Celebrating Legends, Spirituality, & Folklore for 365 Days A Year for June 13 – Feast of Epona

June 13

Feast of Epona

This was an ancient Celtic festival that celebrated the sacredness of the horse and the Goddess Epona-the spirit of movement, fertility, and war. So popular was Epona that she was the only known Celtic Goddess to have been honored in Rome, where she was often called Epona Augusta or Regina and invoked on behalf of the Emperor. Images and bas-reliefs of Epona show her riding a horse sidesaddle and occasionally lying half-naked along the back of one. She is usually carrying a cornucopia and goblet, representations of her fertility aspect.

In all probability, her festival would have been a “Horse Fair” and attracted hundreds of participants. There would have been horse races, games, and horse auctions. Most assuredly there would have been no shortage of stout ale and hearty edibles. These types of festivals flourished all over Britain before the Victorian era, at which time they became business auctions and less times of spiritual celebration. Even today, from June 13 through September 30, horse fairs dot the English countryside, providing people with a time of celebration and relaxation.

The Witches Magick for Monday, June 13th – Household Protectors Spell

Household Protectors Spell

Everyone has a protector, individual and family collective. If you think you don’t get help from yours, perhaps you need to give them a little more attention and praise. Use statues, bowls of stones, or other focal objects as a habitation for the family protectors.

This ritual is best during the waxing moon. Gather the following objects on your altar. Choose incense that reminds you of herbs, forests, and green growing things. Put a green candle in a holder and lay your wand beside it.

Decorate the immediate area around your symbol with pine cones, small statues of deer or other forest animals, ivy, holly, or something similar. Clean the guardian symbol so it hasn’t any dust or dirt on it. If the symbol is small enough set it on the altar or next to it.

Light the incense and candle. Stand before your altar and say:

Guardian spirits, I invite you to join me here at this altar.
You are my friends, ,and I wish to thank you.

Take the incense and circle the guardian symbol three times, moving clockwise.

I thank you for the atmosphere you help to keep clean and pleasant in this home.

Move the candle clockwise around the symbol three times.

I thank you for the light you send to purify and dispel the darkness.

With the wand in your power hand, encircle the symbol three times clockwise.

I ask for your continued help and protection for me, my family, my pets, and my property. I ask that you drive away trouble-makers, thieves, and other, physical and non-physical, who are bent on evil disruptive purposes. I thank you for your friendship and love.

Stand with your arms raised and say:

Lovely Goddess, Lord of the Greenwood, I present to you the guardian of this house, the special spirit I have invited into my home. I honor this guardian in this symbol of its being. Bless this guardian. And to your blessings, I add my thanks for its protection and friendship.

If you have more than one guardian, change all the its to their and so on. Spend a few moments lovingly caressing the symbol, mentally expressing that the guardian is important to you. If you have provided food and drink, invite your guardian friends to party with you. Talk with them, being sensitive to feathery caresses and mental whispers. When you are finished, thank them for their presence at your ritual.

DAILY MAGICKAL APPLICATIONS FOR MONDAY

Monday is named after the moon. The Latin term for Monday is Dies Lunae (“moon’s day”); in the Old English language, this day was Monandaeg; in Greek, it was Hermera Selenes. All of these different names and languages translate to the same thing: the “day of the moon.”

Working with the different phases of the moon is an important skill that takes a bit of time for Witches to learn. So why not cut to the chase and experiment with the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon in all of its magickal energies and aspects?

Magickally, Monday encourages the lunar energies of inspiration, illusion, prophetic dreams, emotions, psychic abilities, travel, women’s mysteries, and fertility.

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

Monday Is Ruled By the Moon

This day of the week is dedicated to the moon and all of her magic and mystery. Mondays are for women’s mysteries, illusion, prophetic dreaming, emotions, travel, and fertility.
Some suggestions for Monday enchantments would include:

*Getting outside and looking for the moon in the heavens. Sit under her light and absorb a little glamour. Call on the moon goddess Selene for practical help in magical issues.

