Day: August 14, 2016

A Little Humor for Your Day – Top Ten Questions From The Metaphysically Challenged

Top Ten Questions From The Metaphysically Challenged

  1. “Is that there one of those quartz crystals around your neck?” (No, it’s a CIA transmitter…)
  2. (while pointing to any occult/Pagan book in your possession) “What do you have there?” (A BOOK…see the pretty words? Oooooooohhhhhhhh……..)
  3. (same as above) “What book you got there?” (“Build A Thermonuclear Weapon From Ordinary Household Goods In Three Days”…why?)
  4. “Are you going to Hell?” (No, but it’s on my way if you want dropped off…”)
  5. (While looking at pentagram) “Is that a satanic symbol?” (No, it’s a Masonic symbol…would you like to donate to Shriner’s Hospital?)
  6. “Do you believe in God?” (Which one?)
  7. “How does someone become a Witch?” (Well, first there’s the written exam, and then the swimsuit competition…)
  8. “Can you do a spell on me?” (Don’t tempt me, please…)
  9. (Pointing to pentagram) “What are you, Jewish?” (Shalom!!!)
  10. (A real experience) “Well, I like you…you seem like a nice person. I’m really worried about all of this occult stuff you’re into though…why don’t you come and talk to my pastor? He knows lots about occult stuff, and I think he can set you straight…you might even find Jesus! But before you do that, could you give me a Tarot reading???” (No, but I’ll give your pastor one…)

Blessed Bea (Andyyyyyyyyy!!!! Circle’s cast!!!!)
Taliesin Athor Govannon

 

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Blast from the Past, Our Favorite Familiar Of The Day

Our Favorite Familiar of the Day

Name: Cassidy
 Age: One year old
Gender: Female
 Kind: Domestic short hair
Home: Bayside, New York, USA
I adopted Cassidy from the North Shore Animal League in December 2015. I had just lost my 20-year-old cat, Ginger, the week before. I was not ready for another cat, but a week later my niece, Amanda, convinced me to go look for another cat. There was so many beautiful cats there, I did not know which one to pick. Then my niece saw Cassidy (that is what North Shore named her) and said, “Aunt Elaine, that’s the one, that’s the one.” And the rest is history.

Cassidy has a bubbly personality. Her personality matches her multi-faceted colors. She does have one trick that floored me. Turns out I can’t do anything on my kitchen table without Cassidy getting involved. So this first time I decided to put her in my pantry while I opened my mail. She was wearing a collar with a bell on it at the time. So I closed the door and proceeded to open my mail. A few seconds later, I heard ding-a-ling-a-ling. There was Cassidy standing there in the room. So I then thought I didn’t close the door hard enough and she pushed it open. So I put her in again. Two seconds later the same thing, there she was out of the room. So I then thought she got out before I could close the door. So for a third time I did it. There she was again two seconds later, defiantly looking at me.

I was about to pack Cassidy’s bags and bring her to Vegas as “The Cat who goes through Walls.” So this time I called my sister downstairs to watch, because I wanted her to witness this. I put Cassidy in the room and watched. Turns out there is a hole in the wall between the two rooms and that is how she was getting through. I have been living in that house since 1977 and did not know about this hole in the wall. How did she know?

Cassidy loves to play with man-made toys like tin foil rolled up in a ball and empty face soap boxes! She also likes to watch the birds outside from behind my storm door. She is my little Rascal and I love her to death and hoping to have her with me 20 years like I had with Ginger.

 

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Astronomy Picture of the Day – The Keyhole in the Carina Nebula

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2016 August 14

The Keyhole in the Carina Nebula
Image Credit: NASA, Hubble Heritage (AURA/STScI)

 

Explanation: The dark dusty Keyhole Nebula gets its name from its unusual shape. The looping Keyhole, in this featured classic image by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a smaller region inside the larger Carina Nebula. Dramatic dark dust knots and complex features are sculpted by the winds and radiation of the Carina Nebula’s many massive and energetic stars. In particular, the shape of the dust cloud on the upper left of the Keyhole Nebula may stimulate the human imagination to appear similar to, for example, a superhero flying through a cloud, arm up, with a saved person in tow below. The region lies about 7,500 light-years away in planet Earth’s southern sky. The Keyhole Nebula was created by the dying star Eta Carina , out of the frame, which is prone to violent outbursts during its final centuries.

