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Only The World card of the Tarot can match the blessings that come with The Sun. While it certainly doesn’t promise a life’s path without some bumps in the road, The Sun indicates all will be well. The Sun is our Cosmic Nurturer. Life flourishes under its radiant beams. It provides the illumination to find Truths and lights one’s path so they do not get lost. To stand in the rays of The Sun is to shine. To absorb its energy promotes growth, exceptional physical and mental health, and good fortune. The Sun is empowering, elevating and fills those who bask in it with confidence and sense of self-worth.
We are fired up with sensible ideas today, eager to apply our individual skills to current problems and get things done. The enthusiastic Aries Moon gains early morning support from assertive Mars and taskmaster Saturn, enabling us to organize our thoughts and manage the separate parts of a complex project. However, we may experience an undercurrent of resistance that impedes our progress when Luna forms a stressful square with suspicious Pluto.
Your plans begin to take shape as your impulsive reactions gain momentum throughout the day. Stabilizing Saturn enters the picture today, enabling you to construct a solid foundation on which to build your future. Although you are feeling your oats now that the Moon has returned to your incorrigible sign, her meeting with shadowy Pluto can hijack your efforts and significantly alter your priorities. Continue to keep your eyes on the final destination. Eliminating distractions as they arise improves your chances for success.
You don’t like to be pushed into anything against your will, even if it’s for your own good. Although you possess the good sense not to resist earlier in the day, you might grow resentful later when you wish you were doing anything else. But rather than obsessing about your current uncertainty, shift your attention to someone or something you can count on. There’s no need to create a drama where there isn’t one.
You’re excited about the prospects of doing something special with a close friend or relative today. However, there’s no need to use your current plans to escape from previous promises. In fact, fulfilling your obligations early in the day frees you up to travel the outer edges of your mental explorations later on. But don’t try to convince anyone that your philosophy is the only one that matters. Although you might not see how all the separate pieces of your life are interrelated in this moment, you will understand soon enough. Patience is the companion of wisdom.
You’re ready to spread your wings and fly today, yet run into complex dynamics that force you to change your plans. You could encounter delays that turn out to be the result of someone covertly working against your efforts. However, you can’t face an unseen enemy; it’s like shadow boxing with an invisible opponent. Instead of looking outside yourself for answers, explore your own resistance to success. When you understand your fears, the external obstacles will likely fade away. As Carl Jung wrote, “We always see our own unavowed mistakes in our opponent.”
You’re eager to go the extra mile today because you see the potential for beauty everywhere you look. Fortunately, you can rely on your solid thinking as long as you don’t let the current spontaneity of the Aries Moon run off with your day. But Luna harmonizes with feisty Mars and authoritarian Saturn in your 5th House of Self-Expression, urging you to bust out of your self-imposed restraints. It’s challenging to find the Goldilocks point where everything is exactly just right. Perfection is in the eyes of the beholder.
You’re in an odd state of mind now because you want to mingle with interesting people yet have no patience for any opinions that conflict with your own. You could end up planning to attend a social event, only to back out at the last moment when you realize the same old people will be in attendance. You currently crave the excitement that goes along with rubbing elbows with new and different people, and you won’t even have a chance to do so if you’re at home sitting on the sofa. Forget about all the logical reasons to turn down an invitation today; just smile and say yes.
You don’t usually mind redirecting love and admiration away from yourself and onto your friend or partner. However, you grow annoyed now when someone else consistently tries to commandeer the center of attention. The spontaneous Aries Moon shines in your 7th House of Others, drawing the crowd’s attention elsewhere and you don’t like feeling as if you’re invisible. There’s no need to fight against the natural flow of energy since you will attract your fair share of recognition soon enough. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
Your mental bandwidth is narrowly focused on all the things you must finish today. Separately, each item sounds manageable, but all together they seem so daunting that you might not know where to begin. A little forethought is a good idea, but too much thinking now sets major delays into motion and places you even further behind the eight ball. Don’t worry about the problems you encounter; you can successfully handle them one at a time. Author Saul Bellow wrote, “Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.”
