Tag: Daily Witch Correspondences

June 16 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 16

Strawberry Supermoon from China

Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)

Explanation: There are four Full Supermoons in 2022. Using the definition of a supermoon as a Full Moon near perigee, that is within at least 90% of its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit, the year’s Full Supermoon dates are May 16, June 14, July 13, and August 12. Full Moons near perigee really are the brightest and largest in planet Earth’s sky. But size and brightness differences between Full Moons are relatively small and an actual comparison with other Full Moons is difficult to make by eye alone. Two exposures are blended in this supermoon and sky view from June 14. That Full Moon was also known to northern hemisphere skygazers as the Strawberry moon. The consecutive short and long exposures allow familiar features on the fully sunlit lunar nearside to be seen in the same image as a faint lunar corona and an atmospheric cloudscape. They were captured in skies over Chongqing, China.

June 16 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1779 Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar which goes on to last 3 years, 7 months and 2 weeks

1858 Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand” accepting Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate

1904 Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce‘s novel “Ulysses”)

1963 Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who becomes the 1st woman in space

2000 Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms

Today’s Historical Events

632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era

1487 Battle of Stoke, Nottinghamshire: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell

1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison, Scotland

1624 Virginia becomes an English crown colony following the bankruptcy of the London Company

1673 Peace of Vossem: French King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg

1745 British fleet occupies Cape Breton on St Lawrence River

1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish and French army

1755 British capture Fort Beauséjour, expel Acadians

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1960 “Psycho”, psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles, opens in New York City

1961 Dave Garroway is fired as host of NBC’s “Today Show”

1966 Rowan & Martin host “The Dean Martin Show” Summer Series, on NBC-TV

1978 Film “Grease” opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical

1978 Ringo Starr releases album “Bad Boy”

1980 Musical comedy film “The Blues Brothers”, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago, Illinois

1983 Ringo Starr releases album “Old Wave” album in West Germany; soon after releases follow in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Brazil

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1902 “The Wizard of Oz” musical first opens in Chicago, Illinois

1958 “Flip Top Box” by Dicky Doo & The Don’ts hits #46

961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris

1967 50,000 attend first day of the Monterey International Pop Festival – beginning of the Summer of Love

1967 The first Montreux Jazz Festival is held in Switzerland, created by Claude Nobs [1]

1977 “Beatlemania” opens on Broadway

1979 Single “Logical Song” by Supertramp peaks at #6

1982 Columbia Records releases “Somewhere in the Stars”, the fourth studio album by Rosanne Cash; produced by husband Rodney Crowell, and featuring her father Johnny Cash on one track

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1883 1st baseball “Ladies’ Day” (NY Gothams beat Cleveland Spiders 5-2)

1894 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Helen Hellwig beats defending champion Aline Terry 7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

1899 Victor Trumper‘s 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord’s

1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox

1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic gold medals

1917 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8

1929 Otto E. Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)

1932 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorkshire v Essex

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Words are

Ancestors

and

Ancestor Veneration

From moonlitpriestess.com

Spirits of deceased humans with whom you have strong bonds such as family members, friends, etc. Some traditions recognize only blood-relative ancestors, particularly on the subject of ancestral curses. Others recognize various other ancestors including the Mighty Dead.

AND

Also called “veneration of the dead,” refers to honoring and respecting the deceased. Specific methods of doing so and why differs between cultures, religions, families, etc. (see also Ancestors)

June 15 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 June 15

In the Heart of the Virgo Cluster

Image Credit & Copyright: Saulius Adomaitis

Explanation: The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies is the closest cluster of galaxies to our Milky Way Galaxy. The Virgo Cluster is so close that it spans more than 5 degrees on the sky – about 10 times the angle made by a full Moon. With its heart lying about 70 million light years distant, the Virgo Cluster is the nearest cluster of galaxies, contains over 2,000 galaxies, and has a noticeable gravitational pull on the galaxies of the Local Group of Galaxies surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy. The cluster contains not only galaxies filled with stars but also gas so hot it glows in X-rays. Motions of galaxies in and around clusters indicate that they contain more dark matter than any visible matter we can see. Pictured here, the heart of the Virgo Cluster includes bright Messier galaxies such as Markarian’s Eyes on the upper left, M86 just to the upper right of center, M84 on the far right, as well as spiral galaxy NGC 4388 at the bottom right.

