The Emperor is gifted with the skills to successfully lead others. He can turn chaos into order, provide structure to that which is unbound. He is quick of mind and confident in his power and right to rule, and does so in a just manner. Although stern by nature, he truly is the ultimate father figure. He will provide as needed, teach those with unanswered questions, protect the vulnerable, set and maintain boundaries. His perfect world runs on schedule and is free of any disturbances. What the Emperor must be wary of is setting boundaries and rules where none are needed. If he isn’t he may well become a tyrant.
When The Hierophant or Justice are among your personal cards, the influence of The Emperor may be increased. Having The Empress in your personal cards may diminish the influence of The Emperor.
The Fool
This card represents the dreamer in you, the idealist, the mystic. The Fool desires to do great things, but is often unaware of just how difficult great things are to do. He must always be very careful of the choices he makes, and remember knowledge is his ally. The Fool often symbolizes a new beginning, unrestrained optimism, and curiosity that hasn’t been dulled by time. While The Fool may well indicate a lack of experience or grasp of the pitfalls along the path he is taking, it is equally true that his lack of experience leads him to believe all things are possible, which brings even impossible goals within his grasp.
When The Hanged Man or The Star are among your personal cards, the influence of The Fool may be increased. Having The Devil in your personal cards may diminish the influence of The Fool.
Judgment embodies those forces which require us to be accountable for our actions. With Judgment truths are revealed, mysteries are unraveled and responsibility is assigned. Judgment unveils outcomes and marks the ends of things. While it is a time to properly place guilt, it is also a time for atonement and forgiveness. Ultimately the process of Judgment should lead to freedom from errors made in the past and a fresh start with a clean slate. To that end Judgment actually promises the start of a new journey on which we can apply what we have learned from our past.
The Sun and Mercury are in a fellow Fire sign, dear Aries, and these positions tend to strengthen your confidence and increase the desire to make connections, express yourself, and enjoy life. Your romantic and/or creative nature is strongly stimulated now. Venus, which rules values, love, and resources in a general sense, and partnerships and money for you more specifically, is turning retrograde tomorrow. This points to a period of review of any or all of these things as you reassess whether or not your needs are being met. You may turn to the past in order to better understand the present, but because you may feel a little stuck there, it is not the best time for pushing forward with new plans. Uranus, in your sign for some time, is also about to turn retrograde. Both energies are strong now, but as you adjust to the change of direction, you may not be seeing things clearly. The next few days are better for taking in than taking definite action.
Taurus
Taurus
With both the Sun and Mercury now traveling through your home and family sector, dear Taurus, the more focused and relaxed pace tends to become you. Indeed, you are often quite happy dealing with your domestic chores and surrounding yourself with familiar people and things. Even so, there are times when you may feel under the radar or not fully understood by the rest of the world. Even so, you may very well choose to work harder at finding peace with those closest to you. With Venus about to turn retrograde and soon enough re-entering this same sector of your chart, you are likely to reconsider recent moves, relationships, and events as you get into better touch with what it is that you need and want, particularly from family and home life.
Gemini
Gemini
The Sun and Mercury cycles that you’ve recently begun are good for branching you out a little more, communicating, and making connections, dear Gemini. You’re likely to be running more errands than usual, moving about physically and mentally, managing your daily life more effectively, and communicating with people more frequently. You may be craving changes of scenery more often now. Venus and Uranus are moving towards retrograde stations, making the next few days a little confusing. However, their retrograde cycles are good for getting into closer touch with your desires, needs, and values. During this transition period, try to hold off on important conversations and decisions if possible. Wait until perceptions are clearer.
Cancer
Cancer
The Sun transits your solar second house until August 23rd and Mercury transits this same sector of your chart until August 7th, dear Cancer. Money and possessions can assume more importance in your life in the coming weeks, and so can matters of comfort, sensual enjoyment, and activities that remind you of the simple pleasures in life. While life is settling down a little, you tend to be looking around you, accounting for what you have and what you may need, so that if you feel wanting, you’re more likely to want to fill the gap. It’s a good time for taking charge of money, and care of your possessions. Venus is reaching a station, as it will turn retrograde tomorrow. Uranus will station the following day, so that perceptions can be a little askew just for now. Avoid jumping to conclusions. Today is strong, however, for imagination and creative pursuits.
