Day: March 3, 2016

Celebrating Legends, Folklore & Spirituality 365 Days a Year for March 3rd – Hina Matsuri (Dolls’ Festival)

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March 3rd

Hina Matsuri (Dolls’ Festival)

Dolls’ Day, or Hina Matsuri, is a very symbolic holiday in which young Japanese-American girls receive new dolls and display their doll collections. The holiday is sometimes called the Peach Festival, because it is the custom to adorn the dolls with peach blossoms-the symbol of peace and mildness.

In Japanese homes, the dolls are placed on a five-step shelf. The two principle or most regal of the dolls are placed at the top and those of lesser quality or rank are placed on the lower shelves. The dolls serve as models of decorum; their calm, smiling faces and neat appearance are exemplary of the gentility and refinement that are expected from the young girls of the household.

The dolls are kept exhibited for several days, and the festival provides occasions for family reunions and visits to admire often elaborate displays. In honor of the dolls, hot tea, diamond-shaped rice cakes, sweet wine, candies, and cookies are offered to the dolls and their visitors. At some point during the festivities, girls receive lovely additions to their collections from their parents, relatives, and friends.

Home & Hearth Magick for Thursday, March 3rd

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Home & Hearth Magick for Thursday, March 3rd

Thursday increase prosperity on this day, work toward expansion and moving up in the world.

Planetary Influences: Jupiter

Household Symbols: A dollar bill, coins, a paycheck stub, a picture of your home.

Color: Green and royal blue

Kitchen Spices: Sage and nutmeg

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

The Witches Correspondences for Thursday, March 3rd

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The Witches Correspondences for Thursday, March 3rd

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.

Element : Water / Fire

Planet: Jupiter

Zodiac Sign : Sagittarrius / Pisces

Angel : Sachiel

Metal : Tin

Incense / Perfumes : Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg and Sage

Oils : Clove, Lemon Balm, Oakmoss, Star Anise

Color : Blue, Purple, Green

Stones : Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite, Turquoise, Sapphire

Plants/Herbs : Agrimony, Anise, Beech, Buttercup, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cinquefoil, Coltsfoot, Dandelion, Honeysuckle, Hyssop, Linden, Mint, Nutmeg, Oak, Sage

Magick to Work: prosperity, business, buying, selling, abundance, business, fame, gambling, greed, growth, expansion, honor, leadership, money, parties, politics, power, responsibility, royalty, success, visions, wealth, political power, influencing people in high places, law, courts

The Witches Almanac for Thursday, March 3rd

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The Witches Almanac for Thursday, March 3rd

Thursday (Jupiter): Expansion, money, prosperity, and generosity.

Doll Festival (Japanese)

Waning Moon
The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon phase: Fourth Quarter

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

Moon enters Capricorn 5: 01 am
Capricorn: Develops strong structure. Focus on traditions, responsibilities, and obligations. A good time to set boundaries and rules.

Incense: Carnation

Color: Crimson

Thursday’s Witchery

Wiccan Law
Thursday’s Witchery

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 manifestation 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
Ellen Dugan

Thursday

Magick Circle
Thursday

Jupiter’s (Thor’s) day

The name is derived from Old English 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 interpretation romance.

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”.

Sun & Moon Data for Thursday, March 3rd

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Sun & Moon Data for Thursday, March 3rd

Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 148.37° SSE
Sun Altitude: 41.29°
Sun Distance: 92.169 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 19, 2016 11:30 PM (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 6:22 AM↑ 98° East
Sunset Today: 5:51 PM↑ 263° West
Length of Day: 11 hours, 29 minutes

Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 228.21° SW
Moon Altitude: 17.69°
Moon Distance: 241259 mi
Next New Moon: Mar 8, 20167:54 PM
Next Full Moon: Mar 23, 20167:00 AM
Next Moonset: Today12:27 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 33.1%

 

Source

timeanddate.com

 

The Goddess Speaks

Witchcraft

The Goddess Speaks

These are the words of the Great Mother.
She is the one who is always there for you
She is the one whom we and only we can determine.
She is the calling.
This is her time to shine,
Your time to shine.
I am naught but a mother,
Caring and compassionate,
But in need of my own love, and lustful.
This is my advice to you.
That you shall carry my torch
And you shall follow my light to
the end of time.
I am that which none can see.
I am the only tree in the desert.
I love you all
And you shall love me as I love you.
This is the way of the Wise Woman.
This is your way. I share your body
as you share in my spirit of life.
This is my charge to you.
Be kind to all and love and be free.
There are times when this world
is a barren place,
But in the barren, you shall find me.
I will always be here
And you shall be my light as I am yours.

—Arietta Bryant, Ramblings & Rhymes

Finally, Good Thursday Morning to all our Dear Brothers & Sisters of the Craft!

Voodoo Witchcraft and Spells Oh My
If we believed in hell, I would have to say this has been a morning from hell! I hope your day is going better than ours. I wanted to let you know that we will be doing things a little different day as far as the printable pages go. We were looking over the site and realized that we really didn’t have that much info on Animal Guides/Totem Animals. Recently, we have been lots of inquiries on this subject, so we did some digging. We found some great pages with tons of information on every kind of animal you can imagine. That information is what we will be posting today. All the pages are printable, the only difference is they will go under the category of Animal Guides/Totems instead of the Printable Spell Page section. These pages have some great info on them and would be great in any BOS especially if we post your Power Animal. You know I am beginning to think these pages have spoiled us all. We can tell that you like them, which is great, that is why we are providing them. But they have also spoiled us or else we are getting extremely lazy, lol! Posting daily information is so much easier now! Anyway, I am going to run, I hope you enjoy these pages and have a super day!

Love ya,

Lady A

We will get started in a few minutes, but first….

We have had several requests for the location of our main graphic (the house above) on this site. The place it is located is in the media section of the site. The media section is a section that is restricted by WordPress. So to give you the opportunity to print this graphic out, I have put it below. The size of the print is much larger than what will be in the post. So when you go to print out, you can adjust the image to a larger size and will still hold its contrast and look good. I hope you enjoy the print and thank you for all the lovely comments in regards to it.