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Magickal Days of the Week – Thursday

What Dreams May Come? 11-30-2010

Magickal Days of the Week – Thursday

 

Thursday is a day of royal blues and greens, associated with the planet Jupiter and metals like tin. When it comes to deities, look at leader type gods like Thor, Zeus, and Jupiter. Gemstone correspondences for Thursday include turquoise, amethyst and lapis lazuli, and plant associations can be found in honeysuckle, cinquefoil, and even oak trees.

This is a day for honor, fealty and family loyalty, as well as harvesting, success, and prosperity.

Take advantage of Thursday’s different aspects and do spellwork that brings abundance to you, declares your allegiance, and embraces prosperity.

Author

Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
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The Goddess Book of Days for Thursday, July 7th

Egyptian Papyrus.

The Goddess Book of Days for Thursday, July 7th

 

In China, the day of the Chih Nu, the Feast of the Milky Way, when Aquila the Herd Boy and Vega the Weaver Maid meet. Vega is daughter of the Sun. (Neith, Hathor, Nut, Mut, Star Girl, Galatea, Sothis, Tou Mou, Sirius, Hecuba, Isis, Maera, Canicula, Al Shira, Vena, Ishtar, Astarte, Mayauel, Omphale.) In Japan, the day is called Tanabata or Tanabata-Hime.

 

The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

The Pagan Book of Days for Thursday, July 7th

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The Pagan Book of Days for Thursday, July 7th

 

The Consualia/Caprotina?Feriae Ancillarum/Nones of July?Celtic tree month of Duir ends
The Roman festival of the Consualia commemorates Consus, the god of harvests, presaging a good harvest later in the month. Today is also the Feriae Ancillarum, the Festival of Handmaids or the maids’ day out, when the maids of Rome were beyond the control of their mistresses. Fig trees were venerated on this day, with feasting beneath them in honor of Caprotina, an aspect of the Goddess Juno.

 

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Thursday, July 7

Water Goddesses.

Thursday, July 7

Thursday is the day of the planet Jupiter, dedicated to Thunor(Thor), God of thunder and agricultural work. His parallels in various European traditions are Zeus, Taranis, Perun, Perkunas and St. Olaf. The faith of the Northern Tradition holds Thursday sacred, just as Islam reveres Friday, Judaism the Sabbath(calculated from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday), and Christianity, Sunday. This is why almost all adages about Thursday are positive, such as “Thursday’s child has far to go,” “Sneeze on Thursday, something better,” or “Cut nails on Thursday for wealth.” Thursday rules controlled optimism, energetic growth, physical well-being and material success.

Deity: Thor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn/Pisces/Sagittarius

Planet: Mercury

Tree: Oak

Herb: Henbane

Stone: Turquoise/Bloodstone/Topaz

Animal: Fish/Goat/Aurochs

Element: Fire

Color: Brown/White/Orange

Number: 3

Rune: Thorn

Celtic Tree Month of Duir(Oak) – June 10 – July 7. Oak month is a time for protection and strength, fertility, money and success, and good fortune.

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

Goddess of the Month of Rosea – June 13 – July 10

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

The Sky This Week for July 7 to July 10

Dancing with Stars

The Sky This Week for July 7 to July 10

Jupiter shines bright like a firework, Saturn dazzles, and Mars enters its autumn season.
By Richard Talcott

Thursday, July 7

• Today marks the peak of Pluto’s 2016 appearance. The distant world reaches opposition, which means it lies opposite the Sun in our sky and remains visible all night. It glows dimly at magnitude 14.1, however, so you’ll need an 8-inch or larger telescope with good optics to spot it visually. Pluto currently lies in northeastern Sagittarius, some 0.3° west-southwest of the 3rd-magnitude star Pi (p) Sagittarii. See “The quest for distant Pluto” in the July Astronomy for complete details on finding this world.

