Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Tuesday, February 14th

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 136.93° SE
Sun Altitude: 28.72°
Sun Distance: 91.806 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2017 5:28 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 6:44 am↑ 106° East
Sunset Today: 5:34 pm↑ 255° West
Length of Daylight: 10 hours, 49 minutes

 

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 275.93° W
Moon Altitude: -10.42°
Moon Distance: 244699 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 26, 20178:58 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 12, 20179:53 am
Next Moonrise: Today9:28 pm
Current Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 86.1%

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timeanddate.com

Witchery, Magick and Enchantment for Monday, February 13

 

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.

 

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

 

The Witches Guide to 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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Gypsy Magic

Today is Monday, February 13, We Celebrate….

Birthday of Humankind (China)
NU KWA

Themes: Luck; Opportunity; Abundance; Order; Divination

Symbols: Clay; Serpent

About Nu Kwa: NU Kwa is an ancient Chinese creatrix who formed people out of yellow clay and invented the flute. Today she plays her music hearing good fortune, opportunity, and the organizational skills with which to make both useful. She also serenades the earth back to fullness after winter.
In legends, this serpent-bodied goddess reestablished order on the earth after a terrible rebellion. Nu Kwa used melted stones to refashion the sky, tortoise toes to mark the four winds, and reeds to hold back overflowing rivers. Once this was done, the earth returned to its former beauty.

To Do Today: The eighth day of the Chinese new year celebrates the birthday of humanity, fashioned by Nu Kwa, and is filled with omens about human fate. For example, any person or animal born on this day is considered doubly blessed and destined for prosperity. So, consider taking out a divination tool today and seeing what fate holds for you.

To generate Nu Kwa’s luck or organizational skills in your life, make and carry a clay Nu Kwa charm. Get some modeling clay from a toy store (if possible, choose a color that suits your goal, like green for money). Shape this into a symbol of your goal, saying,

From Nu Kwa blessings poured, Luck and order be restored.

If you can’t get clay, bubblegum will work, too.

 

 

365 Goddess: A Daily Guide To the Magic and Inspiration of the goddess
Patricia Telesco

The Goddess Book of Days for Monday, February 13

Roman Parentalia and Feralia, February 13–18, purification festival of peace and love devoted to ancestors and to God- desses Mania and Vesta (Hestia, Lucia, Lucina, Brigid, Perchta, Oya, Bertha, Befana, Freya).

 

The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

The Pagan Book of Days for Monday, February 13

Ides of February/Parentalia/St. Matthias/Old Leap Year’s Day

The parentalia was the chief Roman festival of the dead which lasted until the Feralia on February 21. St. Matthias took the place of Juas as the twelfth apostle. This is his traditional East Anglian feast day.

 

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The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Monday, February 13

 

Monday is the sacred day of the moon, personified as the goddesses Selene, Luna, and Mani. The moon is ruler of flow, affecting the changeable and impressionable aspects of people. If a full moon falls on a Monday, then the powers of the moon are at their most potent.

Deity: Mani

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Planet: Moon

Tree: Willow

Herb: Chickweed

Stone: Agate

Animal: Crab

Element: Water

Color: Green

Rune: Lagu (L)

Celtic Tree Month of Luis (Rowan) – (January 21 – February 17)

The Runic Half Month of Sigel (February 12 – February 26)

Goddess of the Month of Bridhe – (January 22 – February 19th)

 

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The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

 

Monday’s Magick

Monday – Is associated with the Moon

Colours – White, Silver, Grey and Pearl.

Monday is the best time to deal with such matters as: Psychic Pursuits, Psychology, Dreams, Astral Travel, Imagination, Women’s Mysteries, Reincarnation, Short Trips, Women, Children, Public, Domestic Concerns, Emotions, Fluids, Magick, Spirituality, Nursing, Full moon magic, Purity, Protection, Truth, Meditation, Peace, Sincerity, Justice, Warding off Doubts and Fears, Anything to do with Water and Bodies of Water, Antiques, Trip Planning, Household Activities, Initiation, Astrology, New-Age Pursuits, Archetypes, Totem Animals, Shape-shifting and Religious Experiences.

