Every so often, the universe provides a mixture of challenging and favorable alignments in a 24-hour time-period and you wind up scratching your head due to the complex nature of the day. Right now Venus makes an off-kilter, 150-degree tie with Jupiter (11:03AM) — reminding you to avoid overdoing a good thing. A similar, 150-degree link from the Sun to Pallas (12:01PM) reiterates the first theme and provides a warning to steer clear of mental exhaustion. Meanwhile, positive love and monetary forces attempt a minor comeback — thanks to the Moon in Libra forming a flowing trine to Venus in Aquarius (2:18PM). This aspect doubles as a boost on the artistic and social fronts. Your psychic sensitivity and creative imagination are highlighted as Mercury re-enters Pisces (3:25PM) — the sign where this planet was located between January 31 and February 12. Now the fleet-footed messenger planet — gaining speed with each passing day — remains committed to the entwined fish until April 7. Unsettled conditions may arrive suddenly as the Moon makes its monthly polarity to shock-meister Uranus (3:51PM) followed 8+ later by a Moon-Mars parallel (11:59PM). Since this is the first day after a Full Moon, keep spreading the word about the spiritual goodwill that just descended to the material realm during yesterday’s solar-lunar illumination. [Note to readers: All times are calculated for Pacific Daylight Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]
Calendar of the Moon for March 17th
Calendar of the Moon
4 Fearn/Elaphebolion
Alder Tree Month
Color: Crimson
Element: Fire
Altar: Upon cloth of crimson set a flaming brazier filled with charcoal and incense.
Offerings: Purification. Write what has been dragging your down, and place it in the fire.
Daily Meal: Hot, nourishing food.
Fearn Invocation
Call: Now is the time of the warming of Earth.
Response: Now is the time of the Sun’s first warmth.
Call: Now is the time when the waters of Spring are banished.
Response: Now is the time when fire dries the flood.
Call: Now is the time when the heat rises within us.
Response: Now is the time when our tears are dried.
Call: Now is the time when our inner floods give way.
Response: Now is the time when our inner fields are greening.
Call: Like the birds who build their nests in the Spring….
Response: Like the creatures of the woods who brave the open fields…
Call: As they brave the world….
Response: So we now brave the world.
Call: As they seek sustenance of the body….
Response: So we seek sustenance of the soul.
Call: As they are driven forth by need and the cycle of life…..
Response: So we are driven forth by need and the cycle of life.
Call: No house can contain our souls….
Response: As no house contains the foundation on which it is built.
Call: We will be the piles that lift the house from the water….
Response: And we will lift our spirits from the winter’s flood.
Call: We will be the island in the river….
Response: The islands where the future is told…
Call: And we will see that future running like the current….
Response: Knowing not where it will lead….
Call: Save by the grace of the gods.
Response: Save by the grace of the Gods.
Chant:
We gather at the river
We bring fire to the water
Our fire burns within us
The river parts before us
Calendar of the Sun for March 17th
Calendar of the Sun
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Liberalia
Color: Purple
Elements: Fire and Water
Altar: On a purple cloth set a vase of many flags, a plate of offering cakes, and a great chalice of wine for the libation.
Offerings: Offering cakes made with honey and olive oil. Aid in the freedom of another being.
Daily Meal: Anything the community wants.
Liberalia Invocation
Papa Liber
Mama Libera
We honor you!
You who are liberty and freedom,
Yet whose priestesses are elder women
Because in order to know
What it is to be truly free,
One must have had experience
And understood the many prisons
In which life will try to trap us.
You who are in the spirit
Of the great phallus borne into
The marketplace for all to see and touch
Yet whose wreath is laid upon it
By a virtuous matron whose body
Has not strayed from her wedding vows,
Because in order to know
What it is to be truly free,
One must have had the choice of many chains
And freely chosen those bonds
In which one wishes to spend one’s days.
Liberty in all its contradictions,
Freedom in all its ambiguities,
The state which we can never quite define
Your country which we can never find on a map
Yet we always know
When we have touched its shores.
(The libation is passed around, and blessed, and then poured out. Each member of the community may choose what work they will do that evening, and none is to be given orders, yet they must explain the following day why they did choose in that way.)