*Invoking the god Thoth for wisdom and insight

*Empowering your silver jewelry under the light of the moon. Wear moonstone or pearl jewelry today to add a lunar and magical shimmer to your outfit. Be mysterious and subtle and wear moon-associated colors such as white, silver, and blue.

*Working spells for safe travel with a simple moonstone

*Gathering bluebells, jasmine, gardenias, or white roses to create a little garden witchery with the flowers that are associated with the moon

*Setting up a lunar Tarot spell today to increase your psychic powers

*Eating a lunar fruit such as a melon to be healthy, serene, and at peace

*Brewing up a cup of chamomile or mint tea and enchanting it for sweet dreams and restful sleep

The Witches Correspondences for Monday, June 13

The sacred day of the Moon, personified by such goddesses as Selene, Luna, Diana, and Artemis. The Moon is ruler of flow affecting the changeable aspects of people. If a full moon falls on a Monday, its powers are at their most potent.

Element : Water

Planet : Moon

Zodiac Sign : Cancer

Angel : Gabriel

Metal : Silver

Incense/Perfumes : Gardenia, Jasmine, Sandalwood

Oil : Jasmine, Gardenia, Sandalwood

Color : Silver, White, Light Purple

Stones : Abalone, Moonstone, Opal, Carnelian, Aquamarine, Pearl, Clear Quartz, Flourite, Geodes

Plants/Herbs : Birch, Camphor, Coconut, Gardenia, Jasmine, Lotus, Myrrh, Night Flowers, Orris Root, Sandalwood, Vervain, Willow, Willow Root, White Rose, White Iris, Wintergreen

Magick to work: Moon rituals, Goddess rituals, heal emotions, balance, purification. astral travel, birth, children,secrets, sleep, women’s mysteries, clairvoyance, dreams, emotions, fertility, home, imagination, inspiration, intuition, reincarnation.

The Witches Almanac for Monday, June 13

Monday(Moon): Peace, sleep, healing, compassion, friends, psychic awareness, purification and fertility.

St. Anthony of Padua’s Day

Waxing Moon
The Waxing Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Moon Sign: Libra
Libra: Favors cooperation, social activities, beautification of surroundings, balance and partnership.

Incense: Rosemary

Color: Gray

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.

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

Monday

Monday Magick Power Hours:

Moonrise. Key Words: Magick, dreams, health, love, home and family 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 psychism, 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.

Monday is the Best Day For: Conjurations, Predictions, Knowledge, Writing, Eloquence. Planetary Association: Moon Norse Deity Associated With the Day: Frigga Origin of Name: “Monday” is short for “Moon Day” in honor of the day’s alignment with that planetary body.

Deities: Thoth, Selene: Aset [Isis], Demeter, Ceres, Spider Woman, Bona Dea, Oya, Devi-Kali, Hella, Rhiannon, Coatlique, Maman Brigette, Sekhmet, Het Heret [Hathor]Monday is the day of moon goddesses Selene, Luna and Mani. Meaning “day of the moon” the name reflects the ancient observance of feast days dedicated to the Moon Goddess or to the planet. Focus on lunar energies, psychic development, dream or astral work, intuition, family, or spirituality.

Incense: Cinnamon, Cinquefoil Aromas: Sweetpea, Lavender, Mastic, Frankincense, Cloves

Candle: White

Metal: Silver

Plants: Wintergreen and other mints, catnip, comfrey, sage, chamomile

Use for magick involving mental issues, learning, higher education, addictions, communications, travel, young people, messages, perception, self-expression, artists, poets, and writers.

Marriage, emotional love, family, childbirth, prophecy.

Spells involving emotions, the subconscious,domestic issues and feminine issues. Also, a good day for psychic pursuits and dream work.Childbearing and family life, purity and virginity, healing, wisdom, intuition

Metal: Silver Gemstones: Pearl, opal, moonstone Associations: Childbearing and family life, purity and virginity, healing, wisdom, intuition

Best Colors for today are Silver, white, light blue, Pearls, Creams, Grays, Pale Pinks, Pale Violets, and Pale Blues.