Leo
Leo
The Sun is in your sign until August 23rd and Mercury is in Leo as well, until August 7th, dear Leo. Venus will return to your sign on July 31st through retrograde motion. There is a lot of attention on you now! You are in the spotlight, not necessarily for what you do or what you have accomplished, but for who you are. You are projecting more strength and people take notice. Venus turns retrograde tomorrow, and then re-enters your sign for the remainder of its retrograde starting July 31st and running until September 26th, and this can point to a period of some introspection and a re-examination of what and who you value. Today and the next two days are days of shifting, and this can mean some confusion about these things until you get into the swing of things. As such, it’s probably better to delay important decisions.
Virgo
Virgo
More time set aside for rest, introspection, healing, and meditation may be necessary with the Sun in your privacy sector until August 23rd, Mercury in the same sector of your solar chart until August 7th, and tomorrow’s retrograde turn of Venus in your sign. You are more naturally inclined to pull back a little from situations that are excessively demanding or competitive. You are not as quick to talk of your plans or to make definite decisions. While Venus’ retrograde cycle lasts from tomorrow until September 6th, it will occur for the most part in the sign of Leo, even though it begins in your sign. This can point to a false start of sorts for some of you, particularly related to relationships or money matters. Today and the next couple of days can be a little disorienting if things are moving too fast, and there could be some miscommunications to deal with as a result.
Libra
Libra
Your need to be with others or to feel part of a community or network is stronger now with the Sun in your friendship sector until August 23rd and Mercury in the same sector of your solar chart until August 7th, dear Libra. New ideas for the future might be hatched during this cycle. They’re still very fresh, and some might be scrapped later, but there is a birthing process of sorts going on right now. While today is strong for imagination and creation, there can be some confused signals occurring with both Venus and Uranus moving towards their retrograde stations. Both of these affect your relationships, and because Venus is your ruler, you can also be feeling a bit torn between wanting company and needing some time to sort things through. Take your time on decisions during these shift days as you learn to accustom yourself to the strong energy for review and examination, as you’ll have a lot to learn over the coming weeks about your needs and wants.
Scorpio
Scorpio
In the coming weeks, your major focus turns to professional matters, ambitions, material and social success, and your reputation, dear Scorpio. Depending on your current position in life, this can be about your long-term goals and general plans for your life. Performance and responsibilities come into stronger focus, and you’re bound to find that you are more accountable for the things you do and don’t do. There can be increased mental activity and communications to and about your goals. Others take special note of what you have to say. There is strong energy for creative and romantic feelings. However, with Venus and Uranus both approaching their retrograde stations, much can be left up in the air for now. Their retrograde cycles are strong for reacquainting yourself with your needs, wants, and desires, but the shift can be disorienting, so avoid major decisions just for now.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
In the coming weeks, there is a stronger focus on exploring, enjoying, and experiencing life than there has been in recent times, dear Sagittarius, and you definitely need it! The Sun is transiting your adventure sector until August 23rd, and Mercury is in the same house of your solar chart until August 7th, and these influences tend to be like a pick-me-up. You are a little happier, more confident, and a touch braver as well. Venus is about to turn retrograde and Uranus will soon follow. This can point to a few days of transition energy, which can be a little confusing, but only until you acclimatize to the changes of direction. In fact, the period ahead is good for getting to the heart of a relationship matter, and even more importantly, what you truly value and need for yourself.
Capricorn
Capricorn
With the Sun now shining its light on some of the things that are typically hidden from view, dear Capricorn, and Mercury in the same sector of your chart as well, you are bound to learn a lot about your inner motivations, and about the world around you. You are less concerned with being heard and understood than you are interested in understanding the workings of people and situations around you at a deeper level. Soon, Venus will return to this sector of your chart as well, but this time in retrograde motion, making it an especially important time for exploring some of your own fears or negative attitudes. It will also be a time for reviewing financial matters, particularly those shared with a partner and money or resources that come in as a form of support.