Friday, July 8

• The Moon passes 1° south of Jupiter tomorrow morning, unfortunately after the two objects have dipped below the western horizon. But the view this evening is nearly as nice. The waxing crescent Moon stands 3° to 5° (depending on where in North America you live) to the planet’s lower right. Tomorrow evening, a slightly fatter crescent Moon will appear about twice as far to Jupiter’s upper left.

Saturday, July 9

• The Big Dipper’s familiar shape lies high in the northwest as darkness falls these July evenings. One of the summer sky’s finest binocular double stars marks the bend of the Dipper’s handle. Mizar shines at 2nd magnitude, some six times brighter than its 4th-magnitude companion, Alcor. Even though these two are not physically related, they make a fine sight through binoculars. (People with good eyesight often can split the pair without optical aid.) A small telescope reveals Mizar itself as double — and these components do orbit each other.

Sunday, July 10

• This should be a good night to hunt down asteroid 7 Iris through a small telescope. The 10th-magnitude object lies nearly due south and at its highest position in the sky as darkness falls. Even better, there’s a reasonably bright guide star to point you in the right direction. This evening, look for Iris 0.5° due south of the magnitude 5.0 star Lambda (l) Libr

 

Source

Astronomy Magazine

 

 

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Thursday, July 7th

Greek Goddesses

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Thursday, July 7th

 

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 106.77° ESE
Sun Altitude: 57.22°
Sun Distance: 94.510 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2016 9:21 AM (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 5:42 AM↑ 61° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:17 PM↑ 299° Northwest
Length of Daylight: 14 hours, 35 minutes

 

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 90.15° E
Moon Altitude: 18.26°
Moon Distance: 240435 mi
Next Full Moon: Jul 19, 20165:56 PM
Next New Moon: Aug 2, 20163:44 PM
Next Moonset: Today10:34 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 11.9%

 

Source

timeanddate.com

 

The Wiccan Witch

JUDGEMENT OF PARIS

The Wiccan Witch

The Wiccan Witch is kind and fair,
Her love for nature everywhere,
She’s guided by the spirits high,
And sees the world through caring eyes.

The Wiccan Witch thanks all around,
The Green Man here upon the ground,
The spirits that rise into the air,
The Wiccan Witch will truly care.

The Wiccan Witch will celebrate,
And to the God and Goddess will dedicate,
Her offerings and her joyous praise,
And ask for guidance on her way.

The Wiccan Witch will fill your heart,
And from her love, you’ll never part,
But on you a spell has not been cast,
You’ve been guided by spirits, so bound to last.
The elements from the Earth and Air.

Has set you on the path to where,
You’ll find your Wiccan Witch to be,
It’s true my friends, it’s happened to me.

 

—-Pagan Ways
Alan Faraway

 

Good Thursday Morn’ Precious Family & Friends! May The Goddess Bless You This Day!

witchcraft
Another brief note, I sincerely appreciate all the nice and comforting comments about losing my beloved Willow. It was very heart breaking to see it laying out in the yard. Never, never dreamed of that. The tree has been looked at, there is no saving it. But my daughter (who I actually believe is turning into a witch just like her mother) took branches and cut and fixed them so they would root. I should have Willows all over the property. She is a good girl and I am very proud of her. I picked out one of the branches from the Willow for a staff and also a reminder of what once was.

 

I guess when I first saw the tree laying in the yard, I felt like I had lost all my childhood memories. Then I realized that was crazy. All those happy memories would be in my heart and soul forever as long as I lived. They didn’t die only the symbol I associated with them did.

