Your Daily Horoscopes for Thursday, June 16th

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Horoscopes for Thursday, June 16th

 

Aries

Aries Horoscope
Aries

You are in good shape today if you listen to gut instincts and try to read between the lines rather than take things at face value, dear Aries. It can be quite natural and enjoyable for you to throw yourself into a project, particularly one that involves investigation, analysis, and research. This is a good time for seeing the value of implementing more (or better) rules and boundaries. Orderliness, even if it’s just a little more organization than usual, can be empowering now.

Taurus

Taurus

With the Moon in your partnership sector all day, dear Taurus, you are more approachable and involved. Your own confidence is radiated through others. You are looking for more depth and a stronger sense of connection and belonging than usual, but you are not in a dead-serious frame of mind, either. In fact, you’re feeling playful and expressive. While it’s a fine time to socialize, aim to get into better touch with your own needs rather than try to discern those of others. This way, you present yourself more confidently and increase your chances of being understood.

Gemini

Gemini

Good energy is with you for sorting, organizing, and taking care of details today, dear Gemini. You can be especially focused on straightening out important areas of your life, and perhaps also quite interested in getting in shape or improving your diet and daily routines. Making things right on the home front is also favored now. Take any opportunity to improve things with family and loved ones. Opening the lines of communication with a person you care about can figure strongly now and improvements to a relationship are very possible now. This is nevertheless a more challenging week than most with a Saturn-Neptune square forming, and keeping expectations reasonable can help.

Cancer

Cancer

This week is a little more astrologically challenging than most, dear Cancer, but today can bring some bright spots, particularly on creative and romantic lines. You can, in fact, shine for your unique qualities and talents. Family relationships can thrive with communications and willingness to both express yourself and listen to others. After a couple of days of emotional uncertainty, this can be a pleasant day that flows more naturally. This is a time to get out and about and to circulate. It’s also important to tune in to news, as information can arrive now that inspires you. Avoid becoming side-tracked by time-wasting activities, but do aim to enjoy yourself as well.

Leo

Leo

Today is a potentially more flowing day in an astrologically challenging week, dear Leo. The desire to settle in and seek out comforting, grounding, and familiar activities today is strong. Even so, there is good energy for communicating and sharing ideas with others, making it quite beneficial to mingle and make connections at least to some degree. Equality in your conversations is likely now, and very appreciated. Without the need to talk over one another, communications flow nicely.

Virgo

Virgo Symbol/Glyph
Virgo

The Moon in your communications sector is complementing your own sign quite nicely today, dear Virgo. In a week that is on the more challenging side astrologically, the easier, flowing energy of today can feel welcoming. Even so, there is some tendency to worry or stew if you’re in limbo on a matter. Your ability to communicate your feelings openly and creatively these days is pronounced now. There may be a chance to show off your talents in small ways, and highers ups may very well be taking note.

Libra

Libra Glyph-Symbol
Libra

You are seeking out some level of predictability today, dear Libra, as you are in need of steadiness after rather uncertain days. There are more predicaments ahead, but today you are likely to find comfort in the familiar, tried and true, and routine. There is much to learn about your inner world, however, and you can benefit from some attention to spiritual needs. Look for ways to let go of unnecessary worry and guilt. Earthy, comforting activities are favored now, but you are also in great shape on intellectual levels, finding it easier than usual to bond with others through shared or similar beliefs.

Scorpio

Scorpio Symbol Glyph
Scorpio

The Moon is in your sign all day and is well-supported, dear Scorpio. While emotions can run high and you are more impulsive than usual, spontaneity becomes you today. You can find many different and satisfying ways to express yourself. This is a good time to embrace activities with a team, group, or friend, and to make beneficial connections. While there is strong energy for socializing and networking now, you can also benefit from deeper conversations with someone closer to you, and/or from some self-study.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius Glyph Symbol
Sagittarius

The Moon is in the sign behind yours all day, dear Sagittarius, and this influence tunes you in to your need to pull back from the mainstream. If you get the chance to take a break from doing too much, take advantage today. Use this time to delve into needs for rest, reflection, and emotional renewal. Even so, you are in a good position for improving relationships with business associates, those in authority, parents, bosses, and a partner. In fact, these days, improvements in your career and public life are especially important to your sense of comfort with yourself and a feeling of ease on a personal level.

Capricorn

Capricorn Symbol/Glyph
Capricorn

Concentrating on the positive and supportive elements in your life can lift your spirits today, dear Capricorn. Fortunately, you are naturally inclined to do so with the Moon in your solar eleventh house all day and well-supported. While the week’s energies are on the challenging side, the influences of today tend to soothe and calm you. Aim to take some of the recent pressures off. Latent needs for camaraderie are stirred today, and you also thoroughly enjoy reconnecting with your dreams, hopes, and causes. Negotiations tend to fare well right now. Be sure to take advantage because communications may not be quite as easy in coming days. Work problems tend to iron themselves out quickly today.

