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February 21, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 21 has an illumination of 76%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 21 the Moon is 19.57 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 76%
Moon Age: 19.57 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 371,113.91 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,975,168.59 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

February 21, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Pisces 19
Moon:24 Libra 43
Mercury:06 Aquarius 23
Venus:19 Capricorn 39
Mars:20 Capricorn 08
Jupiter:11 Pisces 56
Saturn:17 Aquarius 52
Uranus:11 Taurus 18
Neptune:22 Pisces 06
Pluto:27 Capricorn 33
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 14 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 50 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 07
Chiron:10 Aries 08
Ceres:02 Gemini 12
Pallas:02 Aries 25
Juno:07 Aquarius 35
Vesta:21 Capricorn 14
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

February 21, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Pisces 15
Moon:07 Scorpio 14
Mercury:07 Aquarius 28
Venus:20 Capricorn 16
Mars:20 Capricorn 49
Jupiter:12 Pisces 09
Saturn:17 Aquarius 59
Uranus:11 Taurus 19
Neptune:22 Pisces 08
Pluto:27 Capricorn 35
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 47 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 13
Chiron:10 Aries 11
Ceres:02 Gemini 24
Pallas:02 Aries 45
Juno:07 Aquarius 57
Vesta:21 Capricorn 42
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

February 21, 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Pisces 57
Moon:03 Scorpio 14
Mercury:07 Aquarius 07
Venus:20 Capricorn 04
Mars:20 Capricorn 36
Jupiter:12 Pisces 05
Saturn:17 Aquarius 57
Uranus:11 Taurus 19
Neptune:22 Pisces 08
Pluto:27 Capricorn 35

True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 12 Rx

Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 48 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 11
Chiron:10 Aries 10
Ceres:02 Gemini 20
Pallas:02 Aries 39
Juno:07 Aquarius 50
Vesta:21 Capricorn 33
Eris:23 Aries 50

Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

February 21 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 February 21

This is the first image of a celestial object taken with the newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The camera was restored to operation during the STS-125 Servicing Mission to upgrade the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy NGC 6217 was photographed on 13 June and 8 July 2009, as part of the initial testing and calibration of Hubble’s ACS. The galaxy lies up to 90 million light-years away in the north circumpolar constellation Ursa Major.

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Explanation: Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a modest central bar. Prominently barred spiral galaxy NGC 6217, featured here, was captured in spectacular detail in this image taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in 2009. Visible are dark filamentary dust lanes, young clusters of bright blue stars, red emission nebulas of glowing hydrogen gas, a long bar of stars across the center, and a bright active nucleus that likely houses a supermassive black hole. Light takes about 60 million years to reach us from NGC 6217, which spans about 30,000 light years across and can be found toward the constellation of the Little Bear (Ursa Minor).

 

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Printable Celtic Tree Calendar

The Celtic Tree Calendar – following the lunar cycle

Click here to read more about the 13 months of the Celtic Tree Calendar from Ireland-Calling.com

The Celtic Tree Calendar is based on the ogham alphabet and its association with trees.

It consists of 13 months, each 28 days long, following the lunar cycle, as Roman accounts have suggested the Druids did, with one extra day representing the 23rd December, the ‘Day of Creation’.

Each of the 13 months is represented by a tree together with its ogham letter.

The calendar was conceived by the British poet and scholar Robert Graves. It was an idea put forward in his book The White Goddess, a historical grammar of poetic myth, first published in 1948.

The book focused on the mythology of Ireland, Britain, Europe and the Middle East, interpreting it in Grave’s individual and poetic style.

As historical accounts of ancient Druids are scarce, many of Graves’ ideas regarding the Celtic Tree Calendar were based on the works of Irish historian Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, (Roderick O’Flaherty). Ó Flaithbheartaigh had published Ogygia in 1685, an elaborate history of Ireland that journeys back to the time of myths and legends and contains within it a chapter on understanding the ancient ogham alphabet.