Aquarius
Aquarius
The Sun and Mercury are now pulling your attention to close relationships, dear Aquarius, and the recent strong focus on work and routines lifts. Even though these are still important things to you, they are no longer on the front burner. Adjusting yourself to social situations, to others’ agendas, and to your personal environment is a bigger concern now. Self-expression through your relationships is important now. You might seek out others for their moral support. Even if you don’t end up following advice, you’re likely to enjoy hearing other points of view before coming to a conclusion. Venus is approaching a retrograde station, and so is your ruler, Uranus. This makes the coming few days a short period of transition as you get yourself accustomed to the changes of direction, but the retrograde periods themselves are cycles of review. You can find yourself examining the past in order to better understand your present needs.
Pisces
Pisces
With the Sun and Mercury in your solar sixth house, until August 23rd and August 7th respectively, you can experience renewed energy and motivation for work and routines, dear Pisces. Venus will return to this sector of your chart on July 31st, this time in retrograde motion, adding even more emphasis to these areas of life. Take every opportunity that arises to work on greater self-awareness, improvement of self-care and health programs, and dealing with detail work. You are more aware of your limits, and your focus is largely on correcting details and solving problems. Try to avoid the more negative side of these influences, which involves fretting or stressing over less important things and failing to see the bigger picture. Today brings beautiful energy for creating something special and unique, even if these are only in the idea stages.
You are a very curious person, and your mental restlessness can attract a colorful life. Even if you don’t move around physically or travel, you are always looking for new adventures of the mind. You are friendly, likeable, and you need mental stimulation. Others tend to love your personal “take” on things, and they do enjoy your company. You may need to develop follow-through. You are attracted to unusual people and those who might bring a certain level of intensity or drama into your life. Famous people born today: Woody Harrelson, Slash, Daniel Radcliffe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Wesley, Charisma Carpenter.
There is a lot of activity in your solar fifth house now, dear Aries, with the Sun and Mercury now transiting this creative sector. Today, these bodies align, and an overdue conversation, clearing of the air, news, or sudden insight can occur. Until August 23rd, the Sun is transiting this sector of your chart and helps you to reconnect with your inner child. A shift happens now, from strong focus on your personal and home life to more creative and entertaining pastimes, romance, and sport. The better you’ve tended to your “insides” in the past four weeks, the more confidence you’ll have to express and share in the coming weeks. The Sun is complementing your sign for a month, and you are likely to be feeling freer and happier, as well as more confident and outgoing in a general sense. You can also experience an increased need for communication with children or lovers, or for expressing your ideas in creative, unique ways. Today, you can be particularly articulate and possibly even a little dramatic.
Taurus
Taurus
The Sun and Mercury have now moved into your home and family sector, dear Taurus, and an especially busy period now gives way to a need for more peace, comfort, quiet, and familiarity. They join forces today, stimulating sudden awareness and encouraging meaningful ideas and conversations. These can motivate you to push forward with domestic plans. Some of you could be clearing the air about a past matter and seeing opportunities to put the negative elements of the past behind you, particularly in a relationship. The coming weeks are important for reconnecting to your roots, for building your inner well, and for taking charge of your family life. This is a time of gaining clarity concerning family or home-related matters.
Gemini
Gemini
With the Sun and Mercury both entering your sector of communications, learning, and errands, and aligning with one another, dear Gemini, you can find yourself in high demand. As distracting as life can be right now, it’s also a good time for engaging in helpful conversations and learning new ways to approach old problems. There can be an important discovery, epiphany, or conversation occurring now. There can be a clearing of the air. Both the Sun and Mercury are now moving through your communications sector and harmonizing with your sign, pointing to more ease and understanding. These transits can bring you into more contact with others, a busy pace of life, and chances to pick up all sorts of information.
