The Witches Almanac for Friday, March 18th

Friday (Venus): Love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty.

Sheelah’s Day (Irish)

Waxing Moon
The Waxing Moon (from the New Moon to the Full) is the ideal time for magic to draw things toward you.

Moon phase: Second Quarter

Moon Sign: Cancer
Cancer: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Pinpoints need, supports growth and nurturance. Tends to domestic concerns.

Moon enters Leo 3: 54 am
Leo: Draws emphasis to the self, central ideas, or institutions, away from connections with others and other emotional needs. People tend to be melodramatic.

Incense: Thyme

Color: Rose

Friday

Freya’s Day

Ruler: Freya, Venus

Colors: Emerald green or pink

Power Hours: Sunrise and the 8th, 16th, and 24th hours following.

Key Words: Love, money, health

It is easy to spot the ruler of this day by its name. In the word Friday, we see the roots of the name of the Norse goddess Freya, a goddess of love and fertility, and the most beautiful and propitious of the goddesses thus the verse “Friday’s child is loving and giving.”

In Spanish this day of the week is called Viernes and is derived from the goddess Venus. Matters of love, human interaction, the fluidity of communication, sewing and the creation of artistic garments, household improvement, shopping, and party planning all fall under the aspects of Friday and its ruling planet, Venus.

Friday’s angels are Ariel/Uriel, Rachiel, and Sachiel. Rachiel also concerns himself with human sexuality and is a presiding spirit of the planet Venus.

On Fridays, the hour of sunrise and every eight hours after that are also ruled by Venus, 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.

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Gypsy Magic

Friday’s Conjuring

Friday – is associated with Venus

Candle colors – Green, Red, Blue, White, Purple

Focus spellwork on: Love, Marriage, Money, Attraction, Luck, Healing, Prosperity, Change, Road
Opening work, Bring Peace, Relationships, Power and Success

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

Your Solar & Lunar Data for Friday, March 18th

Solar
Sun Direction: ↑ 111.97° ESE
Sun Altitude: 25.42°
Sun Distance: 92.535 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 19, 2016 11:30 PM (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:00 AM↑ 90° East
Sunset Today: 7:05 PM↑ 270° West
Length of Day: 12 hours, 4 minutes

Lunar
Moon Direction: ↑ 356.91° N
Moon Altitude: -38.06°
Moon Distance: 243188 mi
Next Full Moon: Mar 23, 20167:00 AM
Next New Moon: Apr 7, 20166:23 AM
Next Moonrise: Today2:52 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 78.6%

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timeanddate.com

Good morning to all our dear brothers & sisters of The Craft! I hope everyone is having a beautiful day. But as usual I didn’t stop our daily postings to discuss the weather. First thing first, tomorrow the mundane calendar has the Spring Equinox occurring. We have had numerous conversations about this date. First of all, tomorrow is my birthday and I know dare good and well I was not an Equinox baby. From the time of our ancestors to now, the stars and planets have moved. Perhaps they have moved enough to cause the Spring Equinox to move. We don’t agree with tomorrow being Spring Equinox let alone Ostara. So what is a witch to do? We came up with a solution that we hope you will agree with. Astronomy states tomorrow is the Equinox. We will accept that. We won’t accept tomorrow being Ostara. Ostara is one of our sacred Sabbat which is celebrated between March 20 – 21st. This is the ways of our ancestors. We will honor their ways. We will celebrate Spring Equinox tomorrow. But we will not celebrate Ostara on that date.

Our history has been manipulated by individuals that know nothing about us. If we are to reclaim our history, it is up to us to correct these wrongs. We can no longer tolerate standing by while others tell us when we celebrate this and celebrate that. We are Witches, Pagans, Wiccans and other traditions gathered here, we will reclaim our history and who better to tell it than us.

If it means separating the Spring Equinox and Ostara, so be it. We will not give in to those who know nothing about us and have manipulated our history. They have tried to wipe us off the face of this planet. They couldn’t do that, the Goddess saw to that. Now they want to move our Sabbats, no! If we are to correct the others misconceptions about us, we have to start somewhere. It might as well be with our most sacred of days, our Sabbats.

Let no person tell our history unless it is us!

Lady Of The Abyss

*Footnote* It is funny, when I was growing up, I would have given anything to have been born on the Spring Equinox. Now that I am older and the world has accommodated me, it makes me angry. Angry because once again, we have been given the shaft!