Earth’s shadow on the Moon

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The Sky This Week for February 13 to 19

The Winter Hexagon, Venus reaches its greatest brilliancy, and other beautiful things to look for in the sky this week.

By Richard Talcott

 

Monday, February 13

Although asteroid 4 Vesta reached opposition and peak visibility in mid-January, the brightest minor planet of 2017 still shines at magnitude 6.8 and shows up quite easily through binoculars. To find the minor planet, start at magnitude 1.2 Pollux in northern Gemini and then drop 2.4° southwest to magnitude 4.1 Upsilon (u) Geminorum. Vesta lies 1.4° due south of Upsilon this evening.

Tuesday, February 14

In what seems a fitting tribute, the planet named after the Roman goddess of love shines brilliantly in the evening sky on Valentine’s Day. Venus gleams at magnitude –4.8 and shows up easily in the west-southwest within a half-hour after sunset. It grows even more prominent as darkness settles over the landscape. The planet lies among the background stars of Pisces the Fish, a region that stands some 30° high an hour after the Sun goes down and doesn’t set until 9 p.m. local time. When viewed through a telescope this evening, Venus appears 38″ across and 29 percent illuminated.

Wednesday, February 15

Jupiter rises around 10 p.m. local time and climbs highest in the south about 90 minutes before morning twilight commences. The giant world shines at magnitude –2.3 against the backdrop of central Virgo, some 4° north of that constellation’s brightest star, 1st-magnitude Spica. And this evening, the waning gibbous Moon rises just a half-hour after the planet and follows it across the sky the rest of the night. Even a small telescope reveals Jupiter’s 41″-diameter disk and four bright moons.

Thursday, February 16

Mars continues to put on a nice show these February evenings. It appears 25° high in the west-southwest once twilight fades to darkness, though it’s easier to find by looking 7° (about one binocular field) to the upper left of brilliant Venus. The magnitude 1.2 Red Planet currently lies among the background stars of Pisces the Fish. A telescope shows the world’s 5″-diameter disk, but you likely won’t see any surface detail.

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Astronomy Magazine

 

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Monday, February 13

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 130.38° SE
Sun Altitude: 23.99°
Sun Distance: 91.788 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2017 5:28 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 6:45 am↑ 106° East
Sunset Today: 5:33 pm↑ 254° West
Length of Daylight: 10 hours, 47 minutes

 

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 281.16° W
Moon Altitude: -10.23°
Moon Distance: 241782 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 26, 20178:58 am
Next Full Moon: Mar 12, 20179:53 am
Next Moonrise: Today8:30 pm
Current Moon Phase: Waning GIbbous
Illumination: 92.4%

 

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timeanddate.com

 

Silver Goddess

Created with love on the edge of time
The Silver Goddess so beautifully fine
Her hair of stars and eyes so bright
She bathes the land in her soft moonlight

Lovers caress in her tender glow
She touches hearts and helps love grow
Her magical fingers will touch you too
Her light is her gift to me and you

So when the full moon begins to rise
This Silver Goddess with sparkling eyes
Bathes this land with beams of love
In silent thanks you’ll look above

Unconscious though your glance may be
You’ll look in wonder and you’ll see
Her eyes are looking back at you
And the smile that says
“This light is for you”

—Pagan Ways
Alan Faraway

 

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The features this week are: Your Daily Horoscopes, Daily Tarot, Daily Witches Runes and much more. Lady of the Abyss discusses Folk Magick and gives some spells involving Folk Magick. Should add that our Daily Divination for Sunday are divided into three different sections. Each section has a transcript following it.

