Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today

Ancestors

Ancestors represents the ongoing influence and remarkable contributions those who came before us have made to our state of being. Ancestors also reminds us that sometimes old wisdom is the best wisdom–especially when events are moving in ways we do not understand. Ancestors can bring comfort to a shaken spirit. It is a card of warmth in the sense that it reminds us that the spirit of past generations remains with us and can be called upon for guidance at any time.

As a daily card, Ancestors suggests that you may be well served to by exploring your family tree to find solutions to current dilemmas. When searching for solutions to conflicts in your life, you might do well by asking yourself what a grandparent or great grandparent would do in your current situation.

Your Daily Witches Rune

The Scythe

Sudden changes and endings. Making a final decision. Completing something. Walking away from something or someone. Danger.

Additional information about Today’s Witches Rune, The Scythe….

The Scythe

This symbol is very familiar to most of people, often associated with harvest and death. In the runes, it is no different. The Scythe is related to endings, sudden separations, final decisions, important changes and danger.

The appearance of this symbol show that there’s something in you life you need to bring to end now, before it snowballs into something worse. Usually, the decision that the Scythe forces you to make is one you’d rather escape from… it’s a painful and difficult choice. Even though you know (or feel) it’s for the best, you’ll mourn the fact that it has to happen.

Also, the Scythe is connected to sudden, swift changes that force you to alter completely your plans, strategies and sometimes the very way you see the world. The situation is no longer what it was, your modus operandi no longer works here. Your ideas no longer correspond to the reality. The information you have is no longer accurate, or useful. You need to strain those adaptation muscles and find a way to keep standing while the rug is pulled from under your feet.

Although this rune can represent physical danger, such as accidents or surgeries, many time it refers to sense of foreboding. Something just isn’t right… the fear of loss looms large. Trust these feeling and proceed with caution. This rune can also relate to actual death and all related to it: burials, graveyards, inheritances, heirlooms, legacies and things connected to your ancestry.

In relationship readings, the Scythe suggest caution too. It can represent sudden and irresistible attractions, the kind that inspire people to do crazy things. . Obviously, this rune also represent separations, divorce and conflicts, always leaving a sour aftertaste. The strong passion can quickly transform into strong resentment. In its most positive note, this rune can symbolize relationship that completely transform the people involved.

Your Ogham Stave Reading for Today

Ae – Amhancholl

Ae (sometimes represented as X or Xi), is Amhancholl or Eamhancholl, associated with Witch Hazel. This natural astringent is purifying and cleansing. The word Eamhancholl literally translates to “twin of Hazel”, so there is a strong connection to C – Coll in the Ogham. When Amhancholl appears, it’s usually an indicator that cleansing and purification is necessary or has taken place.

From a purely medicinal standpoint, Witch Hazel has long been used as a cleanser and astringent.

Native American tribes turned it into a poultice which was used to treat swelling and tumors. Amongst the early settlers, midwives arriving in the New World found that it could be used to prevent sepsis following childbirth or an abortion. Today, it’s still in use as a treatment for skin inflammations, such as insect bites, mild burns, and even hemorrhoids.

Amhancholl Correspondences

Mundane Aspects: When this symbol appears, it means it’s time for a cleansing. Sometimes this is a physical cleansing of our Self, but often it applies to emotional clutter and baggage. Smudge your home, get rid of all the negative energies around you, and allow yourself to purify both your body and your mind.

Magical Aspects: This is a good indicator that you need to do a re-evaluation of your spiritual life. Are you studying things that no longer interest you? Are you hanging on to books or other magical items that you know you’ll never need — or worse, that you really dislike? If you’re feeling stagnant, or that you’re drifting a bit on a spiritual level, when this symbol appears it probably means you need to rethink your priorities.

What are your spiritual goals? Do a cleansing ritual, and help yourself begin anew.

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Your Daily Rune Reading for Today

The Past
Uruz

Uruz is the Rune of harmony, order and inner strength. Often it marks endings and beginnings of periods in our lives. Uruz also symbolizes your ability to tackle new challenges by confronting them with the powers that lie within you. Opportunities probably abound for you right now.

