Monday – is associated with the Moon
Candle colors – white or gray
Magickal Applications for the Day – Crossroads work to learn to read cards, dealing with family matters, Protection, Truth, Peace, Justice
—-Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies
Starr Casas
Day of Kulkulcan, Mayan God (Quetzalcoatl, Apollo, Damballah, Osiris, Attis, Adonis, Damuzi, Tammuz, Pan, Dionysus, Heme, Chango, Legba). The Presentation of Mary in the Temple, Church calendar. Mary as a child, Persephone, Ishtar, Isis, Kwan Yin, Yemaya, Tonantzin, the Virgin of Guadualupe, and Changing Woman.
The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein
Monday is the sacred day of the moon, personified as the goddesses Selene, Luna, and Mani. The moon is ruler of flow, affecting the changeable and impressionable aspects of people. If a full moon falls on a Monday, then the powers of the moon are at their most potent.
Deity: Mani
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Planet: Moon
Tree: Willow
Herb: Chickweed
Stone: Agate
Animal: Crab
Element: Water
Color: Green
Rune: Lagu (L)
Celtic Tree Month of Ngetal (Reed) – 28 October – 24 November
The Runic Half Month of Hagal (constraint) – 13 November – 27 November
Goddess of the Month of Cailleach/Samhain – 31 October – 27 November
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
Tori no Ichi (Japan)
OKAME
Themes: Luck; Kindness
Symbols: Masks; Good-luck Charms
About Okame: In Japanese art, Okame is portrayed as simple and somewhat homely, yet her domain is the beautiful energy of good fortune and kind acts. In this form, Okame gently reminds us that true beauty really does come from within. Local lore claims that any area that bears a mask of Okame’s likeness is blessed with her lucky nature.
To Do Today: Late in November, just preceding the new year in Japan, this is a day for rituals to improve one’s wealth and luck. Following the Japanese tradition, begin by finding any lawn rake (or broom), and attach as many personal good-luck charms to it as you can find. Take this token clockwise around your home, raking or brooming inward, to gather up Okame’s fortunate energies. As you go through your house, add verbal incantations like the following:
[In the kitchen] Okame, in my kitchen shine, so that good luck will be mine!
[Dining room] Okame, at this table where we eat, lei good fortune take a seat!
[Living room] In this room where people lounge, let your fortuity come around!
[Bathroom] Clean negativity and problems away; let my good luck start today!
To encourage Okame’s serendipity even further, you can burn orange, rose, heather, violet, or allspice incense or potpourri as you go.
365 Goddess: A Daily Guide To the Magic and Inspiration of the goddess
Patricia Telesco
A globular star cluster, the Summer and Winter triangles visible, and other beautiful things to look for in the sky this week.
By Richard Talcott
Monday, November 21
Mars continues to put on a nice show these November evenings. The magnitude 0.6 Red Planet lies among the background stars of Capricornus and appears nearly 30° high in the south-southwest after darkness falls. A telescope reveals the world’s 7″-diameter disk, though you’ll be hard-pressed to see much surface detail except under exceptional viewing conditions.
Tuesday, November 22
Uranus reached opposition more than a month ago, but it remains a tempting target. The outer planet appears in the southeast after darkness falls and climbs highest in the south around 9 p.m. local time. The magnitude 5.7 world lies in southern Pisces just 1.1° due east of the 5th-magnitude star Zeta (z) Piscium. Although Uranus shines brightly enough to glimpse with the naked eye under a dark sky, binoculars make the task much easier. A telescope reveals the planet’s blue-green disk, which spans 3.7″.
Wednesday, November 23
Although the Leonid meteor shower peaked before dawn November 17, observing conditions have improved significantly since then. The gibbous Moon of last week has now waned to a crescent that doesn’t interfere much with viewing a few last-minute stragglers. To tell a Leonid meteor from a sporadic, trace the shooting star’s path backward. If it points toward the constellation Leo the Lion, it likely is a shower member.
