The Forecast for Thursday, 4 November 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: excellent – Further recommendations and a look at the rest of the week are both available here.
Correspondences
- Element – Air
- Direction – East
- Power – To Know
- 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
- Life Path – 2 – this number describes a life path or destiny involving reciprocity, loyalty, patience, and observation
- Day – 4 – foundation, grounding, patience, self-discipline, and diligence
- Challenges – managing ego and sensitivity to the needs of others
Rune Divination: Jera (ᛃ), Inguz (ᛜ), and Laguz (ᛚ) comprise today’s rune divination where insight is gained or otherwise evolves through higher spiritual awareness that then informs our ability to manifest both new experiences and perceptions. Laguz provides the flow of soul awareness, intuitional in nature, into our daily experiences while Jera, comprised by Kenaz forward and reversed, allows for that awareness to unfold or evolve in a manner in a clairsentient way that awakens us to spiritual truth. Inguz, as the seed, provides the impetus for manifesting the potential for new experiences based upon a higher level of understanding.
Energetic Influences
Polarity: The feminine (receptive) polarity is strongest today suggesting that compassion and empathy for others provide the strongest influence.
Elemental Influence: Water (emotions, compassion, empathy) provides the strongest influence today. Elemental Fire (will, creativity, motivation), Earth (material concerns, physical presence) and and Air (intellect, reason, justice, interaction) follow and are in balance with each other.
Ray Influences: The 4th and 5th Rays continue to dominate the Ray influences today suggesting that with scientific knowledge available and largely agreed upon, finding common ground may be more easily achieved today.
The lower strength of the 1st Ray of will and power continues to suggest that self assertion may be more challenging when coming to a shared understanding with others.
The 2nd Ray’s significantly lower impact indicates that expressions of compassion, empathy, and wisdom will have little impact on your interactions with others. Although slightly stronger than the 2nd Ray, the decreased impact of the 6th Ray suggests that the expression of ideology may also be less today. Ideally, we want the wisdom, love, and compassion of the 2nd Ray to exert control over the 6th Ray’s effect on expressions of ideology.
The decreasing effect of the 3rd Ray of active intelligence signals that information may not be well understood, with the more abstract elements difficult to integrate into one’s overall perspective.
Lastly, the 7th Ray’s lesser effect on balancing higher self with ego suggests that awareness of the greater picture may not resonate enough to influence self-expression and decisions.
Lunar Phase: New on 4 Nov 2021 at 2:15 PM PDT at 12°Sc40; 1st Qtr on 11 Nov 2021 at 5:47 PM PDT at 19°Aq20
Mansion of the Moon: 18th – Alchab 8°Sc34′; heart of Scorpio; creates discord, conspiracy; revenge against authority and from enemies, releases prisoners, helps structures
Significant aspects or patterns that may inspire or inform magickal workings
General Patterns – If you benefit from a collaborative approach, you might want to avoid overly asserting your own perspective or insisting on a specific approach. Follow your intuition to understand how past wounds can impact your interactions with others. Drop your resistance to the unexpected and embrace a new direction that you may have not considered before.
Lunar position: Moon in Scorpio; New Moon at 2:14 PM PDT – Others support your efforts and are available should you need assistance. If frustrations arise it may be that you’ve developed patterns that no longer serve your objective. Reassess the situation from a higher perspective and make adjustments if needed. The weekly esoteric influences are available here.
The Ascendant: Scorpio – a feminine, fixed sign that suggests an individual who may exercise some restraint before initiating something new preferring to see how others manage something before diving in. That said, when Scorpio focuses in, that focus is quite intense in its expression. You’re independent and self-reliant with a strong will that will achieve your objectives. You are also highly perceptive and, at times, secretive, and you may experience difficulty with emotional balance.
A conjunct with The Sun suggests that you have more impact on others than you may realize and partnerships of all kinds could be impacted by unexpected circumstances stimulated by an opposition with retrograding Uranus. A trine with retrograding Pallas suggests the need to understand the overall picture, while a semisquare with Juno and a quincunx with retrograding Ceres suggests this might center on interactions that express support for partners.
Specific Aspect patterns
Grand Trine – Venus/Juno/Eris R/MC – creates the space for harmony between partners to grow
Yod – Moon/Chiron R/Ceres R – Your intuition may play a valuable role in understanding and healing past woundings that seem to impact how your nurture both self and others.
