The Emperor is blessed with the skills to successfully lead others. He can turn chaos into order and provide structure to that which is unbound. He is quick of mind and confident in his power and right to rule, and does so in a just manner. Although stern by nature, he truly is the ultimate father figure. He will provide as needed, teach those with unanswered questions, protect the vulnerable, set and maintain boundaries. His perfect world runs on schedule and is free of any disturbances. What the Emperor must be wary of is setting boundaries and rules where none are needed. If he isn’t careful not to over use his powers he may well become a tyrant.
You seek to balance the world around you on a mental level. You want things to be fair and just, and you are very uncomfortable with extremes of opinion, simply because they seem harsh and unfair to you. The world of ideas is precious to you. You think like a social worker at times. Although you very definitely march to the beat of a different drummer, you do it in such a charming manner that people find you delightfully odd, and, at the very least, interesting. A dreamer at heart, you are striving towards perfection, and always looking for answers. Famous people born today: Thom Yorke, John Mellancamp, R.D. Laing, Desmond Tutu, Oliver North, Aaron Ashmore, Shawn Ashmore.
The Moon in your playful and creative solar fifth house encourages you to find joy in your life and in your relationships today, dear Aries. In many ways, the day plays in your favor, although it can be a little difficult to buckle down and get work done. Dissatisfaction has a way of making itself known, however, and this can be especially true if you stray from your duties or focus. Fears of commitment if they exist can be stimulated with people close to you, or in yourself, with the energy of the day. However, if you keep things light and give everyone, including yourself. some emotional space, it can be an enjoyable time. Take the time to review your feelings, but don’t let them distract you from your current path.
Taurus
Taurus
Good energy is with you for family matters today, dear Taurus, as well as practical affairs. Later today, with the Sun in difficult aspect with your ruler, Venus, you could be feeling a tad underappreciated or even upstaged. If you can manage your emotions and exercise patience, this is likely to be a minor disturbance only. Even if you are not feeling totally in sync with others, this is a temporary thing. Your ruler, Venus, is about to enter a more expressive and romantic sector of your chart after a few months in an introspective sector. This will occur tomorrow and stays with you for a month, opening up channels for expressing love and inviting love into your life.
Gemini
Gemini
The first half of the day can find you especially expressive and playful, dear Gemini. The desire to reach out to others is strong now, but keep in mind that if responses are not exactly as you wish them to be, this is likely due to today’s slightly awkward energy. Later today,you could be feeling a little uncertain, doubtful, or sensitive, particularly about words expressed and love relationships. Try not to decide that something is wrong simply because a person’s behavior has changed or due to an off our out of sync day. Sometimes we’re simply out of step and timing is off, and this is natural. It’s only when a pattern persists that a theme that needs attention emerges. There is good energy with you today for seeing problems in a new light.
Cancer
Cancer
Even with the possibility of misunderstandings, this should be a fairly breezy day for you, dear Cancer. You could find easy energy for family affairs and a tendency to cling to familiar things, people, and situations, and this can be very helpful from time to time, as it allows you to reconnect with yourself and your needs. If hidden problems or other tensions surface with people close to you, try not to make too much of this. It’s in fact helpful to know about problems before they grow further. After spending an extended period in your finance sector, Venus will move to a more sociable part of your chart tomorrow, and this will bring generally easier energy for connecting with others.
Leo
Leo
While there is generally decent energy for connecting with others today, dear Leo, you’re likely to want to take things easy now. It can be difficult really getting yourself going today on any one thing, largely due to distractions and emotional states. A conversation tonight could be eye-opening. Mercury will be moving out of retrograde in just two days, but with the station occurring, you could be dealing with some miscommunications in the next few days. Keep this in mind today when you are a little more sensitive than usual. Intentions are likely good, but words chosen may not be perfect now.
Virgo
Virgo
You are inclined to want a little more privacy or possibly even anonymity today, dear Virgo, with the Moon in your privacy sector all day. However, you’re still taking note of what others are doing. Later today, people can be more sensitive than usual with the Sun and Venus in minor challenging aspect with one another. This generally points to minor issues surfacing in our relationships, especially those we thought were over with or that have been operating in a hidden way. You may be feeling a little out of step socially. Venus is about to enter your sign (tomorrow) after spending many months in your privacy sector. This upcoming month-long transit awakens others to your natural charm, and you can expect to receive quite a bit of attention.