Aquarius

Aquarius

You can thoroughly enjoy focusing your energies on work or projects that provide you with a real sense of accomplishment today, dear Aquarius. The energies of the day tend to support a goal-oriented approach, and this can be especially welcome in a week in which uncertainty figures strongly. Professional interests and concerns, or responsibilities, tend to assume more importance in your life right now with the Moon at the top of your solar chart. People are noticing you for what you do. Today is also good for communicating, largely because people are listening as much as they’re talking, and it feels wonderful to be understood.

Pisces

Pisces

There is good energy for communicating your wishes, dear Pisces, as well as for fair and easy relationship dynamics. You may very well be bringing others together today. Connecting with someone through ideas or beliefs can be in strong focus now, and very satisfying as well. Partnering and cooperating with others seem to be the keys to getting things done now, as well as for achieving a stronger feeling of inner balance. While the social elements of your life are emphasized today, you are also in a good position to understand some of your deeper needs.

Astrology of Today – June 16, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Astrology of Today – June 16, 2016

Summary:

  • The Moon is in Scorpio all day (until Friday, June 17th, at 9:33 PM).
  • The Moon is waxing and in its First Quarter phase until 7:01 AM, when it enters its Waxing Gibbous phase.
  • A First Quarter Moon occurred on the 12th, and a Full Moon will occur on June 20th.
  • Mars is retrograde (Mars is retrograde from April 17-June 29).

Your Akashic Records

Your Akashic Records

This channel with the Goddess took us into the Akashic Records so that we could each receive insights into our lives. The Akashic Records contains a book of life for each of us filled with all our many life experiences. What I found really interesting is that she described the records in different ways. I’ve most often perceived them as a library that I walk into. From there I’d sense I just moved into a place of existence. During this channel I could angels that created the sense of the structure because that’s what people expected to see.

I also saw the ‘books’ different than other times. This time it was really clear how the dimensions affected one’s perception. If you don’t see something, it may be in a different dimension and while you DO receive the information, it may be slow to integrate.

We each have a private book that is of our life; but experiences can come from different places. There are certain ‘group experiences’ that affect many people and can therefore be tapped into by all; you may perceive it in your book. There was a more noticeable distinction between the collective & personal experiences.

This channel gives you a chance not only to experience the Akashic but also to connect with others who are of a like vibration. It’s yet another alignment to hold all together.

Shelly

Nama sika Venia benya, Nama sika Venia benya

I greet you beloved family. I reach out from my heart to yours. I reach out so all of us may be connected, not only between you and I, but everyone else that is joining together within this group.

So much transformation is taking place upon the earth and now is the time to recognize that you are not alone. That you have your community of souls you have your community of friends whether you speak with each other outside of these channels or you simply link in allowing your essence to connect in within these channels. You are a part of a group and a part of an energy that is always here to be with one another.

This time upon the earth is an opportunity for you to make choices of where you would like your focus to be. Take a moment and ask yourself is your focus upon the things that are happening around you, be they good or bad, but just everything around you so that it may create a distraction for you. Is your focus upon those things that help you to feel good and energized and vibrant in your everyday life? Is your focus upon a problem, or an issue, that may be going on within your life so that all you can see is that problem, or that issue, and you are unaware of anything else around you. Your focus and your attention create your reality; we have spoken of this many times.

Since we spoke of it recently I wanted to bring it up for this time at the beginning of the channel so that you could take stock again, recognizing how you can create change in your life and how that change may begin step by step, piece by piece, until it becomes global within; within you as the person, within you as your reality.

I invite you to take in one more breath, breathing down into the earth. As you allow that breath of energy and light to move through you it moves down connecting to Gaia and spreading out in different directions so that it might anchor you as the physical person in whatever your reality may be. From there you take in another deep breath sending that energy up through you. You send it up through you until you find the essence or the energy of your higher self. As you link within your higher self, allow your consciousness to expand.

Within this space you may feel you yourself the human as if you are bigger and more transparent. You may also have that sense of connecting to opportunity or situations that may be going on around you. Whatsoever it may be your higher self is here in support of you. It’s here to be that space between your divinity and your human self so that all may flow with greater and greater ease.

I invite you to expand your consciousness even further allowing your consciousness to move outwards until you arrive at your divinity. You will automatically move into your divinity as you let your consciousness flow from your human self upwards into the high light vibration of who you are.

Your divinity is your God source. Your divinity is the consciousness of multiple lifetimes. Your divinity is your expanded consciousness, expanded awareness, unconditional love for you the human no matter what is happening within your life. Your divinity you could say is your number one fan. Your divinity always seeks to love, support and honor you no matter what you are doing in your life. Allow your consciousness to open up and feel the wash of that energy as it moves through you.

