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November 21 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 November 21
The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: William Ostling
Explanation: Stars can make beautiful patterns as they age — sometimes similar to flowers or insects. NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, is a notable example. Though its gaseous wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature exceeds 200,000 degrees C, the aging central star of NGC 6302, the featured planetary nebula, has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly in visible and ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust. This sharp close-up was recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope and is processed here to show off remarkable details of the complex planetary nebula, highlighting in particular light emitted by oxygen (shown as blue), hydrogen (green), and nitrogen (red). NGC 6302 lies about 3,500 light-years away in the arachnologically correct constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). Planetary nebulas evolve from outer atmospheres of stars like our Sun, but usually fade in about 20,000 years.
A Laugh for Today
Try to have a good, positive week!
Trivia Questions About The Five Elements – Contest to Win an Extra Free Issue of Life in The Craft Newsletter
Do not post your answers in the comments section (your entry will be voided if you post them in the comments section, and your answers will be removed from this post) email your answers to ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com. The three people to answer the questions correctly will win an extra free issue of Life in The Craft. If more than three people have the correct answer I will go by the time the emails came in. Deadline to email your answers is December 30, 2022, by 12:00 AM CST. Students of WOTC’s School of Witchcraft are not allowed to enter this game.
We know the five elements most witches work with are Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and Spirit.
We know the Air can be represented by many things such as wind chimes, a feather, incenses, to name a few.
We know Fire can be represented by a lit candle, campfire, hot peppers and other things also.
We know Water can be represented by a bowl of water, seashells, fishing lures, sea salt to name a few.
We know Earth can be represented by stones, wood, table salt plus a few other things.
We know Spirit can be represented by an angel statue or picture, but more importantly by what it can be represented by to you personally.
HERE ARE THE TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
Answer hints – Consider the planet we live upon and that big yellow ball in the sky and what falls from the sky to answer these trivia questions.
1. What is the main source for Fire?
2. What is the main source of Air?
3. What is the main source of Earth?
4. What are the main sources of Water?
5. What to you is the main source of Spirit?
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Remember send your answers to ladybeltane@withcesofthecraft.com by December 30, 2022. Lady Beltane will post the winners first names here as the winners come in. After the three winners are announced the answers will be posted.
Students of WOTC’s School of Witchcraft are not allowed to enter this game.
IMPORTANT Email Change for Lady Beltane
As I will be able to catch up on and pay off a couple of monthly bills in January 2023 I have decided to do an email address connected directly to WOTC.
Lady Beltane new email address starting TODAY – November 16, 2022, is LADYBELTANE@WITCHESOFTHECRAFT.COM.
Please use this email address for all correspondences including WOTC’s School of Witchcraft and reading inquires. All emails will usually be answered within 72 hours.
November 19 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 November 19
Artemis 1 Moonshot
Image Credit & Copyright: John Kraus
Explanation: When the Artemis 1 mission’s Orion spacecraft makes its November 21 powered flyby of the Moon, denizens of planet Earth will see the Moon in a waning crescent phase. The spacecraft will approach to within about 130 kilometers of the lunar surface on its way to a distant retrograde orbit some 70,000 kilometers beyond the Moon. But the Moon was at last quarter for the November 16 launch and near the horizon in the dark early hours after midnight. It’s captured here in skies over Kennedy Space Center along with the SLS rocket engines and solid rocket boosters lofting the uncrewed Orion to space. Ragged fringes appearing along the bright edge of the sunlit lunar nearside are caused as pressure waves generated by the rocket’s passage change the index of refraction along the camera’s line of sight.
A Thought for Today
Blessed be dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests, may your life be filled with all things positive!
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence for Wednesday
From AncientPathway.com
| Magickal Intentions: Communication, Divination, Writing, Knowledge, Business Transactions, Debt, Fear,Loss, Travel, Money Matters |
Incense: Jasmine Lavender Sweet Pea |
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| Planet: Mercury Chiron |
Sign: Virgo |
Angel: |
| Colors: Orange Light Blue Grey Yellow Violet |
Herbs/Plants: Fern Lavender Hazel Cherry Perriwinkle |
Stones: Aventurine Bloodstone Hematitie Moss Agate Sodalite |
November 15 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 November 15
Wolf’s Cave Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Lacroce
Explanation: The mysterious blue reflection nebula found in catalogs as VdB 152 or Ced 201 really is very faint. It lies at the tip of the long dark nebula Barnard 175 in a dusty complex that has also been called Wolf’s Cave. At the center of this deep telescopic view, the cosmic apparitions are nearly 1,400 light-years away along the northern Milky Way in the royal constellation Cepheus. Interstellar dust in the region blocks light from background stars and scatters light from the embedded bright star, giving the end nebula its characteristic blue color. Though stars do form in molecular clouds, this star seems to have only accidentally wandered into the area, as its measured velocity through space is very different from the cloud’s velocity. At the image bottom is the planetary nebula Dengel-Hartl 5, while red glowing gas from an ancient supernova remnant is also visible along the image’s right side.
A Laugh for Today – What We Woke Up To
A 180-degree view of where we live
My inner child is singing, “I want to build a snowman and make snow angels!”
I am so energized as always with the first snowfall, especially when we do not have to drive on the roads with idiot drivers. Anyone who has to go out today please be extra careful walking and driving. I swear just about everyone forgets from one snow season to the next how to drive in it. But we are blessed to have enough groceries, food for the fur kids, and a nice warm home to spend this day in. Now to just quit looking out the window as the snowflakes fall gently to cover Mother Earth in her first beautiful white blanket, I can get posting done.
