Today’s I Ching Hexagram for Oct. 11 is 11:Harmony

11: Harmony

The trigram earth is above that of heaven, and heaven seems to be on earth. The gravity of matter merges with the upward radiation of light to merge in deep harmony. This juxtaposition denotes a time of peace and blessings for all living things. In the affairs of humans, tranquility comes when the good, strong and powerful show favor to those of lower status, and those of more modes means are well disposed towards those who are currently blessed. This condition marks an end to feuding. In such a state, it is best to let the energy ride high. The way is cleared, and the prospects for great success are outstanding.

Chaotic forces still abide in nature, but man, by carefully responding to the rhythms and cycles of the world around him, can find peace in the natural world. By planting the right crop in the right place in the right season, the farmer brings harmony to the cultivation of plants, and prosperity to his family. Similarly, any business must adjust to the natural cycles of the season; only through flexibility and adaptation can order and growth be maintained. Peaceful times produce a time of flowering and prosperity; the wise person channels positive energy to all quarters, to each in proper proportion, just as a farmer waters his field. But be vigilant. Otherwise, peaceful conditions will foster the growth of weeds as well as flowers.

Daily Cosmic Calendar for October 11

Every so often, the universe runs out of steam and offers humanity a lull in the usual barrage of solar, lunar and planetary intensity. Yesterday’s void lunar cycle in lion-dominating Leo continues in force as today begins, and there is a short window of opportunity for lovers to coalesce around a common theme when the Moon parallels Venus (12:44AM PDT). If you are flying solo right now, then utilize this Moon-Venus rapport to enhance one or more of your talents in the arts. The Moon leaves its void mode at 12:25PM PDT by entering industrious and meticulous Virgo. Clean-up campaigns are back in style on the home and business fronts. Make everything shine and glow again. Stop worrying about things you can’t change. Use words to heal — not criticize and condemn. Watch out for a temporary veil tossed over affairs of the heart as the Moon makes its monthly opposition to Neptune (1:30PM PDT). Stock up on cereals, grains, herbs, nuts, seeds and seasonings at a favorite natural food store or co-op. Health, medical and nutritional issues are very much in the spotlight with the Moon in the sixth sign of the zodiac.

Current Moon Phase for October 11: Last Quarter

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/20% illumination)

The time of reaping is at hand. There is a feeling of completion infused into the atmosphere during the Last Quarter Moon. The opportunity opens to recognize how far you’ve come in various parts of your life. This is not a for new beginnings, but rather a reflective period suited to evaluating how you have been using your time and what has been accomplished. Issues of authority may arise. This Moon phase supports taking responsibility for actively tying up the loose ends of projects that are already underway.

Living The Life Of The Witch – Dedicate to the Craft

Dedicate to the craft

Your Magickal Name

When you are ready to dedicate to the craft you will be asked for a Magickal name. Do not take this lightly. Toy name speaks volumes about you. Your mundane name may be as common as John or Mary, but your magickal name will be unique to you. As you progress in the magickal community, this is the name you will be known by.

How do you go about getting you magickal name? It will come to you. Perhaps in a dream you will hear the Goddess call you by your name. A friend may see a quality about you can give you your name.

Don’t worry too much about your name – it will come.

When you dedicate it is the first step in changing your life path. It is like you are being reborn. With the new birth you are entitle to a new name..

Dedication

How this ceremony is done will depend if you will be self dedication as a Solitary or as a member of a coven. In either case the dedication is similar.

You will take a ritual bath.

Prepare you circle

Close the circle

Dedicate to the Goddess

Take your magickal name

Light silver candle

Dedicate to the God

Light gold candle

Drink wine and eat cakes

Release the Lord and Lady

Open the circle

Take remaining wine and some of the cakes outdoors and return some of it to the Earth.

Remember

Remember, you magickal name is who you are and who you hope to become

Your magickal name is Special. Usually only yourself and members of the magickal community will know it.

By dedicating you are inviting the Lord and Lady into your life. This is a very special moment. Savory it.

If all you get out of the dedication experience are words – reconsider you actions.

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The Witches Almanac for Thursday, October 11

The Witches Almanac for *Thursday, October 11

*Thursday (Jupiter): Expansion, money, prosperity, and generosity

Medetrinalia (Roman)

Moon Sign: *Leo

*Leo: Draws emphasis to the self, central ideas, or institutions, away from connections with others and other emotional needs. People tend to be melodramatic.

*Waning Moon

*The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation, and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon enters Virgo 3:23 pm

Moon Phase: Fourth Quarter

Incense: Carnation

Color: Green

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Calendar of the Sun for October 10

Calendar of the Sun

Aequinoctium Autumnale

Colors: Brown and Orange
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon cloth of brown and orange, patterned with autumn leaves, place a basket of fallen leaves, barrels of straw, shovels, spades, a bowl of rainwater, and seeds for cover crops.
Offerings: Turn under and mulch the used land.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian.

