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Some Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Saturday
From Learning Religions
Named for the god Saturn—is a good time to wrap things up.
Colors: black and dark purple,
Metal: lead
This day is connected to: goddess Hecate.
Gemstones: Apache tear, obsidian, and hematite
Plants: such as thyme, mullein, and the cypress tree.
Magical workings: focus on agriculture and creativity, fortune and hope, protection and banishment of negativity. Put up a barrier to keep the unwelcome out, eliminate the things that make you miserable, and wash your hands of anything other than your hopes, dreams, and goals.
April 30 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 30
M44: The Beehive Cluster
Image Credit & Copyright: Drew Evans
Explanation: A mere 600 light-years away, M44 is one of the closest star clusters to our solar system. Also known as the Praesepe or the Beehive cluster its stars are young though, about 600 million years old compared to our Sun’s 4.5 billion years. Based on similar ages and motion through space, M44 and the even closer Hyades star cluster in Taurus are thought to have been born together in the same large molecular cloud. An open cluster spanning some 15 light-years, M44 holds 1,000 stars or so and covers about 3 full moons (1.5 degrees) on the sky in the constellation Cancer. Visible to the unaided eye, M44 has been recognized since antiquity. Described as a faint cloud or celestial mist long before being included as the 44th entry in Charles Messier’s 18th century catalog, the cluster was not resolved into its individual stars until telescopes were available. A popular target for modern, binocular-equipped sky gazers, the cluster’s few yellowish tinted, cool, red giants are scattered through the field of its brighter hot blue main sequence stars in this telescopic group snapshot. Dramatic diffraction spikes highlighting the brighter cluster members were created with string crossed in front of the telescope’s objective lens.
April 30 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
711 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)
1562 1st French colonists in North America: Jean Ribault & colonists arrive in Florida
1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America
1859 Charles Dickens‘ “A Tale Of Two Cities” is first published in literary periodical “All the Year Round” (weekly installments until Nov 26)
2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Today’s Historical Events
311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
313 Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule
711 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)
1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland
1315 French chamberlain Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon after being convicted of sorcery
1349 Jewish community of Radolfzell, Germany, exterminated
1396 Crusaders & Earl of Nevers depart from Dijon
1483 Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moved inside Neptune’s orbit until July 23, 1503
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1598 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)
1695 William Congreve’s Restoration comedy “Love for Love” premieres in London
1938 The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End
1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World’s Fair
1943 Noël Coward‘s play “This Happy Breed” premieres in London
1945 “Arthur Godfrey Time” begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1852 Anton Rubinstein’s opera “Dmitri Donskoi” premieres in St Petersburg
1885 Henry Lee Higginson starts the “Popular Music” series with the Boston Symphony, which evolves into the Boston Pops Orchestra 1900
1902 Claude Debussy‘s only completed opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” premieres in Paris
1948 “Inside USA” opens at Century Theater NYC for 339 performances
1954 Darius Milhaud‘s 4th Concert for piano and orchestra premieres in Haifa, Israel
1955 Cuban bandleader Pérez Prado’s mambo version of “Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White” goes #1 for 10 weeks
1961 “Tossin’ and Turnin'” single released by Bobby Lewis (Billboard Song of the Year, 1961)
1973 Paul McCartney releases “Red Rose Speedway” album, including the hit single “My Love”
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires
1887 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
1900 Weighing in at 170 lbs British former world heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons KOs 270 lb American Ed Dunkhost in round 2 of a lop-sided bout in Brooklyn, New York
1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park, Manhattan; beat Washington Senators, 6-2
1905 First official soccer game between neighbouring countries Belgium-Netherlands; Dutch win, 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Antwerp
1910 Cleveland Naps Addie Joss limits St.Louis Browns to 8 hits in 2-1 victory
1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen
April 29 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 29
Portrait of NGC 3628
Image Credit & Copyright: Wilhelm Michael Kasakow, Olaf Guillaume
Explanation: Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, this portrait of the magnificent, edge-on spiral galaxy puts some astronomers in mind of its popular moniker, the Hamburger Galaxy. It also reveals a small galaxy nearby (below), likely a satellite of NGC 3628, and a very faint but extensive tidal tail. The drawn out tail stretches for about 300,000 light-years, even beyond the upper left edge of the frame. NGC 3628 shares its neighborhood in the local universe with two other large spirals M65 and M66 in a grouping otherwise known as the Leo Triplet. Gravitational interactions with its cosmic neighbors are likely responsible for creating the tidal tail, as well as the extended flare and warp of this spiral’s disk. The tantalizing island universe itself is about 100,000 light-years across and 35 million light-years away in the northern springtime constellation Leo.
