Friday, December 13, 2013, 12 Anthesterion, in the Athenian calender dedicated to Dionysus, the day of the Choes, when the first of the new vintage was consumed in family groupings, in silence, in Roman ritual dedicated to Consus, the guardian of the seed grain, Council of Trent opens 1545, Sir Francis Drake sails from England to circumnavigate the globe 1577, New Zealand discovered 1642, death of Johannes Trithemius (“Steanographia”) 1516, 12th night of the Waxing Moon, in Taurus, starting in the 3rd Mansion of the Moon, Al Thurayya/Alzoraya, good for career support, general good luck, and to help or hinder judicial matters, moving the 4th Mansion of the Moon, Al Deberan / Aldeberan, good for playing the margins, shaking things up, around 7:00 A.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Venus at 7:11 A.M., and last 46.4 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Mars at 4:27 P.M., lasting 73.6 minutes. Sun in Sagittarius, Mercury in Sagittarius, Venus in Capricorn, Mars in Libra, Jupiter retrograde in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio. In general, today is a day for bringing things to light, making unexpected discoveries and recollections, the chief stimulus being the Taurean Moon trine Pluto. A good day for divination, it is also a good day magically to discover secrets and hidden connections. Its all about what lies beneth the surface.