The Magick of the Full Moon

This is a time when the Moon is at its most powerful, and the magic most potent. Performing any positive spell at this time will achieve good results. Since the full moon only truly occurs for one night out of the entire lunar cycle, it can be hard to fit it into your schedule. You can harness the energy of the full moon for about 2 days before or after the night the moon is truly full.

Spells: Artistic projects, love, romance, fertility, psychic abilities or making decisions. Also healing, guidance, and completion spells.

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Everything Under the Moon

The Sky This Week for January 12-15

 

A comet, longer days, and other exciting things to look for in the sky this week.

By Richard Talcott

Thursday, January 12

Venus appears brilliant in the western sky starting within a half-hour after sunset. It reaches greatest elongation today, when it lies 47° east of the Sun, but the planet will remain the evening sky’s brightest point of light through late March. It currently shines at magnitude –4.6, some 10 times brighter than the second-brightest object, Jupiter. Venus stands about one-third to the zenith 30 minutes after the Sun goes down and doesn’t set until nearly 9 p.m. local time. When viewed through a telescope this evening, Venus appears 25″ across and half-lit. You also might glimpse its outer solar system neighbor, 8th-magnitude Neptune, which stands 0.4° south of Venus this evening.

Friday, January 13

If you look to the lower left of Saturn before dawn this week, you can catch a nice view of Mercury. This morning, the inner planet lies 10° above the southeastern horizon 30 minutes before sunrise. Shining at magnitude –0.1, it shows up nicely through the twilight glow. (If you don’t spot it right away, binoculars will bring it into view.) A telescope reveals Mercury’s 7.5″-diameter disk, which appears about half-lit.

Saturday, January 14

The waning gibbous Moon appears in the company of 1st-magnitude Regulus tonight. The pair rises in the east around 8 p.m. local time and climbs high in the south after midnight. Just 1° — twice the Moon’s apparent diameter — separates the two.

Sunday, January 15
Jupiter dominates the morning sky in early January. The giant planet rises shortly after midnight local time and climbs halfway to the zenith in the southern sky by the time twilight begins. Jupiter shines brilliantly at magnitude –2.0 and shows a disk that spans 37″ when viewed through a telescope. A small scope also reveals the planet’s four bright moons, though you may have to hunt for one of them this morning. The shadow of volcanically active Io starts to transit Jupiter at 1:45 a.m. EST, and the moon itself begins to cross the planet’s disk at 2:59 a.m. Both transits last a little more than two hours.

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Astronomy Magazine

 

The Witches Daily Data for Thursday, January 12

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 135.29° SE
Sun Altitude: 17.21°
Sun Distance: 91.421 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2017 5:28 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:12 am↑ 117° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:05 pm↑ 243° Southwest
Length of Daylight: 9 hours, 52 minutes

 

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 312.04° NW
Moon Altitude: -20.19°
Moon Distance: 228270 mi
Next New Moon: Jan 27, 20176:07 pm
Next Full Moon: Feb 10, 20176:32 pm
Next Moonrise: Today5:41 pm
Moon Phase: Near Full Moon (Waning Gibbous)
Illumination: 99.9%

 

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timeanddate.com

 

Moon Rise

As the moon so bright and full rises in the sky
we look upwards to see our Mother
As the wild ground phlox bloom to its glorious pink
we look to see our Mother.
As the birds return and their voices fill the wind
we look to see our Mother.

The burrows are empty and the animals roam the woods,
our Mother is there.
The caves are empty as the bears roam the forest,
our Mother is there.
The wolf has emerged and she takes her place on the ridge
howling towards the wind,
our Mother is there.

We feel drawn to the earth, our
Mother calls us.
We feel drawn to the moon,
our Mother calls us.
We feel the wind around us,
our Mother calls us.

I stand before the moon and face my Mother.
I stand with arms reached out and face my Mother.
I stand humbled before her beauty and face my Mother.

I send the hopes of my family.
I send the prayers of my Sisters.
I send peace and love.

May she answer my prayers.
May she answer my hopes.
May she answer my wishes.

Blessings to my Sisters.
Blessings to our families.
Blessings to our animals.

All is done.
All is well.

—A Witch’s Prayerbook
JoAnne Spiese

 

I would like to apologize about yesterday, our sudden disappearance. We just get back on the net and our local Co-Op decides to up-grade the entire system. They have to shut all the residents in this area down to do it. They are suppose to be up-grading all us hick-a-billies up to a Gig Certified Network. Anybody got an idea what the heck that is? We are baffled!

The funny thing, when they turn off their service to do the maintenance, the phone goes. TV, phone and internet all gone. The dummies forgot about cellphones. I called them to ask them what the heck was going on. The lady was surprised to hear from me but she explained it anyway. I acted like I knew what she was talking about, yeah right! Anyway, after they started the up-grade and our service disappeared, we got a letter in the mail about the up-grade. A little late but that is the way this bunch works. The letter mentioned that they will need to shut down the service several hours a day for the next week. They didn’t bother giving us the hours of shut-down but if we disappear you now know why. I would imagine if everything goes as usual after one of their fabulous up-grades, we will be off more than on. What we get for being in the sticks.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know. Hopefully we will see you in a bit.

Love ya,

Lady A