The Witches Guide to Wednesday

"Rise of the Phoenix"

The Witches Guide to Wednesday

 

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.

Source

 
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan

Today is Wednesday, March 29th, We Celebrate

Power from the 3 WitchesToday is Wednesday, March 29th, We Celebrate

Masquerade (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

Today is Wednesday, March 29th

Witch

Today is Wednesday, March 29th

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)
 

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

The Magickal Day of Wednesday

Witchy Wood

The Magickal Day of Wednesday

 

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.

 

 

Reference

 

Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
Article originally published on & owned by About.com

The Sky This Week for March 29 to April 2

Witchy Cat of the Wood

The Sky This Week for March 29 to April 2

Sirus shines magnitude -1.5, a “young Moon,” and other bright things to look for in the sky this week.
By Richard Talcott

Wednesday, March 29

With an age of 4.5 billion years, “young” might not seem an appropriate word to describe our Moon. But tonight, you have a nice opportunity to see what astronomers call a “young Moon” — a slender crescent visible in the early evening sky. With New Moon having occurred two nights ago, only 5 percent of our satellite’s disk appears illuminated after sunset tonight. You should notice an ashen light faintly illuminating the Moon’s dark side. This is “earthshine,” sunlight reflected by Earth that reaches the Moon and then reflects back to our waiting eyes. With binoculars, scan some 10° to the Moon’s lower right and you also should pick up the glow from Mercury, which shines brightly at magnitude –0.6.

Thursday, March 30

The waxing crescent Moon climbs significantly higher in the evening sky with each passing day, and tonight it serves as a guide to ruddy Mars. The planet stands about 7° (approximately one binocular field) to the Moon’s lower right. The pair appears nearly 20° high in the west once twilight fades to darkness and doesn’t set until after 10 p.m. local daylight time. The Red Planet shines at magnitude 1.5 among the background stars of Aries the Ram.

The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point in its orbit around Earth, at 8:32 a.m. EDT. It then lies 226,088 miles (363,853 kilometers) away from us.

Friday, March 31

This evening, the waxing Moon sits on the western edge of the Hyades star cluster in Taurus the Bull. The 20-percent-lit crescent lies below and a little to the right of 1st-magnitude Aldebaran, the orange sun that marks the upper left corner of the V-shaped Hyades. In reality, however, the star is a foreground object that only appears along the same line of sight as the cluster.

Saturday, April 1

Mercury reaches greatest elongation at 6 a.m. EDT, and tonight marks the peak of its best evening apparition of 2017. The innermost planet lies 19° east of the Sun and stands 9° high in the western sky 45 minutes after sunset. It shines at magnitude –0.2 and shows up easily against the darkening sky. If you can’t spy Mercury right away, sweep the area with binoculars. A view of the inner world through a telescope reveals an 8″-diameter disk that appears 39 percent lit.

Sunday, April 2

After passing between the Sun and Earth just eight days ago, Venus already appears conspicuous in the predawn sky. It rises an hour before the Sun and climbs 6° above the eastern horizon 30 minutes later. The planet shines so brightly, at magnitude –4.2, that it shows up easily in the brightening twilight. A telescope will deliver spectacular views of the inner world’s 57″-diameter disk, which appears just 3 percent lit.

 

Source

Astronomy Magazine

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Wednesday, March 29th

spellYour Daily Sun & Moon Data for Wednesday, March 29th

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 95.43° E
Sun Altitude: 13.09°
Sun Distance: 92.821 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2017 11:24 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:44 am↑ 85° East
Sunset Today: 7:14 pm↑ 275° West
Length of Daylight: 12 hours, 30 minutes

 

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 81.27° E
Moon Altitude: -0.47°
Moon Distance: 226505 mi
Next Full Moon: Apr 11, 20171:08 am
Next New Moon: Apr 26, 20177:16 am
Next Moonrise: Today7:56 am
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 3.0%

 

Source

timeanddate.com

 

A Very Happy & Blessed Wednesday To All My Precious Family & Friends! Goddess, It Feels Good To Be Home, Hurray for Home!

