Calendar of the Moon

Rowan Tree Moon 

Color: Orange-red
Element: Fire
Altar: Upon a cloth of orange-red set a row of red candles, Brigid’s cross, and a bell.
Offerings: Votive candles. Quicken a newborn idea into birth.
Daily Meal: Hot drinks with every meal. Keep food warm.

Luis/Gamelion Invocation

Call: Now is the quickening of the year.
Response: Now is the time of the first movement.
Call: Now the child stirs in the womb.
Response: Now the seed stirs in the earth.
Call: Now the plains flood and our fire is threatened.
Response: Now the cold water drowns our spark.
Call: Now is the time of the hard struggle.
Response: Now is the month of desperation.
Call: Now is the time of desperation to live.
Response: Now is the time of desperation to be born.
Call: We turn in our sleep as the earth turns.
Response: We dream with the sleeping earth.
Call: Each of our dreams is a lit candle in the dark.
Response: Each of our dreams is a single point of hope.
Call: They shine faint and alone in the night of struggle.
Response: They are alone as we are alone.
Call: Yet we are not alone in our dreams.
Response: We are not alone!
Call: We will keep our fires burning.
Response: We will burn against the night!
Call: We will warm our dreams with the force of life.
Response: We will not die alone in the cold!
Call: We will ward off all evil.
Response: Only good shall pass our gates.
Call: We will care for each other.
Response: We will never cease to care!
Call: We will survive the winter.
Response: We will survive!
(Repeat last two lines twice more.)

Chant:
Protect the flame that warms your dreams
And dreams shall never die.

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Calendar of the Sun
8 Solmonath

Ganymede’s Day

Colors: Light blue and white
Elements: Water and Air
Altar: Set on cloth of sky blue a great cup, or horn, of wine. Lay around it feathers of many flying birds, and the figure of an eagle.
Offerings: Feathers. Acts of service to people you love.
Daily Meal: Poultry. Sausages. Phallic breads and cakes, cream-filled. Phallic vegetables.

Invocation to Ganymede

Beautiful youth of the high winds
Rider of the eagle
You who knew a mortal life
And was transformed
By the power of love
And the willingness to serve,
Let us learn those lessons,
That we may fly high
And come to know divinity
In every way possible.
Cupbearer of the Gods,
Let us drink of your clear sight
Let us taste of your generosity
Let us remember your story
As one of inspiration.

Chant: Kouros Askophoroi Kouros Askophoroi

(One man who has been chosen to do the work of the ritual comes forth with the cup or horn and says, “I am at your service. Drink of my love.” All drink, and the rest is poured as libation. Ideally, this should be a man whose sexual preferences are for other men, or at least who is not averse to deeply loving other men in his heart. If it is possible, the Great Rite for men shall then be performed by two men either of the household or brought in as visitors, and all shall sit in a circle facing outward as they are wrapped in a blue cloth and lie in the center. When it is done, all shall go to their quarters and meditate on Love and service, or have ritual sex, alone or with others. Such ritual sex that is done with others should concentrate on sexual service to each other.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

The Solar Almanac for Friday, February 8th

Sun Direction:155.81° SSE↑

Sun Altitude:34.55°

Sun Distance:91.697 million mi

Next Equinox:Mar 20, 2019 4:58 pm (Vernal)

Sunrise Today:6:50 am↑ 108° East

Sunset Today:5:26 pm↑ 252° West

Length of Daylight: 10 hours, 35 minutes

The Lunar Almanac for Friday, February 8th

Moon Direction:111.71° ESE↑

Moon Altitude:19.46°

Moon Distance:250254 mi

Next Full Moon:Feb 19, 20199:53 am

Next New Moon:Mar 6, 201910:03 am

Next Moonset: Today 9:02 pm

Current Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

Illumination: 12.7%

Both Courtesy of timeanddate.com

A Look At The Stars for February 8 thru February 10

Friday February 8

• 9:33 am – Moon enters Aries

Saturday February 9

• 5:53 pm – Mercury sextile Uranus from Friday to Sunday brings exciting news and stimulating conversations. Your daily routines may take a detour in new and unexpected directions. Along the way you will learn new things and meet new people. This is end to your weekly horoscope for making friends from different backgrounds than your own. Socializing is favored because of your thought-provoking ideas and kinky sense of humor. New discoveries may also come from dreams or flashes of insight.

Sunday February 10

• 5:50 am – Mercury enters Pisces until April 17
• 8:28 pm – Moon enters Taurus

–Astrology King

Current Planetary Positions

February 08, 2019

The Cauldron Chant

We form the Circle,
The Circle most round.
We form the Chalice,
The Chalice now found.

We call the Goddess,
to meet the great need.
We call the God,
To plant His fertile seed.

We call the quarters,
which we call four.
We summon the powers,
that contain the force.

We stir the Cauldron,
from which we were born.
We call the Gods,
from whom we were torn.

