Today’s Word is
Covenstead
From moonlitpriestess.com
An area of power or energy where a coven meets.
Tag: Daily Witch Correspondences
June 28 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 June 28
Mercury from Passing BepiColombo
Image Credit & License: ESA, JAXA, BepiColombo, MTM
Explanation: Which part of the Moon is this? No part — because this is the planet Mercury. Mercury’s old surface is heavily cratered like that of Earth’s Moon. Mercury, while only slightly larger than Luna, is much denser and more massive than any Solar System moon because it is made mostly of iron. In fact, our Earth is the only planet more dense. Because Mercury rotates exactly three times for every two orbits around the Sun, and because Mercury’s orbit is so elliptical, visitors on Mercury could see the Sun rise, stop in the sky, go back toward the rising horizon, stop again, and then set quickly over the other horizon. From Earth, Mercury’s proximity to the Sun causes it to be visible only for a short time just after sunset or just before sunrise. The featured image was captured last week by ESA and JAXA‘s passing BepiColombo spacecraft as it sheds energy and prepares to orbit the innermost planet starting in 2025.
June 28 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe
1519 King Carlos I elected Holy Roman Catholic Emperor Charles V
1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London
1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France
2021 Tigray Defense Forces retake Tigray’s regional capital of Mekelle in Ethiopia’s Tigray War. The Ethiopian government declares a unilateral ceasefire to save face but neither side sticks to it. [1]
Today’s Historical Events
683 Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
767 St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1098 Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul
1119 Battle of Sarmada – Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
1245 1st Council of Lyon (13th ecumenical council) opens
1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe
1461 Edward IV crowned king of England
1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1951 “Amos ‘n’ Andy” premieres on CBS TV
1984 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
1990 Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
1992 Ra Lewis’ dramatic play “Chinese Coffee”, starring Al Pacino, opens at the Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 18 performances
1993 NCRV shows last “Cheers” in Netherlands
1996 “Nutty Professor” starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
2003 “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland
2017 “Spider-man: Homecoming” directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr. premieres in Los Angeles
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph “Adolfe” Sax
1928 Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of “West End Blues”
1947 “Temptation” (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
1950 “Michael Todd’s Peep Show” opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 performances
1967 George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding
1973 Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
1897 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: England’s Blanche Bingley-Hillyard wins her 4th title beating Charlotte Cooper 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1904 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Reigning champion Dorothea Chambers beats Charlotte Cooper 6-0, 6-3
1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
1919 Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees, winning 1st game, 2-0, losing 2nd game, 4-1 (Polo Grounds, NYC)
1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
1924 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord’s
Spell for Today – Herbal Witches Cleansing Bottle
To make an herbal cleansing bottle, pour a layer of sand in a large clear bottle.
Add layers of dried herbs, one at a time: first rosemary; then lemon peel, sage, cedar, black peppercorns, lavender, dill, bay leaf, and rowan.
When the bottle is full, focus cleansing protective energy into the herbs and sand, and see a golden light radiating from the bottle. Visualize the herbs driving away negative influences.
Cork and seal the bottle with white wax (or another color of your choice).
Using a permanent marker, draw the Algiz rune on one side of the bottle, and on the other side draw a pentagram.
Set the bottle near your front or back door, and every six months, uncap, pour the herbs out into the woods or your compost heap, and thoroughly wash and dry the bottle before filling it with a new round of herbs.
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Coven
From moonlitpriestess.com
A group of Witches; can be all male, all female, or a mix of both. The traditional number of coven members is 13, however, the exact number of members and the purposes of the coven typically differ between traditions. Differentiated from other Witch group types in that covens function as a sort of family unit for the purpose of magickal practice and/or worship with structured set of rules, traditions, training, and hierarchy. Within Wicca, coven entry is by initiation only and following required training (usually up to a year and a day in length) into the particular coven’s tradition.
From Spells8.com
A group of witches is called a Coven. A witch’s magickal family may be considered their coven if they have formed a group to perform magick alongside each other.
If you are interested in joining an online coven, please write to High Priestess Lady Beltane at ladybeltane@aol.com for more information. Please put COVEN in the subject line.
