Your Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, August 9th

Aries

This is a potentially strong day for bonding with others, dear Aries, and for getting to know yourself a little better in the process. You instinctively hone in on others’ desires and are quick to fill them. You are perceptive on an ordinary day, but today, this trait is even stronger. Your ability to read between the lines skyrockets. There can be a nice win involving research, work, or finances now as a result of your stronger inclination and ability to investigate and deduce.

Taurus

This is a strong day for relationships of all kinds, dear Taurus, but particularly love connections. You are in a good position to negotiate and compromise with all parties leaving feeling well taken care of. You are fair and reasonable now, and people find you quite hard to resist! You are craving a little more togetherness, harmony, and shared pleasure. You seek out companionship today and are willing to bend things around to meet others’ needs and wants.

Gemini

You might enjoy cooperating with others towards a common goal today, dear Gemini. You instinctively know how to delegate fairly and make everyone feel happy to contribute. Organizing work or home affairs can be very rewarding and successful now. You’ll feel more in control of your life in general if you can take care of the smaller details and manage or improve routines and schedules today. Your ability to get your work and chores done well is the key to a feeling of empowerment right now.

Cancer

You are in a fantastic position to share your ideas and connect with others harmoniously today, dear Cancer. Cooperation brings rewards and possibly some meaningful feedback. You’ve eased out of a brief self-protective phase, and you’re approaching your world with more outgoing energy and desire for action. It’s easy for you to persuade others to go along with your plans today. Bonding with a loved one also comes quite naturally and readily now.

Leo

Getting along well with others helps you advance your goals today, dear Leo, so don’t overlook the need to appeal to people around you. There may be monetary gains involved, or you might enjoy encouraging feedback for your work or talents. Even so, you are drawn to activities that bring you comfort and a nice feeling of familiarity today. The Moon’s move to the bottom of your solar chart reminds you of the benefits of connecting with your home base and feeding your desire for security and comfort.

Virgo

This is a potentially positive day for advancing your interests, dear Virgo. Being diplomatic, getting along well with others, and seeking out mutual benefits in any negotiation are essential to the rewarding energy of the day. You may be able to cut a good deal with someone, make a satisfying connection, or you might simply enjoy a fruitful conversation. You have the ability to communicate with others, and everyone comes out feeling a winner.

Libra

The Moon’s move out of your sign early into the day can settle your emotions, dear Libra. You have more patience to play with today. You’re also in a strong position for drawing upon hunches and intuition to forward business and money-related ideas. Good instincts might lead to making a solid purchase or coming across a nice find. Diplomacy and cooperation are also essential for success today, and fortunately, these are your specialties!

Scorpio

Good energy is with you for feeling supported and for getting along well with friends, dear Scorpio. Mutually beneficial connections may be made now. The Moon moves into your sign shortly into the day and brings up unresolved feelings to the surface. It’s a good time to focus on any emotional needs you’ve recently neglected or brushed to the side. You do well with a cause and a plan today. Diplomacy goes a long way right now, and you tend to sense this intuitively.

Sagittarius

This can be a powerful day for gaining new information that was previously hidden or simply not obvious to you, dear Sagittarius. This might aid you on the job or in your relationships with others. It’s also likely to be a good time to reflect back on previous projects that worked well for you. You may very well draw upon the past and pull out an idea that can be reworked and repurposed successfully. The day’s energies favor quiet but purposeful activities. There are days for rocking the boat, but today isn’t one of them. Riding the waves makes more sense right now.

Capricorn

This can be a pleasantly passionate day for new ideas, opinions, learning, making connections, and friendships, dear Capricorn. Working with others cooperatively fares much better than competitive activities right now, but you are also very interested in growing and improving through your connections to people. You might gain an edge in a social or learning situation today. Life is a little easier when you share today, so take advantage.

Aquarius

This can be a rewarding day for financial and professional interests, dear Aquarius, or simply for working towards your goals. Cooperating with others comes easily and helps you to gain an edge. You are unusually perceptive today, and your good understanding of people can be put to good use. People tend to want to support you or help you out today. It can also be a fine time to bond with people you care about, whether or not you’re working towards something specific, but you’ll find that you get more done with others than you do alone today.

