Category: Daily Posts
A Thought for Today
Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Honored Guests welcome to WOTC!
If you would to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft please put it in the comment section. I will try to find some information to post about it.
May your life be filled with all things positive!
Life is in the super-fast lane lately and my fibromyalgia has been in overdrive with the weather changes making it hard for me to get to my computer daily to post.
Please let me know what other monthly posts you would like to see and I will attempt to get them up this week.
Thank you for your continuing support and good thoughts you send my way.
February 28 and 29, 2024
You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.
Useful Moon Resources
Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com
For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society
The 8 Lunar Phases
There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.
Source: MoonGiant.com
Northern Hemisphere
February 28, 2024
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning.
Visit the February 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on February 28 has an illumination of 86%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 28 the Moon is 18.31 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.
Phase Details
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 86%
Moon Age: 18.31 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,287.28 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,200,533.07 km
Illumination: 86%
Moon Age: 18.31 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,287.28 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,200,533.07 km
Southern Hemisphere
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning.
Visit the February 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on February 29 has an illumination of 79%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 29 the Moon is 19.21 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.
Phase Details
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 79%
Moon Age: 19.21 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 398,164.99 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,236,749.18 km
Illumination: 79%
Moon Age: 19.21 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 398,164.99 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,236,749.18 km
A Thought for Today and For Your Listening Pleasure
I am in such an uplifting, positive mood and not tired today I hardly recognize myself from a week ago. This is how I prefer to feel everyday. Plus no nightmares since last Friday helps to put me in this better mood. PTSD, which can be a total disability to function in everyday life, troubling dreams or nightmares can really ruin a person’s day. Those with have PTSD for what ever trauma or traumas that have caused it have a true disability but the average person you come in contact with thinks you are just fine because this is a silent disability just like depression, bi-polar, anxiety things, etcetera. We do not get a special parking place or treatment from others with what I call silent disabilities. Why don’t we? Because to most people the world over if they do not see you using a wheelchair or crutches or other outward helpers to get around they think you are lying when you say you are disabled.
Here is a list of just a few things besides being in a war zone that can cause PTSD:
Domestic Violence or Abuse this goes for men as well as women.
Being in an Automobile Accident even if neither you or anyone else was hurt badly or died.
Being Molested as a child or young adult.
Being Raped at any age. YES, whether you want to believe it or not MEN can be raped though very few report it because4 of fear of being laughed at or ridiculed.
Being Held Captive by a spouse or parent or other care giver.
Being Homeless
And the list goes on and on.
So, the next time you see someone struggling but they have no outward signs of being disabled stop and think for a moment before you pass judgement on them.
I picked this song because to me it means at least one person cares about and loves me unconditionally and I love him back the same way. He stands by me when my PTSD or depression or an anxiety attack or a fibromyalgia flare or any or all of them combined is happening or just our everyday life can be to much for me physically or mentally or emotionally or all three combined.
My hope for each of you is that you have someone like this in your life too!!
All I Have To Do Is Dream – Everly Brothers
Taking the Rest of the Week Off
My fur baby/ familiar/ ESA Star crossed the rainbow bridge Wednesday, February 21st about 10:15 PM CST in my arms. I need a few days to mourn and remember our great times together on this and the astral plane. I should be back Monday.
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence for Wednesday
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Wednesday Correspondences
Dedicated to the Teutonic god Woden or Odin, an aspect of the “All-Father” god of knowledge wisdom enlightenment and combat, the parallel of Hermes.
Element : Air
Planet: Mercury
Zodiac Sign : Virgo / Gemini
Angel : Raphael
Metal : Mercury
Incense / Perfumes : Jasmine, Lavender, Sweet Pea
Oil: Benzoin, Clary Sage, Eucalytus, Lavender
Color : Red, Orange, Light Blue
Stones : Bloodstone,Garnet, Aventurine, Hematite, Moss Agate and Sodalite
Plants/Herbs : Almond, Anise, Cherry, Clover, Dandelion, Dill, Fern, Hazel, Hyssop, Lavender, Lemongrass, Lilac, Mace, Peppermint, Rosemary, Vervain
Magick to Work: the conscious mind, study, travel, divination, consulting oracles, wisdom, communication ,cleverness, contracts, creativity, information, intellect, memory, perception, science, wisdom, writing
Wednesday Source: thewitchandwand.com
Wednesday aligns with the planet Mercury. This day is associated with intellectual pursuits, travel, communication, and memory.
