see what components you can add to your spells for today for a little more oomph.

Meditate on Hecate to learn her lessons and include some dark goddess wisdom into your Craft. As a Witch, you already know that you have power-the power to effect real change in your life. Working with Hecate can teach you how and when to best use this power for the greater good.

If you want to expand your magickal skills, then start learning how to incorporate all of this information on the days of witchery in a whole new way. This includes the knowledge you already have and the new day-by-day correspondences and witchcraft that were presented in this Book of Shadows. Put your own unique spin on things. Decide what your enchanting specialties are, then apply them to your Craft each and every day with wisdom and style.

 

Source:
Book of Witchery Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan

 

Saturday’s Witchery

 

Saturday is a day filled with opportunities to clean up and clear out. So if you are wondering why Hecate is assigned to this day, take another look at what she symbolizes and the magick that is associated with her. That should answer the question.

Hecate was the oldest form of the Greek Triple Goddess, as she presided over heaven, the underworld, and earth. Crossroads where three roads met were especially sacred to Hecate, earning her the title of Hekate of the Three Ways. It’s interesting to note that even after the worship of other goddesses waned, ancient people still worshiped Hecate as the Queen of the Underworld and the Guardian of the Three-Way Crossroad. It was also believed that if you left her an offering of food there, she would grant you her favors. As Hecate Trivia, her triple images were often displayed at these crossroads, where she was petitioned on the full moon for positive magick and on the dark of the moon for cursing and dark magick.

While this last bit of information sounds a little ominous, keep in mind that Hecate/Hekate was known by many titles and is a shapeshifter. Her appearance could and did change often. As a dark moon goddess, her faces are many. To some she may appear as a old crone, hunched over a smoking cauldron and draped in a midnight cape. To others she may appear as a dark beautiful, mysterious, and mature woman wearing a shimmering crown. To some she may be perceived as a maiden priestess. She was called the “most lovely one,” the Great Goddess of Nature, and the Queen of the World of Spirits. This dark goddess knows her way around the earth and the underworld. All the powers of nature, life, and death are at her command.

 

 

Book of Witchery
Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan

Saturday

 

The planetary correspondence for Saturday is Saturn. Matters dealing with the public, farming, family ties, legal matters (such as wills and estates), taking care of debts, dealing with lawyers, financing, joint money matters, real estate, older people, banishing or binding negativity, and getting rid of bad habits all fall under the charge of Saturn. It’s easy to see why “Saturday’s child works hard for his living.”

Saturday’s angels are Cassiel, Machatan, Uriel, and Orifiel. Cassiel is the angel of solitudes and tears. He is one of the rulers of the planet Saturn and occasionally appears as the angel of patience. Cassiel links himself to dragon energy. Regarding Machatan, the only information we get is that he works well with Cassiel and is also a power of Saturn. Orifiel is an angel of the wilderness, a ruler of the second hour of the day, and also associated with Saturn.

On Saturday, the hour of sunrise and every eight hours after that are also ruled by Saturn, and that makes these times of the day doubly blessed. These four hours are the strongest four hours for conducting ritual. Check the local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac to determine your local sunrise.

Source:
Gypsy Magic

 

 

~* ~ A Witch’s Tale ~* ~

 

What is it like

To cast a spell?

To chant a charm?

To ring a bell?

To cast a circle?

To praise the moon?

To love the Earth?

To read the rune?

To love the Goddess?

To live her way?

To ebb and flow

Every day?

The trees, the grass,

The clouds and hills;

All these things

Witchcraft fills.

Every laugh,

Every cry,

Need you ask

The reason why?

The power can be found

From deep within,

When you find it

You’re ready to begin.

 

—By The Light Of The Crystal Moon:

A Book of Pagan Poetry and Short Stories

Elizabeth Gardiepy