COSMIC CALENDAR

• FEBRUARY 22, 2019

You can’t always get what you want. Reflect on that old saying and strive for serenity as the moon in usually affable Libra makes tension-producing squares with Saturn (10:21 a.m.), Venus (6:48 p.m.), and Pluto (6:53 p.m.) in Capricorn.

It doesn’t necessarily help your state of mind that Mercury in Pisces squares Jupiter in Sagittarius (12:41 p.m.) while Venus makes its annual conjunction with underworld-ruler Pluto at 23 degrees of Capricorn (7:54 p.m.). One way to escape the clutches of stagnation-generating fears and repressed childhood phobias is to conduct research projects and in-depth studies with enthusiasm. Tread carefully in affairs of the heart.

[Note to readers: All times are calculated as Pacific Standard Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]

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Daily Inspiration Roundup 18th – 22nd February 2019

Thoughts from your Hostess of Light – February 2019

a message from Gillian MacBeth-Louthan

 

I don’t know about you all but it has been a whirlwind of Energy’s and events, since 2019 was birthed, pushing us forward like a triathlon, never allowing us to stop and take a breath. One energy after another rewrites our life scripts we have memorized. Whether on Mother Earth or in the heavens and skies everything has stirred in a big Cosmic pot, since the beginning of 2019.

Finally we all begin to feel a little better inside like a daffodil pushing through the frozen ground seeking some kind of light, and pow to the moon as more and more unusual weather comes our way saturating our very worlds. We are so programmed to reach for more light in these dreary days. The elements have become expandable and trade places with each other like snow in Hawaii and Florida. We are on edge like a cat in the winter woods jumping at every moon shadow, always waiting for something unexpected. Our adrenals are on high 24 hrs. a day without pause.

The moons are becoming Bigger and Bluer and the night sky changes its pigmentations and pixels. Planets and stars have asteroid eclipses showing off their true underbelly to all that have the eyes to see. Each new realization on Earth, each new find of ancient eras, activates cellular records of remembrance. Everyday our ancient knowing’s are birthed over and over again as what we believe is finally proven and given full credit. At that point we come to a miraculous realization that holding anything in a place of light will eventually give it proof of life.

We are all pursuing a cosmic carrot, something juicy to hang in front of us, to give us hope, to give us a reason for all of this craziness, and to give us renewal. We can feel the dimensional fluidity and variance, we can hear the dimensions stretching, we can sense it and smell it as our earthiness kicks in. We are not in the same space and time, as we were only a few months ago. There is a perceivable difference to this place, and Like a Stranger in a Strange Land we venture out into the unknown on our Quest. Our Quest For Truth For Love for peace and a smile. Our quest to know that justice will triumph, that light will always see victory and that love lives in all of the universe

We all feel the need to follow ‘A New Path’ one that is lit by the future and not the past. One that excites our curiosity, increases our heartbeat, and allows a smile to enter our eyes. We are all on a journey of time known and unknown, in a space that was given to us as a gift.

We are Pathfinders that seek illumination. The soul becomes itchy as does the feet as we move forward into spring. We are tired of being afraid of our future, ourselves, our world and we choose to wear the armor of one that is fearless in their quest. We Are ‘The Champions and the Cause’ has lived in our hearts and souls since time immortal. This next shift integrates slowly like a chameleon compelling a color change. However within the slow motion of Earth’s magnetic revolutions and time striations, a quickening is birthed.

 

 

Gillian MacBeth-Louthan – PO box 217 – Dandridge, Tennessee 37725-0217 – www.thequantumawakening.com thequantumawakening@hughes.net

Calendar of the Moon

Ash Tree Month

Color: Pale Blue
Elements: Water and air
Altar: On a cloth of pale blue set a great bowl of salt water in which are set many shells and stones, a shell full of salt, incense, and the figures of sea-birds and fishes.
Offerings: Wash something clean, or air it out.
Daily Meal: Either fish or seafood, or poultry.

