Current Moon Phase for Monday, July 13th – Waning Crescent

July 13
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 7%

The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination in 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 – Monday, July 13, 2015

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 7%
Moon Age: 27.00 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 381,506.45 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,073,150.57 km

The Witches Magick for the 13th day of the Mead Moon – Meditation in a Jar


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MEDITATION IN A JAR

 

After dark, turn on some faerylike music. Albums by Enya, Alain Stivell, Kim Robertson, and Clannad are all ideal.

First make the meditation jar. Use a jar with a cap. Put in a teaspoon each of all these dried herbs: cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, garlic salt, marjoram, sage, and cloves.

Before you do the meditation, cap and shake the jar gently. Uncap the jar, and carefully inhale the scent, making sure none of the powder gets in your eyes, nose, mouth, or on your skin. The powers of the herbs heighten your psychic abilities.

Now sit or recline comfortably. Loosen any clothing that may be binding you. Close your eyes, and imagine a magical faery castle. Shape and fashion it from anything you like: the moon, the stars, crystals, gems, or flowers. This faery castle is a place where you can go to energize yourself with the magic of faeryland, even if it’s just a few minutes.

Take a deep breath in and out. In your mind’s eye step over the threshold of the castle, and enter it. As you step inside, your senses seem to come alive. You notice that the castle is filled with friendly faeries of all different types. There are flower faeries and woodland elves, winged faeries and will-o-wisps. Take a few minutes to explore the castle and all the faeries within. Enjoy the joyful sensations that accompany the adventure.

When you are done meditating, bring your attention to the present time and place, or if you like, drift to sleep, thinking of your faery castle. The jar can be used for other magical works. When the scent is gone, empty the jar contents onto the earth as an offering to the faeries. Say:

This is an offering to the kind and helpful faeries!

Wiccan Spell A Night: Spells, Charms, And Potions For The Whole Year

Sirona Knight

Witchy Extra – Your Personal Code


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Your Personal Code

 

Every magickal tradition, from the Druids to Wicca to Santería, has its own code— principles that guide the practitioner, boundaries that he or she won’t cross, a core of beliefs that permeates everything he or she does. These core beliefs define the parameters of the magickal practice. In Wicca, the primary principle is to harm nothing and no one.

But individuals also develop their own personal codes. Have you defined yours As previously noted, cultural differences have a hand in sculpting a particular individual’s beliefs. In the end, however, each of us must refine our own code as we evolve from children raised in the belief systems of our parents to adults who decide for ourselves what we believe.

This is not to say that any of us is omnipotent, that any of us has all the answers or even a good chunk of them. We’re all seekers and we all have a need for some sort of belief system.

Your belief system may include an adherence to an organized religion or to some other spiritual discipline, or it may not include any sort of spiritual ideas at all. But at the heart of any belief system lies a code by which you live your life, and it may not have any connection whatsoever to other people’s concepts of good and bad. After all, even thieves have codes.

Do you believe in an afterlife In a supreme being In good and evil Do you believe that reality is exactly as it appears, that what you see is what you get Do you believe people can’t be trusted, that all Dobermans are vicious, that it’s every man for himself, that you’re a victim and there’s nothing you can do about it Then your experiences will confirm those beliefs.

If, on the other hand, you believe that nothing is fated, that your free will and your innermost beliefs effect your reality, then your experiences will confirm that, too.

Because you have picked up a book on magick and spells, you probably already believe that you can shape your own destiny and are looking for practical information on how to do it more efficiently and pragmatically. Magick is one route. But there are hundreds of ways to get to where you want to be. The bottom line of any exploration is defining what you believe and that works for you.

The Only Book of Wiccan Spells You’ll Ever Need (The Only Book You’ll Ever Need)

Marian Singer, Trish MacGregor

Let’s Talk Witch – Invisible Beliefs


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Invisible Beliefs

 

Most of us have lots of “invisible beliefs.” These are deeply rooted beliefs that are largely unconscious and often so powerful that despite our best intentions and conscious desires, we can’t seem to make headway in accessing them. The challenge is to bring these beliefs into conscious awareness and work to change them, if necessary.

