October 1, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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 Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

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

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on October 1 has an illumination of 33%. 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 October 1 the Moon is 5.77 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: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 33%
Moon Age: 5.77 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 365,882.08 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,744,348.99 km

Useful Moon Resources

October 1, 2022 Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions

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 

October 01, 2022
08:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Libra 37
Moon:23 Sagittarius 11
Mercury:24 Virgo 14 Rx
Venus:03 Libra 08
Mars:20 Gemini 22
Jupiter:03 Aries 01 Rx
Saturn:18 Aquarius 58 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 20 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 37 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 51
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 02 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 57

Chiron:14 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:01 Virgo 04
Pallas:11 Cancer 21
Juno:09 Pisces 38 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 02 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6 

Northern Hemisphere

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

 October 01, 2022
05:00 pm GMTM 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Libra 30
Moon:21 Sagittarius 26
Mercury:24 Virgo 14 Rx
Venus:02 Libra 58
Mars:20 Gemini 19
Jupiter:03 Aries 02 Rx
Saturn:18 Aquarius 58 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 21 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 51
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 02 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 56

Chiron:14 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:01 Virgo 00
Pallas:11 Cancer 18
Juno:09 Pisces 39 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 02 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

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

1 October 2022
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Libra 13
Moon:17 Sagittarius 21
Mercury:24 Virgo 17 Rx
Venus:02 Libra 36
Mars:20 Gemini 13
Jupiter:03 Aries 05 Rx
Saturn:18 Aquarius 59 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 21 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 51
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 03 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 54

Chiron:14 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:00 Virgo 53
Pallas:11 Cancer 11
Juno:09 Pisces 42 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 03 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

1 October 2022 Southern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions

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 

 1 October 2022
03:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Libra 25
Moon:20 Sagittarius 16
Mercury:24 Virgo 15 Rx
Venus:02 Libra 52
Mars:20 Gemini 18
Jupiter:03 Aries 03 Rx
Saturn:18 Aquarius 58 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 21 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 51
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 02 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 55

Chiron:14 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:00 Virgo 58
Pallas:11 Cancer 16
Juno:09 Pisces 40 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 02 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Southern Hemisphere

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

 1 October 2022
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Libra 13
Moon:17 Sagittarius 21
Mercury:24 Virgo 17 Rx
Venus:02 Libra 36
Mars:20 Gemini 13
Jupiter:03 Aries 05 Rx
Saturn:18 Aquarius 59 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 21 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 51
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 03 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 54

Chiron:14 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:00 Virgo 53
Pallas:11 Cancer 11
Juno:09 Pisces 42 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 03 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Southwestern Hemisphere

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

1 October 2022
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Libra 53
Moon:12 Sagittarius 42
Mercury:24 Virgo 21 Rx
Venus:02 Libra 12
Mars:20 Gemini 07
Jupiter:03 Aries 07 Rx
Saturn:19 Aquarius 00 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 22 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 39 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 50
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 04 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 52

Chiron:14 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:00 Virgo 44
Pallas:11 Cancer 03
Juno:09 Pisces 46 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 03 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

September 30 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1520 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)

1846 Anesthetic ether is used for the 1st time, by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth

1862 Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck delivers his famous “Blood and Iron” speech on the unification of German territories

1938 Treaty of Munich signed by Adolf HitlerBenito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany. Chamberlain infamously declares “Peace for our time” on his return to London.

1946 Twenty-two Nazi leaders, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Hermann Goering, are found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death or prison at the Nuremberg war trials

1980 Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation [1]

Today’s Historical Events

489 Germanic King of Italy Odoacer attacks Ostrogothic leader Theodoric the Great at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again

1124 Orval abbey church consecrated in southeast Belgium

1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew

1399 King Richard II of England’s (supposed) abdication read out in the House of Commons by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In reality deposed by his cousin and successor Henry IV

1520 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)

1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France

1555 Bishop of Oxford Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic

1619 Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1939 In the first televised college football game, Fordham beats Waynesburg, 34-7 at Randalls Island, NY

1947 In first televised World Series Baseball game, NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3 in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium; also largest WS crowd to date, 73,365

1950 Radio’s “Grand Ole Opry” is broadcast on TV for 1st time

1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins

1954 Sandy Wilson’s musical “The Boy Friend”, cast includes Julie Andrews, making her Broadway debut, opens at the Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 485 performances

1955 American actor and cultural icon James Dean is killed in a car crash aged 24

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1791 Mozart‘s opera “Magic Flute”, with German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, premieres at Schikaneder’s Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria

1935 George Gershwin‘s opera “Porgy and Bess” premieres in Boston

1963 “Student Gypsy” opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 16 performances

1964 “Oh What a Lovely War” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 125 performances

