This is an enchantment that can be used on jewelry, watches, anything that you will wear throughout the day that you can touch often, whenever you need a burst of positive energy. Hold the item in your left hand and chant over it.
The Power of Positive Witchcraft: Daily Incantations & Enchantments: A Spell a Day for 30 Days
Garden Summerland
Celebrate the power of love and friendship with this power spell.
Take a spring picnic under the moon and stars. Gather together a great picnic dinner with plenty of finger foods and beverages. Share the picnic with the ones you love and find a safe and private place to dine after dark. Draw a magick circle around your picnic area, and call in the elements. Set up your picnic. Pour everyone something to drink and say this toast to those you love before you begin eating:
Here’s to you!
Thank you for your love and laughter
For your understanding and patience
For your caring and kindness
Here’s to you!
Blessed Be!
Identify star constellations with a glow-in-the-dark star chart or select a favorite star. Have fun and enjoy your adventure under the night sky. When you are finished picnicking, bid farewell to the elements, pull up the circle, and leave the area as undisturbed as possible.
Items You Will Need:
A small black bag
One each of the following stones: Cat’s eye, flint, jet, obsidian, olivine and onyx
10 Black beans
One Black votive candle (in a holder)
Light the votive candle. Chant the following as you place the stones in the bag one at a time:
“To any who shall cause me harm,
Your powers I now disarm.”
Place the bag full of stones next the candle. Allow the candle to burn out. Carry the bag in your purse or brief case, or place it near the main entrance of your home.
In ancient Rome, May 9 through 11 was Lemuria. This was a time of great consequence and set aside to appease the spirits of the household dead, who were believed to be particularly active during the month of May. It seems that the most terrifying of the wandering apparitions were those of children who had died young, because they apparently harbored bored ill feelings for the living. The head of the household would rise at midnight and make the mana fico sign (the thumb between the middle of the closed fingers). He would then walk barefoot through the house and scatter black beans as a ransom som so ghosts or spirits would leave the other household members alone. Otherwise, they might be carried off.
Little is known of the public rites that took place at this time, except that all state affairs were in abeyance, no battles were fought, no business was conducted, and no marriages were contracted. It is, however, believed that the sacrifices made to Mania (mother of the Lares) on May 11 might have been part of the Lemuria, because Mania was a Goddess of death.
Magickal Intentions: Psychic Sensitivity, Women’s Mysteries, Tides, Waters, Emotional Issues, Agriculture, Animals, Female Fertility, Messages, Theft, Reconciliations, Voyages, Dreams and Merchandise
Incense: African violet, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, Wormwood
Planet: Moon
Sign: Cancer
Angel: Gabriel
Colors: Silver, White and Gray
Herbs/Plants: Night Flowers, Willow Root, Orris Root, Birch, Motherwort, Vervain, White Rose and White Iris
Stones: Carnelian, Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl, Clear Quartz, Fluorite, Geodes
Oil: (Moon) Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood
Monday belongs to the Moon. Monday’s energy best aligns itself with efforts that deal with women, home and hearth, the family, the garden, travel, and medicine. It also boosts rituals involving psychic development and prophetic dreaming.
Attributes: Sensitive, emotional, practical, organized, routine
Herbs: Poppy, willow, lemon balm, mugwort, orris
Stones: Emerald, moonstone, pearl
Element: Water
Day: Monday
Colors: Silver, pale blue
Planet: Moon
A Spell Crafter’s Compendium
Terri Paajanen
The First Quarter Moon phase occurs when the Moon is 90 degrees after the Sun.
This is a time of action. We become aware of differences, and this can be a time of stress, clashing, and discord, but also of great energy, motivation, and growth. We may be feeling especially ambitious and competitive. Things are beginning to take off or to turn a corner. This is a time when we want to get something going, but we may not know the next step or the exact direction we want it/us to take. Most suitable activities now include taking action, pushing forward, making offers, researching more options, meeting new people, and gathering new/additional supplies you may need to further a project. Watch for overconfidence or overshooting the mark. Use the stress generated now to make changes.
Monday (Moon): Peace, sleep, healing, compassion, friends, psychic awareness, purification, and fertility.
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: First Quarter
Moon Sign: Gemini
Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts, communication, games, and fun.
Moon enters Cancer 1: 24 pm
Cancer: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Pinpoints need, supports growth and nurturance. Tends to domestic concerns.
Incense: Narcissus
Color: Ivory
Monday is the day of the moon itself, and it’s a day that’s connected to lunar colors like silver, white, or even a pale blue. Metals and gemstones like silver, pearl, opal and moonstone all come into play today.
