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Saturday, June 25th

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Saturday, June 25th

Saturday is dedicated to the shadowy Anglo-Saxon God Saetere or Seater, equivalent to the God Saturn. It is a day also associated with the Norns, the Norse equivalent of Three Fates, and the trickster God Loki. It is connected generally with apprehension, austerity, caution, and excessive self-limitation.

Deity: Saetere

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Planet: Saturn

Tree: Alder

Herb: Daffodil

Stone: Amethyst

Animal: Eagle

Element: Earth

Color: Dark Blue

Number: 4

Rune: Dag(D)

Celtic Tree Month of Duir(Oak) – June 10 – July 7. Oak month is a time for protection and strength, fertility, money and success, and good fortune.

Runic Half-Month of Dag(day) – June 14 – June 28

Goddess of the Month of Rosea – June 13 – July 10
 

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

 

Saturday’s Conjuring

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Saturday’s Conjuring

Saturday – is associated with Saturn

Candle colors – Black, Grey, and White

Spellwork for the Day: Binding, Obstacles, Justice, Reversal, Uncrossing, Crossing, Cut and Clear work

 

—Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies, Starr Casas

The Sky This Week for June 25 to July 3

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The Sky This Week for June 25 to July 3

Go on the hunt for Pluto, see a quiet meteor shower, or go on the hunt for the Big Dipper this week.

Saturday, June 25

• Neptune rises a few minutes past midnight this week and climbs more than 30° above the southeastern horizon by the start of morning twilight. The magnitude 7.9 planet lies in Aquarius, some 0.5° southeast of 4th-magnitude Lambda (l) Aquarii. You’ll need binoculars to spy Neptune and a telescope to see its blue-gray disk, which spans 2.3″.

Sunday, June 26

• If ever there was a good time to track down Pluto, this is the night. The distant world passes just 2.7′ due south of the 3rd-magnitude star Pi (p) Sagittarii in northeastern Sagittarius, making the task of finding the dwarf planet much easier than usual. Pluto glows dimly at magnitude 14.1, however, so you’ll need an 8-inch or larger telescope to spot it visually.

Monday, June 27

• Last Quarter Moon occurs at 2:19 p.m. EDT. Look for it either before dawn this morning (when it lies among the background stars of southern Pisces and looks slightly more than half-lit) or after it rises around 1:30 a.m. local daylight time tomorrow (when it stands on the border between Pisces and Cetus and appears as a fat crescent).

• The typically minor June Boötid meteor shower occasionally reminds us of its presence. After decades of inactivity, the shower produced up to 100 meteors per hour in 1998. It then returned with about half that number in 2004. Although astronomers aren’t predicting an outburst this year, veteran observers know that the only way to be sure is to actually watch the sky. The shower peaks before dawn today, though any “shooting stars” will have to compete with the light of the Last Quarter Moon. The meteors appear to radiate from a point, called the “radiant,” located in the northern part of the constellation Boötes the Herdsman.

Tuesday, June 28

• For people who live near 35° north latitude, today marks the latest sunset of the year. Although Earth’s summer solstice and the Northern Hemisphere’s longest day occurred last week (on the 20th), latest sunset happens several days after and earliest sunrise several days before. The specific dates depend on your latitude, however — latest sunset at 40° north took place yesterday. In general, latest sunset occurs closer to the solstice the farther north you live.

Wednesday, June 29

• Observers of the outer solar system get their first good views of Uranus before dawn during June. The best time to look for it is shortly before twilight begins around 4 a.m. local daylight time. Uranus then lies nearly 25° high in the east among the background stars of Pisces the Fish. This morning, use binoculars to find the magnitude 5.8 planet about 4° west of 4th-magnitude Omicron (o) Piscium and 3° north of 5th-magnitude Mu (m) Psc. A telescope reveals Uranus’ blue-green disk, which spans 3.5″.