April 29 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1862 New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War
1864 Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga
1916 Irish republicans abandon the post office in Dublin and surrender unconditionally, marking the end of the Easter Rising
1945 US Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany
1975 Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war
1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate
1991 Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless
1997 Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories
Today’s Historical Events
1091 Battle at Monte Levunium: Byzantium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegene force invading from the north
1429 Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans
1522 Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-general of Netherlands
1540 Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Ghent ended
1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
1587 English naval officer Francis Drake sails into Cadiz, Spain and sinks the Spanish fleet, thereby “Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard” and delaying the Spanish invasion by a year
1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1912 Frank Wedekind‘s play “Tod und Teufel” premieres in Berlin
1932 1st broadcast of “One Man’s Family” on NBC radio, longest-running dramatic serial on US radio (ends 1959)
1940 1st radio broadcast of “Young Dr Malone” on CBS
1943 Noël Coward‘s comic play “Present Laughter” premieres in London
1945 Conscientious objector Desmond Doss saves approximately 75 wounded soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa at Hacksaw Ridge. Later depicted in the Oscar-winning film “Hacksaw Ridge”.
1953 The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV
1953 6th Cannes Film Festival: “The Wages of Fear” directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1784 Premiere of Mozart‘s Violin Sonata in B flat, K.454 at Kärntnerthor Theater in Vienna; violinist Regina Strinasacchi, and Wolfgang Mozart on piano
1967 Aretha Franklin releases her single “Respect” (written by Otis Redding); Billboard Song of the Year, 1967
1968 “Hair” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances
1969 “Trumpets of the Lord” opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 performances
1984 “Oliver!” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
1990 “Change in the Heir” opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances
1991 “Our Country’s Good” opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 performances
1991 “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” single released by Alan Jackson (ASCAP Award Country Song of the Year, 1992; Billboard Song of the Year, 1991)
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1751 The New York Gazette and Post Boy carries first public report of a cricket match played in America; New York XI v London XI on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, NYC
1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball’s 1st pinch hitter
1901 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75
1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ in Tallinn, Estonia
1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games
1931 Cleveland Indians pitcher Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0
1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
April 28 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 28
Lyrid of the Lake
Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)
Explanation: In the early hours of April 24 this bright Lyrid meteor flashed along the central Milky Way. For a moment, it cast a bright reflection across Lake Nian, Yunnan province, China. The annual Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known, is active in late April, as our fair planet plows through dust left along the orbit of long-period comet Thatcher. The trail of the bright fireball points back toward the shower’s radiant in the constellation Lyra high in the northern springtime sky and off the top of the frame. Just rising in that starry sky, light from a third quarter moon also cast a glow on the peaceful waters of the lake.
Some Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Wednesday
Mercury/Neptune/Air/North/West/Southwest/Female/Male/Gemini/Virgo
Magickal Intentions: Communication, Divination, Writing, Knowledge, Business Transactions, Debt, Fear, Loss, Travel, Money Matters
Color: black, light blue, brown, gray, green, magenta, orange, peach, purple, red, silver, turquoise, violet, white, yellow; orange is the primary color
Number: 3, 5
Metal: mercury
Charm: distaff, rod, runes, staff, iridescent garments
Stone: moss agate, amethyst, bloodstone, emerald, hematite, lapis lazuli, lodestone, pearl, ruby, sapphire, sodalite, all blue stones
Animal: bear, dog, fox, magpie, swan, weasel
Plant: almond, bayberry, chamomile, cherry, cinnamon, cinquefoil, clove, coltsfoot, ginger, hazel, hazelnut, jasmine, lavender, millet, oak, peppermint, periwinkle, rosemary, sage, St. John’s wort, sweet pea, tamarind, lemon verbena, violet
Incense: cassia, cedar, cinnamon, clove, frankincense, jasmine, lavender, mastic, mint, rosemary, sage, sandalwood, storax, dried and powdered citrus peel, and all incense made from aromatic bark, wood, and seeds
Goddess: Carmenta, Hecate (Queen of Crossroads), Hel, Ishtar, Ma’at, the Morrigan, Nike
God: Anubis, Bragi, Elath-Iahu. Enki, Garuda, Hermes, Maximon (Black Magician), Mercury, Nebo (Wise God of Wednesday), Odin, Shango, Ullr, Vishnu, Wayland, Woden
Evocation: Agrat Bat Mahalat, Michael, Miel, Raphael, Seraphiel, Tiriel
Courtesy of Moonlight Musings
April 27 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 27
Moon Shadow on Jupiter
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Thomas Thomopoulos
Explanation: What is that large dark spot on Jupiter? It’s the shadow of Ganymede, Jupiter‘s largest moon. When Jupiter’s moons cross between the Jovian giant and the Sun, they created shadows just like when the Earth’s moon crosses between the Earth and the Sun. Also like on Earth, if you were in a dark shadow on Jupiter, you would see a moon completely eclipse the Sun. Unlike on Earth, moon shadows occur most days on Jupiter — what’s more unusual is that a spacecraft was close enough to record one with a high-resolution image. That spacecraft, Juno, was passing so close to Jupiter in late February that nearby clouds and the dark eclipse shadow appear relatively large. Juno has made many discoveries about our Solar System‘s largest planet, including, recently, rapidly expanding circular auroras.