I the Goddess walk in and amongst all who are here. I reach out to embrace each one of you and as my energy embraces you, you will find yourself shifting and moving into the All That Is. Take a moment to look around at what this is to you. Because we are here within this space, not only during the times of these channels, but any time that someone listens or reads this it is creating another thread or another level of consciousness that moves through or weaves into the pattern of whatever this may be.

As you allow yourself to spend time in the All That Is you are allowing yourself the opportunity to create at a very high light vibration.

Let us take a moment and look around. The All That Is consists of dimensions or levels of consciousness. The All That Is has threads or streams of energy that links it to the planets and the stars. There is an alignment with each one of the humans upon the earth. Some it is wide open for others it is a sense of non-existence.

Here within this space you truly have access to everything. Here within this space you may talk to other parts of yourself meaning other lifetimes of a parallel existence so that you can find the answers that you seek. Here within this space you may consider various potentials in how you will live your life. You can see it played out in each way and then decide which more fully supports you.

I am opening up a doorway that moves the essence of the energy of the All That Is with an access into the Akashic Records. Have a sense of seeing that open up before you so that you may look at what is here. You may have a sense of a library that you mount the steps and enter. You may find yourself within and some people just see an abstract energy without any specific definition.

The Akashic Records are just as they are spoken of; records that hold the energy and the memories of experiences that people have. Records are also held within Crystals that are within the earth. Records are held within your own divinity. These are but a few of the most commonly known places in which you may tap into other experiences that you yourself have had. When you consider your own divinity as the record keeper for you in this life, or you in every other life, it is only your vibration.

When you step into the energies of the Akashic Records there is an overflow that may occur between souls, individual souls, between significant like events, meaning those things in history that changed the world, be it good or bad or in-between, but that had a great deal of impact. The Akashic Records will also give you the opportunity to step into dimensions such as Avalon, Camelot, the inner earth, the outer earth and many more.

When you go into the Akashic Records most often you are able to see that with which you have a vibrational alignment. Even in looking at your own book within the Akashic it’s rare to have a conscious awareness beyond your vibration, but you make the intention of tapping into something and then if it does not come to you all at once you put forth the intention be it hours, days, weeks, whatever over a period of time the information will come to you.

As you look at the Akashic become aware of the Angels that stand around the building. This building is created because it is an expectation of humanity and these angels create that illusion. Is it illusion? Is it reality? Having a sense of a building is a way of grounding these energies. It is a way of bringing it in to a vibration that will fully support you as you seek knowledge.

As you begin to move up these steps I invite each one of you, I know I see many of you are amongst the records and that is fine. If this is your first time having this experience take a few moments to ground yourself once more. With your expanded consciousness you then have the sense of walking up the stairs and then opening these doors. For others if there is no sense of a structure then allow yourself the perception of the various energies that are here within this space.

Ask that you be shown to your own Akashic record. Most people will have that sense of just appearing in front of a book or a book appearing in front of them. Others of you may have a sense of someone walking them in to the records and showing them where their book is located. There are many energies of light available to you for assistance within this space, you need only ask.

But for now I ask each of you as if this book is closed in front of you just to take a moment and perhaps just look at it from the outside. Do you have a sense of texture? Do you have a sense of how thick or how thin it may be? I invite you to take a moment placing your hands on top of it before you even open it so that you may feel whatever that energy is. You are probably already feeling it within your heart and this allows you to feel it with your hands and also to put forth your intention within the book.

You may of course ask for anything that you may so choose, but I would suggest that any time you come into this space you ask to know, and you may insert your question, with the greatest clarity that is within your highest and best interests.

There may be times when you look at this book and you don’t have all the information because perhaps it is not the right time for you to know everything. Sometimes you may see somethings in here that you don’t expect. That is not a negative thing. It is simply showing you a potential, or an opportunity, or an experience and you now have a chance to choose your reaction to whatever that will be. Allow your hands upon this book, taking in the essence of it and then as you take your hands away close your eyes, taking a deep breath, and know that the book is opening up to whatever page is most important for you to know at this time.

Now sometimes people will look at the book and will not understand what is written there. You can ask, “Please interpret into my language”. You may look at the book and see only pictures. If you look and only see a blank page then once again you can put your hands on it, open up your heart, and ask to receive whatever message is there for you to be delivered in that manner.

Take a deep breath in and breathe out allowing yourself to be aware of whatever is here for you. As you look at the Akashic Records perhaps consider something that has been an ongoing trend in this lifetime. Perhaps something that has been a challenge to move beyond and if it is already there in front of you for you to read about so be it.

If not then ask for your book to show you to the page that will help you to understand your situation. Is this a holdover from another lifetime? Is what that has been happening to you actually there to help somebody else, or to give someone the opportunity to experience something in their life and you are supplementing it.