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Your Daily Horoscopes for Saturday, Feb. 11th

 

Aries

A Sun-Jupiter trine opens your mind wide today, dear Aries, and builds up your confidence in your relationships and projects. Your most creative inclinations come to the fore. Accepting new ideas, promoting current ones, and exploring new subjects comes naturally today. Generosity is the key to social success right now. Accept others’ help graciously for best results. Putting your faith in a person will not only boost their confidence but will boost the friendship and encourage that person to live up to your faith. Mingle and share instead of taking on everything yourself – something you very often fall back on. You might reconnect with an old friend, partner, or project/dream.

Taurus

A protective influence occurs today revolving around practical matters including money, work, and routines, dear Taurus. Work demands a lot of your attention now, but you feel confident and on top of things. Motivation and enthusiasm fuel energy now and help you to meet your goals and perhaps go a little further. Expressing optimism, warmth, and tolerance is helpful for maximum benefit from the day’s energies. A new opportunity might present itself on the lines of work or career, or a project opens up and shows signs of moving forward. However, you might find the biggest successes involve old projects or past opportunities that you may have let pass by. Reopening or reviving endeavors can be beneficial now.

Gemini

Today is excellent for refreshing and rejuvenating yourself through fun and engaging activities, dear Gemini. This can be a time to give or receive an invitation or make contact with an old friend or love. It’s a potentially excellent day for creative inspiration, particularly if you’re looking back to past projects. You might revive a friendship or endeavor. Very warm and positive energy is with you for sharing viewpoints, spending time with others, creative expression, romance, and learning. Non-routine experiences tend to favor you most right now. Communications and relationships are in focus and strengthened. Confidence is with you today.

Cancer

There is a general desire for harmony that keeps people in better spirits than usual today, dear Cancer. At the same time, it’s not a period of stagnation, either. There is a sense of wanting to grow, improve, and reach beyond your usual boundaries, and for you, this is most likely to happen on emotional levels. Some degree of solitude helps you get in deeper touch with your innermost desires. Introspection favors you now – you can learn a lot about what’s going on inside, but you might also discover something about the past that benefits you. Memories are rich and beneficial now. You can feel especially connected to family or an intimate relationship, and there can be a sense of restored faith and optimism.

Leo

There is a distinctly cooperative feel to the day that lifts your spirits and heightens your desire to socialize, dear Leo. Your ruler, the Sun, forms a pleasant and supportive aspect with Jupiter, leading to engaging conversations and creative inspiration. This aspect influences your creativity, communications, outlook and attitude, romantic inclinations, and partnerships in wonderful ways. You can experience a stronger sense of well-being which, in turn, inspires you to do your best. Openness and generosity are the keys to success right now, and they can open up new levels of understanding — or generate a good feeling of growth — in your relationships. Make the first move now. Keep in mind that looking to past successes or projects can be particularly beneficial now.

Virgo

You are mentally geared to solve problems today, dear Virgo, and you’re likely to get right to the point. Practical matters soar now. It’s a good time for being recognized for the job you do, the effort you put forth, and or for your talents and value. You may be attracting gifts or increased income now. Part of this is a feeling that you deserve more. Cooperation on the job helps your overall mood and helps you to be clearer about your goals. Look to past ideas and projects with a new perspective, as there are gems to discover in that direction. Productivity is likely now, although it may take a different form than hard work.

Libra

This can be a beautiful day for enjoying open, generous energy, dear Libra. It’s strong for romantic attraction and appeal, as well as for creative activities. Relationships and creative pursuits can show clear signs of advancement or growth. Establishing trust and faith can be successful now. A lot of what’s going on is about looking to the past in new ways. Old projects and even attitudes or looks can seem attractive again, and reviving something that used to work for you can be worthwhile and beneficial. Take the time to think about problems that have been difficult to solve, as it’s a good time for finding solutions. People are seeing your finer qualities more clearly today. A surge of enthusiasm brightens your day and your vision of the future.