Graves’ works may also have been influenced by the 14th century Book of Ballymote which contains a chapter on the ogham in which many varieties of the alphabet appear in the form of several diagrams thought to be used as secret codes.

Although the calendar is quite new in a historical sense, its influences lie within ancient Celtic mythology and folklore. It is a beautiful example of how modern spiritual beliefs and the customs of ancient times can be combined to form something enchanting.

Let’s Have Some More Some Fun

Let’s Have Some Fun

 

February 20 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 February 20

Aurora Over White Dome Geyser

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Howell

Explanation: Sometimes both heaven and Earth erupt. Colorful auroras erupted unexpectedly a few years ago, with green aurora appearing near the horizon and brilliant bands of red aurora blooming high overhead. A bright Moon lit the foreground of this picturesque scene, while familiar stars could be seen far in the distance. With planning, the careful astrophotographer shot this image mosaic in the field of White Dome Geyser in Yellowstone National Park in the western USA. Sure enough, just after midnight, White Dome erupted — spraying a stream of water and vapor many meters into the air. Geyser water is heated to steam by scalding magma several kilometers below, and rises through rock cracks to the surface. About half of all known geysers occur in Yellowstone National Park. Although the geomagnetic storm that caused the auroras subsided within a day, eruptions of White Dome Geyser continue about every 30 minutes.

Weekly Horoscope Sunday, February 20 to Saturday, February 26, 2022

Click here for Georgia Nicols’ Daily Horoscopes 

All Signs

Last week, triggered rebellions and direct action. This week, Neptune will promote creativity, imagination, escapism, peaceful solutions and powerful dreams. It’s the perfect time for artistic projects and using our imagination. But Neptune is tricky. It blurs the lines between reality and illusion. We might think we’re on a noble quest, but it’s really just an excuse for adventure. Escape through drugs will rise. The best approach? Maintain a relaxed attitude. Carry on with business as usual, while creative ideas percolate on the back burner, especially if you’re an artist. Speaking of artists. Do you know the difference between an amateur and a professional? The professional always throws away her best work.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

You excel at arts and crafts. You love doing something for the first time to puncture the mystique of how it’s done. Ah yes! That resounding satisfaction of the “ah ha” moment. Two different influences are at play this week: You want to be low profile. That’s fine. Nevertheless, bosses and people in authority admire you. They see your talents and they’re prepared to reward your efforts. You can run but you can’t hide. Keep working at what you’re doing, because you’re heading for a time of recognition this summer. Perhaps as early as May. (Auguste Rodin, the sculptor of The Thinker, said, “I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.”)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This is a lovely week to enjoy the company of others. You’ll be happy with friends plus, groups and organizations. In fact, because your idealism is aroused, you might work on behalf of a charitable organization or join the efforts with others to help those who are less fortunate. Creative groups related to the performing arts or music will be rewarding to experience. Meanwhile, some of you will fall in love with, or develop a crush on, someone who is “different” — perhaps from another culture. You might also join forces to advance the cause of good in another country or a far-away place. Many healing possibilities exist.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

You make a fabulous impression on others this week, especially bosses, parents, teachers, the police and people in power. They see you as wise, compassionate and helpful. In fact, because you attract admiration and praise — gifts and favours from others might come your way. If you deal with important financial decisions about shared property, inheritances or debt, you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. However, some of you might use your influence or clout with people in power to do fundraising and allocate resources or money to those who need help. It’s beneficial to help others in need, for your own good as well as theirs, because what goes around, comes around.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Travel plans and a desire to escape somewhere wonderful and exotic will appeal this week. That’s because you have a strong urge to “get away from all this;” and possibly, this is shared by a close friend or partner. If you can’t swing a major vacation, maybe you can do a mini escape? Some will use the platform of social media, publishing, higher education or the law to promote ideas of peace and welfare for others. Some of you will welcome a chance to help a partner or close friend because in small ways (or big), you see how to make a positive difference in their life. This is a wonderful week for you to practice kindness.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This week, you have rewarding opportunities to help someone, most likely through your job or through any effort or task that you set for yourself. For starters, you might help a coworker either directly with physical assistance or advice; or you might help someone because you inspire them. (You are definitely someone who knows how to inspire others and encourage them to be the best they can be.) In another vein (different arm), you might be happy about your health. You might easily heal a problem. Some will have good news or experience greater enjoyment connected with a pet. On the whole, you will be happier in your work and derive a greater satisfaction from what you do, especially if what you do benefits others.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

