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Tuesday’s Magick

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Tuesday’s Magick

 

Tuesday – Is associated with Mars

 

Colours of – Red, Pink and Orange.

 

Tuesday is the best time to deal with such matters as: Passion, Partnerships, Courage, Swift Movement, Action, Energy, Strife, Aggression, Sex, Physical Energy, Sports, Muscular Activity, Guns, Tools, Metals, Cutting, Surgery, Police, Soldiers, Combat, Confrontation, Business, Buying and Selling Animals, Mechanical Things, Repairs, Gardening, Woodworking, Hunting and New Beginnings.

On Tuesday: Shake the only hand of Tyr

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On Tuesday: Shake the only hand of Tyr

Tyr (referred to as Tiw, Tiu or Tew in Old English) was the god of combat. He had just one hand and the story behind it is as follows.

The prophecy of the sybil that three siblings would bring troubles to gods alarmed the pantheon and Odin (see also the section for Wednesday) decided to get rid of them. One of them was Fenrir, a huge mythological wolf. They tried to bound him, but he was too strong and tore any chain they used.

Finally they asked dwarves to make a special, untearable binding called Gleipnir. It consisted of six wondrous ingredients which do not exist any longer because the gods took them from the world for good. These were the sound of a cat’s footfall, the beard of a woman, the breath of a fish, the roots of a mountain, the sinews of a bear (meaning rather sensibilities in this case) and the spittle of a bird.

Fenrir did not believe them that they would set him free again after having tried the binding on him. Tyr had to put his arm in his mouth as the guarantee. That is why one of his arms is missing. And again, when Ragnarok begins, the wolf will free himself from Gleipnir and avenge this deception by devouring Odin.

In Romance languages, this day belongs to Mars, the Roman god of war (martes in Spanish, mardi in French).

The Goddess Book of Days for Tuesday, July 17th

Cleopatra

 

The Goddess Book of Days for Tuesday, July 17th

Day of Eurydice in Greece, Goddess of the Underworld. Her rescue by Orpheus is a reversal that appeared in later times. She is: Inanna, Persephone/Demeter, Proserpina/Ceres, Hel, Sedna, Mother Holle, Venus, Cybele, Heurodis, Fortuna, the Fates, Dike, Oya, Kali,Tlatzlteotl, Cerridwen, Hecate, and Rhiannon.

 

Goddesses Associated With Tuesday

Soorejnaree, Pinga1la, Anna, Aine, Danu, Yngona, Bellona, Aida Wedo, Sun Woman

 

Source

The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

Today is Tuesday, July 17

EGYPTIAN

Today is Tuesday, July 17

 

Tuesday is dedicated to the powers of the planet Mars, personified in Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, Tuisco and Tyr. Tuesday rules controlled power, energy and endurance.

Deity: Tiwaz

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Planet: Mars

Tree: Holly

Herb: Plantain

Stone: Agate

Animal: Crab

Element: Fire

Color: White

Number: 2

Rune: Tyr (T)

 

Celtic Tree Month of Tinne(Holly) – July 8 – August 4

 

Runic Half-Month of Ur (primal strength) – July 4 – July 28

 

Goddess of the Month of Kerea – July 11 – August 8

 

Reference

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

It is Tuesday, July 17th, Good Morning to all our dear brothers & sisters of The Craft! May the Goddess Bless You On The Beautiful Morn’!

Cleopatra

Faith is the dark moon
Unseen in the night
We know it is present
Yet long for the light

 

Faith is the wind
That whispers around us

 

We cannot touch it
And must take it on trust

 

Faith is the soft voice
Of the Goddess of Old
Who warms us in the Winter
And wards off the cold

 

Let our hearts feel the warmth
Let our souls hear Her voice
Let us find faith in the darkness
And our spirits rejoice.

So Mote It Be

 

 

—Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook: Wonderfully Witchy Blessings, Charms & Spells
Deborah Blake

We Got Struck By Friday the 13th

Well, I should never open my mouth. If you remember Monday, I said our Friday the 13th had already happened, HA! From the time we got here this morning at 8:00 till just about 15 minutes ago the cable has been out, All Friggin’ Day! I kid you not. I have never so aggravated in my entire life. I guess I am partially to blame. My cabin is now at the stage where the wires can be run through the walls. Last time, I had wires all up against the walls and everything. This time I just wanted simple little cable connectors in sockets in the wall. You know the kind that is attached to the wall and has the little thing stuck out so you just plug in your cable. Well they finally got out here to do that. I asked them if what they were doing would interfere with the office. I was guaranteed, “NO.” Some guarantee.

