Month: January 2016

Monday Is A Day of Witchery, Magick and Enchantment

Autumn Fairy With Candles
Monday Is A Day of Witchery, Magick and Enchantment

Think for a moment on all of the witchery, magick and enchantments that you have discovered. Don’t be afraid to adjust spells to suit your own specific needs. Any gentle, illusory, and dreamy charms and spells can be enhanced when you work on the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon. Mondays are a fantastic day to boost your psychic abilities and to tune in to your intuition and empathy. It also gives you the opportunity to work with a different lunar phase each and every Monday, which means in one month you could work four different types of moon magicks on Mondays. How’s that for adding to your repertoire? You are going to have mad skills in no time at all.

So light up those lunar scented candles and add a little mystique to your outfit by wearing an enchanting lunar color. Wear your sparkling silver jewelry and maybe add a pair of dangling silver earrings or a pendant shaped like a crescent moon. Create lunar potions and philters; make a dream catcher and give it as a gift to someone you love. Burn some sandalwood or jasmine-scented incense today to inspire the glamour and magick of the moon. Slice up a favorite variety of fruit that is in season for a snack or share it with your love and enjoy his or her lunar and romantic qualities. Brew up a cup of chamomile tea, enchant it with a little moon magick, and relax and get a good night’s sleep.

Most importantly, get outside tonight and watch the moon for a while. What phase is she in? What color was the moon as she rose? Why not start a journal and write down at what location the moon rises and sets for a few seasons? This is a great way to teach you to tune in and to become more aware of the moon and the influence that she pulls into our lives. Try calling on Selene for her magickal assistance, and call Thoth for wisdom and strength. Get to know the Norse Mani and the Latvian Meness. These gods of the moon have plenty to teach, and if you allow their influence to cycle through your life, you’ll receive many blessings. Be imaginative, and create your own personal lunar magick and witchery. Go on….the moonlight becomes you.

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

A Little Trivia – Top Ten Facts You Might Not Know About “Mondays”

Wiccan Woman and Dragons (GP)
A Little Trivia – Top Ten Facts You Might Not Know About “Mondays”

1. A survey in 2011 reported that the average person moans for about 34 minutes on a Monday morning, compared to 22 minutes on other days.

2. Monday is the only day of the week when the US stock market is more likely to fall than rise.

3. On average Monday is the least rainy day of the week, possibly as a result of man-made pollution decreasing over the weekend.

4. Monday is the only day of the week that is an anagram of a single word: ‘dynamo’.

5. People do their shopping online more on Mondays than they do any other day of the week. On average Monday is the least rainy day of the week

6. According to a study by Marmite in 2011, the average person in the UK does not smile on a Monday until 11.16am.

7. Bob Geldof’s song I Don’t Like Mondays was written after he read of a US woman going on a shooting spree because she didn’t like Mondays.

8. ‘Monday’ is a slang term for a large, heavy sledgehammer.

9. The only film with Monday in its title to win an Oscar was ‘Closed Mondays’ which was voted Best Animated Short Film in 1974.

10. There were 53 Mondays in the year 2012. The next time this will happen will be 2018.

Courtesy of Express, Home of the Daily and Sunday Express

Monday

Wiccan Woman and Wizard (GP)
Monday

In the word Monday, we can see part of the word Moon. In the romance languages such as Italian or Spanish, this day of the week is called Lunes and clearly relates to the word lunar. On Mondays, a variety of magick may be worked. Because Monday centers on the energies of the Moon, things like dreams, feminine energy, health, success in spiritual pursuits, domestic matters, and things of family origin are especially important this day.

Mondays are best for love magick and anything concerning home or family, thus old saying, Mondays child is fair of face, which seems clearly to relate to the themes of love and health.

Angels of Monday are Gabriel, Arcan, Missabu, and Abuzaha. Arcan is known as the king of the angels of air and the “ruler” of Monday. Abuzaha (Abuzohar) serves Monday, and is very responsive to invocations and ritual magick. Missabu is a ministering angel of Arcan.

Check whether the moon is waning or waxing to determine what your spell will be. During waning moons, do spells to rid yourself of obstacles or for wisdom and protection. During waxing moons do magic for increase of any kind or to draw something into your life.

On Mondays, the best hour to work is moonrise. Get this information from your local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac.

Source:
Gypsy Magic

Monday’s Conjuring

Gothic Girl With Candles & Roses

Monday’s Conjuring

 

Monday – is associated with the Moon

Candle colors – white or gray

Magickal Applications for the Day – Crossroads work to learn to read cards, dealing with family matters, Protection, Truth, Peace, Justice

–Starr Casas, Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies

Wishing All Our Dear Family & Friends A Very Blessed & Most of All Warm Monday! Brrrr, Baby It Is Cold Outside!