This a creative week! Many of you will explore creative ideas and express your artistic talents. Write down innovative ideas or share them with others. You might be involved with children, especially teaching children or helping children in need. Sports events, especially competitive, might be a strong focus. There are huge romantic possibilities this week – major! Some of you will fall in love. Amusing diversions, social outings, chances to express creative self-expression as well as fun times with children will make this a lovely time for you. It’s a great week for games and fun! Enjoy concerts, museums and places wherever good art can be found.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Many wonderful things will take place this week that affect your home and your family. For starters, you will be thrilled with redecorating ideas or chances to tweak your digs because you’ll be inspired to try new ideas. You might entertain at home. Family relations will be tenderhearted and gentle. Despite your desire to entertain or redecorate, this is also a lovely week to enjoy quiet hours at home, especially to experience the closeness and warmth of family living. Despite the increased activity and chaos at home, you are achieving a wonderful balance and coping superbly. (And remember: If you put out fresh flowers, you don’t have to dust.)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Even you might be surprised at how skilful a communicator you are this week. Your words will be like gold! You will know how to please others, soothe a troubled friend, inspire or encourage someone, and make people feel good. In doing so, you will feel a reverberating energy coming back to you, that makes you realize how much love there is in your daily world. These feel-good vibes will be so strong, you will also appreciate the beauty of your daily surroundings more than usual. It’s true! When you change the way you look at things, the things that you look at change. The power of perception. Meanwhile, many of you will see ways to make money from your words through writing, teaching, selling or acting. Bravo!

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Even though your primary focus is on home, family and a parent (for many); nevertheless, money and possessions are also a strong focus for you this week. For starters, you might be shopping and buying beautiful things for yourself and loved ones. If so, be careful about being too extravagant because you will be tempted to do this. Care in spending is advisable. Meanwhile, financial negotiations will be favoured. It will be easy to borrow money. Investments will look worthwhile, especially those related to the arts, gas, oil and beauty products. However, keep your eyes open and be careful about anything that looks too good to be true. Perhaps it is.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

This is a powerful week for you because Venus and Mars are in your sign and each of them is affected by Neptune. Neptune will cast an illusory magical vibe on the energy of these two planets in your sign, which in turn, will make you feel gentle and warm hearted to everyone. You will have a strong desire to relate to others and to make peace where there is discord. You are ready to compromise because you understand both sides of the question. This is a good week to enjoy the company of others. You will also like to take a vacation because you will rank pleasure above work. However, you will assert yourself on behalf of others, especially if you want to defend someone from injustice. Note: This is a wonderful time to dance.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

This is almost a mystical time for you. In one way, admittedly, you are concerned about money, cash flow, earnings and your possessions. You’re taking stock of your wealth. However, another completely different vibe will affect you at an unconscious level. You will enjoy solitude because you feel content and happy to be in your skin. A strong dreamlike quality might pervade your days and certainly your nights! In fact, your dreams might be vivid and memorable. Personally, you will be selfless in your genuine concern for others. You want what’s best for someone else. You will feel self-denial in love relationships because your highest concern is for your loved one. (Pretty heady stuff!)