There are plenty of deities associated with the moon – Thoth and Diana for instance – and herbal correspondences include many members of the mint family. Utilize wintergreen or peppermint, as well as catnip, comfrey, sage and chamomile in your workings.
When it comes to Monday magic, because of that lunar connection, it’s a good time to focus on workings related to childbearing and family life, purity and virginity, healing, wisdom, and intuition. Do a little bit of self exploration and work on developing your intuition – learn to trust your gut. Celebrate birth and life, and make some magic to fix what is broken.
Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
Article published & owned by About.com
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.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
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.
The Roman lemures are the wandering spirits of dead family members who revisit their former homes on this day. The shades are acknowledged on the three days of the Lemuria. The other two days when the spirits are abroad are 11 May and 13 May.
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
Monday, May 9, 2016
Monday is the sacred day of the moon, personified as the goddesses Selene, Luna, and Mani. The moon is ruler of flow, affecting the changeable and impressionable aspects of people. If a full moon falls on a Monday, then the powers of the moon are at their most potent.
Deity: Mani
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Planet: Moon
Tree: Willow
Herb: Chickweed
Stone: Agate
Animal: Crab
Element: Water
Color: Green
Rune: Lagu (L)
Celtic Tree Month of Saille (Willow) – April 15th thru May 12. The Willow tree is associated with healing and growth. During this phase, work on rituals, involving healing, growth of knowledge, nurturing, and women’s mysteries.
Runic Half-Month of Lagu (flowing water) – April 29th – May 13th
Goddess of the Month of Maia April 18 thru May 15
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
Monday – is associated with the Moon
Candle colors – white or gray
Crossroads work to learn to read cards, dealing with family matters, Protection, Truth, Peace, Justice
—Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies
Starr Casas
A transit of Mercury – the innermost planet of our solar system – is coming up on May 9, 2016! A transit occurs when Mercury passes directly in front of the sun. At such times, Mercury can been seen through telescopes with solar filters as a small black dot crossing the sun’s face. Mercury will come into view on the sun’s face at 7:12 a.m. EDT (1112 UTC). It’ll make a leisurely journey across the sun’s face, reaching mid-point at approximately 10:47 a.m. EDT (1447 UTC) and finally exiting at 2:42 p.m. EDT (1842 UTC). Translate to your time zone here. The entire 7.5-hour path across the sun will be visible across the U.S. East – with magnification and proper solar filters – while those in the U.S. West can observe the transit in progress after sunrise. Play the video and follow the links below to learn more about the May 9, 2016 transit of Mercury.
How to watch the May 9 transit of Mercury online
How often do transits of Mercury happen?
What part of Earth will see the May 9 transit of Mercury?
Equipment needed to watch a Mercury transit
May 9 transit times in Universal Time
Mercury transit times for select North American cities in your local time
Transit contact times for many more North American cities via Fred Espenak’s EclipseWise.com
Dates for transits of Mercury in the 21st century (2001 to 2100)
How to watch the transit of Mercury online.
Watch the transit of Mercury online via Virtual Telescope Project (starts May 9 at 7 a.m. EDT, or 11 UTC)
Watch the transit of Mercury online via Slooh (starts May 9 at 7 a.m. EDT, or 11 UTC)
NASA will provide coverage of the transit via several avenues.
– A live program on NASA TV and the agency’s Facebook page from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. ET (1430-1530 UTC). This informal roundtable will offer experts representing planetary, heliophysics and astrophysics who discuss the science behind the Mercury transit. Viewers can ask questions via Facebook and Twitter using #AskNASA.
Click here to find a public presentation of the Mercury transit near you
How often do transits of Mercury happen?
Although much more common than transits of Venus, transits of Mercury happen only 14 times in the 21st century (2001 to 2100).
Transits of Mercury always occur in either May or November.
The last three were in 1999 (November 15), 2003 (May 7) and 2006 (November 8); the next will be on May 9, 2016, and the next after that will be November 11, 2019.
What part of Earth will see the May 9 transit of Mercury? As shown on the worldwide chart above, the transit will be visible (at least in part) from most of the globe, with the exception of shaded-out portion (Indonesia, far-eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand). Mercury takes some 7.5 hours to cross the sun’s disk, and this transit of Mercury is entirely visible (given clear skies) from the eastern half of North America, most of South America, Greenland, Iceland, far-western Africa, western and northern Europe, plus the Arctic.