1965 Donovan’s 1st US TV appearance (Shindig)

1982 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen‘s sixth studio album “Nebraska”, a solo record, made without a backing band

1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins

1997 “Too Close” single released by Next (Billboard Song of the Year, 1998)

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)

1882 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Bob Ferguson wins third consecutive Open title; beats fellow Scot Willie Fernie by 3 strokes

1887 8th America’s Cup: New York Yacht Club’s cutter Volunteer beats Scottish challenger Thistle by 11:48.75 seconds on corrected time to win series, 2-0 off Newport, RI

1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days

1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit

1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak

1922 Yanks clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1

1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York’s 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium

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 September 30

Equinox Sunrise Around the World

Collage Image Copyright: Luca Vanzella

Explanation: A planet-wide collaboration resulted in this remarkable array of sunrise photographs taken around the September 2022 equinox. The images were contributed by 24 photographers, one in each of 24 nautical time zones around the world. Unlike more complicated civil time zone boundaries, the 24 nautical time zones are simply 15 degree longitude bands corresponding to 1 hour steps that span the globe. Start at the upper right for the first to experience a sunrise in the nautical time zone corresponding to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 12 hours. In that time zone, the photographer was located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Travel to the west by looking down the column and then moving to the column toward the left for later sunrises as the time zone offset in hours from UTC decreases. Or, you can watch a video of September 2022 equinox sunrises around planet Earth.

Pagan and Magickal Terms and Definitions

Today’s Word is 

 Law of Return

From moonlitpriestess.com 

Wiccan concept that what we send out comes back to us; related to the Three-Fold Law with the exception that the consequences of our actions are not magnified.

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence 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

September 30, 2022 Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions

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 

 September 30, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Libra 43
Moon:10 Sagittarius 22
Mercury:24 Virgo 23 Rx
Venus:01 Libra 59
Mars:20 Gemini 03
Jupiter:03 Aries 09 Rx
Saturn:19 Aquarius 00 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 22 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 39 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 50
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 05 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 51

Chiron:14 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:00 Virgo 40
Pallas:10 Cancer 58
Juno:09 Pisces 47 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 04 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Northern Hemisphere

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

September 30, 2022
08:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Libra 38
Moon:09 Sagittarius 13
Mercury:24 Virgo 24 Rx
Venus:01 Libra 53
Mars:20 Gemini 01
Jupiter:03 Aries 09 Rx
Saturn:19 Aquarius 00 Rx
Uranus:18 Taurus 22 Rx
Neptune:23 Pisces 39 Rx
Pluto:26 Capricorn 08 Rx

True Lunar Node:13 Taurus 50
Mean Lunar Node:15 Taurus 05 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):18 Cancer 50

Chiron:14 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:00 Virgo 38
Pallas:10 Cancer 56
Juno:09 Pisces 48 Rx
Vesta:23 Aquarius 04 Rx

Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx

Fire:4
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

September 30, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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 Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

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

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on September 30 has an illumination of 23%. 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 September 30 the Moon is 4.71 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: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 23%
Moon Age: 4.71 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 368,727.27 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,787,228.12 km

Useful Moon Resources

September 30, 2022 Daily Horoscopes

Click here for Georgia Nicols daily horoscopes 

Moon Alert

After 12:15 AM EDT today, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Sagittarius.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

It’s important that you acknowledge your urge for adventure and a desire for a change of scenery. Do something different today! Change things up a bit! By all means, travel if you can. Go someplace you’ve never been before. Talk to people from other cultures. Explore your world!

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This is an excellent day for discussions about inheritances, taxes, debt and shared property or anything that is jointly held with someone else. (For example, the wealth and resources of others.) Disputes or discussions about these matters will come out in your favour. Yes!

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

You will enjoy schmoozing with members of the general public, as well as close friends and partners today because everyone’s in a great mood! People are playful, and they’re interested in entertaining diversions, sports, and fun activities with kids. Romance will flourish. You wanted more?

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

This is a positive day for you because you’re happy to work, and you’re happy to party. Work-related travel is likely for some of you. This is also a great day for those who work from home because the vibes are positive, plus, you can take wrap up old business.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This is a fast-paced, interesting time for you! It’s easy to meet new faces and see new places. Today, entertaining diversions, especially in the arts and the entertainment world, will appeal. Enjoy sports activities along with fun times with children. Romance will shine!

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Family discussions will go well today, especially with female family members. Your relations with others are warm and friendly. Some of you will choose to entertain at home today or have a meeting where you live. However, others will seek solitude at home and enjoy privacy in familiar surroundings.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

This is a powerful time for you because the Sun and fair Venus are in your sign making you diplomatic and charming with everyone. Furthermore, people and favourable situations are attracted to you! Today you will put a lot of yourself into whatever you have to say, which means others will listen.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Trust your ability to negotiate financial matters; however, do be aware of the restrictions of the Moon Alert. Ditto for shopping. Nevertheless, “There’s gold in them thar hills!”