June 15 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history

1215 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor, England

1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force

1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku, Japan; 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured and 13,000 houses destroyed

1940 World War II: France surrenders to NAZI Germany, German troops occupy Paris

1991 Climactic eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines, the second-largest volcanic eruption on Earth of the 20th century

Today’s Historical Events

763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history

923 Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy

1094 Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren

1184 Magnus V Erlingsson, King of Norway (1156–1184), dies in the Battle of Fimreite

1215 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor, England

1219 King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark

1219 Dannebrog is the flag of Denmark and the oldest national flag in the world. According to legend, it fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes’ luck

1246 Battle at Leitha: Hungary-Austrian

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1878 World’s first moving pictures caught on camera (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse’s hooves leave the ground

1948 WPIX TV channel 11 in NYC, NY (IND) begins broadcasting

1948 WTNH TV channel 8 in New Haven, CT (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting

1960 “The Apartment” directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1961)

1962 WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting

1967 “The Dirty Dozen”, based on E. M. Nathanson’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Charles Bronson is released in the US

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1957 “Ziegfeld Follies of 1957” closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 performances

1963 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical “The Sound of Music”, closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 1443 performances

1963 “Sukiyaki” sung by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, hits #1

1965 Bob Dylan records single “Like a Rolling Stone” (#1 in Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”)

1968 “How Now, Dow Jones” closes at Lunt Fontanne, NYC, after 220 performances

1968 “I Do! I Do!” closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 561 performances

1968 “New Faces of 1965” closes at Booth Theater, NYC, after 52 performances

1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant two acorns for peace, at Coventry Cathedral, Conventry, England

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1887 NY Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 29-1

1888 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Bertha Townsend beats defending champion Ellen Hansell 6-3, 6-5

1889 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Bertha Townsend beats Lida Voorhees 7-5, 6-2

1894 Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8

1902 Minor League’s most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game

1906 British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Scotsman James Braid successfully defends title by 4 strokes from J.H. Taylor of England; his 3rd Open victory

1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord’s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.

1912 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Mary Browne beats Eleonora Sears 6-4, 6-2 for her first of 3 straight US singles titles

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Word is

Casting a Circle

From moonlitpriestess.com

The creating of a magickal circle.

From Spells8.com

To project a circle or cone of energy where the practitioner will contain the energy generated by their ritual or magick.

Circle Casting for Wiccans and Non-Wiccans

When should I cast a circle? What’s a good chant to bless a circle? Do I need a tool or can I use my finger? Learn everything about sacred circles here:

 

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Tuesday

Tuesday

is associated with the planet Mars and the zodiac signs of both Aries and Scorpio, and although Scorpio is a water sign, this day is assigned the elemental correspondence of Fire. All of these factors lead to a favorable time for energy work, creativity, justice work, spells for assertion—even to the extent of aggression. This would be a great day for any social justice advocacy spells, or even a baneful working if the need calls for it. Also, summoning courage, strength and passion for yourself or someone else would be favorable on this day. Use the color orange for any candle magick. Gods/Goddesses: Mars, the God of War, gives this day that added confrontational vibe. He is a god who takes no crap from anyone. Channeling him to help you tap into the assertive aspect of yourself will be helpful, especially if you are a person who struggles with implementing boundaries. Angel: Raphael

June 14 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 June 14

Satellites Behind Pinnacles

Image Credit & Copyright: Joshua Rozells

Explanation: What are all those streaks across the background? Satellite trails. First, the foreground features picturesque rock mounds known as Pinnacles. Found in the Nambung National Park in Western Australia, these human-sized spires are made by unknown processes from ancient sea shells (limestone). Perhaps more eye-catching, though, is the sky behind. Created by low-Earth orbit satellites reflecting sunlight, all of these streaks were captured in less than two hours and digitally combined onto the single featured image, with the foreground taken consecutively by the same camera and from the same location. Most of the streaks were made by the developing Starlink constellation of communication satellites, but some are not. In general, the streaks are indicative of an increasing number of satellites nearly continuously visible above the Earth after dusk and before dawn. Understanding and removing the effects of satellite trails on images from Earth’s ground-based cameras and telescopes is now important not only for elegant astrophotography, but for humanity’s scientific understanding of the distant universe.

 

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June 14 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1381 Richard II in England meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.