We say the words,
which lead us round.
We pass the kiss,
with our lovers found.

We face our dreams,
in nights psychic flight.
We face our hopes,
in bright moon of the night.

We face our fears,
on the Dark Lords Horn.
We face our failure,
in the Mothers new planted corn.

We live our lives,
druming and dancing on the meadow.
We confront our Death,
in the dancing moon light shadow.

Our paths run quickly,
on fleet foot and wing.
Our Circle is joyous,
with our Queens and our Kings.

Let our little Circle be happy,
with Bell, Bowl or Bow.
And form now this Circle,
with gracious Love, Joy and Hope.

Blessed Be

Ammond ShadowCraft, Author
Originally Published On Pagan Library

The “Good Morning, Friday” thing was suppose to be a joke. I really know what day it is. Next, you might be wondering why there is an ear up on the post. Well, it be a long story and it goes something like this….

Most Celts prefer to have symbolic tattoos or tribal tattoos on their body. I have always been a chicken sh*t when it comes to needles. So I went with the earrings in the ear. On my right ear, I have eight earrings and the tit (picture above but not my ear) pierced also. On the left ear, I have six earrings plus the tit on that ear also pierced. Don’t freak out on me, I wear all of them around the office at times and at home always. You have to wear them are all these holes in my head (like I need another hole in my little head, HA!) will grow up. Each one of these piercings have a special meaning to me. Most of them are for those I love and when I was pierced there was a blessing done for each person, to keep them safe from harm, let them feel my love and to always be in my heart. The last one I got pierced was the tit on my right ear. I got it pierced to stop the pain of losing someone I love very dearly. I won’t mention their name or relationship because they read this site on occasion.

Now the reason I am telling you about all my earrings…..about two weeks ago, I went out to eat with this person who the right earring was for. We had a very heated argument during dinner. When we left I thought I had cooled off but, I found out later on that night I hadn’t. I have a terrible temper which I try to control but it does get the best of me at times. I can control it during the day but haven’t had a problem with it at night in a very long time. That night when I went to bed, I thought I was grounded enough that I wouldn’t have any problems during the night. Brother, was I wrong! About three in the morning, I was jolted awake in pain and I mean pain. I leave the night light on in the bathroom for Kade (my familiar). The light shines directly on my bed and me. My right side was covered in blood, my pillow was soaked in blood and so was the sheets. I could imagine what happened. All I knew the pain was coming from the right side of my head. I got to feeling and I had ripped the earring on that tit out of my ear. When I turned the light on, there lay the earring and half my ear on my pillow. I finally got it to stop bleeding and was up the rest of the night with the ear because of the pain.

Well bull-headed me didn’t go to the doctor right away. I waited two or three later to go. Sort of ashamed to tell someone you got mad in your sleep and ripped your earring out of your head. But the ear wouldn’t heal so I had no choice and beside I knew it was infected (even though I had tended to it). When I went to the doctor, she always had a fit. Why on earth did you do such a thing? I told her it sure in the hell wasn’t on purpose. I told her it happened while I was asleep and the circumstances that brought on my anger. Come to find out the ear was infected and I had waited to long to go to the doctor, so it also screwed up the rare blood disease I have. All the older members know about it, nothing contagious or anything like that, just hereditary. I am one lucky witch, HA! Anyway, the ear wouldn’t heal, it was infected so was the side of my head, my blood was screwed up and that is about it.

Needless to say I have felt like sh*t ever since then. I am on an antibiotic, blood pressure pills and now Valium at bedtime so I won’t do anything else to myself while I sleep. At that dinner, I didn’t realize I got that angry but I did. I never realized I would rip that earring out of my ear either but I did. The earring I ripped out was for that person I was having dinner with. I guess I should take it as a sign and let it go. But enough with boring you to tears, I wanted you to know why the posting here has been so screwed up. It is because of me and my ear. I know a ear doesn’t sound like a big deal but if you have it pierced on that tit, they have to go pretty close to your head to do it. It get infected, the whole side of your head around your ear get infected and turns the prettiest shade of red.

Besides all of that, it has poured down rain and still is and everything out here is flooded. I went last night to the Dollar Store and had to turn around several times because of water over the road. Right now, we have one way in and one way out. Thankfully the guys got smart and built sort of levees on both sides of the road coming in here. So right now we are dry but we have a boat in case of an emergency (out here, you never know). I told the ladies to stay home today because it is too bad to even try to get here. So you are stuck with just me again. The weather is making my ear hurt like the devil and I feel like crap so I am going to the Commentary Gazette to post the horoscopes and a few other goodies. That place has turned into my place I go when I don’t want to do much but I know I am obligated too.

I apologize for the inconvenience but you know the whole story right now. I am off to the Commentary Gazette.  I hope you drop by and say hello. Till then….

Love ya,

Lady A