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The Witches Digest for Monday, December 25th

(Part 4)

Tarot Card of the Day

Four of Swords

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Your Daily Rune for Today

Isa

“Iss-ah” – Literally: “Ice” – Esoteric: Stasis, Stillness

Rune of concentration of things in a static or frozen state. Rune of stillness and the Ego-Self.

Psi: mental faculties, focus, ego, self-image/self-identity

Energy: stillness, contraction, stasis

Mundane: cold, self-preservation, harsh reality

Divinations: Concentrated self, ego-consciousness, self-control, unity of being; or egomania, dullness, blindness, dissipation, immobility, self-centeredness, lack of change, psychopathy.

Governs:
Development of concentration, will and focus
Halting of unwanted dynamic forces as an act of self-defense (ard against demonic influences)
Basic ego integration within a balanced multiversal system
Power of control and constraint over other wights (entities), emotional outbursts
Focus of the will into single-minded action

Your Animal Spirit Guide for Today

Crack the Cookie

The Wisdom of the Buddha

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Cosmic Weather Forecast for Monday, December 25th

Jane Lyle, Astrologer

The Astrology Room

Monday 25th December: Happy Christmas!

We’re drawn to tales of the past, and the romance of wild places this Christmas.

Venus enters earthy Capricorn today, joining the Sun, Saturn, and Pluto in this dynamic cardinal sign. The Moon is in mystical, musical Pisces. In many ways, it’s a sentimental Yuletide holiday this year with a strong feeling for tradition and ritual.
2018 has much positive potential for quiet achievements and massively important changes in finance and politics. It will be a very tough year for those who resist restructuring and rebuilding – what needs reforming is already obvious, so if we can work with that, then changes can be made more constructively and have lasting value. As ever, we can always hope. Wishing you a very happy, fulfilling 2018!

1st quarter moon is December 25-26

We call this moon a quarter and not a half because it is one quarter of the way around in its orbit of Earth, as measured from one new moon to the next. Also, although a first quarter moon appears half-lit to us, the illuminated portion we see of a first quarter moon truly is just a quarter. We’re now seeing half the moon’s day side, that is. Another lighted quarter of the moon shines just as brightly in the direction opposite Earth!

And what about the term half moon? That’s a beloved term, but not an official one.

A first quarter moon rises at noon and is highest in the sky at sunset. It sets around midnight. First quarter moon comes a week after new moon. Now, as seen from above, the moon in its orbit around Earth is at right angles to a line between the Earth and sun.

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Happy Holidays!

The Witches Digest for Monday, December 25th

(Part 3)

FOR THE WEEK OF MONDAY, DEC 25TH, 2017

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    General Horoscope

    Matters of the heart become tempered with caution and sobriety this week. Venus will edge into Capricorn on Monday, a sign known for insecurity but also major commitment and durability when it comes to love. Venus remains here until February 10, 2018, reminding us of how important it is to take your relationship seriously, to value it and to not take it for granted. We’ll also focus more on the responsibilities that come with partnership, as well as shared burdens rather than carefree, easy breezy romantic bliss. In fact, on the same day Venus moves into Capricorn, she’ll immediately link up to Saturn, the planet of karma and lessons. If a romantic attachment is too weighty, it might crumble under this pressure. But if the commitment and love is durable enough, that pressure will turn your connection into a beautiful diamond. Either way, you’ll be seriously schooled in your love life.

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    Aries Horoscope MAR 21 – APR 19

    Well, hello there you sexy, charismatic thing! Yes, that’s exactly what others will be thinking when you’re around them this week, Aries. You can count on it. Mars, your ruling planet, will make a glamourous link to mystical Neptune on Thursday, casting a spell of absolute movie-star sex appeal all over you. If you’re single, someone with emotional depths might become quite enamored with your vibe. If you’re in a relationship, then this will be a week of literal dream-come-true sexual experiences with your mate. What could be better?

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    Taurus Horoscope APR 20 – MAY 20

    You’ll have a deeper yearning to explore the things that really matter with your sweetheart this week. Venus, your ruling planet, will move into the part of your chart concerned with broad perspectives about areas such as spirituality, philosophy, and morality. You’re serious about making sure that you and your love are on the same page concerning these areas, and that will be strikingly clear on Monday. If there’s a divide between you on core areas you feel you should be in agreement on, then there might be a problem. Alternatively, you and your sweetheart might take on a serious course of study together.

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    Gemini Horoscope MAY 21 – JUN 20

    The erotic connection between you and your partner will come up this week — but not in the way you might think. Although Venus will move into your 8th House of Shared Intimacy on Monday, she will immediately crash into Saturn, the planet of limitation and fear. Saturn just moved into this part of your chart last week, prompting a significant new lesson about facing any fears or insecurities connected to sex and intimacy. The most productive way to use this conjunction between Venus and Saturn would be to open up to your partner about any issue you might be having in this regard. You might be surprised to learn that you had nothing to fear in telling him or her. In fact, it’s a problem that, with conscious effort, can not only be resolved, but can lead to the most fulfilling intimate relationship you ever imagined.

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    Cancer Horoscope JUN 21 – JUL 22

    Mars, the planet of sex and libido, moved into your romance sector on December 9, and is definitely waking you up in that department. Mars will be at a perfect angle to dreamy Neptune on Thursday, making it certain that romantic sexual fantasies are yours for the taking. If you’re not romantically attached, it’s possible that you’ll meet someone with whom you feel an instant physical and spiritual connection. Explore it! If you’re in a relationship, Venus will help smooth over some of the recent shock that Saturn might have put into you and your partner last week when he moved into your commitment sector. Yes, there is still work to do, but with Venus connected to Saturn on Monday, it’s likely that both of you are willing to share the responsibility.

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    Leo Horoscope JUL 23 – AUG 22

    You might have a romantic dilemma this week that’s connected to your work environment. One of your colleagues might let you know that he or she has a crush on you. Although you’ll be flattered, you’ll be even more conflicted about what to do next. Are you violating office policy in any way? Will there be water cooler gossip? Is this person going to be able to handle it if you go out once or twice and then it fizzles out? So many questions, Leo. Because of this, you’re likely to do absolutely nothing. As a result, you may lose out on an opportunity for real love. Weigh the pros and cons but don’t get lost in them.

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    Virgo Horoscope AUG 23 – SEP 22

    Your love life became a vital karmic focus for you last week when Saturn moved into your romance sector for the first time in nearly 29 years. Lessons in love will leave an imprint on your heart for years to come as a result of what Saturn will teach you from now through December 2020. Love planet Venus moves into the same area of your chart on Monday, immediately connecting to Saturn. If you’re single, it’s very possible that you’ll meet someone with whom you have a past life love connection to. You’ll know it because you will feel immediately at ease with this person, as if you’ve known and loved each other before. You have, and now you’ll have an opportunity to get it right.

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    Libra Horoscope SEP 23 – OCT 22

    If you’ve been dating someone for a while, you and your love will make a vital decision this week: moving in together. You won’t reach it lightly, though, and there will be many strategy sessions where you’ll want to plan everything about this transition. This includes whether or not you’ll get a place of your own, move to your sweetheart’s place, or have him or her live with you. Don’t allow the planning to stress you out too much. Remember to celebrate this very important milestone in your partnership. Already living with your love? Then this week will be more about the loving distribution of chores around your home than hot passionate romance. It is what it is.

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    Scorpio Horoscope OCT 23 – NOV 21

    Oh, Scorpio, we all know how deeply intense you are and how your mind can go the most extreme depths when it comes to love and sex. You’re in overdrive in this department this week, but it won’t get you into any dark trouble. In fact, it appears as if you’re in for a sexual and romantic reward. On Thursday, Mars, currently in your sign, will link up beautifully to enchanting Neptune, which is now in your true love sector. This can help you make a sexual fantasy a reality with your lover if you’re attached. If you’re single, it can bring a new dream lover your way. Enjoy!

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    Sagittarius Horoscope NOV 22 – DEC 21

    There aren’t any grand bells and whistles going off in your love life this week, but if you’re in a relationship, you might feel extra support from your partner as you develop your talents and make a serious attempt to improve your cash flow. Another possibility, however, is that you are wondering if someone you’re dating is really into you, or if they’re using you for money or other resources that you can provide him or her. You’ll become keenly aware that this is a possibility based on the actions of your sweetheart this week. If any red flag does surface, you won’t be able to ignore it.

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    Capricorn Horoscope DEC 22 – JAN 19

    Although Saturn recently moved into your sign prompting you to get serious about life in all possible ways, this week it’s going to focus decidedly on your love life. That’s because Venus will also move into your sign on Monday, the same day it aligns perfectly to Saturn. If you’re single, this might bring in a significant new soul mate relationship, and you’ll be doing a delicate dance with this person for quite some time. If you’re in a relationship, this connection might leave you feeling ready for the most serious commitment possible together: marriage.

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    Aquarius Horoscope JAN 20 – FEB 18

    If your sweetheart is going through any health crisis, you’ll be there to fully support him or her. This might involve a short hospital stay or procedure, but it will also result in healing. So don’t waver in your optimism — even if you begin to feel a little insecure. If you’re single, it’s possible that you’ll be speaking to a counselor or trusted friend about what has been holding you back from fully loving someone. Much to your surprise, a new soulmate is likely waiting for you in the wings. Open your eyes so you can see the potential.

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  Pisces Horoscope FEB 19 – MAR 20

  You might feel extremely frustrated and torn this week about whether or not to pursue a romantic relationship with someone in your social circle. It’s complicated, and you’ll weigh the pros and cons incessantly only to wind up doing nothing at all. Another possibility is that you are currently in a “friends with benefits” situation and will begin to realize that it’s not fulfilling your heart one bit. In fact, having a casual lover situation is leaving you feeling more lonely and isolated than ever. You crave something more, something with depth. Have the courage to look for it.

   

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Daring Dating Horoscopes for the Week of December 25th

David Wells, Astrologer

From the Astrology Room

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)

Time to get serious about a lot of things and nobody is talking turkey, well maybe a bit. Venus suggests you have a few love matters that need outing, showing up for or finally admitting to. Who is it you’re passionate about, what’s not working in a new romance? Get serious or get stuffed?

TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)

Ambitious vibes could be tempting you to punch a little above your weight, to go for that ten when you’re a six at most? Hang on? Who’s telling you that? Who’s the ruler of ratings and compatibility? Nothing, nobody, is out of your reach, in fact if someone feels as if they are; that’s who Venus wants for you.
GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)

It’s never an easy time if you’re on your own, but you’re not on your own Gemini? You have friends, family and maybe a cat, so what’s the issue? Ah, the old someone special myth. Don’t tell your family and friends they’re not special, definitely keep it secret from the cat. A slow few weeks; so what.
CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)

Hubbalicious, loveadelic, cuddletopia, go on, make up a few more stupid words if you like, but you won’t be making up the feels that have you wishing there was some way of letting folks know how someone lights up your heart. Scrumpshalistic vibes a-plenty.
LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)

Mercury continues to offer you the gift of the gab, the wonderful ability to turn buying a coffee into the biggest flirt of your life. Handy. Uranus goes forward from the 2nd of January, a combination that says at last your flirting begins to pay off. Get that coffee to go.
VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)

Single Virgo’s are experiencing a bit of a renaissance, suddenly you’re in vogue, suddenly everyone wants to know what goes on behind your kagool. They will have to form a queue, an orderly one at that, you won’t be forced into making a choice without first checking everyone’s credentials. At least twice. Busy.
LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)

Things may have been changeable, not going the way you wanted them to, but you’re ok with that, at least it’s not been dull! So now you get a little more stability, not much to be honest, but you do at least get to see who is interested and who was only here for the cheer.
SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)

Don’t make yourself to available for those who would like to get you under the mistletoe, in fact stay in at least one night and let them spend the night trying to figure out just where you are who you’re with. Especially someone you really, really like. Worst advice ever. Follow your heart, not your mate’s advice.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)

Mercury in your sign is chatty and usually that’s a good thing, encouraging you to flirt, to say hello to folks who are just your type. But, he’s gone into overdrive, he’s gone a bit off grid and you’re talking to folks who are as far from your type as you can get. Good.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)

Venus is in your sign, what more do you need to know? Sure, there are other things going on that are demanding your time, gift wrapping and traditions to uphold, but what about giving Venus a present by being present with someone who clearly wants to get to know you better? Focus Capricorn.
AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)

Until you let go of old energy nothing changes, nothing new can get through the old. You’re asked to make like Elsa and let it go, not altogether difficult for you Aquarius given your coolness. Or is that a myth? Are you anything but cool over and ex? Find a way to release the old and welcome the new.
PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)

Jupiter and Mars are beaming in extra energy, they’re combining their forces and putting some optimistic, fun loving vibes your way. Venus and her mates are all pushing for a new group, a new tribe, new faces to tempt you. All you have to do is show up.

Your General Horoscopes for the Week of December 25th

Claire Petulengro, Astrologer

From The Astrology Room

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)

You enter this Christmas week on a high, as you discover how much a certain sign really thinks of you. You’ll have no reason not to enjoy this festive month better than ever before. Buy an extra gift. You’re going to need it when you see who’s turning up. Talks you have socially about your career show you a new opening you had not previously noticed.

TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)

Confrontations you have been dreading can and will actually turn out to be a good thing. You realise that you were in control all along, even though you thought you weren’t. Those involved were just waiting for the chance to show you this fact. Christmas Eve promises to put you in the path of someone you’ve really missed.

GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)

If close ones are asking you for promises and commitments you don’t really want, then talk to them Gemini. You have spent far too long in recent weeks and months worrying about things, but not actually doing anything about them. Freedom is yours if you ask for it. You’ve just forgotten how to take control.,

CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)

Stop worrying about what has happened in the past and instead take control over what is going on in the here and now. Try to sit down and do your sums before Christmas day, as offers will be coming your way you’re going to want to take, but you are going to need to know your financial status to accept them.

LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)

You are so much stronger than you think Leo. This festive week will prove this fact as you begin to take the lead in areas of your life you usually give others control in. Your ruling planet the Sun, helps you to get back on track over Christmas with those you have grown distant from. Phone calls bring you an apology boxing day.

VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)

You don’t mean to offend those you love, but if someone buys you a gift you don’t really want, then your disapproval is likely to be written all over your face. Try to deal with what is really on your mind before Monday, so you can make this Christmas one worth really celebrating.

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)

There is a really naughty feel to your chart, which could see you doing the opposite of what people ask just to make a statement. Know how far is too far to go my friend, or you will only end up undoing all of the repair work you did in November. I know you miss someone who is not around and this seems to be the source of your behaviour.

SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)

Problems which you think have got the better of you this Christmas are actually nothing more than a storm in a teacup. You finally start to focus on having fun from Sunday. You realise that others can’t control your decisions and actions this week, but you can and you will. Last minute changes to Christmas day bring relief and pleasure.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)

The hard times you went through in recent months have only served to make you stronger Sagittarius. You use this Christmas to show thanks and to feel grateful for all that is now going right with your life. Don’t be afraid to say no to those who invite you out if you don’t want to spend time with them. This is your week to relax and not just for others to enjoy.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)

You gave so much loyalty to those who gave you nothing but disrespect in return. It has taken you a long time to make sense of what happened over the last three months, but I know and you will soon, that you have come out of everything a better person. You’re emotionally richer and decisions you make Christmas and Boxing Day prove this.

AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)

You want to back out of something you committed to, but you are not quite sure how to do so, are you Aquarius. Luckily for you, those involved have already picked up on your feelings and will be making such decisions easy for you. The need to tell others’ secrets on Boxing day must be resisted.

PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)

Advice you both give and take in the week ahead can help you to shape your life so it is more suited to your needs. It may be Christmas week, but you still seem to have your professional head on and you will be taking steps to shape your career ideas ready for the New Year. A delay on a legal dealing is actually a blessing.

Your Daily Horoscopes for Monday, December 25th

Claire Petulengro, Astrologer

From The Astrology Room

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)
Happy Christmas my friend! I know you enjoy this time of year, but I also know it sends thoughts of your past flooding back to you. Remember please that you are here to make fresh memories. Unbreakable ties will be made if you do.

TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
Well, you’ve finally made it to Christmas day! For a while, you weren’t sure if plans could come to fruition, or if you could trust in the promises, but you could and you did.

GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
There is a lot for you to learn this Christmas about how others think and if they can commit to what you want and need in the year ahead. What you need to know from the stars is fate will ensure decisions are for the best.

CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
I think you have done so well this year. You’ve spent so much time listening to others needs and trying to accommodate their plans and ideas. Today you get thanks for this emotionally and verbally.

LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
Someone is on your mind more than they should be this Christmas. This tells me that you have unfinished business with them and it should tell you that you do care, even though you say and think you don’t.

VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
All of the hard work you have done in trying to make this Christmas day a good one, can and will pay off if only you will finally relax. Knowing who you need to give space to is important. Listen to your instincts.

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
Are you as good at lying as you think this Christmas? I don’t think so! Why not come clean and admit what you really desire. Let’s face it, it’s the only way you’ll stand a chance of getting what and who you want.

SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
A sense of humour will serve you well this Christmas Day as some of the signs decide to do what they want when they want, no matter what arrangements they have committed to. Continue with your own plans. Better company awaits.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
Trust yourself this Christmas day. You really do know more than you think Sagittarius. Spending time with those who have been through major changes helps you see what dramatic changes we can make once our heart commits.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
Be patient. Those you will be seeing may be slightly slower to come round to your plans than you had hoped this Christmas day. Timings may be off, but good times will be had if you can all allow each other to be who you are. Ring for a glimpse at your new year.

AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
You’ve worked hard and although you may not have had the thanks you hoped for, your efforts will have been noted. Taking time out today to remember someone from your past will help you realise what their advice to you would be now.

PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
Today you think of those who are no longer with you, but you also focus on those who have just entered your life. I hope you realise that others would approve if you are happy. Are you Pisces? Honest answers come from the stars today.

If You Were Born Today, December 25

You are a highly intuitive yet grounded and earthy person. You hear the unspoken and see the unseen with your very strong powers of perception, yet you tend to prefer to remain quiet much of the time. You do have a knowing look that can intimidate some and appeal to most. You are fair-minded and essentially a peacemaker, although you have tremendous backbone that you can call upon when needed. Famous people born today: Humphrey Bogart, Sissy Spacek, Annie Lennox, Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, Clara Barton.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

The Sun in a waxing sextile to the Moon in your Solar Return chart has a fortunate influence on your year ahead. You can be especially productive this year, as in many ways you are starting fresh, but you have a rather clear vision of what you want to accomplish. Your inner needs tend to be mirrored by external events, and vice versa, which helps to boost your confidence and happiness levels. You more readily accept that challenges are part of the natural cycle in life, which in turn helps you to meet them with confidence and to worry less. You are likely to be on top of your game this year for the most part, and positive connections with others can be made fairly easily. A comfortable level of personal popularity helps keep conflict to a minimum. With the ability to handle your emotions successfully, there will be less stress on both your mind and body.

Saturn transits your Sun this year, and this is stabilizing. You are practical in your choices (for the most part), keeping your feet on the ground and honoring tradition as well as tried-and-true methods. You have the power of practicality, realism, and caution on your side. Work you have done in the past begins to pay off this year–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. Because you project a more responsible and credible “you,” people in authority are more inclined to appreciate you and recognize your work.

This is a year in which you put your life in order in some significant manner. Improved concentration, a more realistic outlook, and a practical awareness of the limits of time all help you to make steady progress, particularly in your career. Your concern for your future this year is stronger than usual, and you may find that projects you start, or investments you make, will benefit you for years to come. One of the keys to success this year is adopting a realistic, practical, disciplined, and orderly approach to your life.

The need to “get serious” about areas of your life where you’ve been slacking is likely now as Saturn passes over your Sun this year. New responsibilities are likely to present themselves this year, or you are likely to take them more seriously. Gone are the “rose-colored glasses.” You are required to put in the effort to clean up areas of your life that need some order. With your ability to accurately assess your life, you can make real headway. The kind of progress you make now may not seem significant for the time being, but you will look back on this period of your life as one in which you truly made REAL progress towards your goals.

Relationships may be stabilized and steady this year, or there can be a new sense of realism in existing partnerships. A sense of duty may lead you to sacrifice a personal pleasure for a cause or for a loved one; thus there could be times when you have to abstain from personal gratification for the time being. Financial discipline, realism, and maturity are possible during this period of your life. You are more conservative when it comes to spending, whether this is because circumstances are such that you need to penny pinch, or you are simply more realistic about your finances.

However, you’re also in a great position to creatively combine traditional and progressive approaches to relationships this year. For example, relationships that are on-off may stabilize or alternative setups can thrive. This is also the case in other key areas of your life, including career and finances.

Renewed ties to old friends are possible, or you could enjoy a new sense of responsibility in existing friendships.

Err on the side of caution if offers arrive that seem too good to be true. Some confusion or possibly deception could arise in communications this year, and you may be skipping important details without even realizing it.

You are imaginative, creative, and communicate warmly and considerately. This is a good time for both teaching and learning, and for expressing feelings. Researching cooking, health, and nutrition can be fruitful now. It’s also a strong time for marketing.

While there is certainly a practical focus in the year ahead, this is a strong year for spirituality and commitment to spiritual or metaphysical goals as well. Higher learning, mind expansion, or travel can also be in focus and very rewarding.

You’re in a good position for social meetings and events. You have a taste for the offbeat this year, and there may be sudden or unexpected romance in your life.

Making connections with others from a different background is likely to figure in the year ahead, or widening your mind through unusual or different experiences can be part of the picture. Generosity and compassion increase and your faith is boosted. You more easily make personal sacrifices for what you believe to be the better good.

This is a powerful year for getting your life in order in a significant way. It’s also strong for new ideas and projects. You’re in good shape for staying on track and meeting your responsibilities, but also for tuning into new and progressive ideas and balancing your time between work and play. This is also a great period for a more mature approach to finances or relationships.

2017 is 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 generally not as 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 what–and who–you want into your life now. This is an excellent year in which to build and develop for the future. Advice – be patient, be receptive, enjoy the peace, collect, develop, build, and attract.

2018 will be a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time when you find it natural and easy to enjoy life and other people. The focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure than you are in other years. It’s likely to be a rather lighthearted year when opportunities for “play” time are greater than usual. It’s also a favorable year for expressing your creativity. Advice – reach out and connect but avoid scattering your energies.

Get A Jump On Tomorrow…..

Your Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, December 26th

Claire Petulengro, Astrologer

From The Astrology Room

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)
I know family have been hard for you to handle of late, but you need to know that you’ve done a really good job of making the most out of some big changes. You’ll see this by what surprise offers are made tonight. .

TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
The reward of a thing done well is to have done it. You see this by the pleasure you feel in the little everyday things you do today. Look out for a new admirer who is linked to your past.

GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
A chapter has closed. Now you can make the decision to control things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong with your life, or you can focus on what’s right.

CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
You hold the power of persuasion today so use it well. In fact, it can help you make out for the missed time the run up to Christmas saw you experience.

LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
This festive season makes it possible for you to catch up with faces you have not seen in an age. The good news is they hold the power to bring exciting travel your way by offers they make today. Ring now to see what else your future holds.

VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
You seem to have been running into a bit of trouble here and there haven’t you Virgo. The lucky thing about the current line up though, is that you can and will talk your way out of anything. Know how far is too far to go please.

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
Saturn gives you the gift of the gab and if anyone is experiencing any problems this boxing day, then you will be the sign they turn to in order to mend broken bridges.

SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
The planets line up to bring out your naughty side and if someone tells you not to do something, then chances are you will be trying your best to do it anyway. Geminis link to a surprise announcement coming.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
Travel plans are strong and even though they may not be immediate you will be getting news that you are set for some exciting travel. Life cannot stay the same as it was and why should it. You’re about to start living again!

CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
Every day in every way, you are getting better and better. Someone you thought was not on your side in family issues is about to prove otherwise. Make sure you dress well. There’s someone you’re going to want to look nice for.
AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
Never leave it to anyone else to decide what you’re all about. If you can stand tall for what you believe in, then others will back you. Trying to bend in ways you aren’t meant to is not an option.

PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
Be careful with your phone this Boxing day. I don’t want people to read texts or words that you don’t want them to see. You’re keeping a secret but bear in mind it will eventually be better out than in.

By Stephanie Dempsey

Winter, Love, Horoscopes, Astrology

This winter invites us to get cozy, cuddle up, and reconnect. Two short days before Winter Solstice on December 21, serious Saturn enters structured Capricorn. Even the most independent among us may feel a strong desire to form lasting romantic bonds this season.

For single people, finding a soul mate could become more important than playing the field. Attached couples may grow closer, feeling a renewed determination to build a happy, healthy life together.

Two eclipses will inject magic into this winter season. The first occurs on January 31, when a Lunar Eclipse in Leo invites us to either make up or break up. Many couples will decide to take casual relationships to the next level. Unhappy alliances will go by the wayside, making room for the passion and excitement of true love. On February 15, the Solar Eclipse in Aquarius helps us to radiate love outward to the entire world. Treating strangers with the same kind of care and consideration as our loved ones may be the greatest gift this winter brings.

The stars are poised to bring love, romance, and affection to everyone this season. Our only job is to receive these blessings with joy and gratitude. To discover how your sign will be specifically blessed, read on..

Aries Horoscope (March 21 – April 19)

Ambitious Saturn moves into your career sector on December 19, shortly before the Winter Solstice. While achieving new professional heights will become increasingly important, you shouldn’t neglect your personal life during your climb to the top.

If you’re looking for love, you could find it at a glamorous party on or around January 16 when the New Moon in Capricorn helps you make a fabulous entrance. All eyes will be on you during this magical day. If you’re in a relationship, you’ll be very proud of your partner’s appearance; the two of you can establish your reputation as a power couple at this event.

The Lunar Eclipse on January 31 may mark a turning point in your relationship. Getting engaged or married is a distinct possibility. Alluring Venus enters your sign on March 6, helping you to turn heads wherever you go as winter melts into spring.

Taurus Horoscope (April 20 – May 20)

Winter can be a season of tremendous personal accomplishment for you. Determined Saturn moves into your higher education sector on December 19, right before the Winter Solstice. Earning an advanced degree, landing a teaching job at an impressive learning institution, or publishing a book are among the possibilities.

Your willingness to expand your horizons could put you on the path to romance. Venus, your ruling planet, enters accomplished Capricorn on December 25, making you attractive to those who admire your impressive creative talent. Do you already have a partner? Your other half may give you a beautiful token of their esteem over the holidays, drawing you closer together than ever before.

Expansive Jupiter goes retrograde in your partnership sector on March 8, inviting attached couples to return to the early days of courtship. If you’re single, a lost love could make their way back into your life, ending winter happily.

Gemini Horoscope (May 21 – June 20)

This winter invites you to get serious about your love life. The action begins a few days before the Winter Solstice, when dedicated Saturn moves into your intimacy sector on December 19. Instead of looking to hook up, you might give serious thought to settling down. Are you in a relationship? Things that once irritated you about your partner may become endearing. By the time Venus enters sensual Capricorn on December 25, it may be impossible to keep your hands off each other.

If you’re looking for love, you could find it on January 16, when the New Moon in Capricorn may cause you to cross paths with an accomplished individual. You’ll admit their dry wit, style, and old-world manners, while they’ll appreciate your humorous repartee.

On January 26, passionate Mars enters your partnership sector, making it easy to go after who you want. Be crystal clear about your desires this winter.

Cancer Horoscope (June 21 – July 22)

Your love life will assume an increasing importance this winter, when dedicated Saturn moves into your partnership sector on December 19, a few days before Winter Solstice. If you have a partner, you could grow closer than ever, serving as each other’s support system. Are you single? You could meet your soul mate, possibly through a professional organization or work-related event.

A Full Moon in your sign on January 1 kicks off 2018 in a romantic way, showing off your tender heart, goofy sense of humor, and fabulous creativity in an incredible way. If you don’t have a partner, you could find one at a cultural, religious, or artistic event. Are you dating someone special? The New Moon in Capricorn on January 16 is perfect for getting engaged or married.

February 15 could mark an exciting turning point in an intimate relationship. That’s when the Solar Eclipse allows you to express heartfelt desires to your partner.

Leo Horoscope (July 23 – Aug. 22)

This winter beckons you to make some big changes to your personal life, starting with your health. Strict Saturn moves into your health sector on December 19, a few days before the Winter Solstice. Nourishing food, a regular exercise routine, and plenty of sleep will make you look and feel terrific, helping you attract the love you desire.

Pay special attention to the days surrounding January 31, when a Lunar Eclipse in your sign allows you to break a habit that no longer serves you. If you’re in a relationship, the desire for your partner could come soaring back. Are you single? You might be inspired to court an adventurous love interest who makes you laugh.

The Solar Eclipse on February 15 is the romantic highlight of the season. Getting engaged or married is a distinct possibility. Do you have a partner? The two of you could enjoy an unusual trip together.

Virgo Horoscope (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22)

This winter, serious Saturn begins its journey through your romance sector. If you’re single, you may become much more discerning about your love life, choosing only to spend your time with people who truly excite you. Do you have a partner? You might decide to spend more quality time on your relationship, rather than pouring all your energy into work.

The New Moon in Capricorn on January 16 could prompt you to embark on a romance with an accomplished person who is tasteful, gracious, and attractive. On February 18, the Sun moves into your partnership sector, turning you into a virtual love magnet.

The romantic trend continues through the following month, when a Full Moon in your sign illuminates your finest qualities on March 1. An admirer should be very attentive on this magical day. Getting engaged or married is a distinct possibility on March 17, when the New Moon in Pisces energizes your partnership sector.

Libra Horoscope (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22)

Establishing a happy home life may be your first order of business this winter, when secure Saturn moves into your domestic sector on December 19, shortly before Winter Solstice. If you’re in a relationship, you and your partner may put a down payment on your dream home near December 25, when gracious Venus helps you find a place you both adore.

If you’re looking for love, you could fall head over heels for someone who is unlike anyone you’ve ever dated before on February 15. That’s when a Solar Eclipse electrifies your romance sector. Anyone who has a partner might feel like they’re enjoying a second honeymoon on this day of exciting surprises.

Alluring Venus moves into your partnership sector on March 6, drawing you close to someone who seems to complete you. Obey an impulse to do something special for the object of your affection on this day.

Scorpio Horoscope (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21)

This winter finds you adopting a serious outlook due to somber Saturn’s move into your communication sector on December 19, shortly before Winter Solstice. Instead of joking around with potential love interests, you’ll seek to make a meaningful connection with someone special. If you already have a partner, look to them to remind you of the sunny side of life.

The Full Moon in Cancer on January 1 could find you returning from a romantic trip that gives you a new lease on life. A conjunction between passionate Mars and expansive Jupiter on January 6 may prompt you to win someone’s heart or heat up your love life. Let yourself be guided by your sensual side on this powerful day.

Loving Venus moves into your romance sector from February 10 through March 6, prompting you to spend lots of time with a tender-hearted person who brings out your protective side.

Sagittarius Horoscope (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21)

This winter invites you to get serious about what and whom you prize. Dedicated Saturn moves into your values sectors on December 19, just two days before the Winter Solstice. Instead of treating love as a game, you’ll begin viewing it as a building block to happiness.

Embarking on a relationship with someone who shares your principles will be gratifying, not confining. If you already have a partner, it’s time to come together and discuss your mutual goals. Working toward a dream together will strengthen your bond as the season continues.

Astonishing Uranus will move direct in your romance sector on January 2, creating exciting surprises in your love life. You might completely fall for someone you just met or find a renewed passion for your partner. Alluring Venus moves into your romance sector on March 6, turning you into a virtual love magnet.

Capricorn Horoscope (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)

Your life will undergo a big change this winter when Saturn, your ruling planet, moves into your image sector on December 19, just before the Winter Solstice. It will be easy to command respect this season, attracting romantic prospects who admire your accomplishments. If you’re looking for love, you could find it with someone who shares your interest in building a prosperous life together. Do you already have a partner? You’ll rededicate yourselves to realizing your mutual dreams.

On January 1, the Full Moon in Cancer could find you returning from a wonderfully romantic trip. Visiting a beautiful seaside resort will have either put you on the path of love or reignite your passion for your soul mate.

A New Moon in your sign on January 16 is perfect for undergoing a makeover that will attract admiring glances wherever you go. Because of your new look, your popularity could soar during the remaining weeks of winter.

Aquarius Horoscope (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)

Instead of putting so much emphasis on your social life, you may decide to embark on an intimate relationship with someone who understands you. If you already have a partner, you and your other half may decide to adopt a lower profile from now until spring, spending quiet evenings at home instead of making the round of parties.