1645 Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: “New Model Army” under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I

1821 Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end

1940 Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp opens in Nazi controlled Poland with Polish POWs, later expanded to include civilian Jews and gypsies (approx. 3 million would die within its walls)

1941 Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia

1982 Argentina surrenders to Great Britain, ending the 74-day Falklands Islands conflict

Today’s Historical Events

1206 Chinese southern Song dynasty officially declares war on the northern Jin dynasty

1276 While taking exile in Fuzhou, southern China, from advancing Mongol invaders, remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold coronation ceremony for young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song

1381 Richard II in England meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.

1535 Emperor Charles V‘s fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis

1565 Catharina de Medici and Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism

1597 At 4:30 AM Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands

1615 Jacques Le Maire sails to Zuidland/Terra Australis

1623 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Virginia files against Cicely Jordan, he loses

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1949 WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz to become NWA wrestling champion

1967 “The Steve Allen Comedy Hour” premieres on CBS-TV

1967 British film “To Sir, with Love” directed by James Clavell and starring Sidney Poitier is 1st released in the US

1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on David Frost’s British TV Show

1980 Theme From NY, NY by Frank Sinatra hits #32

1981 No Nukes concert at Hollywood Bowl

1985 “Michael Nesmith In Television Parts” premieres on NBC-TV

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1881 Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)

1946 Nat King Cole records “The Christmas Song” for the first time

1951 “Courtin’ Time” opens at National Theater NYC for 37 performances

1953 Elvis Presley graduates from L. C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee

1956 “New Faces of 1956” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances

1964 Drummer Ringo Starr re-unites with the Beatles in Melbourne, Australia, after recovering from tonsillitis

1965 Beatles release album “Beatles VI”

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1870 All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer 1st loss in 130 games

1880 14th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:47

1913 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Mary Browne beats Dorothy Green 6-2, 7-5

1922 Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament

1924 Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe & Maurice Tate v South Africa

1926 French Championships Men’s Tennis: Henri Cochet wins 1st of 4 home titles; beats fellow Frenchman René Lacoste 6-2, 6-4, 6-3

1926 French Women’s Tennis Championships: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary Kendall Browne 6-1, 6-0

1930 VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Word is

Drawing Down the Moon

From moonlitpriestess.com

Invoking the spirit of the Goddess into the High Priestess; generally performed during Full Moon esbats. Similar to possession, this ritual involves the willing surrender of one’s consciousness to allow a higher power to speak and move through them.

From Spells8.com

Invocation of a Goddess into one who possesses the ability and strength to handle the energy of the deity.

Drawing Down the Moon Ritual

Renewal and blessing are the main ingredients of this beautiful evocation. Follow this guided meditation in solitary, with a chant to activate lunar powers.

June13 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 13

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing & Copyright: Bernard Miller

Explanation: The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky. The featured image is a digital combination of images taken in different colors by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, highlighting many sharp features. Anyone with a good pair of binoculars, however, can see this Whirlpool toward the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici). M51 is a spiral galaxy of type Sc and is the dominant member of a whole group of galaxies. Astronomers speculate that M51‘s spiral structure is primarily due to its gravitational interaction with the smaller galaxy on the image left.

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Monday

From AngelFire.com

Monday/Moon: psychic pursuits, psychology, dreams/astral travel, imagination, women’s mysteries, reincarnation, short trips, women, children, the public, domestic concerns, emotions, fluids, magick, spirituality, nursing, all things pertaining to water and bodies of water, antiques, trip planning, household activities, initiation, astrology, new-age pursuits, archetypes, totem animals, shapeshifting, religious experience

MONDAY: The day of the Moon. Any rituals focused on creativity, insight and hidden wisdom are reccommended. This is also a good day to attune with the Goddess and her energies.

Moon Rituals: Conceptual, self-inspiration, psychic ability, inspiration, change.

Element: Water

Colour: White

Number: 9

June 13 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world’s oldest extant) signed in London

1866 US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)

1878 Congress of Berlin begins, determines the territories of the states in the Balkan peninsula following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78

1956 The last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt

2000 South Korean President Kim Dae Jung meets leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang

Today’s Historical Events

1325 Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years)

1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world’s oldest extant) signed in London

1392 Assassination attempt on Olivier de Clisson, Constable of France, by Pierre de Craon fails

1547 King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent

1611 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication

1665 Battle of Lowestoft, off Suffolk, England: English fleet beats Dutch

1707 Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rákóczi II (aka Francis II Rákóczi)

1721 England signs Treaty of Madrid

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1925 Charles Jenkins demonstrates the transmission of synchronized pictures and sound (early television)

1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast

1959 “Sammy Kaye Show” last airs on ABC-TV

1962 “Lolita” film based on Vladimir Nabokov‘s novel directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring James Mason and Sue Lyon is released

1985 “Prizzi’s Honor”, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, and Anjelica Huston, is released

1989 Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1989 “Licence to Kill”, 16th James Bond film, last directed by John Glen and starring Timothy Dalton premieres in London

