#waning moon & doughnuts

[yuripoll]

CHAMPIONS BRACKET ROUND 1: D1

Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon follows a woman trying to meet the expectations of her as a woman realising there's another way after befriending a woman from her company. Netsu wo Obiru Veil is a oneshot about a seamstress making a bridal veil for a friend she's in love with.

[cookie-run-kingdom-story]

Across the Galaxy of Dreams

Milky Way Cookie: Yawn… Welcome aboard the Intergalactic Dream Express…! Stardust Cookie: Thank you, conductor. One-way trip to the Whipped Cream Galaxy for me, please. Milky Way Cookie: Sure, sure…! But I gotta warn you: this is the Express train. It’s fast, there’s a lot to see and all, but the trip can be a bit… rough! Milky Way Cookie: Who knows… We might wander into a dreaming space pirate territory or crash-... err, bump into space junk? He he… Milky Way Cookie: So! Before we pass the point of no return… Why don’t you look into… slower, peaceful local trains? Or the famous Solar HyperExpress, perhaps? Stardust Cookie: I do not require silence or peace. Nor am I in a hurry… Stardust Cookie: I look forward to seeing the many wonders of the universe. Therefore, I will stay on this train. Milky Way Cookie: An excellent choice indeed! It’s just like that alien said; The direct route may be the fastest, but is rarely the most fun! Stardust Cookie: Alien? Milky Way Cookie: Eh, you know, passengers from places so remote you’ve never heard about them! I’m sure you’ll meet them on your trip! Milky Way Cookie: Alrighty, it’s time for me to head to the driver’s cabin! Make sure you’re in your seat for ticket inspection!

Stardust Cookie: …When I stepped on the cold stones of the City of Wizards, I could not imagine leaving it… with such peace in my heart. Stardust Cookie: To have the leisure of choosing which route to take… is a pleasant surprise. Stardust Cookie: Yes… a new journey awaits me. A journey to find my place in this vast universe. Stardust Cookie: My seat is in the Waning Moon Car, number 41. Right… there. Stardust Cookie: Hmm? There is another passenger in my seat. Stardust Cookie: I beg your pardon, but I do believe you are in my seat.

Space Doughnut: Kyu? Stardust Cookie: …Kyu?

A while later…

Milky Way Cookie: Ahem… Choo choo! Dear passengers! Brace yourself for… TICKET INSPECTIONS! Please have your tickets at the rea… Huh? Stardust Cookie: …Are you asking me to shake your hand…? Space Doughnut: Kyu kyu. Dou… NUT! Stardust Cookie: …They are persistent. Very well… Yes, yes, I’m pleased to meet you too. Milky Way Cookie: Ahem? If I may? What is all this commotion? Stardust Cookie: Conductor, this passenger is in my seat. I asked to see their ticket, yet we can’t seem to understand each other… Space Doughnut: Kyu kyu. Kyuiu! Milky Way Cookie: A misunderstanding, huh? I thought you went ahead and got yourself an alien friend right away! Milky Way Cookie: Let’s see what we can do here… Um, hello? Do you have a ticket that looks… like this?! Space Doughnut: Kyu kyu? Milky Way Cookie: Ooo, wonderful! Yes, yes! And your seat is… right next to you! Stardust Cookie: good. Should they move to their original seat? Milky Way Cookie: Care to explain that to our dear friend here? Stardust Cookie: …… Milky Way Cookie: Oh, no worries! It’s your lucky day! The generous conductor shall pardon you this one time. Just take their seat instead! He he… Stardust Cookie: …*sigh* Thank you. Space Doughnut: Kyu kyu, kyu kyu… ♬ Stardust Cookie: …I beg your pardon, but you are squishing me.

Space Doughnut: Poo boo poo! Boo! Stardust Cookie: I… Never mind. *sigh* This was supposed to be a pleasant trip… Space Doughnut: Dong? Doooooong? Stardust Cookie: this trip is turning out to be quite different from what I had in mind. …How interesting… I didn’t realize… Stardust Cookie: …I do not know what it’s like to have a pleasant trip. Space Doughnut: Kyu?

Food Cart Vendor: Snacks! SNAAAAAHCS! Getcha tasty, healthy snacks! SNACKS FOR A RELAXING SPACE TRIP! Food Cart Vendor: Star Jellies prepared with solar power! Just one bite, and ya’ll feel the power of the sun within you! Food Cart Vendor: Next up, Starflour Crisps, our specialty! They will make your dough strong like the stars! Food Cart Vendor: And last but not least, SomniSoda! A bottle will keep you awake no matter what! …It may cause slight drowsiness though. Pointy Hat Passenger: May I have three packs of crisps and three bottles of soda, please? Stardust Cookie: …Starflour Crisps? May I have a pack as well? Food Cart Vendor: Sure thing! Here you go! Space Doughnut: Yum! Munch much…! Stardust Cookie: (Is that how you consume this?) Stardust Cookie: Nom… Once-Excited Passenger: Uh, I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re eating it the wrong way! You have to take off the wrapping! Stardust Cookie: Ecckk! …Thank you. “Take off the wrapping…” Stardust Cookie: …You are eating it the wrong way too. Space Doughnut: Uuuu? Stardust Cookie: Hmm. You can taste the star particles. Crunchy. I quite like it. Round Hat Passenger: First time trying the Starflour Crisps? Haven’t traveled much, huh? Brave of you to take the express train! It can get pretty rowdy, you know! Wide Hat Passenger: That’s right! I heard those space pirates are causing quite the ruckus! Milky Way Cookie: Choo choo! The next stop is Beacon Star Station! I repeat, Beacon Star Station! Famous for its bright, luminous star! Milky Way Cookie: The doors are on your right! Make sure you take your belongings with ya!