Current Moon Phase for March 17th – Full Moon
Full Moon
(waning/92% of illumination)
A veil of self-absorption is lifted and suddenly you gain access to an unbiased view of others. This is a rare moment when you can see yourself objectively and become aware of whether or not what you want in your heart is actually beginning to manifest in your life. Traditionally, the Full Moon phase stirs emotion, and this is because when you “see” what is happening, you may become upset if you’re experiencing the “same ole, same ole” — rather than the things you would like. If the Full Moon phase is a disappointment, on the next New Moon it’s time to take creative action in the direction of your dreams.
Herbal Studies – Herbal Foot Soak
Herbal Studies – Herbal Foot Soak
2 ounces mixed fresh herbs-peppermint, rosemary, chamomile
4 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon borax
1 tablespoon Epsom salts
Roughly chop the herbs. Put in a bowl, pour in boiling water. Let
stand 1 hour; strain. Place the “tea” water into a tub or bowl large
enough to hold both feet and another 6-7 cups of warm water. Stir in
borax and Epsom salts.
Soak feet 15 to 20 minutes. Add hot water if needed to keep the
temperature as warm as desired. Afterwards use a good lotion and
place cotton socks on your feet for the evening!
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Herbal Studies – Aromatherapy
Herbal Studies – Aromatherapy
A good reminder of the power of essential oils and how they work.
To introduce aromatherapy to babies place 2 drops of essential oil C
(try Lavender) on a tissue and keep it nearby when you are feeding
him or her. He will come to associate the aroma with love and
comfort. Use this scent at night to help him sleep. When you leave
the child with a sitter the aroma will comfort and reassure him.
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Tasha’s Day by Day Astro Planner
Tasha’s Day by Day Astro Planner
Mon. 3/17 Artistic Libra Moon suggests creating beauty where we are. Mercury into kindly Pisces for the next few weeks inclines our hearts toward sympathy.
Tue. 3/18 Fair minded Libra Moon keeps things on an even keel. Inventive Venus Uranus aspect brings unusual resolutions.
Wed. 3/19 Passionate Scorpio Moon adds intensity to whatever we plan.
Thu. 3/20 Powerful Scorpio Moon adds extra impact to the Spring Equinox as the Sun enters fiery Aries.
Fri. 3/21 Athletic Sagittarius Moon stirs the desire to exercise in the fresh air.
Sat. 3/22 Philosophical Sagittarius Moon might bring new ways to look at life. Mercury with Neptune inclines us to mystical thinking.
Sun. 3/23 Ambitious Capricorn Moon could have us setting new goals for the spring.
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Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays
Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays
And Some Not So Ancient!
Goddess Month of Moura runs from 2/20 – 3/19
Celtic Tree of the Month:The Ash – February 18 – March 17
Celtic tree month Fearn begins
Sheelah’s Day, an annual festival to honor the fertility Goddess known as Sheela-na-gig was held on this date in ancient Ireland. As
Christianity made inroads, the identity of the Goddess was altered to the consort of mother of St. Patrick. Sheela is a very potent fertility
goddess and is depicted in a squatting birthing position, holding her labia wide to allow her fertility to pass out to any who honour her.
The obviousness of her fertility terrified the Church so they scrambled to find a more chaste version of her.
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
March 17 is widely accepted as the date of St. Patrick’s death in A.D. 461.
The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in the United States was held in New York City on this day in 1762.
Cabbage seeds are often planted today, and old-time farmers believed that to make them grow well, you needed to plant them while wearing your nightclothes.
On St. Patrick’s Day, the warm side of a rock turns up,
and the broad-back goose begins to lay.
From The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Canaan: The annual Festival of Astarte was held this day in
Canaan to honor the honor the Goddess known as Queen of Heaven.
Rome: Date of women’s festival of freedom known as the
Liberalia.
Spain: Fallas – Annual festival in Valencia, when giant
sculptures are burnt in bonfires across the region. The
tradition (according to Christians) is thought to have
originated in ancient times from carpenters burning unwanted
wood at the start of spring. In the Catalan language, fallas
means “fire.”
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NOTE: Because of the large number of ancient calendars, many in simultaneous use, as well as different ways of computing holy days (marked by the annual inundation, the solar year, the lunar month, the rising of key stars, and other celestial and terrestrial events), you may find these holy days celebrated a few days earlier or later at your local temple.