Between January 17 and February 10, attractive Venus will tour your image house, luring admirers like a flower draws bees. On January 31, a Lunar Eclipse in Leo may prompt you to end a relationship that no longer works. Alternately, it could be the catalyst to take a romance to the next level by getting engaged or married.

The Solar Eclipse on February 15 gives you an added dose of charisma, allowing you to win the heart of anyone you desire.

Pisces Horoscope (Feb. 19 – March 20)

Ambitious Saturn enters your friendship sector on December 19, a short time before the Winter Solstice. Your social circle could be a great source of comfort and strength this season. If you’ve been thinking about steering a platonic relationship into romantic waters, follow this instinct. Do you have a partner? You’ll come together to realize a lofty dream you’ve had for a long time.

On January 1, the Full Moon in Cancer could find you getting engaged or married. Taking a romance to the next level will make you feel like you’re walking on air. Enticing Venus moves through your sign from February 10 through March 6, allowing you to twist a love interest around your little finger.

A New Moon rises in your sign on March 17, emphasizing all your strengths and downplaying your faults. If you’re looking for love, you’ll easily find it with someone who admires your creative work.

Part of the Daily Insight Group ©2017

By Sabra Ricci

Winter Solstice, Winter, Videos, Holidays, Astrology

The Sun moved into Capricorn on December 21, which also marks the Winter Solstice — the shortest day/longest night of the year, and a night when we’re most certainly hungrier than usual. Good thing we’ve got some Astrology-inspired foods just perfect for this time of year!

Celebrations to honor Gods and Goddesses have been held since ancient times, and still continue today in one form or another in Japan, China, India, Pakistan, and countless other places. It is also during this time that High Holy days for many of the world’s religions are celebrated, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrian and Islam.

Another festival, Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn, originated in Greece and became highly popular in the Roman Empire. The weeklong celebration culminated on December 23, after the Sun had moved into Capricorn. This is significant and a fortuitous time as Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn. Saturn may just be responsible for the original Winter Solstice festivities.

Some believe the Winter Solstice to be the “dark night of the soul.” On this longest night, the ancients thought the veil between the worlds was the thinnest. If the night was spent in meditation and reflection, one could gain insight to their past, present and future. This tradition and philosophy is still practiced by many cultures throughout the world.

Capricorn rules the bones and the entire skeletal system. The foods chosen for the Sun’s reign in Capricorn help strengthen and protect bones from calcium loss in all zodiac signs, but especially Goats. Any sign will benefit from eating the chosen foods, and can delight in including these scrumptious foods in any celebration during this emphasis on Capricorn and Saturn.

Beef (prime rib)

Beef is high in vitamin B12, calcium, phosphorous and zinc, all of which help maintain bone density, making it beneficial for Capricorn natives and all other zodiac signs, as everyone is in need of healthy bones. Beyond the health benefits, a beautifully cooked prime rib is the perfect entree to serve to friends and family when celebrating the season.

Satsuma Tangerines

These sweet, juicy citrus gems are loaded with vitamins A, C and potassium, all good for the bones and immune system. If you find a bright orange Satsuma in your Christmas stocking, don’t think Santa is being chintzy. Not only will it be delicious and excellent for you, it is a gift of good fortune in many cultures.

Black-eyed peas

These peas, or beans as some call them, are very high in zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium, with trace amounts of B vitamins and vitamin C, making them just what the doctor ordered to keep your bones healthy and strong. They have long been considered lucky to eat on New Year’s Eve, a theory dating back to ancient Babylonia. All signs wanting a prosperous year ahead should fix a big pot of these healthy legumes.

Collard Greens

These dark greens are rich in vitamins A, C, K, manganese, calcium and trace amounts of B vitamins. They look like folded greenbacks, which is the reason they are considered lucky! It is said if you want to ensure a wealthy and successful year, eat lots of these tasty greens. Have a big dish with your black-eyed peas for double the luck and double the boost to your bones!

Part of the Daily Insight Group ©2017

The Witches Digest for Monday, December 25th

(Part 4)

The Witches Digest for Monday, December 25th

(Part 2)

Today is Monday, December 25th

Monday is the sacred day of the moon, personified as the goddesses Selene, Luna, and Mani. The moon is ruler of flow, affecting the changeable and impressionable aspects of people. If a full moon falls on a Monday, then the powers of the moon are at their most potent.

Deity: Mani

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Planet: Moon

Tree: Willow

Herb: Chickweed

Stone: Agate

Animal: Crab

Element: Water

Color: Green

Rune: Lagu (L)

The Celtic Tree Month of Beth (Birch) (December 24 – January 20)

Runic Half Month of Jara (December 13 – 27)

Goddess of the Month of Astraea (November 28th – December 25th)

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

The Pagan Book of Days for Monday, December 25th

Christmas Day/Goddess Month of Astraea ends

The observance of Christmas contains many elements from a number of different religious sources. The many ceremonies and religious sources of the day mae it most important festival of the year.

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

The Wicca Book of Days for Monday, December 25th

The Invincible Sun

The Romans celebrated the dies natalis invicti Solis (“the Birthday of the Invincible Sun”) on December 25, when they rejoiced in the winter solstice, or the rebirth of the Sun. Sol (who later came to share his birthday with Jesus Christ) was the Roman god who embodied the solar disk, (his equivalent was the Greek Helios). He was said to traverse the sky by day in his golden chariot. Mithras, originally a Middle Eastern solar deity, was also worshiped on this day; as well as being equated with the sun, this “Bull-killer” was regarded as having the power to confer immortality on his devotees.

On Monday, December 25th, We Celebrate the Roman God Sol

Sol Indiges is the one of the most ancient gods of Roman mythology. Early history has him recorded as one of the many deities introduced by Emperor Titus of the Flavian Dynasty. The sun god disappeared from the literature for some time and was later reintroduced by Emperor Aurelian as Sol Invictus, which means “unconquered sun”. The name differentiation may have come later to help people discern between the myths of the two.

Origin

Sol Indiges

Sol Indiges was one of the earliest gods introduced by Titus in approximately 79AD, during a time when the Romans and Sabines were allies. In the Aeneid, Virgil’s epic Latin poem, the Trojan hero Aeneas, was a Roman who fled to Italy following the defeat of Troy. Once there, he married the daughter of Latinus, a Latin king. The mother of Latinus was Circe, the daughter of the sun. This marriage into the family of the sun shows the importance of the deity for the Roman state, and is also a sign of the unity of the Latins and Romans.

Several festivals were held and dedicated to the sun god. On the August 9 at the cult center temple on Quirinal was the feria (festival) in honor of the sun, which is needed for the nurture of a good harvest.

On August 28 the dedication of Templum Sol et Luna (Sun and Moon) was held at the Circus Maximus, which was the main temple the sun god shared with the moon goddess. Circus is derived from the name Circe, daughter of the sun.

Sol Invictus

The Emperor Aurelian reintroduced the sun god and cult in 274 AD. The birthday of the unconquered sun was celebrated at the Roman festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti on December 25. There is an ongoing debate regarding this date. Did it predate Christmas, or was it was later chosen to be the same day? We do know that Sol Invictus was worshipped in Rome until Christianity took hold as the dominant religion during the reign of Constantine in the 300s A.D.

Historical Influence

Some believe December 25 was chosen as the date of Christmas Day after the pagan holiday celebration of Sol Invictus, while other theories say the date for Christmas was chosen first. Romans believed that Sol had died for three days and was reborn on December 25. The three days following December 21 are the darkest of the year: the three days when neither the sun nor Jesus are seen.
There are theories that connect Christianity to astrology and the sun. Jesus had 12 disciples, and this corresponds to the 12 constellations of the zodiac. The halo in many paintings of Christ bears a resemblance to the cross of the zodiac.

The sun god also had a role in the secret religion of Mithraism, which was practiced during the 1st to 4th centuries of the Roman Empire. It is not clear whether Sol can definitively be identified as Mithra – who was originally a Persian god – but it is known that the cult center for Mithraism was in Rome.

Sol Invictus is found on many ancient Roman coins, as several of the Emperors of Rome during the later era were preferential to Sol, including Constantine the Great, who was committed to the sun god in addition to Christianity.

Source

Mythology.net

Monday–The Day of the Moon

The moon, like the sun, was an object of wonder in the days of old, and was worshiped almost everywhere in some form or other, but it does not play quite so important a part in story as the sun. Since the moon is paler than the sun and its light soft and gentle, it was often regarded as being a chariot driven by a woman, but the course of the moon-goddess across the sky was similar to that of the sun-god.

Diana, the moon-goddess of the Greeks and Romans, known also as Cynthia, Phoebe, and Arterms, was the twin-sister of Apollo, and drove a golden chariot drawn by milk-white horses. Diana and Apollo were children of Jupiter, and were born in the Island of Delos, where a temple to Apollo was afterwards built. Another of the Seven Wonders of the World was the temple to Diana at Ephesus, on the west coast of Asia Minor. The worship of Diana at Ephesus is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles: “And when the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, ‘Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?'” The temple was destroyed in the year A.D. 263, but remains of it may still be seen.

Diana was also the Goddess of Hunting; she was a skilled archer, and spent the day in huuting, as we have seen in the story of Orion.

The most famous story of Diana is that of her love for Endymion, a young shepherd–a story which has been told by the poets many times. One evening as the moon-goddess was driving silently across the sky, she saw sleeping on a hillside a handsome youth, his resting flock scattered over the gentle slope. Attracted by his beauty, Diana stepped from her chariot and gazed long at his face; then softly stooping, she kissed him lightly on the lips. Endymion, half wakened by her touch, caught a fleeting vision of the fair goddess as she hastened to her chariot. Filled with wonder at the sight, he rose quickly and rubbed his eyes, but all he saw was the bright moon floating across the dark sky, and he thought that he had been dreaming. The next night the goddess came to him again, and again he saw her with his half closed eyes. Each night when the bright rays of the moon fell on his upturned face he dreamed this wonderful dream, but he was always sleeping when the goddess came, and nevr saw her in her full and dazzling beauty. The days now seemed long and dreary to Endymion, and he waited anxiously for the night that he might see again the glorious vision.

Diana was filled with dread at the thought that the beautiful youth would lose his beauty as the years went by, and at last she cast a spell over him while he slept, so that he should never wake again, and carried him away to a cave in a mountain-side known only to herself. There the loving Diana paused each night in her journey across the sky, and gazed on the face of the fair Endymion.

Diana, when hunting in the forest, was attended by a band of wood-nymphs who were her faithful followers. One of these nymphs, Arethusa, was one day cooling herself after the chase on the banks of the River Alpheus, when suddenly the God of the River appeared. The startled nymph ran quickly into the woods, but the god Alpheus pursued her, telling her that he loved her and that she need fear no harm. Arethusa was too frightened to listen to the god, and ran on, till at last, worn out, she prayed to Diana for help. The moon-goddess was ever ready to help her faithful nymphs, and in answer to the prayer transformed the girl into a fountain, which she hid in a thick mist. Alpheus, suddenly losing sight of the nymph, wandered sorrowfully about, calling out her name in his distress. Arethusa now thought that she was safe, but the wind-god, Zephyrus, blew aside the mist, and Alpheus saw a fountain where there had not been one before, and guessed what had happened. He quickly changed himself into a river and rushed towards the fountain, but Arethusa sprang from the rocks and hastened away over the stones and grass. Diana now saw her fresh danger, and made an opening in the ground, through which Arethusa slipped, to find herself in the kingdom of Pluto, the God of the Underworld. Here she wandered until she found another opening, by which she escaped once again into the sunshine on the plain of Sicily. Alpheus, however, at last made his way across the sea to Sicily, where he found Arethusa and won her love. The Greeks believed that flowers cast into the River Alpheus in Greece were carried by the river as gifts to his lover, and appeared later in the fountain of Arethusa in Sicily!

Among the Egyptians the moon was regarded as a god, who was named Thoth (The Measurer). He was also the God of Wisdom, Invention, Writing, and Magic. He was one of the earliest of the Egyptian gods, having come into being at the same time as Ra, the sun-god, and it was he who was said to have created the world. The Romans compared him with Mercury because, like Mercury, he invented writing. As the God of the Moon, he was represented as wearing a crescent moon on his head, and holding in his hand a stylus, a pointed instrument used by the Egyptians for writing on their wax tablets.

The Babylonian moon-god was Sin, the Lord of Wisdom. He was the father of the sun-god, and was one of the greatest of the gods, owing to the fact that the Babylonians regulated their calendar by the moon.

The Angles and Saxons believed that the moon was driven across the sky by Mani, the son of a giant, in a golden chariot drawn by a horse named the All Swift. As in the case of the sun, our ancestors had no distinct goddess of the moon.

Hymn to Diana

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair,
State in wonted manner keep:
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess excellently bright.
Earth, let not thy envious shade
Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia’s shining orb was made
Heaven to clear when day did close;
Bless us then with wished sight,
Goddess excellently bright.
Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
And thy crystal shining quiver;
Give unto the flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever,
Thou that mak’st a day of night,
Goddess excellently bright.
BEN JONSON–Cynthia’s Revels.

Monday’s Conjuring

Monday – is associated with the Moon

 
Candle colors – white or gray

 
Crossroads work to learn to read cards, dealing with family matters, Protection, Truth, Peace, Justice

—Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies
Starr Casas

The Magickal Day of Monday

Monday is the day of the moon itself, and it’s a day that’s connected to lunar colors like silver, white, or even a pale blue. Metals and gemstones like silver, pearl, opal and moonstone all come into play today.

There are plenty of deities associated with the moon – Thoth and Diana for instance – and herbal correspondences include many members of the mint family. Utilize wintergreen or peppermint, as well as catnip, comfrey, sage and chamomile in your workings.

When it comes to Monday magic, because of that lunar connection, it’s a good time to focus on workings related to childbearing and family life, purity and virginity, healing, wisdom, and intuition. Do a little bit of self exploration and work on developing your intuition – learn to trust your gut. Celebrate birth and life, and make some magic to fix what is broken.

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Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
Article published & owned by ThoughtCo.com

The Witches Monday

In the word Monday, we can see part of the word Moon. In the romance languages such as Italian or Spanish, this day of the week is called Lunes and clearly relates to the word lunar. On Mondays, a variety of magick may be worked. Because Monday centers on the energies of the Moon, things like dreams, feminine energy, health, success in spiritual pursuits, domestic matters, and things of family origin are especially important this day.

Mondays are best for love magick and anything concerning home or family, thus old saying, Mondays child is fair of face, which seems clearly to relate to the themes of love and health.

Angels of Monday are Gabriel, Arcan, Missabu, and Abuzaha. Arcan is known as the king of the angels of air and the “ruler” of Monday. Abuzaha (Abuzohar) serves Monday, and is very responsive to invocations and ritual magick. Missabu is a ministering angel of Arcan.

Check whether the moon is waning or waxing to determine what your spell will be. During waning moons, do spells to rid yourself of obstacles or for wisdom and protection. During waxing moons do magic for increase of any kind or to draw something into your life.

On Mondays, the best hour to work is moonrise. Get this information from your local newspaper, astrological calendar, or almanac.

Source

Gypsy Magic

Monday Is A Day of Witchery, Magick and Enchantment

Think for a moment on all of the witchery, magick and enchantments that you have discovered. Don’t be afraid to adjust spells to suit your own specific needs. Any gentle, illusory, and dreamy charms and spells can be enhanced when you work on the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon. Mondays are a fantastic day to boost your psychic abilities and to tune in to your intuition and empathy. It also gives you the opportunity to work with a different lunar phase each and every Monday, which means in one month you could work four different types of moon magicks on Mondays. How’s that for adding to your repertoire? You are going to have mad skills in no time at all.

So light up those lunar scented candles and add a little mystique to your outfit by wearing an enchanting lunar color. Wear your sparkling silver jewelry and maybe add a pair of dangling silver earrings or a pendant shaped like a crescent moon. Create lunar potions and philters; make a dream catcher and give it as a gift to someone you love. Burn some sandalwood or jasmine-scented incense today to inspire the glamour and magick of the moon. Slice up a favorite variety of fruit that is in season for a snack or share it with your love and enjoy his or her lunar and romantic qualities. Brew up a cup of chamomile tea, enchant it with a little moon magick, and relax and get a good night’s sleep.