1993 YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ

 

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1854 Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, patents the 1st US accordion, having made improvements to both the keyboard, and to enhance the sound (Patent No. 11,062)

1855 Giuseppe Verdi‘s opera “Les vêpres sicilenne” (The Sicilian Vespers) premieres at the Paris Opéra

1956 “Shangri-La” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 21 performances

1958 Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California

1960 “Alley-Oop” by Dyna-Sores peaks at #59

1961 Billy Barnes’ musical revue “Billy Barnes People”, starting Ken Berry, Dave Ketchum, and Jo Anne Worley, opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances

1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins The Rolling Stones

1970 “In The Summertime” by Mungo Jerry hits #1 in UK

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1874 8th Belmont: G Barbee aboard Saxon wins in 2:39.5

1889 23rd Belmont: W Hayward aboard Eric wins in 2:47.25

1890 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Ellen Roosevelt beats defending champion Bertha Townsend 6-2, 6-2

1895 Emile Levassor wins the first automobile race in history the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, taking 48 hours and 48 minutes (1,178 km)

1895 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Englishman J.H. Taylor retains title; beats Sandy Herd of Scotland by 4 shots

1896 British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins first of 6 Open titles by 4 strokes in a 36-hole playoff with defending champion J.H. Taylor

1905 New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson throws his 2nd no-hitter, beating Chicago Cubs, 1-0 at West Side Grounds, Chicago

1908 Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Words Are:

Astral Plane

and

Astral Projection

From moonlitpriestess.com

Realm believed to be beyond space and time; considered by some as an alternative dimension running alongside the physical realm we currently inhabit where beings (including ourselves) can travel and interact in spirit or astrally; sometimes visited to perform magick that can affect change on the physical plane.

and

Also called astral traveling; the art of “leaving one’s body” while in a trance state to visit other locations or realms astrally, or “in spirit.” Traveling into the astral plane, generally understood as a parallel world unseen in our world of form. Studies have shown an individual successfully astral projecting can be seen and heard by a non-projecting individual on this plane, giving credit to this ability.

From Spells8.com

The multi dimensional plane within the astral realm where one can travel using their astral body.

Some of the Replacements that Can Be Used for Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondences Digest

June 12 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 12

Find the Man in the Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Dani Caxete

Explanation: Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia — imagining familiar icons where they don’t actually exist. The textured surface of Earth’s full Moon is home to numerous identifications of iconic objects, not only in modern western culture but in world folklore throughout history. Examples, typically dependent on the Moon‘s perceived orientation, include the Woman in the Moon and the Rabbit in the Moon. One facial outline commonly identified as the Man in the Moon starts by imagining the two dark circular areas — lunar maria — here just above the Moon‘s center, to be the eyes. Surprisingly, there actually is a man in this Moon image — a close look will reveal a real person — with a telescope — silhouetted against the Moon. This featured well-planned image was taken in 2016 in Cadalso de los Vidrios in Madrid, Spain. Do you have a favorite object that you see in the Moon?

June 12 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1381 Peasants’ Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath

1830 Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch

1864 The Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War in Louisa County ends with Confederate tactical victory and Union successful retreat

1931 Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury

1942 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam

1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa

2018 singapore summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump – first time a North Korean leader and an incumbent US President have ever met

Today’s Historical Events

28 Roman General Gaius Carrinas’ triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul

1381 Peasants’ Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath

1418 An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians

1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon occupies Naples

1458 Magdalen College, Oxford founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester

1523 Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested

1534 Turkish admiral Chaireddin “Barbarossa” allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder in Naples

1552 Land guardians of Netherlands attack Verdun

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1913 “Dachshund” by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released

1939 Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures’ Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.

1952 2nd Berlin International Film Festival: “One Summer of Happiness” wins Golden Bear (audience vote)

1955 TV comedy “Mister Peepers” starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC

1955 Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network

1958 “Make Me Laugh” TV Game Show last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979

1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins

1963 “Cleopatra” directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton premieres in NYC, then most expensive film ever made

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1903 The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music

1909 “Shine On, Harvest Moon” by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1

1948 “Hold It!” closes at National Theater NYC after 46 performances

1948 The musical “Sleepy Hollow” closes at St James Theater NYC after 12 performances

1954 “Girl in Pink Tights” closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 115 performances

1954 Bill Haley‘s “Rock Around the Clock” is originally released

1965 “Bajour” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances

1965 “I Had a BaIl” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 199 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1875 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42.25