Wide Hat Passenger: This is where I get off, lad! Oh dread, I have a bottle of soda left. Err… Here. Try this! Stardust Cookie: …Is this for me? Round Hat Passenger: Yes, yes! Share it with the Space Doughnut! It’s important to stay hydrated on your journey. Take it! Round Hat Passenger: Have you heard? The next sector is occupied by space pirates! The space turf war between the Milk ‘Staches and the Captain Blackbread’s has been going on forever! And they’re not the only gangs! Stardust Cookie: I… see. Pointy Hat Passenger: But a capable lad like you will manage! You even met a travel buddy! You know the saying: “good company makes a better journey!” Wide Hat Passenger: Even if you can’t communicate! Ha ha! Safe travels! Stardust Cookie: Good company makes a better journey… Stardust Cookie: …Doughnut, would you like me to open the pack for you? Space Doughnut: Kwa. *BURP* Stardust Cookie: You are already done…

*swish*

Stardust Cookie: You dropped your ticket. …Oh? Stardust Cookie: You are heading to… “Any place where you can hide from the flow of time and crushing gravity?” Stardust Cookie: …Is that an actual station? Space Doughnut: Kyu? Stardust Cookie: Your ticket, it’s… odd. …It’s not… “kwa.” It’s “doo.” Does that make sense? Space Doughnut: …………Doo? Stardust Cookie: …Take your ticket to the train conductor. The Cookie over there going “choo choo!” from time to time. Milky Way Cookie: The doors are closing. The doors are now clo… Milky Way Cookie: Huh? What’s that? Stardust Cookie: Hmm?

Wide Hat Passenger: Waaah… Hurry up and close those doors! A bunch of weirdos are closing your way! Brainglazed Fluffy Passenger: …NUTDO… NUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DO… Brainglazed Passengers: NUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DO!

Food Cart Vendor: EEEEK! What in the universe is going on? Round Hat Passenger: *Gasp* They’re climbing up the windows! Brainglazed Fluffy Passenger: NUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DO…! QUACK! Stardust Cookie: That was close. Are you alright? Round Hat Passenger: I-I’m okay… Space Doughnut: Kyu kyukyukyu! Tururu… Stardust Cookie: Who are they all? Why are they storming the train? Milky Way Cookie: Choo choo! These oddballs were only attacking this car! I saw it on my way from the driver’s cabin! Milky Way Cookie: They kept yelling “NUT-DONUT-DO!” Utter CHAOS! Gah! Milky Way Cookie: …Huh, of course! You there! Doughnut! They’re after you, aren’t they?! Milky Way Cookie: Who are they and what do they want?! Space Doughnut: Kwa? Stardust Cookie: NUT-DONUT-DO… Donut… Doughnut. Right. An acute observation, conductor. Milky Way Cookie: I mean… it’s pretty obvious… Milky Way Cookie: Anyways! Emergency situation at the station! Escaping… I mean, DEPARTING right away! Milky Way Cookie: Fasten your seatbelts because this is where the ride gets REAL bumpy! Maybe try holding onto something as well! Passengers: WAAAAAAAH!

Stardust Cookie: Watch out! Some of them have made it inside! Brainglazed Passengers: NUT… DOOOOO…! Space Doughnut: Poo… Puboo… Doo… Pointy Hat Passenger: Space Doughnut! Roll out of here and quick! Hide! Take cover! It’s not safe there! Space Doughnut: Doooooo…! Pointy Hat Passenger: Huh? What did you say? Space Doughnut: DOO… DA!

Donut Passengers: Donut! Pointy Hat Passenger: *gasp* Food Cart Vendor: Huh? Once-Excited Passenger: Wow! Space Doughnut, sir, that was amazing! Can you transform the rest of those weird strangers? Brainglazed Passengers: Poof! Brainglazed Passengers: Nut… DO! Round Hat Passenger: Oh no! They’ve returned to their real selves! Food Cart Vendor: WE’RE DOOOOOMED! Stardust Cookie: No… I have an idea! Stardust Cookie: Milky Way Cookie! Open the doors! I have a plan! Milky Way Cookie: Roger that! Doors opening! Everyone hold onto something!

Whoooooosh!

Stardust Cookie: Doughnut! It’s DOO-DA time! Do you understand me? DOO DA! Space Doughnut: Pu…? Stardust Cookie: DOO! DA! Space Doughnut: …Doo…! Space Doughnut: Dooooo! Daaaaa!

Donut Passengers: Poof! Stardust Cookie: And… now! Toss them outside! Once-Excited Passenger: Oh… I get it! We can kick them out of the car before they return to their original form! Food Cart Vendor: Aaaaah! Toss them away! HURRRRYYYY!

*CRASH* *BANG* *BOOM*

Stardust Cookie: …We did it… Milky Way Cookie: What just happened? Did I just see a bunch of… donuts roll out…? Stardust Cookie: Space Doughnut! Stardust Cookie: You were amazing! Space Doughnut: Kyu! Kwouuuu! Milky Way Cookie: So… can I close the doors now?

???: …Ah, there you are. ???: Finally, I have you within my grasp!

A while later…

Milky Way Cookie: Dear passengers! We have arrived at the Intergalactic Rest Stop. We will resume with our journey once we finish repairing the train! Round Hat Passenger: Oh dear. Was the train damaged a lot? Pointy Hat Passenger: We might have to get off here and hitchhike… Brainglazed Space Traveler: NUTDO… NUT-DONUT-DO…! Milky Way Cookie: Aah! Choo! CHOO! Emergency! Emergency! A group of NUTDO travelers approaching! Wide Hat Passenger: WHAT?! Oh, dread! I thought we’ve lost them! Stardust Cookie: They grew in numbers. Everyone, brace yourselves! Passengers: GAAAAAH!

Wide Hat Passenger: Is it… over? Is everyone alright?! Milky Way Cookie: My train…! My shiny new train…! Stardust Cookie: Calm down. The train can be fixed. Milky Way Cookie: But… but! If they keep doing that, there will be no train left to reach our destination!!! Milky Way Cookie: We will have to make a detour all the way back to the Dream Train Depot. And then we begin the run ALL! OVER! AGAIN! Milky Way Cookie: Space Doughnut! Perhaps, don’t you have anything to say?! Space Doughnut: Kyou? Milky Way Cookie: You see, my precious train is about to get smashed into crumbs because of those weird thugs! Space Doughnut: Pupupupu! Milky Way Cookie: It’s the conductor’s duty to make sure the train isn’t harmed! Milky Way Cookie: It pains me deeply to say this but… Dear Space Doughnut… Please pack up your belongings and… ???: … Milky Way Cookie: …Make sure you stay here safe and sound! GOTCHA? Unknown vessel detected outside at 11 o’clock! Milky Way Cookie: Do you know how many space pirates I take care of on a WEEKLY basis? Stardust Cookie! Right flank, by the green star! ATTACK! Stardust Cookie: …Prepare to witness the wrath of the stars!

