Wednesday Correspondences

Wednesday is governed by Mercury. Below are its corresponding energies as well as the current transit chart for the witch’s perusal.

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• Lunar position ~  Moon in Leo (attention-seeking, good company) and the 11th House (friendship, hopes, desires); Void-of-Course begins at 5:06 PM PDT.
• Sign ~ Leo (leadership, drama, vain), Virgo (routine-oriented, focused, practical, petty)
• Elemental Influence ~ Earth (strongest) – grounded, practical, stubborn; Air (weakest) – objectivity and clarity are lacking.
• Mode ~ Mutable (open to change/unstable) – procrastination possible; Cardinal (energies which initiate) – lack of initiative
• Houses ~ strongest influences: 6th (routine, health, work), 11th (friendship, hopes, desires), 12th (endings and things hidden)
• Rays ~ 2nd (love/wisdom, creative urge, Ray of the Soul, Higher Self presence); 6th (devotion/idealism, fanaticism, connected to ego expression)
• Ascendant influence – Virgo – routine-oriented, practical, not necessarily given to initiating something, but can lead from there
• Node influences – North Node – Cancer and the 11th House/ South Node – Capricorn and the 4th House – pride and failure are at issue as well as humility and honest emotional expression. Dignity, understanding, and compassion are the challenges.
• Lunar Phase ~ 3rd Quarter; waning; New Moon 06°Vir46′ at 3:38 AM PDT on 30 Aug 2019
• Mansion of the Moon ~ 11th – Azobra – 8Leo25′ – tail of Leo; increases harvest, obstructs sailors, promotes care for employees and captives
• Retrograde ~ Pluto (dealing with karmic debt), Saturn (revisit old issues, inward discipline), Neptune (a focus on the spiritual versus the mundane, remain in observer/Higher Self mode), Chiron (issues of healing), and Uranus (realignment of esoteric beliefs).
• Numerology – 1 (new beginnings, wholeness, unity, intuition, First Cause)
• Magickal focus ~ communication, interactions, balance, justice, revelation
• 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 ~ considered to be very bad…but then a witch does what a witch does in that regard. The use of planetary seals may be recommended.
• Goddess/god ~ Hermes, Mercury, Thoth
• Element ~ Air
• Color ~ purple, yellow
• Zodiac ~ Gemini
• Direction ~ East
• Energy ~ masculine, projective
• Power ~ To Know
• Animal ~ serpent, dog, ape, fox, weasel, mule, stag, rabbit, blackbird, parrot, beetle
• Number ~ 7
• Stone ~ agate, emerald, fluorite, topaz, citrine, red marble, topaz
• Herb ~ marjoram, cinnamon, lavender, hazel, parsley
• Resin ~ benzoin, frankincense
• Chakra ~ 2nd (Sacral)
• Tarot ~ Swords, Magician
• Runes ~ Ansuz, Raidho, Kenaz, Tiwaz, Mannaz
• Olympic Spirit ~ Ophiel – grants familiars, teaches arts, creates the Philosopher’s Stone

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References:

1. Erickson, Jan. Witch Notes. Kindle. 2019.

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