For North America, the transit begins in the early morning hours on May 9. The eastern part of North America sees the start of the transit after sunrise May 9, whereas the western part sees the transit already in progress as the sun rises on May 9.
As for the world’s Eastern Hemisphere – Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia – the transit starts around noon May 9 in the westernmost parts of Africa and Europe, and in the late afternoon May 9 in eastern Asia (China, Mongolia, Thailand). In western Asia and eastern Africa, the transit begins around mid-afternoon May 9.
Equipment needed to watch a Mercury transit. Mercury’s diameter is only 1/158th of that of the sun, as seen from Earth. That’s why eclipse master Fred Espenak recommends using a telescope with a magnification of 50 to 100 times for witnessing the event.
Plus your telescope must be equipped with a safe solar filter to safely watch this transit, or else you risk permanent eye damage. Click here to learn how to view the sun safely
Click here to find a public presentation of the Mercury transit near you
Click here to learn how to watch the Mercury transit online
May 9 transit times in Universal Time
We provide the geocentric (Earth-centered) contact times of the transit of Mercury in Universal Time(UT). If you know how to convert Universal Time to your local time (here’s how to do it), you can get a good approximation of the contact times for the Mercury transit for your part of the world. NOTE: Because the transit is viewed from the Earth’s surface, instead of the Earth’s center, the contact times could differ from the geocentric contact times by up to a minute.
First contact (ingress, exterior): 11:12:19 UT
Second contact (ingress, interior): 11:15:31 UT
Greatest transit: 14:57:26 UT
Third contact (egress, interior): 18:39 UT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 18:42:26 UT
Mercury transit times for select North American cities in your local time
The times below are in your local time (meaning no conversion is necessary). We give transit contact times for various North American cities and Honolulu, Hawaii.
NOTE: All places within the same time zone have very similar contact times.
Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT)
St. Johns, Newfoundland:
First contact (ingress, exterior): 8:43:17 a.m. NDT
Second contact (ingress, interior): 8:46:29 a.m. NDT
Greatest transit: 12:27:26 p.m. NDT
Third contact (egress, interior): 4:07:14 p.m. NDT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 4:10:59 p.m. NDT
Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT)
Halifax, Nova Scotia:
First contact (ingress, exterior): 8:13:26 a.m. ADT
Second contact (ingress, interior): 8:16:38 a.m. ADT
Greatest transit: 11:57:38 p.m. ADT
Third contact (egress, interior): 3:37:58 p.m. ADT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 3:41:10 p.m. ADT
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
New York City, New York:
First contact (ingress, exterior): 7:13:34 a.m. EDT
Second contact (ingress, interior): 7:16:46 a.m. EDT
Greatest transit: 10:57:54 a.m. EDT
Third contact (egress, interior): 2:38:12 p.m. EDT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 2:41:23 p.m. EDT
Central Daylight Time (CDT)
New Orleans, Lousiana:
First contact (ingress, exterior): 6:13:34 a.m. CDT
Second contact (ingress, interior): 6:16:58 a.m. CDT
Greatest transit: 9:58:25 a.m. CDT
Third contact (egress, interior): 1:38:42 p.m. CDT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 1:41:53 p.m. CDT
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
Denver, Colorado:
First contact (ingress, exterior): sun below horizon
Second contact (ingress, interior): sun below horizon
Greatest transit: 8:58:18 a.m. MDT
Third contact (egress, interior): 12:38:46 p.m. MDT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 12:41:57 p.m. MDT
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
Los Angeles, California:
First contact (ingress, exterior): sun below horizon
Second contact (ingress, interior): sun below horizon
Greatest transit: 7:58:31 a.m. MDT
Third contact (egress, interior): 11:39:08 a.m. MDT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 12:41:57 a.m. MDT
Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Anchorage, Alaska:
First contact (ingress, exterior): sun below horizon
Second contact (ingress, interior): sun below horizon
Greatest transit: 6:57:31 a.m. AKDT
Third contact (egress, interior): 10:38:08 a.m. AKDT
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 10:41:53 a.m. AKDT
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time HST)
Honolulu, Hawaii:
First contact (ingress, exterior): sun below horizon
Second contact (ingress, interior): sun below horizon
Greatest transit: sun below horizon
Third contact (egress, interior): 8:39:58 a.m. HST
Fourth contact (egress, exterior): 8:43:10 a.m. HST
What causes a transit of Mercury?
Only planets that orbit the sun inside of Earth’s orbit – Mercury and Venus – ever transit the sun, as seen from Earth. If Mercury orbited the sun on the same plane that Earth does, there would be three to four transits of Mercury each calendar year.