Metal: Mercury
Colors: Orange, Yellow, Periwinkle
Gems and Stones: Aventurine, Moss Agate
Botanicals: Fern, Dill, Sweet Pea, Periwinkle, Eucalyptus, Aspen, Lily, Lavender
Spellwork: Communication, Divination, Luck, Travel, Knowledge, Memory
A Laugh for Today
I love jokes children comes up with!
I hope the rest of your day and evening is relaxing, filled with fun and love. Blessed be.
Yes, I messed up big time yesterday with the correspondences and spell. Only thing I can say it I thought it was Tuesday sort of and was posting for tomorrow. I hope you found what I posted for today helpful also. For anyone who missed the posts for Wednesday they will be back again this afternoon.
A Laugh for Today
I hope the rest of your day and evening is relaxing, filled with fun and love. Blessed be.
Flowers/Plants: Dinosaur Evergreens Thought Extinct for 2Mil Years Discovered by Park Ranger, 90-Tree Grove is ‘Find of the Century’
From Australia comes a story too cool to believe. Like a vegetable version of Jurassic Park or King Kong, a copse of pine trees from a species that evolved in the Cretaceous Era were found high in the mountains.
These living fossils, to use the classic phrase, survived both the comet impact and subsequent global firestorm that killed the dinosaurs, as well as two intervening ice ages to make it to our time, and Australian botanists are treating the specimens as a top-secret national treasure.
The Wollemi pine evolved 91 million years ago and went extinct according to the fossil record 2 million years ago, but in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, a stand of 90 specimens were found high in the more remote peaks in 1994.
For the past three decades, and in extreme secrecy, a team of specialists from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of Australia has been gradually planting small clumps of the Wollemi pine in other locations to help ensure it has every chance to see another 91 million years.
It helps the story that the Wollemi doesn’t look much like any pine tree you’ve seen in the woods by your house. Sporting Granny Smith apple-green foliage that grows in a pattern similar to a fern, it has a covering of bark reminiscent of Coco-puffs.
“Wollemi Pine seedlings and saplings grow less than one centimeter a year. They won’t mature until they can reach the rainforest canopy and access the sunlight above,” research scientist Berin Mackenzie told national news, adding that they grow extremely slowly.
A Thought for Today
Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Honored Guests welcome to WOTC!
If you would to see some information on any tradition of witchcraft please put it in the comment section. I will try to find some information to post about it.
May your life be filled with all things positive!
A Thought for Today
Spell For Sunday – Incantation to Protect Against Demons
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Incantation to Protect Against Demons
From an ancient Chaldean Magical Tablet we have this incantation against the entrance of Demons (and other bad spirits) into the house.
Talisman, talisman,
boundary that cannot be taken away,
boundary that the Gods cannot pass,
barrier immovable,
which is opposed to malevolence!
Whether it be a wicked Utuq,
a wicked Alal,
a wicked Gigim,
a wicked god,
a wicked Maskim,
a phantom, a spectre,
a vampire,
an incubus,
a succubus,
a nightmare,
may the barrier of the god Ea stop him!
Note: This spell can be enhanced if used in conjunction with protective herbs and/or salt spread across the threshold and window sills, and also if protective symbols (such as the one shown here) or runes are written or drawn on doors and windows.
A Laugh for Your Day
Excavation of Artemis temple reveals evidence of animal sacrifices
Archaeologists excavating a temple complex at the Artemis Amarynthos sanctuary have uncovered evidence of animal sacrificial rites and new insights into the temple configuration.
The Artemis Amarynthos sanctuary is located in Amarynthos on the Greek island of Euboea.
During antiquity, the sanctuary was the centre of worship in dedication to Artemis (the goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and nature) in Northern Greece, and served as the annual pilgrimage destination from Eretria during the Amarysia festival procession.
