The Goddess Book of Days for July 4th

Mescalero Apache Gahan Ceremonial to the Mountain Spirits. Also Native American, the Sun Dance of the Southern Utes, to the Sun God (Christ, Quetzalcoatl, Osiris, Horus, Father Sun, Apollo, Ra, Tammuz, Damuzi, Adonis, Attis, Dionysus, Lugh, Bacchus). Day of the Goddess Pax (Peace, Concordia) in Rome.

 
The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

Some Interesting Days We Missed from the Pagan Book of Days

July 1
Kalends of July
A weather marker:
If July the first be rainy weather,
It will rain for four more weeks together.

 

July 3
Dog Days begin/Loki’s Brand
The dog days, ruled by the Dog Star, Sirius, called Loki’s Brand in the Northern Tradition, begin today. Traditionally, we are now entering the hottest part of the year.

 

July 4
Sorry, ain’t nothing happening!

 

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The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

 

Monday, July 4

 

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 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

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The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

 

Monday’s Conjuring

Monday – is associated with the Moon

Candle colors – white or gray

Spellwork for Mondays – Crossroads work to learn to read cards, dealing with family matters, Protection, Truth, Peace, Justice

—Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies
Starr Casas

The Sky This Week for July 4 to July 10

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

Monday, July 4

• If you ever thought the Sun’s distance controlled temperatures here on Earth, today should convince you otherwise. Earth reaches its most distant point from the Sun at noon EDT. At this so-called aphelion, the two lie 94.5 million miles (152.1 million kilometers) apart, some 3.1 million miles (5.0 million km) farther away than they were at perihelion in early January. The Northern Hemisphere’s warm temperatures at this time of year arise because the Sun passes nearly overhead at noon; during winter, the Sun hangs low in the sky.

• New Moon occurs at 7:01 a.m. EDT. At its new phase, the Moon crosses the sky with the Sun and so remains hidden in our star’s glare.

Tuesday, July 5

• Today marks the first full day of autumn in Mars’ northern hemisphere. The Red Planet’s autumnal equinox arrived around noon EDT yesterday, so the Sun is setting over the north pole for the first time in half a martian year (nearly one of Earth’s years). The timing is great for earthbound observers because Mars remains a stunning sight this week. It shines at magnitude –1.3 and dominates the sky toward the south-southwest as darkness falls. When viewed through a telescope, Mars’ orange-red disk spans 16″. The planet’s north polar cap should appear near its minimum extent now that summer is finally over. Look for a patch of white — the permanent cap of water ice — near Mars’ northern limb.

Wednesday, July 6

• Neptune rises shortly before 11:30 p.m. local daylight time this week and climbs some 40° above the southern horizon by the start of morning twilight. The magnitude 7.9 planet lies in Aquarius, some 0.5° southeast of 4th-magnitude Lambda (l) Aquarii. You’ll need binoculars to spy Neptune and a telescope to see its blue-gray disk, which spans 2.3″.

• Mercury passes behind the Sun from Earth’s perspective at 11 p.m. EDT. This means the innermost planet lies on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth and remains hidden in our star’s glare. It will return to view in the evening sky by the end of the month.

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

 

Published on Astronomy Magazine

Your Daily Sun & Moon Data for Monday, July 4th

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 81.00° E
Sun Altitude: 27.34°
Sun Distance: 94.513 million mi
Sunrise Today: 5:40 AM↑ 60° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:18 PM↑ 300° Northwest
Length of Daylight: 14 hours, 37 minutes

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 84.98° E
Moon Altitude: 23.68°
Moon Distance: 231279 mi
Next Full Moon: Jul 19, 20165:56 PM
Next New Moon: Aug 2, 20163:44 PM
Next Moonset: Today8:25 PM
Current Moon Phase: Near New Moon (Waxing Crescent)
Illumination: 0.1%

 

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timeanddate.com

 

Four Little-Known Facts About the Fourth of July

Author: Daniel Doherty

Happy Fourth of July! Today we celebrate 238 years of American independence. To that end, here are four interesting facts about this uniquely American holiday that you might not be aware of.

(1) Did you know that the Second Continental Congress approved a resolution to dissolve all political ties with Great Britain on July 2, 1776? It wasn’t until two days later, on July 4th, that the Founding Fathers formally adopted the document we now universally refer to as the “Declaration of Independence.”

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America,” John Adams wrote his wife Abigail on July 3, 1776. As it turned out, he was off by a few days.

(2) John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both passed away on July 4, 1826 — 50 years after the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted. The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, also died on July 4th shortly thereafter — in 1831.

(3) Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Pennsylvania’s Benjamin Franklin (70) was the oldest to sign his name, and South Carolina’s Edward Rutledge (26) was the youngest.