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

This is such a powerful time for you! The Sun, Jupiter and Neptune continue to be in your sign; however, this week, they are dancing with Venus and Mars, which will benefit friendships and all your relations with friends and group activities. You will be more loving and affectionate with others. Because your ego energies will be low, you will easily get along with everyone. Romance will be delightful and friendly. For some, a friend will become a lover. Lofty goals will appeal because you believe in yourself more than usual. In fact, you will see that the only thing holding you back was your own lack of confidence. You understand that Richard Bach was right, “Argue for your limitations, and they’re yours.”

20 February 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 20 has an illumination of 85%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 20 the Moon is 18.54 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 85%
Moon Age: 18.54 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 375,220.65 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,942,323.73 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

20 February 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Pisces 09
Moon:22 Libra 27
Mercury:06 Aquarius 11
Venus:19 Capricorn 32
Mars:20 Capricorn 01
Jupiter:11 Pisces 54
Saturn:17 Aquarius 51
Uranus:11 Taurus 18
Neptune:22 Pisces 06
Pluto:27 Capricorn 33
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 15 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 50 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 06
Chiron:10 Aries 07
Ceres:02 Gemini 10
Pallas:02 Aries 21
Juno:07 Aquarius 31
Vesta:21 Capricorn 09
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

 

Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

20 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Pisces 57
Moon:19 Libra 38
Mercury:05 Aquarius 57
Venus:19 Capricorn 24
Mars:19 Capricorn 51
Jupiter:11 Pisces 51
Saturn:17 Aquarius 50
Uranus:11 Taurus 17
Neptune:22 Pisces 06
Pluto:27 Capricorn 33
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 16 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 05
Chiron:10 Aries 07
Ceres:02 Gemini 07
Pallas:02 Aries 17
Juno:07 Aquarius 26
Vesta:21 Capricorn 03
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

20 February 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Pisces 34
Moon:14 Libra 35
Mercury:05 Aquarius 31
Venus:19 Capricorn 09
Mars:19 Capricorn 35
Jupiter:11 Pisces 45
Saturn:17 Aquarius 47
Uranus:11 Taurus 17
Neptune:22 Pisces 05
Pluto:27 Capricorn 32
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 18 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 52 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 02
Chiron:10 Aries 06
Ceres:02 Gemini 03
Pallas:02 Aries 09
Juno:07 Aquarius 17
Vesta:20 Capricorn 51
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

February 19 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 February 19

Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273

Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Guenzel

Explanation: The spiky stars in the foreground of this backyard telescopic frame are well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. But the two eye-catching galaxies lie far beyond the Milky Way, at a distance of over 300 million light-years. Their distorted appearance is due to gravitational tides as the pair engage in close encounters. Cataloged as Arp 273 (also as UGC 1810), the galaxies do look peculiar, but interacting galaxies are now understood to be common in the universe. Nearby, the large spiral Andromeda Galaxy is known to be some 2 million light-years away and approaching the Milky Way. The peculiar galaxies of Arp 273 may offer an analog of their far future encounter. Repeated galaxy encounters on a cosmic timescale can ultimately result in a merger into a single galaxy of stars. From our perspective, the bright cores of the Arp 273 galaxies are separated by only a little over 100,000 light-years.

February 19, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 19 has an illumination of 92%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 19 the Moon is 17.52 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 92%
Moon Age: 17.52 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 379,778.38 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,909,972.84 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

February 19, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Pisces 18
Moon:27 Virgo 52
Mercury:04 Aquarius 07
Venus:18 Capricorn 20
Mars:18 Capricorn 39
Jupiter:11 Pisces 27
Saturn:17 Aquarius 38
Uranus:11 Taurus 15
Neptune:22 Pisces 02
Pluto:27 Capricorn 30
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 29 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 54
Chiron:10 Aries 02
Ceres:01 Gemini 47
Pallas:01 Aries 42
Juno:06 Aquarius 47
Vesta:20 Capricorn 13
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