As you look at these records take a moment to absorb the energy, whatever that may be, and as you do so ask not only to receive the answers, but if it is possible to receive the healing or the release of something that has been an ongoing process for you. Consider the information that may be there in front of you.

Sometimes I notice that an individual is looking at their piece of paper that says they have a complete understanding for why and then again you insert that why that may be within their lives. Check. Is there any other way that this might be experienced? Check or no check. What was the intended outcome for this experience in this lifetime? Is that knowledge that you have? Check. Is there anything else that is needed to complete this process? As you then again, it is as if you close your eyes you go down inside yourself, you just evaluate what is written there and as you ask in this space as you ask the book of your life, “Is there anything else that I need to know?” You then look again and if the answer is no and it is complete and you feel it is complete and then we take that stamp and we stamp it complete.

I’m smiling because in some of you, you stamped it complete and then it dissolved. (Meaning the word complete.) The word dissolved and then it went away. If that is what happened on your page then you do not yet have all of the answers that you need. Your experience is not yet complete. So go back again. Perhaps you flip to another page and this is linked to another lifetime. Perhaps it is linked to another individual. There are many, many potentials so you take an opportunity to rebalance yourself.

Let go of any frustration that you may feel if the records are telling you that you are not yet done and once more approach the book as if for the first time and you look down at the information and you ask once more, “What else is in my best interest for me to know” and you look at those answers or feel those answers.

It can be very simple, it can be complex. There is not a right or a wrong. There is only that which will allow you to have a sense of completion. If the answers are not there then it is not in your best interests to be told at this time. Again I always feel people’s frustrations when I say something like that. So perhaps ask your question in another way, “Why is this truly frustrating me” and allow the papers to shift or move and perhaps you will be shown a new experience or perhaps you will be shown another answer.

The Akashic Records are not just a summary of the lifetimes that you have lived it is also the book of your soul, or your life, and there can be very many pages associated with words and descriptions that you would like for yourself to know. You take a chance at opening up even further. You ask to know.

There are times when people have a small or large portion of their Akashic Records that are filled with what we call community experiences. The signing of the Declaration of Independence was attended by a finite number and yet millions of people have tapped into that and taken a piece of that energy to have as their own lifetime. Perhaps the signing of the Magna Carta, perhaps part of World War 2, perhaps a part of the Salam witch hunts.

There are many, many things that people can reach out and take a part of that event was created by a collective consciousness and there were many, many souls that were a part of it, but the event itself was a part of the group. In this case you may take an alignment to that event and bring it in to your Akashic Records. Does it mean that you were there? Yes so much as to receive the vibrational alignment. Does it mean you lived that whole lifetime that led you to that? Perhaps yes and perhaps no that is the variation.

I say this to you so that you may be aware that a portion of your Akashic Records might be open and in alignment with other people. You were creating a shift in the consciousness of the earth and therefore everyone who comes to be a part of not only these channels, but others within that vibration of transformation; you all have that common denominator within the Akashic Records.

I so love humanity. As soon as I said that I could hear a number of people saying this is how you do mind control. This is how we are giving up our independence and it is someone else treating us as puppets. That is absolutely NOT the case. If you feel a response like that for any particular situation there is something inside of you that is suggestive of the conspiracy theories, or something that will keep you in a place of limitation. I am speaking of something from a very high vibration that anchors each of you into your lifetime that you are living and anchors you as a part of the whole for these energies and light.

I invite you to take a moment and as if you are just quietly sitting with the records of your life take a moment to just absorb this connection so that you know that you can come back here any time that you so choose. You need only go into that expanded state or perhaps you will have your journal to write in. Recognize that you are going to open up so as to receive this energy, to receive this essence and it is here to support you.

As you place that book back upon its pedestal look around see if there is anyone that is important for you to see; perhaps a part of your family group, perhaps an Angel or a Light being. Perhaps you are completely alone and in this space so that you may be your true and authentic self.

You have a sense of leaving this space. If you felt as if you were walking into a library you were walking out of a library.

Indeed if you wished to read the tablets of Atlantis or Lemuria, or the infusion of other species into the earth, whatever it is that you may seek answers too you may come into this space and ask to be shown to whatever that may be, and know that the only information that you may change or affect is that that is in your own Akashic Records.

Have a sense of shifting and moving away from that space and letting your energy come back into the All That Is. As if you are just taking a moment to just balance. Whether it was something that you consciously received or unconsciously received let all of that information be within you in this space. Receive it. Accept it. Acknowledge that you are open not only to receive the information or the essence of what this is, but you are open for the knowledge that expresses you as you. Feel the empowerment. Realize that you have the ability to create change. Be open and accepting for everything that comes your way.

If you so choose allow the Akashic Records to be your stepping stone into a new way of receiving the information of your lifetime. This is a very powerful mechanism. It is a place that people have attended for thousands and thousands of years. It is a place where nonphysical energies have gathered to seek information or to seek information about their life. It is but a tool that is available to you at any time.