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April 26 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 26
Planet Parade over Sydney Opera House
Image Credit & Copyright: Prasun Agrawal
Explanation: The world is waking up to a picturesque planet parade. Just before dawn, the eastern skies over much of planet Earth are decorated by a notable line of familiar planets. In much of Earth’s northern hemisphere, this line of planets appears most nearly horizontal, but in much of Earth’s southern hemisphere, the line appears more nearly vertical. Pictured over the Sydney Opera House in southern Australia, the planet line was captured nearly vertical about five days ago. From top to bottom, the morning planets are Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. As April ends, the angular distance between Venus and Jupiter will gradually pass below a degree as they switch places. Then, as May ends, Jupiter will pass near Mars as those two planets switch places. In June, the parade will briefly expand to include Mercury.
Notable Submissions to APOD: Morning Planet Parade 2022
April 26 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de’Medici and kill Giuliano de’Medici in Florence
1920 Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold “great debate” on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
1945 Marshal Philippe Pétain, leader of France’s Vichy collaborationist regime during World War II, arrested for treason
1956 First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1986 World’s worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe
2005 Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
Today’s Historical Events
757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights
1336 Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch famously climbs Mont Ventoux
1467 The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy
1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de’Medici and kill Giuliano de’Medici in Florence
1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
1564 William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
1607 Jamestown expedition makes first landing in America at a place named Cape Henry, in what would become Virginia, but they quickly depart for a better site
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1954 “Seven Samurai”, Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, is released
1967 KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
1991 “Dinosaurs” premieres on ABC-TV
1992 “Growing Pains” final episode on ABC TV
1992 “Who’s The Boss” final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
1993 NBC announces Conan O’Brien to replace David Letterman on “Late Night”
1994 TV series “Due South” about Canadian Mounties starring Paul Gross premieres in Canada
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1835 Frederic Chopin‘s “Grand Polonaise Brillante” premieres in Paris
1855 Composer Gioachino Rossini leaves Italy
1936 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 4th Symphony
1947 “Bless the Bride” musical opens in London
1965 Charles Ives‘ 4th Symphony premieres at Carnegie Hall, New York, 11 years after the composer’s death
1967 “Hallelujah, Baby!” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 performances
1969 “Celebration” closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances
1969 “George M!” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 435 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1900 Newly renamed American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 (still as a minor league, was Western League)
1901 Jimmy Collins, having left the Boston Beaneaters (NL), captains and manages his first game for the Boston Americans (loses 10-6 at Baltimore Orioles)
1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1920 Husband and wife team Ludowika & Walter Jakobsson representing Finland, win the pairs skating gold medal at the Antwerp Olympics; Ludowika is the only German-born athlete at the Games
1920 Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring 7 goals in Canada’s 12-1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL’s Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
April 25 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 25
The Great Nebula in Carina
Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Javier Diaz Bobillo
Explanation: In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebulas. The Keyhole Nebula (NGC 3324), the bright structure just below the image center, houses several of these massive stars. The entire Carina Nebula, captured here, spans over 300 light years and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Carina. Eta Carinae, the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. While Eta Carinae itself maybe on the verge of a supernova explosion, X-ray images indicate that much of the Great Nebula in Carina has been a veritable supernova factory.