Cancer
Cancer
You may be seeing an issue surrounding values, respect, money, talents, or possessions today with more objectivity and clarity, dear Cancer. There may be an epiphany, sudden idea or something dawning on you, a lightbulb over the head moment, or important news. You can find useful information in the details right now. Conversations can also be helpful, particularly those that are more informational than emotional, and more logical than conceptual. The Sun and now Mercury have ended their yearly transits of your sign. In the past weeks, you’ve likely received more than usual personal attention. Now, you’re shifting gears and your focus is turning to what it is that makes you feel secure and comfortable.
Leo
Leo
You’ve come to the end of a rather introspective cycle, dear Leo, with the Sun and Mercury finishing up transits in your privacy sector and now embarking on transits to your sign. Ideally, you’ve acquired more rest and time for deep thought in the past weeks. Your personality is shining now. You are more noticeable than usual and projecting more strength. You’re feeling especially talkative and expressive. You are also busier than usual, your curiosity is piqued, and you can feel especially motivated to get moving on a pet project, or to learn something entirely new. This is an animated period for friendships and networking. Today is a time for verbalizing your desires, to be heard, and to get noticed. You may be driven to express yourself or to communicate with someone, and you may be turned to for advice or asked to speak. Your need to be heard is significant right now and you can count on others listening. There can be important realizations, epiphanies, and clarifications occurring now.
Virgo
Virgo
You’ve ended a solar cycle today that has put special emphasis on networking, dear Virgo, and you’re now turning more attention to your private, inner world. The coming month is likely to involve some cleaning out of the deadwood in your life, perhaps dealing with endings as you examine the past in order to put it behind you, and some soul searching. More time set aside for relaxing, meditative activities is necessary now. Some of you will be dealing with endings and tying up loose ends rather than throwing yourself into something entirely new, and this is a natural process. Illumination can come today, when you pay attention to details on a private or past matter. The Sun and Mercury align in your soul sector, and this can prompt you to see something you’ve failed to see before, or a conversation can bring up new information that allows you to come to a more definite conclusion. You might reawaken a topic from the past today, or have new insight into an old issue. There can be a good feeling of purging or release involved with bringing something to light.
Libra
Libra
Your social life can be animated in the coming weeks, dear Libra, and today, much thought can be given to friendships, group associations, and long-term goals. There can be better self-expression today, new insight into any of these matters, and sudden ideas or realizations that have you feeling hopeful and possibly quite excited. After a fair amount of attention to performance and ambitions in the last few weeks, your focus now shifts as the Sun and Mercury spotlight an area of your chart that rules over your social and humanitarian or personal happiness goals. Being a “team player” will win you the most favors. There is good energy for interacting with friends and sharing your ideals, dreams, and hopes with like-minded individuals, although some tricky areas with these things coming in August. Today is good for sharing your ideas or your expertise with others. You might gain more clarity about or through a friend. It’s a strong time for clearing something up, and for communicating intentions.
Scorpio
Scorpio
You might receive special attention today, dear Scorpio, especially in a professional sense. Today brings good energy for getting over things that you need to leave behind, living in the present, and looking forward to the future, rather than dwelling on the past. Career goals can become clearer, particularly if you talk about them or write them out – verbalize them. Problem solving skills are strong. New insights into your career path, work project, or life-plan goals can emerge today. There can be an a-ha moment, an important clarification, or a meaningful realization. In recent weeks, there has been a stronger focus on learning, exploring, and experiencing life, but now your attention shifts to more material or ambitious concerns.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
Today is strong for gaining perspective on a matter, dear Sagittarius, and conversations that occur or news that arrives now tend to help you to come to conclusions and to solve problems. There can be a clearing of the air or an important discovery or connection made now. The desire to share your philosophy or unique perspective on a matter can be very strong now. Connect and make plans. Rationality is strong. You are ending a rather introspective phase and shifting gears now, as you enter a new cycle that can be inspiring. Good advice seems to be circulating around, and you may be the recipient or the source, and possibly both. You express yourself with more enthusiasm, and perhaps more importantly, with more faith, and this goes over very well with others, leading you to feel especially “heard” and reinforced.