Aequinoctium Autumnale Invocation

Earth, we have eaten of your bounty!
You have fed us, and we are content.
We have worked you hard, and you have responded
With generosity and fruitfulness.
Now, as the year draws on, and the Sun
Shortens its days and counts the moons
Until its chilly death and incandescent rebirth,
We gift you as you have gifted us,
We care for you as you have cared for us,
We give back that we may continue to take,
Year after year, cycle after cycle.
Do not think, O Mother, that we are merely selfish,
And would only rape you of your bounty.
Our hands shall toil that you may have,
If only in this one small place,
Richness to take back for yourself.
For we know the hard secrets of the cycle,
And we will someday give ourselves
Back to your quiet embrace.

Chant:
Leaves falling
To our hands
Autumn calling
Cover all the land

(All take up the buckets of leaves and straw, and the spades, and go out to the garden. Some will turn over the soil, and others shall follow with cover crop seeds and rainwater, or with mulch to cover the ground. This shall be done throughout the Aequinoctium Autumnale days until all the ground from this year’s crops are covered.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Current Moon Phase for October 10 – Last Quarter

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/34% illumination)

The time of reaping is at hand. There is a feeling of completion infused into the atmosphere during the Last Quarter Moon. The opportunity opens to recognize how far you’ve come in various parts of your life. This is not a good time for new beginnings, but rather a reflective period suited to evaluating how you have been using your time and what has been accomplished. Issues of authority may arise. This Moon phase supports taking responsibility for actively tying up the loose ends of projects that are already underway.

Current Moon Phase for October 9: Last Quarter

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/90-45 degrees)

The time of reaping is at hand. There is a feeling of completion infused into the atmosphere during the Last Quarter Moon. The opportunity opens to recognize how far you’ve come in various parts of your life. This is not a good time for new beginnings, but rather a reflective period suited to evaluating how you have been using your time and what has been accomplished. Issues of authority may arise. This Moon phase supports taking responsibility for actively tying up the loose ends of projects that are already underway.

Tarot Card for October 8 is The Magician

Magician

Traditionally, the Magus is one who can demonstrate hands-on magic — as in healing, transformative rituals, alchemical transmutations, charging of talismans and the like. A modern Magus is any person who completes the circuit between heaven and Earth, one who seeks to bring forth the divine ‘gold’ within her or himself.

At the birth of Tarot, even a gifted healer who was not an ordained clergyman was considered to be in league with the Devil! For obvious reasons, the line between fooling the eye with sleight of hand, and charging the world with magical will was not clearly differentiated in the early Tarot cards.

Waite’s image of the Magus as the solitary ritualist communing with the spirits of the elements — with its formal arrangement of symbols and postures — is a token of the freedom we have in modern times to declare our spiritual politics without fear of reprisal. The older cards were never so explicit about what the Magus was doing. It’s best to keep your imagination open with this card. Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by evolutionary forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul.

Current Moon Phase for October 8: Last Quarter

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/48% illumination)

The time of reaping is at hand. There is a feeling of completion infused into the atmosphere during the Last Quarter Moon. The opportunity opens to recognize how far you’ve come in various parts of your life. This is not a good time for new beginnings, but rather a reflective period suited to evaluating how you have been using your time and what has been accomplished. Issues of authority may arise. This Moon phase supports taking responsibility for actively tying up the loose ends of projects that are already underway.

Current Moon Phase for October 7: Last Quarter

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/58% illumination)

The time of reaping is at hand. There is a feeling of completion infused into the atmosphere during the Last Quarter Moon. The opportunity opens to recognize how far you’ve come in various parts of your life. This is not a good time for new beginnings, but rather a reflective period suited to evaluating how you have been using your time and what has been accomplished. Issues of authority may arise. This Moon phase supports taking responsibility for actively tying up the loose ends of projects that are already underway.

The Witches Almanac for Sunday, October 7

Witches Almanac for *Sunday, October 7^th

*Sunday (Sun): Healing, spirituality, success, strength and protection.

Kermesse (German)

Moon Sign: *Cancer

*Cancer: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Pinpoints need, supports growth and nurtance. Tends to domestic concerns.

*Waning Moon

*The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation, and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies)

Incense: Hyacinth

Moon Phase: Last Quarter

Color: Orange

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WITCHING HOUR

The witching hour is the hour of midnight on a full moon. It is at this time that the witches spell casting powers are at their fullest. It is a time of change and transformation.

The history of this may be traced to the ancient times of the worship of Goddesses associated with the moon and fertility. As the moon waxes in its phases so do the powers of those, until they culminate at the full moon.