April 25 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1660 English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
1792 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
1846 Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War
1945 “Elbe Day” – US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on the Elbe River during the invasion of Germany in WWII
1953 Francis Crick and James Watson‘s discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in “Nature” magazine
1954 Bell labs announces the 1st Solar Battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency.
1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
Today’s Historical Events
1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
1362 Muhammad VI ruler of Granada killed with a lance personally by Peter I of Castile, along with 36 followers and his head sent to Muhammad V (or 27 April)
1449 Anti-pope Felix V resigns
1507 German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller is the first to use the name America on his world map “Universalis Cosmographia”
1541 -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour
1604 Count Maurits’ army lands at Cadzand
1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish Portuguese fleet
1607 Shortly before making landfall in America, Captain Edward Maria Wingfield is named President of the Jamestown governing council
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1947 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to win National Wrestling Association world heavyweight title
1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Noël Coward‘s musical “South Sea Bubble” premieres in London
1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 “New Phil Silvers Show” last airs on CBS-TV
1964 11th National Film Awards (India): “Shehar Aur Sapna” wins the Golden Lotus
1978 ABC premiere of crime drama “Vega$”
1983 “Nightline” expands from ½ hour to a full hour
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1792 “La Marseillaise”, later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg
1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire at Cripple Creek, Colorado
1896 Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical “The Geisha” premieres at Daly’s Theatre, London; runs for 760 performances
1926 Giacomo Puccini‘s opera “Turandot” premieres in Milan
1961 “Young Abe Lincoln” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 27 performances
1968 “Half a Sixpence” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
1970 “Park” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
1985 Roger Miller‘s musical “Big River” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1876 Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
1901 Erve Beck hits American League’s 1st home run
1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)
1905 Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
1920 Magda Julin of Sweden beats teammate Svea Norén for the gold medal in women’s singles figure skating at the Antwerp Olympics
1933 Philadelphia Phillies’ Dick Bartell is 1st MLB player to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 innings
1933 NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
1947 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to win National Wrestling Association world heavyweight title
April 24 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1479 BC Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty)
1184 BC The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date)
1877 Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire
1898 Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1916 Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin
1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had “gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.”
Today’s Historical Events
1479 BC Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty)
1184 BC The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date)
858 Nicholas I succeeds Benedict III as pope
1066 Halley’s Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed
1185 Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto’s fleet beats the Taira during Japan’s Genpei War
1288 Jews of Troyes France are accused of ritual murder
1311 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
1364 Pope Urban V names John V van Virneburg as Bishop of Utrecht
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1950 Leonard Bernstein‘s musical “Peter Pan”, starring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 320 performances
1954 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 Massachusetts Institute of Technology sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: California to Massachusetts
1965 “Comedy in Music-Opus 2” closes at John Golden NYC after 192 performances
1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1801 1st performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Jahreszeiten” (The Seasons)
1823 Eugene Scribes opera “Le Menteur Veridique” premieres in Paris
1945 Miles Davis makes recording debut with the Herbie Fields Orchestra, backing singer “Rubberlegs” Wilson, at Savoy Records Studio, Newark, New Jersey
1946 One-act ballet “Symphonic Variations” choreographed by Frederick Ashton with music by César Franck danced by Sandler’s Wells Ballet debuts at Covent Garden, London
1959 Netherland Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)
1969 Paul McCartney says there is no truth to rumors he is dead
1971 Skip Redwine and Larry Frank’s musical “Frank Merriwell” opens and closes at Longacre Theater, NYC (1 performance only)
1979 US State of Georgia designates Ray Charles‘ rendition of “Georgia On My Mind” (written by Hoagy Carmichael) as official state song
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men’s athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in a world record time of 2:39:18
1894 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers
1901 The Chicago White Stockings win against the Cleveland Blues in the 1st game played in baseball’s American League
1905 First-class cricket debut of Sir Jack Hobbs, “The Master” for Surrey v the “Gentlemen of England” (18 & 88)
1905 Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3
1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway
1945 Albert B “Happy” Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
April 24 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 24
Split the Universe
Image Credit: NASA, Erwin Schrödinger’s cat
Explanation: Just now, before you hit the button, two future universes are possible. After pressing the button, though, you will live in only one. A real-web version of the famous Schrödinger’s cat experiment clicking the red button in the featured astronaut image should transform that image into a picture of the same astronaut holding one of two cats — one living, or one dead. The timing of your click, combined with the wiring of your brain and the millisecond timing of your device, will all conspire together to create a result dominated, potentially, by the randomness of quantum mechanics. Some believe that your personally-initiated quantum decision will split the universe in two, and that both the live-cat and dead-cat universes exist in separate parts of a larger multiverse. Others believe that the result of your click will collapse the two possible universes into one — in a way that could not have been predicted beforehand. Yet others believe that the universe is classically deterministic, so that by pressing the button you did not really split the universe, but just carried out an action predestined since time began. We at APOD believe that however silly you may feel clicking the red button, and regardless of the outcome, you should have a thought-provoking day. Or two.