Excavations at the sanctuary have been ongoing for the past four years, with this season’s dig uncovering further remains of a temple dated to the 7th century BC during the Archaic Period.
According to the researchers, the temple has an apsidal floor plan and measures 34 metres in length, which coincidentally corresponds to 100 feet in the Greek metric system. Archaeologists found hearths or altars where animals were sacrificed to honour Artemis, in addition to layers of ash and calcined animal bones.
In traditional animal sacrifices, the animal was led in procession to the altar and click here to read the rest of this article (source: heritagedaily.com)
Divination Journal
Tarot Card
Today’s Tarot card reading comes from The Celtic Dragon Tarot by D. J. Conway. With art done by Lisa Hunt. This deck is unique as the cards are never read in reverse.
King of Swords – Court Card
Opposition; obey the laws.
Divinatory Meaning: This card suggests a powerful, but stubborn, masculine influence who may be opposing you. In a new project, do everything exactly by the rules or you will lose. There may be a need for the services of an attorney.
Animal Spirit Guide or Helper
Rune
Gebo – “Gift”
Gebo is the rune of gifts. It’s a positive symbol that indicates you are in the possession of many gifts and talents or that someone will bestow upon you bountiful blessings. It also relates to generosity, balance, and positive relationships. It has no inverted meaning.
KEYWORDS: Generosity, partnership, gifts
Witches’ Rune
The Moon
Long term changes are coming, transitions and changes, hidden agendas – secrets, imagination, feminine energies.
Rune Name: Moon
Think: Things are a little bit loony. The moon waxes and wanes in cycles and the full moon looks like a circle in the sky.
Remember: Negative. Past cycles are repeating themselves. However, pay attention to your intuition. Your dreams may have special messages for you during this time. There may be much secrecy and mystery going on. The moon can be a motherly, nurturing influence who gives advice that simply must be followed.
Ogham
B – Beith
Beith, or Beth, corresponds to the letter B in the alphabet, and is associated with the Birch tree. When this symbol is used, it is representative of new beginnings, change, release, and rebirth. In some traditions, it also has connections with purification.
Birch trees are hardy. They’ll grow just about anywhere, including on bare soil. Because they tend to grow in clusters, what may be just one or two seedlings now can be practically an entire forest in a few decades. In addition to being a sturdy sort of tree, the Birch is useful. In days gone by, it was used for infants’ cradles, and is still harvested today to make cabinets and furniture.
From a magical perspective, there are a number of uses for Birch. The branches are traditionally incorporated into the construction of a besom, and are used for the bristles. Use the white outer bark in ritual in place of paper or parchment–just be sure you only harvest the bark from a fallen Birch tree, not a living one. Ancient herbalists discovered that various parts of this tree can be used for medicinal purposes. Bark was once brewed into a tea to fight fevers, and the leaves were used alternately as a laxative and a diuretic, depending on how they were prepared.
Beith Correspondences
Mundane Aspects: When this symbol appears, it means it’s time to get rid of all those negative influences you’ve been carrying around with you. Figure out what things are bad in your life, which relationships are toxic, and find a way to leave them behind. Instead of being dragged down by the negative, focus on the positive things you have in your life, the blessings and abundance. Use these things as a focus, rather than the harmful or damaging ones.
Magical Aspects: Consider the property of renewal and rebirth, as demonstrated by the Birch. Use this as a tool for spiritual and emotional regrowth, and developing your own ability to regenerate where there has been emptiness or devastation.
I Ching
Numerology
Angel Number
Will Catch Up Posts This Sunday
Please forgive me for my sporadic posting this week. We’ve done 1,200 miles since this past Monday and have an over 200 miles to do again tomorrow all for Big Dawg’s job. Between printing out around 2 reems of paperwork, getting the paperwork organized for each day and a fule efficient route done for that and coming home to email the paperwork that proves we delivered the papers to who ever. Along with riding with Big Dawg for 5-6 hours a day for safety reasons, I’m totally exhausted and in a very bad fibromyalgia flare again.
