The Moon today is in a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.
The Magician is a card of power, communication, confidence, and skills. The Magician is traditionally depicted as a man standing behind an altar that holds the four magickal tools-a wand, a pentacle, a cup, and a sword; one tool to represent each element. A master ter of the elements, one of his arms is raised while the other points downward; think of it as “As above, so below.” This card characterizes izes a person who is quietly powerful and confident, charming, and articulate.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
The agate is a variety of chalcedony, and it comes in many different shades and colors. The overall magickal associations for agates are strengthening memory and bestowing stamina on the wearer. It also is believed to help you get a good night’s sleep and will chase away bad dreams. Agates have a calming influence about them. However, each variety and color has its own enchanting meaning and, in keeping with the theme of this chapter, the meanings are many and varied.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
Lavender comes in many varieties. If it’s classified as a “tender perennial,’ it may not survive cold winter climates. It grows best in full sun and along the edge of a sidewalk or driveway. It can be drough tolerant, but you’ll still have to keep it watered ocasionally so it will look and flower its best. Plant plenty of this wonderful-smelling herb—it’s great for sachets and dried flower arrangements, and it’s powerful magickal herb that encourages the transformation of your dreams to reality.
The fern is a traditional Witch’s garden plant. Ferns are herbs; they are perennials and prefer growing in the shade. There are over forty species of fern. Whether these are found growing in the wild or tucked into your backyard shade gardens, ferns are practical tical magickal plants. The fern has quite a bit of folk history behind it. It was thought that to grow ferns in the garden was lucky. Faeries were believed to jealously guard the fern, as ferns were thought to grant the power of invisibility. When a fern frond was carried on your person, it was thought to guide the wearer to hidden riches. On an interesting note, ferns are almost always used in fresh flower arrangements. Flower folklore tells us that adding ferns to a fresh flower arrangement increases the power and meanings of the individual blossoms, and it bestows protection on the recipient. In the language of flowers, the fern declares fascination and earnestness.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
Athena is a warrior/maiden goddess of wisdom, war, crafts, and poetry. In her war aspect, she is known as Pallas Athena. Some of the more familiar symbols for Athena are the javelin, spear, shield, and plumed helmet. She was usually depicted with an owl perched on her shoulder, symbolizing wisdom. There is some debate over Athena’s origins. gins. Traditional mythology says that she sprang full grown and ready to rumble from her father Zeus’s head, while another school of thought believes that she may have been originally a Mycenaean goddess of home and hearth.
Athena was called “bright eyed” and was a patroness of women’s rights and freedom. dom. She also presided over craftsmen, potters, weavers, and spinners. To round things up, Athena was also associated with writing, music, wisdom, justice, and peace. In this aspect, her symbols are the owl and the olive tree. In a Homeric hymn to Athena, she is described as a “glorious goddess, gray-eyed, resourceful, and of implacable heart.” The birthday of Athena was celebrated on March 23. Her sacred city was, of course, Athens.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
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.
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Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
Today is Wednesday, March 29th, We CelebrateMasquerade (Africa)
MUJAJI
Themes: Balance; Restoration; Weather; Cleansing; Fertility
Symbol: Rainwater
About Mujaji: Mujaji is an African rain goddess who exudes gently with fertility, or fiercely with cleansing, depending on the need. Her power and presence is so impressive that it led H. Rider Haggard to write the novel She, based on her cult.
To Do Today: To purify any area and ready it for ritual, sprinkle rainwater as you move clockwise saying,
Mujaji, flow through me;
Mujaji, cleanse me;
Mujaji, rain lightly here on all I love and hold dear.
If it does rain gently today, it is a sign of blessing. Go our and skip, dance or sing in the rain (think Gene Kelly with a magickal twist). This will renew your spirit and life any dark clouds overshadowing your heart.
=Africans observe this holiday as a time to reinstate symmetry in the world and in themselves. They wear elaborate costumes to appease the divine, praying for the necessary rainfall to ensure rich soil, and consequently an abundant harvest. To adapt this, pray to Mujaji to enrich the soil of your soul so that come the fall, you can harvest her productive nature.
365 Goddess, A Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess
Patricia Telesco
Wednesday is the day of the Teutonic deity known as Wodin or Odin, an aspect of the Allfather, god of knowledge, wisdom, enlightenment and combat, the parallel of Hermes, the planet Mercury.
Deity: Woden
Zodiac Sign: Gemini & Virgo
Planet: Mercury
Tree: Ash
Herb: Cinquefoil
Stone: Emerald & Sardonyx
Animal: Raven & Cat
Element: Air
Color: Red & Blue
Number: 6
Rune: Odal(O)
Celtic Tree Month of Fearn (Alder) (March 18 – April 14)
The Runic Half Month of Beorc (March 14 – March 29)
Goddess of the Month of Columbina(March 20 – April 17)
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The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
Wednesday is named for Woden himself, although the Romans called it dies Mercurii. This is a day associated with the color purple, the planet Mercury, and the metal quicksilver – which is also called mercury. See a pattern here?
When it comes to deities… yes, Mercury! However, there are a few other gods associated with Wednesday, including Odin and Hermes, Athena, and Lugh. Gemstones like adventurine and agate come in handy as well, as do plants such as aspen trees, lilies, lavender and even ferns.
Business and job-related issues, communication, loss and debt, traveling, and journeys are all tied in to Wednesday. This is a good day to do a working to open up lines of communication – especially if your own actions are preventing you from being an effective speaker or listener. Go someplace new or return to an old favorite stomping ground, step up your game, and settle up your accounts.
Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
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