Evil surrounds us A World Without Witches…..

 

Can you imagine a world without witches,

A world with all people the same?

Where the only known dragons are hiding in books,

And children are terribly tame?

A world without magic would be sad indeed.

I cannot imagine the pain

Of having a world where there’s no Santa Claus,

Where wizards are searched for in vain.

Can you imagine a world without spells,

That science and businesses run?

And think of the sadness a unicorn feels

When he no longer plays in the sun.

Can you imagine a world without witches,

No elves and no magical pools?

And can you imagine how dull it would be

If all that we had were the schools?

I cannot imagine a world without witches,

A world with no magical wand.

A world without beauty, or even a dream,

Or a wood sprite of whom to be fond.

They say I should grow up and be more mature,

Like a normal adult ought to do.

But I’d rather, at night, go to dance with a witch,

And I’ll bet that you feel that way, too.

Can you Imagine?

By Robert F. Potts

WOTC Special Presentation on Divination With A Pendulum (Also Part 2)

The Topic Divination

Divination with a Pendulum that is

In this series we will discuss the various types of gems and crystals that can be used as pendulum and their qualities. Lady Abyss also provides some very helpful hints for getting to know your pendulum and also making your own pendulum board. This episode is full of lots of very useful information. One you can’t afford to miss!

Part 2 covers the feeding of your Pendulum

 

Divination with a Pendulum

In the conclusion of this series, you will learn how to properly clean your pendulum. Tips on various ways of cleansing, purification, and blessing the pendulum. Plus when it is time to retire your pendulum and how to do so. Lady A as usual get off track and tells a humorous story about giving a tarot card reading to her son and one of his friends. How she got on that, we will never know but it is funny. And we go over what has been learned in this lesson of Pendulum Divination.

 

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I Am Sorry I Had To Log Into Lady Abyss’ Account, All The Other Accounts Are Currently Frozen.

I tried my account and I tried my brother’s account both are frozen. Then when I tried Lady A it let me in. This is Mistress of the Myst not Lady A, just using her account.

 

This is Mystie borrowing Lady A’s account. This is the message I was trying to get out to you.

 

I guess it is a good thing that I stopped by to see how thing were going. Come to find out thing aren’t going so well. Apparently, my brother let his temper get the best of him, throw the keyboard up against the wall and left. He sometimes lets his temper get the best of him. They told me he was mumbling, “Lady A has spent her whole life trying to better the Pagan community and come to find out no one really give a damn about her.”
“What a waste of life, what a waste of time and on and on.” The growth in her hip has him worried because he is scared she is going to die. He hasn’t talked to her about it but he has me. His intentions were good, he just wanted her to have a wonderful birthday. He is pitiful when he talks about it, he keeps saying, “this might be her last birthday, sis.” He can’t bear the thought of losing her neither can I. But I told him to keep a positive attitude. But I know in the back of his head, he honestly believes he is going to lose her.
Since he threw his fit and walked out, we are going to stop the daily posts. I still have tons of things I have to do in regards to the fire at my home. But I will be here tomorrow come hell or high water. Thank you for your generous donations when my son and I lost everything we owned. It has been hard but we are starting to get back to normal. We are now looking at house to buy, I never knew the housing market around here was that high. We are still staying with Lady A. She told us we could stay as long as we liked, she is a sweetheart. I would also like to see her have a wonderful birthday because of the kindness she has extended to my son and myself. But if we can’t make it happen, then we just can’t make it happen.
I apologize for my brother’s tantrum. I will be here tomorrow and we will resume normal operations then. If you would like to contribute to Lady A’s birthday fund, please feel free to do so. We appreciate any amount that you can donate and all who have donate, we will put your name on the card.

 

Again, thank you to those who have already donated. Your donations show your love and caring for our Lady and we appreciate that. I will see you tomorrow and please forgive my brother.