Thursday, June 30

• Mars remains a stunning sight all week. The Red Planet reaches its stationary point today, which means that its westward motion relative to the background stars of Libra comes to a halt and it begins moving eastward again. This westward push happens to stop just 20′  of the 8th-magnitude globular star cluster NGC 5897. Mars shines at magnitude –1.4 and appears almost due south and at its highest position in late twilight. When viewed through a telescope, Mars’ orange-red disk spans 16″.

Friday, July 1

• Brilliant Jupiter appears striking in the western sky as darkness falls and remains on display until nearly midnight local daylight time. The giant planet shines at magnitude –1.9 against the backdrop of southern Leo the Lion. Jupiter appears equally dazzling through a telescope, which reveals a wealth of atmospheric features on a disk that spans 34″. Tonight, observers also can see the giant moon Ganymede cross the planet’s northern hemisphere. The transit begin at 10:48 p.m. EDT (best for eastern North America) and lasts for more than three hours (giving western observers good views).

• The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point in its orbit around Earth, at 2:40 a.m. EDT. It then lies 227,411 miles (365,983 kilometers) away from us.

Saturday, July 2

• Perhaps no month better epitomizes summer in the Northern Hemisphere than July. And this month finds the season’s namesake asterism, the Summer Triangle, on prominent display. The trio’s brightest member, Vega in the constellation Lyra the Harp, stands nearly overhead shortly after midnight. The asterism’s second-brightest star, Altair in Aquila the Eagle, then lies more than halfway from the southeastern horizon to the zenith. Deneb, the luminary of Cygnus the Swan, marks the Summer Triangle’s third corner. Although it is this asterism’s dimmest star, it’s the brightest point of light in the northeastern sky.

Sunday, July 3

• Although Saturn reached its peak exactly one month ago, it remains a lovely sight. It is on display among the background stars of southern Ophiuchus from nightfall until the start of morning twilight. You can find the planet in the southeast during evening twilight and highest in the south around 11 p.m. local daylight time. Saturn continues to shine brightly, too, at magnitude 0.2. When viewed through a telescope, the planet measures 18″ across while its dramatic ring system spans 41″ and tilts 26° to our line of sight

 

Source

Astronomy Magazine

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Saturday, June 25th

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Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Saturday, June 25th

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 91.18° E
Sun Altitude: 42.66°
Sun Distance: 94.490 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2016 9:21 AM (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 5:36 AM↑ 59° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:18 PM↑ 301° Northwest
Length of Daylight: 14 hours, 42 minutes

 

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 246.91° WSW
Moon Altitude: 14.22°
Moon Distance: 234694 mi
Next New Moon: Jul 4, 20166:00 AM
Next Full Moon: Jul 19, 20165:56 PM
Next Moonset: Today10:48 AM
Current Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 73.4%

 

Source

timeanddate.com

 

Oh, What A Glorious & Beautiful Saturday The Goddess Has Granted Us! Blessings Dear Brothers & Sisters!

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Hold onto me, Goddess,
hold me now when I am too weak to hold onto you.
Hold my soul close before I am lost.
 
Give me eyes to gaze into the eye of those who see me.
Protect me from the angry lips of oppression.
 
My path and my portion hold me securely.
This inheritance of life and the web woven between us
Are the fullness of my longing;
 
I honor you, Goddess, for wisdom entrusted,
And I set myself to sinking deep into that ground
So that I am rooted and unshakable.
 
Keep your beauty always before me
In you I am secure;
Therefore, will joy flow from my heart
And song rise from my soul.
I will dance held in the sacred circle.
 
For you will never forsake me
Nor will you leave me alone in despair.
You are the source of my life,
The source of my joy,
And the fulfillment of all my desire.

—-Earth Psalms
Angela Magara

Long Term Protection Spell

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LONG TERM NEED – PROTECTION

This form of summoning is closer to permanent as we would perceive it. Yet in this for you must still work with a time frame in mind, however distant it may be. Guardian Dragons may be summoned in this fashion for protection of people places and things needing or deserving long term care (such as children, houses, spouses, etc). Multiple objects can be protected with but a change in grammar, but they must be together for a single dragon to protect (the objects become a mini-horde):

“Dragon brave and Dragon wise,

let nothing escape your eyes.