One of the best ways to identify these invisible beliefs is to take an honest look at the people and experiences in your personal life as though they were a mirror of the beliefs you hold. Does your boss continually overlook you when it comes to promotions Do your coworkers ostracize you If so, perhaps you have an invisible belief that you’re not worthy. If you continually attract relationships riddled with problems and drama or you attract abusive relationships, then perhaps the deeper belief also has to do with your lack of self-worth.

If you don’t like what’s happening to you and would like to change certain elements in your life, try reflecting on what you believe in order to identify the beliefs that could be holding you back and the beliefs that are beneficial to your goals. Figure out which beliefs are really yours, as opposed to beliefs you learned from someone else and unconsciously adopted as your own.

If you’re not sure about your belief system, the time to define it is before you begin casting spells— not after you’ve started. Once you know what you believe, it’s easier to define your parameters, your boundaries, and the lengths you will go to attain something. It also helps in determining what you won’t do, and establishing your bottom line.

Start by taking inventory of your life and writing down as many of your beliefs or preconceptions about yourself as you can. Zero in on your negative assumptions, and turn them into positive affirmations instead. By writing down the positive affirmation, saying it to yourself over and over during the day, and backing the affirmation with emotion, your unconscious will eventually begin to believe it. Once your unconscious believes it, the process of change and transformation begins to show up in what you experience.

The Only Book of Wiccan Spells You’ll Ever Need (The Only Book You’ll Ever Need)

Marian Singer, Trish MacGregor

Healing Arts and Pagan Studies ~ Comfort-of-Home Spell


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Healing Arts and Pagan Studies ~ Comfort-of-Home Spell

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The Moon is in earthy Taurus today. This is an ideal time to relax with the comforts of home and family after the first day of the work week. Burn some sandalwood or myrrh incense, and put on your favorite music. Surround yourself with beauty as you change into your most beautiful and comfortable clothes. Trade back or foot massages with someone dear to you. Spend time brushing or caressing a pet. Take a bubble bath, or make some cocoa. Get your favorite food for takeout, and be sure to have dessert. Whatever you choose to do, make sure your senses are fully engaged in the luxury and pleasure of the experience. Be fully present and indulge yourself.

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Home & Hearth Magick for Monday, July 13


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Home & Hearth Magick for Monday, July 13

 

On Monday, casts for matters concerning the home, emotions and nurturing.

Planetary Influence: The Moon

Household Symbols: Silver platters and bowls, moon shapes

Color: White and Silver

Kitchen Spices: Lemon rind and wintergreen.

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Cottage Witchery

Natural Magick for Hearth and Home

Ellen Dugan

Celebrating Other Spirituality 365 Days A Year – Highland Games


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July 13

 

Highland Games

 

The Highland Games gained great popularity with the patronage from Queen Victoria in 1848 and have continued ever since. The most spectacular event of the games is the opening march of kilted, bonneted, and sword-wielding clansman, led by the chief of the local clan and followed by a show of bagpipers.

Athletic events usually include hurdle and running races; putting the stone (throwing the 56-pound weight); throwing the hammer (an iron ball on a chain); and, the most noteworthy of all challenges tossing the caber (a 19-feet-long, 120 -pound pole). More than 70 sets of Highland Games are currently held between Midsummer and September, most of which takes place in the Highlands.

Monday Is Ruled By the Moon


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Monday Is Ruled By the Moon

 

This day of the week is dedicated to the moon and all of her magic and mystery. Mondays are for women’s mysteries, illusion, prophetic dreaming, emotions, travel, and fertility.

Some suggestions for Monday enchantments would include:

*Getting outside and looking for the moon in the heavens. Sit under her light and absorb a little glamour. Call on the moon goddess Selene for practical help in magical issues.