*crash*

???: A capable conductor, I see. The meteors aren’t too shabby either. Milky Way Cookie: Wait, that shadow…! Stardust Cookie: Do you recognize them? Once-Excited Passenger: I… I think I know who that is! A space criminal genius notorious for brainwashing his victims, and disposing of them once they’ve done his bidding. Passengers: *GASP* Milky Way Cookie: Oh yeah, I know him! Upon encounter, you’ll lose consciousness, and then wake up in the middle of nowhere! Or so they say…! Milky Way Cookie: You’re looking at him right now… The mastermind behind those weird attacks is no other than… Dr. Evilglaze!

Dr. Evilglaze: I’m flattered! I presume there is no need to introduce myself. Dr. Evilglaze: Now tell me, where is Doughnut No. 325? Stardust Cookie: …Is he talking about you, Doughnut? I must admit, even your name is peculiar. Space Doughnut: Ppu! Puuuuu… Dr. Evilglaze: I applaud! You’ve come quite far… for a doughnut. Missed me, No. 325? Space Doughnut: …Ddoop. Dr. Evilglaze: How unfortunate. You almost managed to slip away. Just think of it: a bit farther, and I would’ve… Dr. Evilglaze: I would’ve had to ravage this entire universe! Space Doughnut: Pu. Boooo… Tu… Stardust Cookie: I understand, you were upset because the Doughnut here went missing, but surely you realize that you are overreacting? Food Cart Vendor: Stardust Cookie, psssst! Stop… talking…!

Dr. Evilglaze: No. 325, did you know that your test results came back on the very day you ran away? Dr. Evilglaze: Did you know how infuriating it was to realize that the fool that got away was the other half that would make me complete…! Space Doughnut: …! Pi-ri-bi-ri-bi-ri-bi-ri-bip?! Dr. Evilglaze: Surprised? So was I. Dr. Evilglaze: All these years… Al this time and effort it took to abduct over 300 doughnuts, experiment on them, run tests… All that to find “the right one.” Dr. Evilglaze: And when at long last I found the doughnut that would complete me and help me become the almighty Cosmic Doughnut…! It ran away! Dr. Evilglaze: Can you imagine how I felt…? Space Doughnut: Ppu! Pu, puu… Kwa…! Stardust Cookie: Doughnut? Why are you trembling? Dr. Evilglaze: Step aside, flatster. Dr. Evilglaze: Tsk. Just look at how you’ve spoiled this doughnut! How dare it hide from me… Dr. Evilglaze: A doughnut’s highest honor is to become one with a donut ball, transforming into the Cosmic Doughnut. You dare stand in the way of this?! Dr. Evilglaze: No, you will not stand in the way of me taking over the universe!

Milky Way Cookie: So this Space Doughnut here must really be that important to you, huh? I mean, you’re already strong enough to destroy a galaxy or two on your own… Milky Way Cookie: Theoretically speaking, it could cause major… trouble for us if he got his hands on this Space Doughnut, right? Like… the universe exploding… Or worse, the Dream Railway System…! Stardust Cookie: Wait a moment. Space Doughnut? Space Doughnut: Kwa? Stardust Cookie: That fellow there. Is he a kyu-kyu? Or a poo-poo? Space Doughnut: …Poo poo… Stardust Cookie: You heard. The Doughnut wants nothing to do with you. I suggest you take your Cosmic Doughnut business elsewhere. Dr. Evilglaze: *sigh* How tiring to deal with such inferior brainless beings. Doughnuts, take care of them. We are returning with No. 325. Brainglazed Space Travelers: NUTDO! NUT-DONUT-DONUT-DO! Milky Way Cookie: Stardust Cookie! We can’t just let them take Space Doughnut away! Stardust Cookie: I suppose we have no other choice… We must fight. Come on!

Brainglazed Space Travelers: NUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DONUT-DO! Stardust Cookie: Phew… Milky Way Cookie, are you unscathed? Milky Way Cookie: I’m fine! But we better put an end to this AND FAST! AHH! Space Doughnut: Pu-poot! Do-oooong-o nut! Stardust Cookie: Doughnut! Do not be frightened, hide behind me… Ah! Dr. Evilglaze: Perhaps you should focus on protecting yourself first. Dr. Evilglaze: You may be strong, but your powers are nothing compared to mine. Dr. Evilglaze: I could crush you right now if I wanted to. Stardust Cookie: Crush me? I might have been the one who tried to destroy a city, but you sound awfully violent! Stardust Cookie: Speaking of, perhaps you should reconsider your decision to obliterate the entire universe? Stardust Cookie: It will not make you feel better, I know from experience! Dr. Evilglaze: HA! You pathetic flatster! You think you know anything about me? The audacity!

CRASH!

Stardust Cookie: Ugh! Space Doughnut: Kyut! Dr. Evilglaze: As soon as I fuse with No. 325 and become the Cosmic Doughnut, I shall destroy your galaxy before anything else!

CRASH!

Stardust Cookie: Ugh… Space Doughnut: …Woo…! Dr. Evilglaze: And if you try to escape to a different star cluster, I will simply follow you and destroy it too.

CRASH!

Dr. Evilglaze: And should you run away to another galaxy, I’ll crush the whole thing into pieces myself! Space Doughnut: …Koo… Kooo… Kooot! Space Doughnut: Koo… KWAAACK!! Stardust Cookie: ! Doughnut? Dr. Evilglaze: You. What did you just say? Space Doughnut: Quack! Kwack! Touuuuu! Puboooo! Dr. Evilglaze: …Seems that fear has made you lose your mind? How DARE you speak that to me? Milky Way Cookie: So… is someone going to tell us what they said, or…? Space Doughnut: Doo… Doooo…! Dr. Evilglaze: You…! How dare you aim your Doughnut Beam at me…! Space Doughnut: DOOOOOO! DWA!!!

Dr. Evilglaze in Doughnut Form: Donut! Dr. Evilglaze in Doughnut Form: *roll* Pointy Hat Passenger: *hic* Food Cart Vendor: Hyee… Once-Excited Passenger: *gasp* Stardust Cookie: …Everyone, get on the train. Now! Milky Way Cookie: …Y-yeah! We need to leave before he returns to his original self! RUN! Passengers: AAAAH!

*BAM* *BOOM* *CRASH* Milky Way Cookie: All aboard! Choo choo!