The Present
Ansuz

Ansuz represents mankind’s spiritual connection to God and the universe. It is often referred to as the “God Rune.” This Rune embodies reason, truth and justice. It denotes the coming of knowledge and true counsel from a higher authority.

The Future
Elhaz

Watch for hidden traps. Look for holes in your defenses and fill them.

Get A Jump On Tomorrow….

Your Daily Horoscopes for Wednesday, June 22nd

Aries

It’s important to keep a check on your communications today, dear Aries, as you are inclined to speak too much and/or too soon. You may be campaigning for a good cause now, but the message may be a little over the top or perceived as such, and plans may not come together just yet. Mental restlessness can lead to positive experiences, particularly if it compels you to seek out new and interesting information or interests. Discipline, however, can be lacking if you are required to focus on dry or monotonous work. Later today, difficulties communicating are quite possible. While conversations seem light on the surface, there can be some tense undercurrents. The root of tension is something that would benefit you to explore.

Taurus

You could come up with a truly visionary idea today, dear Taurus, or you could be thinking too big! There may be a war of words about personal possessions, value, intimacy, and respect for some of you. For others, this can be a day when the ordinary doesn’t satisfy, which can lead to interesting thinking. You might encounter some power dynamics with others. Someone may be feeling threatened or insecure and can act out as a result later today. While you could be unproductive right now as you focus on the less important things, priorities will be easier to see shortly. Today, you’re stretching your mind, and this is a good exercise.

Gemini

Big ideas are exciting today, dear Gemini, but they may not be viable without plenty of refinement. Try to enjoy the exercise of thinking up possibilities, but don’t bank on them until you’ve had more time to sort out the practical side. Watch for exaggeration and overlooking details today. Something communicated could be misinterpreted. The Moon’s move into your adventure sector late afternoon can stimulate your curiosity but also inner restlessness. Your mind is on long-range plans. You are optimistic about the future, but not especially interested in considering the details. This can be quite fine for the time being, particularly as a mental exercise.

Cancer

You can expect some pretty interesting and hopeful ideas or conversations today, dear Cancer, with a Mercury-Jupiter connection that stimulates thinking in big, creative terms. You can be privy to some interesting news, as well. However, people may be making mountains out of molehills today, or they could be promising more than they can eventually fulfill. This is unlikely to be about intentionally deceiving others, and more about making judgments based on the energy and optimism of the moment. You can choose to entertain big thoughts and aim to handle the practical details later, or you might decide to hold off on important decision making. This is a good time for affirmative thinking, but the details can be missed.

Leo

You can be entertaining wonderful ideas and dreaming up ways to pursue long-term happiness today, dear Leo. Try not to give in to the temptation to make a quick decision without all the necessary information. Don’t speed ahead just yet. Gather your thoughts and formulate your plans. Later today, it will be important to try to stay centered and focused rather than to allow others’ dramas to throw off decision making. Depending on how you approach today, you can get a lot done or you can spend too much time on activities that don’t amount to much. Watch for going overboard but enjoy the mental exercise involved with thinking in big terms.

Virgo

You are thinking far ahead and in bigger terms than usual today, dear Virgo, particularly when it comes to your career. However, there is some tendency to overdo, and especially, to say too much or rub people the wrong way with what you say or how you say it. Try to leave your ego at the door when entering into professional areas and avoid sweeping, impulsive decisions. Be careful about what you communicate, especially professionally, as your words hold much more weight than usual. Avoid exaggerating or blowing things out of proportion and, especially, adding more to your plate. It’s important to simplify as you can be juggling far too much right now. Even so, it’s a good time to dream up new plans and ideas. Career matters are a little complicated, but also quite fresh and exciting.

Libra

You can be excited about sharing your thoughts, ideas, or beliefs today, dear Libra, and they can be very inspiring, but be careful to listen to others as well, and watch for power plays. You can be quite focused on a moral issue or a particular belief and perspective. While giving something further thought is just fine, try to shake it off if it’s truly interfering with your day. Alternatively, you can find a way to act upon your feelings and beliefs, even in a small way, so that you can feel you’re actually going somewhere with it. Watch for those who are boasting or exaggerating, as the truth can too easily be stretched today. However, all ideas entertained now are not write-offs. In fact, you can come up with something very special today that will need fine-tuning later. Real opportunities are coming your way, and they’re likely to do with creative, publishing, travel, or educational channels.

