Magickal Forecast for Monday, 17 August 2020

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Monday is governed by the Moon. Below are its corresponding energies for the witch’s perusal.

Current Outlook

• Lunar position ~ Leo – You’re the center of attention today with friends and family and your warm nature influences everyone to join in the fun! A conjunction between the Moon and Vesta promotes ritual as the perfect shared experience so organize a party…online, of course, and enjoy each other’s company.
• Sign ~ Leo – generous, powerful, dramatic, proud, arrogant
• Elemental Influence ~ Fire provides the strongest elemental influence suggesting will and motivation are strong
• Energetic Quality/Mode ~  strong Fixed energies provide stability today and with Cardinal energies initiating as well, a new path forward can be embraced. However, as Mutable energies are severely reduced today, adaptability may prove challenging.
• Houses ~ 9th – higher learning, pathworking, academia, philosophy, religion, travel, culture; 10th – public life, standing, authority, career, life direction, achievement
• Rays ~ The 1st Ray of will/power provides the strongest influence followed by the 7th Ray of ceremonial order and magick.
• 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 ~ Phlegmatic (cold/wet; compassionate, peaceful)
• Lunar Phase ~ 3rd Quarter; New on 18 Aug 2020 at 7:42 PM PDT at 26°Leo35′
• Mansion of the Moon ~ 10th – Algebha – 25°Can42′; neck/forehead of Leo; fosters love and compassion, assists in defeating enemies, and strengthens structures
• 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 (allow for the unexpected and focus on change from within)
• Numerology ~ 17/8 – harmony, balance, spiritual warrior, justice, rebirth, benevolence, peace, Venus, Taurus; Corresponding to Monday: 2 – duality, polarity, balance, reason, causation, Dyad, Beth, Beta, B, Moon, Aquarius
• Favorable/Unfavorable for Magick ~ very good
• Magickal focus ~ feminine magicks, healing, intuition, cycles, reincarnation, astral travel, balance, change
• 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 ~ Silver, white
• Direction ~ West
• Energy ~ feminine, receptive
•  Power ~ To Dare
• Stone ~ moonstone, selenite, marcasite, pearl
• Herb ~ hyssop, rosemary, olive, mugwort, moonwort, palm
• Incense/Resin ~  white sandalwood, camphor, aloe
• Runes  ~ Uruz, Gebo, Hagalaz, Isa, Perthro, Ehwaz, Laguz, Dagaz
• Olympic Spirit ~ Phul – transmutes metals into silver, heals edema, invokes Water Spirits in corporeal form, extends life to three hundred years.

Magickal Blessings to all!

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References:

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