Stardust Cookie: *huff huff* Space Doughnut: Huff huff… Kyuck. Stardust Cookie: …Dr. Evilglaze looked ridiculously powerful… Stardust Cookie: Yet you simply turned him into a doughnut. Stardust Cookie: ………Ha ha. Poof! Just like that! A doughnut! Once-Excited Passenger: …Heh. Pointy Hat Passenger: And the way he rolled away…! Food Cart Vendor: He he he. Space Doughnut: kwa! Poopoo! Ptooey! Rrrrroll! Stardust Cookie: Ha ha ha! That’s right! You made him roll away! Ha ha ha! Space Doughnut: …Pookyu… Space Doughnut: Pookyukyu! Kyurrrr! Stardust Cookie: Ha ha ha!

Milky Way Cookie: Dear biscuits and treats of all flavors! Thank you for traveling with us on the rather bumpy Dream Express! The next stop is the final destination of this train: the Western Sky! Milky Way Cookie: Once the train stops, make sure to leave the station as soon as possible! We lost those pesky donuts, but… they might be back! Stardust Cookie: Looks like it is time to say goodbye. Stardust Cookie: Over there, outside the window, is a faintly glowing galaxy. That is most likely the Whipped Cream Galaxy. Where our ways part. Space Doughnut: Kyu? Dough… nut? Stardust Cookie: Ha ha… My apologies. Your language is still foreign to me… Stardust Cookie: I wish you the very best, Doughnut. I would like to believe you wished me the same as well. Space Doughnut: …Kwak! Stardust Cookie: Please do not cling on to me! Danger does not pursue you anymore. Travel freely, wherever your heart wishes! Space Doughnut: Haaaaaaan! Keeeeeeeeh… Stardust Cookie: Wait, you understand me now-

SHOOOOOSH

Milky Way Cookie: What’s this creepy noise…?! Everyone, get off the train…!

*CRASH*

Dr. Evilglaze: You’re MINE! Space Doughnut: Kyupoot?! Milky Way Cookie: …Ugh. So persistent…! Let the Doughnut go already! Dr. Evilglaze: One step closer, and I will brain-glaze every passenger on this pathetic train! Brain glaze… like brainwash… but… doughnut-style…! Dr. Evilglaze: The reason why I haven’t used my NUT-DONUT-DO Beam on you, pathetic creatures, is because I didn’t want to delay the coming of the Cosmic Doughnut! Milky Way Cookie: Ugh… Dr. Evilglaze: I admit, it was reckless of me. After all, we’re talking about becoming the Supreme Overlord of the Universe here… Dr. Evilglaze: I can’t believe I actually listened to your incessant whining just to bring my victory closer! Space Doughnut: Ppoo… Pooyut… Dr. Evilglaze: It doesn’t matter anymore. No.325, I shall grant you the honor of becoming part of me! Space Doughnut: Ppu! Ppuboop! KWAK! Dr. Evilglaze: I will consume you and become the strongest being in this entire universe! Stardust Cookie: Space Doughnut! Fight back! Use your Doo-da! Space Doughnut: Do… Doo doo…! Dr. Evilglaze: Let the Doughnut and the Doughnut Ball… CONVERGE!

Stardust Cookie: What is this? It suddenly became completely dark. Dr. Evilglaze: Ah… No. No no no! This isn’t supposed to happen!

Dr. Evilglaze: Stop firing your doughnut beam, No. 325, or we will turn into a useless little donut! Stop! STOP IT RIGHT NOW! Dr. Evilglaze: NO! We’re nearing infinite zero…! I said stop! Dr. Evilglaze: Stop it! NOOOOOOO!

Space Doughnut: Woo… Pooo…! Stardust Cookie: …Space Doughnut…?

Oooooo…

Milky Way Cookie: Stardust Cookie, wake up! Stardust Cookie: Ah!

Unstable Doughnut Vortex: OoooooooooO! Milky Way Cookie: Are you alright? I gotta admit, that was quite the shockwave, but I didn’t expect you to pass out like that… Stardust Cookie: This… is a dark vortex. Stardust Cookie: …So that was not a dream. Dr. Evilglaze’s plans to become the Cosmic Doughnut failed! Milky Way Cookie: Yeah, yeah…! Can you lend me a hand here? The train is gonna get sucked in… WHOA! Stardust Cookie: Milky Way Cookie! Stardust Cookie: Everyone hold on! I will try to pull the train out of this vortex! Stardust Cookie: Ugh…! Once-Excited Passenger: You don’t have… to sacrifice yourself… to… save us… Pointy Hat Passenger: Too late… flee…! Stardust Cookie: NO! Buckle your seatbelts!

Unstable Doughnut Vortex: OooooooOOoooo…

Stardust Cookie: We are… leaving… this vortex… together! Stardust Cookie: Our destination awaits us… all of us…! Stardust Cookie: And we’re going to explore the galaxy together, sharing snacks!

Food Cart Vendor: We made it! Milky Way Cookie: But we got caught in a gravitational slingshot! We’re gonna accelerate WAY beyond the maximum allowed limits!!! Milky Way Cookie: Stardust Cookie, hold on to the train! We can use this boost and escape! Hurry! Stardust Cookie: …You go ahead. Milky Way Cookie: But what are you gonna do? Dr. Evilglaze and the Space Doughnut are probably as small as a single particle because of all that ridiculous pressure! Milky Way Cookie: Neither light nor time exists within the vortex! Not even the Slumbering Moon’s power can reach there! Stardust Cookie: I know. It is called the Horizon of Fate because no dessert has ever returned from a vortex. Stardust Cookie: But I must look beyond the horizon. Milky Way Cookie: What?! Stardust Cookie! Unstable Doughnut Vortex: Oooooooo…

Stardust Cookie: Dr. Evilglaze tried to stop the Doughnut Beam. Stardust Cookie: But having jammed the beam, he must have caused instability instead! Stardust Cookie: If only I could try and push Dr. Evilglaze away…! Unstable Doughnut Vortex: Oooo… Ooooo…

Stardust Cookie: Yes, I too, know that feeling. Stardust Cookie: Wandering across the void, without any sense of direction. Stardust Cookie: Swept away by a vortex, feeling nothing. Stardust Cookie: Moonlight Cookie. I can only wonder what you were thinking when you came to save me. Stardust Cookie: What was your reasoning? Stardust Cookie: I want to save the Space Doughnut. Stardust Cookie: The Doughnut still… Stardust Cookie: Still does not know what Starflour Crisps taste like unpacked!