You’re flying off into the wild blue yonder today, but you only have a small amount of gas in your tank. The planetary emphasis on Fire signs ensures you won’t be lacking for wonderful activities to capture your imagination. However, building pressure from the mid-week Mars-Saturn conjunction is already slowing your progress and forcing you to be hyperaware of every move you make. Easy does it for the next couple of days if you want the magic to last.
Ingenious ideas are buzzing around inside your head now, but you may be insecure about sharing them with anyone else. The pioneering Aries Moon is traveling through your 4th House of Foundations, empowering you to explore creative options at home. Although this might sound contradictory, there is so much you can do without venturing far into the world. Unfortunately, refusing is tricky if someone insists that you participate in his or her adventure. As Paulo Coelho writes, “When you say yes to others, make sure you are not saying no to yourself.”
Everything seems to be fine today until you open your mouth. The bossy Aries Moon in your 3rd House of Communication squares unrelenting Pluto, bringing hidden issues out into the blinding light of day. You might be surprised when you run into negativity from someone you thought was a friend. Nevertheless, it’s impossible to overcome a problem unless you identify it. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
You might try to power your way through a tricky situation today, but somehow keep stalling at the same point in your process. It doesn’t even seem to help when others cheer you on from the sidelines. In fact, the support you receive encourages you to keep pushing in the same ineffective manner, setting you up for a fall. Fortunately, there’s a lesser known way to reach your goals; working smarter, not harder all but guarantees your success.
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You are a hard worker, yet you also enjoy the comforts of home and family. Striking a balance between these two passions is important for your all-around happiness. You don’t turn to others for advice or help very readily, simply because you find much satisfaction doing things on your own; yet you are also highly companionable. You enjoy conversation, friendly companionship, and a peaceful environment. You try to avoid discord as much as you can, and due to your graciousness and gentle manner, you usually succeed. You are excellent at strategy. You may cling to your lifestyle and don’t make changes as readily as others. An overall feeling of stability is important to you. You are a very ardent, charming lover, and you may be drawn to partners who are emotional and a tad dramatic. Famous people born today: Robert Plant, Fred Durst, Connie Chung, James Marsters, Andrew Garfield, Amy Adams, Demi Lovato, John Noble.
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.
Saturn harmonizes with your Sun, starting in March 2017, indicating benefits from keeping your feet on the ground and paying attention to, and honoring, tradition as well as tried-and-true methods. Work you have done in the past begins to pay off now – not necessarily in dramatic ways, but in small, measurable ways. You may be recognized or rewarded in some way for the efforts you put forth. When you project a more responsible and credible “you”, people in authority are more inclined to appreciate you and recognize your work. This is a time in which you put your life in order in some significant manner. The key to success under this influence is adopting a realistic, practical, disciplined, and orderly approach to your life. Having a strong sense for both tradition and innovation opens doors for you. You have a real sense of tomorrow now, so it’s easier for you to take the necessary steps to make all of your “tomorrows” better.
The opportunity to grow through your love and social connections this year is especially strong. You are seeking intensity in love, and you are especially aware of the importance of healthy relating and intimacy. You could renew and deepen love commitments or social connections. Strong and stimulating–even motivating–attractions to others are likely. Secret loves or attractions may develop and existing relationships tend to rise to a higher level of insight and understanding. Romantic relationships and attractions have a fated quality to them this year. This could be a year when you fall in love, and this could be with a person, an activity, or a cause! Meeting someone who transforms your life, and more specifically your values and attitude towards love, is possible. Strong existing relationships are likely to grow and transform in rewarding ways, as you are more open than usual to intensity and passion. Your finances could also improve dramatically this year, generally due to your increased ability to strategize and cut out frivolous expenses.
