The Forecast for Friday, 26 November 2021
Friday is governed by Venus. Below are its corresponding energies as well as the current transit chart for the witch’s perusal. ~ et incipit magia
Magickal focus: Venus governs; compassion, love, harmony, attracting a partner, partnership issues, female sexuality, fertility, healing, friendship
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 – Further recommendations and a look at the rest of the week are both available here.
Correspondences
- Element – Water
- Color – Green, rose
- Direction – West
- Energy – feminine/receptive
- Power – To Dare
- Deities – Venus, Aphrodite, Freyja, Hagith (Olympic Spirit)
- Crystal – Turquoise, lapis lazuli, beryl, rose quartz, coral
- Resin – sandalwood, ambergris, musk, orris root
- Herbs – apple, rose, myrtle, bugloss (alkanet), burdock, feverfew, lilac, marshmallow, vervain, valerian, thyme, coriander, pears, elder, pomegranate, passionflower, raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, vanilla, yarrow, violet, plantain
- Life Path – 6 – this describes a life path or destiny involving leadership, responsibility, service to others, and harmony
- Day – 8 – leadership, achievement and material gain, security
- Challenges – having realistic goals and expressing yourself creatively
Rune Divination: Tiwaz (ᛏ), Laguz (ᛚ), and Perthro (ᛈ) comprise today’s rune divination where discipline may be necessary so that you control your own fate or outcome. Use Laguz to align in higher awareness to enable intuition to guide your understanding so that you know when the moment comes where self-assertion (Tiwaz) is required or when it’s best to step back and observe. Fate (Perthro) and reaction are closely aligned and when reaction comes from the ego, a lower vibrational experience occurs and self-assertion may become aggressive or controlling in a manner that will only complicate the outcome. Laguz would suggest that the best course of action is to keep your reactions based upon higher spiritual awareness.
Energetic Influences
Polarity: The masculine (projective) side of self is having the greatest influence suggesting motivation and creative expression are strong.
Elemental Influence: Fire (will, creativity, motivation) and Air (intellect, reason, justice, interaction) provide the strongest elemental influence, with Earth (material concerns, physical presence) and Water (emotions, compassion, empathy) following in strength and in relative balance with each other.
Ray Influences: The effect of the seven cosmic Rays essentially impacts the soul/ego balance at any given moment. As the Rays move through the universe and ultimately reach each individual, they color (or influence) our perceptions and behavior. If we perceive our experiences from a soul perspective, then our overall perspective resonates from a higher vibration; whereas, if we react from the standpoint of ego, our resonance becomes lower and more reactive.
The increasing influence of the 1st Ray on the expression of will and power suggests that self-confidence is greater today and you may be more motivated to pursue new experiences. The lower impact of the 2nd Ray influence of love and wisdom, indicates that empathy and understanding are both less today, and in conjunction with the strong impact of the 4th Ray energy of harmony through conflict, it suggests that you may be less inclined to collaborate with others or be sensitive to their needs today.
The average strength of the 3rd Ray of active intelligence indicates that the ability to process information intellectually may be somewhat less today, but with the strong influence of the 5th Ray, you may still be inclined to rely on scientific knowledge to inform your perspective. However, with the 6th Ray increasing it’s impact, coupled with the decreased 2nd Ray influence, a devotion or fixation on ideology may overshadow intellectual expression and a shared acceptance of science-based truth.
Finally, the 7th Ray’s lower impact on balancing higher self with ego reinforced by the strong 6th Ray energy suggests that ego awareness may ultimately inform your overall perspective today and ideology influencing your reactions.
Lunar Phase: Waning; 3rd Qtr on 27 Nov 2021 at 4:24 AM PST at 05°Vi28
Mansion of the Moon: 12th – Alsarfah (The Changer of the Weather) – 21°Le25′; tail of Leo; increases harvest, obstructs sailors, promotes care for employees and captives
Significant aspects or patterns that may inspire or inform magickal workings
General Patterns – You continue to release past influences that could be impacting your self worth and replace them with rituals such as daily meditation that enhance your well-being. Several aspects with the Midheaven in Libra suggests you may be experiencing frustration in your career, particularly if it doesn’t align with your heart, or if you feel that your views are ignored. In fact, you may be happier in a career that involves protection and justice for others. Pay close attention to any underlying messages that come through today so that you gain a more realistic perspective. If feeling indecisive, reach out to others with more experience. Listen to their advice with an open mind so that you make progress or more easily reach your objective.