However, Mercury’s orbital plane in inclined at 7o to the ecliptic (Earth’s orbital plane). That means when Mercury swings in between the Earth and sun at inferior conjunction (see illustration below) every four or so months, Mercury usually sweeps to the north or south of the solar disk. Therefore a transit of Mercury is fairly rare, only happening 13 to 14 times per century.
Each time Mercury circles the sun in its short and swift orbit of 88 Earth-days, Mercury travels north of the ecliptic (Earth’s orbital plane) for about half its orbit, and south of the ecliptic during the other half of its orbit. Twice in its orbit, Mercury crosses the Earth’s orbital plane at points called nodes. When Mercury is traveling from north to south, it’s called a descending node; and when Mercury is traveling south to north, it’s called an ascending node.
Whenever Mercury crosses a node in close vicinity to reaching inferior conjunction, a transit of Mercury is not only possible but inevitable. Mercury crosses its descending node nearly concurrently with Mercury at inferior conjunction on May 9, 2016, to present a rather rare transit of Mercury.
Descending node transits can only happen during the first half of May, and ascending node transits in the first half of November. At other times of the year, Mercury at inferior conjunction would either pass north or south of the sun’s disk.
Dates for transits of Mercury in the 21st century (2001 to 2100). All Mercury transits happen in either May (descending node) or November (ascending node).
May 7, 2003
Nov 8, 2006
May 9, 2016
Nov 11, 2019
Nov 13, 2032
Nov 7, 2039
May 7, 2049
Nov 9, 2052
May 10, 2062
Nov 11, 2065
Nov 14, 2078
Nov 7, 2085
May 8, 2095
Nov 10, 2098
November (ascending node) transits happen about twice as often as May (descending node) transits. This is because Mercury has a very eccentric (oblong) orbit whereby Mercury comes a whopping 24 million kilometers (15 million miles) closer to the sun at perihelion (closest point to the sun in its orbit) than at aphelion (farthest point). In May, Mercury is rather close to aphelion, and quite far from the sun, which severely narrows the window of opportunity for a May transit. In November, Mercury swings rather near perihelion, and quite close to the sun, widening the period of time during which a November transit is possible.
Mercury transit cycles. Note that after a May transit, a November transit faithfully comes 3.5 years later (for instance: May 9, 2016 and November 11, 2019). Transits recur on nearly the same date in cycles of 46 years (for instance: May 9, 2016 and May 10, 2062). November transits, which are more common than May transits, occasionally recur in periods of 7 years, and more frequently in periods of 13 and 33 years.
May transits, which are less common than November transits, frequently recur in periods of 13 and/or 33 years. The 46-year cycle represents a combination of 13 and 33 years (13 + 33 = 46).
Seven century catalog of Mercury transits: 1601 CE to 2300 CE
Bottom line: Our solar system’s innermost planet, Mercury passes directly in front of the sun on May 9, 2016. Who will see it, how to watch, equipment needed, transit times.
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.
A New Moon rises, Comet PANSTARRS makes an appearance, and Mercury crosses in front of the Sun.
Monday, May 9
Mercury passes directly between the Sun and Earth today for the first time since November 8, 2006. The innermost planet’s dark disk will transit the Sun’s face for 7.5 hours. Observers across most of the world (excluding Australia, New Zealand, eastern Asia, and the adjacent oceans) can view at least some of the transit. This is a morning event for most North Americans. Mercury first touches the solar disk at 7:12 a.m. EDT, lies closest to the Sun’s center at 10:57 a.m., and leaves our star’s limb at 2:39 p.m. You’ll need a telescope equipped with a safe, full-aperture solar filter to see this event. For complete observing details, see “How to view Mercury’s rare transit” in the May issue of Astronomy.
Tuesday, May 10
The Big Dipper’s familiar shape lies nearly overhead on May evenings. The spring sky’s finest binocular double star marks the bend of the Dipper’s handle. Mizar shines at 2nd magnitude, some six times brighter than its 4th-magnitude companion, Alcor. Even though these two are not physically related, they make a fine sight through binoculars. (People with good eyesight often can split the pair without optical aid.) A small telescope reveals Mizar itself as double — and these components do orbit each other.
Wednesday, May 11
Another comet in the growing throng of such objects discovered by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii makes its appearance it May’s morning sky. Comet PANSTARRS (C/2013 X1) currently glows between 7th and 8th magnitude in northeastern Aquarius. (This morning, it lies 2° northeast of 4th-magnitude Phi [f] Aquarii.) From most of the United States, you’ll need a clear, flat eastern horizon to spot the comet through a telescope just before dawn breaks.
