The Witches Almanac for Thursday, March 17th

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

Irish Heritage Day

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.

Incense: Nutmeg

Color: Turquoise

 

 Magical Days Of the Week – Thursday

 

Thursday is a day of royal blues and greens, associated with the planet Jupiter and metals like tin. When it comes to deities, look at leader type gods like Thor, Zeus, and Jupiter. Gemstone correspondences for Thursday include turquoise, amethyst and lapis lazuli, and plant associations can be found in honeysuckle, cinquefoil, and even oak trees.

This is a day for honor, fealty and family loyalty, as well as harvesting, success, and prosperity.

Take advantage of Thursday’s different aspects and do spellwork that brings abundance to you, declares your allegiance, and embraces prosperity.

Source

Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
Article published on & owned by About.com

 

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

Source

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

Thursday

Jupiter’s (Thor’s) day

The name is derived from Old English and Middle English Thursday (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”.

Thursday’s Conjuring

Thursday – is associated with Jupiter

Candle colors – Green, Purple, Orange, or Blue

Conjure for: Business, Gambling, Power, Material Wealth, Luck, Road Opening

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

 

Solar & Lunar Data for Thursday, March 17th

Solar
Sun Direction: ↑ 126.78° SE
Sun Altitude: 37.10°
Sun Distance: 92.510 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 19, 2016 11:30 PM (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:02 AM↑ 91° East
Sunset Today: 7:04 PM↑ 270° West
Length of Day: 12 hours, 2 minutes

Lunar
Moon Direction: ↑ 29.29° NNE
Moon Altitude: -31.15°
Moon Distance: 240676 mi
Next Full Moon: Mar 23, 20167:00 AM
Next New Moon: Apr 7, 20166:23 AM
Next Moonrise: Today1:55 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 70.1%

 

Source

timeanddate.com

Good morning to all our precious family & friends! I hope you are having a very blessed day. For those of you confused about “Irish Heritage Day,” it is simple. We don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I believe after you read the following you will understand why…..

In legend, Patrick is given credit for driving the snakes out of Ireland. In reality, the ‘snakes’ may well refer to the Druids, who were discredited and finally driven underground with the coming of Christianity. Patrick is credited with establishing Christianity in Ireland, and in the following centuries it either ousted or assimilated the old, pagan beliefs. Pagan festivals and holidays were adapted into Christian holy days, and many of the local god and goddess stories converted into tales of Irish saints. The most famous example is the Celtic goddess Brigit, or Bride, who is now known in the Christian Church as St. Brigit, Ireland’s premier female saint.

The basic facts are this:

1) He’s legendary for driving the snakes out of Ireland. The fact is, there never were any snakes in Ireland. The fossil record supports this. It’s an island that seperated from the continent during the ice age. Snakes, unlike other species, have a difficult time migrating to islands (Hawaii being another good example). A simple web search will present you with hundreds of references that will confirm that “snakes” was just a euphemism for Druids/Pagans, since the snake was often used as a symbol in Pagan art.

2) The Druids held political power in Ireland before he arrived. All the Druid priests/priestesses who refused to convert disappeared. The Catholic church assumed power shortly thereafter.

3) In any military conflict, the victor always gets to write the history. There is no “other side” to this story. The Druids dared to challenge the Holy Roman Church. They were silenced.

St. Patrick committed genocide against the Druids and Pagans of Ireland. Out of respect to our Druid brothers and sisters, we do not observe St. Patrick’s Day.

We celebrate the day as “Irish Heritage Day.”