Day: April 22, 2024
History of Witches
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Witches were perceived as evil beings by early Christians in Europe, inspiring the iconic Halloween figure.
Images of witches have appeared in various forms throughout history—from evil, wart-nosed women huddling over a cauldron of boiling liquid to hag-faced, cackling beings riding through the sky on brooms wearing pointy hats. In pop culture, the witch has been portrayed as a benevolent, nose-twitching suburban housewife; an awkward teenager learning to control her powers and a trio of charmed sisters battling the forces of evil. The real history of witches, however, is dark and, often for the witches, deadly.
The Origin of Witches
Early witches were people who practiced witchcraft, using magic spells and calling upon spirits for help or to bring about change. Most witches were thought to be pagans doing the Devil’s work. Many, however, were simply natural healers or so-called “wise women” whose choice of profession was misunderstood.
It’s unclear exactly when witches came on the historical scene, but one of the earliest records of a witch is in the Bible in the book of 1 Samuel, thought be written between 931 B.C. and 721 B.C. It tells the story of when King Saul sought the Witch of Endor to summon the dead prophet Samuel’s spirit to help him defeat the Philistine army.
The witch roused Samuel, who then prophesied the death of Saul and
Spell For Monday – Enabler Chant: Good Luck and Prosperity Cinnamon Spell
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Use this Good Luck Chant as a positive affirmation ritual and improve the energies in your home, workplace, or other personal spaces. This is a simple Wiccan chant spell for good fortune and cleansing of negative vibrations that can be done with a cinnamon stick.
Why this Spell Works
Wood is an insulator of bad fortune and is naturally charged with the constructive and positive vibrations of trees.
Cinnamon is a purifier used to clean the home and body from bad luck. Burning cinnamon sends subtle messages that invite friendly spiritual beings. Learn how to use Cinnamon in Green Witchcraft.
Enabler Chant: Good Luck & Prosperity Cinnamon Spell
Difficulty: Easy
Easy Wiccan Good Luck chant and spell using just a cinnamon incense stick and your voice. Attract luck and prosperity to your home and yourself with some real Magic!
INGREDIENTS
Cinnamon incense
Wooden incense holder
HOW TO CAST THE SPELL
- Place the cinnamon incense stick on the wooden incense holder and light it.
- Say the following chant as many times as you want:
Let the smoke that comes from the cinnamon fill every corner of your house as you visualize its purifying properties cleansing and warding off bad luck.
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence for Monday
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Monday Source: spells8.com
Candle
White candles are perfect for a Monday ritual. The silver candle corresponds to the Goddess on the Wiccan Altar. For a daily ritual, check the Daily Devotional page here.
Deities
Luna,
Mani, among others.
Tea
Drink a cup of Chamomile Tea, a caffeine-free alternative to start the week on a healthy note. Chamomile is considered by many ancient traditions as a purifying and protective herb so it will help prepare your mind and body for magical workings. Furthermore, it boosts immune health and relieves anxiety and depression ¹
The Element Water is especially exalted on this day, accompany this ritual with a Water invocation.
Herbs
Wintergreen,
Comfrey,
Sage,
Chamomile.
Crystals
Aquamarine,
Fluorite,
Geodes,
Moonstone,
Mother-of-Pearl,
Pearl.
Rituals & Spells
The color correspondence for a Monday is white or silver. A simple spell is: Meditate with a white candle and cast a circle. Tonight, consecrate or charge an amulet under the Moon.
Love rituals are also encouraged but especially fertility rituals where the family has a prominent place. Monday is a day of mystery and change, like the tides and the flowing water.
Monday Source: smudgemetaphysical.com
Planet: Moon
Colour: white, silver, blue
Plants: bluebells, jasmine, gardenias, or white roses
Stone: moonstone, pearl
Herbs: Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, and Wormwood
Oils:Lunar Goddess Oil, Seer Psychic Oil
God/Goddess: Selene, Luna, Diana, Artemis, and Toth.
Food: melon
Mondays are ruled by the moon and the divine feminine energy that this celestial body is associated with. The cycle of the moon has long been associated with the menstrual cycle. Therefor it is an excellent planet to work with for fertility, transformation, and change.
The moon rules the realm of the subconscious. This is where we access our emotions, our intuition, our psychic gifts. You would do well to perform divination or shadow work on this day.
Spells and rituals: involving agriculture, animals, female fertility, messages, reconciliations, theft, voyages, dreams, emotions, clairvoyance, home, family, medicine, cooking, personality, merchandising, psychic work, Faerie magic, and Goddess rituals.
Magic Monday spells:
Drink a soothing chamomile tea with the intention to have prophetic dreams that night.
Call upon the Goddess selene when performing and practicing tarot for an increase to your intuition.
Write down your grievances on toilet paper or a natural based paper and flush it down the toilet or send it away in a body of water.
April 22 and 23, 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 22, 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 22 has an illumination of 98%. 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 22 the Moon is 13.4 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: 98%
Moon Age: 13.40 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,531.79 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,427,177.98 km
Illumination: 98%
Moon Age: 13.40 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,531.79 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,427,177.98 km
Southern Hemisphere
23 April 2024
FULL MOON
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Full Moon phase. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning in the west. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >
Visit the April 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Full Moon Phase
The Full Moon on April 23 has an illumination of 100%. 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 23 the Moon is 14.32 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: Full Moon
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.32 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,197.88 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,467,419.35 km
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.32 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,197.88 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,467,419.35 km
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