As you gather together in a group I invite each one of you to be open to that flow and send it into the center of the group. This is an open flow that the knowledge of the Akashic Records will support you and then it will help you to create within your life and then coming up within all of that energy is the hologram of the earth. It is as if that information creates a support mechanism and then it goes into the hologram itself.

As each one of you continues to infuse the energy and the light within the hologram begin to see how it spins transforming. You have that intention that that which will support the whole becomes filled with even more light. It is almost like an electric blue light that moves throughout this hologram and as you do so you release it.

It moves down going through all the layers, not only of the earth and the universe but moving out to the omniverse. It then moves within the center of the earth so that it may blend and merge with the crystals, with the magna, with the rocks, with the center of that essence and then it expands outwards. As it does so it moves through the earth, through the very many layers of the earth. It comes up through the water, the streams, the grass, the trees, the flowers, the animals. It comes you through you and that link that you put out in the beginning, that essence of what you learned and what you opened yourself up to within the Akashic Records comes up within you anchoring here.

We then have that conscious intention of clearing out the collective consciousness of the earth and infusing within that space that higher vibration and that higher potential for all who live upon the earth.

We clear out any of the old energies. We clear out those patterns that were able to be stamped complete. The lesson has been learned. It has been integrated. It no longer needs to be there. As for the many, many millions of people that as yet have not as yet tapped into these energies it has been done for them so that they too may create a new beginning within their lives so that they too may have the knowledge that will so fully assist them.

You may then once more shift your focus and awareness up into the All That Is. I always like to look around after we have worked on something and see how the All That Is may or may not have changed as a result of this.

My perception is that there is a much greater amount of the sparkling, light vibration. My perception is that we have cleared out from within the All That Is many of the past issues and pains and sorrow so it’s not here anymore. It doesn’t mean it didn’t happen it did. It simply means the reason being you had it in your life is complete so we clear it out.

Allow your focus and energy to flow back down, moving down through the levels of your divinity and the levels of your higher self. As it does so it comes back down. It streams within you the human. It moves down through your physical reality coming in through your head center and anchoring. As you once more bring all that within to you from that conscious level allow it to merge and blend fully with those essences from your unconscious aspects.

Accept it. Know that you have that direct link in a shortcut so that you can always receive the information that you may need. Know that you can go into your own records and then shift into that that is a part of this whole group and you are connected to other people. Feel what that is for you. Receive that energy within you.

My beloved family, as you are moving through your days, living your life sometimes the situations which you find yourself within are these streams of energies that were put forth from a much bigger perspective of your life. Sometimes this energy was there as an opportunity for you to immerse yourself within or walk past.

Recognize that you have many answers available to you in many different formats. The Akashic Records are some of those that are most powerful to you. Be open to receive. Be open to understand that the more you move into that space the more clear your information will be for you.

Recognize that you can always find these answers within your divinity, within the Akashic Records, within your higher self, within the crystals; so many different sources.

Ultimately it is about transforming your life into something that so completely supports you so that you are in the vibration, and in the essence and the flow of being your true and authentic self.

Know that I am always with you and within you.

Ansaluia

The Witches Moon Phase for June 16th is Waxing Gibbous

June 16
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 86%

The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has it’s roots in the Latin word “gibbous” meaning humpbacked.

PHASE DETAILS FOR – THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 86%
Moon Age: 11.11 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,235.88 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 151,988,637.55 km

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Celebrating Legends, Folklore & Spirituality 365 Days A Year for June 16th – Sun Festival

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June 16th

Sun Festival

In some of the more remote areas of Mexico, fragments of this ancient Peruvian festival can be found. To the ancients, the sun represented the supreme cosmic power and an all-seeing deity. When it was coupled with the rain, it gave life to the earth. The Sun Festival was a celebration of power and beauty when the Sky Father and Earth Mother were conjoined in sacred marriage. Great bonfires, ecstatic dancing and offerings were made to the Gods. Today, these festivals are less elaborate and usually end up being family picnics. However, one custom still remains; to burn one’s old clothing to banish sickness and bad luck.

Meeting the Animal of Strength

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Meeting the Animal of Strength

The animal of strength you will meet in this meditation may be the animal you expected – or may not be. You are therefore advised not to have expectations. It is important not to think of a particular animal before beginning the meditation, so that you can be open to all possibilities. If the animal that you imagine to be your animal of strength is indeed your animal of strength during this period of your life, it will appear by itself.

Perform the meditation in a quiet, calm place with quiet and clean energies. Clear your mind of all thoughts. Relax your body. (You can use the Jacobson technique – contracting and relaxing all the muscles from your toes upward, or you can project light onto every organ until you feel totally relaxed.)