My inner child chimes in again, “I want to build a snowman, make snow angels, and drink hot chocolate with chocolate flavored marshmallows!!!!! GO OUTSIDE TO PLAY, FORGET ABOUT NASTY GROWN UP STUFF”
☃️HAPPY 1ST SNOW ILLINONAINS!!! ☃️
November 14 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 November 14
NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Ioan Popa
Explanation: What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula? Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds and radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve towers of gas. Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, featured here, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. The active star forming region spans 100 about light years, making it appear larger than the angular extent of the Moon. The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia (Cepheus). Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Monday
From GypsyWolf.weebly.com
Latin: Dies Martis, the day of Mars
French: mardi
Italian: martedi
Spanish: martes
German: Dienstag, “Assembly Day”
Netherlands- dinsdag
Denmark- tirsdag
Sweden- tisdag
Rules: Sexual energy, courage, aggression, war, politics, healing after surgery, physical strength, exorcism, protection and defensive magic
Colors: Red and Autumn Shades
Planet: Mars
Metal: Iron, for Mars’ spear and shield; Steel
Stones: Asbestos, Bloodstone, Flint, Garnet, Jasper (red), Lava, Onyx, Pipestone, Rhodocrosite, Rhodonite, Ruby, Sard, Sardonyx, Tourmaline (red), Tourmaline (watermelon)
Herbs: Allspice, Asafoetida, Basil, Broom, Coriander, Cumin, Deerstongue, Dragon’s Blood, Galangal, Ginger, Nettle, Peppermint, Pine, Tobacco, Woodruff, Wormwood
Some Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Sunday- Printable
November 13 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 November 13
Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert
Image Credit: USAF 388th Range Sqd., Genesis Mission, NASA
Explanation: A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. The year was 2004, and no space aliens were involved. The saucer, pictured here, was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. The unexpectedly hard landing at over 300 kilometers per hour occurred because the parachutes did not open as planned. The Genesis mission had been orbiting the Sun collecting solar wind particles that are usually deflected away by Earth’s magnetic field. Despite the crash landing, many return samples remained in good enough condition to analyze. So far, Genesis-related discoveries include new details about the composition of the Sun and how the abundance of some types of elements differ across the Solar System. These results have provided intriguing clues into details of how the Sun and planets formed billions of years
Cannot Post Today
I am in so much pain from the worse fibromyalgia flare ever. I am having a hard time typing this and cannot get out of bed without help. Hopefully I will be back tomorrow.
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence for Saturday – Printable
Repeating A Spell
REPEATING A SPELL
People often want to cast a spell again to increase the effect. For the most part, spells aren’t cumulative. There’s a danger that in drawing energy toward you as you raise power, you might very well pull the energy you’ve already sent out right back to you.
However, if you plan it ahead of time, you can structure your spell to maintain a sustained flow of energy by spreading it out over a specific number of days.
There are two ways of approaching this. First, you can plan to repeat a spell according to a determined cycle of time such as lunar or solar phase. For example, every third day after the new moon you might do a house cleansing spell, or a spell for inspiration at dawn for nine days, or a spell to increase your courage every Tuesday for a month. Second, you can do a single spell over a series of consecutive days. A spell like this might involve marking seven equal sections on a green candle with your fingernail, then burning one section each night for seven nights, while meditating on improved finances.
The difference between performing spells this way, and just doing it again to increase the effect, is how you think of it. These sequenced spells are deliberately performed one after the other as a unit. The spell is technically not finished until you have performed the specified actions on the last day. In spells such as this, if the sequence is broken, you have to start all over again at the beginning.
Power Spellcraft For Life: The Art Of Crafting And Casting For Positive Change
Ann Murphy-Hiscock
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence for Friday – Printable
November 11 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 November 11
Blood Moon, Ice Giant
Image Credit & Copyright: Ryan Han
Explanation: On November 8 the Full Moon turned blood red as it slid through Earth’s shadow in a beautiful total lunar eclipse. During totality it also passed in front of, or occulted, outer planet Uranus for eclipse viewers located in parts of northern America and Asia. For a close-up and wider view these two images were taken just before the occultation began, captured with different telescopes and cameras from the same roof top in Shanghai, China. Normally very faint compared to a Full Moon, the tiny, pale, greenish disk of the distant ice giant is just to the left of the Moon’s edge and about to disappear behind the darkened, red lunar limb. Though only visible from certain locations across planet Earth, lunar occultations of planets are fairly common. But for this rare “lunar eclipse occultation” to take place, at the time of the total eclipse the outer planet had to be both at opposition and very near the ecliptic plane to fall in line with Sun, Earth, and Moon.
Lunar Eclipse of November 2022: Notable Submissions to APOD
Love Eclipses? (US): Apply to become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador
November 10 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 November 10
Total Lunar Eclipse
Image Credit: KPNO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / Petr Horalek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Explanation: The beginning, middle, and end of a journey through planet Earth’s colorful umbral shadow is captured in this timelapse composite image of a total lunar eclipse. Taken on November 8 from Kitt Peak National Observatory this eclipse’s 1 hour and 25 minute long total phase starts on the right and finishes on the left. Reddened sunlight, scattered into the central shadow by Earth’s dusty atmosphere produces the dramatic dark red hues reflected by the lunar disk. For this eclipse, additional reddening is likely due to scattering from ash lingering in the atmosphere after a large volcanic eruption in the southern Pacific earlier this year. Seen at the right and left, the Earth’s shadow is still lighter along its edge though. That faint bluish fringe along the lunar limb is colored by sunlight filtered through Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer.
Lunar Eclipse of November 2022: Notable Submissions to APOD
Love Eclipses? (US): Apply to become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador
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