M.L.K. memorial

Martin Luther King

January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

 

Today we take time out of our busy schedules to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. He was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his religious beliefs.

On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence. In 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches, and the following year he and SCLC took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated housing. In the final years of his life, King expanded his focus to include poverty and speak against the Vietnam War, alienating many of his liberal allies with a 1967 speech titled “Beyond Vietnam”.

In 1968, King was planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People’s Campaign, when he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. His death was followed by riots in many U.S. cities.

King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous cities and states beginning in 1971, and as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, and a county in Washington State was also renamed for him. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011.

Dr. King was assassinated before I was born but I have seen images of one of his speeches that has come to be known as one of the greatest speeches in American History. That speech was “I Have A Dream” and it is still inspiring people to this day.

 

I Have A Dream

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.

 

We can only pray that we have learned from our history and that those mistakes of the past never be allowed to occur again. More importantly, that we never stand by and let those injustices occur again, no matter what the race or religion might be.

 

A Little Humor for Your Day – Spells That Actually Work (just please don’t try them, lol!)

Spells That Actually Work

 

Ancient Spell to Kill a Beast

  1. Get a spear.
  2. Aim the spear.
  3. Throw the spear.
  4. Repeat until the beast is dead.

Spell to Make Money

  1. Put on some tight attractive clothing.
  2. Go to a busy street corner.
  3. Dance as well as you can for passing cars and pedestrians.

Spell to Get Measles

  1. Find someone who has measles.
  2. Lick them.

Spell to Turn Day Into Night

  1. Stand facing a large tree or wall.
  2. Close eyes tightly.
  3. Keeping eyes closed, run straight ahead as fast as you can.

Spell to Turn Night Into Day

  1. Lay down when it is nighttime.
  2. Close your eyes.
  3. Wait 8 hours.
  4. Open your eyes.

Spell to Breathe Under-Water

  1. Attach concrete block to your feet.
  2. Jump into water.
  3. Breathe normally and sing the tune to “Flipper”.
  4. Takes about 5 minutes for lungs to adjust.

Spell to Commune With Pink Elephants

  1. Pour glass of vodka or alcoholic drink of choice.
  2. Drink.
  3. Repeat steps 1-2.

Spell to Attract Lightning

  1. Cover yourself in metal: jewelry, chains, golf clubs, nails, nuts & bolts, hubcaps, etc.
  2. Go out into a thunderstorm and hold a long TV antenna high in the air.
  3. Wait.

Spell to Stop a Runny Nose

  1. Get two cotton balls.
  2. Shove one up each nostril.
  3. Tape them there.

Spell to Make a Person Fall In Love With You

  1. Call person at least thirty times a day.
  2. Park outside their house and shut your headlights off.
  3. Leave sweet tokens on doorstep (i.e., roses without petals, a nice headless Barbie doll, etc.).
  4. Follow them everywhere they go… careful, they’ll try to lose you!
  5. Don’t worry if they get that silly restraining order, that means the spell is working!

Spell to Make a Person Fall Out of Love With You

  1. Forget getting a restraining order.
  2. Get a gun or other weapon of choice.
  3. Wound or maim person with weapon.
  4. Throw person in an area with lots of wild carnivores
  5. Wait.

Spell to Make Your Computer Fast

  1. Open a window.
  2. Defenestrate the computer.
  3. If the computer hits the ground really fast, the spell worked.

Alternate Spell to Make Your Computer Fast

  1. Turn on your computer
  2. Deny it food.

Spell to Save on Gas

  1. Cut holes in floorboards of car.
  2. Remove shoes.
  3. While still seated, pedal feet really, really fast.
  4. Scream “Yabba Dabba Do!”
  5. (Optional) Invite passengers to join in the fun!

Spell to Go to the Bathroom

  1. Drink so much water that you think you will burst.
  2. Drink another glass anyway.
  3. Wait ten minutes, then guzzle a can of soda.
  4. Repeat step 3 as often as desired to increase the spell’s effect.

Alternate Spell to Go to the Bathroom

  1. Eat a bushel of prunes.
  2. Take a dose of ExLax.
  3. Wait.

Spell to Make Something Disappear

  1. Open a window
  2. Grab the object you want to make disappear.
  3. Defenestrate the object.
  4. Close the window.

Spell to Make Yourself Fly

  1. Open a window
  2. Say “Sky sky make me fly like the birdies up so high.”
  3. Defenestrate yourself.
  4. Flap your arms vigorously and repeatedly say “I’m flying!”
  5. If you don’t hit the ground, the spell worked.