Scorpio

New ideas about how to manage your financial affairs can surface today, dear Scorpio, or you might have a revelation of sorts about an intimate matter or relationship. Today has a “two steps forward, one step back” energy to it, however. There can be a sense of progress, with some regret or back-stepping. This is a time when what’s below the surface of matters is more important to you than pretty much anything else! Find ways to know yourself and important people in your life more deeply, but watch for missing important, practical details or focusing on things that don’t truly matter in the long run to the detriment of your happiness. The Moon’s move into your home and family sector this afternoon helps in this respect – you are more inclined to want to nest, get comfortable, and take better care of yourself.

Sagittarius

You could have flashes of insight about a partnership today, dear Sagittarius, but power dynamics can be tricky. You’re inclined to want to hash things out in order to get to the bottom of problem areas. Nervous tension might get the best of you, but don’t let it! Watch what you say and avoid rushing through paper work and conversations. The temptation is to borrow from the future in some manner – by promising something, for example, that defers things to a later date, but won’t go away. The tendency to go a little overboard, or for a partner to demand too much from you, is strong. Keep things real for best results. Even so, sometimes our minds can use a good stretch before coming back to earth a little more open, and this may be the case now. Entertain big ideas, but don’t do it at your own expense.

Capricorn

This can be an exciting day for ideas about how to handle chores, work, or health endeavors, dear Capricorn. There could be innovative ways to handle a health or mechanical problem coming to you now, but the trick will be to focus long enough to build up a realistic plan. Keep in mind that irritability or tension due to the stress of increased demands from others can be experienced today, so be sure not to add even more to your plate. Being comfortably withdrawn boosts your chances that you’ll get a bit of a break. There can be some misleading talk or false leads today, but sometimes we need to entertain big or impractical ideas as a form of mental exercise before coming back down to earth in order to see things we normally may miss, and this may be the case today.

Aquarius

There can be new or innovative thinking and conversations about love, creative projects, and possibly children today, dear Aquarius. On some level, your nerves may be tested now, however, and there can be a tendency to exaggerate that needs to be tamed. You might jump upon a new idea, and, in your excitement, forget about the practical details required for its realization. Otherwise, listen to your creative ideas and inspirations, even if they seem a little way-out. Stretch your mind while keeping your feet on the ground. Great ideas usually go through many transformations before reaching their potential. The Moon moves into your sign late afternoon and this acts to increase your visibility as well as your desire to feel connected to your environment and reinforced by people around you.

Pisces

Ideas are big and easy to come by today, dear Pisces, but focus can be elusive! The problem is that there are so many things to think about and to consider that it can be hard to know where to begin. The pace may be hectic, and your domestic life may be awhirl, although for some of you, this can all take place in the mind – nervous tension is possible. Watch for tense relations with a partner. You might take things quite personally right now. There can be a lot of talk that is impractical or exaggerated. Even so, it may be a helpful exercise to think in big ways, largely because you could completely miss an opportunity by focusing only on practical possibilities. The Moon’s move into your privacy sector late afternoon suggests a need to rest, renew, and replenish on an emotional level.

If Today is Your Birthday: June 21

While you come across as slightly detached due to a refined, sociable demeanor, you are in fact quite sensitive, warm, spiritual, and loving. You also tend to worry quite a bit, and ideally this trait lessens as you age. You tend to thrive in a partnership, but you could often give more than you receive. Creative and imaginative, you are also very broad-minded and although you are intensely curious about people, you are rarely petty.

Famous people born today: Jean-Paul Sartre, Juliette Lewis, Ray Davies, Prince William, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter.