Capricorn
Capricorn
There has been a stronger focus on relationships and balance in the past weeks, dear Capricorn, and you are now shifting your attention to deeper, more intimate matters with the Sun and Mercury now in your solar eighth house. Life is becoming a little more serious for you, and you’re more interested in digging deep than skimming the surface of things. Your intimate world assumes more importance, and you take more notice of the less obvious elements of circumstances and people around you. Today, the Sun and Mercury align in this area of your chart, and there can be a lot of thought given to, or desire /opportunity to speak about, a private, hidden, or taboo matter. You may be clearing the air now, and feeling some form of release as a result. You can reach important conclusions about a relationship or about yourself, as you see a matter more clearly. Writing about your feelings can also be highly useful, leading to important realizations.
Aquarius
Aquarius
Today is strong for taking a step back emotionally and really taking a good, objective look at a situation, dear Aquarius. It can be a day when a missing puzzle piece of information is discovered, or when especially meaningful conversations and conclusions happen. Good energy is with you for love relationships and partnerships today, although it’s not necessarily very deep, as it’s more about mental engagement than anything at the moment. Let others lead the conversations now, and listen closely – you may very well get an earful! Whether you are contributing ideas or playing a supportive role as you bring new light to a problem or good advice to the table, it’s a day for getting places mentally. You are now leaving a cycle in which work and routines seem to have dominated your attention, and entering a period in which social or partnering matters come into stronger focus.
Pisces
Pisces
Pay special attention to the details today, dear Pisces, as you have much to gain from what you see and discover now. Communication issues tend to dominate. Good energy is with you for sorting out work and health matters in a logical manner. You can gain more clarity about either of these things today. There can be an epiphany or realization about a health issue or solution or a work or service matter. You are entering a period in which there is stronger or renewed energy for work and routines, as the Sun and Mercury are now transiting your solar sixth house. While it’s not the best time for recognition or worldly success, it’s a strong period for self-development and laying the groundwork for future success.
The Balance of the Signs and the Elements on Thursday, July 23rd
LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
LIBRA STRONG
Even-handed, harmonious, artistic, diplomatic, balancing, strong sense of fairness. Can be over- compromising, appeasing, judgmental.
FIRE STRONG
Fire is enthusiastic, dynamic, and spontaneous, but lacks reflection. We are more courageous and adventurous now, with a tendency to act before thinking. There is little concern about what happened in the past. We are competitive and possibly impatient or bored easily.
The Sun entered Leo last night, and Mercury enters the sign this morning. Both bodies inevitably meet this afternoon very early in the sign of Leo and offer us a nice little window of opportunity to clearly see our goals in the areas of romance, creativity, and self-expression. This is a time when clarity comes to a particular area of life.
•The Moon is in Libra until 10:06 PM.
•The Moon is void from 2:11 PM to 10:06 PM.
•The Moon is in Scorpio from 10:06 PM forward (until the Moon enters Sagittarius on Sunday, July 26th, at 8:24 AM).
•The Moon is waxing and in its Waxing Crescent phase.
•A New Moon occurred on the 15th, and a first quarter Moon will occur early into the day tomorrow.
•Venus is direct and is in its pre-retrograde shadow (Venus will retrograde from July 25-September 6).
•Mercury enters Leo this morning (Mercury transits Leo from July 23-August 7).
•The Sun spends its first full day in Leo (the Sun transits Leo from July 22-August 23).
•The Sun and Mercury form a superior conjunction today.
To Allow is a passive force, for it builds in the unseen. Yet it requires your active choice. You are learning your innate power, your creative abilities, your place in this Earthly world and the dimensions beyond physical reality. Your innate power and creative abilities are within your unique perception and experience. Your choice brings your innate power to form.
Active force is visible in the physical realm. It is a necessary aspect of life and you do this each time you move your body to take a step forward. The physical realm is the experience that your senses have created from frequency; perceiving a wave as a smell, a color, a temperature, a density. It is benevolent, valuable, and as you embrace it, you open to your mastery with it. The power of active force is in the physical realm.
