Day: August 19, 2016

A Little Humor for Your Day – Instructions For Life

Instructions For Life

  • Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
  • Memorize your favorite poem.
  • Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
  • When you say, “I love you”, mean it.
  • When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye.
  • Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
  • Believe in love at first sight.
  • Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.
  • Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.
  • In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
  • Don’t judge people by their relatives.
  • Talk slowly but think quickly.
  • When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
  • Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
  • Call your mom.
  • Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.
  • When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
  • Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
  • Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
  • When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
  • Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
  • Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
  • Spend some time alone.
  • Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
  • Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
  • Read more books and watch less TV.
  • Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.
  • Trust in Goddess but lock your car.
  • A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
  • In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
  • Read between the lines.
  • Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
  • Be gentle with the earth.
  • Pray. There’s immeasurable power in it.
  • Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
  • Mind your own business.
  • Don’t trust a man/woman who doesn’t close his/her eyes when you kiss.
  • Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
  • If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.
  • Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
  • Learn the rules then break some.
  • Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
  • Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
  • Remember that your character is your destiny.
  • Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

 

Author Unknown

Originally published on Pagan Library

Astronomy Picture of the Day – Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater

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 19

Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater
Image Credit & Copyright: Jeremy Perez

 

Explanation: On the night of August 12, this bright Perseid meteor flashed above volcanic Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona, USA, planet Earth. Streaking along the summer Milky Way, its initial color is likely due to the shower meteor’s characteristically high speed. Entering at 60 kilometers per second, Perseid meteors are capable of exciting green emission from oxygen atoms while passing through the tenuous atmosphere at high altitudes. Also characteristic of bright meteors, this Perseid left a visibly glowing persistent train. Its evolution is seen over a three minute sequence (left to right) spanning the bottom of the frame. The camera ultimately captured a dramatic timelapse video of the twisting, drifting train.

Earth Sky News for August 19th: Quasi-conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter

Quasi-conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter

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Tonight – August 19, 2016 – although it won’t be easy from Earth’s Northern Hemisphere, look for the quasi-conjunction of the planets Mercury and Jupiter. They’ll be at their closest for the month on August 19 or 20, depending on where you are on the globe. Southern Hemisphere viewers see them best, but, for all of us, binoculars will come in handy. The two will be close enough together on the sky’s dome to fit within a single binocular field. So if you see Jupiter, but not Mercury, try reeling Mercury in with binoculars.

No matter where you live worldwide, Mercury and Jupiter will appear in your western sky after sunset throughout August 2016. Moreover, the sky’s brightest planet – Venus – also lights up the western sky, within a stone’s throw of Mercury and Jupiter.

Look westward, starting 45 minutes (or less) after sunset. Mercury and Venus will set less than one hour after sunset at mid-northern latitudes. Jupiter will set around 75 minutes after the sun. Use binoculars to help you out with your planet search, for these bright worlds sit in the glare of evening twilight at northerly latitudes.

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere or the northern tropics, the view of the three planets – Mercury, Venus and Jupiter – improves by leaps and bounds. At more southerly latitudes, the planetary threesome stands higher up in the sky at sunset, and what’s more, these worlds stay out after dark. The Southern Hemisphere has the great big advantage over the Northern Hemisphere for viewing August’s planetary threesome.

Here’s the Southern Hemisphere view …

At the Earth’s equator (0o latitude), Venus sets about 75 minutes after the sun, Mercury sets around 95 minutes after sunset and Jupiter sets over 100 minutes after the sun. Farther south, in the Southern Hemisphere, these planets set even later after sundown. Click here to find out the setting times of the planets in your sky.

Technically speaking, a conjunction of two planets only takes place whenever two planets lie due north and south of another on the sky’s dome. Although Mercury and Jupiter don’t have a conjunction in August 2016, these two worlds do appear less than 5o apart for the next few evenings, showcasing a quasi-conjunction of the planets Mercury and Jupiter.

Bottom line: Find an unobstructed western horizon, and look for the August 19, 2016 quasi-conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter. They’re in the west after sunset. Best of luck!

 

 

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 Lucky Number for the Weekend of August 19th is 4

Your Lucky Number is 4

 

Your Personal Lucky Number does not change. This number will be lucky for you your entire life. Your luck derived from this number will be strongest when you are addressing events and issues related to the general meaning of the number. Lucky Numbers should not be relied on to constantly produce positive results, or make impulsive, high risk gambles. They simply mean that where they appear you have an edge. How large an edge is impossible to determine, but seems to increase with the number of occurrences your Lucky Number is be associated with a given event or issue.

Those with a Personal Lucky Number 4 will find their luck derived from 4 strongest when the issue or event concerns the building of new things or maintaining established traditions. Your 4 may come in handy if the stability of your finances or romance is in jeopardy. The luck of a 4 may prove beneficial when trying to provide a stable environment in which a project or person can grow.

Your Daily Charm for August 19th is The Tau Cross

Your Charm for Today

Today’s Meaning:
A journey that you or someone close to you must make will have a positive influence on this aspect. This trip may be over a great distance.

General Description:
This charm was worn by the ancients to protect the wearer against disease and snake bites. The Jews used it as an amulet for epilepsy and erysipelas. It is still used in Ireland as a talisman against sickness. The Tau is one of the most ancient crosses and the forerunner of the Latin Cross. Moses used the Tau Cross with the brazen serpent attached, to save the Children of Israel in the wilderness from the attacks of the fiery serpents. The Cross has always been the symbol of life eternal. It was this mark, the Tau Cross, that was placed upon the foreheads of those exempted from Divine wrath in Jerusalem.