Your ability to express yourself and to solve problems is enhanced. You may have opportunities to travel this year, and matters related to publishing, teaching, and writing should go especially well. You may find that you have the right information at the right time this year. You could also have big ideas and plans. Work, especially in communications, goes well. You are able to visualize in broader terms and see the “big picture” now. Your optimism can help you to attract positive circumstances into your life. You are especially enthusiastic about your ideas, and expressing yourself comes easily. Public relations and negotiations tend to run especially smoothly. This is a time for making long-range plans, seeing the big picture, and thinking about what is really important to you in the long run.
There can be significant involvement in publishing, television, or other areas where sharing ideas with large groups is a theme.
With Mars conjunct Saturn in your Solar Return chart, you are more determined and hard-working than usual. This is an excellent time to get organized and to stick with projects through to the end. When you face obstacles to your goals, which is a likely scenario this year, you are likely to just keep on pushing. Progress may be slow, but it’s steady and solid. What you accomplish now will benefit you for years to come.
You are likely to attract growth-oriented relationships into your life. Your powers of negotiation are very strong.
You may win respect and recognition for your work or craft this year. There is a good balance between learning from tradition and seeing things progressively.
Transiting Uranus harmonizes with your Sun from June 2017 forward. Your personality is sparkling during this period, which is sure to attract new circumstances and people into your life. Exciting (not jarring) changes and new interests characterize the period. It’s easier than ever to express your unique individuality, and if this involves changing careers or jobs, a new love affair, or an entirely new hobby, it’s something that takes you forward into unexplored territory. You are more willing to adapt to new circumstances, ideas, and unfamiliar situations this year. It’s a good time to join organizations and groups and to attend meetings or social events. You can find especially creative solutions to problems.
You are better able to come to a good balance in attitude this year, and many life departments can benefit. You are more patient and willing to use strategy in your financial and romantic life. You’re in an exceptionally strong position for taking advantage of new opportunities while keeping your feet on the ground. There can be recognition for your work or talents. Relationships are in focus and you are likely to find yourself in big demand.
2016 is a Number One year for you. Ruled by the Sun. This is a year of action. The seeds you plant now, you will reap later. Others might find you less sociable, as you are busier than ever and you focus on your activities and your needs. Still, you are outgoing and your initiative is stronger than ever. Advice – Stand alone, take action, start fresh, express independence.
2017 will be a Number Two year for you. Ruled by the Moon. This is a year of potential companionship. It is a quiet, gentle, and mostly harmonious year that is less active than other years. Instead, you are more responsive to the needs of others. If you are patient and open yourself up in a gentle manner, you will attract both things and people. This is an excellent year in which to build and develop for the future. Advice – be patient, be receptive, enjoy the peace, collect.
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Aries
This can be a good time for creatively combining routine and more adventurous activities, dear Aries, as well as for thinking in big terms while attending to details. Socially, there can be some difficulty getting plans to come together, however, or you may encounter some resistance to some of your ideas and desires. The Moon continues to transit your solar house of hidden things until mid-afternoon when it enters your sign, and you crave more connection with others and to the world around you. Before then, you can be quite content to keep things on the down-low.
Taurus
Your needs for attachment and for keeping things casual can often clash these days, dear Taurus, leaving you wondering about your feelings and relationships. However, you may be able to reach a creative balance today and end up satisfying both needs quite expertly. There can be some difficulties balancing your responsibilities with quality time, however. The Moon moves into your solar twelfth house mid-afternoon when you may be craving more emotional space or even a little bit of anonymity.
Gemini
Life is a little easier to manage today than it has been, dear Gemini, and you might find that you settle in quite well now. There is good and creative cooperation in your private life, and this gives you a nice feeling of ease and flow. Family and partnerships are not always in agreement these days, but today, you’re more likely to manage satisfying attention to both. Plans and ideas may not come together as readily, as you could find that everyone has a different opinion on what to do and where to go. The Moon’s move into your friendship sector by mid-afternoon draws your attention to relaxing, pressure-free activities.