Thursday, November 24
While Venus dominates the evening sky, Jupiter rules the predawn hours. The giant planet rises four hours before the Sun and climbs 25° high in the southeast by the time twilight starts to paint the sky. Jupiter shines brilliantly at magnitude –1.8 and shows a 32″-diameter disk when viewed through a telescope. A small scope also reveals an unusual alignment of the planet’s moons this morning. Callisto, the outermost major satellite, passes due north of Jupiter. For North American observers, this is the first time in 3.5 years that Callisto’s orbit has not carried the moon in front of the planet.
Friday, November 25
The variable star Algol in Perseus appears faintest at 12:13 a.m. EST tomorrow morning, when it shines at magnitude 3.4. If you start watching it immediately after darkness falls, you can see it dim from its peak brightness (magnitude 2.1) to minimum and then rise back to maximum all in a single night. This eclipsing binary star runs through a cycle from minimum to maximum and back every 2.87 days, but the drop from peak brightness and subsequent rise lasts only about 10 hours. Algol appears in the east-northeast after sunset and passes nearly overhead around 11 p.m. local time.
Saturday, November 26
Although Thanksgiving weekend signifies autumn to many people, the stars of both summer and winter appear prominent in late November’s evening sky. If you head out around 9 p.m. local time and look toward the west, you’ll see the bright stars of the Summer Triangle. These three luminaries — Vega, Deneb, and Altair — stand out nicely against the fainter stars in their vicinity. Deneb appears highest (nearly halfway to the zenith), while the brightest, Vega, lies farthest to the right. Now, if you turn around and face east, you’ll find stars normally associated with winter. Betelgeuse, Rigel, Aldebaran, and Capella all clear the horizon before 8 p.m. and appear conspicuous an hour later.
Sunday, November 27
While the stars of summer and winter remain on view on late November evenings, the stars of spring are not so lucky. The Big Dipper swings low in the north at this time of year. Although this conspicuous asterism never sets from much of the United States and Canada, it does come close. And the star at the end of the handle — magnitude 1.9 Eta (h) Ursae Majoris — does dip below the horizon around 9 p.m. local time for viewers south of 40° north latitude.
The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point in its orbit around Earth, at 3:08 p.m. EST. It then lies 252,621 miles (406,554 kilometers) from Earth’s center.
Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Monday, November 21The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 157.41° SSE
Sun Altitude: 29.55°
Sun Distance: 91.814 million mi
Next Solstice: Dec 21, 2016 4:44 am (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 6:40 am↑ 115° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:41 pm↑ 245° West
Length of Daylight: 6:40 am – 4:41 pm
The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 260.50° W
Moon Altitude: 27.42°
Moon Distance: 242362 mi
Next New Moon: Nov 29, 20166:18 am
Next Full Moon: Dec 13, 20166:05 pm
Next Moonset: Today12:44 pm
Current Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 46.8%
If you’ve ever walked through a copse or wood,
How many times have you just stood,
And looked more closely at the trees,
At the berries or their different leaves.
The natural world has a lot to see,
Not just animals, birds or bees,
Or fish that swim in the oceans deep,
Or insects scurrying on tiny feet.
The different trees that you can see,
When you wander through a wood that’s free,
The leaves and fruits, a vast array,
Will fall to ground and rot away.
But leaves return year on year,
And produce their fruit for creatures near,
Humans and animals on these will dine,
Given by trees in the woods you’ll find.
So when you wander among the trees,
Take some time and you will see,
What mother nature’s showing you,
Perhaps you’ll see with eyes anew.
—-Pagan Ways
Alan Faraway
Witches Rune for the Day
The Blank Rune
Meaning: This is a rune of difficulty and negative influences will rule your life for a time, but as all difficulties are a learning experience it will lead to improved personal perspective and progress on your life’s path. Always consult the surrounding runes with this stone. If it lies with a positive stone, it indicates that the pain of this experience will lead to a beneficial change in circumstances.
The Moon represents those forces which remain largely hidden to us. The light of the moon provides some illumination down a path into the unknown, but not enough to brighten the landscape like The Sun, or cut through the dark shadows from which the unexpected may leap. However, The Moon is not without gifts we can use. She spurs our imagination and creativity. She can be a portal to knowledge and experience beyond the realm of our everyday lives. But Her offerings are not available to the feint of heart. To receive what The Moon offers one must have the courage to follow uncharted paths and the intelligence to find truths hidden in a bewildering setting rife with illusion. For those who can make this journey the reward may be finding the key to making their dreams come true.
