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Wiccan associations and lack of references

To: alt.magick
From: "Fuzzypeg" 
Subject: Re: Wiccan associations and lack of references
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:22:15 +1200

I am unaware of any Wiccan tradition of associations for planets or days of
the week. Certainly, many books on practical witchcraft would give planetary
associations, for practicality, and many covens (and some traditions) will
have standardised ways of working, but it would be wrong to say there is any
Wiccan "tradition" of associations.
There is a well-established western tradition of planetary associations,
which seems to work OK (by the way, I don't think pink for Venus is
traditional), and the original books of shadows don't expound any further on
this subject.

(I'm pretty sure I'm correct on this, but my book is currently on loan to
someone, so I can't check).

--
Fuzzypeg
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/2763
Diancecht wrote in message <8fs79j$mbt$1@news02.arb1.te.uudial.us.uu.net>...
>"Planetary waves induce mind control."
>"All thoughts are not true."
>
>Jessica Brown  wrote in message
>news:Pine.LNX.4.10.10005160043330.5141-100000@chem4823.usask.ca...
>|
>| In Wiccan books you can usually find pages with associations between
days,
>| colors, gemstones, yadda yadda, *but* I have never seen a page which
>| details why there are such associations or which religion the
associations
>| original came from. Why is Friday the day of Venus? Why the colors of
>| green and pink?
>
>My guess is that it is based on the rotation of the stars and planets as
>applied to a certain (observed) cardinal direction, or of a specific
>alignment as a starting point. I believe it starts with the Sun, or Most
>High, then works its way down in alignment.  The associations apply to the
>rite of each planet, as do the colors, but even this has gotten fouled over
>time, especially in Wiccan tradition.   I cannot say how our present
>calendar was adopted as there have been so many versions of calendars
>throughout the years. But our current one seems most likely to have very
>little if anything to do with the occult metaphysics.
>
>Obliterate the Present so that Past may die!
>www.dell.homestead.com/nonreality
>
>"You are an entity; you have no destiny
>You are a figment of a thing unknown
>A manifold picture of a stolen soul
>A pun ingestion of your golden throe"
>
>-The Writ, Black Sabbath
>
>
>

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