Merry Meet dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, Welcome to WOTC! A Thought for Today

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Blessed be.

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondences for Wednesday

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Wednesday Source: A Witch In Time

Ruled by Mercury. Divination, communications, knowledge, wisdom, and study.

Day – Wednesday

Planet – Mercury, Chiron

Sign – Virgo, Gemini

Angel – Raphael

Color – Orange, Light Blue, Grey, Purple

Plants – Fern, lavender, hazel, cherry, periwinkle

Stones – Aventurine, bloodstone, hematite, moss agate, sodalite

Intention – Wisdom, healing, communication, intelligence, memory, education

Element – Earth

More Qualities –  Messages, the mind, the intellect, siblings, the arts, partnership, correspondences, phone calls, computers, messages, students, merchants, editing, writing, advertising, signing contracts, neighbors, kin, accounting, clerks, critics, music, editors, journalist, visual arts, hiring employees, learning languages, placing ads, telephone calls, visiting friends, legal appointments, astrology

Wednesday Source: plentifulearth.com

Planet: Mercury

Element: Air

Gender: Masculine

Deities: Athena, Hermes, Lugh, Mercury, Odin, Woden

Colors: Yellow, Silver, Gray, Purple, Orange, Mixed Colors

Crystals: Agates, Amber, Aventurine, Citrine, Lapis Lazuli, Mercury/Quicksilver, Pumice, Sodalite, Zinc

Herbs & Plants: Aspen Trees, Ferns, Lavender, Lilies, Periwinkle

Incenses: Eucalyptus, Mercury Oil, Jasmine, Lavender, Sweetpea

Energies & Associations: Answers, Arts, Business Transaction, Chance, Charisma, Communication, Creativity, Debt, Divination, Education, Fear, Flexibility, Fortune, Gambling, Luck, Mental Health, Psychic Work, Quickness, Study, Summoning Spirits, Swiftness, Teaching, Travel, Work, Writing

Spell for Wednesday – Spell to Contact Your Spirit Guide

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Spell to Contact Your Spirit Guide

Items needed:

Altar Candle

Day candle (whichever color for the day you be will doing your spell)
(Monday-white Tuesday-red Wednesday-purple Thursday-blue Friday-green Saturday-black Sunday-yellow)

Offertory Candles – 3 Violet candles, 3 White candles

Tools: Athame, Exacto Knife, or needle to inscribe candles

Props: Crystal ball or clear glass of water

Incense: anise, cardamon, and coriander

Oil: jasmine, lemon, rose, and sandalwood

Bathing Herbs: cinnamon, frankincense, myrrh, and sandalwood

Timing: Best done during the Mercury hour of the day, although any hour should work. Any moon phase is appropriate.

Preparation:
Breathe deeply and build a ball of protective light around you. While soaking in your ritual bath, meditate on the whole ritual: the steps you will take and what you wish to say to your spirit guide when you make contact.

Ritual:

Enter the circle in the Hour of Mercury. Light the incense. With the oil, dress the Altar Candle and the Day Candle while concentrating on the purpose of the ritual. Light your Altar candle and your Day candle and state your intent:

“I am here to make contact with my Spirit Guide, and to acknowledge him or her”

With your Athame, inscribe Violet Candle #1 with the word “Spirit”. Dress it with oil.
Light the Violet candle #1, direct your energies into it, and say:

“Here do I light the first Lamp of Spirit. May its light reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May it make contact with that World of Spirit into which we will eventually enter”

Take your censer or incense wand and swing in around censing the whole area around the altar, while rhythmically repeating the word “Merge” and building up energy to focus.

Replace the censer and pick up Violet candle #2. Inscribe it with the word “Spirit” and dress it with the oil. Put it back on the altar, light it, direct your energy into it, and say:

“Here do I light the second Lamp of Spirit. May it’s light also reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May it make contact with that World of Spirit and help spread the light, illuminating the passageway between our worlds.”

Again, take the censer or incense wand and cense the entire area around the altar while chanting the word “Merge” Build up your energy to focus. Take violet candle #3, inscribe with the word “Spirit”, dress with oil, charge with your energy, light it and say:

“Here do I light the third Lamp of Spirit.
May its light also reach out across the barriers from this world to the next. May the light from these three lamps blend and grow, dispelling all darkness and lighting the way that my Spirit Guide may come to me and speak with me here today.”

Inscribe the 3 white candles with the word “Truth” and anoint each candle with oil. Light the 3 white candles in order of 1, 2, 3, and say:

“Here do I build Truth. As these candles burn throughout this ritual, their power generates nothing but truth in all that transpires between this world and the next. Through these candles there is truth in all communications that come to me”.

Again, cense the entire altar area while chanting the word “Merge”.