Pisces

You stand to gain a lot through your dealings with others today, dear Pisces, and you fare particularly well in one-to-one situations – with a partner, counselor, or the like. Sharing beliefs and ideas can be a bonding experience right now. Issues of equality in relationships can be in focus today, and your powers of negotiation are better than usual. You may be helping to build links between others, not only building your own relationships. Your spirit to learn and improve is strong, and motivation may very well be a special person in your life.

The Balance of the Signs & the Elements for Tuesday, August 9th

LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
VIRGO STRONG
Meticulous, discriminating, pure, practical, health conscious, hard working. Can be hyper-critical, petty and perfectionistic.
SCORPIO STRONG
Intense, magnetic, penetrating perception, power to confront. Can be destructive, vengeful, jealous, overly dramatic.
SAGITTARIUS STRONG
Inspiring, broad vision, enthusiastic, goal seeking, truthful, adventurous. Can be reckless, unrestrained, tactless.

BALANCE OF ELEMENTS

FIRE STRONG
Fire is enthusiastic, dynamic, and spontaneous, but lacks reflection. We are more courageous and adventurous now, with a tendency to act before thinking. There is little concern about what happened in the past. We are competitive and possibly impatient or bored easily.
AIR WEAK
We may have a difficult time being objective or detached. We may not be especially communicative.

BALANCE OF MODES

CARDINAL WEAK
This is not a time that we tend to naturally initiate actions. We may be stronger at following up than starting anew. Survival mechanisms may be weaker now.
MUTABLE STRONG
We are flexible, adaptable, willing, open to change, and possibly flighty or nervous.

Astrology of Today – August 9, 2016

• The Moon is in Libra until 12:51 AM.
• The Moon is void until 12:51 AM (since yesterday at 1:41 PM).
• The Moon is in Scorpio from 12:51 AM forward (until Thursday, August 11th, at 1:23 PM).
• The Moon is waxing and in its Waxing Crescent phase.
• A New Moon occurred on the 2nd, and a First Quarter Moon will occur tomorrow.
• Mars is direct and in its post-retrograde shadow until August 22nd.

Day 29

For Courage

Queen, king, maiden, knave
Powers surround and make me brave.
Nerves of steel, the will to face
Courage is given, my fears erased.

The Power of Positive Witchcraft: Daily Incantations & Enchantments: A Spell a Day for 30 Days
Garden Summerland

Spell to Rekindle Love

Items needed: A white birthday candle; one white or silver 8-inch taper candle; jasmine oil; white parchment paper; a small jar; silver cord.

Begin by chipping the wax away at the bottom of the candle so you have two wicks. Next, carve two stars onto one side of the candle. Carve your initials into one star and the initials of your loved one on the other star. Anoint the candle with the jasmine oil as you chant:

As the stars doth rise above
I beckon forth the return of love.

Lay the candle aside and write the name of your loved on the parchment paper. Place the jar on top of the paper. Light the birthday candle and drip the wax from it onto the top of the jar, and then affix the silver candle to the top of the jar so that it will permit it to burn from both ends. When the candle is solidly attached, light both ends as you chant:

Dark starry night, and candle light,
End forever this loveless plight.
Bring back my lover to me,
For this I will so mote be!

Stay with the candle until it burns out. Tie up the parchment ment paper into a small packet and place under your pillow. Keep it there until your loved one returns.

August 9th

Chinese Milky Way Festival

This festival celebrates love and the art of weaving, similar to the Weaving Festival of Japan (July 7). The myth follows the life of the Sun God’s daughter, who falls in love with a humble herdsman one day while weaving. The two were married and soon the Goddess forgot about her weaving. This indifference toward her craft angered the Sun God, who then banished the herdsman to the other side of the Milky Way. On August 9, the two star-struck lovers are allowed to meet at the silver river of the Milky Way. The rest of the year, the Goddess must attend to her weaving.

Harnessing the Power of the Moon

Each month we are blessed with a different phase of the moon, and each phase brings new energy. It is long known that magic or rituals performed under the light of the moon are most powerful. In order to cast a spell with the greatest success possible, you could harness the energy of the moon and perform certain spells during particular phases.

Here I will provide you with the various types of energy produced by each moon phase so that you can find the best time to practice a specific spell.