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.

~SpiritualOccultist Calendar

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Thoughts on Mondays

When dealing with a weekly spell guide, Mondays are thought to be the logical day for money, love, time and meditation spells. Since Mondays are thought to be the start of the work week, it gives plenty of time for a Monday spell to gain strength throughout the rest of the week.

A Witch’s Week of Spells and Activities
Helga C. Loueen

The Goddess Book of Days for Monday, June 13

Epona, Celtic Horse Goddess (Leukippc, Rhiannon, Demeter, Saranyu, the Centaurs and UniComs, Pegasus, the Valravcn, Vesta). Nativity of the Muses in Greece, the daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus: Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Urania and Polyhymnia.

The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

The Pagan Book of Days for Monday, June 13th

Athena/Alexander the Great/Goddess month of Rosea commences

The goddess Athena known to the Romans as Minerva, represents the harmonious blending of power and wisdom and is patroness of both the practical and aesthetic arts.

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Monday, June 13

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 Duir(Oak) – June 10 – July 7. Oak month is a time for protection and strength, fertility, money and success, and good fortune.

Runic Half-Month of Odal (home, possessions) – May 29 – June 13

Goddess of the Month of Rosea – June 13 – July 10

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Monday’s Conjuring

Monday – is associated with the Moon

Candle colors – white or gray

Spellwork for Mondays – Crossroads work to learn to read cards, dealing with family matters, Protection, Truth, Peace, Justice

—Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies
Starr Casas

The Sky This Week for June 13 to June 19

A virtual who’s-who of our planetary neighbors will be out in the sky this week for you to find.

Monday, June 13

• Brilliant Jupiter appears high in the southwest as darkness falls and remains on display until 1 a.m. local daylight time. The giant planet shines at magnitude –2.0 — 0.2 magnitude brighter than Mars blazing in the southeast — against the backdrop of southern Leo the Lion. Jupiter appears equally dazzling through a telescope, which reveals a wealth of atmospheric features on a disk that spans 36″. Although such detail appears on every clear evening, a rare treat awaits observers tonight when two moons disappear within minutes of each other. Early this evening, Io and Ganymede both lurk near Jupiter’s western limb. Ganymede passes behind the limb at 12:35 a.m. EDT with Io following 10 minutes later.

Tuesday, June 14

• Neptune’s eastward motion against the background stars comes to a halt at 4 a.m. EDT. This so-called stationary point marks the beginning of the best period to observe an outer planet. Neptune rises around 1 a.m. local daylight time and appears nearly 30° high in the southeast as morning twilight commences. The magnitude 7.9 planet lies in Aquarius, some 0.5° southeast of 4th-magnitude Lambda (l) Aquarii, and doesn’t move noticeably all week. You’ll need binoculars to spy Neptune and a telescope to see its blue-gray disk, which spans 2.3″.

Wednesday, June 15

• Mercury shines brightly in morning twilight this week, standing 6° high in the east-northeast a half-hour before sunrise today. The inner planet shines at magnitude –0.3 and shows up easily through binoculars if you have an unobstructed horizon. When viewed through a telescope, Mercury appears 7″ across and slightly more than half-lit.

• The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point in its orbit around Earth, at 8:00 a.m. EDT. It then lies 251,670 miles (405,024 kilometers) from Earth’s center.

Thursday, June 16

• The conspicuous Summer Triangle asterism dominates the eastern sky in late evening. Vega, the triangle’s brightest member, shines at magnitude 0.0 and stands highest of the three stars. To its lower left lies Deneb; at magnitude 1.3, it’s the faintest of the trio. Magnitude 0.8 Altair completes the bright asterism. Despite its name, the Summer Triangle appears prominent from late spring until the onset of winter.

Friday, June 17

• The waxing gibbous Moon forms the apex of a flat isosceles triangle with Mars and Saturn tonight. The Moon stands highest and about 10° from both planets; Mars and Saturn lie approximately 18° apart.