Replace the censer and continue chanting. Sit comfortably while chanting, and gaze into the crystal ball, or the clear glass of water. Continue chanting until you feel it is right to let the chant taper off. Continue to quietly look into the crystal ball or glass, not trying to picture anything. Keep your mind blank, so whatever comes will appear will come in it’s own free will. Gaze into the center of the crystal, there is no need to try not to blink. Look into the crystal and blink naturally. Try not to notice anything in your peripheral vision, just the center of the crystal. Eventually a face or figure will appear. This may take a long time, or it may appear almost immediately. If it doesn’t come at all within approximately 20 minutes, abandon this attempt, extinguish the candles in the order in which they were lit, leave the altar set up, and try this ritual again in three days. You should have results within a month at most.

When a figure does appear, ask if he/she is your Spirit Guide. You will hear an answer. You may not hear it out loud, or even see the figures lips move, but you will be aware of the answer. This is how most of your conversation will proceed. You will ask your questions mentally (or out loud) and the answers will be clear inside your mind.

Ask if you have more than one spirit guide. If yes, ask them to appear also. You may ask anything you wish to know, but it is suggested to establish a connection first where your Spirit Guide may appear to you at any time, or at specific times, so that you can converse with other spirits through him/her. When you have finished speaking with your Guide, thank him/her, then sit for a moment with your eyes closed, meditating on all that you have learned. Extinguish the candles in reverse order to clear the circle.

18 July 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Southern Hemisphere

Source: nineplanets.org

The current moon phase for July 18th, 2024 is the Waxing Gibbous phase.

On this day, the moon is 12.81 days old and 91.28% illuminated with a tilt of 120.136°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 382,398.05 km and the moon sign is Sagittarius.

The Moon phase for July 18th, 2024 is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This is the phase where the moon is more than 50% illuminated but has not yet reached 100% illumination (which would be a Full Moon).

In the Northern Hemisphere, the right side will be illuminated, and in the Southern hemisphere it’ll be the left side that is illuminated.

The Waxing Gibbous phase, like all moon phases, will last for just over 7 days. The actual length will vary because of the elliptical shaped orbit of the moon. During this Waxing Gibbous phase the moon will rise in the east in the mid- to late-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset.

Assuming it’s a clear night, the Waxing Gibbous moon will then be visible through most of the night before setting just before sunrise.

Fun fact: the word Gibbous was first used in the 14th century and comes from the latin word gibbosus which means humpbacked.

Phase Details

Phase: Waxing Gibbous

Moon age: 12.81 days

Moon illumination: 91.28%

Moon tilt: 120.136°

Moon angle: 0.52

Moon distance: 382,398.05 km

Moon sign: Sagittarius

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

18 July 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Cancer 57
Moon:13 Sagittarius 12
Mercury:22 Leo 29
Venus:07 Leo 52
Mars:28 Taurus 04
Jupiter:11 Gemini 46
Saturn:19 Pisces 09 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 25
Neptune:29 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:01 Aquarius 00 Rx

True Lunar Node:09 Aries 46 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:10 Aries 20 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):02 Libra 04

Chiron:23 Aries 30
Ceres:11 Capricorn 51 Rx
Pallas:20 Scorpio 00
Juno:22 Virgo 46
Vesta:12 Leo 29

Eris:25 Aries 30

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

Cape Town, South Africa

18 July 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Cancer 16
Moon:17 Sagittarius 35
Mercury:22 Leo 52
Venus:08 Leo 17
Mars:28 Taurus 18
Jupiter:11 Gemini 50
Saturn:19 Pisces 09 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 26
Neptune:29 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 59 Rx

True Lunar Node:09 Aries 43 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:10 Aries 19 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):02 Libra 06

Chiron:23 Aries 30
Ceres:11 Capricorn 47 Rx
Pallas:20 Scorpio 01
Juno:22 Virgo 52
Vesta:12 Leo 38

Eris:25 Aries 30

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

Easter Island, Chile

18 July 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Cancer 35
Moon:22 Sagittarius 01
Mercury:23 Leo 14
Venus:08 Leo 41
Mars:28 Taurus 32
Jupiter:11 Gemini 54
Saturn:19 Pisces 08 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 26
Neptune:29 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 59 Rx

True Lunar Node:09 Aries 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:10 Aries 18 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):02 Libra 09

Chiron:23 Aries 30
Ceres:11 Capricorn 43 Rx
Pallas:20 Scorpio 02
Juno:22 Virgo 58
Vesta:12 Leo 47

Eris:25 Aries 30

Fire:8
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:4

Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

July 17, 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Northern Hemispheres

Source: nineplanets.org

The current moon phase for July 17th, 2024 is the Waxing Gibbous phase.