Lunar position: The Moon in Leo until Virgo at 6:12 PM PST – Given the triggers that family tends to stimulate, past issues that are painful may come up that offer the potential to heal. To help clear the air use this moment to listen to any feelings expressed and to gently offer your own perspective on the situation. Healing is possible if you let go of the need to control the outcome. The weekly esoteric influences are available here.
The Ascendant: Sagittarius – a masculine sign, Sagittarius acts with intention and purpose. In other words, you’re motivated and you take initiative. Also a sign that’s considered Mutable or flexible, a Sagittarius individual may love taking off on an adventure or seeking new experiences. You’re honest and forthright and your enthusiasm for life generally has a positive or inspirational effect on others. That said, a Sagittarius individual can also be impulsive and tactless.
A semisquare with Pluto suggests that inner change may not proceed as you’d like during this period. A square with Pallas suggests that understanding the overall picture is important while a trine with Chiron retrograde reinforces opening a path toward transforming your relationships with others that again, may not otherwise flow smoothly.
Specific Aspect patterns
Stellium – Sun/Mercury/Vesta/SNode – let go of past influences that have impacted your self esteem, replacing them with rituals that enhance your well-being as well as the willingness to express your ideas to others
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General Aspects
- The Sun (12th/Sagittarius) conjunct Mercury (12th/Scorpio) – describes the need to balance strong self-assertion with listening to the views of others
- The Sun (12th/Sagittarius) sextile The Midheaven (03°Li24′) – suggests you’re able to reach your goals today
- Mercury (12th/Sagittarius) semisquare Venus (2nd/Capricorn) – suggests patience is necessary until a situation resolves
- Mercury (12th/Sagittarius) sextile The Midheaven (03°Li24′) – indicates that your perspective is valued today, especially within situation that are closest to you (job, relationships, marriage)
- Venus (2nd/Capricorn) sextile Mars (11th/Scorpio) – your charming manner tempers self-assertion today
- Mars (11th/Scorpio) trine Neptune (3rd/Pisces R) – this may be a day for inner focus and healing
- Mars (11th/Scorpio) semisquare The Midheaven (03°Li24′) – indecisiveness over may lead to frustration
- Saturn (2nd/Aquarius) sextile Chiron (4th/Aries R) – you’re ready to embrace your inner feelings for the insights they provide an apply them to new experiences
Goddess-oriented Planetary/Fixed Star Aspects
- The Sun (12th/Sagittarius) conjunct Vesta (12th/Sagittarius) – suggests that rituals for wellness may enhance your self-worth
- Mercury (12th/Sagittarius) conjunct Vesta (12th/Sagittarius) – indicates a search for or exploration of spiritual answers
- Mercury (12th/Sagittarius) opposite Ceres (6th/Gemini R) – describes tension surrounding support between you and others with a greater understanding or more expansive viewpoint required
- Pluto (2nd/Capricorn) semisquare Pallas (3rd/Pisces) – avoid an obsessive focus when facing challenges
- Pluto (2nd/Capricorn) square Eris (4th/Aries R) – describes potential hidden agendas by others, or inner woundings that may impact self-mastery
- Vesta (12th/Sagittarius) opposite Ceres (6th/Gemini R) – suggests that your well-being is nourished by the views of others and you benefit from including them in your life and/or work
- Juno (1st/Capricorn) square The Midheaven (03°Li24′) – indicates a strong focus on a career involving justice for others
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Black Moon Lilith: 7th 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 7th House of partnerships this may be challenging with Lilith’s darker side affecting expectations and 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. You 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. Aspects (opposition/conjunction) with The Sun suggest that you need to let go of the past in order that you move on into new experiences, reinforced by the same with Mercury as well as a trine (N Node)/sextile (S Node) with the Midheaven in Libra.
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- 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 (Ends on 2 Dec 2021/20°Pi24)
- Uranus – indicates a focus on esoteric studies and original thought (Ends on 19 Jan 2022/10°Ta49)
- Chiron – reflect on inner woundings, apply their message, and then move on (Retrograde ends on 20 Dec 2021/08°Ar26)
- 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 (Ends on 11 Jan 2022/23°Ar41)
- 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. (Ends on 15 Jan 2022/27°Ta58)
Upcoming retrogrades to be aware of: Venus (Begins 20 Dec – 26°Cp29/Ends 29 Jan 2022 – 11°Cp04); Mercury (Begins 14 Jan 2022 – 10°Aq20/Ends 4 Feb 2022 – 24°Cp23)
References
- Erickson, Jan. Herbal Magicka. 2021
- Erickson, Jan. Witch Notes. Kindle. 2019.
- Erickson, Jan. Shifting Perception. Draft2Digital. 2020.
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