The Forecast for Thursday, 5 August 2021
Thursday is governed by Jupiter. Below are its corresponding energies as well as the current transit chart for the witch’s perusal. ~ et incipit magia
Magickal focus ~ Jupiter governs, social justice, healing, abundance, income, growth, achieving goals and desires.
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
Favorable/Unfavorable for Magick ~ neutral – with social issues in the forefront these days, choose one and work a spell to influence a positive outcome. Given the urgency of basically anything you choose to influence, working with Jupiter’s energy, even in retrograde, can assist in advancing issues of justice. Use Jupiter’s planetary square to invoke your influence or its seal to stop a particular behavior. In other words, if your spell focuses on violence against citizens among the various police departments, the square could invoke change or reform, while the seal could stop their destructive and/or criminal behavior. It’s customary to create the square and seal during the working but it’s not completely necessary, especially if the situation is dire. I’m including examples below. But if you do create either one (or both) within a working, focus your intention on the purpose of each one. You could, as an example, use the seal first to stop the harmful behavior, and then end with creating the planetary square to invoke reform.
Jupiter’s Square 
Jupiter’s Seal
Magickal Correspondences
- Element – Air
- Color – Blue
- Crystal – sapphire, jasper, emerald
- Resin – balm of Gilead, ambergris, saffron
- Herbs – basil, agrimony, mints, dandelion, borage, bugloss, wood betony, hyssop, henbane, poplar, oak, plum, fig, meadowsweet
Numerology ~ 8/5/2021
- Life Path – 9 – this describes a life path or destiny involving compassion and service to others
- Day – 5 – freedom versus restriction, creativity, protection
- Challenges – taking a self-determined path, and balancing sociability with responsibilities to home and work
Rune Divination ~ Othala, Jera, and Perthro comprise today’s rune divination where fate, or the unknown, plays a part in our experiences. Cycles and legacy also play a role suggesting that awareness will likely unfold on its own today and it may affect how we protect all that we have built thus far. Whether this is surrounding a return to outside protection again, or it’s dealing with some other issue, it’s clear that we must choose who controls that experience. Will we give that control away to others who have only their own self-interest in mind, or will we stand up for our own choice? Jera seems to hold the key with the idea of awareness that is unfolding, so remain open to circumstances, or the understanding of them, possibly changing over the day.
Lunar position – Cancer – With the Moon in Cancer and the 11th House of relationships, you may prefer spending time at home with loved ones. Take time to reflect and acknowledge past woundings, especially those resulting from interactions with individuals closest to you. This is a time for great healing and insight, and to embrace your inner truth. Refer to the current Esoteric Influences for more information regarding today’s influences.
Significant Aspects or patterns that may inspire or inform magickal workings.
Stellium – Sun/Vulcan/Mercury – interactions with others may take a spiritual focus today; listen more than you speak
Additional Aspects (Goddess planets, Lilith, Nodes, and Ascendant aspects follow in their own categories)
- The Sun (12th/Leo) square Uranus (9th/Taurus) – your unique approach may result in impulsivity
- The Sun (12th/Leo) trine Chiron (8th/Aries R) – if inner woundings arise today, you have the strength to put them in the proper perspective and move on
Goddess-oriented Planetary Interactions
- Pluto (5th/Capricorn R) square Eris (8th/Aries R) – describing the reevaluation of a possible obsessive focus on the path to self-mastery (Seltzer)
The Ascendant – Virgo – a feminine, mutable sign that suggests an individual who is somewhat risk-averse and hesitant to engage with others until fully aware and comfortable. This individual has high expectations of self an others and prefers order to chaos
- A conjunct with Mars promises the energy to pursue new goals and opportunities
Black Moon Lilith ~ 10th House/Gemini — Interactions will flow smoothly while Lilith is in Gemini as long as you listen to the input from others. That said, in the 10th House of career, standing, and authority, interactions may be challenging with Lilith’s darker side potentially manipulating others to achieve power and control, impacted today by a square with Mars. While a conjunct with Ceres is asking you to express yourself in a compassionate manner, a square with retrograding Jupiter suggests it’s time to expand your opportunities. Lastly, a square with The Ascendant notes that relationships with others need to be built on trust.
Node influences ~ N Node – Gemini; S Node – Sagittarius describes the need for self-control and a focus on a spiritual perspective. The challenge involves understanding the viewpoints of others as well as expressing your own in a helpful and respectful manner.
- Juno opposite The North Node/conjunct The South Node reinforces the need to hear the viewpoints of partners and be sensitive to their needs and feelings
Lunar Phase ~ Waning; New on 8 August 2021 at 6:51 AM PDT at 16°LE14
Mansion of the Moon – 8th – Annathra – 1°Cancer; misty/cloudy; promotes love and friendship particularly with fellow travelers, rids area of mice, reinforces imprisonment
Retrograde ~ Jupiter – inner reflection is warranted and in Pisces, it centers on discovering inner truth; Neptune – discernment is a factor in this retrograde where you look within to determine truth from fiction and arrive at a more realistic understanding of the truths that surround you; Saturn – reassess boundaries and how your structure your life; Pluto – inner transformation is favored; Pallas – reassess your overall understanding of situations and observe patterns as they unfold; Chiron – reflect on inner woundings, apply their message, and then move on; Eris – time to explore and reevaluate your expression of feminine power to maximize your potential; Upcoming retrogrades to be aware of: Uranus (14 days)
Polarity – the feminine polarity is strongest today
Elemental Influence ~ The Earth (material concerns, physical) element is having the strongest effect today.
Ray Influences – significant changes are in bold
- 1st (will/power) – medium impact – creativity and inspiration are average strength today as is self-assertion
- 2nd (love/wisdom) – strong impact (decreasing) – extending unconditional love, compassion, and understanding happens easily today
- 3rd (active intelligence) – low/medium impact (increasing) – adaptability to new ideas and understanding may still be impacted today
- 4th (harmony through conflict) – low impact – signals that cooperative efforts and understanding cause and effect may be challenging today
- 5th (concrete knowledge and science) – strong impact – suggests that knowledge, in other words, what we now know, is having a significant impact on our mindset and decisions (possibly pandemic-related and/or 1/6 Commission-related)
- 6th (devotion/idealism) – strong impact – The 6th Ray of devotion and idealism is a tricky influence in that if the 2nd Ray is less, we typically see an increase in gullibility and a single-minded approach. In other words, too much ideology or too much devotion affects our ability to view our experiences or beliefs in a realistic manner. With the 6th Ray’s lesser effect, perception/ideology theoretically may be less of a factor, and with the 2nd Ray having a stronger impact, idealism or gullibility may be less likely to impact outcomes today.
- 7th (ceremonial order/magick) – low/medium impact (increasing) – organization and general order may be less challenging to achieve today
References
- Erickson, Jan. Witch Notes. Kindle. 2019.
- Erickson, Jan. Herbal Magicka. 2021
- Erickson, Jan. Shifting Perception. Draft2Digital. 2020.
- Your Daily Magickal Correspondences
- Seltzer, Henry. The Tenth Planet: Revelations from the Astrological Eris
- Erickson. Jan. Magick and the Aligned Witch. Kindle.
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