Close your eyes. Take two deep, slow breaths. Inhale through your nose and hold your breath as long as you can – without feeling uncomfortable – and exhale through your mouth. Ignore any irrelevant thought that may pop into your mind. Behind your closed eyes, see a white screen. Concentrate on it. You may see some pleasant color or shape beginning to emerge in your mind’s eye. In your thoughts, ask your animal of strength to show itself on the screen. Concentrate hard on your request.

Wait patiently and don’t let any thoughts distract you. Within a certain amount of time, the image of an animal will appear before your eyes. It may advance slowly toward you, or you may see it in a sharp, clear flash. It may reveal itself from behind, the side, or the front. It may even be an animal that you don’t like – don’t let this bother you. Let the image emerge in your mind’s eye.

The moment you see the animal, look at it quietly, and notice what it is doing, if it is performing any actions. Direct your thoughts to picking up messages telepathically from the animal. These could occur as a voice speaking inside you, as other pictures, or as the intuitive knowledge of the animal’s words or messages. As we said before, the message may be in a human language that is familiar to you. Sometimes the animal appears as part of an occurrence or event that is familiar to you. Of course, this situation also bears an individual message.

Concentrate as hard as you can. Notice the colors that surround the animal and then open your eyes slowly. In your heart, thank the universal force for letting you channel with your animal of strength, and write down your experiences and sights in your awareness notebook. You can also draw what you saw. Sometimes it happens that you see more than one animal, or an animal that exists in the real world along with some kind of mythological animal. Similarly, another time, a different animal may appear, bearing a different message.

After the meditation, you should think of the following things: Have you ever dreamed of a particular kind of animal? What happened in that dream? You can ask that animal to appear in your dream at night and channel with it. To this end, you can use crystals for channeling and dreaming. After you have seen the animal in the meditation, ask yourself why that particular animal appeared in front of you.
 

Source

Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft
Tabatha Jennings

Your Animal of Strength – The Totem Animal

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Your Animal of Strength – The Totem Animal

The concept of an animal of strength, or a totem animal, is widespread in many cultures. In the Jewish culture, there are examples of the use of animals as symbols of a personality or behavior type. Some of the pennants of the tribes of Israel bore pictures of the animal that represented the tribe. The most famous is the Lion of Judah. The writings of one of the sages, in which he suggested that it is preferable to be a lion’s tail rather than a fox’s head, describes the way in which our animal of strength is supposed to help us. In the Native American culture, every tribe, clan, and nuclear family had a totem. Today, too, in various organizations and companies, animals are used as symbols that represent the group that participates in a particular type of activity, mainly in the USA (such as the “Lions” organization, “The Generous and Protected Order of the Antelope”, etc.). Sports teams also adopt totem animals, such as the Chicago Bulls. Christianity adopted two “totem” animals – the lamb, which symbolizes Jesus, and the fish.

As we said, in Judaism, too, every animal represents a particular kind of energy. The fish is a symbol of fertility, the lion is the symbol of power and strength, the deer is a symbol of speed, and so on.
The second type of totem animal is the personal and individual one. These animals are energies, and, according to certain beliefs, spirits that protect and guide us in life. It is interesting that to this day, many parents give their children some kind of fluffy animal – a bear, for instance – to make it easier to fall asleep and help them feel protected. They are not aware of it, generally speaking, but this is also a totem animal.

The signs of the Zodiac also contain animals that attest more than once to the energy that influences the person’s life.

Frequently, we unconsciously identify the totem animal of a particular person. We look at him, and he seems to “remind” us of a certain animal. We also use animal descriptions to describe various people.
Animals hold a place of honor among the shamans. The first task of the future shaman is to learn to travel in other worlds and dimensions and discover his own totem animal, his animal of strength. This knowledge is necessary for starting the young shaman’s protracted learning process.

Personal animals of strength are generally the reflection of the self, and also represent qualities needed in this world, which are often hidden, concealed, and not yet expressed. Sometimes, people feel somewhat disappointed when they discover that their animal of strength is a “small” animal that seems to lack strength, such as a rabbit or a mouse. This error derives from a lack of understanding that the spirit of the animals, or their energies, is neither “small” nor “big” – it is not limited to the boundaries of this world and the physical reality and size of the animal, or to its strength in the physical world. None of those factors is relevant. Whether your animal of strength is “big” or “small,” you will quickly discover that in time of need, it will help you exactly to the extent that you need help.

According to the Native American tradition, the personal totem animal, in contrast to family, clan, or tribal totem animals, may change several times during the person’s lifetime, according to his specific needs. At times when you feel weak, exhausted, and depressed, your totem animal is far away from you, and you have to bring it back or find a new one. We all have a totem animal – an animal of strength, energy that is represented by a certain animal – that is linked to us and protects us. Many animals of strength serve as our guards and protectors, and exist in other dimensions. Certain animals were with us in previous lives, but they may have had a different physical form. Occasionally, a particular animal of strength of ours may appear in our lives in a different form and establish physical contact with us by coming into the world as a cat, a dog, and so on.