 

It has been a rough two weeks to say the least. We have more storms forecast for today. So if we disappear again you know why. We also had all the other information for our Southern Hemisphere site ready to go this morning but we had a power failure and lost everything. We will still be working the kinks out of the site today. This site has to open. While Kiki was sick, I came very close to Morrighan. I begged her to take Kiki in her sleep and she did. I pledged to Morrighan anything she wanted done I would do. Shortly afterwards, I was hit with the idea there was a need for witchcraft site geared toward the Southern Hemisphere. I took this hint as being from Morrighan. So we have to open this site. I have provided you a link to our new site belong. Don’t panic when you see the graphics because this site started out to be one of my own personal sites, so that explains the graphics. But the site will be running a day ahead of this one, we had all the sun & moon data, Friday’s info and several other features ready for the southern hemisphere site and lost it in the power outage. Tomorrow, will be different. The site will be up and running. If you have any friends in the Southern Hemisphere, please spread the word about this new site. Just have a little patience with us as we find the last kinks today and tomorrow, the Southern Witches will have a new home.

Here’s the addy:

The Witches Realm

http://realmofwitches.blogspot.com/

 

You will notice this new site is not on WordPress, it is on Blogger. I have to admit we have had to fight a few battles you didn’t know about and Google stood behind us 100%. They have been after us opening a site up over there and now we have. I want this site to become like the WOTC. I want it to have a good reputation and be outstanding in the Pagan community.

We Survived but Unfortunately A Beloved Treasure of Mine Didn’t…..

As you last heard from us, we had a tornado headed our way. Just as soon as I shut down the computer in the office, Razputin let out this horrible growl-snarl. I got up and looked around the sky was pitch black and the building was starting to shake. I grabbed her and rapped my arms and legs around her, It happened so fast, we ended up in a doorway. It wasn’t a tornado, I knew that because I have been through 3 of them. This was something else, it was a micro-burst. It blew out both windows in my office. If it hadn’t been for Razzy, I don’t know what would have happened. After it was over with, we accessed the damage, nothing major. So I said the hell with it and went home.

When I got home, I got sick. My beautiful 16 year old Willow tree was down on the ground. Beautiful, perfectly health, magickal and laying on the ground, I was crushed. I planted it when we first came out here. Out of all the tree on our property, I never dreamed of that one getting hurt. It reminded me of my childhood. I grew up with a huge Willow tree that my best friend and me use to play under for hours. The beautiful sweeping branches, just watching it sway in the wind was magickal. I would go lean up against it and find comfort it in when I needed it. My daughter and her husband came out and started cutting it up. That was painful to watch. My daughter took several pictures of it, two of them are below.

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Goodbye Old Friend!

Get A Jump On Tomorrow, Your Daily Horoscopes for July 7th

 

 

 

 

 

Get A Jump On Tomorrow….

Your Daily Horoscopes for July 7th

by Rick Levine

 

General Horoscope

Life may seem like a struggle as interactive Mercury and the willful Sun oppose unforgiving Pluto. But this is no time to surrender because standing up for ourselves builds character. Instead of burying our feelings, a wild Venus-Uranus square encourages us to express them — even if we destabilize the status quo. The dramatic Leo Moon heats up our emotions, but her shift into discerning Virgo at 6:40 pm EDT helps to smooth ruffled feathers.

Aries Horoscope MAR 21 – APR 19

Choices to make between home and career can be quite perplexing now, but you become more decisive when push comes to shove. Nevertheless, it’s all too easy to be so distracted by your immediate needs that you lose the game plan in the process. There’s no reason to involve others in your melodrama; just do what you must to take care of your heart and move on. As Tori Amos said, “Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes.”

Taurus Horoscope APR 20 – MAY 20

You’re not interested in speaking your mind now if you think it’s going to stir up a hornet’s nest. But you don’t want to blindly follow the crowd just because it’s the path of least resistance. Although you might try to keep your feelings to yourself and pursue your heart’s desires anyway, postponing a confrontation will only intensify everyone’s emotions in the long run. Don’t put off until tomorrow what needs to be said today.

Gemini Horoscope MAY 21 – JUN 20

Although you prefer to dance your way around a sensitive subject, you can’t sidestep a conversation that should have already occurred. It’s one thing to compromise for the good of everyone involved, but sacrificing your values is never a smart move. Nevertheless, there’s no reason to issue an ultimatum; find a way to create common ground where you can still adhere to your core beliefs while entertaining opposing viewpoints.

