It’s Cheap And Easy, But Is It Worth The Cost?
By Rebecca Williams
Reposted by Graphia
Day: August 15, 2023
Miracle Plant Used in Ancient Greece Rediscovered After 2,000 Years
Written by Giovanni Prete
Reposted by Graphia
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/
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Soul Contract
The idea bred false conclusions
And a fateful contract
Signed in blood
Ancient text with ancient rite
Demon summoning
Lonely crossroads
It sounded easy
No payment due
Saved until a future day
Bargaining with your soul
What’s the value
None can say
They rather trade it away
Earthly pleasures
They’re easy to see
Wealth, fame, power
Living life so lavishly
Yet time
Time’s a mortal enemy
Try not to think
That eternal damnation
A constant cycle of cremation
But only after pain
And so much suffering
Distract yourself
Try not to see
Deal with it eventually
You want it now
Everything
Eternal youth and diamond rings
Pleasures only flesh can bring
Forgotten was the ancient spell
Your private highway
Your road to hell
Tied now to the hourglass
Amazing run will travel fast
The pact fulfilled
The payment due
Now he comes
Comes for you
I Am Back Sort Of and Results for Survey on Posting
Well, it turns out Big Dawg and I somehow got the newest strain of COVID. We are both doing better today but as my allergies are in rare form still, I’m not feeling anywhere near 100% better yet. I know it will be a few more days for me to get back my full physical strength and be able to breathe easier and that’s ok as long as all the aches, stiffness, and pain stay mild I am in good shape to work.
As the results of the 10-question survey stand now all future regular daily posts will go live in this order starting with Wednesday, August 16, 2023:
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August 15, 2023 Current Moon Phase and Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
Current Moon 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 August 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on August 15 has an illumination of 1%. 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 August 15 the Moon is 28.72 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: 1%
Moon Age: 28.72 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,041.39 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,502,313.10 km
Illumination: 1%
Moon Age: 28.72 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,041.39 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,502,313.10 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
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.
Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
If you need to calculate the planetary positions in either hemisphere you can use this for a specific use and time in your local time zone, 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
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
August 15, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:22 Leo 52
Moon:18 Leo 02
Mercury:19 Virgo 14
Venus:18 Leo 56 Rx
Mars:22 Virgo 37
Jupiter:14 Taurus 57
Saturn:04 Pisces 41 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 00
Neptune:27 Pisces 09 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 33 Rx
Moon:18 Leo 02
Mercury:19 Virgo 14
Venus:18 Leo 56 Rx
Mars:22 Virgo 37
Jupiter:14 Taurus 57
Saturn:04 Pisces 41 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 00
Neptune:27 Pisces 09 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 33 Rx
True Lunar Node:27 Aries 01 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 11 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Leo 34
Chiron:19 Aries 44 Rx
Ceres:17 Libra 54
Pallas:16 Virgo 48
Juno:00 Leo 05
Vesta:21 Gemini 01
Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx
Fire:9
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:2
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:2
Cardinal:6
Fixed:7
Mutable:6
Fixed:7
Mutable:6
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 15, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:22 Leo 47
Moon:17 Leo 03
Mercury:19 Virgo 11
Venus:18 Leo 59 Rx
Mars:22 Virgo 34
Jupiter:14 Taurus 57
Saturn:04 Pisces 42 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 00
Neptune:27 Pisces 09 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 34 Rx
Moon:17 Leo 03
Mercury:19 Virgo 11
Venus:18 Leo 59 Rx
Mars:22 Virgo 34
Jupiter:14 Taurus 57
Saturn:04 Pisces 42 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 00
Neptune:27 Pisces 09 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 34 Rx
True Lunar Node:27 Aries 02 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 11 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Leo 34
Chiron:19 Aries 44 Rx
Ceres:17 Libra 52
Pallas:16 Virgo 46
Juno:00 Leo 02
Vesta:20 Gemini 59
Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx
Fire:9
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:2
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:2
Cardinal:6
Fixed:7
Mutable:6
Fixed:7
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
15 August 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:22 Leo 30
Moon:13 Leo 35
Mercury:19 Virgo 00
Venus:19 Leo 10 Rx
Mars:22 Virgo 23
Jupiter:14 Taurus 56
Saturn:04 Pisces 43 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 00
Neptune:27 Pisces 10 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 34 Rx
Moon:13 Leo 35
Mercury:19 Virgo 00
Venus:19 Leo 10 Rx
Mars:22 Virgo 23
Jupiter:14 Taurus 56
Saturn:04 Pisces 43 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 00
Neptune:27 Pisces 10 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 34 Rx
True Lunar Node:27 Aries 05 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 12 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Leo 32
Chiron:19 Aries 44 Rx
Ceres:17 Libra 46
Pallas:16 Virgo 38
Juno:29 Cancer 53
Vesta:20 Gemini 53
Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
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