Spell to Get a New Car

  1. Get off the computer.
  2. Go to a car dealership.
  3. Chose a care. Take a test drive. Repeat until a satisfactory choice is made.
  4. Make arrangements to trade in your old car for the new one chosen.
  5. Drive home and wait.
  6. When the new car arrives, go back to the dealer.
  7. Drive home.

Spell to Go Through A Wall

  1. Get a sledgehammer.
  2. Hit a wall continuously until a large enough hole appears.
  3. Go through the hole.

Spell to Change Your Eye Color

  1. Visit ophthalmologist.
  2. Get prescription for contact lenses.
  3. Fill prescription with colored contact lenses.
  4. Put in colored contact lenses.

Spell to Get People to Pay Attention to You

  1. Stand up.
  2. Jump up and down.
  3. Make noises.
  4. Repeat until people stare at you.

Spell to Prevent a Broken Window

  1. Throw a shot put through your window pane.
  2. It can never be broken again.

Spell to Get Wings

  1. Find local fast food resturant number.
  2. Call number and place an order for wings
  3. Wings should arrive in 10-30 minutes.

Spell to Become an Artist

  1. Get a crayon.
  2. Press the crayon against a piece of paper while moving it around wildly.
  3. Feel good about it.
  4. Show other people your awesome drawing.

 

Source:
Turok’s Cabana

Astronomy Picture of the Day – The Galactic Center in Infrared

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2016 January 17

The Galactic Center in Infrared
Image Credit: 2MASS Project, UMass, IPAC/Caltech, NSF, NASA

 

Explanation: The center of our Galaxy is a busy place. In visible light, much of the Galactic Center is obscured by opaque dust. In infrared light, however, dust glows more and obscures less, allowing nearly one million stars to be recorded in the featured photograph. The Galactic Center itself appears on the left and is located about 30,000 light years away towards the constellation of the Archer (Sagittarius). The Galactic Plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, the plane in which the Sunorbits, is identifiable by the dark diagonal dust lane. The absorbing dust grains are created in the atmospheres of cool red-giant stars and grow in molecular clouds. The region directly surrounding the Galactic Center glows brightly in radio andhigh-energy radiation, and is thought to house a large black hole.

Earth Sky News for Jan. 17th:

Venus, brightest of four morning planets

The planet Venus, the most brilliant star-like object in all the heavens, lights up the southeast sky in the wee morning hours. Get up at least 75 minutes before sunrise – or better yet, 90 minutes before. Then you can use Venus to find the great line-up of planets stringing across in the January 2016 morning sky. The other three visible planets are found to the west of Venus in this order: Saturn, Mars and Jupiter.

Saturn is by far the closest planet to Venus right now. You can distinguish Saturn from the nearby star Antares by color. Saturn, the brighter of the two star-like lights, exhibits a golden hue while Antares displays a ruddy complexion. If you have difficulty distinguishing color, try binoculars.

Once you have Venus and Saturn firmly identified, go on from there to locate Mars and Jupiter. All the planets line up very nicely, forming a well-defined arc across the sky. That’s because the planets are always found on or near the ecliptic – the Earth’s orbital plane projected outward onto the constellations of the Zodiac.

Possibly, you could mistake the star Spica for Mars. As with Saturn and Antares, you can tell the difference between Spica and Mars by color. Spica radiates blue-white while Mars glowers red.

Later on this month, the planet Mercury will climb high enough from the glare of sunrise to join this parade of planets. Eagle-eyed observers might see Mercury as early as January 20. However, Mercury will be quite dim, and at mid-northern latitudes, only rising an hour or so before sunrise on that date.

More realistically, most people will probably first see Mercury, the innermost planet of the solar system, around January 25, when Mercury will be both brighter and rising earlier (about 80 minutes before sunrise). Remember to draw an imaginary line from Saturn through Venus to locate Mercury near the sunrise point on the horizon.

Bottom line: Let Venus and Saturn escort you to Mars and Jupiter for a good month to come. Then let Saturn and Venus also guide you to Mercury, the solar system’s innermost planet, during the last week of January and the first few weeks of February.

 

Author

Bruce McClure

Bruce McClure

Bruce McClure is the chief writer for the popular EarthSky Tonight pages. Since joining EarthSky in 2004, he has written thousands of astronomy articles, enjoyed here by millions. He also writes, gives planetarium shows and hosts a wide assortment of public astronomy programs in and around his home in upstate New York. If you ask an astronomy question on our site, it’s likely to be Bruce that answers it. His love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, and he has sailed the North Atlantic, earning his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation. Bruce is also a sundial aficionado. He says his number one passion – besides his wife Alice – is stargazing.