Cancer
You may have been struggling with balancing your responsibilities with personal interests these days, dear Cancer, but today, you can come up with clever ways to combine the two. You may be able to turn a chore into a pleasant pursuit, or turn a hobby into a practical money maker, for example. Ideas are especially enterprising today. Money matters can be difficult to agree upon, however, and you may very well find that going about pursuing your goals independently is favored over team efforts just for now. The Moon’s move to the top of your solar chart mid-afternoon increases your ambitions and your visibility as well.
Leo
You may be able to find a nice balance between sticking with tradition and trying out new things today, dear Leo. You may be taking small, educated risks that seem to pay off, particularly on creative levels. You may not easily come to an agreement with a partner or someone close to you this morning – at least, not without a lot of back and forth. You’ll find that you move from a relatively serious approach to the world to a more hands-on, spirited attitude by mid-afternoon.
Virgo
You might find that you do a great job of both attending to personal needs and paying attention to family or loved ones today, dear Virgo. People may support your desires, help you out, or step out of the way in order to let you pursue your heart’s desire. This can be a good day for cooperating with others towards a common goal. It may not be easy to get enough time to yourself or time and space to get your work or chores done this morning, however. You are especially likable today, which is particularly welcome after a couple of days of being in a spotlight you may not have wanted to be in!
Libra
You may have a difficult time coming to an agreement with a lover, friend, or child this morning, dear Libra. Ideas and plans can be at cross purposes now. However, there is very good energy for communicating about those things you normally may not know how to articulate. Conversations about the past can be encouraging, and they might even lead to the recycling of old ideas into fancy and exciting new ones. You can be very focused on handling the practical or business side of your life until mid-afternoon when your social needs come into sharper focus.
Scorpio
This is a good day for combining the positive elements of tradition and unconventionality, dear Scorpio. You can be especially resourceful and open to new approaches, yet also grounded in reality. This morning, there can be some challenge juggling responsibilities and quality time with family or down time for yourself. Not everyone is going to agree with your plans. There is a distinct move from a playful, creative approach to your day to a more practical focus from about the middle of the afternoon forward.
Sagittarius
Your enterprising nature is strong today, dear Sagittarius. You are resourceful and may come up with powerful ideas for career or far-reaching long-term plans and goals. Your ingenuity can be recognized or in demand now. This is a good time for taking the lead, guiding, and managing others. There can be some difficulty reaching agreements on more philosophical matters this morning, however, and perhaps even simpler topics such as navigation and directions. The Moon’s move to Aries mid-afternoon tends to pick up your spirits and turn your focus to more playful or relaxing pursuits.
Capricorn
You can find it rather easy to quench your thirst for more exciting or adventurous activities in your life today, dear Capricorn, while also getting in some much-needed relaxation or mental release. It’s an important time to let go of the tendency to overthink matters. The Moon’s move to your solar fourth house mid-afternoon reinforces the need for more emotional space and release from pressures, even if before that time you’re inclined to want to keep very busy and engaged. Seeing eye to eye on money, sharing, and ownership matters may not come as easily today. In fact, there can be a lot of back and forth before you’re ready to come to an agreement. However, it can be a good exercise in understanding.
Aquarius
Relationships can thrive today with a healthy balance between attachment and freedom, dear Aquarius. This balance is often quite tricky these days, but at least for now, you are getting the formula right, so take advantage! There can be some difficulty agreeing on what to do together or challenges making solid plans, however. You have a tendency to want to stay rooted and might even be on the inflexible side for a good portion of the day, but curiosity about the world around you picks up, and by mid-afternoon, you’re ready to diversify.
Pisces
This can be a strong day for working with someone towards a common goal, dear Pisces. You may not be entirely certain whether you want to go about pursuing your goals independently and making executive decisions today, or if you would prefer to share decisions and have some company. However, you may very well come up with creative ways to do both. You may come to a very enterprising and bright idea with a partner or through brainstorming. The Moon moves out of your sign by mid-afternoon and some of the urgency you may have been feeling to feed your emotional needs begins to subside.