Mystie

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Your Tarot Card for Monday, March 27th is The Hanged Man

Tarot Card of the Day

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The Hanged Man


March 27th, 2017

The Hanged Man usually indicates a lack of ability to help oneself through independent action. The energy is arrested and awaiting judgment. With this card, there is no avenue for the will to regain control until the situation has passed.

This represents a good time to be philosophical, to study and meditate upon the position you find yourself in, and to form resolutions for the moment you become free again. Only those who possess wisdom, patience, and optimism will be able to see through limitations, including possible humiliation, to grasp the inspiring lesson one can gain from such an experience.

 

 

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Get A Jump on Tomorrow, Your Horoscopes for Tuesday, March 28th

Get A Jump on Tomorrow,

Your Horoscopes for Tuesday, March 28th

Aries

Aries Horoscope

Last night’s New Moon occurred in your sign, dear Aries, and is bringing a sense of a personal new beginning to your life. As exciting as this fresh energy feels, don’t burn yourself out by pushing too hard or expecting instant results. Make plans that take the future into account. Otherwise, you might find yourself running out of steam. It’s time to recreate your personality as you’d truly like it to be, and you have all of the power to do so. The month is not without its challenges, though. In fact, you’re likely to stir up some opposition and encounter some hindrances and delays. You can be at your most impulsive now, and while you possess tremendous energy, you need to weigh all sides of a situation before pushing forward. Pace yourself and avoid recklessness to prevent mishaps. Venus is still retrograde making it necessary to review before pushing new plans forward. Use this time to envision what you’d like to do or be in the year ahead.

Taurus

Taurus Horoscope

Last night’s New Moon begins a cycle of relative solitude, dear Taurus. Even so, it brings you a charge of energy for dealing with your private life. This is a period of physical and emotional replenishment, review of the past, and tying up loose ends in your life. It’s quite natural for you to retreat a little from the pressures of competition and even social life now to do some soul-searching. You might consider how to bring more quiet time for reflection or increased privacy into your life. You need it! The cycle before you brings the need to review and reflect upon events since your last birthday and to decide what attitudes or situations may need to be left behind so that you can improve, grow, and thrive.

Gemini

Gemini

Last night’s New Moon brings new energy to channel into your friendships and involvements with groups or teams, as well as inspiration for new ideas and goals, dear Gemini. Your sense of community is strong, and emotional satisfaction can come through your interactions with, or support of, friends and associates. Getting in touch with your innermost hopes and wishes is in the picture during this phase of your life, particularly because with Venus retrograde in this same sector, outside support is not as apparent. Your sense of a place in your community or belonging can drive a lot of what you do in the cycle ahead of you.

Cancer

Cancer

The New Moon that occurred last night launched a month-long cycle that places a strong focus on career, public, and reputation matters in your life, dear Cancer. It brings heightened awareness of your standing in society or concerning your goals and responsibilities. A sense of renewal and reinvigoration is with you now – you feel more capable of taking care of business than usual. New beginnings can emerge after ridding yourself of outdated attitudes and possibly even projects that have been holding you back from moving forward. Old plans or projects may fall out of focus as you make room for new ones. This is a time of getting noticed. There may be some hurdles to contend with, but nothing you can’t handle. Avoid impulsive moves, but pay attention to sudden urges and hunches.

Leo

Leo Glyph Symbol Horoscope

The New Moon occurring last night has served as a prompt to expand your mind, feed your spirit for adventure, and stretch your imagination over the coming weeks, dear Leo. Activities that break you out of your routine are in focus. With retrograde Venus in the same sign as the New Moon, you are also reevaluating your goals and attachments. In fact, there is a strong emphasis now on putting dysfunctional or negative attitudes, ideas, and beliefs behind you, and powerful energy for doing so. You may feel renewed by a different perspective on your life. Projects may take a while to get off the ground, but this gives you the chance to make changes and edits.

