Correspondences & Astro Info for 29 April 2020

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

Current Outlook

• Lunar position ~  12th House/Cancer suggesting nurturing self and others today. Take this time to retreat and if empathic, observe if possible but do everything you can to avoid absorbing difficult energies.
• Sign ~ Taurus –  stable, stubborn, enduring, traditional values
• Elemental Influence ~ balanced
• Energetic Quality/Mode ~ Fixed or stable energies continue their strong influence.
• Houses ~ 10th (public life, life direction, profession, achievement)
• Rays ~ Rays 1 (will/power); 2 (love/wisdom – increasing); 3 (active intelligence); 4 (harmony through conflict – increasing); and 7 (ceremonial order/magick) provide the strongest influence.
• Ascendant influence ~  Leo – purposeful, warm, lively, generous, sincere, ambitious, prideful.
• Midheaven influence ~ Aries – life direction involving independence, leadership, and action.
• Black Moon Lilith ~ 9th House/Aries – difficulty aligning with societal expectations.
• Node influences ~ N Node – 11th Hs/Cancer; S Node 5th Hs/Capricorn describes an awareness of self within the collective. The challenge is in letting go of control in relationships, learning humility and expressing oneself honestly and with integrity in service to others.
• Intercepted Signs ~ Taurus/Scorpio – a balance between acquisition and release is challenged
• Duplicated Signs ~ Leo/Aquarius – self-assertion is at odds with self-expression.
• Temperament ~ balanced today
• Lunar Phase ~ Crescent (new beginnings); 1st Qtr – 30 Apr 2020 at 1:39 pm PDT at 10°Leo57′
• Mansion of the Moon ~ 10th – Algebha – 25°Can42′; neck/forehead of Leo; fosters love and compassion, assists in defeating enemies, and strengthens structures
• Retrograde ~  Retrograde ~ Juno (reassessment of relationships) critical to do right now…reconnect with others; Pluto (reevaluation, profound transformation); upcoming retrogrades: Saturn (11 days), Venus (13 days), Jupiter (14 days), Pallas 17 days)
• Numerology ~ 29/11 – Master Number for illumination or enlightenment
• Favorable/Unfavorable for Magick ~ very bad

Magickal Correspondences for Wednesday

• 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
• 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 – magick, original creation, the balance between dark/light, Moon, Aries, communities, divine, the septenate universe, 7 Cosmic Rays, Pleiades, seven sacred planets
• 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

Magickal Blessings!

References:

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

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