Wednesday, April 20

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 Saille (Willow) – April 15th thru May 12. The Willow tree is associated with healing and growth. During this phase, work on rituals, involving healing, growth of knowledge, nurturing, and women’s mysteries.

Runic Half Month of Man (human being) April 14 thru 28

Goddess of the Month of Maia April 18 thru May 15
 

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

 

Wednesday Witchery

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

Wednesday

Ruler: Wodin, Mercury

Colors: Orange, light blue, and gray

Power Hours: Sunrise and the 8th, 16th, and 24th hours following

Keywords: Success, creativity, communication

The word Wednesday is reminiscent of the Norse wind god Wodin, which is referenced in the popular rhyme verse “Wednesday’s child is full of woe.” This does not mean that those born on this day are full of sorrow or trouble. To be full of Woden (Wodin) means to be full of wind, to be spirited. Woden was such a powerful pagan god that the German church fathers changed the name of his day to Mittwoch, meaning midweek, in an attempt to exorcise his influence.

In the Spanish word for Wednesday, miercoles, we clearly see its connection to Mercury. Under the guidance of Mercury; Wednesday is a day of swift activity, communication, correspondence, and phone calls. This is a good day for journalists, writers, poets, bargaining, hiring employees, and visiting friends.

On Wednesdays, the hour of sunrise and every eight hours after that are also ruled by Mercury, making these times of the day doubly blessed. These are the strongest four hours for ritual work. Check your local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac to determine when sunrise occurs.
 

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Gypsy Magic

The Sky This Week: April 20 – 24

Jupiter and Mars rise before midnight, Mercury shines its brightest for 2016, and the onset of spring chases Orion the Hunter from the night sky.

Wednesday, April 20
Saturn rises shortly after 11 p.m. local daylight time this week and climbs highest in the south shortly before morning twilight starts to paint the sky. The ringed planet shines at magnitude 0.2 among the much fainter background stars of southern Ophiuchus. Any telescope will show you Saturn’s 18″-diameter disk surrounded by a spectacular ring system that spans 41″ and tilts 26° to our line of sight.

Thursday, April 21
Full Moon arrives at 1:24 a.m. EDT tomorrow morning, but it looks completely illuminated all night. It rises in the east shortly before the Sun sets and reaches its peak in the south around 1 a.m. local daylight time. The Full Moon lies in southern Virgo, only 10° east of that constellation’s brightest star, 1st-magnitude Spica. By coincidence, today also marks the Moon’s apogee, the farthest point in its orbit around Earth. It reaches this position at 12:05 p.m. EDT, when it lies 252,495 miles (406,351 kilometers) from Earth’s center.

Friday, April 22
The annual Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak this morning. Unfortunately, the Full Moon nearly ruins the shower this year. The best views likely will come just before morning twilight commences. The Moon then hangs low in the southwest and the constellation from which the meteors appear to radiate, Lyra, lies nearly overhead. If you face away from our satellite, you should see at least a few shooting stars. The only good news to come from the Moon’s interference is that it will wane to its New phase in two weeks when the Eta Aquariid meteor shower reaches its peak.

Saturday, April 23
Asteroid 6 Hebe currently lies among the background stars of eastern Leo the Lion, just a stone’s throw from 2nd-magnitude Denebola. This region rides high in the southeast during the early evening hours and peaks in the south around 11 p.m. local daylight time. This evening, 10th-magnitude Hebe lies some 3° north-northwest of Denebola.

Sunday, April 24
The waning gibbous Moon passes 5° north of Mars at midnight EDT. But the scene improves dramatically by the time this part of the sky climbs highest in the south around 3 a.m. local daylight time. The Moon then stands above both Mars and Saturn while the 1st-magnitude star Antares lies just below. All four objects appear within a 10°-wide circle.
 

Source

Astronomy Magazine
Article’s Author, Richard Talcott

 

Your Sun & Moon Data for Wednesday, April 20

Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 101.12° E
Sun Altitude: 33.50°
Sun Distance: 93.404 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2016 5:34 PM (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:13 AM↑ 75° East
Sunset Today: 7:34 PM↑ 286° West
Length of Daylight: 13 hours, 21 minutes

 

Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 302.35° WNW
Moon Altitude: -40.61°
Moon Distance: 252244 mi
Next Full Moon: Apr 22, 201612:23 AM
Next New Moon: May 6, 20162:29 PM
Next Moonrise: Today6:20 PM
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 97.6%

 

Source

timeanddate.com

 

Traveling circus? Yes, that is what it feels like at times. Seriously, I wanted to let you know that this week is going to be a little strange for us. As you know we were off yesterday due to business with contractors again. Tomorrow, we will be off again due to a prior appointment that I have. It would be wonderful if the world ran on my time schedule but it don’t.

After today, we will be back Friday. We are planning on making these two days missed up to you this weekend. Looked at the calendar wrong, sorry about that! Too much going on today. The Full Moon is Friday. We will be here, lucky you, lol!

I like to keep you up to speed on what is going on. Now off to work I go or we won’t never get this show on the road.

See ya’ in a bit,
Love ya,
Lady A

Really, I have a couple of poppets I want to make this Full Moon. So I am rushing it to get here.