The Lovers indicates both the most powerful of unions and the most of challenging conflicts humans must face. On one side The Lovers’ embodies love and union on a cosmic scale—a love so strong, so inherently good that it actually makes the lovers better, more than they really are. All of the elements are there for the perfect union. The Lovers represent all powerful unions in general, and the elements that create/sustain them. The problem The Lovers face is temptation and the decision to act morally or abandon their ethics to take advantage of other opportunities that would be defined as transgressions.
Stirring up some mischief sounds like a lot more fun than managing our responsibilities while Uranus the Awakener shoots sparks at Mercury the Trickster. Although there is less planetary pressure in the mix, serious issues still loom around the next corner and we will need to pay the piper next week for what we don’t do today. Nevertheless, the whimsical Gemini Moon distracts us until she sinks into contemplative Cancer at 7:56 pm EST.
It’s one thing to dream about jumping on an airplane for a quick weekend getaway, but it’s something quite different to actually do it. Although plotting this type of escape might be a fun pastime, you’ll likely think about it in a more practical manner later in the day. Nevertheless, impulsively buying tickets — or doing anything irresponsible — is probably not a great idea at this time. Enjoy getting lost in the fantasy but see how you feel about it in a few days to avoid the consequences of buyer’s remorse.
You have mixed emotions about revealing your innermost secrets today — even to people you trust. But you’re not as worried about someone else’s reactions to your disclosure as you are about your next move. You don’t know if you’re ready to follow through on your intentions now, but you realize that you won’t be able to take back what you say. Tread carefully while continuing to consider your options. However, in the end, you’re less likely to regret the things you’ve done than the things you didn’t do when you had the chance. Tony Robbins says, “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”
Your cerebral antennae are fully extended today as you scan your environment for something new and exciting to fill your day. Unfortunately, your calendar might already be so overloaded that there’s no time for extracurricular pursuits. Nevertheless, your restlessness may be so acute that you’re willing to deal with an awkward situation later in order to satisfy your boredom now. Thoreau wrote, “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
Maintaining a consistent outlook on life is tricky today because one moment you think you can do anything you set your mind to and a few minutes later you believe you’ll fail at even the simplest task. Obviously, neither of these two extremes are true. Instead of allowing your confidence to ebb and flow with arbitrary emotional tides, take control of your day by establishing realistic goals and striving to achieve them. However, the fastest way to build self-esteem is to do exactly what you’re afraid of doing. Fear looks, faith jumps.You’re the go-to person that everyone likes now because they think you have all the answers. However, you’re less interested in finding the solution to someone else’s problems than you are in escaping your own. Although you know that you can’t avoid your obligations forever, you’re still eager to test the limits if you can find others to join you in your little adventure. Keep in mind the words of Winston Churchill, “The price of greatness is responsibility.”
An unresolved family issue lurking in the shadows of your consciousness might suddenly explode into a full-blown melodrama today. Although it shouldn’t be a surprise, it’s still shocking when you realize the complexity of the situation. You can see many possible scenarios as you contemplate the various ways in which the current events could unfold. Naturally, you want to take everyone under your wing and save them from drowning in bad choices. Nevertheless, adopting a more detached approach enables you to be the calm in the center of the storm while empowering others to make their own decisions.
Blaming someone else for your current anxiety isn’t the healthiest way to deal with your fears. Granted, irresponsible behavior can be quite upsetting if you assume that everyone will do exactly as promised. Unfortunately, you are likely to be let down today when reality doesn’t match your expectations. However, other people are just triggers, reminding you of painful memories from long ago. There is no reason to give your power away needlessly. Stop cheating on your future with your past.
Concentrating on your work is challenging when there are so many other things that seem more interesting in the moment. Although exploring the complexity of human emotions in a relationship is fuel for your soul, there are pressing mundane issues that are currently fighting for your attention. Thankfully, you possess the power to aim your thoughts in any direction you choose. J.P. Morgan wrote, “The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
You are excited about the potential you see in nearly everything that happens today. People around you are extremely talkative and you’re intrigued by what you hear. Nevertheless, you have more ideas than you know what to do with now; however, your inspiration could easily be drowned out by the intellectual noise of your interactions. Consciously limiting your social interactions is the best thing you can do to increase your current productivity. Stephen Covey reminds us that we’re not the product of our circumstances; we’re the products of our decisions.