February 19, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Pisces 14
Moon:10 Libra 06
Mercury:05 Aquarius 09
Venus:18 Capricorn 56
Mars:19 Capricorn 20
Jupiter:11 Pisces 40
Saturn:17 Aquarius 45
Uranus:11 Taurus 16
Neptune:22 Pisces 04
Pluto:27 Capricorn 32
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 21 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 53 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 00
Chiron:10 Aries 05
Ceres:01 Gemini 59
Pallas:02 Aries 01
Juno:07 Aquarius 09
Vesta:20 Capricorn 41
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

19 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Pisces 56
Moon:06 Libra 12
Mercury:04 Aquarius 49
Venus:18 Capricorn 44
Mars:19 Capricorn 07
Jupiter:11 Pisces 36
Saturn:17 Aquarius 42
Uranus:11 Taurus 16
Neptune:22 Pisces 03
Pluto:27 Capricorn 31
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 23 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 58
Chiron:10 Aries 04
Ceres:01 Gemini 55
Pallas:01 Aries 55
Juno:07 Aquarius 02
Vesta:20 Capricorn 32
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

PSYCHIC PROTECTION SPELL

 

It is best to find a work area that you can leave untouched for 3 days.
If you must put away your tools, try to leave the spell candle out in the open.
Prepare your work area by setting up any tools you may be using in addition to your spells candle.
(Black) Love or protection incense is recommended.
While setting up your area, concentrate on the purpose of the work.
Bathe or cleanse your self. Do not let negative thought enter your mind.
Go your work area. Cast the Circle, light incense.
Envision a large, white ball of light surrounding you, your work area, and your home.
Hold the candle between the palms of your hand and direct all positive energy into it.
Place the candle and prior to lighting say,
“This candle represents protection over me in all things.”
Light the candle and say,
“As the light of this flame grows, I feel the light and positive energy around me.
As this candle burns, everything around me is blessed with light and love.
I am blessed with light and love. Negative energy is banished.”
Sit back and watch the candle burn.
Keep visualizing the white ball of light and protection around you..
Evision your higher self blessing you and protecting you from harm.
When the candle has burned 1/3 of the way down say,
“As the flame of the candle is extinguished…
Evil, negativity, and harm towards me is banished!
Any entity, ghost or spirit her by mistake go into the light and pass on to the world of spirit,
be not afraid as many wait for you there who you have loved and who love you.
Extinguish the candle. But don’t blow it out!
Repeat this for 2 more nights. Bury or throw away the left over wax.

Printable House Blessing to Hang Up

Spring House Blessing


Spring House Blessing

To encourage the return of Spring, tie a bunch of snowdrops with green ribbon and hang over the main entrance of your home as you repeat:

Candlemas Bells, snowdrops so white,
Cast away shadows, bring forth the light.

19 February 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 19 has an illumination of 92%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 19 the Moon is 17.52 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 92%
Moon Age: 17.52 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 379,778.38 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,909,972.84 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

19 February 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Pisces 09
Moon:08 Libra 59
Mercury:05 Aquarius 03
Venus:18 Capricorn 53
Mars:19 Capricorn 16
Jupiter:11 Pisces 39
Saturn:17 Aquarius 44
Uranus:11 Taurus 16
Neptune:22 Pisces 04
Pluto:27 Capricorn 31
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 21 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 59
Chiron:10 Aries 04
Ceres:01 Gemini 58
Pallas:02 Aries 00
Juno:07 Aquarius 07
Vesta:20 Capricorn 39
Eris:23 Aries 50
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

 

Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

19 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Pisces 56
Moon:06 Libra 12
Mercury:04 Aquarius 49
Venus:18 Capricorn 44
Mars:19 Capricorn 07
Jupiter:11 Pisces 36
Saturn:17 Aquarius 42
Uranus:11 Taurus 16
Neptune:22 Pisces 03
Pluto:27 Capricorn 31
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 23 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 58
Chiron:10 Aries 04
Ceres:01 Gemini 55
Pallas:01 Aries 55
Juno:07 Aquarius 02
Vesta:20 Capricorn 32
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

