Tag: Moon

Calendar of the Moon for August 20

Calendar of the Moon

20 Coll/Metageitnion

Nemetona’s Day

Color: Green
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon cloth of green lay twigs from each of the trees of the Sacred Grove, a knife, a cup of milk, and a cup of animal blood mixed with wine.
Offerings: Plant trees, especially the ones of the Sacred Grove.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian.

Invocation to Nemetona

Lady of the Sacred Grove
Whose footprints mark the soft moss
Wherever gather the trees of the Sacred Grove.
Silver are your words as the birch,
Bright is your smile as the berries of rowan,
Tall is your height as the ash,
Hot is your frown like the ashes of alder,
Graceful is your walk as the willow,
Cruel is your blade as the thorn,
Strong is your grasp as the oak,
Sharp is your prick like the holly,
Hard is your shell like the hazel,
Sweet is your mouth as the grapevine,
Twisted is your hair like the ivy,
Eerie is your song as the reed,
Wise is your touch as the elder.
Long ago, they came to you,
Goddess of the grove, Lady of leaf and blood,
And your blade took their short lives
And added it to those of the long-lived trees,
Whose Earth this was first.
So we give you blood today, Lady,
That you shall understand, even now,
That we do not forget your gifts.

Song: Song of the Trees

(All shall come forth to the altar, and the cups shall be taken up and carried outside in procession, until all are standing and singing under the trees. Then shall the libations be poured out onto the Earth.)

 

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Current Moon Phase for August 20: New Moon

Current Moon Phase for August 20

New Moon

(waxing 0 – 45 degree)

The moon is in zodiac sign Libra

by Jan Spiller

The New Moon is a time best suited to making new beginnings! For the first 48 hours following the exact time of the New Moon each month, a window of opportunity opens for making wishes that, if written down, come true in the days and months ahead. There is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm in the atmosphere and a feeling of Springtime. This is a great time to go forward and begin projects that you feel instinctively attracted to initiating. Follow your impulses and let yourself make new starts in areas that are important to you.

The Witches Almanac for Monday, August 20

Witches Almanac for *Monday, August 20

*Monday (Moon):  Peace, sleep, healing, compassion, friends, psychic awareness, purification and fertility.

Constitution Day (Hungarian)

Moon Sign:  *Virgo

*Virgo:  Favors accomplishment of details and commands from higher up. Focuses on health, hygiene and daily schedules.

*Waxing Moon

*The Waxing Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.

Moon enters Libra 12:45 am

Moon phase:  First Quarter

Incense:  Narcissus

Color:  Silver

Daily Cosmic Calendar For August 18th

The little things in life are always front and center during the Moon’s passage through Virgo every month. Therefore, get down to brass tacks and focus attention on improving your diet with adding nutritional food sources. Stock up on cereals, grains, herbs, tea, vitamins, minerals, nuts, seeds and seasonings.  Repair work is featured as Venus squares Pallas (9:27AM PDT) while the Sun makes an inspirational, 72-degree tie to Vesta (9:35AM PDT). You can still solve problems and be a strategist — seeing patterns that are normally invisible to the human eye. Love bonds are enhanced as the Moon in Virgo makes a supportive, 60-degree liaison with Venus in Cancer (12:06PM PDT), but snafus on the communication front can create some temporary mistaken judgments as Mercury forms an off-kilter, 150-degree tie with Chiron (1:32PM PDT).  The Moon enters a long void twilight zone at 4:27PM PDT that will last until 9:46PM PDT tomorrow night. This is somewhat disconcerting because insights can arrive with a chorus of cheers as Mercury trines Uranus in fire signs (4:30PM PDT) while Ceres also makes an inspirational, 72-degree rapport with Uranus (8:01PM PDT). This latter aspect usually is an enhancement for your overall productivity, but with the Moon being void all the way until tomorrow night, you may need to rest on your laurels for tonight and much of tomorrow. Be a minimalist when it comes to decision-making overnight.