When you go on the journey to discover your animal of strength, it is almost certain that forces, or certain energies (as we said, according to the Native American tradition, those are the spirits of the animal; I personally prefer to define them as the energy of the animal), will introduce themselves as your animal of strength. If you already know and are familiar with your animal of strength, the animal you meet on your journey will bless you and grant you additional power.

According to the Native American tradition, all birds and mammals are positive totem animals. Any positive totem animal can be your animal of strength. However, not only familiar and well-known animals are our animals of strength. Insects and reptiles can serve as transmitters of messages or give us a certain insight that will support us during the rest of our mental and spiritual development. Sometimes, the animal of strength may be an extinct animal (such as the Australian bird, the dodo), a mythological animal (such as the unicorn or Pegasus, the winged horse), or even a centaur (half man and half horse, one of Sagittarius’ symbols). Sometimes, it can be an animal that does not exist in any mythology or in any zoological textbook – a unique animal, or an animal from another world.
 

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Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft
Tabatha Jennings

The Witches Correspondences for Thursday, June 16

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The Witches Correspondences for Thursday, June 16

 

Thursday (Thor’s day)

Planet: Jupiter

Colors: Purple, Deep Blue

Crystals: Amethyst, Lepidolite, Sugilite, Tin

Aroma: Melissa, Clove, Oakmoss, Jupiter Oil, Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg, and Sage

Herb: Cinquefoil

Ruled by the planet Jupiter and dedicated to Thor, god of thunder and agricultural work. His parallels in various European Traditions include Zeus, Taranis, Perun, and Perkunas.

Magical aspects: controlled optimism, energetic growth, physical well-being, material success, expansion, money/wealth, prosperity, leadership, and generosity.

Thursday is the day of Jupiter, the largest of the planets and said to be the most powerful.

Spellcasters would be wise to use this day for attempting wealth, success and prosperity spells.

Thursday is also associated (in Greek mythology) to Thor – Thor’s day – and some even say that Jupiter and Thor are one in the same. Both are strong and powerful, yet wise and just. Try a small prayer to Jupiter before commencing any ritual on Thursday as a sign of respect.

This is the proper day of the week to perform spells and rituals involving luck, happiness, health, legal matters, male fertility, treasure, wealth, honour, riches, clothing, money, desires, business, group pursuits, joy, laughter, and expansion

 

Aspects of Scorpio

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Aspects of Scorpio

Attributes: Perfectionist, flexible, jealous, clever, intense

Herbs: Basil, holly, tobacco, vanilla, ginseng

Stones: Topaz, jet, ruby, opal, obsidian

Element: Water

Day: Thursday

Colors; Red, black, brown

Planet: Mars, Pluto
 

Source

A Spell Crafter’s Compendium
Terri Paaganen

 

The Witches Almanac for Thursday, June 16th

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The Witches Almanac for Thursday, June 16th

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

Bloomsday (Irish)

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

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Moon Sign: Scorpio
Scorpio: Increase awareness of psychic power. Precipitates psychic crises and ends connections thoroughly. People tend to brood and become secretive.

Incense: Myrrh

Color: Purple

Magical Days of the Week – Thursday

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Magical Days of the Week – Thursday

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

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

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

Author

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

 

Thursday’s Witchery

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Thursday’s Witchery

 

Today is the day for prosperity work of all kinds. It can also be used for healing work, whether that is a physical healing of an illness or an emotional healing. Also remember that you have to follow up your healing work and prosperity magick and physical action.

I can’t tell you the number of times I have met new witches who complain to me that their prosperity spell or “I need a better job” spell did not work as they expected. They’ll ramble on and on about how much time and money they spent working their magick….but, alas, they had no glorious manifestation of wealth or fabulous job that suddenly dropped out of the sky and landed in their laps.

Then, when I gently ask them, “Did you enchant your resume or application when you filled it out? Did you do a little confidence-boosting spellwork when you went to apply for the job or went to the interview?” typically they give me a blank, confused stare.

Nine times out of ten, their response is, “You mean I have to go out and actually look for the job too?” Um, yes, my dear, you certainly do. Magick follows the path of least resistance, which means it’s going to manifest along the simplest, quickest route. Get out there and hit the pavement. See what you can find. Times are tough and competition for good jobs is fierce, so you need whatever edge you can get. For folks like us, we’re going to get the edge by using our magick and our spellcraft.