Most importantly, get outside tonight and watch the moon for a while. What phase is she in? What color was the moon as she rose? Why not start a journal and write down at what location the moon rises and sets for a few seasons? This is a great way to teach you to tune in and to become more aware of the moon and the influence that she pulls into our lives. Try calling on Selene for her magickal assistance, and call Thoth for wisdom and strength. Get to know the Norse Mani and the Latvian Meness. These gods of the moon have plenty to teach, and if you allow their influence to cycle through your life, you’ll receive many blessings. Be imaginative, and create your own personal lunar magick and witchery. Go on….the moonlight becomes you.

Source

Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan

The Witches Almanac for Monday, December 25th

Christmas Day

Waxing Moon

 
Moon Phase: First Quarter

 
Moon Sign: Pisces

 
Moon enters Aries 7:27 pm

 
Incense: Hyssop

 
Color: Ivory

The Waxing Moon

The Waxing Crescent Moon occurs 3 ½ to 7 days after the New Moon. She rises in the mid-morning and sets in the evening. The Moon’s light is quickening. As the Moon has dropped back until she is about ?th of the way behind the Sun, we see her lumination as a crescent shape.

You will see the first quarter Moon from 7 to 10 ½ days after the New Moon. She will rise around noon and set around midnight.

As the Moon is at a right angle to the Sun the difference between high and low tide is minimized. Because light and dark are in balance, the Moon will appear to be a Half Moon, but the area of light will continue to grow each day.

The Waxing Gibbous Moon occurs between 10 ½ and 14 days after the New Moon. She rises sometime in the mid-afternoon and sets in the early dark hours of the morning.

As the Moon has fallen back around ? of the way behind the Sun, one side of the Moon is seen fully and the light on the other side bulges out, but does not yet fill all of the Moon’s face.

Now your projects can get into their stride. Be aware, however, that overstrains are more likely at this time and that the body takes things in and absorbs them more readily with a Waxing Moon.

It is also a good time to build yourself up if you have been unwell or otherwise off-colour. Absorbing, boosting your energy and taking up supplies are crucial now. Go on an active holiday, get in touch with friends, plan a party, arrange meetings and increase communication.

As Full Moon approaches, notice what isn’t working and shed it in order to focus your energies more effectively. Remind yourself to slow down a little and conserve your strength. This is a time of regeneration and to gather information and resources.

Pagan Portals – Moon Magic
Rachel Patterson

The Witches Correspondences for December 25th

Magickal Intentions: Psychic Sensitivity, Women’s Mysteries, Tides, Waters, Emotional Issues, Agriculture, Animals, Female Fertility, Messages, Theft, Reconciliations, Voyages, Dreams and Merchandise

Incense: African violet, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, Wormwood

Planet: Moon

Sign: Cancer

Angel: Gabriel

Colors: Silver, White and Gray

Herbs/Plants: Night Flowers, Willow Root, Orris Root, Birch, Motherwort, Vervain, White Rose and White Iris

Stones: Carnelian, Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl, Clear Quartz, Fluorite, Geodes

Oil: (Moon) Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood

Monday belongs to the Moon. Monday’s energy best aligns itself with efforts that deal with women, home and hearth, the family, the garden, travel, and medicine. It also boosts rituals involving psychic development and prophetic dreaming.

Monday Is Ruled By the Moon

This day of the week is dedicated to the moon and all of her magic and mystery. Mondays are for women’s mysteries, illusion, prophetic dreaming, emotions, travel, and fertility.
Some suggestions for Monday enchantments would include:

*Getting outside and looking for the moon in the heavens. Sit under her light and absorb a little glamour. Call on the moon goddess Selene for practical help in magical issues.

*Invoking the god Thoth for wisdom and insight

*Empowering your silver jewelry under the light of the moon. Wear moonstone or pearl jewelry today to add a lunar and magical shimmer to your outfit.

*Be mysterious and subtle and wear moon-associated colors such as white, silver, and blue.

*Working spells for safe travel with a simple moonstone

*Gathering bluebells, jasmine, gardenias, or white roses to create a little garden witchery with the flowers that are associated with the moon

*Setting up a lunar Tarot spell today to increase your psychic powers

*Eating a lunar fruit such as a melon to be healthy, serene, and at peace

*Brewing up a cup of chamomile or mint tea and enchanting it for sweet dreams and restful sleep

The Energy of the Moon

Planet: Moon

Day: Monday

Color: Silver, white, light blue, purple

Metal: Silver

Associations: Childbearing and family life, purity and virginity, healing, wisdom, intuition

Covens and Witches

In 1662, Isobel Gowdie of Auldearne made four separate confessions of being a Witch, and in the process, gave the word “Coven” to the world.

Although there is no other historical evidence for this word, it has proven to be one of the most lasting facets of Witchcraft – ask anyone today what Witches do, and the answer will almost certainly include the fact that they meet in groups, called “Covens”.

So given that a number of modern Witches do, in fact, either run, or belong to, a Coven – just what is its purpose in 20th (and 21st) century Western Civilisation? Why has this word of such dubious historical veracity survived over three hundred years? Is there a place in our modern world for a social group which, as far as we know, occurred only in 17th century Scotland?

The very fact of its survival for over three hundred years argues that there is a place for such a group. In my own case, I have been a member of, and run, Covens of Witches for a number of years, and it is a social model which fits extremely well within modern society.

The structure of a coven varies, but generally has one or two leaders, and a number of members of varying levels of experience. In a sense, the modern Coven has replaced the tribal family, and its members often fulfill familial roles, which are no longer available to them in the family in which they were born.

Some researchers have commented that many modern Witches come from a background which was disrupted; i.e., did not provide a safe family environment during their formative years. As I know a great many Witches for whom this was not the case, I think this is only a partial reason, and only for some people.

Humanity itself seems to be inherently tribal; any common bond between people will generally result in the creation cults or sub-cultures, where those of a like-mind will bond together. They will evolve their own social order (generally hierarchical), have their own common language, and often are identifiable by their demeanour and appearance.

Witches gather together in Covens for very much the same sorts of reasons; we are apart from general society by virtue of our beliefs and practices. Meeting with others who think and feel similarly to ourselves gives us the opportunity to share ideas and skills, as well as being able to practise our Craft.

A modern Coven provides a family-style environment, where the “Elders” can, by virtue of their experience, give encouragement, support, and advice to those seek to learn about Witchcraft. As with all families, Covens have very unique and individual ways of approaching this. Just as no two families are the same, neither are any two Covens.

Some Covens are run by people with an academic bent, and as would be the case in any family, this characterises the way in which their “children” are brought up. Other groups are oriented towards a more simple approach, and the oral traditions play an important role in the way in which the Coven is structured. Some combine the these two approaches, and the variations upon the basic themes are endless.

For any “family” to exist harmoniously, everyone within the group must feel a part of the group, and wish to learn and grow within that group environment. With a path such as Witchcraft, with its emphasis upon personal growth and development, it is likely that individuals who may at one time have been happy within their family group, will change, and wish to move away. This is a perfectly natural process, and the wise coven leaders will send those people off with their love and blessing.Trying to keep them would be like trying to keep your sons and daughters tied to your apron strings forever!

Ultimately, and despite the popularity of the word “coven”, I do believe that most Witches are solitary in nature, and will generally spend at least part of their lives without being a member of, or running, a coven. I think the inward exploration during these periods is vital to self-development, just as we believe it is important to encourage social-awareness in children. However, I also believe that at some stage it is important to learn the practices of Witchcraft from another person; to be an apprentice, if you will; because the act of passing knowledge from one person to another cannot be replicated by books, correspondence courses, or be self-taught. This may seem an almost impossible task to some people, but as all the magical traditions teach: when the student is ready, the teacher will appear! What’s more, it’s true!

B*B Julia

DAILY MAGICKAL APPLICATIONS FOR MONDAY

Monday is named after the moon. The Latin term for Monday is Dies Lunae (“moon’s day”); in the Old English language, this day was Monandaeg; in Greek, it was Hermera Selenes. All of these different names and languages translate to the same thing: the “day of the moon.”

Working with the different phases of the moon is an important skill that takes a bit of time for Witches to learn. So why not cut to the chase and experiment with the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon in all of its magickal energies and aspects?

Magickally, Monday encourages the lunar energies of inspiration, illusion, prophetic dreams, emotions, psychic abilities, travel, women’s mysteries, and fertility.

–Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week

Ellen Dugan

Monday & The Perfect Corresponding Spell – Moonstone Travel Spell

This spell will call on Meness, the patron moon god of travelers.

Find a spot that faces east or that is illuminated by moonlight. Or try setting this up under the moon, in the garden, or on the porch or your outside deck. Get some atmosphere sphere going! Try using a scented candle, such as jasmine or gardenia, to coordinate the fragrance with the moon’s energies.

Gather the following items:
• A photo of your destination, your travel itinerary, or your airline tickets
• 4 small tumbled moonstones
• A scented white votive candle and holder
• A lighter or matches

Set up this spell on a safe, flat surface. Light the candle and place it in the holder. Place your paperwork/tickets or itinerary to one side of the candle. Arrange the four stones in a circle around the holder. Place your hands on the travel paperwork, and ground and center. Then repeat the following spell three times:

Meness, patron of travelers, watch over me
Whether I travel in the air, on the land or sea
Like a talisman in my pocket a stone will I tuck
Moonstones do encourage a safe journey and bring good luck.

Take one of the stones and keep it in your pocket while you travel. You may close the spell by saying:

For the good of all, with harm to none By the moon and stars, this spell is done.

Gather up your papers and tuck them away for your trip. Allow the candle to burn out on its own. If you performed this outside, then move your candle and the remaining stones indoors to let the candle safely finish burning. Never leave your candles unattended.

Source

Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan

Celebrating Legends, Folklore & Spirituality 365 Days a Year for December 24 & 24

Christmas Eve, Christmas, Yule

It is generally accepted that the birth of Christ on December 24th is the invention of some overzealous authors who were trying to create some sort of symmetry between Paganism and Christianity. According to the late fourth-century Scriptor Syrus, it was the custom of the Pagans to celebrate the birthday of the sun on December 25, at which time they kindled lights in token of festivity. The Christians also participated in these solemnities and revelries. Accordingly, when the administrants of the church observed that the Christians had a preference for the festival, they took counsel and resolved that the true Nativity should be solemnized on that day.

The Pagan feast that was replaced by Christmas was of far older origins and may have been built upon the cult of Mithras, who, for the Persians, was the creator of the universe and manifestation of the Creative Logos, or Word. His birth on December 25 was witnessed by shepherds. After many deeds, he held a last supper with his disciples and then returned to heaven. Some believe that, had Christianity not taken hold when it did, Mithraism very well might have become the world religion.

For more that three centuries Christ Mass was a moveable feast, celebrated on the Epiphany (January 6), the day that, according to biblical account, Jesus manifested himself to the Magi. The Western date of December 25 was fixed to coincide with the Roman midwinter festival of the Kalends, which was preceded by seven days of tribute to their God of agriculture, Saturn.

Many of the Yuletide customs we observe today were common to various thanksgiving days and new year’s rites. For example, the hanging of greenery comes from an old ivy-worshiping worshiping cult dating back to the Dionysian revels in ancient Greece; mistletoe was valued-almost worshiped-by the Druids; ids; and gift exchange most likely generated with the Saturnalia. The Christmas tree was introduced by the Prince Albert of Saxony in 1844 and was an adaption of the Paradeisbaum(decorated tree of life) from the medieval drama of the Tannenbaum.

The Witches Digest for Monday, December 25th

(Horoscopes, Tarot, & Runes)

Special Holidays

We’re thinking of you this time of year,
Wishing you happiness, joy, and cheer.
May all your days be warm and bright,
And your nights enhanced by holiday light.

Enjoy your delectable holiday foods,
As parties and gifts create holiday moods.
Favorite people play a meaningful part,
While treasured rituals warm your heart.

You are special to us in many ways,
So we wish you Happy Holidays!

By Joanna Fuchs
Published on Poem Source

Your Daily Sun & Moon Information for Monday, December 25th

The Sun
Sun Direction: ↑ 91.91° E
Sun Altitude: -38.57°
Sun Distance: 91.425 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2018 11:15 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:06 am↑ 119° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:43 pm↑ 241° Southwest
Length of Daylight: 9 hours, 37 minutes

The Moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 323.01° NW
Moon Altitude: -53.88°
Moon Distance: 242932 mi
Next Full Moon: Jan 1, 20188:24 pm
Next New Moon: Jan 16, 20188:17 pm
Next Moonrise: Today11:43 am
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 40.1%

The Lunar Calendar
Moon Phase Tonight: Waxing Crescent
First Quarter: Dec 26, 2017 at 3:20 am
(Next Phase)
New Moon: Dec 18, 2017 at 12:30 am
(Previous Phase)

Source

timeandate.com

The Astrology for Monday, December 25th

The Moon is in Pisces until 7:26 PM, after which the Moon is in Aries.
The Moon is void from 12:25 AM to 7:26 PM.
The Moon is waxing and in its Waxing Crescent phase.
The New Moon occurred on the 18th in the sign of Sagittarius, and the First Quarter Moon will occur tomorrow.
Mercury is in its post-retrograde shadow until January 10, 2018.
Venus enters Capricorn today (Venus transits Capricorn December 25, 2017, to January 17, 2018).

Moon in Pisces

The Moon is traveling through Pisces today. You may feel disconnected. Serve others. Listen to music. Paint a picture. Daydream.

We are not inclined to want to face reality while the Moon is in dreamy, impressionable Pisces. It can be a wistful, sensitive, intuitive, and compassionate time. We are especially imaginative, and our intuition reigns under this influence. Boundaries and walls come down, as Pisces energy merges and blends. It’s a time when details are overlooked and feelings defy description.

The Moon in Pisces generally favors the following activities: Imaginative undertakings, mystical or spiritual pursuits, inner development, music and drama, going on a retreat, activities involving water.

Overview of the Day

Venus enters the sign of Capricorn shortly into the day and will transit the sign until January 17th. Getting serious about our finances and boosting our relations with business partners and/or co-workers will be easier than usual under this influence. Our talents for creating artistic structure and form are enhanced, and our ability to form connections with people who support our ambitions increases. We value enduring relationships and connections, reliability, and faithfulness. We take expressing our feelings seriously, and we take our time to warm up to others. We generally keep our “cool” in relationships during this cycle.
Venus meets Saturn shortly after it enters Capricorn since Saturn just recently began its longer-term transit of the sign. Venus also forms a semi-square to Jupiter today. We may be viewing or taking our attachments and affections a little more seriously. When it comes to finances and relationships, we may need to limit a pleasure or indulgence, or sacrifice a material benefit for a spiritual one (or vice versa). Extravagances have a way of catching up with us and buckling down is necessary, but we generally feel good about making a mature choice now. We may be experiencing a new sense of realism in our relationships. A sense of duty may lead us to sacrifice a personal pleasure for a cause or a loved one, or we may have to abstain from personal gratification for the time being. This can be a time for bonding more strongly with loved ones through the sharing of a responsibility, concern, or dilemma.
The Moon continues its transit of compassionate Pisces until 7:28 PM EST, after which we’re more likely to want to take action, make a change, or start fresh with the Moon in Aries.
The Moon ends its void period when the Moon enters Aries at 7:28 PM EST.

In the Sky This Month

The year ends as it began, with the brilliant stars of winter climbing into the evening sky. By the end of December, dazzling Orion will be in good view by the time the sky gets dark. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, will rise below Orion a bit later. The twins of Gemini stand to the left of the hunter, with Taurus, the celestial bull, above, continuing the never-ending cycle of stars and planets across the night sky.

December 25: (Summer) Christmas Skies
The Summer Triangle is in the western sky as night falls. Its three points are Vega, the brightest member of the group, which forms the right point of the triangle; Altair, the left point; and Deneb, the top of the triangle.

December 26: Aries
Aries, the ram, is high in the east as night falls and stands due south a few hours later. Despite its fame as a member of the zodiac, Aries includes only three bright stars. A fainter star is added to create a figure that resembles a lopsided boomerang.

December 27: More Aries
Hamal, the brightest star in Aries, the ram, arcs high across the south this evening, almost directly above the Moon. The star is expanding to become a giant. It is orbited by a giant planet that is being evaporated by the star’s intense energy.

December 28: Cancer
The constellation Cancer rises in the east by around 9 p.m. and climbs high across the sky later on. Its stars aren’t all that prominent, although binoculars reveal a sparkly group of stars known as the Beehive Cluster.