LEO STRONG
Self-confident, generous, warm-hearted, powerful leader, dramatic. Can be overly proud, vain, extravagant, arrogant.
VIRGO STRONG
Meticulous, discriminating, pure, practical, health conscious, hard working. Can be hyper-critical, petty and perfectionistic.
SAGITTARIUS STRONG
Inspiring, broad vision, enthusiastic, goal seeking, truthful, adventurous. Can be reckless, unrestrained, tactless.
PISCES STRONG
Compassionate, sensitive, self-sacrificing, gentle, intuitive. Can be escapist, impractical, hyper- sensitive, gullible.
BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
FIRE STRONG
Fire is enthusiastic, dynamic, and spontaneous, but lacks reflection. We are more courageous and adventurous now, with a tendency to act before thinking. There is little concern about what happened in the past. We are competitive and possibly impatient or bored easily.
AIR WEAK
We may have a difficult time being objective or detached. We may not be especially communicative.
BALANCE OF MODES
CARDINAL WEAK
This is not a time that we tend to naturally initiate actions. We may be stronger at following up than starting anew. Survival mechanisms may be weaker now.
MUTABLE STRONG
We are flexible, adaptable, willing, open to change, and possibly flighty or nervous.
In the expansion of time, there is a contraction of time. In moving forward there is a simultaneous moving backward. At this particular time portal of 2016 getting to the destination of the future can only be accessed through doorways from the past. All time runs hand in hand. Moving forward is the same as moving backward, and moving backward is the same as moving forward.
In the time of the September eclipses, there will be a sequence of geometric encodings that etch themselves across the sky exchanging a common denominator with Earth. This is galactic movement and time moves in an unsure direction for each of us. Sometimes backward movement is needed in order to re-calibrate the future.
As with the faux eclipse of August 18, theses energies will run hand in hand, parallel like an I Ching coin throw. At the time of the September eclipses, you will gain momentum in a shaded `time area. This time shade that you enter will keep you safe as the cogs of time are momentarily oiled. Time is pliable, moldable, stretchable, and contract-able. Each person creates Time according to their personal wants and needs. You sculpt time it in accordance with your energetic requirements.
You are now becoming Masters of Time. The energy your world is created upon is holographic of nature, which means it is imaginary and can be manipulated. Your imagination and thoughts can sculpt the outcome of your life. Each of you is working with a different grade of rock and sculpting tool. As these Time doors are momentarily stopped previously sealed secrets of earth will be revealed, and uncovered.
Times has shifted and quickens its pace. Longitudes and latitudes dance to a new beat. Leylines and time markers are off line, sacred geometries are reset. An actual cog in time will be been felt as the worlds awaken.
We still biologically walk to the beat of the old drum but the band plays on, in a different octave of time. Our perceptions are enhanced and we see in and out of time but are still not sure where to place each thought. Seeing between the worlds is not a place for those weak of purpose. One must hold tightly to the tight wire as time doors are opened and possibilities present themselves in a new array of colors. The unexpected is to be expected on a daily basis. People do there best to hide what ails them but actions are louder than any words.
This year of time asks one to get down to the business of picking up the shattered glass and like Alice, going into all fractures of self. The Mayans were the first to use mirrors as a portal of transport to places that could not be seen with the naked eye. The place of mirrors comes to reflect what needs to be seen as one crosses the timelines of the multi-verse and unties the string theory.
That which has been emptied now becomes full. Freeing itself from definition there is nothing to do there is nothing to let go of, you are simply free to explore all that you are. A shift of realm awakens from a long sleep to escort you into the nexus cornerstone where time and space meet and embrace you. All limitations are transformed in this expanded version of reality.
The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. 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 a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
Magic begins with love:
love of self and love of other.
Forget not your love of others:
family, friends, fellow travelers,
lest you forget your place
in a world of constant shifting a
nd changing allegiances;
we all need some grounding.
Remember to care for those in need
and refuse no hospitality
when it can be given freely.