Nion/Anthesterion Invocation

Call: Now is the time of wind and water.
Response: Now is the time of sea and sky.
Call: Now is the time of the Gods of weather.
Response: Now is the time of the great waves.
Call: Now is the time of terrible flooding.
Response: Now is the time of needed rain.
Call: Now is the time of battering gales.
Response: Now is the time of winds of change.
Call: Now is the time of fear of change.
Response: Now, and always, change will win.
Call: The wild winds disturb our dreams.
Response: The wild winds awake our minds.
Call: The heavy rains flood our hearts.
Response: The heavy rains water our future.
Call: The sea will sweep us away.
Response: The sea will bear us up.
Call: The sea is cold and unending.
Response: The sea is the source of life.
Call: We are ships on the lost expanse of the ocean.
Response: We are winds that call to one another.
Call: We will brave the wind and water.
Response: We will bring together mind and heart.
Call: We will come home safely after wandering.
Response: We will anchor safely after our journeys.
Call: We will come through wind and water!
Response: We will come through wind and water!
(Repeat last two lines twice more.)

Chant:
We will come through wind and water
We will come through sea and sky

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Calendar of the Sun

Carista – Day of Peace in the Family

Color: Lavender
Element: Water
Altar: Upon a lavender cloth set a tray of cakes shaped like clasping hands, and many cups full of hot tea.
Offerings: Promise to attempt to be more considerate of those you live with.
Daily Meal: Any food, but it must be served from one great plate for every table, and it should not be in separate portions.

Carista Invocation

May there be Peace in this house.
(Response: “May there be peace in this house!”)
Peace can be a hard mistress.
The daily round of the ordinary,
The simple turn of day and night and day
The presence of the same souls
Can come to be like a shadow on the sun,
And yet Peace still demands
That we find a way to move past
That ordinariness
And all the thousand thorns and briars
And bring Peace into the house.
(Response: “May there be peace in this house!”)
Take the hand of your sister, your brother,
The one who shares your roof, your table,
The ground you walk on,
Whose feet know the boards as well as your own,
And swear to find a way
To bring peace into the space between you.
(Response: “May there be peace in this house!”)

Chant: 
My brother, my heart, my sister, my soul;
My family, my life, come in from the cold;
My sister, my heart, my brother, my soul;
My family, my life, that makes this life whole.

(Instead of a ritual, this period of time should be used to mediate and address problems between members of the community, with emphasis on peacemaking and compromise and useful solutions. At the end of the meeting, all share cakes and tea.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

About Caristia

In ancient Rome, the Caristia,[1] also known as the Cara Cognatio, was an official but privately observed holiday on February 22, that celebrated love of family with banqueting and gifts. Families gathered to dine together and offer food and incense to the Lares as their household gods.[2] It was a day of reconciliation when disagreements were to be set aside, but the poet Ovid observes satirically that this could be achieved only by excluding family members who caused trouble.[3]

Activities and context
The Caristia was one of several days in February that honored family or ancestors. It followed the Parentalia, nine days of remembrance which began on February 13 and concluded with the Feralia on February 21, or in the view of some, the Caristia on the next day. For the Parentalia, families visited the tombs of their ancestors and shared cake and wine both in the form of offerings and as a meal among themselves. The Feralia was a more somber occasion, a public festival of sacrifices and offerings to the Manes, the spirits of the dead who required propitiation.[4] The Caristia was a recognition of the family line as it continued into the present and among the living.[5]

There were distributions of bread, wine, and sportulae (bonuses, tips, tokens of appreciation).[6] The poet Martial has a pair of poems on gift-giving for the holiday; in one, he offers a sort of “non-apology apology” to his relatives Stella and Flaccus, explaining that he’s sent them nothing because he didn’t want to offend others who ought to receive a gift from him and wouldn’t.[7]

On the calendar
Unlike public festivals, the Caristia and other privately observed holidays were allowed to fall on even-numbered days of the Roman calendar.[8] The Cara Cognatio remained on the calendar long after the Roman Empire had come under Christian rule. It appeared in the Chronography of 354, and the calendar of Polemius Silvius (449 AD) juxtaposed the old holiday with a feast day commemorating the burial of St. Peter and St. Paul.[9] As a “love feast,” the Caristia was not incompatible with Christian attitudes;[10] some scholars have detected an influence of the Parentalia and Caristia on the Christian agape feast, with the consumption of bread and wine at the ancestral tomb replaced by the Eucharist.[11] In the 5th century, some Christian priests even encouraged participation in funerary meals.[12]