Article published on EarthSky

Your Daily Influences for January 17

Your Daily Influences
January 17, 2016

 

Page of Pentacles
Introversion. A healthy admiration for new ideas and scholarly pursuits. Reflective. Good management and organizational skills. A bearer of good tidings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Othala
Othala represents a solid, immovable home, prosperity and safety. Good fortune based on your heritage and character is yours to enjoy.

 

 

 

 

The Swastika
Over the next weeks and months this aspect should be one that requires little effort on your part to keep things moving forward. This is one of the few charms that has the same meaning upright or inverted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Influences represent events and challenges the current day will present for you. They may represent opportunities you should be ready to seize. Or they may forewarn you of problems you may be able to avoid or lessen. Generally it is best to use them as tips to help you manage your day and nothing more.

 

Your Charm for January 17th is Sagittarius the Archer

Your Charm for Today

Today’s Meaning:
This aspect of your life will be strongly influenced by a person who is optimistic, freedom-loving, jovial, good-humored, honest, straightforward, intellectual and philosophical.

General Description:
Ninth sign of the Zodia, Nov 23rd to Dec 21st. Ruled by the planet Jupiter; correct metal Tin. Those bon under Sagitarius were supposed to be enterprising, independent and proud, just, courteous, sensative, honest, keen sportsmen, fond of animals and of out door life. The Sagittarius gems are the Topaz and Pearl. The Topaz was used by the ancients as a charm against pestilence, burns, chest complaints, and dangers while travelling. It was called the Stone of Strenth by the Romans, and worn to keep away gout, lunacy and sudden death. In the middle ages to dispel enchantment, calm anger, cure asthma, and bring joy and contentment.

Let’s Have A Little Fun, How ‘Bout A Past, Present & Future Reading With Dominoes?

Your Past, Present & Future Reading for the Day

 

That Which is Behind You

Two/Four

You are surrounded by opportunities to grow at the moment. Take advantage of this time by exploring every avenue available to you to grow both spiritually and materially.

 

 

Your Current Place

One/Two

This can reflect potentials that are spiritual or material or both. Regardless of what aspect(s) of your life it is referring to, it denotes a time of unification. Possibly your spiritual and material selves are becoming a stronger singular force, or possibly the bond between you and a partner is strengthening. New insights will emerge. Your life will become richer.

 

 

That Which is before You

Five/Five

Your are in a place where can discover new aspects about you and the world you live in. Open up your spirit to new ways of seeing things and act based upon the new knowledge you will soon gain.

Your Animal Spirit for January 17 is the Panther

Your Animal Spirit for Today
January 17, 2016

Panther

Panther medicine is the medicine of silence. Panther can stalk its prey in absolute silence—one of the reasons native tribes associate him with the spirit world—particularly the night. Panther can show you how to face the Shadow within and bring it out into the Light. Panther is powerful medicine—and the fact that you choose him says much about your willingness to face the unknown.

Shuffling the Cards, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for January 17

Shuffling The Cards,

Your Past, Present & Future Reading for Today

 

Past Influence whose impact on your life is waning

The Green Man

Where the Green Man appears the mystery and untamed energy of nature abounds. The Green Man indicates the presence of choices and powers that have not been muted by civilization. The Green Man represents the antithesis of technology and industrialization. He offers primal energies veiled in mystery and derived from the spirit of nature in its purest form.

 

 

 

 

 

Present Influence whose impact on your life is very strong.

The Dove

Throughout history the Dove has symbolized peace and innocence in nearly all cultures. Dove’s soft cooing and gentle nature bring a calmness to any situation. The Dove appears where peace has been attained or there is a need to bring events to a peaceful ending. It denotes a time to let lose of grievances and settle conflicts in a way that benefits all parties equally.

 

 

 

 

 

Future influence whose impact on your life is growing and will be very strong in the future.

Alturism

Altruism denotes the noble act of giving to those in need without the expectation of a return. The act of giving has been seen as one of humankind’s greatest attributes throughout history. It is honored in nearly every culture. To give is a gift to both those who receive and those who give. Giving is usually associated with addressing the material needs of others, but the gift given can take many forms such as wisdom or protection or simply a shoulder to cry on.

Your Ancient Symbol Card for January 17th is Altruism

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today

Altruism


Altruism denotes the noble act of giving to those in need without the expectation of a return. The act of giving has been seen as one of humankind’s greatest attributes throughout history. It is honored in nearly every culture. To give is a gift to both those who receive and those who give. Giving is usually associated with addressing the material needs of others, but the gift given can take many forms such as wisdom or protection or simply a shoulder to cry on.

As a daily card, Altruism suggests there are those around you in need of things you can give them. It is a time for you to address the needs of another, or others without regard of profit or acknowledgement of your contribution.