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today the Moon is in your sign dancing beautifully with your ruler lucky Jupiter as well as the Sun. This certainly bodes well for Sagittarians! Enjoy schmoozing with others. Take time to socialize and enjoy sports events. Get outside. Have fun with kids. Enjoy romance.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Two different messages are coming to you today. In one way, you are high viz. and people admire you, which means you want to get out there and fly your colours. However, in another way, you will seek solitude and privacy because it feels good. Your call.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Talk to someone, perhaps a female acquaintance, about possible travel plans. Or these plans might explore avenues in publishing, the media, medicine, the law or higher education? In either case, you want to expand your world! You want to go places and make things happen!

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You are high viz. today, which is why people notice you. In fact, some are discussing personal details about your private life. (Like, what’s with that?) Your interactions with someone might boost your earnings or help you to buy something you really like. Schmooze and keep your ears open.

If Your Birthday Is Today

Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh (1980) shares your birthday today. You are sensuous and romantic. You love the good life and appreciate beautiful things. You are tough and courageous and will champion the cause of justice and fair play. This year is the final year of a nine-year cycle, which means let go of what is no longer necessary. Commune with nature.

 

Celtic Tree Ivy Month: September 30 – October 27

From LearnReligions.com

As the year comes to a close and Samhain approaches, the Ivy moon rolls in at the end of the harvest season. Ivy often lives on after its host plant has died — a reminder to us that life goes on, in the endless cycle of life, death and rebirth. The Celts called this month Gort, pronounced go-ert. This is a time to banish the negative from your life. Do workings related to improving yourself, and placing a barricade between you and the things that are toxic to you. Ivy can be used in magic performed for healing, protection, cooperation, and to bind lovers together.

From Ireland-Calling.com

Ivy has many superstitions and beliefs attached to it.

Because it had the ability to form dense thickets in woodland, grow where other plants could not and block out the light from even the mighty oak, ivy was believed to be very powerful by the Druids, more powerful than its enemy, the vine and quite sinister.

The ivy and the vine have been seen as enemies since ancient times. This seems odd since the same Greek and Roman gods are associated with each.

Bacchus, god of wine

In Greek mythology ivy was sacred to Osiris and also associated with Dionysus. In Roman mythology Ivy was connected to Bacchus, the god of wine as it grew over his home land.

Bacchus is often portrayed wearing an ivy crown, perhaps because this was once thought to prevent intoxication. The poisonous berries of the ivy, when ground into a powder were also once believed to be a hangover cure.

The link between Bacchus and ivy was taken over to England where old English Taverns would display ivy above their doors indicating the high quality of their drinks.

The proverb ‘Good wine needs no bush’, meaning good wine speaks for itself, comes from this practice.

Gort, G –

Ivy, a symbol of strength and determination to the Druids, is the twelfth letter of the ogham alphabet, gort, and the eleventh month in the Celtic tree calendar, representing September 30th to October 27th.

Protection from evil

In old Ireland ivy was thought to provide protection from evil when growing on or near to a dwelling.

However, if it should die or fall down then misfortune would fall upon those therein.

Ivy was often carried by young women for good luck and fertility. Used at weddings intertwined with holly, the ivy would symbolise fidelity and at Yule-tide, would bring peace to the household.

Ivy was also linked to inspiration and worn by poets in the form of a crown.

Missing Birthday Horoscopes, Astronomy Picture of the Day and Emails

Well, I am finally back to posting. The regular posts for today will not be done because of catching up the birthday horoscopes and astronomy pictures. Sitting at my desk for 2 hours trying to get things done after not being at it for so long is making back start to hurt so I have to be more like the turtle than the hare with getting back into my routine of sitting at my desk for about 5 to 6 hours a day to bring you the things you enjoy reading. Tomorrow, I hope to be feeling up to posting for September 30th, October 1st. Which are the tomorrow posts for the Northern Hemisphere. Then Saturday I will be posting for October 2nd and 3rd which are the tomorrow posts for both hemispheres.

Thank you, Libra’s, for your patience in being able to read your birthday horoscopes. You can find your birthday horoscope by clicking on the date you want calendar on WOTC’s Homepage.

I am put up one post with the links to all the Astronomy Picture of the Day from September 13th to today instead of a post for each day.

I will be catching up on emails hopefully Saturday.

Thank you all for all the support, comments, and patience while I went through a heavy grieving period with major depression and anxiety problems. I will not say the depression and anxiety are back under my control, but I will say I am better than yesterday. But I know getting back into a regular routine is very important for my mental and emotional health so here I am. As you can tell I am coming ack kind of slowly.