On this day, the moon is 11.76 days old and 84.04% illuminated with a tilt of 129.983°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 387,945.24 km and the moon sign is Sagittarius.

The Moon phase for July 17th, 2024 is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This is the phase where the moon is more than 50% illuminated but has not yet reached 100% illumination (which would be a Full Moon).

In the Northern Hemisphere, the right side will be illuminated, and in the Southern hemisphere it’ll be the left side that is illuminated.

The Waxing Gibbous phase, like all moon phases, will last for just over 7 days. The actual length will vary because of the elliptical shaped orbit of the moon. During this Waxing Gibbous phase the moon will rise in the east in the mid- to late-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset.

Assuming it’s a clear night, the Waxing Gibbous moon will then be visible through most of the night before setting just before sunrise.

Fun fact: the word Gibbous was first used in the 14th century and comes from the latin word gibbosus which means humpbacked.

Phase Details

Phase: Waxing Gibbous

Moon age: 11.76 days

Moon illumination: 84.04%

Moon tilt: 129.983°

Moon angle: 0.51

Moon distance: 387,945.24 km

Moon sign: Sagittarius

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

17 July 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Cancer 22
Moon:05 Sagittarius 06
Mercury:21 Leo 46
Venus:07 Leo 06
Mars:27 Taurus 38
Jupiter:11 Gemini 39
Saturn:19 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 24
Neptune:29 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:01 Aquarius 00 Rx

True Lunar Node:09 Aries 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:10 Aries 22 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):02 Libra 00

Chiron:23 Aries 30
Ceres:11 Capricorn 58 Rx
Pallas:19 Scorpio 58
Juno:22 Virgo 34
Vesta:12 Leo 12

Eris:25 Aries 30

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

Chicago, Illinois

July 17, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Cancer 36
Moon:08 Sagittarius 19
Mercury:22 Leo 03
Venus:07 Leo 24
Mars:27 Taurus 48
Jupiter:11 Gemini 42
Saturn:19 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 24
Neptune:29 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:01 Aquarius 00 Rx

True Lunar Node:09 Aries 49 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:10 Aries 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):02 Libra 02

Chiron:23 Aries 30
Ceres:11 Capricorn 55 Rx
Pallas:19 Scorpio 59
Juno:22 Virgo 39
Vesta:12 Leo 18

Eris:25 Aries 30

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

Los Angels, California

July 17, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Cancer 41
Moon:09 Sagittarius 24
Mercury:22 Leo 09
Venus:07 Leo 31
Mars:27 Taurus 52
Jupiter:11 Gemini 43
Saturn:19 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 24
Neptune:29 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:01 Aquarius 00 Rx

True Lunar Node:09 Aries 48 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:10 Aries 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):02 Libra 02

Chiron:23 Aries 30
Ceres:11 Capricorn 54 Rx
Pallas:19 Scorpio 59
Juno:22 Virgo 40
Vesta:12 Leo 21

Eris:25 Aries 30

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

July 17, 2024 Daily Horoscopes

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Moon Alert

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

Aries (March 21-April 19)

This is a feel-good day! Travel if possible because you’re pumped to do something different that will expand your world. Make a point of learning new things, meeting new people and discovering new ideas. Publishing, medicine and the law will benefit.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This is a financially favourable day for you, which will be good news for you because you’re the financial of the zodiac. You might see ways to boost your income. You might also do something to increase the assets of your home or your property. This is a perfect day to entertain at home.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Relations with partners and close friends are friendly today. You might be surprised by the enthusiasm of someone who is chuffed about their big ideas. Meanwhile, relations with everyone are great; and you are appreciating the beauty of your daily surroundings. Bonus!

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

This can be a productive day at work or with any task that you set for yourself today. You might boost your earnings; or you might buy something beautiful for yourself and loved ones. With the Sun in your sign, you feel strong, confident and happy to be in your skin.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This is a wonderful day to schmooze! Enjoy socializing with others, especially kids. Romantic outings will also appeal. It will be easy to be charming and entertaining with everyone. This is also an excellent day to buy wardrobe goodies for yourself. Having said that, you might prefer some quiet privacy.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

An interesting day! You’re popular! You look good to others. However, today you might prefer to cocoon at home. Ironically, you might also entertain at home because a group might meet there. Yet again, a secret love affair might be on the books. (Interesting.)

