The Lychnapsia, Festival of the Lights of Isis in Egypt, Isis’ search for Osiris, cognate to Wiccan Candlemas. Isis is Neith, Bast, Athena, Vesta, Brigid, Bride, Hestia, Lucia, Lucina, Hebe, Perchta, Bertha, Befana, Oya on this day.
The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein
Lights of Isis/St. Clare/William Blake
Ancient Egyptian festival of the Lights of Isis, later became the Christian day of St. Clare. Today is also the anniversary of the death of visionary artist and poet William Blake.
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
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 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
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
Love
Peace
Family
Marriage
Beauty
Growth
Art
Social status
Passion
Music
Sexuality
A Spell Crafter’s Compendium
Terri Paajanen
Plenty of bright planets and stars, plus a few asteroid cameos, but this week, nothing will beat the Perseids.
By Richard Talcott
Friday, August 12
Assuming you watch the Perseid show this morning, don’t pack up when twilight starts to paint the sky. About 45 minutes before the Sun comes up, look for a bright object hovering just above the horizon in the east-southeast. This is the night sky’s brightest star, magnitude –1.5 Sirius in the constellation Canis Major. From mid-northern latitudes, the luminary climbs some 4° high a half-hour before sunrise and should stand out if you have a clear and unobstructed horizon. The return of Sirius to the predawn sky was an occasion for celebration in ancient Egypt. Around 3000 b.c., this so-called heliacal rising of Sirius heralded the coming flood of the Nile River, an event upon which agriculture — and all life in Egypt — depended.
Saturday, August 13
Look overhead around 10 p.m. local daylight time any day this week and your eyes will fall on the brilliant star Vega in the constellation Lyra the Harp. At magnitude 0.0, Vega is the brightest member of the prominent Summer Triangle asterism. The Triangle’s second-brightest star, magnitude 0.8 Altair in Aquila the Eagle, lies some 35° southeast of Vega. The asterism’s dimmest member, magnitude 1.3 Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, stands about 25° east-northeast of Vega. Although the brightening Moon diminishes the luster of stars this week, the Summer Triangle remains conspicuous.
Sunday, August 14
The two inner planets lurk low in the western sky shortly after sunset this week. If you scan the horizon through binoculars 30 minutes after sundown, you should pick up Venus standing just 4° high. It shows up only because in shines so brightly, at magnitude –3.8. Mercury appears at nearly the same altitude but will be much harder to see because it glows more dimly, at magnitude 0.2. This morning, the innermost planet lies 9° to Venus’ left and 6° to Jupiter’s lower right.
The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 116.05° ESE
Sun Altitude: 51.51°
Sun Distance: 94.182 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2016 9:21 AM (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 6:09 AM↑ 71° East
Sunset Today: 7:49 PM↑ 289° West
Length of Daylight: 13 hours, 40 minutes
The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 68.64° ENE
Moon Altitude: -52.06°
Moon Distance: 248453 mi
Next Full Moon: Aug 18, 20164:26 AM
Next New Moon: Sep 1, 20164:03 AM
Next Moonrise: Today3:13 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Moon
Illumination: 67.9%
We form the Circle,
The Circle most round.
We form the Chalice,
The Chalice now found.
We call the Goddess,
to meet the great need.
We call the God,
To plant His fertile seed.
We call the quarters,
which we call four.
We summon the powers,
that contain the force.
We stir the Cauldron,
from which we were born.
We call the Gods,
from whom we were torn.
We say the words,
which lead us round.
We pass the kiss,
with our lovers found.
We face our dreams,
in nights psychic flight.
We face our hopes,
in bright moon of the night.
We face our fears,
on the Dark Lords Horn.
We face our failure,
in the Mothers new planted corn.
We live our lives,
druming and dancing on the meadow.
We confront our Death,
in the dancing moon light shadow.
Our paths run quickly,
on fleet foot and wing.
Our Circle is joyous,
with our Queens and our Kings.
Let our little Circle be happy,
with Bell, Bowl or Bow.
And form now this Circle,
with gracious Love, Joy and Hope.
Ammond ShadowCraft, Author
Originally published on Pagan Library
One Lovely Blog Award
Ch’kara SilverWolf has nominated me for the One Lovely Blog Award along with 15 other fabulous bloggers. It is an honor to be thought of by someone with your talent. Thank you so much, Ch’kara.
Here are the rules for accepting the award:
1. Thank the lovely person who nominated your blog and follow them.
2. Display the award and add this set of rules to your post so that your nominees will know what to do
3. Nominate as many other great blogs as you like, listing them in your post and notifying them via a link in one of their blog posts.
4. List 7 interesting facts about yourself to the post.
7 Facts About Me :
Bloggers That I Am Nominating
https://witchlike.wordpress.com/
https://smalltownnerd.wordpress.com/
https://hocuspocus13.wordpress.com/
https://theherdlesswitch.wordpress.com/
https://tjwhitewolfpoetry.wordpress.com/
https://grannymoon.wordpress.com/
Thank you again, Ch’kara. It is an honor to receive this award from you. As I mentioned before I admire you greatly so this is definitely an honor. Thank you again, dear sister!
In our community, we have many great Pagan authors. I would like to take a moment to introduce you to one of them. Ch’kara Silverwolf. Ch’kara is a fantastic person as well as a good friend. She has wrote many Pagan fantasy books and I would like to give you the opportunity to check our her latest.
More About Ch’kara & her latest book:
Ch’kara SilverWolf lives in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, Australia with her ever-patient partner and two beautiful Maine Coon cats.
She travelled around the world in her early twenties worked in the film industry in London for ten years. Then spent a year travelling in America, and after returning to Australia worked in Advertising, as well as doing volunteer work for several years in her spare time, before settling down to write seriously.
Daughter of Light & Dark is her first full length novel, and is the first in a trilogy ‘Prophecy of Nitesh’. She has written many short stories and a few not quite finished novels. Ch’kara has always had a love of fantasy, magik and the esoteric. Her interests are in “storytelling, medieval folk lore & myth, fantasy art”.
Ch’kara has always had a love of mystical and fantasy creatures, she loves the characters from her writing,they are like old friends who come alive on the pages.
Some of her favourite authors and artists are Traci Harding, Terry Brooks, Sara Douglass, Kate Forsyth, Selina Fenech, Jessica Galbreth, and Ravynne Phelan
You can purchase her book at Daughters of Light & Dark on Amazon. com
She also has a wonderful website, if you would like to visit it. Ch’kara SilverWolf, Crafter of Magickal Words
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