 

This morning the cable and phone people were here waiting on us. I swear I believe they were mad at us because we were five minutes late and they had to wait on us. Anyway, I ask the foreman again if it would interfere with the office and he said, “yes, it would because they had to take down the lines at the office and then tie in or something to run it to the cabin. I told him that was not what I was told. He informed me the person I talked to didn’t know what they were talking about. Then he asked the dumbest question, “do you want us to do the work or not?” Well, considering it took two weeks to get you out here, what do you think? They started and everything went. After three hours, Eleanor was out there asking them, “HOW MUCH LONGER?” I finally told her to come in and leave them alone. If she pissed them off, we would never have internet again.

 

Anyway, they are suppose to be through but who knows? The chat is still planned and going to happen tomorrow as you know. Just in case these technical geniuses show up and we lose internet(I should mention we also lose our phone when that happens) I have decided I will call Lady Beltane(by cellphone) and relay the message to her what is going on. Then she can relay it to you. But they promised me, they were through and it doesn’t hurt to have a back up plan with these jokers.

 

I apologize today and I look forward to seeing you in the chatroom tomorrow morning. It starts at 9 a.m., central but don’t worry if you can’t make it at that time, wander in anyway. I am sure we will be there for a couple of hours, we were the last time. Just drop by, say hello and meet who else is there. We want to get to meet you and hopefully you want to get to meet us. So I will see you in chat tomorrow. Till then, my sweets…..

Love ya,

Lady A

 

Saturday, July 14th

9:00 a.m till ????

Astronomy Picture of the Day – Centaurus A 

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2018 July 12

Centaurus A 
Image Credit & Copyright: CEDIC Team at Chilescope, Processing – Bernhard Hubl

 

Explanation: Only 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy also known as NGC 5128, is featured in this sharp telescopic view. Centaurus A is apparently the result of a collision of two otherwise normal galaxies resulting in a fantastic jumble of star clusters and imposing dark dust lanes. Near the galaxy’s center, left over cosmic debris is steadily being consumed by a central black hole with a billion times the mass of the Sun. As in other active galaxies, that process likely generates the radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray energy radiated by Centaurus A

 

Earth Sky News for July 12: 2018’s closest new supermoon on July 13

2018’s closest new supermoon on July 13

By  in ASTRONOMY ESSENTIALS

The closest new moon of 2018 – a supermoon – comes on July 13. You won’t see it, but Earth’s oceans will feel it. Then, 2 weeks later, we have the year’s farthest full moon.

2018 will have three new moon supermoons in a row, which are defined as new or full moons at or near their closest to Earth for that particular month. 2018’s new supermoons fall on June 13, July 13 and August 11. Thus this next new moon on July 13 is a supermoon; in fact, it’s the closest and largest of the three.

New moon falls precisely on July 13, 2018, at 2:48 UTC; that is July 12 at 10:48 p.m. EDT., 9:48 p.m. CDT and so on.

You don’t typically see a new moon, not even a new supermoon, but Earth’s oceans will feel it. This extra-close new moon will combine with the gravitational pull of the sun to give rise to wide-ranging spring tides – tides that are extra high and extra low – in the few days following July 13.

Plus, a few people in Earth’s Southern Hemisphere will glimpse this July 13 new moon. At least, they’ll see the new moon silhouette, or part of it, during a partial solar eclipse on July 13. A month from now, people at high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere will be able to view the new supermoon during a second partial solar eclipse, on August 11.

Two weeks from July 13 – on Friday, July 27, 2018 – we’ll have the smallest full moon of the year. The year’s smallest full moon is sometimes called a micro-moon or mini-moon. It’s the opposite of a supermoon. A micro-moon always happens within a fortnight of the year’s closest new moon.

Moreover, this upcoming full moon on July 27 will stage this century’s longest total lunar eclipse that’ll be visible from most of the world’s Eastern Hemisphere – but not from North America.