*Invoking the god Thoth for wisdom and insight

*Empowering your silver jewelry under the light of the moon. Wear moonstone or pearl jewelry today to add a lunar and magical shimmer to your outfit. Be mysterious and subtle and wear moon-associated colors such as white, silver, and blue.

*Working spells for safe travel with a simple moonstone

*Gathering bluebells, jasmine, gardenias, or white roses to create a little garden witchery with the flowers that are associated with the moon

*Setting up a lunar Tarot spell today to increase your psychic powers

*Eating a lunar fruit such as a melon to be healthy, serene, and at peace

*Brewing up a cup of chamomile or mint tea and enchanting it for sweet dreams and restful sleep

Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays And Some Not So Ancient!


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Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays And Some Not So Ancient!

 

Today Is …

 

Swaziland Festival of the She-Elephant. Feed the elephants at the zoo or place an elephant figurine on you altar.

Osiris: On this day, the birth of the vegetation- and fertility-god Osiris is celebrated by many Wiccans of the wiccan tradition.

The annual death and rebirth of Osiris personifies the self-renewing vitality and fertility of nature.

Japan: In the country of Japan, the annual Bon festival is celebrated on this date in honor of ancestral spirits.

1527: John Dee was born in London, England. He was renowned as an alchemist and was skilled in the arts of wizardry.

For many years he served as the royal astrologer of Queen Elizabeth I. He died in poverty in the year 1608.

Kronia – In ancient times, the Greek month of Hecatombion was also called Kronion, in honor of the old agricultural god Kronus, whose symbol was the reaper’s scythe. On the full moon (like the full moon of September which is also a Harvest Moon), the farm year ended with masters and slaves gathering to enjoy a harvest dinner together.

Obon Festival begins – Japanese Buddhist festival to honor the departed souls who return and share a life with us during these days. It is also called the Festival of the Lanterns, because of the colorful paper lanterns light the way. On the last day, the souls of the dead return and are given food offerings, accompanied by a silent, gliding circle dance, the bon-odori. Spirits with no relatives are honored with little boats bearing paper lanterns which are set afloat on the Tide of Returning Ghosts to drift out to sea. (Also celebrated in some places on Aug 13-15.)

Buddhist: Asala (Dhammacakka Day – Turning of the Wheel of Teaching) Buddhist observance of the day when Gautama Buddha made his first public proclamation to five ascetics. He taught the middle way, the noble eight-fold path and the four noble truths.

2003: Essex, England. Strange lights which floated and darted through the air were spotted in the skies over Cornwell Crescent in the town of Stanford-le-Hope at about 3:30 in the afternoon. The lights were caught on video by two witnesses. “I thought it was a UFO as there is no other explanation,” said one of the witnesses.

Remember The Ancient Ways and Keep Them Holy!

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The Witches Correspondences for Monday, July 13


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The Witches Correspondences for Monday, July 13

 

Day: Monday ( Moon-day)

Planet: Moon

Colors: Silver and White and Grey

Crystals: Moonstone, Pearl, Aquamarine, Silver, Selenite

Aroma: Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood, Moon Oil, African violet, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, and Wormwood

Herb: Moonwart

The sacred day of the Moon, personified by such goddesses as Selene, Luna, Diana, and Artemis. The Moon is ruler of flow affecting the changeable aspects of people. If a full moon falls on a Monday, its powers are at theirmmost potent. Magical aspects: peace, sleep, healing, compassion, friendships, psychic awareness, purification, and fertility

Monday is ruled by the moon – an ancient symbol of mystery and peace. Monday is a special day for mothers as the cycle of the moon has long been associated with the female menstrual cycle. Those wishing to conceive a baby would be wise to try on a Monday as the magic of motherhood is strong and pregnancy is in the air.

This is the proper day of the week to perform spells and rituals involving agriculture, animals, female fertility, messages, reconciliation’s, theft, voyages, dreams, emotions, clairvoyance, home, family, medicine, cooking, personality, merchandising, psychic work, Faerie magic, and Goddess rituals.