June 27 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 June 27
The Gum Nebula over Snowy Mountains
Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Jin
Explanation: The Gum Nebula is so large and close it is actually hard to see. This interstellar expanse of glowing hydrogen gas frequently evades notice because it spans 35 degrees — over 70 full Moons — while much of it is quite dim. This featured spectacular 90-degree wide mosaic, however, was designed to be both wide and deep enough to bring up the Gum — visible in red on the right. The image was acquired late last year with both the foreground — including Haba Snow Mountain — and the background — including the Milky Way’s central band — captured by the same camera and from the same location in Shangri-La, Yunnan, China. The Gum Nebula is so close that we are only about 450 light-years from the front edge, while about 1,500 light-years from the back edge. Named for a cosmic cloud hunter, Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960), the origin of this complex nebula is still being debated. A leading theory for the origin of the Gum Nebula is that it is the remnant of a million year-old supernova explosion, while a competing theory holds that the Gum is a molecular cloud shaped over eons by multiple supernovas and the outflowing winds of several massive stars.
June 27 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sets sail from the Mexican port of Navidad to explore the west coast of North America on behalf of the Spanish Empire
1743 War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: in Bavaria, King George II of Britain personally leads troops into battle. The last time a British monarch commanded troops in the field.
1929 1st color TV demo, performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC
1950 North Korean troops reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1954 1st atomic power station opens – Obninsk, near Moscow in Russia
Today’s Historical Events
678 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
992 Battle of Conquereuil won by the Count of Anjou, Fulk the Black, defeating Conan I, Count of Brittany, in western France
1358 Republic of Dubrovnik is founded
1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sets sail from the Mexican port of Navidad to explore the west coast of North America on behalf of the Spanish Empire
1552 Cathedral Church of Charcas established in Charcas, Spanish Empire (later La Plata, now Sucre, Bolivia) [1]
1580 Duke of Alva’s army occupies Portugal
1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America
1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 “Julius LaRosa Show” debuts on CBS-TV
1958 8th Berlin International Film Festival: “Wild Strawberries” wins Golden Bear
1959 “West Side Story” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 performances
1966 Dark Shadows, American Gothic soap opera, premieres on ABC-TV
1973 “Live & Let Die”, 8th James Bond Film, 1st to star Roger Moore, also starring Jane Seymour, 1st released in the US
1974 “Flip Wilson Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1975 25th Berlin International Film Festival: “Adoption” wins the Golden Bear
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1950 “Liar” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
1964 “Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)” by Die Beatles peaks at #97
1969 Denver Pop Festival opens; 50,000 attend; Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jimi Hendrix headline; other performers include Three Dog Night, Tim Buckley, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, and Poco
1970 Festival Express opens in Toronto, Canada – The Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Flying Burrito Bros, Buddy Guy, Great Speckled Bird, and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends cross Canada together by train, for 5 shows in 3 cities
1971 “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” closes at the John Golden Theatre, NYC, after 31 performances
1976 “Pacific Overtures” closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 performances
1982 “Dancin'” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1,774 performances
1992 “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)” by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1864 Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia: Colonel Sherman makes unsuccessful frontal attack on Confederate defensive lin
1890 Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London, England
1891 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Mabel Cahill beats defending champion Ellen Roosevelt 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1894 American Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] sets out from Boston to become first woman to bicycle around the world (completes journey September 1895)
1898 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Louisa Martin 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles championship
1898 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Defending champion R.F. Doherty beats younger brother Laurence Doherty 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1
1899 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Charlotte Cooper 6-2, 6-3
1902 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Newport, RI: Marion Jones wins her second US singles title; beats Elisabeth Moore 6-1, 1-0 when the defending champion is forced to retire
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Charm
From moonlitpriestess.com
Another term for a protective object (see also Amulet, Talisman, and Charm Bag); also refers to a set of rhyming words as part of a spell.
From Spells8.com
From the Latin carmen meaning “song, incantation,” but came to be a generic term referring to any type of magick. As a noun, it commonly refers to a small object that protects its wearer from evil. As a verb, it commonly refers to refers to the act of using magick to exert control over a person.