Your Birthday Year Forecast

The Sun in a waxing sextile to the Moon in your Solar Return chart has a fortunate influence on your year ahead. You can be especially productive this year, as in many ways you are starting fresh, but you have a rather clear vision of what you want to accomplish. Your inner needs tend to be mirrored by external events, and vice versa, which helps to boost your confidence and happiness levels. You more readily accept that challenges are part of the natural cycle in life, which in turn helps you to meet them with confidence and to worry less. You are likely to be on top of your game this year for the most part, and positive connections with others can be made fairly easily. A comfortable level of personal popularity helps keep conflict to a minimum. With the ability to handle your emotions successfully, there will be less stress on both your mind and body.

This can be a year in which you are bolder, more assertive, and energetic. You are especially interested in setting goals and challenges for yourself this year, and taking the necessary action to meet them. You may meet or interact with others who encourage or inspire you in some way to have more confidence in yourself. Your energy levels are generally strong this year, and your sense of timing better than usual. Independent work is favored and competitive activities may also thrive this year, although you may need to tone things down at times, and learn more patience. Your passions and enthusiasm run high, and the trick is to channel this extra energy constructively.

You are attracting relationships that are fair and balanced. Your decorative or artistic sense is more strongly developed this year. Making new contacts through learning and mental pursuits figures strongly at this time in your life. You might find that others are more cooperative with you this year.

Even so, with Mercury in challenging aspect to Neptune in your Solar Return, some difficulties with communications are possible during this period. There can be misunderstandings, misinformation, wishful thinking, confusion, carelessness, and deception. Verify the facts before making decisions and avoid taking precipitate action. Read all the fine print before signing a contract or making an agreement.

You take more pride in your relationships this year, and you tend to crave more activities with a partner or meaning and purpose to what you’re doing together. This can be a strong year for dedication to a particular craft, personal interest, or your work.

A Jupiter-Uranus trine in your Return chart suggests that an enterprising spirit this year can really take you places. Sudden opportunities for advancement in different areas of your life appear. At the heart of this is your ability to recognize and capitalize upon opportunities and potentials. Fortunate events occur as a direct result of your willingness to entertain the unusual and to think outside of the box. This aspect favors group activities, financial endeavors associated with groups or organizational efforts, educational pursuits, writing, publishing, speaking, and humanitarian efforts.

You’re bolder and more courageous this year, and you’re quick to take the initiative. Be assertive and proactive rather than aggressive for best results. You might watch for impatience or rebelliousness, which can trip you up at times. Overlooking important details can also be a problem. It can be a good year for both independent work and partnerships. Others are more cooperative with you.

2015 is a Number Eight year for you. Ruled by Saturn. This is a year of power and accomplishment. Actively seeking to expand, taking educated risks, and moving forward are highlighted. This is a year of opportunity, particularly in the material and business world, and opportunities need to be seized. It’s generally not a year to find a new love partner, simply because the focus is on the material world and your place in the world. This is a problem-solving year in which you can expect real, tangible results. Advice – take action, plan ahead, seize opportunities.

2016 will be a Number Nine year for you. Ruled by Mars. This is a year of completion and transition. It is a time when we need to let go of things that no longer serve their purpose, and hold on to things that have a future. It is a time of cleaning out dead wood, not necessarily for new beginnings. It can be a time when a burden has been taken off your shoulders, and it can be a year of giving of yourself. Advice – let go of things that are holding you back, give of yourself and express your sympathetic, compassionate side.

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Your Daily Love Horoscopes for Tuesday, June 21st

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Your Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, June 21st

Aries

It can be difficult these days for you to build up momentum, dear Aries, with your ruler, Mars, still retrograde. In just over a week’s time, Mars will turn direct and you’ll begin to see more progress. Ideally, you’ll return to projects and plans with renewed confidence. Although what’s around the corner may not be clear for you right now, try your best to put your faith in the unknown. Today brings responsible and ambitious energy nevertheless, and this helps you to focus on current priorities. It’s a good day for feeling you’ve accomplished something worthwhile.

Taurus

While life is about slowing down in many ways these days, dear Taurus, today’s energies especially favor social interaction. You can most certainly keep it light, but it’s a good idea to mingle and share. This is a fine time for all things educational, as well as for publishing and travel matters. The chance to expand your world is with you now, and you can feel very confident about finding ways to enlarge your scope. You’re willing to offer advice and to speak about personal plans and goals, even if they are not entirely clear, as you enjoy the feedback you receive from others, which tends to jumpstart your own thinking processes. This is also a potentially good day for personal appeal and romantic endeavors.