Passive force is invisible in the physical world. Its power is within the subtle, invisible realm. Passive force compels, magnetizes and draws the components of creation together to form anew. The bonding, the connection, is the alchemy that happens within you as you open your heart to connect with your life and life around you.
Your awareness is the beginning of the physical realm; therefore, the passive and active force shifts with your awareness. As you Allow life to touch your heart; you have choice within you. In that moment of allowing connection, will you become active, maintaining the power of your force and transform the information? Or will you remain passive, allowing what you have drawn to you to merely consume you?
Your choice is a vehicle of movement, it is the catalyst. It creates a change in direction. Even if you choose inaction, you are choosing a direction. As you utilize your innate power, your creative abilities within your awareness, you are beginning the transformation of data into a new creation.
Working within the subtle realm begins to form a new creation. Working in the physical realm moves a formed creation. Both are valuable based on the needs of the experience. Observe your life. Decide if it is time to form a new creation or to move a formed creation along a path. This will help you determine if it is time for visible action, the active force; or invisible action, the passive force. They intertwine, so it will never be just either/or. These forces meet within you, you are ‘and,’ the connection point of the active and passive, that creates new form.
Change is inevitable and change is always good. Love is the binding force of all life. It is a passive force that compels Life to new form. At its core, though you may not see it visibly yet, Love is bonding new form. It is the kernel of change that will eventually seed new growth visibly.
What force are you using to change? Are you utilizing the powerful invisible engine that builds worlds atom by invisible atom? Is it a moment best served by your patience to focus and await new form? Is it a moment of moving a formed creation in a new direction? These forces intertwine within you, so Allow Love to flow more fully and you will feel more comfortable with your full force of creation.
As we sit to Blast Forcing Change, we are well with the pace of creation for we are eternally creating. We are discerning the moment for the subtle details of force that best serve a moment of change. We are calm in the midst of chaos, reaching a new coherence of strength that is unshakable in the deconstruction of the old forms. We are freeing the mind from action and allowing the heart to lead with the power of magnetic Love. We are bringing the new world into creation; the creation is our reaction of Love transforming Life. Blast on!
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.
Phase Details for – Thursday, July 23, 2015
Phase: Waxing Crescent Illumination: 44% Moon Age: 6.79 days Moon Angle: 0.49 Moon Distance: 403,038.78 km Sun Angle: 0.52 Sun Distance: 151,976,794.89 km
First cast a magical circle (hail to the guardians). Next face the north and sit and meditate. Get up and light your candles clockwise all except for the black. Then when you have lighted your white candles, use a white candle to light the black candle. Then light the mixture of herbs and spices.
Say:
“Whatever evil comes to me here
I cast you back, I have no fear
With the speed of wind and the dark of night
May all of your harboring take flight
With the swiftness of the sea
And all the power found in me
As I will so mote it be.”
Then in a loud voice say ”I cast you out” and blow out the black candle as hard as you can. Let the mixture burn, then draw an eye on the candle and wrap it in a white cloth and bury it in your back yard.
True magic is all based on energy, so technically it can be done without any tools at all. But it is really only very skilled and experienced witches who can perform magic without any tools. Tools are very useful, especially for beginners, because they make it much easier to focus your energy and visualize parts of the spell.
There are some basic tools that every witch should have. You don’t need to buy all of these at once. Look in thrift shops, garage sales, and other out of the way places and buy tools that speak to you. Or, make your own. It’s better to wait and find the perfect tools than it is to buy something off the shelf. The tools that you should have to perform spells include:
Cauldron – this is usually a small iron pot that you can use to mix herbs or place burning items.
Wand – Wands are used for summoning the spirits of the Air and focusing energy. Natural wands made from tree branches are the best.
Incense burner – Incense is a very important part of spellcasting. Even a cheap basic incense burner will do the job but you might want to invest in a nice brass or pottery incense burner down the line.
Chalice- Your chalice can be glass, ceramic, or metallic. Most people use a glass chalice. You can even just use a special piece of glassware. Some people prefer to use ornate carved chalices that are available in Wiccan supply stores.