Scorpio

The Sun and Jupiter form a happy trine today, dear Scorpio, and the desire to improve and grow motivates. You trust your intuition, and it tends to lead you to positive conclusions. You might seek and find release for stress or strains – perhaps something you’ve kept to yourself but has been hanging over your head. You are moved by compassion and could volunteer your time and energy to someone in need. There can be advances made in your personal life. Introspection does some wonderful good for you. Relaxing recreational activities can appeal and can even be a little therapeutic now. This can be a good time to revive an old project or endeavor and recycle it in new ways. You are particularly resourceful.

Sagittarius

The Sun in harmony with your ruler, Jupiter, encourages you to entertain bigger ideas than usual, dear Sagittarius, as it acts to boost your confidence, particularly on social levels and with your studies and intelligence. This aspect influences plans for future happiness, communications projects, education, and social activities most this year. It’s a great exercise, whether or not everything you dream up now materializes down the road. This is a particularly good time for looking to past successes and taking notes, or for completely reviving old friendships and projects. This is also a fabulous time to gain others’ trust or to develop and grow a relationship.

Capricorn

You can be feeling very hopeful and enthusiastic today, dear Capricorn. With the Sun and Jupiter in harmony, you’re looking to make creative changes and improvements to your life, particularly along practical lines with the Sun in your money and resources sector and Jupiter in your career and goals sector. You can learn something of real value today, but perhaps more importantly, you are feeling confident about your value to others, making it a good time to ask for what you want. People, especially those in authority, naturally support you this week. Others may be noticing your efforts, talents, and accomplishments. You may be drawn to the right people or resources to advance your goals. Widen your comfort zone and be sure to reach out to others. Reviving old projects or drawing upon successes from your past can be rewarding.

Aquarius

You are holding yourself well and getting your message across powerfully today, dear Aquarius. If you want or need to present your case or ask for something important to you, this can be a good time to do so. Others tend to listen to what you have to say, and your ability to see the big picture or to do overview thinking is high. You feel very comfortable and at ease with others right now. Educational, travel and other mind-expanding activities can thrive, or opportunities for these things emerge now. There is a strong desire to stand out, to take the high road, and to set things right. Reviving old projects can be successful today.

Pisces

This is a powerful time to revive a project or endeavor, dear Pisces. Good energy is with you today for support, new insight into old problems, and private matters. Some of you could gain support from a surprising or hidden source, and most should enjoy favorable attention from superiors. If you can manage it, this is a good time for a refreshing retreat or quiet change of pace. The Sun is in your privacy sector, receiving supportive energy from Jupiter, also in a hidden, emotional part of your chart, and this can open up an intimate relationship or the pipeline to your deeper self. Either way, you’re making deeper connections. Support is there if you look for it, and you’re also ready and willing to offer aid. This aspect can work on a financial level for some, opening up opportunities.

 

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If You Were Born Today, February 10

While you certainly have an independent streak, partnership is extremely important to you. Nothing pleases you more than a special friendship, learning about one another, and growing through your connection. You quite easily take the lead, however, and others naturally follow. You are passionate and strong–perhaps intimidating to some because of this strength. Famous people born today: Laura Dern, Robert Wagner, Boris Pasternak, Elizabeth Banks, George Stephanopoulos, Larry Adler, Alexander Payne.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

Your birthday this year occurs shortly after a New Moon, suggesting a time of new beginnings and fresh energy. You are instinctively starting a new phase in your life. It’s time to give your life a makeover and to branch out into the untried.

This can be a year in which you experience important turning points, or you could begin new projects or goals that have a long-term impact on your life.

Exciting (not jarring) changes and new interests characterize the period ahead with Uranus trine the Sun in your Solar Return chart. It’s easier than ever to express your unique individuality, and if this involves changing careers or jobs, a new love affair, or an entirely new hobby, it’s something that takes you forward into unexplored territory. You are more willing to adapt to new circumstances, ideas, and unfamiliar situations this year. It’s a good time to join organizations and groups and to attend meetings or social events. You are able to find creative solutions to problems now. Flexibility is the key to success under this influence. Your personality is sparkling this year, which is sure to attract new circumstances and people into your life.