The July 13 new moon comes especially close to Earth because it’s the year’s closest coincidence of a new moon with a lunar perigee.

New moon: July 13, 2018, at 2:48 UTC

Lunar perigee: July 13, 2018, at 8:28 UTC

But this is not the closest supermoon. Remember, supermoons can be new or full moons. At a distance of 222,097 miles (357,431 km), the July 13 perigee is only the 2nd-closest of this year’s 14 lunar perigees. The year’s closest perigee of 221,559 miles (356,565 km) accompanied the full moon supermoon on the night of January 1-2, 2018. Thus that full moon was 2018’s closest supermoon.

Now here’s an older term for the close alignment of the July 13 new moon with lunar perigee: some will call it a perigean new moon.

One fortnight after the perigean new moon, it’ll be a apogean full moon on July 27, 2018, that features the year’s closest coincidence of full moon with lunar apogee. At a distance of 252,415 miles (406,223 km), this will be the 2nd-farthest of this year’s 13 apogees. The apogean full moon on July 27 will be about 30,000 miles or 50,000 km farther away than the perigean full moon of July 13.

Full moon: July 27, 2018, at 20:20 UTC

Lunar apogee: July 27, 2018, at 5:44 UTC

The year’s farthest apogee – 252,565 miles (406,464 km) – took place on January 15, 2018, or one fortnight after the year’s closest perigee in early January 2018.

Don’t you just love the orderliness of the heavens?

Bottom line: The closest new supermoon of 2018 comes on July 13.

Resources:

Lunar perigee and apogee calculator

Moon at perigee and apogee: 2001 to 2100

Phases of the moon: 2001 to 2100

 

BRUCE MCCLURE

Bruce McClure has served as lead writer for EarthSky’s popular Tonight pages since 2004. He’s a sundial aficionado, whose love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and sailing in the North Atlantic, where he earned his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation. He also writes and hosts public astronomy programs and planetarium programs in and around his home in upstate New York.

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The Wisdom of Buddha

The Wisdom of Buddha

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Your Daily Rune for Today is Hagalaz

Your Daily Rune for Today

Hagalaz

“Hag-all-az” – Literally: “Hail” or “Hailstone” – Esoteric: Crisis or Radical Change

Key Concepts: hailstones, crisis and catastrophe, disruption, radical change, destructive elements of nature, severe weather, the uncontrollable, unavoidable unpleasantness, Jungian shadow, psychoanalysis, regression, acceptance of the unalterable

Psi: disruption, change, personal past

Energy: power beyond human ability to harness, perfect pattern, seed formation, objective confrontation, destructive natural forces, chaos

Mundane: bad weather, obstacles, surprises, shelter

Divinations: Change according to ideals, changes for the long-term good, controlled crisis, corrections, completion, inner harmony; or catastrophe, crisis, stagnation, loss of power, loss of property, short-term disappointment, victim-consciousness, obsession with the past, blame.

Governs:
Completeness and balance of power, integration of unconscious shadow elements
The inevitability of Fate, Wyrd, Orlog
Evolutionary progress and operations of becoming
The outworking of a perfect pattern
Protection through banishing or exorcising disharmonious patterns, protection
Awareness of the unconscious ideas for eventual processing
Causing discomfort in others by awakening their own subconscious ‘garbage’

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today is Love

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today



Love indicates that love is either present in our life or a distinct possibility. Be open to all possibilities, remembering that true love is given freely, without condition, and does not have to be earned. This is the kind of love we want to welcome into our life and to give to others. Be open to new ideas, and beware of judging against someone in an unloving manner. When Love appears, return to the place where you can love yourself and then seek out the same love from others.

As a daily card, Love suggests that for those who are currently in a relationship the opportunity to deepen the bond is present. For those who are single, Love implies that the prospect for them to begin a romantic relationship is very strong at this time.

Your Daily Erotic Tarot Card for Today is Judgment

Your Daily Erotic Tarot

The Judgment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Judgment card indicates that you’ve had some sexual hang-ups in the past, but you’re working toward getting over them. This is a period of transition, and although you’re doing the work, you may not be getting the exact results you desire. Forgive yourself for past missteps in order to take a sexual step forward today. Being afraid to express your true erotic self can even effect other areas of your life, so getting beyond your sexual inhibitions translates into a happier overall existence.