December 29: Balancing Planets
The planet Jupiter looks like a brilliant star in the southeast at dawn, with fainter Mars to its upper right. Just below Mars is Zubenelgenubi, in Libra. Its name means “southern claw,” indicating that it once was considered a claw of the celestial scorpion.

December 30: Moon and Aldebaran
The Moon has a close companion tonight: Aldebaran, the eye of Taurus. Skywatchers across much of the U.S. won’t see the star for part of the evening, though, because it will be hidden behind the Moon. The best view of the vanishing act comes from the northeast.

December 31: Holiday Lights
Some of the brightest stars in the night sky encircle the Moon tonight. The entire array is in great view by about three hours after sunset, and remains in view all night. The stars are so bright that they are visible even from light-polluted cities.

Source

StarDate.com

Current Moon Phase for Monday, December 25th

Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 41%

Tommorow the Moon will be in a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

PHASE DETAILS FOR – MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2017

Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 41%
Moon Age: 6.54 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 387,528.51 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,125,250.04 km

Source

MoonGiant.com

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The Witches Digest for Monday, December 25th

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The Witches Digest for December 20

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Holy Tidings for the Yule

Holy Yuletide has begun
The Mother night arrives

Time to celebrate the hunt
The bounty of the gods

Stoke the fires spread their warmth
Gods and Kinsman come to the mead hall

Raise a horn to the year that’s past
Celebrate the promise of rebirth

Serve the feast and savory mead
Serve ancestral spirits too

Hail the Odin All Father
Join us at this tide

Hail Thor friend of men
Join us for some mead

Hail Frigga The nurturing Mother
Who bears the promise of new birth

Hail the ancestors gone before
Join us from Valhalla this tide

Hail Kinsman honored guests
Join the feast and raise your horns

Boast we now of challenges met
The success we had this Year

Toast the year that now will come
And the challenges to face

Gods bestow blessings on our folk
Gods keep them safe from harm

To those whose time in Midgard ends
See them safe into Valhalla

Valkyries guide the slain to Valhalla
Let the honored dead feast in that hallowed hall

Aesir Vanir Ancestors and Kin
The feasting time now ends

Spread the furs around this hall
Sleep safe here this night

To all a blessed Yuletide
May the year new blessings bring

Hold the gods and Kinsman dear
In frith we will endure

—-Steve Sherill
Published on Odin’s Gifts

Today is Wednesday, December 20th

Tuesday is dedicated to the powers of the planet Mars, personified in Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, Tuisco and Tyr. Tuesday rules controlled power, energy and endurance.

Deity: Tiwaz

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Planet: Mars

Tree: Holly

Herb: Plantain

Stone: Agate

Animal: Crab

Element: Fire

Color: White

Number: 2

Rune: Tyr (T)

The Celtic Tree Month of Ruis (Elder) November 25 – December 22

Runic Half Month of Jara (December 13 – 27)

Goddess of the Month of Astraea (November 28th – December 25th)

Reference

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

On December 20, We Honor the Greek Goddess Alcyone

Alcyone is the Kingfisher goddess. She nests every winter for two weeks, and while she does, the wild seas become calm and peaceful. Here is her story:

Once upon a time there was a princess of the winds, named Alcyone. And she was married to the prince of light, Ceyx. They were a passionate couple and their famed love was known throughout the lands. One day, after war broke out in the land, Ceyx felt the need to seek the Oracle’s help in restoring peace. So he set sail on a long voyage to the island of the Oracle. Alcyone waited everyday on the shores for his return. What she did not know was there was a terrible storm and the boat and crew were lost at sea. The Oracle saw this with her third eye and sent Alcyone a vision to let her know of the shipwreck.

Alcyone refused to believe Ceyx was dead and was determined to swim the sea to find him. Just as she was about to dive into the water, she turned into a beautiful bird, the mythical kingfisher Halcyon. She flew over the sea, calming the winds and waves in search of Ceyx. She found him adrift on some wreckage and when she landed, he too became a kingfisher. And together they flew over the sea for the rest of eternity.

The kingfisher became known as the symbol of the winter solstice. She brings the Halcyon Days, fourteen days of calm seas which allow for easy sailing. The bird was only seen during the summer and winter solstices and became associated with goddess of life and death. She appeared at the setting of the Pleiades and is known as the bird called by kings for a peaceful death.

Tuesday is the first day of the week which is named after a god of the Angles and Saxons–Tiu, the God of War. The Angles and Saxons, like the Greeks and Romans, worshiped many gods, and though these gods were in a great number of ways similar to those of the Greeks and Romans, we also find very great differences. These differences are due to the fact that the Angles and Saxons lived in a very different kind of country, led a very different kind of life, and consequently had different ideas. Their chief enemies were frost and cold, and they imagined the freezing winds to be caused by frost-giants who lived in a land of ice and waged continual warfare with the gods who befriended man and protected him as far as they could against the frost-giants and all the suffering which they caused. The chief of these gods was Woden or Odin, the All-father, of whom we read in the following chapter, and next to him in importance came Thor, the God of Thunder, the bitterest enemy of the giants. The god after whom Tuesday is named was known as Tiu among the Angles and Saxons, and as Tyr among the Norsemen. He was the God of War, and corresponds to Mars among the Romans, whose name for this day was Dies Martis, the day of Mars. The French have kept the Roman name in the form mardi.

Tiu was a great fighter and knew no fear, and was naturally always called upon in time of battle. He was usually represented as having no right hand, owing to a misfortune which befell him in the following way. From his lofty throne Odin, the chief of the gods, one day saw in the land of the giants three terrible monsters, which grew so rapidly that he was filled with fear lest they should invade the home of the gods. Accordingly he determined to get rid of them before they became any stronger. One Hel, an enormous giantess, he flung into the Underworld, where, as the Goddess of Death, she ruled over the kingdom of the dead. Another, Iormungandr, a serpent, he cast into the sea, where it grew so huge that it encircled the whole earth. The third was Fenrir, a wolf, whom Odin brought to Asgard, the home of the gods, hoping that he might eventually tame him. Fenrir, however, grew stronger and fiercer each day, until the gods, of whom Tiu alone was brave enough to go near him, decided at last to bind him in such a way that he could do no harm. A very strong chain was obtained, and the gods suggested to Fenrir, who often boasted of his great strength, that he should allow himself to be bound with it in order to prove whether he was really as strong as he claimed to be. Fenrir agreed, and then by merely stretching himself easily brohe his bonds. Again the gods put him to the test with a still stronger chain, but as before he succeeded in breaking it. Seeing that no ordinary chain would be strong enough to bind Fenrir, the gods sent one of their servants to the home of the dwarfs, a race of little people who lived underground, and who were very clever workers in metal. They also possessed great powers of magic, as we shall see in a later story. At the bidding of the gods, the dwarfs made a silken rope out of the voice of fishes, a woman’s beard, the roots of a mountain, and the footsteps of a cat, which was so strong that no power could break it! A third time the gods challenged Fenrir to show his strength by allowing himself to be bound with this new cord, but Fenrir became suspicious, and at last consented only on condition that one of the gods should put his hand in his mouth, and hold it there as a pledge that the gods were not deceiving him. This condition greatly alarmed the gods, who began to fear that their trick was not going to succeed, but the bold war-god Tiu stepped forward and, without any hesitation, placed his right hand in the wolf’s mouth. The gods at once bound Fenrir with the magic cord made by the dwarfs, and, in spite of all his struggles, the wolf was unable to free himself. Great was the delight of the gods at their success, a delight shared by all but Tiu, who had little cause to be pleased with the result of the trick, for Fenrir, finding he was trapped, immediately bit off the hand of the god. Thus Tiu was deprived of his sword hand, but so clever was he that he wielded his sword equally well with his left hand, and still remained invincible in battle.

On one occasion Tiu and Thor, the God of Thunder, set out for the land of the giants to obtain an enormous kettle, which the gods required for a feast. They came at last to the home of a giant, Hymir, who possessed a kettle a mile deep and a mile wide, and were hospitably received by the giant’s wife. When she learned the errand on which they had come, she warned them that her husband was very fierce and hot-tempered, and advised them to hide themselves when Hymir returned, lest he should kill them with a glance. No sooner had the gods taken refuge behind some kettles, which were kept on a beam at the end of the hall, than Hymir came in. When he heard that visitors had called, he flashed his eyes round the hall so fiercely that, as his glance lighted on the gods’ hiding-place, the beam split in two, the kettles came crashing to the ground, and Tiu and Thor were discovered. Hymir, however, was persuaded by his wife to receive the gods kindly; he prepared a meal of three oxen in their honour, but was astonished and dismayed to see Thor eat two of them himself. The next day the gods gave the giant many proofs of their great strength and skill, and Hymir consented to give them the kettle they were seeking. Tiu at once tried to lift it but failed; then Thor, after a mighty struggle, raised it from the ground, and, as he gave the final pull, his feet broke through the floor of the giant’s house. As soon as the gods had departed, Thor carrying the kettle on his head, Hymir called his brothers together, and pursued after them. Thor, however, attacked them with his famous hammer, and killed them one by one. Tiu and Thor then continued their journey, and brought the huge kettle safely to their own land.

There are few stories told of Tiu, yet he held a high place among the gods, as the name Tuesday shows. He is most famous for his share in the binding of Fenrir, whereby was put off the dreaded Ragnarok, the day of the final battle between the gods and the giants.

The First Yule

Author: Serenity Starbright Dilsworth (Owl)

Once upon a time … before your mother was born … and before her mother was born …and even before your mother’s mother was born …. when the world was new and the Earth and the Sun gave birth to the first beings …the very first people … the very first animals … and the very first plants.

It was the season of Spring, which celebrates new life, and the Sun shone warm and smiled down upon the world from his lofty perch in the sky while Earth took pride in all her newborns and nurtured them tenderly and with love. It was a time of great joy!

The Moon waxed and waned and traveled the night skies and Earth’s Children grew healthy and strong through the warm Summer season. They laughed and worked, played and danced and The Earth and Sun watched over them lovingly.

Then came the Autumn season …and the Earth began to sleep longer with every passing day. She grew so tired and was not able to feed her children any longer. She did not have enough strength to bring forth new life. High overhead … the Sun grew distant … and took longer and longer to return each morning. The nights grew longer and cold winds replaced the gentle breezes of the Summer.

Then …one very cold day …the Earth went to sleep. She laid her head down upon a pile of fallen leaves and nestled under a pure white blanket of snow. And she slept … and she slept … and she slept and nothing the Children could do would disturb her Winter slumber. The children called and called to her, but she did not wake up.

The children looked to the skies for advice and comfort from the Sun … but he was so distant that he could no longer be seen at all …and the children were frightened and sad … it was the Longest Night they had ever known.

The people wept and wondered what would happen to them now for it was bitterly cold and the bounty from Spring and Summer was depleting. They were afraid that they would starve and freeze with Father Sun so far away and Mother Earth sleeping.

They went to the Moon … sister to the Sun … with all their concerns and worries … entreating her to have the Sun return and Moon listened quietly.

The Moon gazed upon the children and advised them gently:” Do not fear little ones … go climb the tallest of trees and the highest of mountains … turn your voices to the sky and yule a mighty song to reach the Sun.”

The children had never heard of a yule or a song. (In the Ancient Tongue, to yule means to yell or yodel … to call out loudly in song.) And they asked Moon to explain what it is because they very much wanted to reach the Sun in hopes he could wake the Earth.

The Moon smiled gently. “Look deep within yourselves and find your magick …find that thing that makes you the special person you are … find the thing that brings you joy …take your dreams and your desires … your hopes and your love … and weave all of that together into sound.”

So the children climbed the tallest trees and the highest mountains and closed their eyes to find the magick within them …they brought forth their hopes, their dreams, their joys and their love and when they opened their mouths … their voices rang across the skies in a symphony or harmony and the Sun heard them …he turned and began his journey back … the better to hear this glorious sound.

The closer he came … the more his warmth spread across the Earth … and the Earth smiled in her sleep and dreamt of Spring… The Wheel turned and hope and joy spread amongst the children.

And that …dear children …is the story of the first Yule.

This is an old story that has been told and retold many times. It is one I used to tell at Winter Solstice in the coven I belonged to when I lived in New England. I put it into writing so that the story may be preserved and enjoyed by others and it is my hope that folks will tell the tale to their children who in turn will eventually tell it to their children.

Yule is a time of joy, of hope, of dreams and wishes. On the Longest Night, it is good to gather with those that we love and cherish and stand upon the Earth as she slumbers and call out to the Sun in mighty song to herald his return and the fulfillment of dreams and wishes.

Rowan Pendragon explains: The winter solstice occurs when the Earth is tilted on its axis farthest away from the sun. This means that when the northern half of the Earth is pointed away from the sun at winter solstice then the southern part of the Earth is going to be tilted closest to the sun. This is why when we are celebrating winter solstice in the northern hemispheres our Pagan friends “down under” are celebrating summer solstice. We often celebrate Yule and the solstice on either December 20th or 21st but the fact is the date varies each year since the holiday is based on an astronomical event; when the event occurs is when the holiday takes place.

When the winter solstice comes we experiences the longest night of the year and the shortest day of light. On the night of Yule we first honor the death of the God and the decline of the sun, something that has been slowly happening from the day after the summer solstice. After we make this honoring we then begin to work acts of sympathetic magick to encourage the sun’s return and to aid the Goddess in her long night of labor as she prepares to birth the Son, the Child of Light, the Young God.

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Footnotes:
Day 1 of Yule – Preparing for Yule 2011 by Rowan Pendragon
Day 7 of Yule – The Return of The Light by Rowan Pendragon

The Witches Celebration of Yule

A Celebration of Light and Warmth (Holiday Series)

Yule is celebrated at the Midwinter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. The word Yule comes from the Germanic “Jul” and means “Wheel.” At Yule we celebrate winter, and the rebirth of the Sun. At Samhain the Goddess followed the God into the Underworld and the Earth began its long winter slumber. As the Wheel turns to Yule, the Goddess is with child and gives birth to the tiny Oak King, God of the waxing Sun. The Old God or Holly King is defeated and returns to the Underworld to rest until Summer Solstice when he will again be reborn as Lord of the waning Sun.

At Yule we mourn the passing of the Old God who is the Lord of Winter. This ancient God has many names beside the Holly King, including Cernunnos, Odin, Harlequin, and of course Santa Claus. This God is portrayed as an old man, majestic and often jolly. Sometimes He is shown as a King in ermine trimmed robes, other times He is shown as a Jester and called the King of Fools. The Old God is the Lord of Death and of the Spirit World and magic. He is the God of the forest, of animals, and of the hunt. Often He is shown with antlers or horns.

Yule is also a celebration of the birth of the Sun King and nature’s renewal. We practice sympathetic magick by lighting fires or candles to encourage the sun to grow stronger. This is a time of new beginnings both physically and spiritually, the wheel of the year has made a complete circle. The darkest night of winter is a good time for self-examination and discovering the “seeds” of spiritual growth or hindrance which are lying dormant within us. The Winter Solstice is the turning point in the natural cycle of the year, this darkest night in all the year is followed by a day that will dawn just a little earlier!

Altar and ritual space decorations include evergreen wreaths and boughs, pine cones, red and green candles, pine scented incense and essential oils of myrrh and frankincense. Peppermint leaf and mistletoe are the herbs of Yule. The color scheme of white and gold and Solar images are also very appropriate.

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Yule Traditions and Symbols

Frau Holle

Bells – ancient pagans would ring bells to drive away demons that surfaced during the cold dark winter.

Candles – burned to help melt winter’s chill and to encourage the sun to shine.

Peppermint leaf and tea – the coolness of peppermint symbolizes winter and the heat of peppermint symbolizes the Sun.

Elves – Alfaheimr the land of Elves was inhabited by spirits who created the Sun. Including Elves in Yule ritual encourages them to rejuvenate the Sun and make it shine again.

Evergreens – because evergreen trees remained green throughout the winter they were thought to have power over death and could defeat winter demons roaming the earth and urge the coming of the Sun.

Holly – the vibrant green leaves and bright red berries that appear during the winter symbolizes rebirth.

Lights – homes and holiday trees were decorated with candles to frighten away unwanted spirits and to encourage the Sun to shine.

Mistletoe – To the Druids the white berries symbolized semen of the Gods and was used to bring fertility and abundance. Hung over the doorway it protects from thunder, lightning and malicious evil.