1880 Worcester Ruby Legs pitcher Lee Richmond throws first perfect game in MLB history in 1-0 win over Cleveland Blues at the Agricultural County Fair Grounds, Worcester

1894 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal St George’s GC: J.H. Taylor wins first Open played outside Scotland; beats Douglas Rolland by 5 strokes

1896 England cricket spin bowler Jack Hearne sets record for earliest date taking 100 first-class wickets in a season when he captures 9-73 for the MCC in an innings & 18 run drubbing of Australia at Lord’s

1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers

1910 Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012

1916 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Molla Bjurstedt outclasses Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0, 6-1

1919 US Open Men’s Golf, Brae Burn CC: Walter Hagen defeats Mike Brady by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff to win his second and final US Open

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Words are

High Priestess

and

High Priest

 

From moonlitpriestess.com

Typically, the female leader of a coven; knowledgeable & proficient with many years of experience; possesses strong leadership skills and has gone through several initiations.

and

Typically, the male leader of a coven; knowledgeable & proficient with many years of experience; possesses strong leadership skills and has gone through several initiations.

June 11 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 June 11

The Road and the Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: David Cruz

Explanation: At night you can follow this road as it passes through the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve not too far from Alentejo, Portugal. Or you could stop, look up, and follow the Milky Way through the sky. Both stretch from horizon to horizon in this 180 degree panorama recorded on June 3. Our galaxy’s name, the Milky Way, does refer to its appearance as a milky path in the sky. The word galaxy itself derives from the Greek for milk. From our fair planet the arc of the Milky Way is most easily visible on moonless nights from dark sky areas, though not quite so bright or colorful as in this image. The glowing celestial band is due to the collective light of myriad stars along the galactic plane too faint to be distinguished individually. The diffuse starlight is cut by dark swaths of the galaxy’s obscuring interstellar dust clouds. Standing above the Milky Way arc near the top of this panoramic nightscape is bright star Vega, with the galaxy’s central bulge near the horizon at the right.

June 11 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes

631 Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeds in freeing 80,000

1776 Continental Congress creates committee to draft a Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston as members

1963 US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is “time to act”

1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term

2014 Islamic State of Iraq forces seize control of government offices and other important buildings in the northern city of Mosul

Today’s Historical Events

1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes

631 Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeds in freeing 80,000

758 Diplomatic dispute at Tang Chinese capital Chang’an when Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur Turks both arrive to offer tribute. Settlement reached when both enter at same time through two different gates.

1144 Basilica of St Denis is dedicated near Paris, the first fully Gothic church

1231 Harderwijk (Netherlands) becomes a city

1345 Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners

1429 Hundred Years’ War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau (France)

1488 Battle of Sauchieburn, rebellion against the Scottish crown results in death of King James III

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1892 The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia

1928 Alfred Hitchcock‘s film, “Case Of Jonathan Drew,” (or “The Lodger”) is released

1947 Perennial Christmas film “Miracle on 34th St” starring John Payne and Maureen O’Hara, directed by George Seaton is released

1953 “Amos ‘n Andy” TV Comedy, also radio from ’29; last aired on CBS

1961 “Winston Churchill” last airs on ABC-TV

1962 “Julie & Carol at Carnegie Hall”, musical comedy/variety television special with Julie Andrews & Carol Burnett premieres on CBS

1975 “Nashville”, directed by Robert Altman and starring Ned Beatty and Ronee Blakley, is released

1976 “Magnificent Marble Machine” last airs on NBC-TV

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference on a traffic island in the middle of Michigan Avenue

1966 “(I’m A) Road Runner” by Jr Walker & The All-Stars peaks at #20

1966 “I Am A Rock” by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at #3

1966 “On A Clear Day You…” closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 280 performances

1966 “Paint It Black” by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1 in the US

1966 “Skyscraper” closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 248 performances

1966 “Sloop John B” by The Beach Boys hits #1 in UK

1969 “The Ballad Of John & Yoko” by The Beatles hits #1 in UK; recording involved only John (guitars, vocals, percussion) and Paul (bass, drums, piano, backing voice)

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1898 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms riding Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75

1903 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon wins his 4th Open title by 6 strokes from younger brother Tom Vardon

1904 Cubs’ Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0

1907 George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket

1909 British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Cinque Ports GC: Englishman J.H. Taylor wins Championship for a 4th time, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Tom Ball and James Braid

1919 51st Belmont: Johnny Loftus riding Sir Barton wins by 5 lengths over Sweep On; first Trip Crown winner

1921 53rd Belmont: Earl Sande riding Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8

1927 59th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6