Tuesday, August 05, 2014, 11 Pyanopsion, dedicated to Demeter and Persephone, 1st day of the Thesmophoria. This festival of Demeter, from which all men were banned, involved bringing up from a gully or chasm pig and other sacrifices which had been allowed to rot there for months. This compost was thought to have been endowed with special properties by its contact with subterranean powers, and as such was mixed with seed corn before sown in the fields. The First day involved the women leaving home in procession, and setting up camp. In Roman rites an offering made to Salus (Health). 11th night of the Waxing Moon, starting Void of Course in Scorpio, then entering Sagittarius 6:19 A.M., overseen by the 14th Decan, Sic, ruled by Jupiter, starting in the 19th Mansion, Al Shaulah/ Exaula, good for all defensive and aggressive work, then entering the 20th Mansion, Al Nalaim/Nahaym, good for compulsion, underhanded dealings, good for travel, around 1:00 P.M. William Wallace, Scottish rebel, capured 1305, cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty laid, 1884. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Mars at 5:55 A.M., and last 71 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Saturn at 8:08 P.M., lasting 49 minutes, Sun in Leo, Mercury in Leo, Venus in Cancer, Mars in Scorpio, Jupiter in Leo, Saturn in Scorpio. Today should allow for a continuation of leaping from triumph to triumph (or at leastone should be able to manage being admired more than despised), aided by the Sagittarius Moon being trine Jupiter. With the Moon also being square Neptune retrograde, this boosterism may contain an element of fraud (or let’s say exaggeration), but still, it’s nice to experience a few days in a row which are outward looking, expansive, and generous. One’s magicks may continute to be profitably employed to solidify one’s position, to add to one’s credit.