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Lunabar Sun Almanack for Monday, March 17, 2014
Lunabar Sun Almanack for Monday, March 17, 2014
Sunrise: 7:16 morn. Sunset: 7:16 eve.
Length of Day: 12h. 0m.
Dawn: 6:50 morn. Dusk: 7:42 eve.
Length of Twilight: 0h. 25m.
Sun in 26th degree of the Sign Pisces, the Fishes;
also in 5th degree of the Constellation Pisces, the Fishes;
Solar Lore
In summer time, when the sun at rising is obscured by a
mist which disperses about three hours afterwards, expect
hot and calm weather for two or three days.
C.L. Prince
The Sun in Pisces: Yin, Feminine, Lunar, Negative, Nocturnal, Watery, Mutable, Fruitful, Horary Northern, Wintery, Austral, Obeying, Double, Double-Bodied, Dual, Bicorporeal, Moist, Dumb, Mute, Cold.
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GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
The Seasons, 2014
The Seasons, 2014
Vernal Equinox (Spring begins) March 20th at 11:57 morning.
Sun on Equator, crosses the line North, enters the sign of Aries.
Summer Solstice (Summer begins) June 21st at 5:49 morning.
Sun Runs High, at Northern tropic (turn), enters the sign of Crabba.
Autumnal Equinox (Fall begins) September 22nd at 9:28 evening.
Sun on Equator, crosses the line South, enters the sign of Libra.
Winter Solstice (Winter begins) December 21st at 6:01 evening.
Sun Rides Low, at Southern tropic (turn), enters the sign of Capricorn.
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The year is divided into four seasons;
The first season is of a frigid complexion, and this is “Winter”;
The second is of the complexion of Air, and this is “Spring”;
Then follows the third, which is “Summer”, and is of the complexion of Fire;
Lastly, there is the fourth, wherein fruits are matured, which is “Autumn”.
~The Turba Philosophorum, ca. 12 century.
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Full Moon Magick!
Full Moon Magick!
Goddess Aspect: Mother
Associated Goddesses: Aphrodite, Arianrhod, Asherah, Danu, Cerridwen, Gaia, Isis,, Selene, Sisters of the Wyrrd, and the Norns
Magickal Attributes: Fruition – Manifesting goals, Nurturing, Passion, Healing, Strength, Power.
From fourteen to seventeen-and-a-half days after the new moon. Prime time for rituals for prophecy. From seven to fourteen days after the New Moon.
Full Moon: Symbolic of the height of power, the peak of clarity, fullness and obtainment of desire.
Full Moon energy is used for banishing unwanted influences in your life, protection magick, and divination.
The Moon travels 1/2 way around to the 6oclock position, and the face of the Moon is fully illuminated. We love full Moon magic, an apt time for fruition, completion and wholeness. Some say the magic can be done the day of the Moon as well as three days on either side of it. It is a good time for all Positive Magic, protection, scrying, love, healing and prosperity. Also a good time to grow closer to the Goddess by Drawing Down the Moon
Waning Gibbous — the Moon is less than fully but more than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight while the illuminated part is decreasing. “Waning Moon: Symbolic of letting go, surrender, release, quiet time, contemplation, and a time of incubation.
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Lunar Lore for March 17th
Lunar Lore
The Moon in conjunction with Venus,
shews a good day, chiefly in Love matters.
Bethem’s “Centiloquium”
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Now the day is spent,
And stars are kindling in the firmament,
To us how silent, though like ours, perchance,
Busy, and full of life and circumstance.
– “The Lady’s Almanack” for 1852, London.
…
Some works in dead of night are better done, or when the morning
Dew prevents the sun. Parch’d meads and stubble mow by
Phoebe’s light, which both require the coolness of the night;
For moisture then abounds, and pearly rains
Descend in silence to refresh the plains.
– Dryden’s trans. of Virgil’s “Georgics,” Book I
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The Moon in the Sign of Libra: Yang, Masculine, Solar, Positive, Diurnal, Airy, Cardinal, Semi-fruitful, Horary Western, Autumnal, Austral, Obeying, Equinoctial, Moist, Vocal, Sweet,
Spells and rituals involving the earth element should be performed when the Moon is in an earth sign: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Lunabar Moon Almanack for Monday, March 17, 2014
Lunabar Moon Almanack for Monday, March 17, 2014
Waning, Gibbous Moon Age: 16 ½ days.