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Your communication skills are excellent today because you feel optimistic. This is why others will want to be in your presence. Relations with friends and groups will be so friendly, some of you will turn a friendship into a romance. Discussions about politics, religion, publishing, medicine and the law are positive.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

This is a financially beneficial day for you because bosses and people in authority are favourably disposed to you. It’s also an excellent day to negotiate deals and discuss inheritances and how to share something because the results will go your way. (Be patient with partners and friends.)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today the Moon is in your sign dancing with fair Venus and your ruler, lucky Jupiter. This is why you feel jubilant, upbeat and optimistic! (Just how you like to be.) Meanwhile, relations with others are warm and friendly. Discussions about travel, medicine, higher education and publishing are positive.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

It might be in your best interests to be low key today and welcome some quiet time and privacy. Nevertheless, financial discussions will favour you. Work-related travel will please you. Romance will be affectionate and memorable. (Sounds good!)

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

This is a great day to schmooze because your people skills are excellent. Discussions with friends and groups, plus dealing with kids or future vacation plans will be promising. Meanwhile, someone has your back today, which is why relations with partners and close friends are so smooth.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You’re high viz. today, which means some people know personal details about your private life. (Be aware of this in case you have to do some damage control.) Meanwhile, this is a great day to work because you feel invigorated. (Even dealings with parents will be especially rewarding and affectionate.)

If Your Birthday Is Today

Donald Sutherland (1935) shares your birthday today. You are independent and confident. You like to be at the top in your field. This is a year of change; and some of these exciting changes will generate increased personal freedom. Let go of whatever impedes your progress. Trust your intuition. New friends and travel will expand your horizons.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

This Wednesday might give you the chance to meet some new people but also the occasion to show what you are capable of. Sounds good, isn’t it?

Well, if things would stop here it would but there is more. You will have a hard time finding your words at some point if you confidence level falls or as emotions suddenly kick in.

You can also read this special Aries Daily Horoscope.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This is an ideal time if you have something to share but maybe you should refrain from all the personal stories or experiences you might want to teach others about.

Just bet on information and casual conversation and you will probably see that everyone will be drawn to this and you’ll be quite charming overall.

You can also read this special Taurus Daily Horoscope

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Some things are satisfactory while others are not, because this is how life is, right? Well, not so much for you as you tend to have everything straightened and try to play the arm of justice in everything you do today.

Just rest for a moment and see whether that is all necessarily, because some things might resolve without any attached drama.

You can also read this special Gemini Daily Horoscope.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

The current disposition will help you sort some things out there at work but won’t offer you exact solutions so you will still have to do most of the work on your own, without expecting some miracle solution to kick in.

Not bad after all, as you can consider this challenging moments as experience when you’ll look back to this.

You can also read this special Cancer Daily Horoscope.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

If you want to make a good impression today maybe you should rethink your strategy because it is not really the best approach with the people you want to get in contact with.

So think more about them and what they like and dislike and then reconsider what you want to show of you and the way you want to do it.

You can also read this special Leo Daily Horoscope.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

You have quite a few things to consider if you want to advance with this plan you have at work.

And there aren’t even the things you already have on your list to take in account so you should use the time you have before you start to think of what you have overlooked. Might be useful to have some things in writing as well.

You can also read this special Virgo Daily Horoscope.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You are very passionate about what you are doing but even like this, you sometimes go overboard with what you are trying to achieve.

And unfortunately, those around you are not sincere or courageous enough to bring that openly to you and they simply gossip about it behind your back. It might be about time for you to realize that.

You can also read this special Libra Daily Horoscope.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Loyalty is important for you but it appears that so are your feelings and sometimes these can be quite contradictory.

Whether there are some issues of trust between you and your partner or prospective love or something similar, you surely are conflicted inside about what to do next. On one side you would follow your principles but on the other, your heels are quite hot for them.

You can also read this special Scorpio Daily Horoscope.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

It appears that every interaction with your partner has suddenly become a constant reminder of something they have done wrong and you find it hard to go past that.

As they are probably able to sense this as well, maybe you should be open about this and explain them why you are behaving the way you do and maybe you will find a solution together.

You can also read this special Sagittarius Daily Horoscope.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

This will be quite a revealing day and will shed some light on something about yourself as well about the relationship you have with your friends and who you can really trust.

So a complex day ahead, and it won’t even require too much attention from you because certain things will be quite clear while others even blatantly obvious.

You can also read this special Capricorn Daily Horoscope.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You appear to leave the sensation that you take things easily or that you don’t care too much about something your partner things dearly of.

And we both know that this is the exact recipe for disaster. So in case, this is true, you might need to find better ways to camouflage your disinterest and in case it isn’t true, show your attention better.

You can also read this special Aquarius Daily Horoscope.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You should be a lot more diplomatic and take everything in moderation because nothing is actually that pressing or that essential to deserve for you to ruin your reputation or to appear desperate.

Try to control as much as you can and for the rest, just let it be. Also, maybe take some of the afternoon off to change the air.

You can also read this special Pisces Daily Horoscope.