Day: February 14, 2023

Meteoroid expected to safely strike Earth’s atmosphere Sunday evening over France

From Fox News out of Chicago, Illinois, USA

A small meteorite roughly one meter in length is expected to safely strike Earth’s atmosphere over northern France around 10:00 p.m. ET on Sunday evening, the European Space Agency said.

The meteorite, dubbed Sar2667, will enter the atmosphere over Rouen, France, and should be visible in Belgium, the Netherlands, northern France, and southern England, according to the International Meteor Organization. 

It marks only the 7th time that astronomers have spotted an asteroid before it strikes Earth, a trend that the ESA attributes to “rapid advancements in global asteroid detection capabilities.” 

The last asteroid that was detected before breaching Earth’s atmosphere, 2022 WJ1, was spotted just four hours before lighting up the skies over Toronto, Canada, on Nov. 19, 2022. 

Small meteoroids like Sar2667 strike Earth every couple of weeks but aren’t a big danger to the planet.

Astronomers currently know of more than 1.1 million asteroids, about 30,600 of which qualify as near-Earth asteroids because their orbit brings them close to our planet, according to the ESA. 

NASA, the ESA, and other organizations around the world are stepping up their planetary defense capabilities in case a planet-destroying asteroid ever gets on track to strike Earth. 

Last year, NASA’s Dart spacecraft destroyed the asteroid Dimorphos in a dress rehearsal of the agency’s kinetic impact technique. 

A Mini Laugh for Today

Spell for Today – Sugar Jar Love Spell

From spells8.com

This is an effective piece of kitchen magic using the traditional sweetening powers of sugar and your own combination of herbs, spices and essential oils to create your perfect love. Keep this jar by your bed to attract New Love, a Specific Person (within reason!), to strengthen Existing Love or for beautiful dreams and Self-Love.

Why this Spell Works

  • Sugar is a key ingredient in Kitchen Folk Magic, it serves as a sweetener of moods and energies. This Magic spell recipe will help you attract the love you want in a safe and powerful way.
  • The Herbs and Spices listed here each have their own magical properties which, combined with your intention, will aid in attracting what you wish for.
  • Pink candles are used for romantic love and self-love. Red candles are used for more passionate love and attraction.
  • Including your Written intentions, a Powerful chant and the loving energies of Rose Quartz will only strengthen the power of this spell.

Sugar Jar Love Spell

Recipe by Limeberry

Attract your perfect love with sugar, a blend of herbs and a powerful chant over a candle.

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

  • Light your candle.
  • What you write on your paper will depend on your intentions:
    – If you are looking to strengthen love or to attract a specific person, write your partner’s name and date of birth. Draw a circle around it.
    – If you are looking for new love write a few characteristics/qualities you would like your future love to have.
    – If you are working on self-love write your own name and some qualities you need to take more pride in, or anything you are wishing for for yourself – in the present-tense.
  • Roll your paper into a scroll and seal it with a few drops of wax from your candle (you could also wrap the scroll with red or pink ribbon/ thread if you’d prefer). Add the scroll to the jar.
  • Combine and add your ingredients (along with the rose quartz) to fill the jar and cover the scroll.
  • Take a tiny pinch of the sugar mixture and sprinkle it around your candle. Seal your jar and hold it while you watch the flame and recite:

    “Flickering fire, burning bright
    I share with you sweet dreams tonight.
    Beneath this moon, shining, glowing,
    Love for me is quickly growing,
    A heart is sweetened, change is near,
    The Universe smiles, Love is here!
    By the powers of the Earth, Wind, Fire and Sea,
    This is My Will and So It Shall Be!”

  • Allow the candle to go out on it’s own (or extinguish it if planning to re-use). Keep the jar by your bed when you sleep.
  • Light a candle and repeat the spell once a week with a tiny pinch of your sugar mixture.

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence for Romance Air Diffuser – Printable

February 14, 2023 Daily Horoscopes

Click here to read Georgia Nicols Daily Horoscopes

Moon Alert

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Sagittarius.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today starts off upbeat and joyful! However, as the day wears on, you and people around you might be cranky. Frankly, if you have social plans, you will be better off celebrating on Friday. (Just saying.) Timing is everything.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This morning life looks promising. However, later in the day, you might find yourself having money squabbles or problems with debt, credit, disputed inheritances and insurance issues. Ouch. It’s a challenging day. (Things look better at the end of the week.)

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Practice patience and tolerance today when dealing with partners and close friends. This morning will be easy because everyone’s in a good mood. But as the day wears on, grumpiness sets in and tempers might flare. Just a thought: Friday night is a much better night to celebrate Valentines.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Work-related travel is likely for some of you, especially earlier in the day. You might be encouraged by working with groups because this will help you get a lot done. Difficulties with coworkers, pets and perhaps health issues might arise later in the day. And so it goes.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This starts out like a seriously feel-good day! You are up for fun and social occasions. (Many of you are celebrating Valentines.) The truth of the matter is that this week, Friday is a better day to go out and have fun. Do with that what you will. (I’m going out Friday.)

