Magickal Forecast for Monday, 17 May 2021
Monday is governed by the Moon. Below are its corresponding energies as well as the current transit chart for the witch’s perusal. ~ et incipit magia
Magickal focus ~ The Moon governs, feminine magicks, healing, intuition, cycles, reincarnation, astral travel, balance, change
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 – using today’s rune divination, the witch may want to enter a meditative or trance state to gain clarity regarding a situation that’s unclear. Use the rune Dagaz as a focus with your consciousness in the center of the rune, allowing the truth of the moment to be all that you experience. See the past and the future in your visions and how they impact the present. Turn it upright to resemble an hourglass and you draw down Spirit into physical form. Use Kenaz to light your way and the energy and directionality of Jera to move that truth through your awareness.
Magickal Correspondences
- Element – Water
- Color – Silver, white
- Crystal – Pearl, moonstone, selenite, beryl, marcasite
- Resin – White sandalwood, camphor, aloe, myrrh
- Herbs – almond, mugwort, moonwort, yellow ranunculus, palm, lily, willow, violet, poppy, fennel, iris
Numerology ~ 5/17/2021
- Life Path – 9 – describes a life path or destiny involving spirituality, elimination of prejudice, and a service to others attitude
- Day – 8 – leadership, harmony, material achievement, recognition
- Challenges – balanced social expression and taking a self-determined path
Rune Divination ~ Dagaz, Kenaz, and Jera comprise today’s rune divination with the light of Spirit infusing our perceptions and awareness. A closer look at each rune illustrates that Kenaz is a component of both Dagaz and Jera. Dagaz signals a new day, or the end of one phase and the beginning of something new, while Jera involves moving energy or unfolding awareness. In one sense, today’s runes are suggesting that Higher Self is present to inform our perceptions instead of leaving that task to the ego. In other words, this is a day for full clarity and truth to be revealed.
Lunar position – Cancer until Leo at 5:44 AM PDT; VOC until 5:43 AM PDT – With the Moon traveling into Leo in the early morning, the safety of home an hearth gives way to engagement with others. In fact, you feel energized and ready to transform your experiences! That said, don’t get ahead of yourself or drama could result, particularly with the women in your life. Refer to the current Esoteric Influences for more information regarding today’s influences.
Sign strength – Cancer, and Pisces provide the strongest sign influence today influencing how we express and receive nurturing (Cancer). Compassion and intuition factors in with the addition of Pisces.
Significant Aspects or patterns that may inspire or inform magickal workings.
Stelliums (power interactions) – none today
Additional Aspects (Goddess planets, Lilith, Nodes, and Ascendant aspects follow in their own categories)
- Sun (12th/Taurus) trine Pluto (8th/Capricorn R) – describes strong leadership skills that have proper timing
- Sun (12th/Taurus) semisquare Chiron (11th/Aries) – indicates the need for compassion toward the needs or feelings of others
- Mercury (12th/Gemini) trine Saturn (9th/Aquarius) – describes an individual with good timing
- Mercury (12th/Gemini) square Neptune (10th/Pisces) – cautions the importance of discernment
- Venus (12th/Gemini) sesquisquare Pluto (8th/Capricorn R) – describes difficulty aligning with a partner
- Mars (1st/Cancer) quincunx Saturn (9th/Aquarius) – indicates the need for setting more realistic boundaries with others
- Mars (1st/Cancer) square Chiron (11th/Aries) – suggests tension surrounding new experiences or within relationships that impacts interactions
- Saturn (9th/Aquarius) square Uranus (11th/Taurus) – suggests insecurity surrounding ability, authority, and compromise.