Until we meet again dear sisters, brothers, and honored guests may your life be filled with all things positive! 

September 13 to September 29 Astronomy Picture of the Day

2022 September 29: DART Asteroid Impact from Space
2022 September 28: A Furious Sky over Mount Shasta
2022 September 27: DART: Impact on Asteroid Dimorphos
2022 September 26: All the Water on Planet Earth
2022 September 25: The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
2022 September 24: September Sunrise Shadows
2022 September 23: Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
2022 September 22: NGC 7331 Close Up
2022 September 21: The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble
2022 September 20: Star Forming Region NGC 3582 without Stars
2022 September 19: Star Trails and Lightning over the Pyrenees
2022 September 18: Analemma over the Callanish Stones
2022 September 17: Perseverance in Jezero Crater s Delta
2022 September 16: The Tarantula Zone
2022 September 15: Harvest Moon over Sicily
2022 September 14: Waves of the Great Lacerta Nebula
2022 September 13: A Long Snaking Filament on the Sun

September 22, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Crescent on September 22 has an illumination of 12%. 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 September 22 the Moon is 26.26 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 Crescent
Illumination: 12%
Moon Age: 26.26 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,861.64 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,126,766.18 km

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September 20, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Crescent on September 20 has an illumination of 26%. 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 September 20 the Moon is 24.46 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 Crescent
Illumination: 26%
Moon Age: 24.46 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,233.71 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,210,226.75 km

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September 19, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Crescent on September 19 has an illumination of 35%. 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 September 19 the Moon is 23.57 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 Crescent
Illumination: 35%
Moon Age: 23.57 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,470.13 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,251,676.47 km

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September 18, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Crescent on September 18 has an illumination of 44%. 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 September 18 the Moon is 22.68 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 Crescent
Illumination: 44%
Moon Age: 22.68 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,708.82 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,292,923.21 km

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September 17, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Last Quarter on September 17 has an illumination of 54%. 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 September 17 the Moon is 21.78 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: Last Quarter
Illumination: 54%
Moon Age: 21.78 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 402,968.69 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,333,955.08 km

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September 16, 2022 Current Moon Phase

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on September 16 has an illumination of 63%. 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 September 16 the Moon is 20.87 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: 63%
Moon Age: 20.87 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 400,306.09 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,374,760.29 km

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September 14 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1752 Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3 – Sept 13)

1936 1st prefrontal lobotomy in America performed by Walter Freeman and James W. Watts at George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C.

1939 World’s 1st practical helicopter, the VS-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky takes (tethered) flight in Stratford, Connecticut

1949 India’s Constituent Assembly adopts Hindi as an official language. Celebrated today as Hindi Day.

1956 IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage, weighs over a ton

1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

2020 Astronomers report possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphine in planets’s atmosphere by telescope [1]

2021 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID-19 as the nation’s known death toll reaches 663,913 (Johns Hopkins) [1]

Today’s Historical Events

81 Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus

786 Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother Al-Hadi

891 Stephen V’s reign as Catholic Pope end with his death, succeeded a few weeks later by Pope Formosus

1163 Pastor Frederik forms convent at Mariengaarde Friesland

1180 Minamoto no Yoritomo led force of 300 defeated at Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan

1515 Battle at Marignano ends after two days in a French and Venetian victory over a Swiss army

1607 Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland

1629 Siege of ‘s-Hertogenbosch: Spanish garrison surrenders to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1958 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1959 WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting

1960 KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting

1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting

1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House

1965 Western sitcom “F-Troop” premieres in the US on ABC

1972 “The Waltons” TV program premieres on CBS starring Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, and Will Geer

1979 The film “Quadrophenia”, loosely based on The Who’s 1973 rock opera of the same name, is released.

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1741 George Frideric Handel finishes his “Messiah” oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days

1954 Benjamin Britten‘s opera ‘Turn of the Screw’ premieres in Venice

1955 Little Richard records “Tutti Frutti” at J & M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana

1960 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Communist Party of USSR

1968 Dmitri Shostakovich‘ 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow

1968 While on tour in England, a fire at singer Roy Orbison’s Henderson, Tennessee home kills the two eldest of his three sons

1980 “Charlie & Algernon” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 17 performances

1984 1st MTV Video Music Awards: The Cars win with “You Might Think”, and David Bowie wins with “China Girl”

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1865 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman Andrew Strath wins his first title; beats 2-time champion Willie Park Sr. by 2 strokes

1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)

1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game

1923 In his 4th heavyweight boxing title defence Jack Dempsey recovers after being sent through the ropes to KO Argentine challenger Luis Firpo in the 2nd round at the Polo Grounds, NYC

1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play

1924 Walter Johnson selected as the American League MVP

1929 A’s clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox

1929 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 7th US title; beats Francis Hunter 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4