Thursdays have such a rich source of magick for us to draw upon that, honestly, the sky is the limit. This is the day associated with the gods of the sky and heavens, after all. Get to know these deities and add their wisdom and magick into your days

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

 

Thursday

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Thursday

 

Thursday is the fifth day of the week in the Judeo-Christian calendar, falling between Wednesday and Friday. In countries that adopt the Sunday-first convention, it is considered the fifth day of the week. However, in ISO 8601 it is the fourth day of the week. In Slavic languages and in Chinese, this day’s name is “fourth” (Polish czwartek, Russian четверг, pronounced CHET-vierg). Portuguese, too, uses a number for this day: quinta-feira, “fifth day”, (see Days of the week for more on the different conventions).

The contemporary name comes from the Old English Þunresdæg (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse Þorsdagr), meaning “Day of Thunor”, this being a rough Germanic equivalent to the Latin Iovis Dies, “Jupiter’s Day”. Most Germanic and Romance-speaking countries use their languages’ equivalents: German Donnerstag, torsdag in Scandinavia, Italian giovedì, Spanish jueves, French jeudi, Catalan dijous, and Romanian joi. The Hindi word for Thursday is Guruvar, with Guru being the Sanskrit name for the planet Jupiter.

In Thailand, the color associated with Thursday is orange, see Thai solar calendar.

Thursday in religion
In the Hindu religion, Thursday is Guruvaar, from Guru, the Sanskrit name for Jupiter, the largest of planets. Guruvaar fasting is very common in the various parts of north India.

Quakers traditionally refer to Thursday as “Fifth Day” eschewing the pagan origin of the name “Thursday”. The name of the day is also called by words meaning “fifth day” in Icelandic, Modern Greek, Portuguese, and modern Semitic languages.

In the Christian tradition, Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter — the day on which the Last Supper occurred. Ascension Thursday is the day 40 days after Easter, when Christ ascended into Heaven.
In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is an annual festival celebrated on a Thursday in November, currently the fourth Thursday.

A religion (which is a joke version of omphalism) known as Last Thursdayism teaches that the world was created last Thursday, but with the appearance of age: people’s memories, history books, fossils, light already on the way from distant stars, and so forth.

Astrological and Astronomical sign
The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter (Jupiter) represents Thursday with similar names in Latin-derived languages, such as the French Jeudi. In English, this became “Thor’s Day,” since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thor in northern Europe.

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says “This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays”. A few minutes later the planet Earth is destroyed. Thor, for whom the day was named, also appears later in the Hitchhiker’s series and in other Adams books. Appropriately, in The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul, one of the characters says to Thor: “I’m not used to spending the evening with someone who’s got a whole day named after them”.

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Pagan Calendar

The Goddess Book of Days for Thursday, June 16th

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The Goddess Book of Days for Thursday, June 16th

Feast of the Waters of the Nile in Egypt, Night of the Drop, dedicated to the star of the Mother Goddess, Hathor: Sirius, Sothis, Neith/Net/Mut, Star Girl, Venus, Vega. The sixteenth day of the Moon/month belongs to Levanah, Selene, Luna, Semele, and Chalchiuhtlique.

 

Source

The Goddess Book of Days 
Diane Stein

 

Thursday, June 16th

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Thursday, June 16th

 

Thursday is the day of the planet Jupiter, dedicated to Thunor(Thor), God of thunder and agricultural work. His parallels in various European traditions are Zeus, Taranis, Perun, Perkunas and St. Olaf. The faith of the Northern Tradition holds Thursday sacred, just as Islam reveres Friday, Judaism the Sabbath(calculated from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday), and Christianity, Sunday. This is why almost all adages about Thursday are positve, such as “Thursday’s child has far to go,” “Sneeze on Thursday, something better,” or “Cut nails on Thursday for wealth.” Thursday rules controlled optimism, energetic growth, physical well-being and material success.

Deity: Thor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn/Pisces/Sagittarius

Planet: Mercury

Tree: Oak

Herb: Henbane

Stone: Turquoise/Bloodstone/Topaz

Animal: Fish/Goat/Aurochs

Element: Fire

Color: Brown/White/Orange

Number: 3

Rune: Thorn

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

Thursday’s Conjuring

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Thursday’s Conjuring

Thursday – is associated with Jupiter

Candle colors – Green, Purple, Orange, or Blue

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

 

Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies, Starr Casas

 

The Sky This Week for June 16 to June 19

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The Sky This Week for June 16 to June 19

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

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

 

Daily Sun & Moon Data for Thursday, June 16th

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Daily Sun & Moon Data for Thursday, June 16th

Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 89.57° E
Sun Altitude: 40.56°
Sun Distance: 94.436 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2016 5:34 PM (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:34 AM↑ 59° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:16 PM↑ 301° Northwest
Length of Daylight: 14 hours, 42 minutes

 

Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 335.84° NNW
Moon Altitude: -63.01°
Moon Distance: 251282 mi
Next Full Moon: Jun 20, 20166:02 AM
Next New Moon: Jul 4, 20166:00 AM
Next Moonrise: Today4:51 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 86.2%

 

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timeanddate.com