Gemini

While there is a general feeling that life’s little problems are dissipating, dear Gemini, responsibilities tend to surface for you today. Taking them well is just one of the many things that make you shine right now, however, and you may very well enjoy a small challenge or mystery today. You are certainly capable and competent, and you have the chance to prove it, minus the pressure to perform. Superficial interactions are likely to feel especially unappealing now – you are craving more intimacy and depth in your experiences. Family and personal matters tend to fare well today.

Cancer

Your bigger focus of the day is to help foster a sense of balance and peace with others and in your personal environment, dear Cancer. As you aim to please, the trick is to maintain a strong sense of identity while you
attend to the needs of others. This way, you are immune to resentment when imbalances do emerge. True equality is what should be aimed for now, so if the thought “I am doing it for you” arises, you know you’re heading in the wrong direction. There is good energy for teaming up, communicating, and getting to the core of a matter. You’ll feel better being “in the know” as recent uncertainty has been burdensome.

Leo

Your appetite for material comforts increases today, but so does your desire to bring in more money, dear Leo. As long as you can find a healthy balance between these two drives, you will come out ahead. Your confidence in your ability to attract what you want into your life is strong, and your ability to
put your emotions aside in order to make decisions is probably the key to success right now. With much emphasis on the privacy and endings sector of your solar chart, you are in a period that requires you to slow down, tie up loose ends, and practice patience.

Virgo

Your energy levels improve today, dear Virgo, largely due to increased motivation and ambition. You tend to assert yourself and act independently now, but not in an offensive way or in a manner that creates resistance in others, making it easier than usual to achieve what you set out to do. Creating something and sharing it with others is a satisfying way of expressing yourself with the Moon stimulating the area of your chart that rules your creations all day. This is a time for honoring your “inner child”, and your ease with expressing this part of you can inspire positive feedback. Romantic feelings can also be stirred now, more than usual.

Libra

You may be able to put some of the “outstanding” issues of your personal life to rest, or at least tie up some loose ends, dear Libra. There is greater focus and ambition with you today. You are coming across as especially credible right now. Even if a good part of you would prefer to keep a low profile today, and this is a strong tendency with the Moon in the lowest part of your solar chart today and tomorrow, others tend to notice what you’re doing, and the feedback is generally and thankfully positive. Today’s energies are strong for feeling rooted and secure. Support comes from behind the scenes.

Scorpio

Good advice can be exchanged today, dear Scorpio. Working together with others in a team yields the best results for the time being, and you are the natural leader. It’s a good time for earning respect. You don’t need to ask for it – your manner commands it! You’re inclined to keep yourself especially busy today. You’re curious, engaged, and alert. However, you also tend to go a little overboard. Think about problems to the point that it increases your understanding, and then consciously let go if you begin to obsess. While Mars is still retrograde in your sign and you may not be certain about some projects and plans, this is a fine day for research and effort.

Sagittarius

You have certainly been learning to rely on yourself with Saturn in your sign, dear Sagittarius, and sometimes the lessons involved can be on the difficult side. However, these days you’re finding more need for companionship, even if relations are not always easy. Today, the hectic pace of your schedule is beginning to slow. As your load lightens, so does your mood, and this changes everything! Even so, it’s also a good day for practical matters. Irksome things are no longer bigger than life to you – you are not letting the small problems get to you. This is a good time for income, gifts, and money matters in general.

Capricorn

With the Moon in your sign all day, dear Capricorn, you may be moody, but if you handle this blast of personal energy well, you can find yourself filled with new ideas and hope. You can also be filling up with conviction and ambition as the Moon aligns with power-conscious Pluto and harmonizes with faithful Jupiter. You believe in yourself and your endeavors now. You’re inclined to want to do your own thing today. Going out of your comfort zone just a little can ultimately train you to put faith in yourself and the world around you. Small doses work best as you grow to trust that you’re perfectly capable of handling uncertain situations.