Your Three Dragon Reading for the Weekend of August 19th

Your Three Dragon Reading for the Upcoming Weekend

 

 

The Green Dragon indicates beginnings. The Green Dragon’s tile set will suggest places where you should consider putting your energy.

 

 

 

 

Bamboo 4
Symbol: Carp
The Carp tile indicates the attainment of inner-peace, tranquility, and freedom from the pressures of everyday life. Contentment will be realized. The Carp’s vibrant colors suggest a rich life. This may mean the coming of material and/or spiritual wealth.

 

 

 

North Wind
Symbol: Water
The North Wind tile indicates there will be difficult moments ahead. These can be canceled out if the South Wind Tile is in your reading as well.

 

 

 

Bamboo 3
Symbol: Toad
The Toad tile indicates some troubling moments along your life’s path, but these aches will heal. It also suggests your ambition may be greater than your reach.

Your Ancient Symbol Card for August 19th is The Priestess

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today

The Priestess

 

The Priestess is the Gatekeeper of the subconscious, the unknown. She travels in worlds which most of us only glimpse in our dreams. Her realm is that of unseen truths, untapped potentials, and hidden dangers. Purely Yin in nature, The Calling of The Priestess is to go beyond the obvious and visible to tap those powers which are veiled from normal vision. While she is passive by nature, she has the power to uncover unknown potential and is very aware of the infinite potential all humans harbor within them. She is also very patient. She can wait for events to blossom in their own time.

As a daily card, The Priestess suggest the answers you seek can only be found by looking beyond the obvious. This is a span in which you may do better by applying the power of your subconscious to your everyday actions. Your intuition should be very strong. Be patient, allow events to unfold and you will find propitious moments of opportunity.

Your Weekend Influences for August 19th Using The Minchiate Tarot

Your Weekend Influences for August 19th

 

Tarot Influence

King of Cups Reversed

Misused power and skill. Treachery and the loss of morality and money are possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Astrological Influence

Aries

The Ram is energetic, courageous, optimistic and obstinate. The Ram is not a quitter! He will get his way!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Element Influence

Air

Air denotes freedom and the ability to transcent the mundane. You may be, or may soon experience a spiritual or secular liberation.

Your Daily Witches Rune for August 19th is The Rings

Daily Witches Rune

August 19th, 2016

The Rings

Keywords: Love, relationships.

Meanings: The Rings is the rune of love and when it is the leading stone, it is a positive answer to your question. It is very much a rune of relationship and can indicate engagement, marriage or a new/renewed relationship. It can also indicate the need for a fresh approach to an existing relationship.

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for August 19th is The Hermit

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for Today

The Hermit



The Hermit denotes a need to have some space between you and everyday hustle and bustle of our busy world. The Hermit needs to retreat. Indeed, happiness for The Hermit requires seclusion, freedom from material wants, and time for intense introspection. The answers The Hermit needs cannot be found in our physical world. The truths he seeks are internal, spiritual, and the distraction of a well developed social life can only impede his quest for his personal truths. Still, although not anything remotely resembling extroversion, The Hermit does sometimes need to share time with others; so he can learn or teach, guide and be guided. The Hermit’s time spent amongst people depletes his energy rapidly. To avoid an overload he has to retreat from social settings quickly.

Your Rune Reading for the Weekend of August 19th

Your Rune Reading for the Upcoming Weekend

 

The Past That Will Briefly Revisit You
bw-uruzUruz

Uruz is the Rune of harmony, order and inner strength. Often it marks endings and beginnings of periods in our lives. Uruz also symbolizes your ability to tackle new challenges by confronting them with the powers that lie within you. Opportunities probably abound for you right now.

 

 

Your Present Circumstances You Will Find Yourself In

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Mysteries will become known to you. You should be able to see your life’s path clearly at this time. Pethro is often thought of as “Gambler’s Rune.” You are in a lucky period right now. Chance is your ally. Take advantage of it.

 

 

A Glimpse Into Your Future
Fehu

Fehu reversed represents material stagnation, possibly poverty as well as infertility.

Your Personal Power Cards for the Weekend of August 19th

Your Power Cards

This reading represents strengths you were born with that will emerge this weekend.

 

 

Strength

Strength denotes an inner power, mastery of will and development of inner might. Through mastering one’s emotions and learning from both success and failure the person Strength represents has reached a place where they are influential without applying physical force, able to weather the roughest of storms, and not likely to abandon the less fortunate. Strength also denotes a large capacity for forgiveness and compassion. Strength is not as much about winning as it is about overcoming hardship, and using well crafted persuasion to ease others to your side.

When The Hanged Man is among your personal cards, the influence of Strength may be increased. Having The Chariot in your personal cards may diminish the influence of Strength
 

 

 

The Fool

This card represents the dreamer in you, the idealist, the mystic. The Fool desires to do great things, but is often unaware of just how difficult great things are to do. He must always be very careful of the choices he makes, and remember knowledge is his ally. The Fool often symbolizes a new beginning, unrestrained optimism, and curiosity that hasn’t been dulled by time. While The Fool may well indicate a lack of experience or grasp of the pitfalls along the path he is taking, it is equally true that his lack of experience leads him to believe all things are possible, which brings even impossible goals within his grasp.

When The Hanged Man or The Star are among your personal cards, the influence of The Fool may be increased. Having The Devil in your personal cards may diminish the influence of The Fool.