The Norse Goddess Frigg loved Her son Baldur so much that She couldn’t bear the thought of any harm coming to Him. She made a pact with the four Elements that nothing in Their realms would do Him harm. Loki fashioned an arrow from mistletoe and the arrow killed Baldur. Frigg’s tears restored her Son to life, and She was so happy that She declared mistletoe a plant of luck, love and promise. To kiss under the mistletoe is to receive Frigg’s blessing.

Ornaments – Germanic people originally decorated their trees with fruit, candy, cookies and flowers to symbolize the abundance to come when the Sun begins to warm the Earth once again.

Plum Pudding – was prepared as a form of divination, rather than a dish to be eaten. As the pudding was prepared each family member stirred the pot and made a wish. Then a ring, a coin, a button and a thimble were added to the pot. The ring stood for marriage, the coin for wealth, the button and the thimble were symbols of the eternal bachelor or spinster. If one of these items turned up in your serving of pudding it foretold your personal status during the coming year.

Reindeer – May represent the stags that drew the chariot of the Norse Goddess Freya. Stags also represent the Celtic horned God Cernunnos.

Santa Claus – May have originated from legends of Odin the Lord of Winds who was capable of flying through the stormiest nights or with the Norse Sun-God Kris Kringle.

Sleigh – Freya spent the twelve days after Solstice being transported in a sleigh, giving gifts to the nice and misery offerings to the naughty.

Snowflake – the snowflake was formed from the tears that Demeter cried after Persephone’s descent into the Underworld. Snowflakes have 6 sides and six is the numerological number associated with love.

Tree – Saint Boniface, during the 8th century was trying to convert a group of Druids to Christianity. He could not convince them that the oak tree was neither sacred nor invincible, so he cut one down and when it fell it crushed everything in its path but a single evergreen sapling. Boniface declared it a miracle, and then proclaimed that the fir tree belonged to the Christ-child. After that they were brought into homes as holiday decorations.

Twelve Days of Christmas – Began with the ancient Egyptian Sun celebration and is thought that the twelve day celebration may have be designed to honor the zodiacal wheel.

Wassail – is the original name of an apple orchard fertility ritual and means hail or salute. Apple trees were saluted then sprinkled with a mixture of eggs, apples and wine, ale or cider. Consecrating the trees in this way ensured a good harvest for the coming year.

Wreath – the circular shape of a wreath symbolizes life everlasting, the never ending cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

Yule Log – to the Celts the Yule Log was symbolic of the Oak King and was adorned with evergreens symbolic of the Holly King.

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Let’s Talk Witch – Christmas and Yule Customs

The “Let’s Talk Witch” is a little longer than most. I don’t know about most of you but when the mainstream Religious holidays roll around, I have to stop and shake my head. For our Religion to have been so hated, what in the hell would the rest of the religions did without us? I can see all the similarities between our Religion and their religions. But we didn’t come up with those practices or beliefs they stole from us, they did. We are nothing but Evil, we have never had a good idea even come in our head.

I know the older I get it makes me angry. I just want to climb to the highest mountain and scream, “TELL THE TRUTH WOULD YOU, YOU DAMN THIEVES!” Wouldn’t do any good but it would make me feel much better. I have leaders of other faiths write me and want to know, “why are so many people turning to Witchcraft?” Perhaps they are finally learning the truth and coming to the realization of what they have been really following for so many years.

The following article is one of my favorites. It drives this point home and then some, I hope you enjoy it.

Christmas and Yule Customs

by Rick Hayward

Now that Christmas is fast approaching and the year has once more come full circle, most of us will soon be busy adorning the house with brightly coloured decorations, a Christmas tree and all the other paraphernalia that goes to create a festive atmosphere.

Holly and mistletoe will almost certainly be included in our decorations as evergreens have been used in the winter festivities from very ancient times and definitely long before Christianity appeared on the scene.

What Christians celebrate as the birthday of Christ is really something that was superimposed on to a much earlier pagan festival–that which celebrated the Winter Solstice or the time when the Sun reaches its lowest point south and is reborn at the beginning of a new cycle of seasons.

In Northern Europe and Scandinavia it was noted by the early Christian scholar, Bede, that the heathens began the year on December 25th which they called Mother’s Night in honour of the great Earth Mother. Their celebrations were held in order to ensure fertility and abundance during the coming year, and these included much feasting, burning of lamps, lighting of great fires (the Yule fires) and exchanges of gifts.

The Romans, too, held their great celebrations–Saturnalia– from December 17th to 25th and it was the latter date which they honoured as the birthday of the Unconquered Sun. The Saturnalia was characterised by much merry-making, sometimes going to riotous extremes, with masters and slaves temporarily exchanging roles. The use of evergreens to decorate the streets and houses was also very much in evidence at this great winter festival.

That we now celebrate the birth of Christ at the same time is largely due to the early Church Fathers who found it was much easier to win converts to the faith by making Christ’s birthday coincide with an already long established pagan festival. In fact, it wasn’t until the 4th century that Pope Julius I finally established the 25th as the official birthday of Christ; earlier Christians differed widely as to this date– some choosing September 29th, while others held that January 6th or March 29th were the correct dates.

As we have seen, the pagan element in Christmas lives on in the festival at the Winter Solstice. But these elements are also very much alive in our use of evergreens as decorations at this time of year.

Like most evergreens, the holly and mistletoe have long been held to symbolize eternal life, regeneration and rebirth.

Holly, with its bright red berries and dark spiky foliage, has been revered from ancient times as a symbol of life everlasting. It was associated with strength and masculinity and was considered useful in the treatment of various ailments which were seen to lower the vital spirits.

In old England, a decoction of holly leaves was considered a cure for worms; but most of all this prickly evergreen was looked upon as a luck bringer–particularly in rural areas where a bunch of holly hung in the cow shed or stable was thought to favour the animals if placed there on Christmas Eve. Many people used to take a piece of holly from the church decorations at Christmas as a charm against bad luck in the coming year. Holly was also considered a very protective tree which, if planted outside the house, was believed to avert lightning, fire and the evil spells of witches.

An old holly spell describes how to know one’s future spouse. At midnight on a Friday, nine holly leaves must be plucked and tied with nine knots in a three-cornered cloth. This is then placed under the pillow and, provided silence is observed from the time of plucking until dawn the next day, your future spouse will come to you in your dreams.

In certain areas of Wales, it was thought extremely unlucky to bring holly into the house before December 24th and if you did so there would be family quarrels and domestic upheavals. You would also be inviting disaster if you burned green holly or squashed the red berries.

Turning now to mistletoe, it seems that this is by far the most mystical of the plants associated with Christmas and has, from very ancient times, been treated as magical or sacred. It is often included in modern Christmas decorations simply for the fun of kissing beneath it and, though this seems to be a peculiarly English custom, it probably harks back to the mistletoe’s association with fertility.

The real reason why mistletoe is now associated with Christmas is very much a carry-over from ancient practices, when it was considered as somehow belonging to the gods. The Roman historian, Pliny, gives an early account of how the Druids would hold a very solemn ceremony at the Winter Solstice when the mistletoe had to be gathered, for the Druids looked upon this unusual plant, which has no roots in the earth, as being of divine origin or produced by lightning. Mistletoe which grew on the oak was considered especially potent in magical virtues, for it was the oak that the Druids held as sacred to the gods.

At the Winter Solstice, the Druids would lead a procession into the forest and, on finding the sacred plant growing on an oak, the chief priest, dressed all in white, would climb the tree and cut the mistletoe with a knife or sickle made of gold. The mistletoe was not allowed to touch the ground and was therefore caught in a white linen cloth

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On securing the sacred mistletoe, the Druids would then carry it to their temple where it would be laid beneath the altar stone for three days. Early on the fourth day, which would correspond to our Christmas Day, it was taken out, chopped into pieces and handed out among the worshippers. The berries were used by the priests to heal various diseases.

Mistletoe was considered something of a universal panacea, as can be gleaned from the ancient Celtic word for it–uile, which literally translated means ‘all-healer’. A widespread belief was that mistletoe could cure anything from headaches to epilepsy; and indeed modern research has shown that the drug guipsine which is used in the treatment of nervous illnesses and high blood pressure is contained in mistletoe.

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Until quite recently the rural folk of Sweden and Switzerland believed that the mistletoe could only be picked at certain times and in a special way if its full potency as healer and protector was to be secured. The Sun must be in Sagittarius (close to the Winter Solstice) and the Moon must be on the wane and, following ancient practices, the mistletoe must not be just picked but shot or knocked down and caught before reaching the ground.

Not only was mistletoe looked upon as a healer of all ills, but if hung around the house was believed to protect the home against fire and other hazards. As the mistletoe was supposed to have been produced by lightning, it had the power to protect the home against thunder bolts by a kind of sympathetic magic.

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Of great importance, however, was the power of mistletoe to protect against witchcraft and sorcery. This is evident in an old superstition which holds that a sprig of mistletoe placed beneath the pillow will avert nightmares (once considered to be the product of evil demons).

In the north of England, it used to be the practice of farmers to give mistletoe to the first cow that calved after New Year’s Day. This was believed to ensure health to the stock and a good milk yield throughout the year. Underlying this old belief is the fear of witches or mischievous fairy folk who could play havoc with dairy produce, so here mistletoe was used as a counter magic against such evil influences. In Sweden, too, a bunch of this magical plant hung from the living room ceiling or in the stable or cow-shed was thought to render trolls powerless to work mischief.

With such a tremendous array of myth, magic and folklore associated with it, reaching far back into the pagan past, it is understandable that even today this favourite Christmas plant is forbidden in many churches. Yet even the holly and the ivy, much celebrated in a popular carol of that title, were once revered as sacred and magical by our pre-Christian ancestors.

In view of what has been said, one could speculate that even if Christianity had never emerged it is more than likely that we would still be getting ready for the late-December festivities, putting up decorations, including holly and mistletoe, in order to celebrate the rebirth of the Sun, the great giver and sustainer of all earthly life.

Yule Oil

2 drops Cinnamon oil
2 drops Clove oil
1 drop Mandarin oil
1 drop Pine oil
2 drops Frankincense
2 drops Myrrh oil.

Yule Incense 1

3 parts Frankincense
2 parts Sandalwood
2 part Chamomile
1 part Ginger
1/2 part Sage
A few drops of Cinnamon oil

Yule Incense 2

3 parts frankincense
A few drops orange oil
A few drops juniper oil
1 part crushed juniper berries
½ part mistletoe

Method Blend together and burn on charcoal

Winter Prosperity Spell

Gather your supplies:

A piece of ribbon from Yule in your favorite color at least 12 inches long.
A green candle
A bit of Myrrh oil

Ritual:
Rub a few drops of Myrrh oil into the candle and light it.
Tie nine knots in the ribbon while reciting this rhyme:

“By the count of one, this spell’s begun,
By the count of two, prosperity’s due,
By the count of three, I’ll have no more need,
By the count of four, abundance galor,
By the count of five, this spell’s alive,
By the count of six, prosperity’s fixed,
By the count of seven, blessings given,
By the count of eight, I seal my fate,
By the count of nine, praise the Goddess divine!”

Pass the tied ribbon through the smoke from the candle three times. Put the ribbon in a safe place for the next year looking and meditating on it if you need extra strength throughout the year. As the next year commences, burn the old ribbon and empower a new one!

Celebrating Legends, Folklore & Legends for December 19, 20 and 21st

Winter Solstice, Midwinter

The Solstice, taken from the Latin for “the Sun stands still,” is considered to be the true New Year—astronomically as well as spirituality. At this time, we see the simultaneous death and rebirth of the Sun-God, represented in the shortest day and longest night of the year. From this time forward, the Sun grows in strength and power as the hours of daylight increase.

Midwinter, or Winter Solstice, marked the end of the first half of the Celtic year. As with Samhain, which was the Roman festival of Pomona and the Christian All Souls grafted on to it, the Celtic Winter Solstice was subsequently confused with the Roman Saturnalia, and later the Christian Christmas. Mythologically, most of the Midwinter celebrations focused on the symbology of a new or younger God, overthrowing the older or Father God, which would then bring forth a new and more potent life to the people and the land.

Although the Solstice takes place on December 21, Midwinter(renamed Yule by the Anglo Saxons) covers several weeks on either side of the Solstice. In medieval times, Yule began around St. Nicholas’s Day and ran until Candlemas. Eventually, Yule was redefined to mean either the Nativity (December 25) or the 12 days of celebration beginning on this date. The word Christmas then replaced Yule in most English-speaking countries. However, the Danish preserved Yule as a way of maintaining their old style of festivities that incorporated several weeks of celebration.

In Wicca and modern Paganism, the Winter Solstice is the time of new beginnings, a time to reflect on the past and project for the future. Magickally, the Winter Solstice affords us a perfect time to formulate a plan of action, a goal we can work towards during the coming year.

Grandma Got Run Over By A Broomstick
Author Unknown

Grandma got ran over by a broomstick
Walking home from our house Yule Eve.
Now you can say there’s no such thing as witch’s.
But as for me and grandpa, we believe.

She’d consumed too many spirits.
And we begged her not to go.
But she’d forgot her Belladonna,
So she sacheted out the door, we didn’t know.

When they found her the next morning
At the scene of the attack.
She had bristles on her forehead,
And incriminating brush marks on her back.

Grandma got ran over by a broomstick.
Walking home from our house Yule Eve..
You can say there’s no such thing as witch’s,
But as for me and grandpa, we believe.

Now we’re all so proud of grandpa.
He’s been taking it so well.
See him in there watching wrestling,
Drinking wine and dancing skyclad with cousin Nell.

It’s not Yule without grandma.
She’s the one with the big hat.
And we just can’t help but wonder,
Should we divvy up her Gifts, or simply send them back.

Grandma got ran over by a broomstick,
Walking home from our house Yule Eve..
You can say there’s no such thing as witch’s.
But as for me and grandpa, we believe.

Now the punch is on the table,
And the pumpkin, it’s so big.
And the black and silver candles
That would just have matched the hair in grandma’s wig.

I’ve warned all my friends and neighbors,
Better watch out for yourselves.
They should never give a license,
To a gal who flies a broomstick deosil.

Grandma got ran over by a broomstick,
Walking home from our house Yule Eve..
You can say there’s no such thing as witch’s,
But as for me and grandpa, we believe

Have a very blessed and joyous Yule Eve.

The WOTC Staff

(Lady A’s escape proof bed)

Jacob thought it would be nice to add a little humor to this difficult situation. And I am listening to a kid, what the hell is wrong with me? As you know, we promised you an up-date on Lady A yesterday, which didn’t happen. We were all exhausted by the end of the day. They came and got Lady A about 9 something to take her to surgery. We were going to walk with her part of the way to surgery but we were told no we weren’t. They told us we could wait in the room or the waiting area. I decided to wait in the room. After you wait for so long the walls start to close in on you. I waited in that room for about 3 1/2 hours, sitting, walking, sitting, walking. I finally decided to go find Lord M. He had went to the surgery waiting room. The doctor had already came out and talked to him. The surgery went fine and she was in recovery. He did say he repaired another spot while he had her on the table. He said she would be sore for a few days but not in the pain she was in.

Lord Myst said we should go back to the room. The room, really. It wasn’t a room it was a cage. By the time we got back to the room, they were bringing Lady A back to it. She was asleep. After they got her situated, they told us to try and keep her awake for a bit.The first thing she said was when can I go home? Her speech was slurred and I couldn’t understand her. I really did but I pretended not too because I knew what her reaction was going to be when she found out. Lord M told her probably by this weekend. That woke her up. He told her the doctor wanted to keep her in the hospital a little longer to make sure her back was going to do the way it was suppose to. I don’t understand the medical community. They do surgery on you to fix a problem, then they have to wait and see if it does what it is suppose too. They are doctors and they are suppose to fix the problem the first time, right?

The surgery went fine. I hope we didn’t worry anybody since we didn’t do an up-date yesterday. We were just give out. We all walked the halls, up and down stairs, anything to make the time go a little faster. I thought Lady A was suppose to only be in surgery for about 45 minutes. The doctor said he took longer because he saw a few minor things that he might as well fix. I guess that is the signs of a good doctor.