June 26 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 June 26
Light Echoes from V838 Mon
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, H. E. Bond (STScI)
Explanation: What caused this outburst of V838 Mon? For reasons unknown, star V838 Mon‘s outer surface suddenly greatly expanded with the result that it became one of the brighter stars in the Milky Way Galaxy in early 2002. Then, just as suddenly, it shrunk and faded. A stellar flash like this had never been seen before — supernovas and novas expel matter out into space. Although the V838 Mon flash appears to expel material into space, what is seen in the featured image from the Hubble Space Telescope is actually an outwardly expanding light echo of the original flash. In a light echo, light from the flash is reflected by successively more distant surfaces in the complex array of ambient interstellar dust that already surrounded the star. V838 Mon lies about 20,000 light years away toward the constellation of the unicorn (Monoceros), while the light echo above spans about six light years in diameter.
June 26 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
363 Roman Emperor Julian is killed during retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by troops on the battlefield.
1794 Battle of Fleurus: major victory by forces of the First French Republic under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan over the Coalition Army (Great Britain, Hanover, Dutch Republic, and Habsburgs) first use of reconnaissance balloon
1857 The first 62 recipients are awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean war by Queen Victoria
1917 1st US troops arrive in France during World War I
1945 United Nations Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco
2016 Panama Canal’s third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion
Today’s Historical Events
363 Roman Emperor Julian is killed during retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by troops on the battlefield.
684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1243 Battle of Köse Dağ: Mongols under Baiju defeat Seljuk army of Sultan Kaykhusraw II during Mongol attacks in north east Turkey
1284 According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away
1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V
1483 Duke of Gloucester succeeds as King Richard III of England after Parliament declared Edward V illegitimate
1498 Toothbrush invented in China using boar bristles
1553 Christ’s Hospital in England granted a charter
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1925 “The gold rush“, directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released
1946 Fred Allen’s last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny
1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast
1959 9th Berlin International Film Festival: “The Cousins” wins Golden Bear
1962 WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 14th Berlin International Film Festival: “Dry Summer” wins the Golden Bear
1971 21st Berlin International Film Festival: “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” wins the Golden Bear
1979 “Moonraker”, 11th James Bond film starring Roger Moore, premieres in London
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1870 Richard Wagner‘s opera “Valkyrie”, second in his Ring Cycle premieres in Munich, featuring “Ride of the Valkyries”
1912 Gustav Mahler’s 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
1924 “Ziegfeld Follies of 1924”, featuring Billie Burke and W.C. Fields, opens at the New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC
1966 “Time for Singing” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 41 performances
1971 “Man of La Mancha” closes at ANTA Wash Sq Theater NYC after 2329 performances
1973 London production of musical “Grease” premieres
1977 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, the last performance of his career
1979 Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, accidentally crashes & kills a driver
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1899 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: R.F. Doherty wins 3rd straight Wimbledon singles championship; beats Arthur Gore 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
1906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France)
1910 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Louise Hammond 6-4, 6-2
1911 US Open Men’s Golf, Chicago GC: 19-year old John McDermott becomes first American born champion; wins in a playoff with Mike Brady and George Simpson
1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with numbers on their jerseys (one game)
1925 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: English born American Jim Barnes captures his only Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Ted Ray and Archie Compston
1935 Surrey’s former England Test cricket batsman Andy Sandham scores his 100th first class century (103) v Hampshire at Basingstoke
1937 Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord’s, scores 0 & 1
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Saturday
Magickal Intentions: Spirit Communications, Meditation, Psychic Attack or Defense, Locating Lost Things and Missing Persons, Building, Life, Doctrine, Protection, Knowledge, Authority, Limitations, Boundaries, Time and Death
Incense: Black Poppy Seed and Myrrh
Planet: Saturn
Sign: Capricorn and Aquarius
Angel: Cassel
Colors: Black, Grey and Indigo
Herbs/Plants: Myrrh, Moss, Hemlock, Wolfsbane, Coltsfoot, Nightshade and Fir
Stones: Jet, Smokey Quartz, Amethyst, Black Onyx, Snowflake Obsidian, Lava, Pumice
Oil: (Saturn) Cypress, Mimosa, Myrrh, Patchouli
Saturn lends its energies to the last day of the week. Because Saturn is the planet of karma, this day is an excellent time for spellwork involving reincarnation, karmic lessons, the Mysteries, wisdom, and long-term projects.