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

This morning, you might get help from others or encouraging financial news that looks promising for you, your family situation or your home. A group might even gather where you live. However, as the day wears on, difficulties with authority figures (including parents) are challenging. Oh dear.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

This is one of those days. It begins on a happy note for you. You feel upbeat and warm to others. “Hail fellow, well met!” However, as this day wears on, you might find yourself at odds with siblings, relatives and neighbours. You personally might feel grumpy. That’s no fun. (Friday is a fun day.)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Business and commerce are favoured this morning; in fact, money issues look promising! Nevertheless, this day turn’s completely around because later in the day, squabbles about money, property and possessions will likely take place. Bummer.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today the Moon is in your sign, which means you have an edge over all the other signs. In fact, this morning you feel upbeat and encouraged about social possibilities perhaps a date on Valentines? Actually, the truth of the matter is that Friday is a much better day to celebrate Valentines than today. Factoid.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You feel quite content this morning, even hopeful. Unfortunately, as this day wears on, you will experience some dark clouds on your horizon. Arguments with work colleagues along with health issues and problems with pets might be a handful.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Power breakfasts and lunch meetings will go well today because you are a happy camper, especially dealing with friends and groups. However, later in the day, romantic squabbles as well as difficulties with kids are a challenge. (Note: Friday is a lovely day to celebrate Valentines.)

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You make a wonderful impression on bosses, parents and VIPs today. In fact, discussions earlier in the day might lead to a boost in your income. (We like!) Trust your moneymaking ideas. However, as the day wears on, difficulties with family members might arise. Chaos and challenges on the home front are likely. Cope as best you can.

If Your Birthday Is Today

Actor Enrico Colantoni (1963) shares your birthday today. You are saucy, playful and forever youthful. You have your own particular style. You’re willing to try new things and test the limits. This year is full of exciting changes and a chance to expand your personal freedom. Explore new opportunities. Trust your intuition. You might travel more.

February 14, 2023 Moon Goddess Current Phase

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 Crescent phase. This phase is best viewed just before the sunrise in the western sky. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the February 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on February 14 has an illumination of 41%. 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 14 the Moon is 23.02 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.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 41%
Moon Age: 23.02 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 372,357.83 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,748,862.69 km

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.

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

February 14, 2023 Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions

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 

Northwestern Hemisphere

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

February 14, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Aquarius 59
Moon:12 Sagittarius 17
Mercury:04 Aquarius 54
Venus:23 Pisces 23
Mars:14 Gemini 02
Jupiter:08 Aries 50
Saturn:27 Aquarius 32
Uranus:15 Taurus 10
Neptune:24 Pisces 03
Pluto:29 Capricorn 06

True Lunar Node:06 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Taurus 49 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Leo 11

Chiron:13 Aries 11
Ceres:06 Libra 31 Rx
Pallas:10 Cancer 27 Rx
Juno:16 Aries 22
Vesta:02 Aries 59

Eris:24 Aries 02

Fire:7
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

Northern Hemisphere For 1500 CST GMT 2100

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

February 14, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Aquarius 54
Moon:11 Sagittarius 07
Mercury:04 Aquarius 47
Venus:23 Pisces 17
Mars:14 Gemini 01
Jupiter:08 Aries 49
Saturn:27 Aquarius 31
Uranus:15 Taurus 10
Neptune:24 Pisces 03
Pluto:29 Capricorn 06

True Lunar Node:06 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Taurus 50 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Leo 11

Chiron:13 Aries 11
Ceres:06 Libra 32 Rx
Pallas:10 Cancer 27 Rx
Juno:16 Aries 20
Vesta:02 Aries 57

Eris:24 Aries 02

Fire:7
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

Northeastern Hemisphere

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

14 February 2023
02:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Aquarius 36
Moon:07 Sagittarius 06
Mercury:04 Aquarius 22
Venus:22 Pisces 55
Mars:13 Gemini 55
Jupiter:08 Aries 45
Saturn:27 Aquarius 29
Uranus:15 Taurus 10
Neptune:24 Pisces 02
Pluto:29 Capricorn 05

True Lunar Node:06 Taurus 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Taurus 51 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Leo 09

Chiron:13 Aries 10
Ceres:06 Libra 33 Rx
Pallas:10 Cancer 27 Rx
Juno:16 Aries 10
Vesta:02 Aries 49

Eris:24 Aries 01

Fire:7
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

A Thought for Today

When we have positive thoughts positive results do happen.

This includes finding Mr. or Ms. Right for you. Lord Beltane, or Big Dawg as he prefers to be called, and I dated from a year back in 2000 to 2001, I then broke it off for a man I thought was more stable and better for me. Boy was I wrong I allowed myself to be verbally, emotionally, and mentally abused for 19 years then the last straw came when in anger he destroyed an entire rack full of clean dishes, cups, and glass ware. He had lost his temper many times before but only pushed me once. When putting these two things together and having a history of domestic abuse with other boyfriends and husbands I finally found the excuses I was making of why I couldn’t move out were just that lame excuses. Thanks to some very dear friends and a cousin of mine I was able to move out the beginning of July 2020 and start life as what I thought would be a single woman the rest of this lifetime. So fast forward to September 2020 Big Dawg found me on Facebook through a mutual friend and start out by messaging through there than went to text messages and by the end of the month talking nightly on the phone. I moved in with him at the end of November 2020 and we are trying to plan a very small summer wedding and Handfasting. We have not had a major argument or even screaming to get a point across in the over two years we have lived together. It took us 19 years to find each other again but we both had for a lack of a better term growing up to do.

A little back history of why we are waiting so long to get married and handfasted. See back when we were first dating, he was married with two grammar school age children, NO I did not know this right away or I never would have dated him in the first place. Big Dawgs divorce was finalized in August 2022. I was also married and technically until my divorce is final hopefully by sometime in April, but my husband (not the abusive boyfriend of 19 years) and I have been separated since right after new year in 2000. I left him because he started using heavy duty drugs again among other very not nice reasons.

As you can see in my case taking positive steps to first love and be kind yourself Mr. or Ms. Wonderful maybe around a corner you turn one day. Love is patience and kind.

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Please remember Valentine’s Day is not just for couples or friends with benefits it is a day for everyone to feel some love even if it comes from yourself.