Lord M called and Lady A got on the phone. She said her back was tender but there wasn’t the ripping pain that was there. She is feeling better. She told me to get up in the morning and go to the office and go to work. She is upset because she is going to miss Yule. We are planning on having a little Yule celebration in a Catholic hospital. Ought to go over well. She did tell me that this site had been down too long and if I was going to stay out here instead of the hospital, I could go to work. I have been getting a taste of what she does this morning and I don’t know how she does it. She took nothing and turned it into an organization and a business. She is one hell of a witch and one hell of a business woman. I have met many witches over my life times and I must say, she is the only one I have stuck with and admire. You might get tired of hearing me speak of her but you have never met her. I know you can feel her presence through the computer. Their have been many who say they can feel her power coming through the computer when she is on here. In person, she expresses herself as confident, in control, hard but loving and caring. I have never seen her afraid in my life. I wonder what she thought when she woke up to see the bottom of her cabin in flames. I can see her calmly walking over to the window, busting it out and pick up Kade and jumping. I would like to think that was the way it was but I would imagine she was scared just like anyone else. She did have the good sense about her to go through the window and get out. I don’t know if I would have been able to think that clearly. I am glad she was.

I have to go. It is time for the 8 pound ball of furry terror’s medicine. We will honor Lady A’s wishes and resume operations tomorrow. Think you can put up with me, cackle, cackle, cackle!

Eleanor

Don’t forget to spread the Go Fund Me Campaign that Lynette Baker started for Lady A. Please spread it around the internet.

https://www.gofundme.com/the-kit-steels-campaign

Don’t forget the store is open

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Mailing address:

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Attention: Kit

P. O. Box 331

Kevil, KY 42053

I believe that is it. Thank you.

It is your favorite wicked witch Eleanor with an up-date on Lady A, otherwise now known as the Grizzly Bear. As you know, we were told that Lady A would be getting out of the hospital this weekend. We were mis-informed by the neurologist. The neurologist assured us that she was perfectly fine to go home. The orthopedic specialist said no, she wasn’t. You can imagine how that news went over with Lady A and the rest of us, not good at all. The neurologist should have consulted with the main doctor in charge before he ever gave us false hopes. The orthopedic doctor told us he had done two scans on Lady A’s old fusion. I believe most of you know she has a three-level fusion in her back. Screws, rods, cages, and probably a few things I have forgotten over time. The scans showed she has a fracture in that fusion. She had been complaining about unusual back pain. The neurologist would just up her pain medicine to stop her from hurting. The other doctor said no matter how much pain medicine she is given, it will not stop the pain. The fracture has to be fixed. He is planning on doing that surgery tomorrow. He said she is now strong enough to hold up to a second surgery. He won’t have to open her back up that much. He said she should have a scar about 3 to 4 inches long after he is done. He is going to glue the fracture. Yes, I said glue. I had never heard of it before but I know Lady A said she had. Her sister had it done on her back when she had a small fracture in hers. I am not a nurse nor do I know all the medical procedures but I guess if Lady A knows it has been done before it is alright then. I know we were both disappointed when we heard the news she wasn’t getting out of the hospital this weekend. I tried to lighten her spirits by telling her I was going to start calling her Elmer, after the glue. You can imagine how that went over.

We don’t have any idea when she will be out of the hospital now. I have stopped listening to the neurologist. As far as I am concerned he is out of the picture. If I want to know anything anymore I will ask the orthopedic doctor. I know the reason Lady A has to stay in the hospital is not a good thing. But it does give us more time to furnish the house before she comes home. We still have several pieces of furniture to get, mainly a bed for Lady A.  I want to go down to the cabin and see if there is anything left that is salvageable. Lord M told me no. That is all I have been hearing from him recently, no! I am not use to being told no. I know Lady A had a brass bed in the guest room downstairs. I don’t know if brass would burn or what shape the bed might even be in. I am going to find out. If it is able to be saved, I am going to try to save it. It was a family heirloom. Lots of heirlooms went up in that fire.

I haven’t been up close to the cabin. I have only seen it from a distance and it breaks my heart. I stood and cried. Jacob, Mystie’s son, was with me. He put his arm around me and cried. I told him that cabin held a lot of memories for me. Even though it wasn’t my home, Lady A always made everyone there feel like it was. I told Jacob I could remember his mother, Lady A, myself and a few other staying up late, talking, doing rituals and just having a big sleep over. I could see Mystie walking the hall, sleeping in the guest room or in the kitchen. I could see Lady A chasing the bobcat around the cabin trying to catch her and put her up when we came over. I could see us sitting around the fire place telling tales and spinning yarns. It is strange you never stop to think how a place is much more than a home till it is gone. All the fond and loving memories I had of Lady A’s home went up in the flames that horrible night.

I do have a heart after all. I don’t like to admit it but it does occasionally emerge. I also wanted to thank you for your donations. I was wrong about the people here. You do care and you do love Lady A as she loves you. I know she misses you and asks daily how the site is doing. I never actually knew what a tight knit group had formed here. Lady A is very fortunate to have each of you. You know as well as I do, we are very fortunate to have her. To think we almost lost her because of sick son of a bitch. But we have a long way to go and we still need donations. If you would like to give, I will put the email addy to our PayPal account below. I will also include the address to our Post Office Box.

I do want you to do one thing for me tomorrow. Light a candle and say a prayer tomorrow for Lady A as she undergoes this surgery to fix the fracture in her back. The doctor told us the surgery is due to start or scheduled for 10:00 in the morning. If you could say your prayers and light your candles at that time, I would appreciate it. I will admit I am scared and I don’t know why. I don’t want her to have this surgery but I don’t want her to suffer either. I am scared because I have no control over this situation instead I have to put my trust in a mundane doctor. Please remember our dear Lady, sister and friend tomorrow morning at 10:00. After she is out of surgery, we will up-date you sometime tomorrow.

Eleanor

PayPal address: thewotcstrustfund@yahoo.com

Jacob just informed me there is a donation button on the right hand side of the site. He also told me to remind you that the store is open and doing business. I am sure you know the store by now but to get him off my back, here is the link to it:

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Regular mail:

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Attn: Kit

P. O. Box 331

Kevil, KY 42053

Thank you.

Hail and Well Met, brothers & sisters. A few up-dates just for old time’s sake. First, Lady A is not getting out of the hospital this weekend. It was her dear buddy the neurologist who insisted that she would. But we have other doctors to consider in this matter, mainly the orthopedic specialist who has put Lady A back together once too often as he stated. She will not be getting out this weekend. He wants to give her upper thigh bone more time to heal because it was broken into and through her skin before he sends her home. He tried to explain to us how he put it back together but it went over our heads. We just agreed with him, what else can you do? Then the neurologist came in and told Lady A, “oh, you’ll be going home this weekend. I know you are happy about that.” She almost came out of the bed after him. We told him the other doctor disagreed and she would be in there till he decided it was time for her to go home. The neurologist flew into a fit and he said he would just see about that. I believe the neurologist has taken one too many of his own drugs. I talked to Eleanor this morning and the orthopedic doctor has been in and he said she was still staying. I guess we know now who is top doctor in that hospital.

Took Lady A’s familiar to the vet yesterday. Someone forgot to tell me that the dog hates men. When you would think of a small Pomeranian, you think they are so cute and adorable. That is what I thought of Kade(the Pom). I always saw him climb up into the car, get in his seat and look so cute. I thought he automatically did that. Was I wrong? I told him we were going bye-bye, Lady A uses it all the time. When I used it, he went and hid under the bed. I had to crawl under the bed and get him. I also got teeth prints on my hand from the adorable pup. I thought I probably scared him. I put him in the car and tried to pet him on the way to the vet’s office. That was a mistake, he took a bite out of me every time he could. Got to the vet’s office and I went in and talked to one of the ladies behind the counter. I told her I had Kade with me but he just didn’t want to cooperate with me. She is the one who told me he hated men. She went and got him out of the car without a moment’s problem. When he saw me, he would growl, snarl and acted like a rabid ball of fur. I stayed out front while they examined him. He did have some congestion in his lungs. The vet put him on a steroid and an antibiotic for a week.  The medicine should clear up his cough. They did a good exam and he was fine. They were nice enough to give him a small sedative so I could get him home and out of the car. Now Eleanor and I are switching spots. She is coming to give Kade his medicine and I am going to stay at the hospital with Lady A. Eleanor told me Lady A was like a grizzly bear after she found out she wasn’t getting out of the hospital this weekend. I might be trading a small, angry ball of fur for a big grizzly bear. I tried to tell Lady A with everything they had to do to her leg and then some redo’s, she wasn’t getting out this weekend but she didn’t believe me.

Her stay in the hospital does give us more time to put furniture in the house Eleanor just had to rent. Eleanor wanted to decorate the place like a palace. I told her that they were not going to live there forever. The plan so far is to demolish what is left of the cabin and rebuild on that site. I don’t know if that would be too much for Lady A to bear or not. I know she loved the spot and I believe if we do rebuild there, it might be what the doctor ordered. But with her doctors, you never know.

I have to go to the hospital now. El (is what we call Eleanor) is ringing on the phone to see if I am on my way. If I don’t up-date you tomorrow, she will. Don’t forget the store is open and doing business. Jacob is filling orders as quickly as you purchase merchandise. He is the only one getting any peace and quiet out of this whole ordeal. He is working his heart out. Every time I tell him to take a break, he tells me, “Mom is going to need this or Mom is going to need that, I can’t.” It is amazing in just a few months time, he is calling Lady A, Mom. He grew up with her and always thought of her as a second mother. The boy has good intentions and I should leave him alone. I should also get going to the hospital.

Lord M

Magickal Necessities

The Witches Digest for Tuesday, December 12

(Part 3)

Weekly Karmic Forecast for December 10 – 16, 2017

a message from Kelly M. Beard

To view more of Kelly’s insight, visit her website, www.KarmicTools.com

The Karmic Tools Weekly Forecast covers the current planetary transits which affect people in different ways and to various degrees of intensity. Take notice when it is a Personal planet (Sun / Moon / Mercury / Venus / Mars) interacting with a Social (Jupiter/Saturn) or Collective planet (Uranus / Neptune/Pluto). And pay extremely close attention when it is a Social planet interacting with a Collective planet because that means something *big* is brewing that will move large groups of people along their evolutionary paths. Tuning in to the energy and rhythm of the planets can serve as a useful *guide* as you move along your Individual Path. It also helps to understand your place within the context of the larger Social & Collective Story. Below, you will find out how these energies tend to manifest, as well as guidance and direction.

*NOTE*  There are some days when there are NO CONTACTS (besides the Moon), please note that there are no missing entries, we just list the actual Activations of each week + the day they happen.  

Weekly Forecast: December 10 – 16, 2017

12/10 ~ Mercury (voice) ~trine~ Uranus (individuality):

This activation gives you access to your Higher Mind and opens the way for new, deeper insights that can guide & direct you at this time. Business as usual will not work, it’s time to open up to the unusual, do something different, look at things from another angle and watch the ah-ha’s start pouring in. Your intuition will be firing on all cylinders, giving you access to unprecedented clarity. While your thinking may lack discipline, your ability to access solutions to any recent (or long-standing) challenges will be off the charts. This energy will not be contained, even though it is generally all mental, you really will have a hard time keeping up with the ideas, thoughts, concepts & intuitions that come to you under this influence so try to take notes that you can refer to later when the grounding will be necessary. Pay attention to the messages that come through/from others as well since you never know how the Universe will show up. This alone is an indication that whatever your consciousness may not have been previously ready to assimilate or process is awakening now to that which is just for you!

12/10 ~ Venus (love, finances & relationships) ~square~ Neptune (illusions & delusions):

This energy is great for creative flow. If you are artistically inclined in any way, you will have access to an energy that will allow you to create something amazing. Dig deep and allow your Self to free-flow! This energy can also challenge relationships (personal or professional) to ‘keep it real’ in some way and ones which are not on a true, solid foundation are likely to dissolve under this influence. When Neptune is involved, we see life through a completely different kind of lens, often seeing the potential rather than the reality of the situation. Detach & Trust. This activation is just helping you align your true values & priorities with the vision in your mind & heart, but you will have to expand your consciousness in some way, follow your inner compass and take practical steps going forward.

12/12 ~ Mercury (communication & self-expression) ~conjunct~ Sun (core essential Self):

This energy will compel you to express yourself on many levels. Communication will be a focus, just make sure it is reciprocated. You will have access to some powerful energy that can (and probably will) make quite an impression on others (if you need to). This is a good time to travel if possible too. However, if not physically, than mentally and certainly within your own area, you will take in more information per square inch than usual. Pay attention! You may even gain the much-deserved recognition from others that you have worked so hard for.

12/15 ~ Mercury (ideas, thoughts & concepts) ~conjunct~ Venus (values, priorities & resources):

This energy encourages you to see the Divine Order or the unifying theme running through the events of your life ~ good, bad & indifferent as well as past, present & future. This is an initiation of new values around communication, self-expression and the value of your ideas. You may finally be able to express ideas that have been percolating in your head, some people say “I love you” at this time, or articulate their feelings in deeper, more expressive ways. It’s really *juicy* for your Inner Artist, this is the beginning of expressing your creative ideas in altogether new & different ways than ever before. Allow your Imagination to free-flow. Play with ideas with no attachment to outcome. Take advantage and explore all that this energy stirs within you, but don’t give in to over-thinking/processing things. These connections are richer, giving you access to deeper personal growth & development through a new understanding of how all the events of your life work together for good, ultimately. You can see the necessity of certain challenges and clearly see your own personal mastery thus far. Celebrate and choose to create some new thought patterns that integrate and reflect more beauty throughout your life.

12/16 ~ Sun (core identity) ~trine~ Uranus (individuality):

This energy is wonderful for a little self-examination and taking action on your own behalf. Look at your habits, home situation, work or anything else that is important to you and look at how you’ve gotten to where you are. What kind of choices led here? This is a good time to look around and see how you can conserve what is useful and release that which is no longer relevant for you going forward. It’s also a good energy for organizing & clearing the decks, so to speak, of things that have piled up but still need to be dealt with (or released altogether). You may be feeling very practical, possibly selfish, but it’s actually self-preservation.

Weekly Love Horoscopes for December 11 thru 16, 2017

With Mars moving into passionate Scorpio dark horses abound or clandestine romance gets even more secretive, if single.

If attached, the desire to scrutinise and probe the depths of your partner’s feelings brings to light more than one expected answer. In fact, right now, transformative loving is the key to long-term happiness.

ARIES

What comes to mind this week, is that maybe you need to be more compassionate with yourself? For however hard you search for that ‘special someone’ out there, perhaps it’s your own inner richness which needs to be discovered? This is the week to bravely liberate the wealth of who you are, so others can find it too.

TAURUS

This week, thanks to Mars in your opposite sign, you’re thinking some pretty deep thoughts. So count your blessings and realise that perhaps it’s time to enjoy who you are, and what you have. Whether single or attached, be the down-to-earth, laid-back person that you are meant to be. Bless yourself, as well as the rest of the world.

GEMINI

Have you glimpsed a new romantic beginning? Take care. Throughout life, we have many pathways to follow, and quite simply they are all right for the given moment that we chose to go down them. This week, be realistic and don’t give in to some fantasy future; give life to your true beliefs, and most of all, follow your instinct.

CANCER

There’s a great feeling of relief when we come full circle to a place we know, whether it’s a literal home, or the ‘home’ of ourselves. And that’s the point you’ve finally reached. In the past weeks you’ve started to enjoy a sense of harmony in your romantic life, and now you can see how comfortable you can be with someone special in the future.

LEO

Saturn’s influence may be holding you back, but there’s no going back either. Your sensual charisma is irresistible and you’re ready to throw all caution to the wind. It’s not often you feel this certain about someone, but deeper reflection gives you the insight to see their true potential.

VIRGO

With a deeper understanding of your needs, you attract the right kind of attention at last. Don’t let a moment of self-doubt take you by surprise or make you behave out of character. This week, stay focused, speak from the heart, and it may well be one of the best weeks you’ve experienced for a long time.

LIBRA

OK, so you’ve been a little wrapped up in yourself, and haven’t had much time to think about someone else. This week, nurture others too. Once you show you care, then they’ll give you enough time to run around the world and back. Just a few kind words and your life will change for the better.

SCORPIO

Your need for security and a sense of belonging is what drives you on, underpinning all your hopes, romantic yearnings and attitude to life. With Mars plunging into your own sign this week, it’s time to see how to actually make this work for you. And if single, you know now what you didn’t know a few years back: that you need to be in control of your life, and no-one else can do it for you.  At last, everything will start to fall into place.

SAGITTARIUS

Enlightening moments abound concerning your independent spirit.  No longer do you see commitment as giving up your freedom, but of gaining something better. So make this a week to be with someone who shares your deepest thoughts and your most exciting hopes and dreams.