You prefer to start on one task and stick with it until every last detail is complete. However, you won’t likely have that luxury today with so many different activities vying for your time. Although you might try to simplify your schedule, there isn’t very much wiggle room on your calendar. Instead of wasting resources attempting the improbable, surrender to the complexity of the day with a smile. After all, the difference between success and failure is your attitude.
You are eager to hang out with your colleagues in a social setting today, even if it means that you’re a little less productive than you planned. It’s not that you’re avoiding work; you’re simply reevaluating your life in a context larger than your job. Relying on friends to give you honest feedback is an important part of your current thinking process as you explore a variety of possible plans that can take you in very different directions. Remain neutral for now; Thomas Jefferson said, “Delay is preferable to error.”
You might expend quite a bit of energy defending your professional goals today because you actually believe them to be achievable. However, even your most sensible idea becomes unrealistic once it’s over-inflated. It’s tempting to take a simple plan and make it so complicated that you could not possibly execute it. Unfortunately, figuring it out as you go along isn’t a wise strategy, either. Take a step back, clear your mind, and refresh your perspective before moving forward.
If You Were Born Today, November 15Although you are intense and sometimes quite stubborn, you are also quite versatile and somewhat restless. Your mind is so sharp and your talents many, that you may change your career path more than a few times in your life. Your relationships may be a little challenging. You tend to be attracted to unusual people or situations. You work largely on instinct, and you absorb and process information in your environment quickly. Your emotions are powerful, and you can usually use them to your advantage rather than letting them overwhelm you. People often turn to you for advice. Famous people born today: Georgia O’Keefe, Marianne Moore, Ed Asner, Petula Clark, Beverly D’Angelo, Sam Waterston.
Your Birthday Year Forecast
Your birthday falls shortly after a Full Moon this year, suggesting a period ahead of communication and teaching. You may be turned to for advice more frequently, and you are very willing to offer your help. This is a strong year for publicity and any other endeavors that involve spreading the word. As well, your ability to be objective–or to see the “big picture”–can be especially pronounced and rewarding this year.
This is a good time for teaming up with someone to generate ideas or solve problems or simply to listen to and be heard. Mental rapport is in focus. Feelings might develop for someone due to what is said or a mental connection made. You may get a whole lot done partnering up with someone this year. There can be mutual benefits to keeping active and busy with a partner or close friend.
You are hungry to learn this year, and, in fact, you can feel considerably more empowered as you gain knowledge and develop your skills. You can be a good communicator and leader during this period.
You are more inclined to put your ideas into action than usual this year. You can be particularly prolific in your studies or writing. There can be frequent trips, errands, and debates. You are especially willing to put in the effort for a mental interest or project at this time, and you can feel pleasantly dedicated to your work or ideas. Your focus and attention to detail improve with this kind of motivation and dedication.
You are willing to put in the effort for a mental interest or project, and you can feel pleasantly dedicated to your work or ideas. You are more able to focus on what you’re doing and communicating, and you’re more inclined to notice and consider details.
This year is a period of constructive accomplishment. You are practical and realistic, and your judgment is especially sound. You also derive much satisfaction from practical achievement. It would behoove you to identify and focus on finding pleasure in the simple things that make you happy.
The year ahead is strong for communications and learning. You are opening your mind to new pleasures, experiences, and ways of relating to others. Excellent opportunities can emerge for writing, speaking, creating, and research. The year ahead is also powerful for discovering your calling or a renewed sense of purpose and meaning. You easily find extra energy to pour into your pursuits. Dedication and motivation are strong themes.
2016 is a Number Eight year for you. Ruled by Saturn. This is a year of power and accomplishment. Actively seeking to expand, taking educated risks, and moving forward are highlighted. This is a year of opportunity, particularly in the material and business world, and opportunities need to be seized. It’s generally not a year to find a new love partner, simply because the focus is on the material world and your place in the world. This is a problem-solving year in which you can expect real, tangible results. Advice – take action, plan ahead, seize opportunities.