Altar Cloth – An altar cloth can be any piece of cloth, although most witches prefer pure cotton or silk material. Natural materials are the best to use. An altar cloth is a special cloth only used for spellwork. It can transform any flat surface into a magical surface. You may want to personalize your cloth with embroidery or embellishments.
When you are not using your magical tools they can sit on your altar or you can wrap them in your altar cloth and store them out of sight. This is a good option if you live with other people who don’t know about your Wiccan practices.
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When you think about witches casting spell you probably see an image in your mind of black clad women stirring a steaming large black pot over a fire. Or maybe you think of a witch waving a wand and turning a prince into a frog, or vice versa. But that’s Disney magic. Real magic is often very subtle and hard to detect. So you have to be on the lookout for small changes after you cast a spell.
When you cast a spell you are directing energy that will create change like the ripples in a pond. The changes that are created often won’t be obvious or dramatic. But the spells that you cast will result in events unfolding to give you the opportunity to make huge changes in your life. You have to be paying attention and you have to seize the opportunities.
Often people who are new to Wicca will think that a spell they cast didn’t work because they won’t be looking for the signs that it did work. For example if you cast a spell to get a new job you probably will not get a call out of the blue from the company you have been dying to work for. But, you might find yourself talking to a stranger at a party or on the train who works at that company and can recommend you for a job to HR department. Or if you want to move up at your current company a job might open up that would be perfect for you.
If you cast a spell for more money a stack of money won’t just appear, and the winning lottery numbers probably won’t either. But you might find a unique opportunity for a part time income like teaching something that you love. Be ready for all the opportunities that spells will create for you.
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The Neptunalia venerates the divine God of the Sea, Neptune. Originally a freshwater God, Neptune acquired his maritime status when we was identified with the Greek Poseidon At Rome, there was a temple dedicated to Neptune in the circus cus Flaminius within the Campus Martius where his festivals were held on July 23 and December 1.
Neptune was one of only three Gods to whom a bull might be sacrificed (the others were Mars and Apollo). According to legend, he had a wife whose name was Salacia, Goddess of the salty sea and inland guardian of springs. It is believed that the Goddess Sulis, who is still worshiped at the sacred hot springs at Bath, may have been an aspect of Salacia.
Seasons of the Witch – Legends and Lore, Ancient Holidays And Some Not So Ancient!
Today Is …
Salacia (Greek Amphitrite) was the Roman Goddess of Salt Water and wife of Neptune. The celebration was linked with the need for fresh water in the summer.
Swedish Feast of St. Brigit. Kindle a fire or light a candle in Her honor.
The Festival of Neptunalia was celebrated annually on this date in ancient Rome to honor Neptune, the lord of the sea. In Italy, many modern Witches honor Neptune on this day by lighting a blue candle, inscribed with his trident symbol and anointed with seawater, and placing it on an altar along with various objects from the sea (such as seashells, pieces of driftwood, and so forth).
Mayan Sun Festival. This celebration honors the Sun God Ahau Kin. Devotions of food, song, prayer are offered, and devotees make a ritual procession that symbolically travels to the four quarters of the universe.
Thunder God -On the 24th day of the 6th lunar month, the Chinese celebrate the Thunder-god (Leigong) or God of War by setting off fireworks. This is also the Birthday of the Lotus. Blackburn, Bonnie & Leofranc Holford-Strevens, The Oxford Companion to the Year, Oxford University Press 1999
Ice Cream Day – As far as I know, this holiday doesn’t have any ancient roots, but it seems like a particularly summer festival and a good excuse for going and getting some ice cream.
Neptunalia – In ancient Rome, this holiday was usually celebrated with alfresco revelries. However Horace (Odes 3.28) preferred to stay home with a girlfriend and superior wine. Blackburn, Bonnie & Leofranc Holford-Strevens, The Oxford Companion to the Year, Oxford University Press 1999
Ruled by the planet Jupiter and dedicated to Thor, god of thunder and agricultural work. His parallels in various European Traditions include Zeus, Taranis, Perun, and Perkunas.
Magical aspects: controlled optimism, energetic growth, physical well-being, material succss, expansion, money/wealth, prosperity, leadership, and generosity.