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Additional Aspects (Goddess planets, Lilith, Nodes, and Ascendant aspects are in their own categories)
- The Sun (1st/Scorpio) opposite Uranus (7th/Taurus R) – although you prefer an unconventional approach, you would be well advised to seek a more realistic expression with others to avoid unnecessary conflict
- Jupiter (3rd/Aquarius) opposite The Midheaven (24°Le05) – your goals may be more achievable today with support available from others
- Pluto (3rd/Capricorn) quincunx The Midheaven (24°Le05) – it may be necessary to reevaluate how you express power or authority with others and to let go of the need to control every outcome
Goddess-oriented Planetary/Fixed Star Aspects
- Jupiter (3rd/Aquarius) square Vesta (1st/Scorpio) – counsels you to avoid a fanatical focus that cannot allow for let alone respect the opinions of others
- Pluto (3rd/Capricorn) sextile Vesta (1st/Scorpio) – your focus on what’s hidden may intensify today
- Pluto (3rd/Capricorn) semisquare Pallas (4th/Pisces R) – step back to understand the overall picture so that you avoid an obsessive focus
- Pluto (3rd/Capricorn) sesquisquare Ceres (7th/Gemini R) – indicates a transactional approach to supporting others with expectations of give and take more important than simply offering support without any agenda
- Pluto (3rd/Capricorn) square Eris (6th/Aries R) – describes potential hidden agendas by others, or inner woundings that may impact self-mastery
- Chiron (5th/Aries) sesquisquare Vesta (1st/Scorpio) – suggests that past wounding are affecting or in some manner challenging your well-being; a different focus may be necessary to uncover the truth and begin the healing process
- Chiron (5th/Aries) sextile Ceres (7th/Gemini R) – you express strong support others today and they benefit from your insight
- Pallas (4th/Pisces R) square Ceres (7th/Gemini R) – suggests a new strategy may be needed when nurturing others
- Pallas (4th/Pisces R) semisquare Eris (6th/Aries R) – describes the need for a new strategy that reflects the overall picture before asserting your own opinion
- Ceres (7th/Gemini R) semisquare Eris (6th/Aries R) – suggests reflection on the strength and power of the feminine within to express support and nurturing toward others
- Ceres (7th/Gemini R) conjunct Aldebaran at 10°Ge05 – describes success in your relationships by expressing integrity
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Black Moon Lilith: 8th House/Gemini — Interactions will flow smoothly while Lilith is in Gemini as long as you listen to the input from others. That said, in the 8th House of transformation, death/rebirth, intimacy/sexuality this may be challenging with Lilith’s darker side potentially resistant to new experiences with others. Ideally, you need to accept the wild child within, respect your intuition and perception, while balancing discernment with engaging respectfully with others. This applies to work situations as well and the need to stay focused to avoid miscommunication as well as to keep your competitive attitude under control. The way through such transformation is to trust your instincts, embrace the shadow side of self, and focus on compassion and nurturing relationships with both self and others.
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 quincunx between Mars and the North Node suggests some reevaluation of your goals may be of benefit.
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Retrograde: Neptune – discernment is a factor in this retrograde where you look within to determine truth from fiction and arrive at a more realistic understanding of the truths that surround you; Pallas – reassess your overall understanding of situations and observe patterns as they unfold; Chiron – reflect on inner woundings, apply their message, and then move on; Eris – time to explore and reevaluate your expression of feminine power to maximize your potential; Uranus – indicates a focus on esoteric studies and original thought; Ceres – reflect on the manner in which you extend/receive nurturing and consider whether or not your approach is balanced and respectful of boundaries, both your own and those of others.
Upcoming retrogrades to be aware of: Beginning retrograde – Venus (20 Dec – 26°Cp29); Leaving retrograde – Pallas (9 Nov – 09°Pi03′); Neptune (2 Dec – 20°Pi24); Chiron (20 Dec – 08°Ar26)
References
- Erickson, Jan. Herbal Magicka. 2021
- Erickson, Jan. Witch Notes. Kindle. 2019.
- Erickson, Jan. Shifting Perception. Draft2Digital. 2020.
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