Some Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Saturday
Planet: Saturn
Element: Earth
Colors: Black, Purple
Keywords: Banishing, Protection, Control, Order, Boundaries, Self Discipline, Cleansing
Saturn brings a powerful, somewhat intimidating power to Saturdays. This is another great day for banishing and protection magic, as well as for setting strong boundaries. The energy of Saturn is very orderly and is great when structure is needed.
Hopefully this gave you an idea of how you can time spells with the days of the week to give them a boost! As always, do what works for you rand what you’re drawn to. If you feel like you need to do a love spell on a Wednesday instead of a Friday, do it! Find what you best connect with and always follow your gut.
From APaganMess.com
April 23 Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2022 April 23
Messier 104
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive;
Processing & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo
Explanation: A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive central bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting a more popular moniker, the Sombrero Galaxy. This sharp view of the well-known galaxy was made from over 10 hours of Hubble Space Telescope image data, processed to bring out faint details often lost in the overwhelming glare of M104’s bright central bulge. Also known as NGC 4594, the Sombrero galaxy can be seen across the spectrum, and is host to a central supermassive black hole. About 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light-years away, M104 is one of the largest galaxies at the southern edge of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Still, the spiky foreground stars in this field of view lie well within our own Milky Way.
April 23 Today in History
Today’s Important Historical Events
215 BC A temple, built on the Capitoline Hill, is dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene
1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf, freeing Ireland from foreign control
1597 William Shakespeare‘s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance
1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces (US Civil War)
1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 new pence, replacing shilling and two-shilling pieces)
1984 AIDS-virus identified as HTLV-III (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Today’s Historical Events
215 BC A temple, built on the Capitoline Hill, is dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene
1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf, freeing Ireland from foreign control
1154 Damascus surrenders to Sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo
1229 Ferdinand III of Castile conquers Cáceres
1343 St. George’s Night Uprising in Estonia
1344 Order of the Garter founded by English King Edward III, the most senior knighthood in the UK with just 24 living members plus the monarch (or 1348)
1348 The Order of Garter founded by English King Edward III, Britain’s highest civic or military honor
1504 King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st shown at Koster & Bial’s Music Hall, New York City
1931 US gangster film “The Public Enemy” starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow premieres
1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 “Shane”, directed by George Stevens and based on the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer, starring Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur, is released
1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
1989 CBS’ premiere of fact based “The Littlest Victims”, based on Newark, N.J. physician James Oleske as the first doctor to discover AIDS in children
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1775 Opera “Il Ré Pastore” (The Shepherd King) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is first produced in Salzburg
1881 Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera “Patience” premieres at The Opera Comique, London
1925 1st London performance of Franz Lehár’s operetta “Frasquita” staged
1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 in Natchez, Mississippi
1955 Robert Wright and George Forrest’s musical “Kismet” closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
1958 Robert Kurka’s “The Good Soldier Schweik”, with libretto written by Abe Meeropol, premieres at the New York City Opera
1959 “Destry Rides Again” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances
1961 “Tenderloin” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their first game; beat Washington Senators, 7-2 at American League Park
1919 US Major League Baseball opens a reduced 140-game season
1933 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal
1937 New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell‘s first start of season, a 3-0 win over the Boston Bees, is his 17th straight win; streak continues for league record 24 victories in a row
1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR
1940 NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
1946 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
Some 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
Courtesy of Moonlight Musings
April 22 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 April 22
Planet Earth at Twilight
Image Credit: ISS Expedition 2 Crew, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA
Explanation: No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth. Instead, the shadow line or terminator is diffuse and shows the gradual transition to darkness we experience as twilight. With the Sun illuminating the scene from the right, the cloud tops reflect gently reddened sunlight filtered through the dusty troposphere, the lowest layer of the planet’s nurturing atmosphere. A clear high altitude layer, visible along the dayside’s upper edge, scatters blue sunlight and fades into the blackness of space. This picture was taken in June of 2001 from the International Space Station orbiting at an altitude of 211 nautical miles. Of course from home, you can check out the Earth Now.
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