Thursday is the day of Jupiter, the largest of the planets and said to be the most powerful. Spellcasters would be wise to use this day for attempting wealth, success and prosperity spells.
Thursday is also associated (in Greek mythology) to Thor – Thor’s day – and some even say that Jupiter and Thor are one in the same. Both are strong and powerful, yet wise and just. Try a small prayer to
Jupiter before commencing any ritual on Thursday as a sign of respect.
This is the proper day of the week to perform spells and rituals involving luck, happiness, health, legal matters, male fertility, treasure, wealth, honour, riches, clothing, money, desires, business, group pursuits, joy, laughter, and expansion
General: Loyalty, ownership (but watch out for suspicion and anger), matters requiring insight, increasing your libido or to attract passionate love (be careful though as relationships with a Scorpio influence are likely to be transformational and not always predictable!), healing of the mind and emotions, scrying, concentration, single mindedness, rebirth, transformation, wisdom, karma and instinct.
Watch out for secrets, lies, jealousy and suspicion, lack of forgiveness, grudges and hate.
New Moon: Power, transformation, karma, instincts, clarity, wisdom, stop gossip, emotions, endings, death, rebirth and past life work.
Today is the day for prosperity work of all kinds. It can also be used for healing work, whether that is a physical healing of an illness or an emotional healing. Also remember that you have to follow up your healing work and prosperity magick and physical action.
I can’t tell you the number of times I have met new witches who complain to me that their prosperity spell or “I need a better job” spell did not work as they expected. They’ll ramble on and on about how much time and money they spent working their magick….but, alas, they had no glorious manifestion of wealth or fabulous job that suddenly dropped out of the sky and landed in their laps.
Then, when I gently ask them, “Did you enchant your resume or application when you filled it out? Did you do a little confidence-boosting spellwork when you went to apply for the job or went to the interview?” typically they give me a blank, confused stare.
Nine times out of ten, their response is, “You mean I have to go out and actually look for the job too?” Um, yes, my dear, you certainly do. Magick follows the path of least resistance, which means it’s going to manifest along the simplest, quickest route. Get out there and hit the pavement. See what you can find. Times are tough and competition for good jobs is fierce, so you need whatever edge you can get. For folks like us, we’re going to get the edge by using our magick and our spellcraft.
Thursdays have such a rich source of magick for us to draw upon that, honestly, the sky is the limit. This is the day associated with the gods of the sky and heavens, after all. Get to know these deities and add their wisdom and magick into your days
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The name is derived from Old English Þūnresdæg and Middle English Thuresday (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse Þorsdagr) meaning “Thor’s Day”. Thunor, Donar (German, Donnerstag) and Thor are derived from the name of the Germanic god of thunder, Thunraz, equivalent to Jupiter in the interpretatio romana.
In most Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was known as Iovis Dies, “Jupiter’s Day”. In Latin, the genitive or possessive case of Jupiter was Iovis/Jovis and thus in most Romance languages it became the word for Thursday: Italian giovedì, Spanish jueves, French jeudi, Sardinian jòvia, Catalan dijous, and Romanian joi. This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh dydd Iau.
The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter is sometimes used to represent Thursday.
Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: Torsdag in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, Hósdagur/Tórsdagur in Faroese, Donnerstag in German or Donderdag in Dutch. Finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic (Uralic) languages, uses the borrowing “Torstai” and “Duorastat”. In the extinct Polabian Slavic language, it was perundan, Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor.
There are a number of modern names imitating the naming of Thursday after an equivalent of “Jupiter” in local tradition. In most of the languages of India, the word for Thursday is Guruvar- var meaning day and guru being the style for Bṛhaspati, guru to the gods and regent of the planet Jupiter. In Thai, the word is Wan Pharuehatsabodi – referring to the Hindu deity Bṛhaspati, also associated with Jupiter. En was an old Illyrian deity and in his honor in the Albanian language Thursday is called “Enjte”. In the Nahuatl language, Thursday is Tezcatlipotōnal meaning “day of Tezcatlipoca”.
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