19 February 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Pisces 33
Moon:01 Libra 12
Mercury:04 Aquarius 24
Venus:18 Capricorn 30
Mars:18 Capricorn 50
Jupiter:11 Pisces 31
Saturn:17 Aquarius 40
Uranus:11 Taurus 15
Neptune:22 Pisces 03
Pluto:27 Capricorn 30
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 26 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 55 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 56
Chiron:10 Aries 03
Ceres:01 Gemini 50
Pallas:01 Aries 47
Juno:06 Aquarius 53
Vesta:20 Capricorn 21
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

February 18 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 February 18

Three Clusters in Puppis

Image Credit & Copyright: Dave Doctor

Explanation: Galactic or open star clusters are young. The swarms of stars are born together near the plane of the Milky Way, but their numbers steadily dwindle as cluster members are ejected by galactic tides and gravitational interactions. Caught in this telescopic frame over three degrees across are three good examples of galactic star clusters, seen toward the southern sky’s nautical constellation Puppis. Below and left, M46 is some 5,500 light-years in the distance. Right of center M47 is only 1,600 light-years away and NGC 2423 (top) is about 2500 light-years distant. Around 300 million years young M46 contains a few hundred stars in a region about 30 light-years across. Sharp eyes can spot a planetary nebula, NGC 2438, at about 11 o’clock against the M46 cluster stars. But that nebula’s central star is billions of years old, and NGC 2438 is likely a foreground object only by chance along the line of sight to youthful M46. Even younger, aged around 80 million years, M47 is a smaller and looser star cluster spanning about 10 light-years. Star cluster NGC 2423 is pushing about 750 million years in age though. NGC 2423 is known to harbor an extrasolar planet, detected orbiting one of its red giant stars.

February 18, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 18 has an illumination of 97%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 18 the Moon is 16.51 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 97%
Moon Age: 16.51 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 384,535.53 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,878,126.13 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

 February 18, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Aquarius 18
Moon:14 Virgo 43
Mercury:03 Aquarius 03
Venus:17 Capricorn 43
Mars:17 Capricorn 55
Jupiter:11 Pisces 13
Saturn:17 Aquarius 31
Uranus:11 Taurus 13
Neptune:22 Pisces 00
Pluto:27 Capricorn 28
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 59 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 47
Chiron:09 Aries 59
Ceres:01 Gemini 35
Pallas:01 Aries 20
Juno:06 Aquarius 24
Vesta:19 Capricorn 43
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:2
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

February 18, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Pisces 13
Moon:26 Virgo 46
Mercury:04 Aquarius 02
Venus:18 Capricorn 17
Mars:18 Capricorn 36
Jupiter:11 Pisces 26
Saturn:17 Aquarius 37
Uranus:11 Taurus 14
Neptune:22 Pisces 02
Pluto:27 Capricorn 30
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 30 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 53
Chiron:10 Aries 02
Ceres:01 Gemini 46
Pallas:01 Aries 40
Juno:06 Aquarius 45
Vesta:20 Capricorn 11
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

18 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Aquarius 56
Moon:22 Virgo 55
Mercury:03 Aquarius 43
Venus:18 Capricorn 06
Mars:18 Capricorn 23
Jupiter:11 Pisces 22
Saturn:17 Aquarius 35
Uranus:11 Taurus 14
Neptune:22 Pisces 01
Pluto:27 Capricorn 29
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 33 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 51
Chiron:10 Aries 01
Ceres:01 Gemini 43
Pallas:01 Aries 34
Juno:06 Aquarius 38
Vesta:20 Capricorn 02
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:2
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

Printable To Undo a Spell

Casting A Circle

Casting A Circle

 

Purify yourself first. You can do this by meditating, or taking a ritual bath. One way is to, try to keep the water flowing, possibly by leaving the bath plug half in, or by having a shower. This reinforces the idea of washing away any impurities so you are not sitting in your own psychic rubbish. (Scent your bath water with your selection of a sacred or special herb or oil.) Ideally, your towel – if you choose to use one – should be clean and used only for the purpose of your ritual bath.