Cancer Horoscope JUN 21 – JUL 22

You might wish that people didn’t love you so much today — or that they would express their affection in a less passionate manner. But the tables may be turned if someone feels like your attention is excessive. No one wants to be smothered by another person’s emotions, no matter how honorable the intentions. Find a happy medium where you can exert a positive influence on those closest to you without overwhelming them with your insecurities. Keep in mind that nurturing others is not an all-or-nothing proposition.

Leo Horoscope JUL 23 – AUG 22

You want people to listen between your words today and connect with your soul rather than your performance. However, your bold behavior can be more intimidating than you realize. But toning down your delivery doesn’t mean you need to dilute your message. In fact, the gentler your approach, the easier it is for you to stick with your position, even if it goes against someone else’s grain. A little bit of sugar helps the medicine go down.

Virgo Horoscope AUG 23 – SEP 22

Love doesn’t have to be as hard as it seems today, especially if you’re locked in a power struggle that eludes resolution. The stress of an unsolvable difference of opinion can wear you down to the point of wanting to walk away from the whole thing. But disengaging doesn’t fix anything; it only delays the inevitable. Forget about determining who is wrong and who is right. Instead, assume everyone has a viable perspective and seek ways to integrate the best points from each person’s experience. Blessed are the peacemakers.

Libra Horoscope SEP 23 – OCT 22

You may not appear to be in control today, but you’re probably holding onto your position tighter than anyone realizes. Your diplomatic approach seems so natural to everyone else, but you work at it in ways that are not obvious. Sometimes you are genuinely ambivalent, but your current indecision could be part of a calculated ploy to sway people to your position. The beauty of your plan is that others will feel as if they are in charge while you gently pull the strings. Perhaps the meek really will inherit the Earth.

Scorpio Horoscope OCT 23 – NOV 21

You’re not afraid to rattle a few cages in your fight for independence today. But you don’t necessarily have a specific plan; you just want the freedom to dance to your own drummer and you believe a breakdown of structure will offer you the personal space you need. Unfortunately, everything may unravel too quickly and your strategy can backfire if you make more of a mess than you intend. You don’t need to create a diversion if you have the courage of your convictions. Do what you must and let others respond as they will.

Sagittarius Horoscope NOV 22 – DEC 21

You are stepping into a power zone today, but need to move cautiously so you don’t waste this cosmic opportunity. Although you’re tempted to react without stopping to think about your feelings, it doesn’t take too much self-control now to shift the balance in your favor. A little energy applied at the right moment can change the course of the day, but you must be willing to wait. As the Persian poet Saadi wrote, “Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.”

Capricorn Horoscope DEC 22 – JAN 19

It seems as if someone is trying to manipulate your feelings today, but they won’t confront you directly. Unfortunately, it may fall on you to expose the unspoken tension. However, you might try to avoid the discussion because the negativity isn’t even yours. Upon deeper examination, you could realize that your personal resistance to the ideas of others created the problem in the first place. Take a risk and share your concerns now, but do it in a manner that invites give and take. Keeping the communication channels wide open ultimately works in everyone’s favor.

Aquarius Horoscope JAN 20 – FEB 18

You’re content to remain behind the scenes today while others are shining in the spotlight. But it’s not because you want to avoid recognition; of course, you prefer to be acknowledged for your contributions. It’s just that you’re more interested in getting things done and you’re more efficient when you’re not wasting time interacting with people beyond the scope of your immediate work. Thankfully, you can win both ways now; focus on the task at hand, but be ready to step onto center stage at a moment’s notice.

Pisces Horoscope FEB 19 – MAR 20

You’re not necessarily very expressive today, but your feelings are still strong enough to shake your world. However, you might be worried that someone you’re attracted to now doesn’t feel the same way about you. But choosing to keep your desires quiet from the one you admire does a disservice to you both. You have the potential to break out of a rut, but you must make the first move. The answer to your question will always be no if you never ask.

 

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