In the first half of the 6th century, some Gallo-Romans still observed a form of the holiday with food offerings to the dead and a ritual meal.[13] By then, however, the practice had come under suspicion as a “pagan” ritual, and the Council of Tours in 567 explicitly censured those who “defiled” the feast day of St. Peter. The observances were condemned by Caesarius of Arles as an excuse for drunkenness, dancing, singing, and other demonic behaviors. The suppression of traditional commemorations of the dead were part of increasing efforts by the Church to control and monopolize religious behaviors in Merovingian Gaul.[14]

 

References

The 1988 Teubner edition of the Ovid’s Fasti (2.616) gives Karistia.
Michele Renee Salzman, “Religious Koine and Religious Dissent in the Fourth Century,” A Companion to Roman Religion (Blackwell, 2007), p. 115; Ittai Gradel, Emperor Worship and Roman Religion (Oxford University Press, 2002), p. 208.
Ovid, Fasti 2.623–626, 631–632; William Warde Fowler, The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic (London, 1908), p. 418.
Salzman, “Religious Koine,” p. 115.
Fowler, Religious Experience p. 418.
John F. Donahue, “Towards a Typology of Roman Public Feasting,” in Roman Dining: A Special Issue of American Journal of Philology (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), p. 105.
Martial, Epigrams 9.54 and 55; Ruurd R. Nauta, Poetry for Patrons: Literary Communication in the Age of Domitian (Brill, 2002), p. 79.
Michael Lipka, Roman Gods: A Conceptual Approach (Brill, 2009), p. 46.
Robert Turcan, The Gods of Ancient Rome (Routledge, 1998, 2001), p. 164.
Fowler, Religious Experience p. 457.
Bonnie Effros, Creating Community with Food and Drink in Merovingian Gaul (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), p. 74.
Effros, Creating Community, p. 76.
Bernadotte Filotas, Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2005), pp. 172–173, citing Concilium Turonense (567) 23, CCSL 148A: 191–192.
Effros, Creating Community, pp. 74–78, especially pp. 75–76.

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The Witches Almanac for Friday, February 22

Caristia (Roman)

Waning Moon

Moon phase: Third Quarter

Moon Sign: Libra

Incense: Thyme

Color: Pink

 

–Llewellyn’s 2019 Magical Almanac
Charlie Rainbow Wolf

The Witches Guide to Friday

Ruler: Freya, Venus

Colors: Emerald green or pink

Power Hours: Sunrise and the 8th, 16th, and 24th hours following.

Key Words: Love, money, health

It is easy to spot the ruler of this day by its name. In the word Friday, we see the roots of the name of the Norse goddess Freya, a goddess of love and fertility, and the most beautiful and propitious of the goddesses thus the verse “Friday’s child is loving and giving.”

In Spanish this day of the week is called Viernes and is derived from the goddess Venus. Matters of love, human interaction, the fluidity of communication, sewing and the creation of artistic garments, household improvement, shopping, and party planning all fall under the aspects of Friday and its ruling planet, Venus.

Friday’s angels are Ariel/Uriel, Rachiel, and Sachiel. Rachiel also concerns himself with human sexuality and is a presiding spirit of the planet Venus.

On Fridays, the hour of sunrise and every eight hours after that are also ruled by Venus, and that makes these times of the day doubly blessed. These four hours are the strongest four hours for conducting ritual.

Check the local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac to determine your local sunrise.

Friday’s Magick & Conjuring for February 22

Friday’s Conjuring

Friday – is associated with Venus

Candle colors – Green, Red, Blue, White, Purple

Spellcrafting Associations: Love, Marriage, Money, Attraction, Luck, Healing, Prosperity, Change, Road Opening work, Bring Peace, Relationships.

–Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies
Starr Casas

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Friday’s Magick

Magickal Intent:
Lust
Romance
Happiness
Travel
Friends
Beauty
Sexuality
Harmony
Growth

Planet: Venus

Colors: Pink, Aqua, Seafoam

Crystals: Coral, Emerald, Rose Quartz

On Friday, February 22nd, We Celebrate…

Brotherhood Day (United States)
BINAH

Themes: Peace; Cooperation; Communication; Unity; Spirituality

Symbols: Bees; Lilies; Lead

About Binah: In Cabalistic tradition, Binah embodies spiritual discernment, love, stability, and awareness. As the third sephirah of the Tree of Life, Binah becomes a divine mother, guiding her children toward attainment and comprehension. Her name literally translates as “the understanding” which gives form and function to all other aspects of life. Bees are sacred to her (as divine messengers), as are lilies (white in purity), and lead (which gives us a foothold in reality).

To Do Today: Binah’s energy was present in 1934 when Brotherhood Day began to bring people of diverse faiths together in an atmosphere of tolerance and respect. The thrust of the day is universal brotherhood, accenting our likenesses instead of our differences. So, take time today to learn more about other faiths and foster an open exchange of ideas. Perhaps visit a church or temple and observe quietly, seeing that the Goddess is there, too.

To promote strong spiritual roots in your own life, as well as the understanding to nurture those roots, try this spell: Take a piece of lead (maybe from a pencil) and hold it in your dominant hand, saying,

Binah, walk with me; understanding impart.
Every day be part of my heart.

Write this down and put the incantation in your shoe so that Binah will walk with you wherever you may be.

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

~ The Goddess Days of the Moon ~

Days 22-24 Ruled by Medusa, the crone of death and spiritual release, the necessary destruction that allows a new cycle to begin

Days 25-27 Ruled by Hecate, queen of the underworld and the shades, she is seen as the one who allows departed souls to choose thier paths in the next phase of existence and rebirth

The remaining days of the moon – the dark days – are those of the unknowable Masked Goddess, who is present, but invisible.

The Goddess Book of Days for February 22nd

Church Holiday of St. Lucia, Goddess of Light (Italy). She is Lucy, Lucina, Vesta, Brigid, Bertha, Perchta, Bride, Hestia, Oya. In Rome, the Carista, day of family peace and household accord, the Goddess Carista or Concordia.

Goddesses Associated with Friday

Friday For Freya: Astarte, Aphrodite, Erzulie, Aida Wooo, Eve, Venus, Diana, Isis, the Witch of Gaeta, Chalchiuhtlique

—The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

The Wicca Book of Days for Friday, February 22nd

On this day in the year 1917, Sybil Leek was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England. She achieved fame and success as a modern Witch, astrologer, and occult author. Her psychic predictions of the Kennedy assassinations and the election of Richard M. Nixon as President of the United States are documented. She passed away on October 26, 1982, in Melbourne, Florida.

–The Wicca Book of Days
Gerina Dunwich

The Pagan Calendar for February 22 thru February 27

February 22 – Feast of the Roman Goddess Concordia, embodiment of agreement

February 26 – Day of Greek Goddess Hygeia – Goddess of Health and Wellness

February 26 – Day of Egyptian Goddess Nut

February 27 – Runic half month of TYR (Tiwaz) commences – warrior rune

Today is Friday, February 22

Friday is the day of Venus. It takes it name from Frigg, the Goddess of love and transformation. She rules the spiritual side of a person that manifests in the physical. Because of this, Friday is often thought of as dangerously unpredictable. This is expressed in an old East Anglian adage:

Friday’s day will have its trick
The fairest or foulest day of the week.

Deity: Frigg

Zodiac Sign: Taurus/Libra

Planet: Venus

Tree: Apple

Herb: Vervain

Stone: Sapphire/Chrysolite

Animal: Bull/Serpent

Element: Earth

Color: Yellow/Violet

Number: 7

Rune: Peorth(P)

 

Celtic Tree Month of Nuin (Ash) (February 18 – March 17)

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

Goddess of the Month of Moura (February 20 – March 19)

 

—The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick