Category: Daily Posts

I Cannot Post Today as I am very Angry

I am still arguing with PayPal over a few different matters and have been up all night. I am in no shape to do posts and have them make sense and not be filled with negative energy. Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with a new account not with PayPal connected to the Donation button. This stress plus the cooler, rainy weather has put my anxiety and fibromyalgia flare into overdrive.

If you want to make a donation or pay for a reading or become an apprentice as a novice or adept with Lady Beltane, please email me at ladybeltane@aol.com.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during this very rough patch in my life. I send love and gratitude to you all

No Posts Because I am in Too Negative of a Mood

I had to hide the Donation button at least for now because there has been a total of 2 unauthorized transactions in my PayPal account. Which also crosses over to the person who made them illegally using my name. So, I am dealing with stolen identity besides electronic credit card fraud. I hope you can understand this has made me rather angry which brings negative energy to everything I might do today. That is why except for this post I will not do any others and bring negativity to WOTC website or family.

Anyone that had a monthly automatic payment to WOTC via PayPal I have cancelled it.

If you wish to make a donation or start a novice or adept course, please email me at ladybeltane@aol.com and we will work out another way for you to make the payment.

There is No Account Attached to the Donate Button Until Tomorrow

PayPal told me my account was back in my sole possession after spending the majority of 3 hours waiting online for someone to first talk to me than disappearing and coming back an hour later after I asked my 1st question and 40 minutes after asking my second one. Well they were totally wrong as another purchased was made by the same person a second time for a larger amount. I have no idea how the unnamed person got a hold of my PayPal account information except by hacking into it some how. There is no name on the transactions except my legal name with an address in Miami, Florida. I live in Central Illinois and know no one in Florida.

This has been one of those days of Murphy’s Law and that I want to learn patience right now…🤣. Believe me if I could not laugh at my life today I would be a quivering blob in the corner.

The Donate button has been taken off because of fraudulent purchases made to my PayPal account. If you would like to make a donation or become an apprentice novice or adept witch studying with me please email me at ladybeltane@aol.com. I will email you my Cash App information. I am going to be setting up a Venmo account tomorrow.

As soon as possible my current PatPal account will be closed. I am not sure at this point whether I will open a new one or not.

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 October 25

Jupiter Rotates as Moons Orbit

Video Credit & Copyright: Makrem Larnaout

Explanation: Jupiter and its moons move like our Sun and its planets. Similarly, Jupiter spins while its moons circle around. Jupiter’s rotation can be observed by tracking circulating dark belts and light zones. The Great Red Spot, the largest storm known, rotates to become visible after about 15 seconds in the 48-second time lapse video. The video is a compilation of shorts taken over several nights last month and combined into a digital recreation of how 24-continuous hours would appear. Jupiter’s brightest moons always orbit in the plane of the planet’s rotation, even as Earth’s spin makes the whole system appear to tilt. The moons Europa, Ganymede, and Io are all visible, with Europa’s shadow appearing as the icy Galilean moon crosses Jupiter’s disk. Jupiter remains near opposition this month, meaning that it is unusually bright, near to its closest to the Earth, and visible nearly all night long.

 

Almost Hyperspace: Random APOD Generator

A Thought for Today

October 24, 2022 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 October 24

Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda

Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Fryhover

Explanation: What are those red clouds surrounding the Andromeda galaxy? This galaxy, M31, is often imaged by planet Earth-based astronomers. As the nearest large spiral galaxy, it is a familiar sight with dark dust lanes, bright yellowish core, and spiral arms traced by clouds of bright blue stars. A mosaic of well-exposed broad and narrow-band image data, this deep portrait of our neighboring island universe offers strikingly unfamiliar features though, faint reddish clouds of glowing ionized hydrogen gas in the same wide field of view. Most of the ionized hydrogen clouds surely lie in the foreground of the scene, well within our Milky Way Galaxy. They are likely associated with the pervasive, dusty interstellar cirrus clouds scattered hundreds of light-years above our own galactic plane. Some of the clouds, however, occur right in the Andromeda galaxy itself, and some in M110, the small galaxy just below.

A Laugh for Today

I hope you have a pleasant Monday!

A Thought for Today

As pagans and witches from all walks of life and different witchcraft traditions we face who do we tell about our spiritual and magickal paths? Does it make us an imposter witch if we stay partly or fully in the broom closet?

This topic came up in a chat with my apprentices a week ago. There were 5 of us present in the chat and we each had a different viewpoint but the bottom line for all of us is it does not matter if we keep out paths to ourselves or tell people we are still “real” witches and pagans. What we feel inside our heart about the path we chose to walk is way more important than who we tell or do not tell. Our connection with the Goddesses and Gods is all that matters.

Blessed be dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests may your life be filled with all things positive!

