Friday, July 8

Friday is the day of Venus. It takes it name from Frigg, the Goddess of love and transformation. She rules the spiritual side of a person that manifests in the physical. Because of this, Friday is often thought of as dangerously unpredictable. This is expressed in an old East Anglian adage:

Friday’s day will have its trick
The fairest or foulest day of the week.

Deity: Frigg

Zodiac Sign: Taurus/Libra

Planet: Venus

Tree: Apple

Herb: Vervain

Stone: Sapphire/Chrsolite

Animal: Bull/Serpent

Element: Earth

Color: Yellow/Violet

Number: 7

Rune: Peorth(P)

Celtic Tree Month of Tinne(Holly) – July 8 – August 4. Holly, an evergreen plant reminds us all year long about the immortality of nature. A symbol of masculine energy and firmness.

Runic Half-Month of Ur (primal strength) – July 4 – July 28

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

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The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Spellcrafting for Friday

 Love
 Peace
 Family
 Marriage
 Beauty
 Growth
 Art
 Social status
 Passion
 Music
 Sexuality

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A Spell Crafter’s Compendium
Terri Paajanen

The Sky This Week for July 8 to July 10

Jupiter shines bright like a firework, Saturn dazzles, and Mars enters its autumn season.
By Richard Talcott

Friday, July 8

• The Moon passes 1° south of Jupiter tomorrow morning, unfortunately after the two objects have dipped below the western horizon. But the view this evening is nearly as nice. The waxing crescent Moon stands 3° to 5° (depending on where in North America you live) to the planet’s lower right. Tomorrow evening, a slightly fatter crescent Moon will appear about twice as far to Jupiter’s upper left.

Saturday, July 9

• The Big Dipper’s familiar shape lies high in the northwest as darkness falls these July evenings. One of the summer sky’s finest binocular double stars marks the bend of the Dipper’s handle. Mizar shines at 2nd magnitude, some six times brighter than its 4th-magnitude companion, Alcor. Even though these two are not physically related, they make a fine sight through binoculars. (People with good eyesight often can split the pair without optical aid.) A small telescope reveals Mizar itself as double — and these components do orbit each other.

Sunday, July 10

• This should be a good night to hunt down asteroid 7 Iris through a small telescope. The 10th-magnitude object lies nearly due south and at its highest position in the sky as darkness falls. Even better, there’s a reasonably bright guide star to point you in the right direction. This evening, look for Iris 0.5° due south of the magnitude 5.0 star Lambda (l) Libr

 

 

Astronomy Magazine

 

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Friday, July 8th

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 93.69° E
Sun Altitude: 43.86°
Sun Distance: 94.509 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2016 9:21 AM (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 5:42 AM↑ 61° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:17 PM↑ 299° Northwest
Length of Daylight: 14 hours, 34 minutes

 

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 76.12° ENE
Moon Altitude: -5.95°
Moon Distance: 243412 mi
Next Full Moon: Jul 19, 20165:56 PM
Next New Moon: Aug 2, 20163:44 PM
Next Moonrise: Today10:03 AM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 19.0%

 

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timeanddate.com

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It is indeed a very solemn day. No, it started last night and ended up with the death of 5 Police Officers in Dallas, Texas. I was getting ready to go to bed when I heard it on the News. They were ambushed, can you imagine that? I can’t, what is wrong with this country. Seriously, what is wrong with it? One horror right after another, it is unbelievable.

 

It seems that mankind in generally has lost all respect for human life. It doesn’t matter if you are white, black, orange, brown or purple, we are all people. We are put on this Earth for a reason. Now we are shooting the people who are suppose to protect us. I never thought I would live to see it when it came to shooting our Police Officers in the street like dogs.

 

Everyday, these men and women get up and put on their uniforms and carry out their sworn duties, to protect and serve. For something like what happened in Dallas is appalling, horrible, unthinkable. I know there has been other lives lost due to the police, that is appalling as well. Any loss of life is unforgivable and unaccepted.

 

We have to get mankind to realize a life is a very precious gift from the Goddess. Life is not something to be snuffed out with a pull of a trigger. I am asking each of you as Witches, Wiccans and other Religions here to pray that our Goddess/the Divine restores sanity to our world. Something has to be done, we have to try to make a difference. It is one of our responsibilities to mankind, “to better mankind in anyway we can.” Perhaps we have been lax in this responsibly, I know personally I have. I had been rapped up in my own problems. But it is time to put those problems behind and do what I swore to the Goddess I would do. It is time we all put our own personal issues aside and work for the betterment of mankind.

 

If we don’t, I can guarantee you, this will be no world you want to raise your children or grandchildren in.  There will be blood in the streets and no place will be safe. I am now calling upon you to act for the betterment of mankind. Our world needs a reminder of how precious life is and it is a gift to be treasured.

 

Please brothers & sisters, join with us in this mission. Our country, better yet our planet needs us. Will you answer the call?

Lady of the Abyss