 

• • Wear something special if you can, something that you only wear during a ritual or working. You can always add a pretty scarf or a throw in the correct color for your working. This sets apart spell working from everyday confusion.

 

• • Decide on the extent of your circle, which should be formed in front of your altar. Purify this space by sprinkling the area with water followed by salt – both of these should have been blessed.

 

• • Sit quietly for as long as you can inside the area that will become your circle.

 

• • Imagine a circle of light surrounding you. This light could be white, blue or purple. If you are in a hurry and cannot purify and cleanse fully, reinforce the circle of light by visualizing it suffused with the appropriate color for your working.

 

• • Circle the light around, above and below you in a clockwise direction, like the representation of an atom. Feel it as a sphere or as a cone of power. Sense the power Remember to leave a ‘doorway’ through which your magic energy may exit. You should always feel warm and peaceful within your circle.

 

• • Use your own personal chant or form of words according to your own belief system to consecrate your circle and banish all evil and negative energy, forbidding anything harmful to enter your space. Remember, you are always safe within your circle if you command it to be so.

 

• • If appropriate, invite the Gods and Goddesses to attend your circle and magical working.

 

• • Relax and be happy.

 

If you wish, you can use objects on the ground to show the boundaries of the circle, such as candles, crystals, cord, stones, flowers or incense. The circle is formed from personal power. This may be felt and visualized as streaming from the body to form a bubble made of mist, or a circle of light. You can use the athame (ritual dagger) or your hands to direct this power.

 

The cardinal points of the compass may be denoted with lit candles, often white or purple. Alternatively, place a green candle at the North point of the circle, yellow candle at the East, red candle at the South and blue candle at the West. The altar stands in the centre of the circle, facing North in the direction of power.

18 February 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

Today and tonight the Moon will be in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on February 18 has an illumination of 97%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On February 18 the Moon is 16.51 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 97%
Moon Age: 16.51 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 384,535.53 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,878,126.13 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

18 February 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Pisces 08
Moon:25 Virgo 40
Mercury:03 Aquarius 56
Venus:18 Capricorn 14
Mars:18 Capricorn 32
Jupiter:11 Pisces 25
Saturn:17 Aquarius 37
Uranus:11 Taurus 14
Neptune:22 Pisces 02
Pluto:27 Capricorn 30
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 31 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 53
Chiron:10 Aries 02
Ceres:01 Gemini 45
Pallas:01 Aries 38
Juno:06 Aquarius 43
Vesta:20 Capricorn 08
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

 

Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

18 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Aquarius 56
Moon:22 Virgo 55
Mercury:03 Aquarius 43
Venus:18 Capricorn 06
Mars:18 Capricorn 23
Jupiter:11 Pisces 22
Saturn:17 Aquarius 35
Uranus:11 Taurus 14
Neptune:22 Pisces 01
Pluto:27 Capricorn 29
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 33 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 51
Chiron:10 Aries 01
Ceres:01 Gemini 43
Pallas:01 Aries 34
Juno:06 Aquarius 38
Vesta:20 Capricorn 02
Eris:23 Aries 49
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:2
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

 

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

18 February 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Aquarius 33
Moon:17 Virgo 59
Mercury:03 Aquarius 19
Venus:17 Capricorn 52
Mars:18 Capricorn 06
Jupiter:11 Pisces 16
Saturn:17 Aquarius 33
Uranus:11 Taurus 13
Neptune:22 Pisces 01
Pluto:27 Capricorn 29
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 37 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 59 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 49
Chiron:10 Aries 00
Ceres:01 Gemini 38
Pallas:01 Aries 25
Juno:06 Aquarius 30
Vesta:19 Capricorn 51
Eris:23 Aries 49

Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:2
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

Printable Spell to Stop Gossip and Slander