Forget not your love of self:
needs, wants, desires, ambitions,
lest you forget your purpose
in a world which is lost with
no inherent meaning and
a common tragedy of values;
we all need some elevation.
Remember to care for your you
and refuse no helping hand
that can be given freely.
Magic begins with love:
love of self and love of other.
Poetry, Songs, and Enchantments: A Pagan Sourcebook
Gwenhwyfar Rhwwttchen
St. Bernard was born to noble parents in Burgandy, France, in the castle of Fontaines near Dijon. In 1112, Bernard revived the then-failing Cistercian order by bringing 30 of his followers to Citeaux, where three years later he founded a new monastery. St. Bernard was highly influential in public affairs, obtaining recognition for the Knights Templar, helping Pope Innocent II triumph over Anacletus—the antipope. He was a zealous opponent of heretics but, unlike many of his colleagues, opposed the persecution of the Jews. He died on August 20, 1153.
Animals: Lions, tigers, and most reptiles. The more fierce an animal is, the stronger its connection to fire.
Colors: Reds and oranges.
Court cards: Knights.
Dragons: Dragons are related to fire for obvious reasons. These mythical fire-breathers can often be called on as guardians and guides.
Function: Feeling.
Phoenixes: Phoenixes are birds that live long lives, and when they die they are reborn from their own ashes. Call to the phoenix when you need to be reborn, too.
Qualities: Heat. Lightness. Brilliance. Rapid motion. Activeness. Generally masculine. Too much fire is hot, hyperactive, and angry. It can lead to insomnia and bad moods like brooding. Not enough can lead to your head feeling foggy, your body feeling sluggish. Fire is inspiring and passionate, bringing change into your life.
Salamanders: Salamanders are connected to the power of fire. Pliny the Elder, a Roman author, noted that the Salamander is “an animal like a lizard in shape and with a body starred all over; it never comes out except during heavy showers and disappears the moment the weather becomes clear.”
Sense: Sight.
Stones: Fire opal
Tarot trump: Judgment.
Tibetan failing: Desire, passion.
Tibetan wisdom: Discriminating Awareness.
Time of day: Noon. Do your magic at this time of day under the hot noon sun and your fire and love spells will be at their strongest.
Types of magic: Love and passion magic. Fire will bring more energy to your spells. It can also be used in destruction magic.
Zodiac: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Harnessing Water Magic (A Witch’s Guide to Elemental Magic)
Viivi James
Close your eyes for just a moment. Imagine yourself holding a candle in your hand, its flame flickering in a gentle wind. All around you is black, the sort of darkness that could hold anything. That darkness means death. The only thing keeping you safe is this lone candle in your hand.
Hold your other hand over that flame, slowly moving it closer to the heat. Feel the warmth, and then the burn when you get too close for just a second. The smoke dances around your hand, lightly caressing your skin. Feel the destructive power of the flame.Pull your hand away, then snap your fingers.
The scene changes. Suddenly, you’re in a forest surrounded by these flames. You open your mouth to scream and smoke strangles your throat. The heat overwhelms you.
Snap your fingers again for a scene change, and now you’re in the arctic. Your bones chatter, your lips clench tight. There is no warmth here, nothing to keep your blood flowing and your skin from freezing.
You’ve now experienced the exact reasons why fire is so closely related to life. Each element is necessary for life, but none are quite so powerfully connected to life or death. Too much fire can ruin you. Not enough fire can, too.
Working with the element of Fire can be powerful, life changing, and transforming just as much as it can be destructive. How you work with Fire will determine if your desires come to fruition or if you’re scorched in the process. Starting small when making your own spells is a necessity here, and fully understanding this element will help you to control it.
Remember to try and find your own associations and meaning while you’re on your journey with Fire. Don’t just rely on what I, or anyone else, tells you.