Each month the moon goes through the following cycle:
Full Moon – Waning Moon – Dark Moon – New Moon – Waxing Moon – Full Moon

Full Moon
Spells related to fulfilment, manifesting your desires, achieving your goals, abundance

Waning Moon
Spells related to banishing bad habits, making space for new things, reducing things e.g. debt, sickness etc, letting go, cleansing and purifying

Dark Moon
Spells related to letting go, banishing negativity, honouring the deceased, rest, peace

New Moon
Spells related to harmony, peace, Hope, Faith, Healing, New Beginnings, Optimism

Waxing Moon
Spells related to positivity, creativity, transformation, growth

Reference

WICCA: Your Path to Becoming Wiccan & Using Magick to Manifest Your Desires (Spells, Traditions, Solitary Practitioners, Book of Shadows, Rituals, Witchcraft)
Dharma Grace

Tuesday Is Ruled By Mars

Tuesday is a Mars day, and just like the god of war, this is the time to tap into magicks to call for strength and courage. This day of the week is for rebels and warriors. If you are facing a challenge of any kind, need a boost to your courage, or want to enhance your passions, Tuesday is the day of the week for you.

Some suggestions for Tuesday enchantments would include:

*Wearing the fiery colors associated with this day: scarlet, red, black, and orange. Don some of the more daring and bewitching colors of your wardrobe on Tuesdays and turn a few heads

*Carrying a bloodstone in your pocket or wearing garnet-studded jewelry to reinforce your convictions

*Working with protective and fire-associated plants such as the snapdragon, thistle, and holly to boost your shields and bravery

*Burning spicy-scented energy-enhancing candles to add a little magical aromatherapy to your home

*Cooking up a hearty meal featuring carrots, peppers, and garlic (all Mars foods and spices) to empower yourself for victory and success

The Witches Correspondences for Tuesday, August 9th

Dedicated to the powers of the planet Mars, personified as Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, and Tyr.

Element : Water

Planet : Mars

Zodiac Sign : Aries / Scorpio

Angel : Samuel

Metal : Iron, Steel

Incense / Perfumes : Dragon’s Blood, Patchouli

Oil : Basil, Coriander, Ginger

Color : Red, Orange

Stones : Bloodstone, Garnet, Carnelian,

Plants/Herbs : Allspice, Blessed Thistle, Cayenne, Daisy, Garlic, Ginger, Pepper, Pine, Red Rose, Thyme, Tobacco, Wormwood

Magick to work: self-assertion, energy, and courage, victory, endurance, passion, masculine goals in general, sex, aggression, protection, controlled power, ambition, arguments, competition, conflict, destruction, lust, male sexuality, sports, strife, struggle, surgery, medical issues, upheaval, war

Moon Folklore for Your Tuesday

To make things flourish and grow, do a spell during the waxing moon — from the first day of the new moon to the first day of the Full Moon. At this time work for an increase of anything, or to diminish something.

To decrease anything do a spell during the waning period of the moon. This is a good time to get rid of any bad situation, including illness.

To put a stop to anything irksome, choose the second day of the Full Moon. Use silver and white to establish a link with the Moon.

Reference

A Book of Pagan Rituals
Herman Slater

The Witches Almanac for Tuesday, August 9th

Tuesday (Mars): Passion, sex, courage, aggression, and protection.

Nagasaki Peace Ceremony

Waxing Moon
The Waxing Moon (from the New Moon to the Full) is the ideal time for magic to draw things toward you.

Moon Phase: First Quarter

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

Moon enters Scorpio 12:51 am
Scorpio: Increases awareness of psychic power. Precipitates psychic crises and ends connections thoroughly. People tend to brood and become secretive.

Incense: Ginger

Color: Maroon

Tuesday’s Witchery

Tuesday is the day to work any magick that falls in the category of increasing strength, courage, bravery, and passion. All of these intense emotions are linked to this day’s energies, and spells designed around these themes will have extra punch when performed on this magickal day.

So, let’s add a little passion and conviction into your life! Break out the daring red pieces of your wardrobe, and put a little pizzazz into your day. Work with Lilith, and see what she has to teach you about personal power and sexuality. Meditate on Tiw/Tyr and Mars, and see what those ancient warrior gods will show you about new tactics, strategies, and claiming personal victories in your life. Practice conjuring up that astral weapon from the meditation and use it wisely for protection and for courage.

