Magickal Forecast for Thursday, 8 April 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 – magicks to achieve goals or to manifest abundance are favored today. Include jasper on the altar to calm anxiety as well as fresh blue star flowers from a borage plant to improve courage.
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 ~ 4/8/2021
- Life Path – 8 – describes a life path or destiny focused on leadership and achieving material gain and status
- Day – 8 – leadership, greater harmony, material achievement
- Challenges – balancing work/responsibility with play; balancing ego expression; and, balancing social expression
Rune Divination ~ Hagalaz, Isa, Dagaz – we have two Norn runes today, Hagalaz, the witch rune, and Isa, the rune of the present moment that signal Higher Self involvement in choosing a new path forward. Dagaz incorporates Gebo, or balanced energy exchange with others, as well as Kenaz (the light of Spirit) in all directions, opening our awareness to a new path. Hagalaz breaks down barriers while still preserving our fundamental alignment with each other. Inherent in Hagalaz, we see Uruz, in an as above, so below fashion invoking and manifesting the transformation required for change. Isa allows us to draw down Spirit into not only our awareness but also to invoke the will in a concentrated, focused manner. Today’s divination is asking us to cast the intention for a new path forward.
Lunar position – Pisces – Your sensitive side helps you in learning to channel your emotions in a positive manner and you may also benefit from reassessment of your current wellness routine. A unique or individual approach may be more helpful than working within a group, especially if your emotions are in flux. Refer to the current Esoteric Influences for more information regarding today’s influences.
Sign strength – Aries provides the strongest sign strength today signaling motivation, independence, courage, decisiveness, assertive/impulsive, lacking tact.
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)
- Venus/Ceres/Eris – describes values-based self-assertion balanced with nurturing others
- Sun/Venus/Eris – signals an independent, driven nature as well as a need for beauty, comfort, and ethics that impacts your relationships with others
- Sun/Vulcan/Venus/Ceres/Eris – lots of power here also seen in the two 3 point stelliums above,and with the addition of Vulcan, we’re breaking up old paradigms and patterns to achieve perhaps a more dynamic relationship with others
Additional Aspects
- The Sun (12th/Aries) conjunct Vulcan (12th/Aries) – signals the courage and self-determinism required to develop one’s own spiritual path
- The Sun (12th/Aries) conjunct Ceres (12th/Aries) – describes the ability to nurture the self toward independence and self-determinism while expressing compassion to others
- Mercury (12th/Aries) conjunct Chiron (12th/Aries) – suggests a misperception surrounding communication with others that affects self-esteem when in fact, your strong empathy for others draw others in pain to you.
- Venus (12th/Aries) sextile Mars (2nd/Gemini) – signals a balance between compassion and self-assertion
- Venus (12th/Aries) sesquisquare Vesta (5th/Virgo) – suggests that you’re overly focused on work to avoid interactions with others
- Venus (12th/Aries) trine Juno (8th/Sagittarius) – indicates that relationships are valued in your life
- Venus (12th/Aries) conjunct Ceres (12th/Aries) – describes extraordinary compassion for others and the desire to nurture and protect.
- Venus (12th/Aries) conjunct Eris (12th/Aries) – suggests aligning the feminine warrior within with harmonious relationships with others with the need for a strong expression of character and principles
- Mars (2nd/Gemini) opposite Juno (8th/Sagittarius) – signals conflict with others over expressions of independence
- Jupiter (11th/Aquarius) sextile Juno (8th/Sagittarius) – indicates the optimistic effect of Jupiter within partnerships
- Jupiter (11th/Aquarius) sextile Eris (12th/Aries) – suggests an optimistic and accepting attitude for others, possibly to an extreme. A balanced perspective will be required (Seltzer)
- Saturn (10th/Aquarius) square Uranus (12th/Taurus) – describes issues with authority and compromise furthered on by inadequacy.
- Uranus (12th/Taurus) trine Vesta (5th/Virgo) – suggests balancing a spiritual concern for the greater good and a motivation to help others with taking care of oneself as well
- Uranus (12th/Taurus) sextile Pallas (11th/Pisces) – signals original ideas that may make people sit up and take notice
- Uranus (12th/Taurus) sesquisquare Juno (8th/Sagittarius) – suggests the need for a partner who is independent and unique in their thinking
- Neptune (11th/Pisces) square Juno (8th/Sagittarius) – describes the need to see others realistically, especially when providing assistance or selecting a partner.
The Ascendant – Taurus – a Fixed sign that suggests stability, purposeful action, self-reliance, and structure are favored. Aspects are below:
- Jupiter square the Ascendant – indicates benevolence and enthusiasm with the need to demonstrate self-discipline at times
- Neptune sextile the Ascendant – involves escapism and the need to stay away from chemically-altered reality
- Lilith conjunct The Ascendant – suggests the shadow side of self may be in full view
Black Moon Lilith ~ 12th House/Taurus — You may resist change while in Taurus and it may be difficult to move out of your comfort zone. In the 12th House of endings, things that are hidden (fears, enemies), the collective unconscious, karma, and service to others, Lilith’s darker side may impact relationships with others, with fear at the heart of a more solitary existence.
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.
- A trine between the North Node and Saturn (sextile the South Node) suggests an enthusiastic attitude that can direct you into achievement in many areas
- Chiron trine the South Node indicates that profound growth from a difficult situation or illness in your life may benefit others
Lunar Phase ~ Waning; Balsamic; 3rd Qtr on 4 April 2021 at 3:03 AM PDT at 14°Cap51; New Moon in Aries on 11 April 2021 at 7:31 PM PDT at 22°Ar24
Mansion of the Moon – 27th – Algarf almuehar Alyhalgalmoad – 4°Pis17′; second drawing; increases harvest, income, healing; obstructs buildings, causes danger at sea, creates annoyance and mischief
Retrograde ~ Vesta – now in Virgo, look inward to better define your expectations of others so that you respect their boundaries, input or expertise
Polarity – Masculine (11), Feminine (12) – polarities are in relative balance today
Elemental Influence ~ Air, Fire, and Earth elements provide the strongest elemental influence today indicating that intellect, communication, as well as will and motivation are strong, and that material concerns such as security and finances are important today. Water (emotions) is less of an influence.
Energetic Sign Quality/Mode ~ Cardinal sign qualities are strongest today suggesting motivation is strong to initiate new experiences, projects, or interactions. Fixed sign modes are next in strength signaling stability is also favored.
Rays ~ The Rays continue today with the 1st and 7th Rays again providing the strongest collective influence. The 3rd Ray of active intelligence along with both the 4th Ray of harmony through conflict are impacting the expression of truth today indicating that there will be plenty of will and power (1st) to manifest (7th) a collective understanding or agreement even with the 5th Ray of concrete knowledge and science having a lesser influence. The strength of the 2nd Ray of love and wisdom over the 6th Ray’s expression of devotion and idealism suggests that wisdom may contain any fundamentalism or expression of conspiracy thinking.
References
- Erickson, Jan. Witch Notes. Kindle. 2019.
- Erickson, Jan. Shifting Perception. Draft2Digital. 2020.
- Your Daily Magickal Correspondences
- Seltzer, Henry. The Tenth Planet: Revelations from the Astrological Eris
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