Excited Passenger: Sob… He did it! Stardust Cookie really did it, conductor! Milky Way Cookie: Alrighty! It is a conductor’s duty to deliver all her passengers to their destinations! Milky Way Cookie: Now fasten your seatbelts! The train is about to reach the ultra-turbo-light speed and catch up with our passengers, Stardust Cookie and Space Doughnut! Passengers: WAAAAAAAAH!

Stardust Cookie: …Ah…

Stardust Cookie: Where am… I? Am I… on… the train? How fortunate… Looks like I managed not to crumble away… Milky Way Cookie: Oh, you’re awake! You looked like you needed some rest so we didn’t wake you up. Stardust Cookie: Milky Way Cookie… Stardust Cookie: Ah! What happened to the Space Doughnut?! Are they okay? Milky Way Cookie: The Space Doughnut? They’re right next to you, silly! Do you know how hard it was to get them off of you! Ha! Doughnut! Wake up! Stardust Cookie: Oh? Space Doughnut: …Ppo? Kooo? Stardust Cookie: Space Doughnut… You made it back. Good… Stardust Cookie: So where are we? Milky Way Cookie: Err, right, about that! So it’s a conductor’s sacred duty to deliver her passengers to their destination… I’ve already mentioned that… yeah… Milky Way Cookie: But I may have… broken the Dream Express… a little… a bit with the ultra-turbo-light-speed mode…

Milky Way Cookie: And we had to… crash-land in this… random place! Round Hat Passenger: Stardust Cookie! You’re up! Stardust Cookie: Yes. DO you know what happened to Dr. Evilglaze? Once-Excited Passenger: Dr. Evilglaze… passed out I think? So we just left him there! He he! Pointy Hat Passenger: He’s probably floating around the galaxy. Let him have a taste of his own medicine! Food Cart Vendor: Yeah! I’m sure he can hitchhike or something. Ha!

Space Doughnut: Kyut! Kyu kyu kyu koo koo! Once-Excited Passenger: You know, Stardust Cookie, I… I was so worried that I wouldn’t be able to say thank you… *sniffle* Food Cart Vendor: That’s right! Thanks so much, Stardust Cookie! You know what? From now on, you get a free lifetime supply of snacks from my cart! Wide Hat Passenger: Stardust Cookie. We are saved because of you! Wide Hat Passenger: Thank you so much for not giving up on us! Stardust Cookie: …Ha ha. Stardust Cookie: And thank you… for the soda… Stardust Cookie: I may not be where I originally intended to be… Stardust Cookie: Now was this the kind of journey I had in mind. Stardust Cookie: And I most certainly did not expect to meet such company… Stardust Cookie: But this is nice. Stardust Cookie: It was a terrific trip. Milky Way Cookie: Stardust Cookie… Space Doughnut: Kyu kyu, Kyu? Kyuukyu? Milky Way Cookie: Hmm? What are you saying, doughnut? It better be good, because we were totally having a moment. Stardust Cookie: I believe they said they want to take a dip in the ocean over there. Space Doughnut: Kyukyukyu! Pointy Hat Passenger: Oh? The Space Doughnut is running towards the sea! Food Cart Vendor: Is that really what they said? Milky Way Cookie: Oi! Answer us! Stardust Cookie: … Stardust Cookie: Ha ha! Stardust Cookie: I think I will join them! I have never seen an ocean before… Stardust Cookie: Can I take a bag of crisps? Food Cart Vendor: Of course! And have a soda if you get thirsty! Milky Way Cookie: Huuuh? What? But you’re gonna get all soggy! Round Hat Passenger: Looks like, the Space Doughnut dropped something… Should we give them a bag? Milky Way Cookie: Huh? It’s their train ticket… Waning Moon Car, Seat 42. Wide Hat Passenger: The destination is… Err, wait… I think it’s getting re-written as we speak…! Once-Excited Passenger: The new destination is… “Anywhere in the universe.” Milky Way Cookie: …Yup yup! Milky Way Cookie: Another satisfied passenger! He he! Milky Way Cookie: Hmmm… And I know just the place to recommend…!

[taysi-kuu]

Samhain

Here is a small "guide" to help you celebrate samhain i have included some in depth spells as well as well as super simple things you can do if youre busy or just dont have the mental energy to celebrate. there is no "wrong way" to celebrate any of the sabbats, just because one person did a huge ritual doesn't mean doing something smaller and simple is any less meaningful.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Times to celebrate: In the northern hemisphere, many Pagans celebrate Samhain from sundown on October 31 through November 1. Others hold Samhain celebrations on the nearest weekend or on the Full or New Moon closest to this time. Some Pagans observe Samhain a bit later, or near November 6, to coincide more closely with the astronomical midpoint between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice. Most Pagans in the southern hemisphere time their Samhain observances to coincide with the middle of their Autumn in late April and early May, rather than at the traditional European time of the holiday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is Samhain: The third and final harvest festival on the Wheel of the Year is Samhain, observed on October 31. This Sabbat marks the end of the growing season and the beginning of Winter, which must be prepared for now in earnest. Herbs are dried for winter storage, fruits and vegetables are canned and preserved, and root vegetables are dug up and stored so they may nourish us through the cold months. The word “Samhain” comes from the old Irish and is thought by many to translate as “Summer’s end.” While the cycles of life and death are implicitly recognized at every Sabbat, Samhain is when the necessary role of death is formally honored. The nights grow noticeably longer with each day. The God retreats now into the shadows of the dark season, symbolically dying back to the Earth before being reborn again at Yule. Many Wiccans and other Pagans consider this to be the most important day on the Wheel, a time when the veil between the spirit world and the mundane world is at its thinnest. Our ancestors and loved ones on the Other Side are said to be more easily able to visit with us and make their presence known at this time. Samhain is arguably the most visible Sabbat in the mainstream world, thanks to the parallel holiday of Halloween. Many of the Halloween traditions celebrated in contemporary cultures today have grown out of customs dating back to pagan times. As far back as ancient Greece, people were leaving offerings of food to their ancestors, which is echoed in the modern tradition of trick-or-treating. The practice of leaving root vegetables, hollowed out with lighted candles inside, to guide spirits visiting on Earth ultimately led to today’s jack-o-lanterns. Witches, of course, have always been part of mainstream Halloween lore. And although they have almost always been presented as “evil” caricatures with no resemblance to the real thing, there’s still a lingering association between the spirit of Halloween and the real power of a Witch .--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correspondences: SYMBOL: Black cat, jack o 'lantern, bat, ghost, scarecrow, waning moon.