Earth Sky News for August 14th: Moon at southernmost point

Moon at southernmost point on August 14

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On August 14, 2016, the moon reaches its southernmost point for the month at 13:05 Universal Time. At this moment, the moon resides at a declination of 18.481o south of the celestial equator – a projection of the Earth’s equator into outer space. Declination on the sky’s dome is the equivalent of latitude here on Earth.

At its southernmost point on August 14, the moon stands at zenith (straight overhead) at 18o 29’ south latitude and 115o 16’ east longitude. That’s about 3o of latitude to the north of Onslow, Western Australia. Check it out on your globe.

The moon’s southernmost point in its monthly cycle is sometimes called a southern lunar standstill. In contrast, the sun at its southernmost point for the year is called the southern solstice.

The sun’s solstice declination remains fairly constant, residing at nearly 23.4o south of the celestial equator at each December solstice. However, the moon’s monthly southern standstills vary by about 10o (from 18.5o to 28.5o to 18.5o) in cycles of 18.6 years.

This year, in 2016, the moon’s monthly southern standstills don’t vary much from a declination of 18.5o south of the celestial equator. Some 9 years from now, in 2025, the monthly southern standstills will display a maximum declination of around 28.5o. Then 18 years from now, in 2034, the monthly southern standstills will again exhibit the minimum declination of 18.5o.

Read more: Monthly lunar standstills 2001 to 2100

Tonight’s waxing gibbous moon appears low in the Northern Hemisphere sky, much like the winter sun, but in the Southern Hemisphere, the moon shines way up high, much like the sun in summer.

 

BRUCE MCCLURE

Bruce McClure has served as lead writer for EarthSky’s popular Tonight pages since 2004. He’s a sundial aficionado, whose love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and sailing in the North Atlantic, where he earned his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation. He also writes and hosts public astronomy programs and planetarium programs in and around his home in upstate New York.
Article originally published on EarthSky

Your Daily Charm for August 14th is The Crescent and Hand

Your Daily Charm for Today

Today’s Meaning:
Guests and visitors will come calling. Their visit brings happiness and joy. This aspect will reflect these emotions for weeks after the visit.

General Description:
Crescents were worn by the ancients to safeguard them against witchcraft and danger. From the very early Eastern symbol, horseshoes came to be regarded by the Greeks and Romans as charms against sickness and the plague. In the middle ages horseshoes were used as amulets for witchcraft and even today are looked upon as lucky. When the representation of the hand of strength was worn with the crescent it signified hospitality and generosity. Hands of Might are painted on houses in Italy, Syria, Turkey and in the East to protect the buildings from misfortune and the inmates from death. The blue beads were worn to avert the evil eyes.

Your Life Destiny Number for the Week of August 15th is 33

Your Life Destiny Number is 33

Your Destiny Number sheds light on those things you must accomplish in your life to be fulfilled.

You have the Master Number 33 as your Life Destiny Number. Master Numbers indicate nearly complete or complete development of the traits associated with the number they would reduce to. This relation is usually expressed by writing the Master Number and the number it reduces to together. Master Number 33 is often written 33/6.
Freedom and responsibility come with having a Master Number. You have the freedom to choose whether to allow your Master Number traits to express themselves or not. If you opt to act responsibly and use your lofty powers, you will find your reward is in the choice itself. If you choose to ignore your talents, you may find yourself taking more than one step back. You may incur a Karmic Debt.
Having a 33 as your Destiny Number implies your destiny includes spreading love and joy throughout the world. Your love of your fellow humankind and all living things is very nearly boundless. Your knowledge of the power of love is steeped in experience. Your spirit houses an amazing set of tools meant to bring people together and foment harmony. Your spiritual strength will be tested by the heartache you suffer from witnessing the suffering of others, but it is your destiny to heal the pains of others, fight the wrongs others endure and mend the beaten. As difficult a destiny as this may sound, to not take this course will leave feeling aimless and without meaning.