Libra
Libra
With the Sun in your sign in minor challenging aspect with your ruler, Venus, you could be feeling extra sensitive, dear Libra, especially when it comes to how much or how little attention they’re receiving. Your emotions can be up and down today if you pay too much attention to how others are responding to you. You might be especially sensitive and easily offended right now. In order to send out a positive message that receives positive attention, get into touch with your needs and desires, as you may not know exactly what it is you are striving towards. Also keep in mind that some off timing is normal here and there, and it’s typically very temporary.
Scorpio
Scorpio
It can be a little challenging to be productive today, dear Scorpio, or to truly know what you want. The Sun and Venus in difficult aspect tends to throw light on wants and needs that are inconsistent with what you feel you should do. At the same time, you are sensitive to imbalances as well, particularly in your relationships, and this may also play out on professional levels with Venus in your career sector for its final full day of this cycle. This aspect can act to pull up all sorts of unmet needs. It’s temporary and may be eye-opening as well. Venus is finishing up its transit of your career sector after a lengthy stay there, entering your social sector tomorrow, bringing friendly energy to your life for a month.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
While there can be some nice exchanges with friends or associates today, dear Sagittarius, there can be some issues with communicating what you mean or your inner message today. Certainly with Mercury’s direct turn in your friends sector on the 9th will help establish easier energy for communications going forward, for now it’s a good idea to aim to take some social awkwardness or miscommunications in stride. Differences of opinion can end up meaning something more. Reconsider whether it’s truly important to be understood on a matter before persistently pursuing it, or wait to present your ideas for a day when people are less self-centered.
Capricorn
Capricorn
You may be drawing upon your enormous powers of perception for the work you do or for understanding where you’re headed, dear Capricorn, and this can be very helpful. Your desires may rule later today, but pinpointing them can be difficult. You may be especially sensitive to situations that suggest you are unsupported by others, although you may need to adjust your expectations. Venus is coming to the end of a lengthy transit of your intimacy sector. Tomorrow, Venus enters Virgo, a fellow Earth sign, subtly enhancing your natural charm and style for the upcoming month.
Aquarius
Aquarius
Take a rest from pushing your plans ahead if this is possible today, dear Aquarius. This is a good time to collect yourself, although there can be some social ups and downs to deal with. Watch for hypersensitivity to others’ opinions of you or differences of opinion in general, which you may take too personally. Dissatisfaction in relationships can stimulate restlessness if you’re not dealing with the true cause. However, consider that miscommunication and misunderstanding of our own needs may be at the root of interpersonal problems. Off timing is temporary and unlikely to amount to much. There can be eye-opening understanding of past problems today, however, and this can give you valuable insight to move forward with.
Pisces
Pisces
It can take more energy or time to complete usual tasks today, dear Pisces, simply because your emotions need some attention. You can be especially sensitive if people are not recognizing your efforts or services. Venus is coming to the end of a long transit of your work and health sector, and will enter your partnership sector tomorrow. This month-long transit will pull you up and out of your shell, and you’re likely to attract friendlier people and situations into your life. Today, tend to odds and ends left hanging on the work front, or with your routines and daily life.
The Balance of the Elements & the Signs for Wednesday, October 7th
LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
VIRGO STRONG
Meticulous, discriminating, pure, practical, health conscious, hard working. Can be hyper-critical, petty and perfectionistic.
LIBRA STRONG
Even-handed, harmonious, artistic, diplomatic, balancing, strong sense of fairness. Can be over- compromising, appeasing, judgmental.
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
FIRE STRONG
Fire is enthusiastic, dynamic, and spontaneous, but lacks reflection. We are more courageous and adventurous now, with a tendency to act before thinking. There is little concern about what happened in the past. We are competitive and possibly impatient or bored easily.
WATER WEAK
There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.
BALANCE OF MODES
The modes are balanced.
LUNAR PHASE: THIRD QUARTER
Moon from 90 to 45 degrees behind the Sun.
We have strong beliefs and are likely to put them into action. We have the wisdom to know when to act, but sometimes can be inflexible.
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
Phase Details for – Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 25%
Moon Age: 24.60 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 397,299.23 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,499,457.33 km
The Witches Magick for the 7th Day of the Blood Moon
Renewal Prayer
For better health and renewed energy, say this prayer before you go to sleep tonight.