The Witches Almanac for Monday, July 13th


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The Witches Almanac for Monday, July 13th

Monday (Moon): Peace, sleep, healing, compassion, friends, psychic awareness, purification and fertility.

Festival of the Three Cows (Spanish)

 

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: Gemini
Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts, communication, games, and fun.

Incense: Rosemary

Color: Gray

DAILY MAGICKAL APPLICATIONS FOR MONDAY


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DAILY MAGICKAL APPLICATIONS FOR MONDAY

 

Monday is named after the moon. The Latin term for Monday is Dies Lunae (“moon’s day”); in the Old English language, this day was Monandaeg; in Greek, it was Hermera Selenes. All of these different names and languages translate to the same thing: the “day of the moon.”

Working with the different phases of the moon is an important skill that takes a bit of time for Witches to learn. So why not cut to the chase and experiment with the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon in all of its magickal energies and aspects?

Magickally, Monday encourages the lunar energies of inspiration, illusion, prophetic dreams, emotions, psychic abilities, travel, women’s mysteries, and fertility.

Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week

Ellen Dugan

Monday Is A Day of Witchery, Magick and Enchantment


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Monday Is A Day of Witchery, Magick and Enchantment

 

Think for a moment on all of the witchery, magick and enchantments that you have discovered. Don’t be afraid to adjust spells to suit your own specific needs. Any gentle, illusory, and dreamy charms and spells can be enhanced when you work on the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon. Mondays are a fantastic day to boost your psychic abilities and to tune in to your intuition and empathy. It also gives you the opportunity to work with a different lunar phase each and every Monday, which means in one month you could work four different types of moon magicks on Mondays. How’s that for adding to your repertoire? You are going to have mad skills in no time at all.

So light up those lunar scented candles and add a little mystique to your outfit by wearing an enchanting lunar color. Wear your sparkling silver jewelry and maybe add a pair of dangling silver earrings or a pendant shaped like a crescent moon. Create lunar potions and philters; make a dream catcher and give it as a gift to someone you love. Burn some sandalwood or jasmine-scented incense today to inspire the glamour and magick of the moon. Slice up a favorite variety of fruit that is in season for a snack or share it with your love and enjoy his or her lunar and romantic qualities. Brew up a cup of chamomile tea, enchant it with a little moon magick, and relax and get a good night’s sleep.

Most importantly, get outside tonight and watch the moon for a while. What phase is she in? What color was the moon as she rose? Why not start a journal and write down at what location the moon rises and sets for a few seasons? This is a great way to teach you to tune in and to become more aware of the moon and the influence that she pulls into our lives. Try calling on Selene for her magickal assistance, and call Thoth for wisdom and strength. Get to know the Norse Mani and the Latvian Meness. These gods of the moon have plenty to teach, and if you allow their influence to cycle through your life, you’ll receive many blessings. Be imaginative, and create your own personal lunar magick and witchery. Go on….the moonlight becomes you.

Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week

Ellen Dugan

Monday


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Monday

In the word Monday, we can see part of the word Moon. In the romance languages such as Italian or Spanish, this day of the week is called Lunes and clearly relates to the word lunar.

On Mondays, a variety of magick may be worked. Because Monday centers on the energies of the Moon, things like psychism, dreams, feminine energy, health, success in spiritual pursuits, domestic matters, and things of family origin are especially important this day.

Mondays are best for love magick and anything concerning home or family, thus old saying, Mondays child is fair of face, which seems clearly to relate to the themes of love and health.

Angels of Monday are Gabriel, Arcan, Missabu, and Abuzaha. Arcan is known as the king of the angels of air and the “ruler” of Monday. Abuzaha (Abuzohar) serves Monday, and is very responsive to invocations and ritual magick. Missabu is a ministering angel of Arcan.

Check whether the moon is waning or waxing to determine what your spell will be. During waning moons, do spells to rid yourself of obstacles or for wisdom and protection. During waxing moons do magic for increase of any kind or to draw something into your life.