Ascending Node is at 0° Scorpio.
Moon in 12th degree of the Sign Libra, the Balance;
also in 19th deg. of the Constellation Virgo, the Virgin.
Souths: 1:32 morn. Moonset: 7:31 morn. Moonrise: 8:26 eve.
The Moon in conjunction with Venus,
shews a good day, chiefly in Love matters.
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Everyone’s Irish on March 17th
Remember on March 17th, everyone is Irish!
Take this candle with you and share not only your proud heritage but also your Religion.
May our light shine brightly always and forever.
Heads Up for Tuesday, March 18th
Heads Up For Tomorrow: Wear red and rubies
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In many different traditions lighting a candle is a sacred action. It expresses more than words can express. It has to do with gratefulness. From time immemorial, people have lit candles in sacred places. You may want to begin or end your day by the sacred ritual of lighting a candle on this gratefulness. Or you may want to light a birthday candle for a friend. One single guideline is all you need: Slow down and do it with full attention.
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Witches Almanac for Monday, March 17th
Today Is: Moon Day
Energy: Female Ruler: The Moon – Rules emotions, protection, healing, and women’s mysteries – Use for magick involving the subconscious, healing, emotions, love, spirituality, healing wounds, children, small animals, women’s mysteries, the female side of men, mothers, sisters, female partners, wives, instincts
Today’s Magickal Influences: Agriculture, Domestic, Long Life, Medicine, Travels, Visions, Theft
Today’s Goddesses: Luna, Selene, Diana, Re, Gaeleach, Ida, Artemis [Whom The Greeks Associated With Bast], The Witches, Yemaya, Erzulie, Bast
Incense: Myrtle
Perfumes: White Poppy, White Rose, Wallflower
Color of The Day: Silver, Grey, White
Colors for Tomorrow: Red
Lucky Sign: Monday Is The Lucky Day For The Sign of Cancer
Candle: White
Saint Gabriel represents Monday.
Heads Up For Monday: Wear white for peace, purity, spirituality, higher self, The Goddess,Higher Self,Purity, Peace
Cooking on Monday will improve magics for creativity, insight, maternal nature, and goddess-related efforts. ~Quote from Magickal Martha
Today’s plant is Curly passion-flower, Passiflora serrata.
Straight from
GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast
Start the Day Right With A Good Irish Prayer
A Very Blessed “Happy Irish Heritage Day” to One & All!
Hail and Merry Meet! We will wish you a “Happy Irish Day” here, but St. Patrick will not be uttered. We are proud Irish and we will gladly wish you all the blessings and happiest the day could hold for you. Since the Ladies are Witches and I am a Druid, we have no use for St. Patrick. The folklore has it, he ran out all the snakes in Ireland. The snakes that were referred to by St. Patrick and his Christian followers were the Druids. The Druids were almost completely wiped out. We had to do the same as the Witches in America, go underground for our religion and our practices just to survive. Most people outside the Pagan community do not know the story of St. Patrick and his snakes. They cannot understand why Druids and Witches do not wish others a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day.” He did nothing for us except to try to wipe us off the face of this planet.
Let us celebrate our Irish heritage today instead of a near extinction of an entire religion. On March 17th, everyone is Irish!
Happy Irish Heritage Day to You, Lads & Lassies of the WOTC!
Lord Of The Myst
Can You Keep A Secret?
The secret is Lady Abyss’s birthday is Wednesday, March 19th. She hate to let anyone know when her birthday is. She always tells everyone she was hatched instead of being born. Due to that fact, if she knew I was doing this she would crap. But she goes above and beyond any person I know of. You should be able to tell that just by looking at this site. We were talking while she was out the other day. We decided we would like to get her a beautiful black onyx pentagram that she has wanted. We wanted the pentagram to be from all of us. If you would like to be a part of providing Lady A with this wonderful gift, we would deeply appreciate.
All Lady A does for us, I don’t think it would hurt to give her a small token of our appreciation. She doesn’t know that I have made this post. She is out of town till Tuesday and I will have this post long gone before that. Below you will find a picture of the necklace. Under it, a donation button. This is just our way of letting her know she is appreciated.
