Magickal Forecast for Wednesday, 17 February 2021

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

• Magickal focus ~ Mercury influence, 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 ~ very good

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• Numerology ~ 2/17/2021
  • Life Path – 6 – describes someone who nurtures others and values harmony, justice, and truth.
  • Day – 8 – intuition, material success, leadership,
  • Challenges – minor challenges – knowing when to drop resistance and when to take control, as well as remaining focused; major challenge – maintaining a sense of focus

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• Rune Divination ~ Uruz, Fehu, Nauthiz – with Nauthiz, the Norn rune of the future, we experience the friction within to manifest, also referencing the effect of Uruz, the rune for manifestation, healing, and strength. Uruz gives us the ability to shape our path forward. Fehu, as the sending rune casts that intention to the collective consciousness.

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• Lunar position ~ Taurus  – Now that the Moon is in Taurus, your focus turns to stability and routine tasks. Approach challenges with the confidence and resilience informed by past experience. You may also be willing to step outside the box today with an unconventional approach. That said, make an effort to respect and support others as well. Refer to the current Esoteric Influences for more information regarding today’s influences.
• Sign strength – there are seven planets/planetary bodies (The Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pallas) in Aquarius today suggesting innovative thinking and group consciousness that builds toward progressive change. On the negative side, the Aquarian influence may impact one’s ability to remain sensitive to the emotions of others.

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• Significant Aspects or patterns that may inspire or inform magickal workings. The Ascendant, North/South Nodes, as well as Lilith aspects are in their own categories below:
  • Stelliums (power interactions)
    • Sun/Vulcan/Venus/Pallas – break through perceptions and reassess your strategy on a new path toward harmony with others
    • Mercury R/Jupiter/Saturn – reevaluate how you express truth and authority over yourself and others
  • Venus (12th/Aquarius) square Mars (2nd/Taurus) – patience with both self and others is required today
  • Mars (2nd/Taurus) semisquare Chiron (1st/Aries) – suggests self-assertion may be challenging and a passive/aggressive response is possible
  • Saturn (11th/Aquarius) square Uranus (2nd/Taurus) – describes issues with authority and compromise furthered on by inadequacy
  • Saturn (11th/Aquarius) sextile Chiron (1st/Aries) – indicates perseverance through emotional difficulties and from that experience to assist others on their own path

• Ascendant – Pisces – signals a sensitive and imaginative approach, an intuitive and empathic nature, with the tendency toward emotional imbalance or questionable boundaries.
  • Mars (2nd/Taurus) sextile the Ascendant – indicates a willingness to take risks
  • Neptune (1st/Pisces) conjunct the Ascendant – reinforces the need to express yourself with sensitivity and imagination
• Black Moon Lilith ~ Taurus — remaining in your comfort zone is tempting, but it also signals an unwillingness to take risks toward a better outcome. In the 2nd House of money and self-worth, the risk may involve containing the darker aspects of self and the control of one’s ego.A square between Jupiter and our dark Goddess indicates excessive behavior is likely today while a square with Mercury indicates trusting your instincts when exploring new ideas and perceptions.
• 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.

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• Lunar Phase ~ Crescent, waxing; 1st Qtr Moon on 19 Feb 2021 at 10:48 AM PST at 01°Ge20
• Mansion of the Moon ~ 3rd – Azoraya – 25°Ari42; Showering, Pleiades, profitable for hunters, sailors, and alchemists
• Retrograde ~ Vesta – now in Virgo, look inward to better define your expectations of others so that you respect their boundaries, input or expertise; Mercury – slow down and reassess; look within and reassess perceptions and interactions with others; Vulcan – breaking through perceptions that no longer appear to be correct

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• Polarity – Masculine (12), Feminine (11) – in relative balance
• Elemental Influence ~  Air (intellect, reason, balance, communication) provides the strongest influence today suggesting interactions with others are important today. Earth is next signaling material concerns are another focus. Water and Fire follow in relative balance with each other with Water or emotions having the stronger effect.
• Energetic Sign Quality/Mode ~ Fixed (stable) sign energies dominate the other qualities suggesting stability and routine are favored today. Motivation and flexibility may be the challenge.
• Rays ~ The 5th Ray of concrete knowledge and science continues to provide the strongest impact on our perceptions today signaling a focus on scientific knowledge and truth. The 1st Ray of will and power has reduced its effect on the will while the 3rd Ray of active intelligence remains steady in its decreased influence from last week, again having a negative impact on achieving understanding or shared truth. The 4th Ray of harmony through conflict has increased today signaling ongoing discussions are occurring that will benefit from a focus on truth but with the decreased impact of the 3rd Ray, understanding or accepting truth may still be difficult. The 6th Ray of devotion and idealism continues to have an effect on how ideology impacts our perceptions and with the 2nd Ray of love and wisdom continuing in its lesser strength, ideology may overshadow rational or objective truth. Again, the 2nd Ray acts as a counterbalance to the 6th, and if in balance, it can provide a wiser influence on the potential cult-like effect of the 6th. With the lesser influence of the 2nd ray, a higher expression of wisdom or perspective may be lacking. Although the 7th Ray of ceremonial order and magick has increased its impact from last week, manifesting harmony and new beginnings may still prove challenging. For further information, this post may be helpful.

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References:

1. Erickson, Jan. Witch Notes. Kindle. 2019.  
2. Erickson, Jan. Shifting Perception. Draft2Digital. 2020.
3. Your Daily Magickal Correspondences

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