Magickal Forecast for Friday, 14 August 2020

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Friday is governed by Venus. Below are its corresponding energies for the witch’s perusal.

Current Outlook

• Lunar position ~ Gemini until Cancer at 4:36 PM PDT – Balance assertiveness (Moon sextile Mars) with a practical approach to new experiences (Moon quincunx Saturn). As the Moon travels into Cancer later in the afternoon, you may need nurturing from close friends or family (Moon conjunct Venus).
• Sign ~ Leo – dramatic, warm, generous, proud, vain, arrogant
• Elemental Influence ~ Air and Fire provide the strongest elemental influence suggesting the energy to balance will with intellect today
• Energetic Quality/Mode ~  strong Fixed energies provide stability today and with Cardinal energies initiating as well, a new path forward can be embraced.
• Houses ~ 10th – public life, standing, authority, career, life direction, achievement
• Rays ~ The 1st Ray of will/power and the 3rd Ray of active intelligence are informed by both the 2nd Ray of love/wisdom and the 5th Ray of concrete knowledge and organized by the 7th Ray of ceremonial order and magick today.
• Black Moon Lilith ~ 6th House/Aries — organization may prove challenging and you may not realize how that impacts others. Additional issues may also arise surrounding self-assertion.
• Node influences ~ N Node – 8th Hs/Gemini; S Node – 2nd Hs/Sagittarius describes the need for self-control and focus on a spiritual perspective. The challenge involves understanding the viewpoints of others.
• Temperament ~ Sanguine (hot/wet; chatty, social, superficial)
• Lunar Phase ~ 3rd Quarter; New on 18 Aug 2020 at 7:42 PM PDT at 26°Leo35′
• Mansion of the Moon ~ 7th – Aldirah – 17°Gem8′; arm of Gemini; promotes friendship and love, gain, destroys courts
• Retrograde ~ Pluto (reevaluation, profound transformation); Saturn (restructuring of foundation from an inner perspective); Jupiter (expansive inner reflection and reevaluation); Pallas (reorganization of perceptions); Chiron (allow for inner transformation, letting go of past woundings); Neptune (let go of illusion and discern the truth); Ceres (perceptions change surrounding feelings of unity and oneness with others); Uranus is stationing Retrograde (allow for the unexpected and focus on change from within)
• Numerology ~ 14/5 – change, Quintessence, Mercury, Cancer, feminine, pentagram, justice, protection, safety; Corresponding to Friday: 3 – catalyst, triple aspects, mind/body/Spirit, Jupiter, Capricorn, Norns, Hecate, past/present/future
• Favorable/Unfavorable for Magick ~ excellent
• Magickal focus ~ compassion, love, harmony, attracting a partner, partnership issues, female sexuality, fertility, healing, friendship
• Time ~ Dawn – healing, new beginnings, study, purification; Noon – strength, opportunity, success, protection, wealth; Sunset – letting go, release; Night – spirituality, aligning with Spirit, healing, dreamwork, visions
• Color ~ Green, rose
• Direction ~ West
• Energy ~ feminine, receptive
•  Power ~ To Dare
• Stone ~ Turquoise, lapis lazuli, beryl, rose quartz, coral
• Herb ~ Rose, myrtle, vervain, valerian, thyme, coriander, pear, fig, pomegranate
• Incense/Resin ~ sandalwood, ambergris, musk
• Runes  ~ Uruz, Gebo, Hagalaz, Isa, Perthro, Ehwaz, Laguz, Dagaz
• Olympic Spirit ~ Hagith – creates beauty and adoration, converts copper into gold and back again, creates faithful servants from Spirits

Magickal Blessings to all!

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References:

1. Erickson, Jan. Witch Notes. Kindle. 2019.
2. Erickson, Jan. Shifting Perception. Draft2Digital. 2020.