Virgo

Virgo Symbol Horoscope

Last night’s New Moon brings intense energy into your life for putting negative situations and self-limiting attitudes behind you, dear Virgo. Its alignment with retrograde Venus in your solar eighth house suggests you’d do well with reworking your approach to pursuing your desires and living your life feeling more empowered and in charge as a result. You may have a different view of what you want from yourself and others now, and this insight can bring about substantial changes in the weeks ahead. There may be a situation revolving around finances, debts, shared resources, and support that requires adjustments. There’s a general feeling of starting fresh in the air today, but also of increased responsibilities. Try not to push so hard that you run out of steam – pace yourself.

Libra

Libra

This week is excellent for putting a difficult situation, attitude, or project behind you, dear Libra. Last night’s New Moon occurred in your partnership zone and aligned with retrograde Venus. While it may seem from time to time these days that the power is in others’ hands, this is an excellent time for discovering your relationship needs. This week, a symbolic fresh start or wiping of the slate clean occurs, and dysfunctional relating patterns can be put behind you now. You see what you value in a new light. What you feel and see now are important, but do avoid impulsive moves. Relationship needs are awakened and can feel urgent, but try to wait things out before making significant changes. You have more review to do regarding love and finances.

Scorpio

Scorpio Horoscope

This week is big for putting things behind you and feeling refreshed as you begin new cycles, dear Scorpio. This relates more specifically to your work, health, routines, and habits. These matters have been in the foreground in your life recently, but with last night’s New Moon, you now feel equipped to take charge of things and begin anew in a significant way. You are looking at what and who you value in a new light, and this can prompt major changes. Your working environment, daily life and schedules, health, wellness, and connection with the work you do are all part of this. If you need to let go of projects or habits that have consumed too much of your time or that are holding you back from thriving, then this is the time to do so. Watch for impulsive or impatient moves now, but listen to hunches and instincts.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius Horoscope

Last night’s New Moon occurred in your solar fifth house, dear Sagittarius, and this brings out your more creative, romantic, and celebratory inclinations. It’s an important week for wiping the slate clean, as is the case with all New Moons but with retrograde Venus involved as well, this is of particular significance. Whatever you need to let go of or put behind you so that you can thrive in these areas of life, now is the time to begin anew. Reviving an old hobby or returning to a previous love may be in focus for some, but if this happens, it’s important to approach these things in new ways. Changes are likely, and delays may be involved, but this shouldn’t stop you from exploring your needs and clearing the way for new beginnings down the road.

Capricorn

Capricorn HoroscopeLast night’s New Moon has brought fresh energy to your solar fourth house, dear Capricorn. You’re now in a stronger position to improve your personal life, including family connections, living conditions, and home life. There can be a big focus on downsizing or letting go of negative energy this week, and excellent support for decluttering. You become more aware of your need for a support system now, and this stimulates you to improve, change, and enhance your domestic world. With Venus retrograde in the same sector right now, it can be more useful to finish up and refine projects that are already in progress than it would be for brand new endeavors. Tastes and interests can take a sharp turn in a few weeks. Feelings or ties to the past that are holding you back from thriving may need to be put behind you. Fortunately, you are unlikely to resist letting go.

Aquarius

Aquarius

The New Moon that occurred last night stimulates a sense of beginning new, dear Aquarius, mainly related to learning and connecting, as it influences your sector of communications and transportation. Even though this area of your solar chart has been busy recently, and these themes have been in the foreground, now you’re in a position to take charge and make meaningful improvements. You may be reassessing current projects and plans and rediscovering old ones, bringing fresh energy to past studies and ventures. You can feel strongly about reorganizing and decluttering your daily life now. This is a good cycle for those returning to school. For some, this can point to the urge to start fresh in a relationship with a sibling, classmate, or neighbor. Getting errands done, catching up with emails, and clearing up paperwork will be in focus and will lead to feeling very good about yourself and your contributions.