I summon your from your hidden lair,

(name object here) is entrusted to your care.

Permit no harm to come to (named object)

within your sight, in your presence let all evils take flight.

No baneful creature born of flesh or spirit,

may touch (name object) nor even come near it.

Let those that would bring harm,

be filled with fright and alarm.”

Short-term Protection

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SHORT TERM PROTECTION

This summoning is used for short-term goals and needs such as protecting an object being loaned, or anything for a brief period, such as a car ride or elevator trip. Mark the object to be protected with the sign of the guardian and repeat the incantation below:

“Gentle Guardian wise and strong

keeps it (me, him/her) as it (I, he/she) doth belong.

Safe within thy charge and care, the current problem to fare.

No harm to come or ill to befall

Guarded and safe through it all!”

Spell to Lock Out Nasty Beings

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SPELL TO LOCK OUT ANYTHING NASTY

You need to start by meditating before hand on the effect of the spell for at least 15 minutes.

Then, to cast, you sprinkle holy (consecrated to the Lord and Lady) water mixed with salt and powdered iron; (try potteries to get this) Stand in front of the door that you want to lock…or in the case of a person the 3rd eye point which is between the eyebrows just above their level.

Then place your hands on the 3rd chakra point or door and concentrate your energies going down your right arm and going through the door and back into your left arm.

Then you start chanting over and over:

“Portal be controlled and mine,

Become as one with my mind,

I hold thee fast, To make this last,

open you not, as I weave the knot,

of my power from within.”

Keep chanting this as you build up power, and imagine the circle of energy (right arm through door back into left arm) getting faster and faster. Then upon release, visualize a green field of energy coming up in front of the door or the 3rd eye chakra.

To Keep A Spell from Backfiring

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FOR KEEPING A SPELL FROM BACKFIRING

If a Witch is sick and needs to cast a spell, he/she can bind it. This will keep the spell from backfiring and causing harm to anyone else, most importantly to his/herself. The Witch must procure a thread with a color as dark as the nightly sky.

Light an incense of Sandalwood and Lavender, and as the incense fills the air, he/she must make three knots on the ribbon as he/she intones the words that follow:

“By the Karmic Power of Three

This spell tied and knotted be

To cause no harm nor return to me

As I will it, so must it be.”

The ribbon must be carried when casting the spell as a talisman to keep it from backfiring.

Shield of Fire Protection Spell

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SHIELD OF FIRE PROTECTION SPELL

Tools one candle at each compass point Athame. Cast the circle Invocation of the God and Goddess. Statement of intent:

“On this night, I invoke the powers of fire to protect me from all that would harm me, whether physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually.”

Start at the south. Light the candle, shouting:

“Nothing from the South can harm me!”

Imagine the flame creating a wall of protection on that side of you Move West, light the candle and shout:

“Nothing from the West can harm me!”

Again, with each candle you light, imagine the wall around you growing in power and intensity North, light the candle and shout:

”Nothing from the North can harm me!”

East, light the candle, shouting:

“Nothing from the East can harm me!”

Hold up the Southern candle to the sky, shouting:

“Nothing from above can harm me!”

Place it back on the earth, shouting:

“Nothing from below can harm me!” 

Sit in the center of the circle, watching the candles burn. Know that the fires are burning away all evil and harm that comes your way. Meditate on the flames and feel their power forming a shield around you – a shield you can erect anytime you feel threatened. Cakes and ale (eating bread and drinking wine or juice to restore energies spent during ritual) Release circle Thank the Goddess and God for their protection and presence in your circle

Go to each of the four directions in turn, saying:

“Guardians of the East (South, West, North),

Powers of Air (Fire, Water, Earth),

I thank you for joining in my circle

And I ask for your blessing

As you depart

May there be peace between us

Now and forever.

Blessed be.”

Raise your Athame to the sky and touch it to the earth, then open your arms and say:

“The circle is open, but unbroken,

May the peace of the Lord and Lady

Go in my heart

So Mote it Be!”