Posts Tagged ‘moon’
Flying Across the Moon
April 10th, 2010 | 
Author: Another great image from NASA in my Inbox….
The International Space Station flew across the face of the moon over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida approximately 15 minutes before the launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission. Discovery successfully launched on April 5 and is now docked with the station. STS-131 will deliver the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the International Space Station’s laboratories. The crew also will switch out a gyroscope on the station’s truss, install a spare ammonia storage tank and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior.
Image Credit: Photo courtesy of Fernando Echeverria
January 2010
| 1st | New Year’s Day, very significant day in medieval superstitions regarding prosperity, or lack of it, in the year ahead |
| 1st | Global Family Day, grew out of the United Nations millennium celebration, “One Day of Peace,” January 1, 2000 |
| 1st | World Day of Peace, established by Pope Paul VI |
| 1st | Being the first day of a New Year, it is appropriate to honour Janus |
| 2nd | Believed by the Saxons to be one of the unluckiest days of the year |
| 3rd | Sacred to Dionysus, Greek God of Wine. Feasting, pleasure and fertility |
| 4th | Louis Braille was born in 1809. He was 3 years old when he lost his sight as a result of an accident |
| 4th | Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday |
| 6th | World day for War Orphans |
| 8th | Sacred to Freya, Norse Goddess of love and fertility and to Felicitas, Roman Goddess of good fortune. |
| 13th | St Hilary’s feast day |
| 15th | The first solar eclipse of 2010 occurs at the Moon’s ascending node in western Sagittarius. An annular eclipse will be visible from a 300-km-wide track that traverses central Africa, the Indian Ocean and eastern Asia. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2010.html#SE2010Jan15A |
| 15th | New Moon |
| 17th | The Beatles UK album Yellow Submarine was released, 1969 |
| 18th | Martin Luther King, Jr Day |
| 19th | Sacred to Thor, Norse God of thunder and lightning |
| 23rd | Sacred to Hathor, Egyptian cow-headed Goddess |
| 24th | Compliment Day. This day was created in 1998 by Kathy Chamberlin, of Hopkinton, NH. and Debby Hoffman, of Concord, NH |
| 24 – 26th | Celebrations to honour Gaea. A temple was built approximately 268 BC on the forum Pacis. This is where her celebrations were held and pregnant cattle were sacrificed to her. The main celebration (Sementivae) was held between January 24 until 26 January |
| 25th | Burns Night |
| 27th | Mozart was born in 1756 in Austria |
| 27th | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 28th | Data Protection Day |
| 29th | The Victoria Cross originated in 1856. The medals were made from the metals of guns in the Crimea |
| 30th | Full Moon |
| 31st – 2nd Feb | From sunset on the 31st Jan to sunset on the 2nd Feb is the Festival of Imbolc (31st July – 2nd August in southern hemisphere) |
| The month of January:
Birthstone: Garnet Birth flower: Carnation Capricorn (22 December – 20 January) Aquarius (21 January – 18 February) |
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| See January’s newsletter here; there’s also lots more information available on my blog. | |
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August 2009
August 2009
Leo (23 July - 23 August): Ruled by the Sun. Use Leo energy for charisma, self-belief, showmanship and creativity.
Virgo (24 August - 22 September): Ruled by Mercury. Use Virgo energy for healing, mental clarity and concentration.
1 August: Lammas (Greater Sabbat)
5 August: Full Moon
8 August: Honor Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love
13 August: Honour the goddess Hectate
15 August: Sacred to Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth and home
17 August: Sacred to Diana, the Roman goddess who embodies the spirit of the Amazon
22 August: Ramadan
23 August: Sacred to Nemesis, Greed goddess of fate
All month: A month to concentrate of self-improvement and healing
See my blog for more on the above.
Tags: August 2009, Greek Goddess, Lammas, Leo, moon, Nemesis, Ramadan, Roman Goddess, Venus, Virgo |
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July 2009
Cancer (21 June - 22 July): Ruled by the Moon. Use Cancer energy for home, family, dreams, sea journeys, love, fertility, anything to do with comfort and protection.
Leo (23 July - 22 August): Ruled by the Sun. Use Leo energy for charisma, self-belief, showmanship and creativity.
5 July: Sacred to Maat, Egyptian goddess of wisdom and justice
7 July: Full moon
11 July: Sacred to the Greek god Kronos, Father of Time
13 July: Sacred as the birthdate of Osiris, Egyptian god of fertility and harvests
19 July: Sacred as the birth date of Isis, Egyptian goddess of motherhood and fertility
21 July: Solar eclipse
27 July: Sacred to Hatshepsut, Egyptian goddess of healing
All month: Be graceful and have fun
See my blog for more on the above.
Tags: Cancer, Egyptian gods and goddesses, Greek gods and goddesses, Hatshepsut, Isis, July, Kronos, Leo, moon, Osiris, sun |
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Monday, day of the Moon
Monday is the day of the Moon and is for spells concerning the home, family matters and family influences (especially maternal influences), children and animals. Its prime focus is fertility, and as a result of the Moon’s influences, represents all the ebbs and flows of the human body, mind and psyche. It is portent for protection (especially while travelling), for psychic development, clairvoyance, secrets and meaningful dreams, sea and garden rituals, for herb magick and for healing. Lunar energies are primarily yin / female. Read the rest of this entry »
Tarot Interpreted – The Basics
There are 22 Major Arcana (Trumps) cards that cover fundamental concepts, principles, life experiences, beliefs, underlying influences, spiritual development, relationship of the individual to the world.
There are 56 Minor Arcana (Pip) cards which consists of 4 suits of 10 ‘pip’ cards plus 4 Court cards which represents specific events, experiences, attitudes and people. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: air, cosmic cycle, Fire, lunar, Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, moon, Querant, significator, solar, sun, Tarot terminology, Water, Wind |
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