On Mondays, the best hour to work is moonrise. Get this information from your local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac.

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Lunabar Moon Almanack for Monday, 13 July, 2015

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Lunabar Moon Almanack for Monday, 13 July, 2015

 

Waning, Crescent Moon Age: 26 ¾ days.

Ascending Node is at 4° Libra.

Moon in 18th degree of the Sign Gemini, the Twins;

also in 26th deg. of the Constellation Taurus, the Bull.

Moonrise: 3:47 morn. Souths: 11:04 morn. Moonset: 6:24 eve.

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WANING MOON

Time: From full moon to dark moon (approx.14 days)

Goddess Aspect: Crone

Associated Goddesses: Callieach, Banshee, Hecate, Kali, Morrigan

Magickal Attributes: BANISHING Releasing the old, removing unwanted negative energies, wisdom, psychic ability, scrying, reversing circumstances. Workings on this day are for banishing magick, for ridding oneself of addictions, illness or negativity, physical and psychic cleansings.

Aspects of Gemini: Yin, Feminine, Lunar, Negative, Nocturnal, Earthy, Fixed, Semi-fruitful, Horary Southern, Vernal, Boreal, Commanding, Feral, Bestial, Animal,

Four-footed, Dry, Cold.

Spells and rituals involving the Air element should be performed when the Moon is in the Air sign: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.

The Current Moon Phase Is: Waning Crescent – occurs when the Moon is partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight while the illuminated part is decreasing.

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Moon Moon, Mother Moon

Lunar Lore

When the Moon is in Libra or Scorpio,

dress your Garden, and prune small Trees and Shrubs.

~Leonard Meager, “The English Gardner”, 1699

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Lunabar Sun Almanack for Monday, 13 July, 2015

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Lunabar Sun Almanack for Monday, 13 July, 2015

 

Sunrise: 5:53 morn. Sunset: 8:33 eve.

Length of Day: 14h. 39m.

Dawn: 5:21 morn. Dusk: 9:05 eve.

Length of Twilight: 0h. 31m.

Sun in 20th degree of the Sign Crabba, the Crab fish;

also in 21st degree of the Constellation Gemini, the Twins

Solar Lore

Sun set in a clear,

Easterly wind’s near;

Sun set in a bank,

Westerly will not lack.

~St. Andrews, Scotland.

Aspects of Crabba/Cancer: Yin, Feminine, Lunar, Negative, Nocturnal, Watery, Cardinal, Fruitful, Horary Northern, Summery,

Boreal, Commanding, Solstitial, Tropical, Moist, Dumb, Mute, Cold, Psychic, Sensitive.

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Good Morning, My Sweets! What A Glorious Monday Morn’ The Goddess Has Blessed Us With!


Gothic Comments

Blessed Lady, Divine Mother
Loving and wise
Help our world let go of hatred
And open its heart to compassion instead.

Let us all be patient
With the shortcomings of others
ANd let us have tolerance
For those who are different.

Help us to remember
That we are all your children
More alike than not
And equally loved in your eyes.

Banish the darkness
And negativity from our world
Wash away all the prejudice that exist
WIth the purity of your waters.

Let us love others
Let us love ourselves
As all are loved
By your encompassing spirit.
So Mote It Be.

Essence of Louisiana Van Van

Essence of Louisiana Van Van

Used as a sprinkling solution to attract luck and power of all kinds when used full strength.

Recipe for Van Van Oil

Van Van Oil is a combination of any of the following herbs:
Lemongrass
Citronella grass
Palma Rosa Grass
Ginger Grass
Khus Khus Grass
Vetivert
You don’t have to use them all but to get an potent mixture of Van Van Oil it is advisable tat you use at least the citronella and lemon grass. The more you use the more protective the forces will become. Just use equal parts of each.

How to use:
Add to scrub water to wash down the floor and steps of a home or business to get rid of evil.
Wash:
Put 1 1/2 oz. Louisiana Van Van Oil in 16 oz. of alcohol. Shake well before each use.