2017 will be a Number Nine year for you. Ruled by Mars. This is a year of completion and transition. It is a time when we need to let go of things that no longer serve their purpose, and hold on to things that have a future. It is a time of cleaning out dead wood, not necessarily for new beginnings. It can be a time when a burden has been taken off your shoulders, and it can be a year of giving of yourself. Advice – let go of things that are holding you back, give of yourself and express your sympathetic, compassionate side.
Courtesy of Cafe Astrology
Your career horoscope for the week commencing 14th November by Peter Watson
ARIES Mar 21 – Apr 20
The fact that logical, even-handed Venus is occupying the most ambitious section of your chart does imply that you’re being very measured in the way in which you approach a possible change in your profession. Or is it promotion, a rise or a shift in position that’s on your mind? Something of this nature is causing you to tread rather carefully and not do anything impetuous or count your chickens before they are hatched. And this sort of attitude is very much in your favour because Venus is forming a link with Neptune which could lead you to believe that all your dreams and ambitions can be realised very quickly and easily. They can’t. So continue to be realistic as you think about ways in which you could make progress in a fairly challenging area.
TAURUS Apr 21 – May 21
Much as you might want to talk at length about an arrangement you’re making with a colleague or friend, it might be better to remain silent for the next few days or weeks. Mercury clashing with Neptune could cause simple and straightforward messages to become distorted and misinterpreted. And you’re probably devising some way for the two of you to collaborate on a financial, property or business project which means you can’t afford to take any risks when it comes to communicating with others. After all, when certain people discover that you could be heading for something that may change your life fairly significantly you might arouse a certain amount of envy. And you don’t want to do that or to be misquoted. That’s why discretion and silence are your best bets at the moment.
GEMINI May 22 – Jun 21
In order to persuade someone close that you’re right to pursue a particular avenue with regard to your finances or profession you may be tempted to create a far-fetched scenario or to describe your plans in exaggerated terms. In fact that would be the worst thing you could do under the circumstances because this individual needs to hear the bare facts and to be given an entirely straight account of what might happen next. You are of course up against the way in which Neptune at the highest point of your chart is squaring up to Mercury and in doing so making it hard for you to put across a candid, straightforward message without any ornamentations or added extras. Promise yourself that you will find a way to describe your plans in plain, simple language.
CANCER Jun 22 – Jul 23
At first you might assume that you’ll be able to achieve something fairly ambitious, not to say remarkable, by forging ahead completely on your own. But Mercury’s tie-up with Mars will find you starting to think quite seriously about the benefits of collaborating with other people and seeing what you can accomplish together. And that’s fine. But what you mustn’t do is to let Mars encourage you to become so sure of yourself that you begin to bark orders at some of the other people involved. Yes, everyone will love the positive dynamic approach you take and they will presumably be happy to join forces with you. But it’s essential they feel they are part of a team as opposed to being your little helpers. They would find that far too insulting and patronising.
LEO Jul 24 – Aug 23
Having conformed to other people’s ways of working and gone along with ideas with which you haven’t really agreed, you’re now approaching a point at which you’ll want to quietly rebel. It’s not that you want to make trouble but Neptune’s set-to with Mercury suggests that anything of a collaborative nature seems doomed to be subjected to orthodox, conventional thinking of people who daren’t take any kind of risk. Obviously you won’t be able to comply with this because of all the impact being felt within the section of your chart that governs your creative, romantic, expressive streak. So do whatever is necessary to convince those around you that the points you have to make are well-worth listening to and these individuals are mistaken in thinking they know more than you do. They don’t.
VIRGO Aug 24 – Sep 23
Instead of remaining silent when other people are talking about projects they have in hand, it might be better to join in. The fact that Mars is colluding with Mercury does suggest that these individuals will welcome any opinions and suggestions that you have to offer. What you may have to avoid however is a situation where you do state your views and outline ways in which you think certain things could be done differently only to find that you’re perceived as being far too outspoken or interfering. Only you can judge the point at which you will be safe to speak from the heart. And you must rely on your instincts to warn you of any topics that could lead to trouble. Be glad that your sixth sense is pin-sharp this week.