Aquarius

While seeing the big picture is always helpful, a bit of tunnel vision at the right time can truly push something forward, dear Aquarius. It’s a good day for focusing on what it is you truly want and working out the finer details that ensure things work well. Today and tomorrow, with the Moon traversing your privacy sector, you’re likely in the background or working behind the scenes in some manner. This helps take some of the extra outside pressures off. Your own desire to meet challenges, however, is another story! You are more ambitious and interested in bettering yourself, so that pressures experienced today tend to be your own, although quite enjoyable and useful.

Pisces

The day’s energies favor careful planning rather than spontaneous moves, dear Pisces, but this doesn’t mean you can’t get creative. In fact, you can be quite inspired now. While it may not be your typical approach, you might want to allow yourself extra time to absorb all the details. Be attentive and focused, and you will learn important information. Team work fares well, although you can also take care of a lot of business with a partner. This can be a good day for business matters and your reputation or status in general.

The Balance of the Signs & Elements for Tuesday, June 21st

CANCER STRONG
Nurturing, protective, tenacious, emotional sensitive, watery, strong roots. Can be overly protective, unwilling to let go, timid, reclusive.
CAPRICORN STRONG
Disciplined, responsible, reliable, industrious, conscientious, practical, achieving. Can be pessimistic, overly conventional, rigid, materialistic, callous.

BALANCE OF ELEMENTS

FIRE WEAK
We are not very goal-oriented right now, or motivation to pursue our goals may be waning/lacking. Changes feel overwhelming. Enthusiasm may be low, we argue less, and we think more than we take action.
AIR WEAK
We may have a difficult time being objective or detached. We may not be especially communicative.
WATER STRONG
We are more compassionate, emotional, and intuitive than usual, and we may react emotionally to situations, possibly at the expense of logic or practicality.

BALANCE OF MODES

CARDINAL STRONG
We are ready to take action and to take on challenges, and can become frustrated with stagnant conditions.
FIXED WEAK
We may be open to change but may not have much follow-through.

LUNAR PHASE: FULL MOON
Moon 180 to 135 degrees behind the Sun.
We are concerned mainly with the nature of relationships and are made aware of recent imbalances. Something can come to fruition. Our concern is not limited to personal relationships, but relationships of all kinds. Our cards are on the table.

Astrology of Today – June 21, 2016

Summary:

• The Moon is in Capricorn all day (until Wednesday, June 22nd, at 4:08 PM).
• The Moon is waning and in its Full Moon phase.
• A Full Moon occurred yesterday, and a Last Quarter Moon will occur on June 27th.
• Mars is retrograde (Mars is retrograde from April 17-June 29).
• The Sun spends its first full day in Cancer (the Sun transits Cancer from June 20-July 22).

Calendar of the Moon

Oak Tree Month

Color: Black
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a black cloth place the vase of oak branches, a hammer, a metal lightning bolt, a sun symbol with the rune Sigil upon it, and a Green Man with an oak-leaf face.
Offerings: Give thanks for personal victories.
Daily Meal: Serve salad with each meal, arranged in the circular pattern of the Green Man.

Duir Invocation

Call: Now is the time of the Sun’s height.
Response: Now is the time when the leaves reach to the heavens.
Call: Now is the time when the Oak King spread his arms.
Response: Now is the time when we reach with him for the Sun.
Call: Now is the time when we return to the ancient grove of the Druids.
Response: Now is the time when we witness the Sun’s sacrifice.
Call: Now is the time when we go forth in glory.
Response: Now is the time of the turning of the year.
Call: Hail to the wren, soul of the Oak King!
Response: Hail to the sky, crown of the Oak King!
Call: Hail to the Earth, bed of the Oak King!
Response: Hail to the Sun, lover of the Oak King!
Call: Hail to the guardians of the door!
Response: May they guard us well, O oaken beams!
Call: We have no need to guard ourselves….
Response: For the Gods will guard us.
Call: We have no need to hide behind bolted doors….
Response: For now is the time to be open to the Sun!
Call: Like the Green Man, we speak through the oak!
Response: Like the Green Man, our voice is the strength of the earth!
Call: Like the Oak King, we do not fear the lightning!
Response: Like the Oak King, we will accept all repercussions!
Call: We have no shame for our actions….
Response: For all that we do, we do from a place of worthiness.
Call: For all that we do, we do from a place of honor.
Response: For all that we do, we do from a place of love.