Saturday, June 18

• The Moon passes 3° due north of Saturn at 8 p.m. EDT. For observers in North America, the two appear between 3° and 5° apart throughout the night.

Sunday, June 19

• Full Moon officially arrives at 7:02 a.m. EDT tomorrow morning, but it looks completely illuminated throughout the night. It appears low in the southeast as the Sun sets and reaches its peak in the south around 1 a.m. local daylight time. For North American observers, the Full Moon crosses from Ophiuchus the Serpent-bearer into Sagittarius the Archer during the evening hours.

Source

Astronomy Magazine

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Monday, June 13

Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 104.01° ESE
Sun Altitude: 56.33°
Sun Distance: 94.412 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2016 5:34 PM (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:34 AM↑ 60° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:15 PM↑ 300° Northwest
Length of Daylight: 14 hours, 41 minutes

Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 54.79° NE
Moon Altitude: -39.76°
Moon Distance: 250437 mi
Next Full Moon: Jun 20, 20166:02 AM
Next New Moon: Jul 4, 20166:00 AM
Next Moonrise: Today2:07 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 62.6%

Source

timeanddate.com

The Goddess is Our Sanctuary

The Goddess is our sanctuary;
Her embrace holds us night and day.
We can be unafraid in the earthquake and
Comforted in the hurricane knowing
we are not alone.
She is the river of joy, gladness is her voice.
She streams from the mountains, into the desert,
And into the parched heart that longs.
She answers the call of desire and stirs the soul’s bidding.
Tho we are surrounded with despair and taught doubt,
Yet we lie upon her Body and are comforted.
Look at the abiding beauty of Life.
Through destruction and chaos comes renewal.
Listen to the melody of the wild and the music of regeneration.
Love holds us in her song.
Tho riches are robbed and lies are honored,
Nothing stands before the turning of the Wheel.
The sacredness of life will continue,
Within the Palm of the Mother are we all held.

–—Earth Psalms
Angela Magara

May The Goddess Bless You & Yours On This Monday Morn’!

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Goddess,

Make your presence known to your children.

Your love, comfort and guidance is needed more than ever.

Bless those who are broken-hearted and suffered loss in

the terror attack that occurred in Orlando.

Bless those who are confused and searching for answers as

to why such horror occurred.

Bless us all that no other tragedies shall befall your children.

Goddess,

Our needs are great and many,

You, Almighty Mother know them all.

As your children, we ask that you bring

our great country back to your fold.

No more sorrow, no more killings,

no more tears.

Enough blood has been shed.

Return our country to Your Almighty Embrace.

Goddess,

We need you now more than ever,

Please make your presence known to us.

Bless all your children, dear Mother.

Bless us with Your Divine Love & Comfort.

Help us to become your instrument of peace.

So Mote It Be

Immortal like Jellyfish

A bit more in depth on the research take on natural wellness than aromatherapy, here is something to consider for upcoming developments in healthcare as we delve into the mysteries of nature.

Could humans learn to live forever like jellyfish?

The search for the fountain of youth has been ongoing ever since man decided that dying wasn’t all that appealing. And now, it appears that this elusive holy grail of human immortality has been found, albeit by a species that is not ours! So who is the lucky winner of the everlasting life sweepstakes? None other than the humble and dime-sized jellyfish known as Turritopsis nutricula. This creature has accomplished what no other biological being on our planet has ever been known to do: reverse it’s aging to become young again after reaching full maturity! As early as 1992, scientists had observed this phenomenon in Turritopsis and research into its secrets was ongoing. However, a recent spike in the numbers and geographic distribution of this species has once again brought it to the attention of the greater scientific community because of the many important breakthroughs we have witnessed in stem cell research in the past decade. As regenerative medicine continues to grow into the future of medicine, it’s clear that this tiny jellyfish may hold the answers to not only addressing the many aging-related ailments we face, but also our own mortality.

Here is a short video about the many nifty traits of jellyfish species by Canada’s Animalogic.