We are taking this Sunday off from his job so I can concentrate on all WoTC stuff, go grocery shopping and laundry. Than next week will be almost as crazy but once again I will do my best to get the regular posts up daily.
February 2024 Moon Details
You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.
Source: MoonGiant.com
| ⟨ |  Last Quarter February 2 23:18 UTC |
 New Moon February 9 22:59 UTC |
 First Quarter February 16 15:01 UTC |
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The Full Moon for this month will occur later in the month on Saturday, February 24th. The New Moon is earlier in the month on Friday, February 9th.
February’s Full Moon
As the snowiest month in the United States, February’s full moon is commonly known as the Full Snow Moon in Native American cultures. These ancient tribes named this moon after the way trees cracked in the cold, or how people had to sit shoulder to shoulder around the fire for warmth. Even the Celts called it the Moon of Ice. As expected of the coldest month in the year, the Full Snow Moon is also known by more sinister names, such as the Bone Moon.
The Cherokee tribe called February’s full moon the Bone Moon because by this point, the tribe’s winter food supplies had usually dwindled to the point where people had to gnaw on bones and cook bone marrow soup in order to survive. For the same reason, the Kalapuya tribe called this moon the Out of Food Moon. Appropriately, it’s also known as the Hunger Moon and the Little Famine Moon. Perhaps due to this month’s association with death, the Cherokee tribe would commune with their dead ancestors during the Bone Moon. A didanawiskawi, or a medicine person, would host a medicine dance for the community. Fasting and rituals for the dead were also common practices.
However, not all cultures associate February’s full moon with extreme cold and death. The Hopi tribe calls it the Moon of Purification and Renewal, which is very fitting because the Full Snow Moon is usually the very first full moon of the year according to the lunar calendar. Cultures that follow the lunar calendar, especially East Asian cultures, tend to associate the Full Snow Moon with new beginnings for this very reason. The ancient Chinese, for example, called it the Budding Moon.
As a matter of fact, celebrations of February’s full moon are the climax of Lunar New Year festivities in various East Asian countries. In China, the Full Snow Moon is celebrated during the Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuanxiao Festival, which is the 15th day of the Lunar New Year. During this festival, the Chinese release kongming lanterns into the sky as they admire the full moon and eat tangyuan, glutinous rice balls that are usually filled with sweet paste. The round shape of the balls symbolize family togetherness and bring good luck to the whole family.
Many East Asian cultures in general also light lanterns and bonfires to celebrate February’s full moon. According to an ancient Chinese legend, not long after Buddhism was brought into China, 17 deities were witnessed flying through the sky during the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. Shocked and excited, the populace lit fires and lanterns to see the godly beings better. They continued to do so year after year, but for more practical reasons – to chase away pests and to pray for a good crop in the upcoming spring.
In Korea, where February’s full moon is known as Daeboreum, these fiery structures are called “Houses of the Burning Moon”. During Daeboreum, Koreans hike mountains despite the freezing temperatures in order to catch a glimpse of the first rise of the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. According to legend, the very first person to accomplish this feat will have their dearest wish come true.
Local Date and Time for February 2024 Full Moon in major cities around the world:
Los Angeles,
San Francisco,
Vancouver
February 24, 2024
4:30am PST
Denver,
Salt Lake City,
Calgary
February 24, 2024
5:30am MST
Chicago,
Houston,
San Antonio
February 24, 2024
6:30am CST
New York,
Toronto,
Atlanta
February 24, 2024
7:30am EST
London,
Manchester,
Dublin
February 24, 2024
12:30pm GMT
Paris,
Rome,
Berlin
February 24, 2024
1:30pm CET
Athens,
Istanbul,
Helsinki
February 24, 2024
2:30pm EET
Dubai,
Abu Dhabi,
Muscat
February 24, 2024
4:30pm +04
Bangalore,
Mumbai,
New Delhi
February 24, 2024
6:00pm IST
Singapore,
Kuala Lumpur
February 24, 2024
8:30pm +08
Perth,
Hong Kong,
Beijing
February 24, 2024
8:30pm AWST
Sydney,
Brisbane,
Melbourne
February 24, 2024
11:30pm AEDT
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