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Sunday

From GypsyWolf.weebly.com

Latin: Dies Solis, “sun’s day”: a pagan Roman holiday. Also: Dominica, “the Day of God”.
French: dimanche
Italian: domenica
Spanish: domingo
German: Sonntag
Dutch: zondag

Rules: Healing, illumination, magical power, success, ambition, power, physical energy, strength and protection
Colors: Gold, Orange
Planet: Sun
Metal: Gold
Stones: Amber, Calcite (orange), Carnelian, Crystal (quartz), Diamond, Pipestone, Sulfur, Sunstone, Tiger’s Eye, Topaz, Zircon
Herbs: Acacia, Arabic Gum, Bay, Benzoin, Carnation, Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Citron, Copal, Frankincense, Juniper, Mastic Gum, Oak, Orange, Rosemary, Sandalwood, Tangerine, Wood Aloe, and Mistletoe which is highly poisonous
Zodiac: Leo

A Basic Spell

From https://gypsywolf.weebly.com/a-basic-spell.html

You may dress however is traditional or feels comfortable for you. Feel free to wear colors that match your intention, if you desire. Perform your spell on a corresponding day of the week and phase of the moon for the optimum beneficial energies.

Gather all of your materials (candles, holder, matches, symbols, tools, essential oils, gemstones, herbs/flowers/seeds/fruits) and set them and yourself in front of a sturdy, flat area. Feel free to drape a cloth over your working area in a corresponding color to your intention, if you wish. This will be your altar.

Envision your altar and yourself surrounded in a large bubble of pure, white protective light. You may also sprinkle a protective circle of salt around you and your working area, in a clockwise direction.

Open your essential oil and breathe in the aroma. Drip a few drops onto your fingers. Rub the oil onto the candle from the top to the center and from the bottom to the center, all the way around until you cover the entire candle. As you anoint the candle, visualize your intentions into the candle. Place the candle in the candle holder and set it in front of you on a flat surface.

Sprinkle some of the herbs/flowers/seeds into your hand. Feel it’s energies. Breathe in it’s scent. Focus on your intentions, building the energies in your body up, as you connect with the energies of the herbs/flowers/seeds. Sprinkle them around the candle in a circular pattern. Continue with any other symbols or natural substances you are using, including any gemstones, fruits, and the like. Place them around the candle along with the herbs.

Light the candle with a match and extinguish the match with a flick of your wrist. Set the match in a fireproof dish. Continue to build your energies up as you visualize your intention. Focus on your intention and hold the image in your mind. Focus on the feeling of achieving your goal. Hold the feeling in your heart. Recite any chants, directions, or affirmations at this time. Mesh your images and your feelings with each other and release them both into the atmosphere.

When you are finished, allow your energies to calm back down. Then unbind your working area by envisioning the circle opening up and sweeping any salt and energies away in a counter-clockwise direction. Your work is done. Allow yourself to focus on other thoughts and let the magic do it’s work.

Allow your candle to burn all the way down, or extinguish the flame with a candle snuffer. Gather all of your materials and collect your natural substances. You have infused these items with your intentions and energies, so you will have to cleanse any tools for future use and dispose of any natural substances and candle stubs. You may bury your natural materials in a spot of uncultivated earth, or sprinkle them through the air in a sacred area. Remember to ground yourself and your energies when you are finished.

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 October 23

Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles

Image Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang

Explanation: What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sized picturesque spires formed remains a topic of research. The picturesque panorama was taken in 2017 September. A ray of zodiacal light, sunlight reflected by dust grains orbiting between the planets in the Solar System, rises from the horizon near the image center. Arching across the top is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. The planets Jupiter and Saturn, as well as several famous stars are also visible in the background night sky.

A Laugh for Today

Wishing you a sensational Sunday!

Let’s Have Some Fun – Fall Printable Coloring Pages

It has been a long time that I have posted something to bring out our inner child and I feel it is long overdue. So, break out some crayons, markers, and colored pencil let your inner child out to have some fun…no need to stay in the lines😄!

 

 

What Is the Meaning of the New Moon? – Article Brought Back From the Past

 

What Is the Meaning of the New Moon?

This moon phase is a time to rest, recharge and renew

New Moons are special, as a time to unfold into your real self, the timeless one. If it’s true that we rest between lives, in our real home, the New Moon is a time to rest, before the next cycle of happenings.

Because of that, it’s one to get juiced up again, by merging with that renewing, spiritual source. And like other moments of soul searching, like the Sun’s “New Moon” at Winter Solstice, it’s a time to remember who you are and get guidance on the road ahead.

Sun and Moon
When the Moon is new, the Luminaries — the Sun and Moon — are aligned in the same Zodiac sign. That makes it a charged time with concentrated energies of that sign. A New Moon is a symbolic point of attention and a symbolic portal for new beginnings.

New Moons are a great time to set intentions for things you’d like to create, develop, cultivate, make manifest. There are many ways to initiate this communion with the Universe from lighting a candle to elaborate rituals. What matters is that you’re committing yourself to your vision, and open to receiving guidance, healing, support from Spirit.

Following the Moon
When you tune into the Moon’s phases, it’s reassuring to know that there are many chances during the year to tap into lunar energy. Like the tides, the Moon ebbs and flows, a rhythm that women understand intimately. New Moons are a blank page on which to speak your dreams out loud, and Full Moons are for taking action and celebrating the fruit of your efforts.

In the chaotic and temporal world, looking to something larger that is also part of yourself can fill you with awe and make you feel connected. For whatever path you’re on, opening to working with planetary energies links you to the power of the divine.

Getting Ready
It’s a good idea to spend some time reflecting in the days leading up to the new Moon. Knowing exactly what you want to draw into your life is not always easy. Part of preparing for the new Moon is making sure you are clear about your intentions. Sometimes it’s a quality you’d like to cultivate like forgiveness, courage — other times it’s a more specific request for a promotion at work or a new place to live.

What Is a New Moon Ritual?
This depends on your personal tastes, the pace of your life and the time you have to devote to it. Some simply light a candle, while others gather objects and pictures for their altar. Try writing your intentions on a 7-day candle and leaving it in a prominent (and safe) place. With a candle, you can return to it and relight it while meditating on your intentions.

Ritual helps focus your entire being on the quest at hand. In the days leading up to the new Moon, you might gather pictures and totems that symbolize your goal. Creating a New Moon collage gives you a visual reminder of your dreams.

What Does It Mean for Each Different Zodiac Sign?
Every new Moon is different, and this gives you the chance to claim the energies of each different sign. Even if you don’t have planets in the sign for a given month, it falls somewhere in your birth chart. We each have elements of the entire Zodiac in our make-up, with some more emphasized than others. Find out where the new Moon falls in your chart for clues as to what to “call in” that month.

How Is It Different From the Full Moon?
The new Moon has a more inward feel, has a void or empty quality, and therefore can be frightening to those not comfortable with uncertainty. Can you learn to trust the dark? It’s the moment when the old passes away and the new is not yet here. That’s why it’s a powerful time for sending out your prayer, wishes, desires to the Universe.

Source

Molly Hall, Author
Published on ThoughtCo.com

Let’s Have Some Fun – Spring Printable Coloring Pages

It has been a long time that I have posted something to bring out our inner child and I feel it is long overdue. So, break out some crayons, markers, and colored pencil let your inner child out to have some fun…no need to stay in the lines😄!

 

Let’s Have Some Fun – Printable Coloring Page – Time to Break Out the Saturday Morning Cartoons Again

It has been a long time that I have posted something to bring out our inner child and I feel it is long overdue. So, break out some crayons, markers, and colored pencil let your inner child out to have some fun…no need to stay in the lines😄! Watch the cartoons just like a lot of us in the 60’s and 70’s did on Saturday mornings. I sincerely hope you have as much fun coloring and watching as I did while deciding just how I wanted to play today.

_ _ _ _ _ brings you blessings of joy, fun, laughter, and finding time to play!

Who can name this cartoon witch from our childhood?

Just put the first letter of her names in the comments so as not to give it away to others…well at least for today. ENJOY!!!

For those too young to remember Casper the Friendly Ghost and _ _ _ _ _ here’s some of the cartoons they stared in from 1945 to 1963

Casper The Friendly Ghost Cartoon Collection – Remastered HD via YouTube.com

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 October 22

NGC 1499: The California Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Kennedy

Explanation: Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the outline of California on the west coast of the United States. Our own Sun also lies within the Milky Way’s Orion Arm, only about 1,500 light-years from the California Nebula. Also known as NGC 1499, the classic emission nebula is around 100 light-years long. The California Nebula shines with the telltale reddish glow characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with long lost electrons. The electrons have been stripped away, ionized by energetic starlight. Most likely providing the energetic starlight that ionizes much of the nebular gas is the bright, hot star Xi Persei just to the right of the nebula. A popular target for astrophotographers, this deep image reveals the glowing nebula, obscuring dust, and stars across a 3 degree wide field of view. The California nebula lies toward the constellation Perseus, not far from the Pleiades.

October 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 October 21

Andromeda in Southern Skies

Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin (Otago Museum)

Explanation: Looking north from southern New Zealand, the Andromeda Galaxy never gets more than about five degrees above the horizon. As spring comes to the southern hemisphere, in late September Andromeda is highest in the sky around midnight though. In a single 30 second exposure this telephoto image tracked the stars to capture the closest large spiral galaxy from Mount John Observatory as it climbed just over the rugged peaks of the south island’s Southern Alps. In the foreground, stars are reflected in the still waters of Lake Alexandrina. Also known as M31, the Andromeda Galaxy is one of the brightest objects in the Messier catalog, usually visible to the unaided eye as a small, faint, fuzzy patch. But this clear, dark sky and long exposure reveal the galaxy’s greater extent in planet Earth’s night, spanning nearly 6 full moons.

A Thought for Today

Blessed be dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests may your life be filled with all things positive!

October 20 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 October 20

Pillars of Creation

Image Credit: Science – NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam
Processing – Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Explanation: A now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured these star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula, dubbed the Pillars of Creation. This James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam image expands Hubble’s exploration of that region in greater detail and depth inside the iconic stellar nursery. Particularly stunning in Webb’s near infrared view is the telltale reddish emission from knots of material undergoing gravitational collapse to form stars within the natal clouds. The Eagle Nebula is some 6,500 light-years distant. The larger bright emission nebula is itself an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes. M16 lies along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in a nebula rich part of the sky, toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake).

A Laughter for Today

I would love to have this on a t-shirt!