In the picture below, you can see the typical life-cycle of a jellyfish. It starts out as a larva that eventually sinks to the bottom of the ocean and attaches to a sturdy substrate and continues development into a polyp that resembles a sea plant. The polyp then matures to become a free-floating medusa, what we commonly recognize as jellyfish resembling an upside down saucer with tentacles. Not much excitement so far, but Turritopsis has put an interesting twist to this process. It undergoes development much like what I’ve described above and what many of its relatives go through. However, during times of stress like a shortage of food, Turritopsis responds by beginning to reverse the process before eventually becoming a polyp again. From this point then, it can again develop into a sexually mature medusa when conditions become more favorable. Theoretically, it can repeat this process indefinitely as its cells undergo a process called transdifferentiation, a rare biological process whereby any non-stem cell can become a different cell entirely. It is still unclear whether only specific cells can only become other specific cells or if any cell in Turritopsishas the potential to become any other cell.

Ok, what Turritopsis does is admittedly cool, but why would we care? As you know, here at the Hub, one of our favorite topics are stem cells and all the promise they hold for regenerating tissue and treating a vast array of ailments. And while stem cells are one avenue to reach the goal of regenerating damaged or diseased tissues, transdifferentiation is another option that can get us to that goal.

Allow me to digress here and clarify the difference between these two systems (also see the below figure). Stem cells are cells that can differentiate into any type of cell. They can be isolated from a natural state i.e. embryonic stem cells (ESCs), or created by taking already differentiated cells and coaxing them to undifferentiate into stem cells, becoming induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). These stem cells can then differentiate into another type of cell. On the other hand, transdifferentiation doesn’t require the middle step of becoming a stem cell. Any differentiated cell can become any other differentiated cell, given of course that it receives the correct signals.

Much of the advances in stem cell technology have come from having an understanding of how stem cells naturally develop into different cell types. Thus, nature’s methods are teaching us how to manipulate stem cells and turn them into the desired cell type. And when it comes to transdifferentiation, the hope is that we will eventually be able to learn how creatures like Turritopsis skip the stem cell step and go directly from one cell type to another. As such, a recent breakthrough in using transdifferentiation for therapeutic purposes was reached in the laboratory of Dr. Deepak Srivastava of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of California, San Francisco. In a recent article in the journal Cell, Dr. Srivastava’s group describes their success in getting architectural cells in the heart called fibroblasts to differentiate into cardiomyocyte-like cells. In case you’re rusty on your cardiac anatomy, cardiomyocytes are the cells in the heart that contract and result in it’s rhythmic beating. And as Dr. Srivastava explains in the video below, it is the loss of these cells and the development of scar tissue that is debilitating to those fortunate enough to survive a heart attack. So by just switching on three genes in the fibroblasts, the researchers were able to coax them to transdifferentiate into cardiomyocyte-like cells that looked and behaved like cardiomyocytes. Taking it one step further, they implanted these cells into the hearts of mice and found that they behaved just as one would expect them to.

See the interview with Dr. Srivastava here.

So while we still have some hurdles to overcome before this type of treatment is available widely for use in humans, it is indeed on its way. The amazing work being done in laboratories such as Dr. Srivastava’s are inching us closer to the day when perhaps we’ll be able to not only treat various ailments, but also to turn back the hands of time and reverse our aging like Turritopsis has been able to do. A recent press release by Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) hints at some potentially new technologies they are developing to take advantage of transdifferentiation. While most of their work thus far has focused on stem cell-based treatments, it’s encouraging to see companies like ACT put time and money into exploring transdifferentiation-based treatments as well. Sure everyone is working to get to the same goal, but as nature has shown there may be more than one way to get there!

Want to look into living healthier and longer through specialized methods built around these discoveries with what we have available to us now? A medical practitioner from Michigan has put together a bunch of info and advice based on studies such as these to help people currently take advantage of these findings. Click here for more of his info and to see his list of specialized supplements!

This provider looks into Fox News and Time Magazine’s investigations on “human immortality”.

What would you do if you had an endless number of years?

Natural wellness and all its facets (aromatherapy, chromeotherapy, herbalism, etc.) has much to offer us if we just listen 🙂

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