Saturday, November 08, 2014, 16 Gamelion, no particular dedication in the Athenian calender, in Roman rites the final opening of the “mundus”, a ritual pit connecting the underworld to the upper world, Theodosius declares Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire 392 A.D., Bodleian Library opens at Oxford 1602, 1st library in U.S opened by Benjamin Franklin 1731, Wilhelm Rontgen discovers X-rays 1895, marriage of Patricia and Arnold Crowther 1960, birthday of Emperor Nerva 30 A.D., of Vlad the Impaler 1431, of Edmund Halley 1656, of Bram Stoker 1847, death of Dun Scotus 1308, of John Milton 1674, 2nd night of the Waning Moon, in Gemini, overseen by the the 23rd Decan, Tepisu, ruled by Sun, starting in the 5th Mansion of the Moon Al Haq’a/Almices, good for healing, building, children, the return of lost things, then entering the 6th Mansion of the Moon, Al Han’ah/Athaya, a day for stirring things up, promoting cruel and destructive acts, agricultural disasters, just before 5:00 A.M. Planetary Hours of the Day begin with Saturn at 6:34 A.M., and last 50.9 minutes. Planetary Hours of the Night commence with Mercury at 4:45 P.M., lasting 69.1 minutes, Sun in Scorpio, Mercury starts in Libra, then enters Scorpio 6:09 P.M., Venus in Scorpio, Mars in Capricorn, Jupiter in Leo, Saturn in Scorpio. A day conducive to plots and schemes, conspiracies and forming cabals. With Mercury entering Scorpio in the evening and the Moon being square Neptune retrograde in the morning and sextile Uranus retrograde in the evening, the stage is set to not only take stock of the people and situations which are holding you back, but an urge to take sudden and decisive action to deal with them may take hold. With the Sun, Mercury and Venus in Scorpio, as well as the Moon being in the 6th Mansion, this can lead to rash and self-destructive decisions, so its best to stick to the planning and list making rather than acting. One’s magicks can follow the same tendency today, so, if you must do something, direct your will towards a despot or terrorist in the news, rather than blasting the barrista who flubbed your morning order.