 GODDESSES: Crone, all crone goddesses, Cerridwen, Hecate, Hel, Oya, the Morrigan, Lilith, Kali, Ishtar, Arianrhod, Rhiannon, Tlazoteotl, Nephthys, Persephone, Beansidhe (Banshee), Inanna, Baba Yaga, Isis, Pomona and Cailleach Beara (Brigid's crone aspect), who is reborn this night. 

 GODS: Osiris, the Horned God, Herne the Hunter, Cernunnos, Anubis, Odin, Bran, death gods, dying and rising gods.  INCENSE: Copal, sandalwood, mastic resin, benzoin, sweetgrass, wormwood: to get the sight, to see the spirits of the returning dead.  CANDLES: New candles for the new year: black, orange, autumn colors, or black candles for the Lord and the old year, white candles for the Lady and the new year.  TOOLS: Besom, to sweep out the old year and any negativity it had. Cauldron, for transformation. Divination tools: Tarot cards, scrying bowl, rune stones, pendulum, mirror, etc.  PLANT: Pumpkin, apple, grain, pomegranate, mugwort, wormwood, Dittany of Crete, acorn, oak leaf, gourds, root vegetables, rosemary (for remembrance). STONE: Obsidian, carnelian, onyx, smoky quartz, jet, bloodstone.  ANIMAL: Bat, black cat, owl.  ALTAR DECORATIONS: Autumn leaves, fall flowers, pomegranates, apples, pumpkins, ears of corn, sprays of grain, corn dollies, gourds, nuts, seeds, acorns, chestnuts and images of ancestors are all appropriate. Use whatever is in season where you live, whatever feels right and looks good to you.  FOOD: Gingerbread, freshly roasted nuts, nut breads, anything made with apples or pumpkin, meat (especially bacon), doughnuts, popcorn, cakes with lucky tokens in them, and red foods because the ancients held them sacred to the dead. DRINK: Mead, apple cider, mulled cider, mulled wine, fruit juices, pomegranate juice/tea .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magical Workings:  Samhain is one of the most potent nights of the year for magic. As a cross-quarter day it is a supernatural time, a time outside of time, the night that is not a night, a powerful time of flux and change. This is a good night for: candle magic - astral projection - past life work - dark moon mysteries - mirror spells (reflection) - casting protection - inner work - propitiation - clearing obstacles - uncrossing - inspiration - workings of transition or culmination - manifesting transformation - creative visualization. Divination: Samhain is a power night for divination: read the tarot cards; use the Wheel of the Year spread to forecast the year ahead - cast runes or the I Ching - scry in crystal balls, dark mirrors, bowls of black ink or pools of water - swing a pendulum, asking yes or no questions - eat an apple in front of a mirror at midnight, by candlelight, to scry your future mate.  Meditation: This is a good night for deep reflection and inner work. Meditation themes include: changes, transition, endings and beginnings, passage, return, mortality and reincarnation, chaos leading to reorder. Spirit work: (by invitation, not summons) This is the night when the veil is thinnest, the gates between the worlds are open. Souls of the dead are said to visit their homes at midnight.  Possible workings include: a dumb supper for the beloved dead - ouija - séances - trance possession - automatic writing - bury apples as food for hungry spirits - leave spirit plates of food outside your home - set a place for a missed love one at the banquet or dinner table.  New Year workings: Release the old: bad habits and toxic relationships, illness, failure and poverty; everything you do not want to carry into the new year - sweep negativity and out of your home - end quarrels - settle debts, make amends or restitution if needed - spells for prosperity and security for your family.  Faery Magick: This is a great night for visiting the faery realm but you must return by dawn or remain forever enchanted, unable to return. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- simple no bake apple oatmeal cookies    https://onceamonthmeals.com/recipes/no-bake-apple-oatmeal-cookies/ not so simple  soul cake recipes https://www.learnreligions.com/make-a-soul-cake-for-samhain-2562655Once ------------------------------------------------------------ Candle Ceremony for The Ancestors  This is a wonderfully simple ritual which can be shared with both friends and family, or worked alone. You can include children in it - it begins in darkness and ends full of light. It's a great balance to trick or treating! You will need a supply of small candles, either black or white, or a supply of night lights. You need a heat proof container or tray of sand or earth to put them in. Place one in the centre of the container from which all the others will be lit. Switch off all the lights and sit gently in the darkness. Allow the darkness to enfold you. Ask for the presence of your ancestors to come to you. When you are ready, light the central candle saying "We welcome our departed loved ones into this home and honour your presence amongst us". Allow each person in the circle to spontaneously remember someone who has passed to the Summerlands and remember something about them and light a candle for each person from the central candle: 'I remember Great Aunt Sheila and her generosity of heart....'. Allow this to continue for as long as it takes to complete the re-membering. You will end with a tray full of radiant candles. When all is complete, give thanks, and allow the candles to burn to completion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guide the Spirits (quick and easy spellwork to honor the dead) Place a white candle in the window to guide the dead to the Spirit World. Light the candle and speak these words, “O little flame that burns so bright, be a beacon on this night. Light the path for all the dead, that they may see now what’s ahead. And lead them to the Summerland and shine until Pan takes their hands. And with Your light, please bring them peace, that they may rest and sleep with ease . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as Samhain marks the witches new year you can write down a bad habit or something you dont wish to carry with you onto the new year onto a piece of paper and in a fire proof bowl or somewhere safe place a lit candle inside (or even use a fire pit/bonfire/fireplace) and drop the paper in the flame and watch it burn away. if there are any ashes of it left over wait for them to cool and bury them outside  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If anyone plans on taking a walk late at night or a cemetery walk at night please be careful! if you can bring someone with you or bring some form of protection pepper spray, pocket knife, even your keys. be respectful to the spirits, be safe with what spirits you try and contact. if you aren’t sure if a passed family member would want to be involved if your spells/rituals you can always ask them/ send them an invitation so that way the choice is at least open to them. i hope you all have a wonderful and safe samhain/halloween <3

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I.Main

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Holidays 9.14

Holidays

Board Game Day

Burning of King Olaf (Elder Scrolls)

Cochabamba Day (Bolivia)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 4: Economic Justice

Engineer’s Day (Romania)

Formation of the Earth Day

Hole-in-One Day

Hug A Crabby Stranger Day

International Cross-Culture Day

Kenny Rogers Day (Los Angeles, California)