You are likely to be popular with others when it comes to your ideas and communications, especially as you are communicating with optimism and cheerfulness, and this can bring rewarding experiences and opportunities into your life.

Personal magnetism is strong this year. Some disruptions in your friendships and attachments are possible this year. Unusual attractions (to people and things) can have you acting on a whim. You may deal with freedom versus closeness issues in your relationships. It may be that you experience sudden changes or breakups with a friend or lover. However, the chance of a sudden new friendship is just as likely. At the root of this is a stronger taste for the unusual. What is familiar is less exciting to you than what is new and different. If a relationship seems to threaten your sense of freedom, you may have an easier time separating from it.

Some fireworks in both your social and financial lives can be expected, keeping things fresh and exciting. Open yourself up to the need for change in your love life or with regards to how you spend and make money–or both. Get in touch with this need for new experiences and/or attitudes so that changes are not forced upon you.

Even so, something big is in the works regarding your love life. You’ll have a chance to heal old wounds with regards to love this year. You’re also bound to find new ways of making money. Your open heart is likely to attract easygoing friendships or love opportunities into your life.

In some areas of your life, you can be quite impulsive and impatient, although this tendency lessens considerably from December forward. Your energy levels run high this year, but you should watch for hasty or impetuous behavior. Remember that haste makes waste. This year is likely to be especially busy. It would be best to channel excess energy into healthy physical outlets or creative projects. If you suffer from frequent headaches, it is likely that you are not dealing with your own anger or desire to take the lead appropriately. You feel a great need for action, but if you don’t know where you’re headed, you might take the wrong turn. As long as you channel the excess energy constructively, instead of wasting your time arguing or getting yourself into conflicts with others, you can accomplish much.

When you are able to concentrate and focus you’re in a fabulous position to succeed. The year is infused with enterprising spirit. Professional as well as personal opportunities present themselves. Your faith in your ability to produce and to win takes you places you perhaps never imagined. You are able to see the “big picture”, which helps you to plan effectively. There can be positive outcomes in competitive activities, including sports and business, for example.

Suppressed anger is more effectively released this year in creative ways. It is easier than ever to express your individuality, as well as your sexuality, in a manner that is true to you.

From December forward, you are receiving harmonious transits from both Saturn and Jupiter, suggesting a period of constructive accomplishment. In general, you are practical, realistic, and your judgment is especially sound–and you derive much satisfaction from practical accomplishment. The key to harnessing this wonderful energy is to identify and find pleasure in the simple things that make you happy. A nice balance between optimism and practicality is with you now. It’s a great time to move a project forward. You have more faith in yourself and in life itself at this time.

You can experience more popularity or a stronger interest in others and making connections. This is a year of general fortune through your relationships and meetings, particularly related to learning, love, and passionate interests.

You feel freer to express yourself in the year ahead. It’s a time for new beginnings. This is a strong year for learning, teaching, reaching out, and communicating. You are motivated and confident, looking ahead and ready to make important changes that will benefit you for years to come. The connections you make tend to be growth-oriented and encouraging. Love and friendship are areas of change, but also improvement.

2016 is a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time, when it is easy to enjoy life and other people. Focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure. It is likely to be a rather lighthearted year, when opportunities for “play” time are greater than usual. It’s also a good year for expressing your creativity. Advice – reach out, but avoid scattering your energies.

2017 will be a Number Four year for you. Ruled by Uranus. This is a year of work and development. It’s “nose to the grindstone” time. It’s a time to deal with practical matters, and it’s not a time to be lazy or especially gregarious. Sometimes, it can be a year that feels hard, monotonous and routine, and/or lonely. Positive new relationships are generally not formed in a Four personal year. Advice – get yourself organized, work to build your resources, keep busy.

 

Courtesy of Cafe Astrology