Pisces

Pisces

The New Moon that occurred last night brings a spirit of starting fresh to your life, dear Pisces, mainly related to your relationship with money or business. This influence can also stimulate the need to reorganize your life on an emotional level if you’ve been feeling that people have been undervaluing you. You should be getting to a stronger sense of how you are managing your resources with Venus retrograde in the same sector as the New Moon. You may be rethinking some of the things you value, and you could be looking at your talents and resources in a different way. It’s a good time for finding the motivation to put something behind you and to start fresh or to renew and complete a project that you put on a shelf. With new insight into past and current patterns, you’re in a fabulous position to improve your life.

 

 

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If You Were Born Today, March 27

 

hbIf You Were Born Today, March 27

You are self-willed and sometimes forceful or blunt in your expression. In some ways, you are a go-getter and certainly ahead of your time. Your manner tends to command respect, but also hides a sensitive and reflective nature. For the most part, you need to work under your own direction. As determined and independent as you are, you very often put loved ones’ needs first. Famous people born today: Mariah Carey, Gloria Swanson, Nathan Fillion, Stacey Ferguson, Quentin Tarantino.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

Busy, busy, busy! The Sun conjunct Mercury in your Solar Return chart suggests that you have a lot to do this year. At times, you may feel like the pace of your life is running ahead of you. You can be especially productive, however, in all types of communications–writing, speaking, learning, teaching, and so forth.

Something big is in the works regarding your love life. You’ll have a chance to heal old wounds with regards to love this year. You’re also bound to find new ways of making money.

Good energy is with you for debate or energetic mental work this year. You mind may be especially active and clear. This can be a good year to eliminate wasteful activities. You may be involved in frequent lectures, debates, and discussions during the year. You can convey your ideas more powerfully. You are quick to take the initiative and to put your thoughts into action. Adventuresome travel may be part of the picture. You may be more actively involved with young people.

This can be a year in which you are bolder, more assertive, and energetic. You are especially interested in setting goals and challenges for yourself this year, and taking the necessary action to meet them. You may meet or interact with others who encourage or inspire you in some way to have more confidence in yourself. Your energy levels are generally strong this year, and your sense of timing better than usual. Independent work is favored and competitive activities may also thrive this year, although you may need to tone things down at times, and learn more patience. Your passions and enthusiasm run high, and the trick is to channel this extra energy constructively.

Relationships are mutually beneficial and naturally equal, fair, and balanced during this period of your life. There can be a stronger inclination towards togetherness and sharing.

In romantic and financial areas, you may often find that you have to make a choice in which both alternatives are desirable, but you must choose one at the expense of the other. The urge to expand and socialize is great, but circumstances may be such that you are unable to “play” as often as you’d like. Or, you may find that extravagances in your spending have a way of catching up with you, and buckling down is necessary this year.

The opportunity to grow through your love and social connections this year is especially strong. You are seeking intensity in love, and are especially aware of the importance of healthy relating and intimacy. You could renew and deepen love commitments or social connections. Strong and stimulating–even motivating–attractions to others are likely. Meeting someone who transforms your life, and more specifically your values and attitude towards love, is possible. Strong existing relationships are likely to grow and transform in rewarding ways.

This can be a strong year for promoting, teaching, and guiding and a good time for setting goals and challenging yourself. The connections you make this year are growth-oriented and encouraging, although relationships can be up and down at times. You are especially creative and inspired, and especially interested in putting plans and ideas into motion.

 

2016 is a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time, when it is easy to enjoy life and other people. Focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure. It is likely to be a rather lighthearted year, when opportunities for “play” time are greater than usual. It’s also a good year for expressing your creativity. Advice – reach out, but avoid scattering your energies.

2017 will be a Number Four year for you. Ruled by Uranus. This is a year of work and development. It’s “nose to the grindstone” time. It’s a time to deal with practical matters, and it’s not a time to be lazy or especially gregarious. Sometimes, it can be a year that feels hard, monotonous and routine, and/or lonely. Positive new relationships are generally not formed in a Four personal year. Advice – get yourself organized, work to build your resources, keep busy.

 

 

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