CAPRICORN

You’re always there when needed: reliable and resourceful. And this week, you might wonder why it is that others are being a little distant and independent. In fact, so confident are they in their plans and schemes, they don’t seem to fall back on your good advice. Time to make it clear you need to be heard again.

AQUARIUS

It may be that you’re listening to what’s good for you, and what’s not. But there’s something else that needs to come to light, and that’s your own take on love.  What makes you feel good to be alive, and how can you live with someone and still have the freedom you need? This week, you will find the answers.

PISCES

This week, it feels like your survival in the love stakes is literally, at stake. Do you reveal your frustrations, or your need for more romance? And if single, do you leap into a new relationship for the sake of it, because secretly you don’t want to be alone? Questions aside, you will find your way at last.

Reference

Sarah Bartlett, Astrologer

Published on The Astrology Room

For The Singles, The Daring Dating Horoscopes for December 11 thru 16, 2107

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)

Your ruler Mars is settling into his new home, looking at deep, intense emotions and secretive love affairs; hubba-hubba! Ok, it’s maybe less hubba-hubba and more furtive glances and wondering if you can really be bothered, but it’s passionate, powerful, even obsessive. Yummy. Get into it.

TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)

There’s nothing wrong with living a little, nothing wrong with picking the wrong sorts every now and again. How will you know who is right if you don’t see who is wrong? Get your defences down Taurus, new romance is on its way and it needs to be lived.

GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)

When you’ve sorted through three years of Saturn in your relationship sky and had Mars chasing someone new your way, you know your stuff. If someone has made it this far he or she is going to be worth the hassle. Relax, enjoy a new intimacy Gemini.

CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)

When you look through any window at any time of day you’ll see people going about their business, getting on with it. How about getting on the other side of that window and do a bit more yourself? Mars wants to show you a good time, put that mince pie down and go find it.

LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)

You can try and try, flirt and flirt, smile and laugh at his or her terrible jokes; or you can trust in Saturn’s last days in your new love sky and realise he’s been working up to something special. The Sun, Mercury and Venus agree with him. Shine, that’s more the enough.

VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)

Neptune is fogging up the love lens, you can’t quite see if someone is all in or wishing they were somewhere else? Where are you Virgo? Are you all in or do you think it’s ok for now, but maybe not for new year? Signals are confused, lead the way. Have that chat.

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)

As you lose your relationship planet Mars, from the 9th, it’s a lot quieter. That may not sound like much fun Libra, but maybe it’s just what you need; if not what you want? It’s surprisingly liberating, and we all know what happens when you’re truly not all that bothered.

SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)

Mars is in your sign, he’s energetic, bold and passionate and he’s got plans. Ok, so maybe they’re not all about your love life but Jupiter and Neptune’s plans most certainly are. Romance is up, energy to get on with it is up, make of that what you will Scorps.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)

Hello Venus! She’s getting some extra attention from Neptune, a romantic planet, but this seems to be more about nagging from family about your current single status and that’s maybe not so exciting. However. Don’t ignore their attempts at fixing you up with a hot date. They may get it right this time.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)

When you know you’ve had enough, when you know it’s not for you, you’re one of the better signs calling it, saying it’s done. The same goes when you know he or she is the one, undeniably yours. Truth is truth, be it about love, money or calories; honour your truth.

AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)

Some of these so called social events are drearier than a dreary thing, hopeless when all you want is a hot water bottle and an early night. Go along Aquarius, show your lovely face and let Venus single out someone who will be glad you did. Sparkle.

PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)

When other people can see what you can’t it’s a good idea to listen to them. If mates are telling you that bloke from accounts fancies you, they know it. If they suggest someone isn’t doing you any favours, listen to them. Watch-keepers on duty.

Reference

David Wells, Astrologer

Published on The Astrology Room

The Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, December 12, 2017

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)
Today marks the halfway mark in a personal project which last month you were ready to give up on. Now you know you have the talent and the know how to succeed. Keep going Aries, you’re nearly there!

TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
Today will be forever marked in your mind as a turning point. A time when you realised what and who wasn’t working for you. Start to make a promise to yourself that you will live life to the full.

GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
Speak from the heart and don’t worry what others think of your dreams and desires. This is your life to live as you see fit. You may have to make a large outlay, but aspects suggest it will pay back tenfold.

CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
Your earning potential is well starred and if you want to ask for more money, then this would be the time to do it. Look out for loose talk losing you a friendship tonight. Let others divulge their own news Cancer.

LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
Your finances don’t seem to be your own and indeed, many of your sign may be waiting for money to come in which was expected to have arrived before now. Breathe and stay calm. Your first reaction will dictate how others help you.

VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
You can and should make life fun for yourself again. How do you do this? By cutting contact with those you know have been bringing you down. Your element of earth sees you finally willing to commit to something you resisted last year. Ring now for honest talking.

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
Are you over analysing what’s going on, or do you really know that the path you are on is one you have to push others to help you walk down? Or could it be a case of you wanting what you cannot have.

SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
Don’t rush what you are doing, or you’ll give others the impression that you don’t really care about the path you are on and that you are only reacting for effect. You and I know that’s not true, so pay attention to detail.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
Mix ups earlier in the week left you feeling as if life had escaped your control. That is not true, even though it may seem so. Show you are in control by putting your own time into professional matters today.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
Recent events saw you let down by a face you thought you could trust. This would all be very well if you had shut them out of your life, but they still seem to be a secure part of your routine.
AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
Someone you thought was not your ally is in fact very much on your side. You’d see this if only you would give them a chance Aquarius. Hear others out when they speak to you today. It can turn a financial problem into an advantage.
PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
A delicate personal issue reaches a head, as you decide to make others’ decisions for them. Try to keep your manner a calm one, or you will only make those concerned think you are acting out of malice.

Reference

Claire Petulengro, Astrologer

Published on The Astrology Room

If You Were Born Today, Tuesday, December 12, 2017

You have a distinctly dual nature that, at your best, makes you versatile, and at your worst, downright confused (and confusing!). While a great lover of peace and harmony, you are also determined and fiery. While idealistic, you mostly have your feet on the ground. In relationships, the need for partnering and cooperating is strong, but freedom also matters to you. You are a natural counselor, offering excellent advice. There is usually quite a bit of drama and colorful emotion in your relationships, whether it’s because you bring this to the table or attract these kinds of people. Famous people born today: Frank Sinatra, Edward Koch, Connie Francis, Jennifer Connelly, Bridget Hall, Bob Barker, Dionne Warwick.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

With the Sun and Moon in harmony in your Solar Return chart, the year ahead should be satisfying and balanced overall. You are in comfortable demand and personally popular, and you are able to achieve a decent balance between work and play; personal and professional life. For the most part, you are on top of your game this year, and positive connections with others can be made fairly easily. With the ability to handle your emotions successfully, there is less stress on both your mind and body. Your self-confidence and positive attitude will reward you!

The year is good for motivation levels regarding work or projects and personal interests. There can be opportunities to pursue absorbing topics and projects of interest. More joy and meaning can be found in your work or obligations.

Your ability to concentrate and focus is enhanced this year. You may, in fact, have a lot of work to do in relative solitude or you might often retreat to study, work, or think. You might be required to travel for business purposes. Thinking in realistic and practical terms is your best bet, and the need for tangible results for your efforts is strong.

You are likely to establish connections and/or relationships with people that help forward your own personal growth. Teamwork and camaraderie, as well as meaningful connections, are themes. You feel your life has a definite purpose this year. Through your contacts with others, you are encouraged to grow.

You express yourself more clearly and you can be excellent at guiding and instructing others. There is a pronounced ability to order your thoughts and ideas, come up with designs, and recognize patterns. You can especially enjoy making plans, lists, and connections this year.

This is a strong year for spirituality and commitment to spiritual or metaphysical goals. Higher learning, mind expansion, or travel can also be in focus and very rewarding.

Helping ground you is a Mars-Saturn sextile that gives you a sense of responsibility and a feeling of directedness and purposefulness. Traditional methods work again this year, and thoroughness brings rewards. Practice or refining a technique is favored. The approach that seems to work best with this aspect is a step-by-step one, with modest ambitions and the appreciation of slow but steady progress. This is particularly true of mental projects and special interests. You can be prolific when your heart is engaged in what you’re doing.

This can be a good time for updating your electronics and technology in ways that open up new avenues for communication or ease. Wonderfully creative ideas can fill your head this year.

Making connections with others from a different background is likely to figure in the year ahead, or widening your mind through unusual or different experiences can be part of the picture. Generosity and compassion increases and your faith is boosted. You more easily make personal sacrifices for what you believe to be the better good.

This is an excellent year for new ideas and projects. You’re in good shape for staying on track and meeting your responsibilities, but also for tuning into new and progressive ideas. This is also a great period for connecting with people and projects who/that inspire you.

2017 is a Number Seven year for you. Ruled by Neptune. This is a year of preparation, chance, and refinement. It is not a time of dramatic changes. Instead, it’s a year when reflection on the past is helpful, and when refinements to your life path should be made. It’s a good year to study and analyze. Unexpected twists to your life story and “chance” meetings are probable. Advice – take stock of your life in order to prepare for more exciting years to come, examine the past and plan for the future, get in touch with your deepest needs and uncover your personal power, don’t strain yourself or actively try to expand.

2018 will be a Number Eight year for you. Ruled by Saturn. This is a year of power and accomplishment. Actively seeking to expand, taking educated risks, and moving forward are highlighted. This is a year of opportunity, particularly in the material and business world, and opportunities need to be seized. It’s generally not a year to find a new love partner, simply because the focus is on the material world and your place in the world. This is a problem-solving year in which you can expect real, tangible results. Advice – take action, plan ahead, seize opportunities.

Get A Jump on tomorrow

The Daily Horoscopes for Wednesday, December 13

ARIES (March 21st-April 20th)
Double check any figures you have to deal with today, as aspects suggest you may have got your sums wrong. Your need to see a certain person could see you telling lies to those who trust you.

TAURUS (April 21st-May 21st)
Gossip may get the better of you and you’d be wise to follow the advice that if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. Boredom could well see some of your sign doing things which you know will get you in trouble.

GEMINI (May 22nd-June 21st)
A relationship which developed a stale taste, can and will be rectified once you admit where you went wrong. Your element of air has made you more of a gossip than usual and if you owe an apology this is the day to make it.

CANCER (June 22nd-July 23rd)
The need to spend more time in the company of someone you care for could see you cancelling things which others were relying on you for. Try to be fair and work out a compromise. You and those involved will feel better if you do.

LEO (July 24th-August 23rd)
You may be forced to change your plans because of others dragging their feet. What you don’t realise, but you would if you tried, is that you hold the power to complete all that is ahead alone.
VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd)
The stars line up to make you the centre of attention, so be prepared to have to answer for all you say and do today. You’ll be asked direct questions and giving honest answers helps you to gain back respect you recently lost.

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd)
Always listen to your heart. It will save you a lot of time and energy and will ensure that you end up with a life you want to live. Contacts signed now make your life a better place to be.
SCORPIO (October 24th-November 22nd)
Work you were dreading doing will actually turn out to be a challenge you will enjoy and excel at. Find time to call the person who has been on your mind. They will feel lifted by your contact and you’ll feel glad you made the effort.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd-December 21st)
There is a really sentimental feel to your chart today. You find yourself telling stories of your past to new faces you meet. You have unfinished business with something which if settled today, will never need to worry you again.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th)
A softer side to your character is emerging and you find it easy to admit what you want without feeling the pressure just to say what others want to hear. You’ve come a long way and I’m proud of you.

AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 19th)
You have been looking at your problems from the wrong angle. Deal with your worries one at a time, and bit by bit you will build up your confidence and see that you can change your destiny to be a happy one.

PISCES (February 20th-March 20th)
You’re growing in so many ways and although I know your journey has been a painful one, it has also been a very learned one. Your element of water helps you connect to those who have been closed off lately.

Reference

Claire Petulengro, Astrologer

Published on The Astrology Room

Tarot Card of the Day

Seven of Coins

The Judgement card represents a sexual awakening, and now that you aren’t afraid to move in a new direction, a whole new world awaits you. What sex positions do you want to try, and which fantasies have you been dying to act out? Being honest with yourself and potential partner(s) about the details of what you desire will help you get what you want faster, and the end result will be much more satisfying. And above all, enjoy your sexual liberation!

Your Daily Rune for December 12, 2017

Mannaz

“Man-az” – Literally: “Mankind”

Esoteric: Humankind, awareness

Rune of the Divine structure of intelligence in the human soul or psyche. Rune of the horizons of human existence and collective potential.

Psi: mind & memory (Hugin & Munin), the difference between human and all other life, development of the intellect, rational mind, perfected intelligence

Energy: psychic order of the gods reflected in humankind, projection of Self into time

Mundane: thinking, planning, analysis, the human condition, people at large (contemporary: the masses)

Divinations: Divine structure, sustainability, intelligence, awareness, social order, divine influence in life; or depression, mortality, blindness, self-delusion, collective suicide, bigotry, elitism, intellectual arrogance.

Governs:

Self-Actualization
Realization of the divine structure in humankind
Increase in intelligence, memory and mental powers (passing tests)
Unlocking the third-eye hvel, the “mind’s eye”
Activating the dynamics of your own inner Christus, or Higher Self
Awareness of our roles as co-creator with the gods and nature
Mental and spiritual potential

Your Animal Spirit Guide for Tuesday, December 12

The Falcon

The Wisdom of the Budda

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

A Little Thought from Me to You…….

I pledge allegiance
to the Earth
Of our Beloved Solar System
and to all
of Her creatures
for here they dwell
One planet
united in harmony
with universal love
and compassion for all.

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An up-date on Lady of the Abyss first, she is starting to be weaned off her morphine. Which is good but they intend to let her stay on it and do the weaning because they have started to try therapy.  She made small progress yesterday. She was able to get up and stand on with the aid of a walker. She didn’t stand long because of the intense pain. I have been trying to lighten her spirits. I told her if anything ever happened to her, I was going to resell all the metal she now had in her body. That did not go over well. She told me to shut up. When she landed on that side, all the metal in that leg was twisted and moved out of place. The doctor started at her foot and used microscopic surgery to put the rods and screws back in the proper place. They did not want to open her leg completely up. Due to the damage, they were afraid she would be out to long and wouldn’t survive the surgery. She also suffered several broken ribs in the fall and another knock on the head. This time she didn’t lost her memory. I think it is too soon for her to even start therapy but I am not a doctor. The doctor and I talked in the hall. I voiced my concerns over her starting therapy. He told me if she didn’t get up now, she would never get up. He has not only been Lady A’s doctor for years but also a friend. He told me he knew her well enough that he knew she would never want to live life in a wheelchair. She had to start therapy no matter how painful, he would take care of her pain. He wanted her to walk and if I would stay out of it except to encourage her, she would. He is a man of his word, after the therapy yesterday, she was in great pain, in tears. A nurse came in with a shot and gave it to her. In about 10 minutes she was resting peacefully. I was relieved to know he meant what he had said to me. I do not trust doctors.

I took a break from the hospital this morning to see what has been going on here. To see if we couldn’t get the site back up and running. I know Lady A always said doing the site took her mind off of things that were bothering her. I hope the same hold trues for myself. Eleanor and I will be rotating back in forth as far as the hospital goes and the site. I see you have already been introduced to Eleanor. Eleanor is devoted to Lady A. She is the one that gave Lady A’s memory back to her when she had the wreck. Now she is here to stay till Lady A makes a full recovery. Full recovery might take up to a year. I am sure you agree with me, we are very fortunate to have her with us. I don’t believe I have to tell you anything about Eleanor that she hasn’t already told you. She is rough around the edges and she doesn’t mind telling you what she thinks. As I have found out recently. She has been with Lady A for a very long time. She tries to pull her stunts on Lady A and they go head to head. I have seen the two of them go at each other till I thought the building was going to explode. I keep thinking that is what Lady A needs. A motivation to get her to take her therapy seriously so she will walk again on that leg. May Eleanor is that motivation, we will see.

The ladies are arriving. I have to see what we need to get done to get the WOTC back up. I will keep you up-dated on her progress. We are also collecting donations. I would like to thank those of you who have already contributed to rebuilding Lady A’s life.

Lord of the Myst

Mailing address:

The WOTC

Attn: Kit

P. O. Box 331

Kevil, KY 42053

PayPal address:

thewotcstrustfund@yahoo.com

The store is also open, Jacob is running it. Purchases through there also helps.