NIGHT AND DAY

Timing a working for a day or night aslo can add effectiveness to your spells. Daytime workings are similar to the waxing Mood cycle, and nighttime spells are similar to the waning Moon cycle. Daytime spells are solar in nature: masculine, male, active, energetic, in public, business, mental and rational, aggressive, community, group, or other-oriented, future. Nighttime spells are lunar in nature: feminine, receptive, passive, hidden from view private, personal, staying at home, retiring, emotional, nurturing, past. Dawn and dusk are times of transition, dawn corresponding to birth, daytime to life and activity, dusk to death and nighttime to rest, repose, and time between lives, to start agian at dawn and rebirth. Noon is the time of the Sun's greatest power and people's vitality. Midnight is the Moon's most pawerful time (especially at Full Moon), and the time for rest. Night is the time when the veils between the worlds are thinnest, and it is better for magic, spells and esoteric or inner work..

VOID-OF-COURSE-MOON

Another technique is using the void-of course Moon. This is the time between the Moon's final aspect in any sign and the time it moves into the next sign. (In astroloty, aspects are angles between planets.) In most almanacs the void-of-course, simply called a "void" will be indicated by a time and a v/c next to the Moon. It is in effect from the moment after that v/c time until the moment the Moon enters the next sign. This can last for minutes, hours or--sometimes, but rarely--days. It will not be a standard length of time. You have to look it up and see how long it is for each sign the Moon traverses. The void-of-course happens every two to three days, depending on the placement of the other planets and the speed of the Moon (which varies from less than twelve to more than fifteen degrees a day).While the Moon is void-of-course, it is making no aspects in that sign and so it is "off the clock." This is the cosmic relaxation time, when it is best to kick back, hang out, have a prty, read a book, or do those household chores and wait until the Moon changes signs. It is not the time to do anything that would have tangible results. Don't do a working that tries to effect tangible change (love, money, job, consecration, protection, etc). Don't sign a contract, make a committment (unless you don't intend to keep it), or buy anything major or long-lasting (groceries are OK but expect to forget something). It's a good time to try divination ( though you may be more in the ozone, so judge results accordingly). Meditation is enhanced and any inner work or dream work might be more fruitful, but again be wary of results and check them later, once the Moon is no longer void.

Using these few simple techniques can put you more in touch with the cosmic energies and enhance you magical and everyday life.

Author ~Estelle Daniels

Other information found in Llewellyns Moon Sign Book and Astological Calendar

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