Harnessing Water Magic (A Witch’s Guide to Elemental Magic)
Viivi James
Protection, removing negativity, justice and balance have been the theme today. As we have just seen you can indeed a perform a binding and not cross the ethical line. Bindings are a more ethical route than cursing someone. But are there other options? Why, of course. I know of some Witches who, when they see a criminal’s face on television or read about them in the paper, mentally pain a white X over a criminal’s face while they say the phrase “I neutralize that person” with intention. This neutralizes the power and harm that the stranger causes.
If there is someone that you personally know who is causing you or your family harm, it is possible to use a photograph of the destructive person. Simply wrap white ribbon around their photo to symbolize you binding them up as you say, “I neutralize any physical or emotional harm that you are causing.”
But if you feel magickal bindings are the way to go, then perhaps your best course of action is to remove all emotion from yourself and the spell when you perform the binding. Just as I stated before, justice—like magick—is a neutral force. For lack of a better term, be businesslike. Wild swings of emotion only make for an uncontrollable magickal energy. Therefore, your best bet is to be neutral. If there was ever a time to be calm and in control, this is it. If you are not sure that you can pull off being neutral, then I suggest that you leave magick alone. It is essential to be in control. How much karma drama are you willing to pull into your life?
Book of Witchery Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
This day of the week got it’s name from the god of karma and time, Saturn. This day is obviously associated with the planet Saturn and is our last day of the week. Traditionally Saturdays are great days for protection, banishing a negative situation, and generally a good time to clean up any magical messes that you have been ignoring. Some suggestions for Saturday enchantments would include:
◦Wearing the colors of the day, black and deep purple. Here’s your perfect excuse to be dramatic and witchy. Empower these dramatic pieces of your wardrobe for protection and strength.
◦Burning black candles to absorb negativity and burning purple ones to increase your magical wisdom and boost your spirituality
◦Adding a touch of garden witchery to your Saturday spells by working with the pansy (in black or purple of course), the morning glory flowering vine, or the cypress tree.
◦Carrying an obsidian, hematite, or jet tumbled stone in your pocket to reinforce your personal protection and to ward off bad vibes and sour feelings. You can also add these crystals to a candle spell on a Saturday night to really increase the punch of your spellcasting.
◦Cleaning your house and cleansing it while you are at it. Tap into those obstacle-removing vibes and the positive, concluding energies.
◦Closing up the final day of the bewitching week with a bang by calling on Hecate for protection and guidance.
Saturday (Saturn): Longevity, exorcism, endings, homes, and houses.
Waning Moon
The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).
Moon Phase: Third Quarter
Moon Sign: Pisces
Pisces: The focus is on dreaming, nostalgia, intuition, and psychic impressions. A good time for spiritual or philanthropic activities.
Moon enters Aries 3:18 pm
Aries: Good for starting things, but lacks staying power. Things occur rapidly, but quickly pass. People tend to be argumentative and assertive.
Incense: Ivy
Color: Black
Feel the need for a psychic cleansing in the house? Light up some patchouli- or myrrh-scented incense, and wave the smoke around your house or apartment. It will help to break up any lingering negativity or bad feelings. Crumble up a few dried mullein leaves and create a circle around your home, or scatter it across the thresholds, to keep prowlers away.
Burn a few black candles to repel manipulative intentions or unwanted advances. Add a few protective herbs to your dinner such as thyme or basil. Try growing a blooming cyclamen plant in your kitchen to ward the family and to encourage Hecate’s blessings. Grow deep purple and black pansies in window boxes to encourage the planetary vibrations of Saturn. Let ivy grow up the walls of your home for even more bewitching security.
Saturdays are the particular day of the week for protection and for dealing with more serious magickal matters. Go back over the at-a-glance list and see what components you can add to your spells for today for a little more oomph.
Meditate on Hecate to learn her lessons and include some dark goddess wisdom into your Craft. As a Witch, you already know that you have power-the power to effect real change in your life. Working with Hecate can teach you how and when to best use this power for the greater good.