It is also a good time to being efforts that deal with the elderly, death, or the eradication of pests and disease.
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Faeries
From moonlitpriestess.com
Some refer to them as The Wee Folk; the word “fairy” is a synonym for “brownie.” Many Earth elementals are called faeries or the fey. A deeper study is required for better understanding.
June 25 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, 1st woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn: US 7th Cavalry under Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in what has become famously known as “Custer’s Last Stand”
1929 US President Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1950 north korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War
2021 WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the COVID-19 Delta variant is the most transmissible to date, now present in 85 countries and spreading rapidly [1]
Today’s Historical Events
253 St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
524 Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians
841 Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I
1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
1096 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques (later Afonso I of Portugal) defeats Moors
1183 Peace of Konstanz signed between Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Italian Lombard League
1243 Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1949 “Long-Haired Hare”, animated short starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters
1951 1st color TV broadcast, CBS’ Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
1955 “Imogene Coca Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1956 WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 “Jonathan Winters Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1960 Lorraine Hansberry’s stage drama “A Raisin in the Sun”, 1st Broadway play by a black woman, starring Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier, closes at the Belasco Theatre, NYC, after 530 performances
1965 15th Berlin International Film Festival: “Alphaville” wins the Golden Bear
1967 KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1821 Carl Maria von Weber‘s “Konzertstück in f, for Piano and Orchestra” premieres
1910 Igor Stravinsky‘s ballet “The Firebird” for the Ballets Russes premieres at the Opéra de Paris, Paris
1938 “A Tisket A Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1
1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
1955 “Can Can” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 892 performances
1964 WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles’ Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
1966 Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1966 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1892 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Mabel Cahill beats Elisabeth Moore 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1903 NY Yanks & Chicago White Sox end deadlocked game at 6-6 in 18
1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
1904 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: May Sutton beats defending champion Elisabeth Moore 6-1, 6-2 for her first of 3 major titles
1909 US Open Men’s Golf, Englewood GC: Englishman George Sargent sets a new Open scoring record to win his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
1912 British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Ted Ray wins wire-to-wire by 4 shots from defending champion Harry Vardon
1921 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: former local Jock Hutchison (resident in US) wins his only Open Championship by 9 strokes in a 36-hole playoff over amateur Roger Wethered
1926 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American amateur Bobby Jones wins the first of his 3 Claret Jugs, 2 strokes clear of runner-up Al Watrous; 5th victory by an American in 6 years
June 25 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 June 25
Planets of the Solar System
Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Canaveras, Chiara Tronci, Giovanni Esposito, Giuseppe Conzo, Luciana Guariglia, (Gruppo Astrofili Palidoro)
Explanation: Simultaneous images from four cameras were combined to construct this atmospheric predawn skyscape. The cooperative astro-panorama captures all the planets of the Solar System, just before sunrise on June 24. That foggy morning found innermost planet Mercury close to the horizon but just visible against the twilight, below and left of brilliant Venus. Along with the waning crescent Moon, the other bright naked-eye planets, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn lie near the ecliptic, arcing up and to the right across the wide field of view. Binoculars would have been required to spot the much fainter planets Uranus and Neptune, though they also were along the ecliptic in the sky. In the foreground are excavations at an ancient Roman villa near Marina di San Nicola, Italy, planet Earth.
