Day: February 22, 2022

February 22, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 22 has an illumination of 66%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 22 the Moon is 20.62 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 66%
Moon Age: 20.62 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,693.32 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,008,497.04 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

February 22, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Pisces 20
Moon:08 Scorpio 22
Mercury:07 Aquarius 34
Venus:20 Capricorn 20
Mars:20 Capricorn 52
Jupiter:12 Pisces 10
Saturn:17 Aquarius 59
Uranus:11 Taurus 20
Neptune:22 Pisces 09
Pluto:27 Capricorn 35
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 47 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 14
Chiron:10 Aries 11
Ceres:02 Gemini 25
Pallas:02 Aries 47
Juno:07 Aquarius 59
Vesta:21 Capricorn 44
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

February 22, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Pisces 15
Moon:21 Scorpio 01
Mercury:08 Aquarius 41
Venus:20 Capricorn 58
Mars:21 Capricorn 33
Jupiter:12 Pisces 24
Saturn:18 Aquarius 06
Uranus:11 Taurus 21
Neptune:22 Pisces 11
Pluto:27 Capricorn 37
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 44 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 20

Chiron:10 Aries 14
Ceres:02 Gemini 37
Pallas:03 Aries 07
Juno:08 Aquarius 21
Vesta:22 Capricorn 12
Eris:23 Aries 51

Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

22 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Pisces 58
Moon:16 Scorpio 59
Mercury:08 Aquarius 19
Venus:20 Capricorn 46
Mars:21 Capricorn 20
Jupiter:12 Pisces 20
Saturn:18 Aquarius 04
Uranus:11 Taurus 21
Neptune:22 Pisces 10
Pluto:27 Capricorn 36
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 45 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 18
Chiron:10 Aries 13
Ceres:02 Gemini 33
Pallas:03 Aries 00
Juno:08 Aquarius 14
Vesta:22 Capricorn 03
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

8 Famous Witches From Mythology and Folklore

Ancient mythology and folklore is filled with witches, including the Bible’s Witch of Endor and Russian folklore’s Baba Yaga. These enchantresses are known for their magic and trickery, which is sometimes used for good and sometimes for mischief.

The Witch of Endor

The Christian Bible has an injunction against practicing witchcraft and divination, and that can probably be blamed on the Witch of Endor. In the first Book of Samuel, King Saul of Israel got in some trouble when he sought assistance from the witch and asked her to predict the future. Saul and his sons were about to march into battle against their enemies, the Philistines, and Saul decided it was time to get a bit of supernatural insight as to what was going to happen the next day. Saul started off by asking God for help, but God stayed mum…and so Saul took it upon himself to seek answers elsewhere.

According to the Bible, Saul summoned the witch of Endor, who was a well-known medium in the area. Disguising himself so she wouldn’t know she was in the presence of the king, Saul asked the witch to revive the dead prophet Samuel so that he might tell Saul what was going to happen.

Who was the witch of Endor? Well, like many other biblical figures, no one really knows. Though her identity is lost to myth and legend, she has managed to appear in more contemporary literature. Geoffrey Chaucer makes reference to her in The Canterbury Tales, in the tale spun by the friar to entertain his fellow pilgrims. The Friar tells his listeners:

“Yet tell me,” said the summoner, “if true:
Do you make your new bodies always so
Out of the elements?” The fiend said, “No,
Sometimes it’s only some form of disguise;
Dead bodies we may enter that arise
To speak with all the reason and as well
As to the Endor witch spoke Samuel.”

One of the best-known mythological mistresses of mayhem is Circe, who appears in The Odyssey. According to the story, Odysseus and his Achaeans found themselves fleeing the land of the Laestrygonians. After a group of Odysseus’ scouts were captured and eaten by the Laestrygonian king, and nearly all of his ships sunk by large boulders, the Achaeans ended up on the shore of Aeaea, home to the witch-goddess Circe.

Circe was well known for her magical mojo, and had quite the reputation for her knowledge of plants and potions. According to some accounts, she may have been the daughter of Helios, the sun god, and one of the Oceanids, but she is sometimes referred to as a daughter of Hecate, the goddess of magic.

Circe turned Odysseus’ men into pigs, and so he set off to rescue them. Before he got there, he was visited by the messenger god, Hermes, who told him how to defeat the seductive Circe. Odysseus followed Hermes’ helpful hints, and overpowered Circe, who turned the men back into men… and she then became Odysseus’ lover. After a year or so of luxuriating in Circe’s bed, Odysseus finally figured out he should head back home to Ithaca, and his wife, Penelope. The lovely Circe, who may or may not have borne Odysseus a couple of sons, gave him directions that sent him all over the place, including on a side quest to the Underworld.

After Odysseus’ death, Circe used her magic potions to bring her late lover back to life.

The Bell Witch …

Morgan Le Fay …

Medea …

Baba Yaga …

La Befana …

Grimhildr …

 

Click here to read the rest of this article by Patti Wigington from learnreligions.com

22 February 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 22 has an illumination of 66%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 22 the Moon is 20.62 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 66%
Moon Age: 20.62 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,693.32 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,008,497.04 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

February 22, 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Pisces 10
Moon:19 Scorpio 52
Mercury:08 Aquarius 35
Venus:20 Capricorn 55
Mars:21 Capricorn 30
Jupiter:12 Pisces 23
Saturn:18 Aquarius 05
Uranus:11 Taurus 21
Neptune:22 Pisces 10
Pluto:27 Capricorn 37
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 44 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 19
Chiron:10 Aries 13
Ceres:02 Gemini 36
Pallas:03 Aries 05
Juno:08 Aquarius 19
Vesta:22 Capricorn 09
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

 

Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

February 22, 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Pisces 58
Moon:16 Scorpio 59
Mercury:08 Aquarius 19
Venus:20 Capricorn 46
Mars:21 Capricorn 20
Jupiter:12 Pisces 20
Saturn:18 Aquarius 04
Uranus:11 Taurus 21
Neptune:22 Pisces 10
Pluto:27 Capricorn 36
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 45 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 18
Chiron:10 Aries 13
Ceres:02 Gemini 33
Pallas:03 Aries 00
Juno:08 Aquarius 14
Vesta:22 Capricorn 03
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

February 22, 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Pisces 35
Moon:11 Scorpio 49
Mercury:07 Aquarius 52
Venus:20 Capricorn 30
Mars:21 Capricorn 04
Jupiter:12 Pisces 14
Saturn:18 Aquarius 01
Uranus:11 Taurus 20
Neptune:22 Pisces 09
Pluto:27 Capricorn 36
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 46 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 15

Chiron:10 Aries 12
Ceres:02 Gemini 28
Pallas:02 Aries 52
Juno:08 Aquarius 05
Vesta:21 Capricorn 52
Eris:23 Aries 51

Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5