Lighthouse Day

Lone Ranger Day

Max Planck Day

Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)

National Anthem Day

National Coloring Day

National Live Creatively Day

National Parents Day Off

National Quiet Day (UK)

National Sober Day

National Virginia Day

Nutting Day (UK)

Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

Star Spangled Banner Day

Support Latino Business Day

Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

U.S. Marshall Service Day

Wo-Zha-Wa Festival

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cream-Filled Doughnut Day

Eat a Hoagie Day

Gobstopper Day

National Food is Medicine Day

Pig's Face Feast

Feast Days

Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Catherine of Genoa (Christian; Saint)

Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel; Christian; Saint)

Crescentius of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Despair for the Human Race (Pastafarian)

Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Feast of Notburga of Eben (patron of waiters & farmers)

Feast of the Cross (Christianity)

Feast of Uru-Wadu (the Primal Couple; Kisar Island, Indonesia)

Fido (Muppetism)

Hindi Day (Parts of India; Hinduism)

Holy Cross Day (aka Holy Rood Day)

Lessing (Positivist; Saint)

Lord of Miracles of Buga (Christian; Saint)

Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Christian; One of Martyr Saints of China)

Maternus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Notburga (Christian; Saint)

Vaughan Bode Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 257 [55 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 42 of 60)

Premieres

Across the Universe (Film; 2007)

The Archies (Animated TV Series; 1968)

The Care Bears (Animated TV Series; 1985)

Crisis? What Crisis?, by Supertramp (Album; 1975)

A Discovery of Witches (TV Series; 2018)

The Dragon Prince (Animated Film; 2018)

Funeral, by Arcade Fire (Album; 2004)

Get Born, by Jet (Album; 2003)

The Golden Girls (TV Series; 1985)

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2008) [#1]

The Invention of Lying (Film; 2009)

The Magnificent Seven (Film; 2016)

Making Plans For Nigel, by XTC (Song; 1979)

The Messiah, by George Frederic Handel finished (Oratorio; 1741)

Mork and Mindy (TV Series; 1978)

Quadrophenia (Film; 1979)

Some Fantastic Place, by Squeeze (Album; 1993)

Tiny Toon Adventures (Animated TV Series; 1990)

Tutti Frutti recorded, by Little Richard (Song; 1955)

The Waltons (TV Series; 1971)

Today’s Name Days

Kreuz-Erhöhung (Austria)

Krustan, Krustina, Krustyo, Stavri (Bulgaria)

Slavko, Višeslav (Croatia)

Radka (Czech Republic)

Raimo, Raimond, Raimu, Raimund, Reimo, Reimu (Estonia)

Iida, Iita, Isla (Finland)

Albert, Irmgard, Jens, Kreuzerhöhung (Germany)

Stavros, Stavroula, Theoklis (Greece)

Roxána, Szeréna (Hungary)

Crocifisso, Elena (Italy)

Koknesis, Norberts, Sanda, Sanita, Santa (Latvia)

Eisvina, Eisvinas, Krescencijus (Lithuania)

Ingebjørg, Ingeborg (Norway)

Bernard, Cyprian, Roksana, Siemomysł, Szymon (Poland)

Ľudomil (Slovakia)

Cruz, Exaltación (Spain)

Ida (Sweden)

Keisha, Lakeisha, Latasha, LaTease, Latisha, Leticia, Letitia, Letty, Tish, Tisha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 257 of 2022; 108 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 37 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 19 (Geng-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 18 ʼĔlūl 5782

Islamic: 17 Ṣafar 1444

J Cal: 17 Aki; Twosday [17 of 30]

Julian: 1 September 2022

Moon: 80%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Lessing]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 85 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 22 of 31)

Calendar Changes

September (Julian Calendar) [Month 9 of 12]

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Holidays 9.14

Holidays

Board Game Day

Burning of King Olaf (Elder Scrolls)

Cochabamba Day (Bolivia)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 4: Economic Justice

Engineer’s Day (Romania)

Formation of the Earth Day

Hole-in-One Day

Hug A Crabby Stranger Day

International Cross-Culture Day

Kenny Rogers Day (Los Angeles, California)

Lighthouse Day

Lone Ranger Day

Max Planck Day

Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)

National Anthem Day

National Coloring Day

National Live Creatively Day

National Parents Day Off

National Quiet Day (UK)

National Sober Day

National Virginia Day

Nutting Day (UK)

Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

Star Spangled Banner Day

Support Latino Business Day

Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

U.S. Marshall Service Day

Wo-Zha-Wa Festival

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cream-Filled Doughnut Day

Eat a Hoagie Day

Gobstopper Day

National Food is Medicine Day

Pig's Face Feast

Feast Days

Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Catherine of Genoa (Christian; Saint)

Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel; Christian; Saint)

Crescentius of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Despair for the Human Race (Pastafarian)

Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Feast of Notburga of Eben (patron of waiters & farmers)

Feast of the Cross (Christianity)

Feast of Uru-Wadu (the Primal Couple; Kisar Island, Indonesia)

Fido (Muppetism)

Hindi Day (Parts of India; Hinduism)

Holy Cross Day (aka Holy Rood Day)

Lessing (Positivist; Saint)

Lord of Miracles of Buga (Christian; Saint)

Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Christian; One of Martyr Saints of China)

Maternus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Notburga (Christian; Saint)

Vaughan Bode Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 257 [55 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 42 of 60)

Premieres

Across the Universe (Film; 2007)

The Archies (Animated TV Series; 1968)

The Care Bears (Animated TV Series; 1985)

Crisis? What Crisis?, by Supertramp (Album; 1975)

A Discovery of Witches (TV Series; 2018)

The Dragon Prince (Animated Film; 2018)

Funeral, by Arcade Fire (Album; 2004)

Get Born, by Jet (Album; 2003)

The Golden Girls (TV Series; 1985)

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2008) [#1]

The Invention of Lying (Film; 2009)

The Magnificent Seven (Film; 2016)

Making Plans For Nigel, by XTC (Song; 1979)

The Messiah, by George Frederic Handel finished (Oratorio; 1741)

Mork and Mindy (TV Series; 1978)

Quadrophenia (Film; 1979)

Some Fantastic Place, by Squeeze (Album; 1993)

Tiny Toon Adventures (Animated TV Series; 1990)

Tutti Frutti recorded, by Little Richard (Song; 1955)

The Waltons (TV Series; 1971)

Today’s Name Days

Kreuz-Erhöhung (Austria)