- Saturn (9th/Aquarius) sextile Chiron (11th/Aries) – describes the strength to heal and to share that experience with others
Goddess-oriented Planetary Interactions
- Mercury (12th/Gemini) square Pallas (10th/Pisces) – describes the need for a different strategy when interacting with others
- Mercury (12th/Gemini) opposite Juno (6th/Sagittarius R) – stresses the need to express truth with compassion and love
- Venus (12th/Gemini) square Vesta (4th/Virgo) – suggests relationships require some work on your part and take a sacred focus
- Uranus (11th/Taurus) trine Vesta (4th/Virgo) – suggests balancing a spiritual concern for the greater good and a motivation to help others with taking care of oneself as well
- Neptune (10th/Pisces) square Juno (6th/Sagittarius R) – describes the need to see others realistically, especially when providing assistance or selecting a partner
- Pluto (8th/Capricorn R) square Eris (12th/Aries) – describing the reevaluation of a possible obsessive focus on the path to self-mastery (Seltzer)
- Vesta (4th/Virgo) sesquisquare Eris (12th/Aries) – counsels conveying expectations of others in a direct manner that respects boundaries and values
- Pallas (10th/Pisces) square Juno (6th/Sagittarius R) – indicates a new strategy is needed regarding partnership interactions
- Juno (6th/Sagittarius R) trine Eris (11th/Aries) – describes the strong need for a shared belief or direction with a partner
The Ascendant – Cancer – a feminine, Cardinal sign that suggests that home is a place of safety and nurturing and that you approach life from a fairly risk-averse perspective. Compassion is favored as is a sense of vulnerability and sensitivity. Emotions may be in flux or moodiness may be experienced.
- Trine Jupiter, others are attracted to your enthusiasm, drive, and compassion
- Square Neptune, escape is possible in all forms
- Sextile Ceres, you experience a focus on nurturing self and others
Black Moon Lilith ~ 11th House/Taurus — You may resist change while in Taurus and it may be difficult to move out of your comfort zone. In the 11th House of relationships interactions may be challenging with Lilith’s darker side impacting expectations of others. A sextile with Neptune counsels stepping outside your own focus and aligning with nature to balance your fear while a conjunct between a conjunct between our dark Goddess and The Sun offers a bright spot to Lilith’s day supporting optimism and enthusiasm.
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.
- Venus conjunct The North Node/opposite the South Node suggests that your destiny involves a focus on harmony within relationships but not at the expense of taking action when necessary
- Mars quincunx The South Node brings up issues of how past experience or karma influences your own warrior instincts
- 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
- Uranus quincunx The South Node alerts you to the need to flow with unexpected events
- Pluto sesquisquare The North Node/semisquare The South Node seems to suggest transformation surrounding both how you see past as well as the future
- Chiron trine the South Node/sextile The North Node indicates that profound growth from a difficult situation or illness in your life may benefit others
Lunar Phase ~ Crescent, waxing; 1st Qtr on 19 May 2021 at 12:13 PM PDT at 29°Leo01′
Mansion of the Moon – 10th – Algebha – 25°Can42′; neck/forehead of Leo; fosters love and compassion, assists in defeating enemies, and strengthens structures
Retrograde ~ Juno – suggests a look inward in how you select, commit to, and interact with partners in your life; Pluto – inner transformation is favored. Upcoming retrogrades to be aware of: Saturn (in 6 days), Mercury (12 days), Jupiter (34 days), and Neptune (39 days).
Polarity – Masculine (8), Feminine (15) – the feminine or receptive polarity continues to be strongest today
Elemental Influence ~ The Water element provides the strongest impact today suggesting that concerns of a more emotional nature are in focus.
Energetic Sign Quality/Mode ~ Mutable and Fixed sign qualities are strongest suggesting both flexibility as well as stability or routine are favored.
Rays ~ Although we’re experiencing increases in the 1st and 5th Rays from last week, the 2nd Ray of unconditional love and wisdom continues to exceed all other Rays in its influence today as it heals and aligns our perceptions in harmony with others. Its counterpart, the 6th Ray of devotion and idealism, remains stable and is still thankfully having a lesser impact on conspiracy thinking. When the 6th Ray is strong, gullibility or single-minded devotion controls individual and collective perception. The insurrection on January 6, 2021 is an example of 6th Ray influence run amok.
The 3rd Ray of active intelligence along with the 4th Ray of harmony through conflict, have remained stable and suggest that we are able, influenced by expressions of love and wisdom from the 2nd Ray, to come to an agreement with others.
The 5th Ray of concrete knowledge and science has increased today suggesting that new information may be revealed especially surrounding changes in CDC guidelines.
Finally, the 1st Ray (will/power) is having more of an impact on our self-assertion while the 7th Ray (ceremonial order/magick) seems to draw from the other rays, particularly the 2nd Ray of love and wisdom, in how we manifest our way forward.
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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