(4) John Hancock was the first delegate to sign the Declaration; and he was only one of two delegates to do so on July 4, 1776. According to legend, he decided to sign his name in big, ostentatious letters so that, as he put it, the “fat old King could read it without his spectacles.”

So there you have it. Have a great day, everyone. I’ll leave you with this: an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence — one of the most important political documents ever written (or ever will be written):

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

 
Published on TownHall

The 4th of July

It’s time for the “Barbecue”
And the “Fireworks” galore!
And the “Beer” and the “Friends”
And the “Burgers” for sure!

But most important
And I really must say
Is that “America” got
Its “Independence” today!

Yes in “1776”
The famous politician
Senator “John Hancock”
Had signed the petition

That stated that our country
Was “free” from all others!
And that we would “only be governed”
By our “American brothers”!

So while we are celebrating
This “great day of fun”
Let us always remember
What our forefathers had done!

Published on FunMunch.com

 

Good morning, my very precious family & friends. I wanted to take a moment to thank each of you for your love and prayers during my time of loss. There are way too many of them to responds to each. I hope if you are one of those individuals that personally emailed me or left comments are reading this. Your words of comfort, prayers and blessings mean the world to me. I would ask that you continue to keep Razzy and myself in your prayers, please.

I am not going to lie, this has been the worse week in my live. Tomorrow, it will be a week since Kiki passed. A week seems like an eternity. I still look for her. I expect her to be following me to the kitchen. I expect her to be waiting outside the shower for me when I get out. I believe the hardest is not having her waiting for me on the other side of the door when I get home. Home now is very, very empty and a place I try not to spend much time at.

She was given a funeral and was buried under a big shade tree out in the backyard. I put one of my pentagrams in her little tiny paws along with a favorite toy and bone. Her grave is where I can look out my bedroom window and see her. She is checked on daily. A concrete slab was fashioned on top of her grave so the coyotes couldn’t get to her. That would absolutely kill me.

The sudden outburst of crying still occur. I ask the Goddess and the Morrighan to replace my sad thoughts to those of the happy memories I have of her. I also asked both of these dear Ladies to give me strength and comfort. I know with their help and your prayers it will ease but it will never totally go away. A piece of heart is buried with my dear precious Kiki. A piece I don’t want back it was hers and it belongs with her.

I wanted to say thank you before we get started this morning. I ask again for your continue prayers and prayers that I get through this morning. Everywhere I look are reminders of her, I don’t won’t them removed nor do I want to ever forget her.

Thank you my precious family, I can never put into words how I feel about each of you.

I Love You,

Lady A

2003 – 2016

Words suddenly escape me, I’m sorry. My dear sweet baby Kiki has pass away. She started getting bad Saturday. We made it through the night and Sunday, she was acting like her old self. I had had a long night Saturday so I took off Sunday, to rest and spend time with her. Monday came and something just kept telling me not to leave her. That night she had a bad spell and I did my usual medicine that generally pulled her through. This time, she didn’t want anything to do with the medicine nor me. She went under the bed and stayed there. I laid down in the floor and she curled up in my stomach. I knew she was tired and ready to leave this world. In case you didn’t know, we have battled congestive heart failure for two years. I did everything in and above my power to keep her alive. But she was tired and ready to go home.

 

She was always such a Momma’s baby, I was afraid of her being scared to leave this realm. I had talked to the Goddess about letting Mocha and Stinker cross back over when it came time for Kiki to leave me. While I was laying in the floor curled up with Kiki, I felt something heavy step on my leg. It was Mocha, plain as day. I heard a loud purring above me, it was Stinker. Both of them came and Kiki’s little paw shook just a little bit and she passed quietly in her sleep. I am very grateful for them coming to be with Kiki but to see them and lose her at the same time, ripped my guts out.

 

I haven’t stopped crying since she passed. My eyes are almost swollen shut and Razputin is looking all over the place for Kiki(which is absolutely killing me). Razzy was there when Kiki passed but she doesn’t fully understand what has happened. She is waiting for me now to get off the computer and cuddle with her.

 

We are going to be taking a few days off. My heart is broken and my head is so confused I can’t even think straight. Kiki and I had a blood bond. When it comes to them leaving this world that is the worse kind of bond you can have. While their alive, it’s great. When they pass it rips you to shreds. So basically I am a mess right now. I would ask one thing of you, please, please, remember Kiki and me in your prayers. I know Kiki is home and at peace. It is those of us left behind that suffer and suffer. I would appreciate your prayers because they are desperately needed.

 

We will be back in a few days, right now I just can’t do it. I’m sorry.

 

I love you and please give all your fur babies a hug and kiss from me tonight, would you?

Lady of the Abyss