Thursday, May 12
Brilliant Jupiter appears high in the south as darkness falls and remains on display until 3 a.m. local daylight time. The giant planet shines at magnitude –2.2 — brighter than any other point of light in the night sky — against the backdrop of southern Leo the Lion. Jupiter appears equally dazzling through a telescope, which reveals a wealth of atmospheric detail on a disk that spans 40″. Look carefully tonight and you should see a black dot crossing the cloud tops. This is the shadow of Ganymede, Jupiter’s (and the solar system’s) largest moon. This shadow transit takes place from 11:40 p.m. to 2:51 a.m. EDT.
Friday, May 13
First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:02 p.m. EDT. The half-lit orb rises just after noon local daylight time, appears highest in the south shortly before sunset, and sets around 2 a.m. The Moon spends this evening among the background stars of southwestern Leo the Lion, less than 5° from that constellation’s brightest star, Regulus.
Saturday, May 14
The Moon moves approximately 13° eastward relative to the starry background every 24 hours, and its motion carries it near Jupiter this evening. From North America, the two appear within 5° of each other all night. They will be in conjunction at 6 a.m. EDT tomorrow morning, when our satellite passes 2° due south of the planet.
Sunday, May 15
About 45 minutes after Mars rises, Saturn pokes above the southeastern horizon. Although the ringed planet pales in comparison to its neighbor, its yellow color contrasts nicely with the Red Planet’s hue. Throw in the ruddy glow of nearby Antares, the 1st-magnitude luminary of Scorpius, and you have a colorful trio of bright objects to follow throughout the late evening and morning hours. As you might guess, Saturn’s proximity to Mars means it also will reach opposition and peak visibility soon — in fact, it reaches this orbital highlight June 3. The view of Saturn through a telescope never fails to impress. This week, the world appears 18″ across and sports a beautiful ring system that spans 42″ and tilts 26° to our line of sight.
Sun is in Taurus
Moon is in Gemini
Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 105.35° ESE
Sun Altitude: 47.52°
Sun Distance: 93.860 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2016 5:34 PM (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:51 AM↑ 67° East
Sunset Today: 7:51 PM↑ 293° Northwest
Length of Daylight: 14 hours
Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 78.34° ENE
Moon Altitude: 14.51°
Moon Distance: 228822 mi
Next Full Moon: May 21, 20164:14 PM
Next New Moon: Jun 4, 20169:59 PM
Next Moonset: Today11:05 PM
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 11.4%
A witches’ workshop on creating
amulets and talismans and charms
to be worn pendant
around neck or ears or wrists or waist
to be wrapped widthwise and lengthwise
round the body or objects
intended to be protected.
A white witch seeking only to help
A black witch seeking only to harm
A green witch seeking only to grow
All attend to learn
how to incorporate
power into substance
word craft into handcraft
All working in the same shop.
I choose neither left nor right but a third or fifth middle path
Valuing not only survival
but also flourishing.
—Poetry, Songs, and Enchantments: A Pagan Sourcebook
Gwenhwyfar Rhwwttchen
Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers all over the world! We are taking the day off to spend times with our families. But we couldn’t do that without telling all our mothers here, how much they are loved and appreciated.
Our Mothers Kept A Garden
Ours Mothers kept a garden,
a garden of the heart,
She planted all the good things
that gave our life it’s start.
She turned us to the sunshine
and encouraged us to dream,
Fostering and nurturing
the seeds of self-esteem…
And when the winds and rain came,
she protected us enough-
But not too much because she knew
We’d need to stand up strong and tough.
Her constant good example
always taught us right from wrong-
Markers for our pathway
that will last a lifetime long.
We are our Mothers’ garden.
We are her legacy-
And we hope today she feels the love
reflected back from each of us.
—Author Unknown
Venus represents those qualities we commonly associate with the female/yin persona. Venus traits include fertility and the drive to create, unblemished beauty, love, passion, and togetherness. The occurrence of Venus denotes the dominating presence or need of the qualities listed above. While often very subtle, Venetian influences may have a negative impact unless they are balanced with an influence that can temper the drive of Venus.
As a daily card, Venus suggest you should allow your more feminine traits to guide your actions through this period. Subtlety, efforts to bring people together and allowing your creativity to run free are likely to serve you well at this time. However, like Mars, the powers of Venus are very strong and can do more damage than good if not balanced by other influences.
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