If you want to expand your magickal skills, then start learning how to incorporate all of this information on the days of witchery in a whole new way. This includes the knowledge you already have and the new day-by-day correspondences and witchcraft that were presented in this Book of Shadows. Put your own unique spin on things. Decide what your enchanting specialties are, then apply them to your Craft each and every day with wisdom and style.
Book of Witchery
Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
Saturday is a day filled with opportunities to clean up and clear out. So if you are wondering why Hecate is assigned to this day, take another look at what she symbolizes and the magick that is associated with her. That should answer the question.
Hecate was the oldest form of the Greek Triple Goddess, as she presided over heaven, the underworld, and earth. Crossroads where three roads met were especially sacred to Hecate, earning her the title of Hekate of the Three Ways. It’s interesting to note that even after the worship of other goddesses waned, ancient people still worshiped Hecate as the Queen of the Underworld and the Guardian of the Three-Way Crossroad. It was also believed that if you left her an offering of food there, she would grant you her favors. As Hecate Trivia, her triple images were often displayed at these crossroads, where she was petitioned on the full moon for positive magick and on the dark of the moon for cursing and dark magick.
While this last bit of information sounds a little ominous, keep in mind that Hecate/Hekate was known by many titles and is a shapeshifter. Her appearance could and did change often. As a dark moon goddess, her faces are many. To some she may appear as a old crone, hunched over a smoking cauldron and draped in a midnight cape. To others she may appear as a dark beautiful, mysterious, and mature woman wearing a shimmering crown. To some she may be perceived as a maiden priestess. She was called the “most lovely one,” the Great Goddess of Nature, and the Queen of the World of Spirits. This dark goddess knows her way around the earth and the underworld. All the powers of nature, life, and death are at her command.
Book of Witchery
Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
The planetary correspondence for Saturday is Saturn. Matters dealing with the public, farming, family ties, legal matters (such as wills and estates), taking care of debts, dealing with lawyers, financing, joint money matters, real estate, older people, banishing or binding negativity, and getting rid of bad habits all fall under the charge of Saturn. It’s easy to see why “Saturday’s child works hard for his living.”
Saturday’s angels are Cassiel, Machatan, Uriel, and Orifiel. Cassiel is the angel of solitudes and tears. He is one of the rulers of the planet Saturn and occasionally appears as the angel of patience. Cassiel links himself to dragon energy. Regarding Machatan, the only information we get is that he works well with Cassiel and is also a power of Saturn. Orifiel is an angel of the wilderness, a ruler of the second hour of the day, and also associated with Saturn.
On Saturday, the hour of sunrise and every eight hours after that are also ruled by Saturn, and that makes these times of the day doubly blessed. These four hours are the strongest four hours for conducting ritual. Check the local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac to determine your local sunrise.
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Voyager 2 Launch (United States)
INANNA
Themes: Sky; Universal Awareness and Law; Movement; Peace; Unity; Love; Leadership
Symbols: Rose; Star; Lion; Wands Encrusted with Stones; Dates
About Inanna: The Sumerian Lady of the Heavens looks down upon the world, seeing it in wholeness and unity. Her gentle tears wash from heaven, putting out the emotional fires that keep people apart in this world, or anywhere in the Universe. Inanna oversees matters of love, divination, wine making, and leadership, just to name a few. In works of art she is depicted wearing a horned headdress and sprouting wings.
To Do Today: On August 20, 1977, Voyager 2 was launched into space, bearing a message of peace and welcome to any alien life-forms that might find it. As it travels, we are reminded of what a truly big place the Universe is, and of the importance of making our part of it better under Inanna’s guidance and care.
To make yourself an Inanna wand for directing magical energy designed to manifest peace, oneness, love, or leadership, take a large rose twig (or any fallen branch) and let it dry. Encrust this with an amethyst. During spells and rituals, point the crystal in the direction you want the energy to travel.
Finally, leave Inanna an offering of wine at dawn (she is the morning star) to attract her power to your day.
365 Goddess: A Daily Guide To the Magic and Inspiration of the goddess
Patricia Telesco
Witches Of The Craft® 
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