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Friday
Venus/Water/East/West/South/Dawn/Female/Libra/Taurus
Magickal Intentions: Love, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers, Heart
Color: aqua, blue, light blue, brown, green, pale green, magenta, peach, pink, rose, white, all pastels
Number: 5, 6
Metal: copper
Charm: green or white garments, scepter
Stone: alexandrite, amethyst, coral, diamond, emerald, jade, jet, black moonstone, peridot, smoky quartz, tiger’s-eye, pink tourmaline
Animal: camel, dove, elephant, goat, horse, pigeon, sparrow
Plant: apple, birch, cherry, clematis, clove, coriander, heather, hemlock, hibiscus, ivy, lotus, moss, myrtle, oats, pepperwort, peppermint, pinecone, quince, raspberry, rose, pink rose, red rose, rose hips, saffron, sage, savin, stephanotis, strawberry, thyme, vanilla, verbena, violet, water lily, yarrow, and all flowers
Incense: ambergris, camphor, mace, musk, myrrh, rose, saffron, sage, sandalwood, sweetgrass, vanilla, violet, all floral scents
Goddess: Aphrodite, Asherah, Baalith, Brigid, Erzulie, Freya (Passionate Queen), Frigg, Gefion, Harbor (Beautiful One), Hestia, Inanna, Ishtar (Lady of Passion and Desire), Lakshmi, Lilith, Mokosh, Nehalennia, Nerthus, Ostara, Pombagira, Sarasvati, Shakti, Shekinah, Sirtur, Al Uzza, Venus (Queen of Pleasure), Vesta
God: Allah, Bacchus, Bes, Cupid, the Dagda, Dionysus, El, Eros (God of Love), Freyr, Frit Ailek, Shukra
Evocation: Agrat Bat Mahalat, Anael, Hagiel, Mokosba, Rasbid, Sachiel, Uriel, Velas
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Words are
Cense
and
Censer
From Spells8.com
To perfume something ritually with the odor of burning incense, such as a room, person, or object.
From moonlitpriestess.com
An incense burner: tool in Wicca and other witchcraft traditions associated with the Element of Air.
June 23 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 June 23
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
Image Credit & Copyright: Basudeb Chakrabarti, Telescope Live
Explanation: Beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger than our own Milky Way. It lies some 30 million light-years distant in the southern constellation Pavo but appears as only a faint, extended object in small telescopes. We see the disk of the nearby island universe tilted towards our line of sight in this remarkably detailed galaxy portrait, a telescopic view that spans an area about the angular size of a full moon. In it, the giant galaxy’s elongated yellowish core is dominated by the light from old, cool stars. Beyond the core, grand spiral arms are filled with young blue star clusters and speckled with pinkish star forming regions. An extended arm sweeps past smaller satellite galaxy NGC 6744A at the lower right. NGC 6744’s galactic companion is reminiscent of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud.
June 24 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2022 June 24
Filaprom on the Western Limb
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Wise
Explanation: A solar filament is an enormous stream of incandescent plasma suspended above the active surface of the Sun by looping magnetic fields. Seen against the solar disk it looks dark only because it’s a little cooler, and so slightly dimmer, than the solar photosphere. Suspended above the solar limb the same structure looks bright when viewed against the blackness of space and is called a solar prominence. A filaprom would be both of course, a stream of magnetized plasma that crosses in front of the solar disk and extends beyond the Sun’s edge. In this hydrogen-alpha close-up of the Sun captured on June 22, active region AR3038 is near the center of the frame. Active region AR3032 is seen at the far right, close to the Sun’s western limb. As AR3032 is carried by rotation toward the Sun’s visible edge, what was once a giant filament above it is now partly seen as a prominence, How big is AR3032’s filaprom? For scale planet Earth is shown near the top right corner.
Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions
Today’s Word is
Blot
From moonlitpriestess.com
In Heathenry, a formal ritual slaughter of livestock usually performed outdoors in honor of the Gods during very special occasions. The blood spilled may then be used in anointing and blessing of spaces and objects.
From Spells8.com
A communal event where animal sacrifice is used as an offering to a deity or god. Members of the ritual feast on the sacrifice in celebration. In today’s age, sacrificing a live animal is less common, there will be lots of good food and wine in its place.
Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Thursday
From Ancient Pathway
| Magickal Intentions: Luck, Happiness, Health, Legal Matters, Male Fertility, Treasure and Wealth, Honor, Riches, Clothing Desires, Leadership, Public Activity, Power, Success |
Incense: Cinnamon Musk Nutmeg Sage |
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| Planet: Jupiter |
Sign: Sagittarius Pisces |
Angel: Sachiel |
| Colors: Purple Royal Blue Indigo |
Herbs/Plants: Cinnamon Beech Buttercup Coltsfoot Oak |
Stones: Sugilite Amethyst Turquoise Lapis Lazuli Sapphire |
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