Bright Goddess of the mysterious night, With your cape of moon and starlight, Please grant me good health and renewed life, Thank you Lady for your divine energy, I pray my life is always loving and healthy, Here and now, and eternally. In the name of the Goddess, Blessed be!
We all use and make decisions about color in our daily lives— what colors we wear, which paints we use, the cars we drive, the food we eat, even the shampoos we buy. A whole host of decisions we make every day are at least partly decided by color. Most people have a favorite color. Mine is purple, and most of my home is decorated in shades of this color. Even my cloak is a beautiful shade of heather. It is a color that I am comfortable with. You will have your own favorite shade that features prominently in your life— and hopefully you have an understanding partner if your favorite color is acid green or Barbie pink!
The use of color can really enhance your magic and spell work, because each color lends its own energy and its associations to your spells and rituals. There are many ways to include color magic in your work— from candle magic to knot magic, from spell bags to plant magic. In fact, all of your magic will be greatly enhanced by your own knowledge of which colors work in which ways. I believe that there is no right or wrong color chart; what works for one will not necessarily work for all. If a certain color means a certain thing to you, who’s to say that you’re wrong and some impersonal chart is right? For example, when you think of the Goddess, do you see her as white? Silver? Gold? Blue? Who’s to tell you which is the right color?
The right color is the one with which you feel confident and comfortable working. And the right colors are the ones you can remember. If you want to create a spell spontaneously, you don’t want to have to go looking for a color-correspondence chart to find out which color works in a certain way. You have to trust what’s in your heart and work in a way that is true to you. I suggest you create your own color chart in your Book of Shadows. Spend some time thinking about what each color evokes for you and write it down. If you need some guidelines, below is the basic list I use in my own magic. Maybe it will give you a starting point or help you add to your own list. If you already work with color, try exploring some of the more intricate shades of each color to expand your catalog.
White: protection and purity; use in all magic as a universal color
Black: to absorb negativity and spirit contact; for banishing spells
Yellow: confidence and growth; for harmony spells Red: strength and passion; for power spells
Blue: health and patience; for awareness spells
Purple: peace and meditation; for blessing spells Pink: relaxation and friendship; for love spells
Green: nature and Fae magic; for wealth spells
Brown: earth and animals; for grounding spells
Orange: luck and vitality; for strength spells
Silver: the Goddess and the moon; for balance spells
Gold: the God and the sun; for power spells
Every color, of course, has varying shades— from pastel to deep or bright. Make your list as simple or as complicated as you like. A good way to build your own list is to have someone read off colors to you and you say the first thing that comes into your head that you associate with each color. That way, you will know that you are working with what’s true to your heart and with something that you will remember.
Hedgewitch Book of Days: Spells, Rituals, and Recipes for the Magical Year
Mandy Mitchell
This unique festival dates back to 15th-century Germany. Traditionally, this weeklong celebration focused on the digging up of an effigy that had been buried the year before. The object was ritually unearthed and then mounted on a brightly decorated pole that was paraded through the streets to announce the beginning of the festival. The opening procession was followed by a week of games, feasting and dancing. At the end of the festival, the participants would dress up in their mourning attire and rebury the effigy in its grave, where it would remain until the next Kermesse.
Wednesdays are wild and wacky days. They are for communication, change, cunning, and the arts. This is a Mercury day, and just its patron god this day is full of contradictions, change, and excitement. Some suggestions for Wednesday enchantments would include:
Pulling a little Wednesday color magic into your life by wearing purples or orange
Carrying a multipurpose agate with you and tapping into its various charms
Working with magical plants such as the fern for protection. This plant will also boost the power of any other magical plants with which it is arranged.
Incorporating lavender into charms and spells for transformation
Using the charming scent of lily of the valley to improve your memory, or working with the aspen tree for communication
Calling on Athena, patron of arts and crafts, for inspiration for a new project
Fanning out a Tarot spell to increase you creativity
Calling on Hermes on a Wednesday night to bring movement and good luck into your life
Incense: cassia, cedar, cinnamon, clove, frankincense, jasmine, lavender, mastic, mint, rosemary, sage, sandalwood, storax, dried and powdered citrus peel, and all incense made from aromatic bark, wood, and seeds
Goddess: Carmenta, Hecate (Queen of Crossroads), Hel, Ishtar, Ma’at, the Morrigan, Nike
God: Anubis, Bragi, Elath-Iahu. Enki, Garuda, Hermes, Maximon (Black Magician), Mercury, Nebo (Wise God of Wednesday), Odin, Shango, Ullr, Vishnu, Wayland, Woden
Evocation: Agrat Bat Mahalat, Michael, Miel, Raphael, Seraphiel, Tiriel
Wednesday(Mercury): The conscious mind, study, travel, divination and wisdom.