Chant:
By my body I be earth
By my spirit I be fire
Call the lightning to my heart
Bring my soul what I desire

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Calendar of the Sun
21 Lithemonath

Day of the Crab: Beginning of Cancer

Colors: Silver and grey
Element: Water
Altar: Set a cloth of grey and silver, and a silver crescent moon, shells, a vessel of salt water, a cup of milk, cakes shaped like the moon on a silver tray, and the figure of a crab.
Offerings: Food, which should then be donated to the poor and hungry.
Daily Meal: Shellfish. Milk and dairy products, from any animal, especially foaming milkshakes. Moon-shaped cookies. Soft white food such as rice, tapioca, or mashed potato. Oatmeal. All food should be cooked, none raw save the milk.

Invocation to Cancer

Child of the changing Moon,
Dweller between earth and sea,
Dancer of the ebb and flow,
Mother whose breasts flow with life,
Loving fountain of karuna,
Whose gift is Feeling,
Bless us with the ability
To know our own hearts,
And to gather our loved ones
About our hearth
In love and safety.
By the power of kin and tribe,
You challenge us
To build each other a safe home,
And help each other to work through
The scars and heartaches of our childhoods.
May we all go forth in sanctuary.

Chant:
Luna Luna Selene Mater

(Let three who have been chosen to work for the ritual come forward. The first bears the cup of milk, and says, “Taste nurturing, and remember you were born from a woman’s womb.” Each drinks. The second bears the tray of cakes, and says, “Taste nurturing, and be full and fed.” Each eats a cake. The third bears the cup of salt water, and says, “Taste nurturing, and remember that to love is to someday let go, and drink tears.” Each drinks. The remainder is given as libation to Cancer and the Moon.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

The Pagan Book of Days for Tuesday, June 21st

Summer Solstice Midsummer, Litha, Alban Hefin, Seventh Station of the Year/All Heras/Islamic New Year

Midsummer, Druidic festival of Alban Hefin, Anglo-Saxon Litha, is the longest day and seventh station of the year, the time of sanctification. At Stonehenge, the heelstone marks the midsummer sunrise as seen from the center of the stone circle. Since time immemorial, people have acknowledged the rising sum of midsummer. This is also the Day of all Heras in the women’s mysteries. Heras are women who have achieved full spirual communion with the Great Goddess.
 

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Tuesday, June 21

Tuesday is dedicated to the powers of the planet Mars, personified in Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, Tuisco and Tyr. Tuesday rules controlled power, energy and endurance.

Deity: Tiwaz

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Planet: Mars

Tree: Holly

Herb: Plantain

Stone: Agate

Animal: Crab

Element: Fire

Color: White

Number: 2

Rune: Tyr (T)

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 Dag(day) – June 14 – June 28

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

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

I AM A WITCH

I am many things,
I am a Daughter, a Lover,
and a Friend.
I am a Teacher, a Student,,
and a Woman.
I am many things,
Wear many costumes,
And act in many ways.
Yet beneath each mask ,
I wear, I am a Witch.

I am a Priestess,
I follow the Path,
I follow the Old Tradition,
I follow the Ways of the Wise ,
Ones. I seek to know the God,
I seek to know the Goddess,
I seek to know myself.
I am a Witch.

Though I may only dress up,
For eight sabbats a year,
And thirteen esbats in turn,
I am always a Witch.
Though I may not always,
dress in black,
Or leave my hair wild and free,
I am still a Witch.

I do not worship Satan,
I’ve never even met him,
Yet many see me as evil,
And magick as a sin.
I do what comes natural,
What the Gods have ,
taught me,
And although it does not,
conform,
I am still a Witch.

The Goddess shows me,
beauty,
The God has shown me ,
life, And Earth, and Air,
And Fire, and Water,
Teach me what is right.
And Spirit in its mystic ways,
Teaches me about myself.
That I am a Witch.

—-By: Lady Amhranai