Day: April 16, 2024

A Laugh for today

I hope the rest of your day and evening is relaxing, filled with fun and love. Blessed be.

Spell For Tuesday – Matchstick Spell

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Matchstick Spell

This Matchstick Spell is the epitome of simplicity. Combined with a few moments of visualization, you will literally ignite your intention as you manifest the spell in your mind! (Because thoughts are energy, and energy is power!) Who doesn’t like a little pyro in their Pagan?! =D
What You’ll Need:
A matchstick
A pen
 
How to Conjure:
-Write your desire in one word on the match. Being so small, it may get tricky. Don’t get frustrated. Write as neatly as you can and call it good! =P-Before lighting the match, take a moment to envision your spell coming to fruition. For example, if you’re seeking a new home, imagine walking into your new house. What does the entryway look like? What color are the walls? What does the living room smell like? Where will you put the couch? Really visualize your goal.

-Once your desire is crisp and colorful in your mind, say the following:

With the strike of a match, this spell is aflame,
Quickly manifesting, my desires attained.
– Light the match and allow it to burn as completely as possible without burning your fingertips! With one deep breath and the unfailing belief your spell will manifest, blow out the match before it reaches your fingers.
-Dunk the match in water to ensure it’s entirely extinguished.
-If you have house plants, push the remaining bit of match deep into the soil. Otherwise, take the small bit outside and bury. You shouldn’t need a shovel, just kind of shove it into the dirt with your finger. You know, nature’s tool! 😉 Alternatively, you may also toss the remaining bit into a fire.
Your spell is now quickly on its way to manifesting! In and out in under five minutes. Imagine that! You just earned yourself a shower, you busy Pagan you!

April 16 and 17, 2024 Current Moon Phase for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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.

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

Source: MoonGiant.com

Northern Hemisphere

April 16, 2024

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. This September Full Moon will be the forth and final supermoon of 2023.

During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the April 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on April 16 has an illumination of 57%. 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 April 16 the Moon is 8.02 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 57%
Moon Age: 8.02 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 398,163.97 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,180,817.76 km

Southern Hemisphere

17 April 2024

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. This September Full Moon will be the forth and final supermoon of 2023.

During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the April 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on April 17 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 April 17 the Moon is 8.93 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 66%
Moon Age: 8.93 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,338.70 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,222,403.74 km

A Thought for Today

Merry meet dear Sisters, Brothers, and Honored Guests, welcome to WOTC!

If you want to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft, please put it in the comment section. I will try to find some information to post about it.

May your and your family’s lives be filled with all things positive!

Finally, I am back to working on WOTC on a daily basis. I will try to keep up with the tomorrow posts but if I don’t I plan on at least getting the daily posts up on their correct dates. I cannot thank you enough for all your support, love, kind words, and healing you have so freely given to myself and family as we went through some very bad months. I hope this finds you and your families in good health in mind, body and spirit. Now, onto the northern hemispheres tomorrow’s posts. Love and hugs from my family to your and yours.

Blessed be!

Merry part until we merry meet again!