Create a philter for courage and protection or handcraft your own Witch’s jar to remove negativity from your home. See what other Witch crafts you can conjure up with Tuesday’s magick. Create some kitchen magick on this Tuesday by whipping up a spicy stew-add in a few Mars-associated ingredients such as carrots, peppers, and garlic. Empower the stew for success, and then treat yourself and your family to a good, hearty meal. Try working with a little aromatherapy and burn some spicy or coffee-scented candles to increase your energy level.

Check the sky at night, and see if you can find the reddish planet Mars up in the heavens. Not sure where to look? Check an astronomy magazine or search the Web for more information. Become a magickal warrior and move forward in your life with strength, courage, and compassion. Embrace the side of yourself that loves a good challenge and that is passionate and daring! Banish fear, and face your future with strength and conviction. Believe in yourself and in your dreams, work hard, and you will win every time.

Reference

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

The Witches Tuesday

A god, goddess, or planet governs each day of the week. It is usually easy to spot the ruler of the day by its name. The word Tuesday, however, is not so easy, but if we look at the word in Spanish, Martes, we clearly see its connections to Mars.

Because Tuesday revolves around the energy of Mars, Tuesdays are good for business, mechanical things, buying and selling animals, hunting, beginning studies, gardening, sexual activities, and confrontation. This is a day for sex magick, energy, stamina, and health. As in the old saying, Tuesdays child is full of grace, is also good for success magick and defense against enemies

Angels of Tuesday are Camael, Samael, Satael, Amabiel, Friagne, and Hyniel. When invoked, Camael takes the form of a leopard. In Druid mythology he is a god of war, which is why we see him associated with Mars. Camael is said to be a member of the “Magnificent Seven” in some circles. Camael is another “terminator” angel.

Samael walks both worlds as a magician and sorcerer. some see him as the angel of death, others as “the bright and poisonous one.” Many consider him more of a demon, and accuse him of being Satan. However, there is reference to the satans (plural) as enforcers of the law, a sort of angelic police, if you will. Supposedly, when Samael is around, dogs howl in the night. On one hand, he is the ruler of the fifth heaven and in charge of two million angels; on the other, he is the one who changed into a serpent and convinced Eve to partake of the forbidden fruit of knowledge.

Satael is an angel of air invoked in magic rites and is the presiding spirit of the planet Mars. Amabiel is another spirit of the planet Mars; however he spends his energy on issues of human sexuality. Friagne, also an angel of this day, is invoked from the east. He is a member of the fifth heaven. Hyniel also belongs to this day and is subject to the east wind.

On Tuesdays the hour of sunrise and every eight hours after that are also ruled by Mars, and that makes these times of the day doubly blessed. These four hours are the strongest ones to do ritual in. Check your local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac to determine your local sunrise.

Source

Gypsy Magic

Pagan Tuesday

Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. The name comes from Middle English Twisday, from Old English Tiwes dæg, named after the Nordic god Tyr, who was the equivalent of the Roman war god Mars.

In Latin, it is called Martis dies which means “Mars Day”. In Romance languages except Portuguese, the word for “Tuesday” is similar to the Latin name: mardi in French, martes in Spanish, martedì in Italian, dimarts in Catalan, and marÅ£i in Romanian.

Portuguese uses numbers instead of pagan names and so their word for “Tuesday” is terça-feira.
The English and Scandinavian names are derived from the Nordic god Týr:

Old English: Tiw, Tew, or Tiu
Swedish: Tisdag
Danish: Tirsdag
Norwegian: Tirsdag or Tysdag
Icelandic: Týsdagur
Finnish: Tiistai (borrowed)

The German word Dienstag and the Dutch word Dinsdag seems to be derived from the god referred to by the Romans as Mars Thingsus, the god of the thing, which might also be Týr, or possibly some other Germanic god.

The Russian word for “Tuesday” is vtórnik, meaning “second”; that is, counting Tuesday as the second day of the week.