Current Moon Phase for October 6: Disseminating

Disseminating

(waning /135-90 degrees)

This is a tremendous time of transmutation. All of the prior elements are coming together for a final burst of creative output. You have seen a clear view of your own needs and the posture of significant others. Now the accumulation of that input is leading to a deep, core change within you. In this phase, you will naturally be inclined to seek higher guidance so that you can emerge from this transformation successfully. The Disseminating Moon favors sharing what you have learned (and are learning) with others.

The Witches Almanac for Saturday, October 6

The Witches Almanac for *Saturday, October 6^th

*Saturday (Saturn): Longevity, exorcism, endings, homes and houses.

Dedication of the Virgin’s Crowns (English)

Moon Sign: *Gemini

*Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts, communication, games and fun.

*Waning Moon

*The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon enters *Cancer 8:45 pm

*Cancer: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Pinpoint need, supports growth and nurturance. Tends to domestic concerns.

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Incense: Sage

Color: Black

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Daily Cosmic Calendar for October 4

If you have been reading this calendar in the last few days, you know that the largest planet in our solar system — Jupiter — becomes motionless today at 17 degrees of Gemini (6:19AM PDT), and beginning a retrograde cycle that lasts until January 30, 2013. However, before this even occurs, the cosmos is very active as the Moon in Taurus opposes Mars in Scorpio (12:45AM PDT) — which simultaneously starts a void lunar cycle that lasts until 4:48AM PDT. Complete odds and ends during the 4-hour time-span when the Moon is at the end of Taurus. Reading, writing, arts, crafts and hobbies receive a green light once the Moon enters airy Gemini (4:48AM PDT). Problem-solving and strategy sessions are still under duress since Pallas and Saturn form an off-kilter, 150-degree tie (5:13AM PDT). Just five minutes before the Jupiter station and shift into retrograde motion, Venus makes a supportive, 60-degree rapport with productivity-enhancing Ceres (6:14AM PDT). With Jupiter having no speed relative to the Earth’s vantage point, all of Jupiter’s major themes — good fortune, golden opportunities, providence, benevolence, the power of positive thinking, literary-educational and publishing goals, adventures in the great outdoors, long-distance journeys, religion and philosophy, arrogance, pride, greed and overdoing a good thing — are accentuated today and over the next few days. Meanwhile, record your dreams and soul wanderings as Mercury parallels Neptune (7:32AM PDT). Just as problem-solving is not easy early today, the later hours may also be difficult on this score as Mercury forms an off-kilter, 150-degree tie with Pallas (9:59PM PDT). Get set for another tumultuous 24-hour time-period on Friday.

Current Moon Phase for October 4: Gibbous Moon

Gibbous Moon

(waning /83% illumination)

This is a tremendous time of transmutation. All of the prior elements are coming together for a final burst of creative output. You have seen a clear view of your own needs and the posture of significant others. Now the accumulation of that input is leading to a deep, core change within you. In this phase, you will naturally be inclined to seek higher guidance so that you can emerge from this transformation successfully. The Disseminting Moon favors sharing what you have learned (and are learning) with others.

The Witches Almanac for Thursday, October 4

The Witches Almanac for *Thursday, October 4

*Thursday (Jupiter): Expansion, money, prosperity and generosity.

St. Francis’ Day

Moon Sign: *Taurus

*Taurus: Things begun now last the longest, tend to increase in value, and become hard to alter. Brings out appreciation for beauty and sensory experience.

*Waning Moon

*The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon enters *Gemini 7:47 am

*Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts, communication, games and fun.

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Incense: Clove

Color: Purple

~Magickal Graphics~

Current Moon Phase for October 3: Full Moon

Full Moon

(waning/78% illumination)

A veil of self-absorption is lifted and suddenly you gain access to an unbiased view of others. This is a rare moment when you can see yourself objectively and become aware of whether or not what you want in your heart is actually beginning to manifest in your life. Traditionally, the Full Moon phase stirs emotion, and this is because when you “see” what is happening, you may become upset if you’re experiencing the “same ole, same ole” — rather than the things you would like. If the Full Moon phase is a disappointment, on the next New Moon it’s time to take creative action in the direction of your dreams.

Current Moon Phase for October 2: Full Moon

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11: Harmony

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/20% illumination)

The Witches Almanac for *Thursday, October 11

Medetrinalia (Roman)

Calendar of the Sun

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/34% illumination)

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/90-45 degrees)

Magician

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/48% illumination)

Last Quarter Moon

(waning/58% illumination)

Witches Almanac for *Sunday, October 7th

Kermesse (German)

WITCHING HOUR

Disseminating

(waning /135-90 degrees)

The Witches Almanac for *Saturday, October 6th

Dedication of the Virgin’s Crowns (English)

Gibbous Moon

(waning /83% illumination)

The Witches Almanac for *Thursday, October 4

St. Francis’ Day

Full Moon

(waning/78% illumination)

Full Moon

(waning/92% illumination)

Witches Almanac for *Sunday, October 7^th

The Witches Almanac for *Saturday, October 6^th