Kermesse (German)
Waning Moon The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation, and little magickal work(except magick designed to banish harmful energies).
Moon phase: Fourth Quarter
Moon Sign: Leo Leo: Draws emphasis to the self, central ideas, or institutions, away from connections with others and other emotional needs. People tend to be melodramatic.
Be bold and daring today! Expand your knowledge of the Craft by working with the planetary energies of Mercury on this multifaceted day of the week. Consider the Greco-Roman gods Mercury and Hermes and all of the many lessons they have for you. Embrace change and movement, and work on your communication techniques. Conjure up a little good luck for yourself with that Mercury dime spell. Call on Athena to inspire you to try magickal arts and crafts and to be more creative in your own spellwork and witchery.
Meditate on Odin and see what you can discover about him. I wonder what sort of fabulous and fascinating magickal wisdom you will uncover? Odin is a shaman, after all; he may appear in many guises and faces. I guarantee that he will make you laugh at yourself before he is through with you, but you will learn. It’s up to you what you do with that knowledge. Will you let it shapeshift into wisdom?
Wednesday is the wild and wily day of the week, so try to go with the flow; don’t fight the quirky energies of the day. Most importantly, follow your heart, and always keep a good sense of humor, because of Wednesdays you will really need it.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
To be a witch is to love and be loved.
To be a witch is to know everything, and nothing at all.
To be a witch is to move amongst the stars while staying on earth.
To be a witch is to change the world around you, and yourself.
To be a witch is to share and give, while receiving all the while.
To be a witch is to dance and sing, and hold hands with the universe.
To be a witch is to honor the gods, and yourself.
To be a witch is to be magick, not just perform it.
To be a witch is to be honorable, or nothing at all.
To be a witch is to accept others who are not.
To be a witch is to know what you feel is right and good.
To be a witch is to harm none.
To be a witch is to know the ways of old.
To be a witch is to see beyond the barriers.
To be a witch is to follow the moon.
To be a witch is to be one with the gods.
To be a witch is to study and to learn.
To be a witch is to be the teacher and the student.
To be a witch is to acknowledge the truth.
To be a witch is to live with the earth, not just on it.
To be a witch is to be truly free!
To help speed a recovery from illness, write the sick person’s name upon a white human-shaped candle of the appropriate gender. As you anoint it with three drops of myrrh or mint oil, visualize healing energy in the form of white light flowing from your hands into the candle and say:
In the divine name of the Goddess
Who breathes life into us all
I consecrate and charge this candle
As a magical tool for healing.
Place the candle on top of a photograph of the sick person and then light the wick.As the candle burns down, concentrate upon the person in the photograph, willing him or her to be well again, and chant the following incantation:
Magick mend and candle burn,
Sickness end; good health return.
You will need:
white candle
red candle
black candle
Imagine a blue ball of energy inside the candles. Caress the candles as you chant:
Goddess of Three, I call upon thee,
To protect from those who wish to harm me
Keep them from using the gift from thee
Keep them from using thy gift to harm me
When you finish chanting, imagine the blue ball exploding into lines of blue. Imagine the lines surrounding you and wrapping you in warm blue energy.See the blue light as a shield. Know that it is unbreakable. Think about how it is the Goddess’ Light protecting you.
Then put the candles someplace where they can burn undisturbed and let them burn themselves out, sending all the energy into your shield. This spell is best performed during the full moon.
For longer effects you can make it a seven-day spell.
You will need:
Three Purple Candles
Three Blue Candles
Photograph of yourself
Place the candles in a circle around the photograph. Charge each candle individually:
“I charge you by the powers of fire East, South, West, and North; I charge you by the powers of The Earth, Air, Fire and Water. I charge you by the powers of The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars: To heal me of this disease (or ailment) Its causes and its manifestations. So mote it be!”
Now, after you light each candle, say: “Burn the sickness in your flame Burn the sickness that would maim. Burn the illness by your might Burn the illness in your light. Heal me of illness and pain Heal me of all that is bane. Heal me and set me free With my will so must it be!”
Do this spell as many nights in a row that you need to.
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