Thank you for any amount because it all adds up.
I should also mention if you donate to this gift of appreciation for Lady A. We are going to give her a card with everyone who donated on it. Which I believe is only fair. Especially since this is our way of saying, thank you for all your hard work, thank you for helping us with our problems and most of all being the best witch we know!
Thank you to….
Susan Randis
You know if each of you contributed just a $1.00, a dollar, we would be able to purchase this wonderful pentagram for our Lady.
Whispering Woods Basic Dragon Lore Course – Dragon Lore Final Exam
Dragon Lore Final Exam
1. It is believed that Dragon Lore originated during the ___________ era.
2. Cecrops was half ________ and half dragon.
3. The Fire Dragon is the most extroverted and __________ Dragon.
4. Sea dragons are _______ to Hung Sheng, the Holy One.
5. There are ______ major types of Chinese dragons.
6. Licorice herb/incense represents the Element of _______.
7. Japan’s dragon lore comes predominantly from ______.
8. _______ _______ is Arabic for dragon.
9. The Babylonian Dragon is found in the Epic of _________.
10. the Chinese calendar uses the _____ – _______ system to count the day, month and year.
11. In Germanic legend, Tatzlwyrm was a winged, _____ – _______ dragon monster.
12. The Hindu Dragon Goddess that sleeps in the lotus at the base of the spine is __________ the Coiled.
13. A ten-foot dragon found lying on the banks of China’s Yangtze River, was different from most because of its long, thick ________.
14. The Japanese dragon has ______ toes.
15. The ________ is probably the most well known western Dragon.
16. In early ______, images of the Dragon were in some ways similar to the Egyptian ones.
17. _____ represents Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides.
18. In the basic dragon ritual, Hold the Chalice high and say: _______, _______, _______.
19. The Dragon has a harmonious relationship with _____.
20. Wales is symbolized by a ____ dragon.
21. Philosophic Mercury is sometimes represented by a serpent or _______ _______.
22. The mortal enemy of the dragon is the _________.
23. During the time that Draco’s star _______ was the pole star, it would have appeared to ancient sky watchers that the Earth revolved around Draco.
24. A few dragons begin life as ______.
25. Naga Padoha is a Malayan dragon who rules the _______ – _____.
26. The Banishing Pentagram begins at the top point of the pentagram; True or False.
27. The Green dragon is a ______ symbol.
28. Glass was once believed to be _________ dragon breath.
29. Tiamat created all sorts of Dragons, including the _______ Dragon.
30. By the 9th century CE, the Chinese had incorporated the dragon into _______ thought.
31. According to the Chinese elements, Earth is ruled by _______.
32. Guivre was both legless and _________.
33. White dragons symbolize the ______.
34. Imperial Dragons have _____ claws.
35. In both Chinese and Japanese mythology, the dragon is one of ______ legendary creatures guarding the cosmic directions.
36. ______ is Ruler of the Dragons of the South.
37. The Ethiopian dragon ate _________ plants to make their bite and their scratches deadlier.
38. The Wood Dragon is not as _____-______ as other Dragons.
39. A Babylonian creation story tells of ______, who turned herself into a dragon but was later defeated and split into two parts.
40. There are dragons carved on the tops of ____ and _____, because of the beast’s habit of calling loudly when attacked.
41. The Chinese Dragon is often seen as the symbol of divine _________ and vigilance.
42. The spiritual dragons (shen-long) were the _______ makers.
43. The Dragon’s Eye symbol stands for the balance of love, power and ________.
44. Never express anger or _______ feelings towards a dragon.
45. Children born during Dragon Years, enjoy health, wealth, and _____ _____.
46. In early Hindu worship, Draco is given the form of an ________ known as Shi-shu- mara.
47. Grael is the Ruler of the Dragons of the ______.
48. Japanese Dragons are closely associated with the beginning of life and _________.
49. Yellow Dragons are the most _______ of the dragons.
50. The Greeks held the idea of the Dragon as a ________ Serpent.
Author & Researcher
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Website: Whispering Woods
Crick also offers an online ezine which is located at Black Hen E-Zine
One final word, “Thank you Crick for sharing your research and hard work with us.”
Lady Of The Abyss
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