LIBRA Sep 24 – Oct 23
Don’t be afraid to express your views to people who seem to think you’re approaching some routine work or responsibilities in quite the wrong way. Perhaps your thinking won’t always be entirely practical and logical. But those who set themselves up as your critics may feel entitled to speak to you in a patronising, judgmental and highly critical voice. If this is the case it’s linked to the fact that Neptune is clashing with Mercury, the planet of communications, and others will lose sight of the polite and proper way to go about things. Meanwhile, you might be over-sensitive when it comes to accepting critical comments. It’s important that you find your voice and express your views respectfully, calmly and politely. And hope that the other people concerned respond in much the same way.
SCORPIO Oct 24 – Nov 22
Once again people are likely to expect you to come up with whatever funding is required to make a certain plan or project possible. Or might it be an aspect of your own finances that’s coming under review and you’re feeling nervous about what the findings could be. Whichever the case may be, you’ll be keeping a close watch on cash flow over the next few days. But you mustn’t lose your nerve and start to doubt your ability to balance the books and manage very successfully the way in which money comes in and out. The Sun entering Sagittarius over the next week or so should be enough to boost your confidence and enable you to manage your financial affairs as well as, if not better than, many of the people around you.
SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 – Dec 21
Try not to feel conflicted if deciding how to best use your money when faced with various different areas craving attention. It’s possible that some aspect of your work or a particular interest of yours will require you to invest in it quite significantly. At the same time there could be aspects of your private, family or home life calling for extra funding. With Venus allied to Neptune you will, largely, be of a logical, sensible frame of mind but you’ll also have to contend with the way in which Neptune sometimes make you think you don’t really have to look at every penny you have at your disposal and all the different ways in which you might spend whatever you have and own. That’s a myth. You do have to look – very carefully indeed.
CAPRICORN Dec 22 – Jan 20
Mars is stirring things up in the section of your chart that governs your cash flow and certain assets and resources you use when doing your work. The fact that Mars is linked to Mercury this week does help explain why your instincts will suddenly suggest to you that you need to be more assertive – perhaps even aggressive – in your dealings with certain individuals who aren’t to be trusted. Or are you misjudging these people and doing them a disservice? You’ll only find out by engaging with them and studying their behaviour, their attitudes and their characteristics. The chances are that you’ve nothing to worry about and you’re simply over-reacting to the vague notion that these colleagues or friends could be difficult to have around when in fact nothing could be further from the truth.
AQUARIUS Jan 21 – Feb 19
Be glad that you should soon be able to see exactly how to deal with situations that seem to lack any solid, reliable foundations. This is largely because you’ve been affected by Neptune which has been travelling through a section of your chart governing everything you have and own. But this planet of illusion and delusion has been appearing to move backwards through your chart for some while. And this has sometimes distorted your thinking, to a greater or lesser degree. At the weekend, however, Neptune at last shudders to a halt, does a U-turn and begins to move forwards again as this, its latest, retrograde phase comes to an end. Enjoy analysing certain situations easily and skilfully without having to worry endlessly about misjudging the correct use of your cash and other resources.
PISCES Feb 20 – Mar 20
No-one could blame you for assuming you can move ahead very swiftly within an area in which your skills, talents and experience could be put to good use. After all, you are feeling the build-up to the Sun’s move into Sagittarius which means it will soon be making its way through a very influential section of your chart. So it will feel to you as though people will want to ask for your views on serious subjects and they’ll listen to what you have to say. All of which is fine except that this mustn’t go to your head. Yes, certain individuals want and need you to be part of whatever they’re doing. But if you’re too full of yourself you could become very low on the popularity stakes. You don’t want that, do you?
Courtesy of The Astrology Room
Peter Watson began his working life as a journalist , specialising in astrology several years ago. He was trained by, and worked with, Patric Walker, arguably the world’s best-known media astrologer. Since Patric’s death in 1995 Peter has written astrology columns for many newspapers and magazines including the Daily Mail, the London Evening Standard, the Sunday Mirror, Classic FM, She magazine and the like. He currently writes for Harpers Bazaar and Grazia and much of his busy working week is spent on personal consultations. He has also contributed to several books and has hosted his own horoscope show on Sky television.
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