Quakers traditionally referred to Tuesday as “Third Day” eschewing the pagan origin of the English name “Tuesday”. This has also been the custom in Iceland since about the 11th century when Jón Ögmundsson changed it to Þriðjudagur, meaning “Third Day”

In the Greek world, Tuesday (the day of the week of the Fall of Constantinople) is considered an unlucky day. The same is true in the Spanish-speaking world, where a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (On Tuesday, neither get married nor begin a journey). For both Greeks and Spanish-speakers, the 13th of the month is considered unlucky if it falls on Tuesday, instead of Friday.

The Hindi/Bengali/Nepali/Gujarati/Punjabi/Marathi/Urdu word for Tuesday is Mangalwar, with Mangal being the Sanskrit name for the planet Mars.

In the Thai solar calendar, the day is named for the Pali word for the planet Mars, which also means “Ashes of the Dead”; the color associated with Tuesday is Pink.

Tuesday is the usual day for elections in the United States. Federal elections take place on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November; this date was established by a law of 1845 for presidential elections (specifically for the selection of the Electoral College), and was extended to elections for the House of Representatives in 1875 and for the Senate in 1914. Tuesday was the earliest day of the week which was practical for polling in the early nineteenth century: citizens might have to travel for a whole day to cast their vote, and would not wish to leave on Sunday which was a day of worship for the great majority of them.

In business, particularly office work, studies have shown that Tuesday is usually the most productive day of the week. Some of these people consider Tuesday to be their least favorite day, because they are not as relaxed as Monday (due to the weekend preceding it), yet they still have most of the work week ahead of them.

In French, Tuesday is “Mardi”, associating it with the planet Mars. Tuesday is also associated with the dwarf planet Pluto. This marries Tuesday with ideas of strife, battles to be won and pressing issues and jobs to get sorted. It is not a day to relax. This same meaning can be seen in the Spanish “Martes” and the English “Tuesday” (“Tyr’s day.”) In India, Tuesday is called “Mangalvar”, for the Vedic planet Mangala or Mars.

Source

Pagan Calendar

Tuesday, August 9th, Today We Celebrate….

Seven Sisters Festival (China)
ZHINU

Themes: Love; Relationships; Unity; Devotion; Divination

Symbols: Stars; Silver Items

About Zhinu: Zhinu is a stellar goddess in China, residing in the constellation of Lyre, a home from which she tends to harmony within relationships. According to legend, Zhinu came to earth to bathe with six friends, but a herdsman stole her dress. She could not return to the heavens this way, so she married him. Later, however, the gods called her back to the stars, and the herdsman followed her. On the seventh day of the seventh moon, the two are allowed to meet as husband and wife.

To Do Today: A similar celebration to the Seven Sisters Festival is the Weaving Festival in Japan (July 7), which commemorates the love between two stellar deities who meet in the silver river of the Milky Way one day out of the year.

Follow with custom and cover your altar with rice and melons, both of which can become offerings. Eat these as part of a meal later to internalize Zhinu’s love and devotion. If you’re single, offer her combs, mirrors, and paper flowers to draw a partner into your life.

Burning incense and reading one’s future is also common today. Watch the smoke from the incense while thinking about a specific relationship. See if any shapes form in the clouds. A heart, for example, indicates adoration. A scale reveals a relationship with a healthy balance, and two interconnected rings indicate unity of mind and soul.

Reference

365 Goddess: A Daily Guide To the Magic and Inspiration of the goddess
Patricia Telesco

The Goddess Book of Days for Tuesday, August 9th

Festival of Venus in the Roman Empire. She is also Aphrodite, Astarte, Ashtoreth, Inanna, Anahit, Oshun, Isis, Erzulie, Ishtar, Aida Wedo, Xochiquetzal, Freya, Sheela, St. Veneria, Stella Maris/Mary, Branwen, and Flora.

Reference

The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

Tuesday, August 9th

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 Coll (Hazel) – August 4 – September 1

Runic Half-Month of Thorn (defense) – July 29 – August 12

Goddess of the Month of Hesperis – August 9 – September 5

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Spell Work for Tuesday, the Day of Mars

 Strength
 Anger
 Independence
 Motivation
 Conquest
 Action
 Education
 Force
 Handling conflict

Source

A Spell Crafter’s Compendium
Terri Paajanen