Krustan, Krustina, Krustyo, Stavri (Bulgaria)

Slavko, Višeslav (Croatia)

Radka (Czech Republic)

Raimo, Raimond, Raimu, Raimund, Reimo, Reimu (Estonia)

Iida, Iita, Isla (Finland)

Albert, Irmgard, Jens, Kreuzerhöhung (Germany)

Stavros, Stavroula, Theoklis (Greece)

Roxána, Szeréna (Hungary)

Crocifisso, Elena (Italy)

Koknesis, Norberts, Sanda, Sanita, Santa (Latvia)

Eisvina, Eisvinas, Krescencijus (Lithuania)

Ingebjørg, Ingeborg (Norway)

Bernard, Cyprian, Roksana, Siemomysł, Szymon (Poland)

Ľudomil (Slovakia)

Cruz, Exaltación (Spain)

Ida (Sweden)

Keisha, Lakeisha, Latasha, LaTease, Latisha, Leticia, Letitia, Letty, Tish, Tisha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 257 of 2022; 108 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 37 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 19 (Geng-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 18 ʼĔlūl 5782

Islamic: 17 Ṣafar 1444

J Cal: 17 Aki; Twosday [17 of 30]

Julian: 1 September 2022

Moon: 80%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Lessing]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 85 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 22 of 31)

Calendar Changes

September (Julian Calendar) [Month 9 of 12]

[littleeyesofpallas]

Kaketa Tsuki to DOUGHNUT[欠けた月とドーナッツ]: Waning Moon & Doughnut

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Samhain Correspondences

By Nixie Vale.

Samhain is coming aka the Halloween. Let’s take a look at some useful information about nearly everything, Samhain is related with. Go, Samhain correspondences!

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Samhain Correspondences

? Samhain Herbs:

Acorn, Oak, Apple, Corn, Dittany of Crete, Hazel, Nightshade, Fumitory,Mugwort, Allspice, Sage, Gourds, Catnip, Apple trees, Broom, Dittany of Crete, Fern, Flax, Heather, Mandrake, Mint, Mullein, Nutmeg, Oak, Patchouli, Pumpkins, Straw, Woody Sage, Wormwood, Angelica, Rue, Burdock, Pennyroyal, Rosemary, Sunflower, Thyme, Wild Ginseng, Tarragon, Calendula, Cosmos, Marigold.

? Samhain Colors:

Orange, black and brown. However, Red Golden Yellow are also appropriate colors for this Sabbat. Altar candles should be black, orange, white, silver and-or gold.

? Samhain Offerings:

Apples, pumpkin pie, beets, turnips, hazelnuts, corn, gingerbread, pomegrantates, cider, herbal teas, pork dishes.

? Symbols:

Jack-O-Lanterns, Balefires, Masks, The Besom-Magickal Broom, The Cauldron, and the Waning Moon.

? Altar Decorations:

small jack-o-lanterns, indian corn, foods from the harvest, and photographs of your loved ones who have departed from this world.

? Deities for Samhain:

ALL Crone Goddesses, and the Dying God or the Dead God. Samhain Goddesses are listed here! Check them in this article.

? Samhain Stones:

Obsidian, Onyx, Carnelian, Amber, Beryl, Bloodstone, Clear Quartz, Diamond, Garnet, Gold, Granite, Hematite, Jasper, Jet, Marble, Opal, Pyrite, Sapphire, Ruby, Sandstone, Smoky Quartz, Steel, Tourmaline, Turquoise

? Samhain Animals:

bats, cats, and dogs.

? Samhain Foods:

beets, turnips, squash, apples, corn, nuts, gingerbread, cider, pomegranates, mulled wines and pumpkin dishes. These are all appropriate as well as meat- especially pork dishes, if you are a vegetarian use tofu, Poultry, Irish Bairin Breac which is Fruit Cake, Colcannon, Bonfire Toffee, Apple Cider, Anything with Apples, Doughnuts, Popcorn, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Bread, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Mead, Late Autumn Fruits.

*)O(* Rainbow Love, Light and Blessings *)O(*

https://www.magicalrecipesonline.com/2017/10/samhain-correspondences.html

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YURI POLL ROUND 1

[astrogeoguy]

The Moon Covers Aldebaran while Morning Mercury Meets Mars, plus Lyra for September Stargazing!

(Above: The Ring Nebula aka Messier 57 is a planetary nebula - the corpse of a sun-like star. The tiny star in the centre is the cooling naked core of the former star, now radiating the sphere of gas, and causing it to glow.)

Stargazing News for this week (from September 10th, 2017) by Chris Vaughan. (Feel free to pass this along to friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics.) I post these with photos at http://astrogeoguy.tumblr.com/ where the old editions are archived. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! All times mentioned are in Eastern Standard Time. Please click this MailChimp link to subscribe to these emails. If you are a teacher or group leader interested in joining me in a guided field trip to the York University Observatory, visit www.astrogeo.ca.  

Public Events

At 7:30 pm on Wednesday, September 13, the RASC Toronto Centre will hold their free monthly Recreational Astronomy Night Meeting at the Ontario Science Centre, and the public are welcome. Talks include the Sky This Month, several reports about trips to see the recent solar eclipse (with pictures and videos), and setting up your own observatory. Check here for details. Parking is free. 

Other events this week include The Science Behind Earth-like Planets presented by U of T’s Dr. Mike Reid (he’s excellent) at City Hall Library on Thursday (details here), Nerd Nite Toronto: Spaced and Confused: A Hypnotic Journey, which mixes suds and science at the Transac Club on Thursday (details here), and U of T Planetarium: Voyager’s Odyssey: A Small Probe’s Adventures into Interstellar Space on Friday (details here). 

(Above: Every year in early evening in mid-September, the same stars surround the zenith, which is defined as the point on the sky directly overhead.)

September Stargazing Round-up - Lyra

With the Moon out of the evening sky for the next few weeks and darkness falling a bit earlier, it’s a good time to tour the night sky. 

Once it’s dark, tilt your head back and look waaay up. Or set out a blanket, gravity chair, or chaise. Point your finger directly overhead. That’s the zenith - the point of the sky directly above you. During the night, various stars and constellations will pass through that patch of sky as the Earth’s rotation carries them from east to west. While objects occupy that position, they will always appear at their best. That’s because you are looking through the least amount of intervening air. 

(Above: A close-up of the zenith area (green cross) at 9 pm in mid-September. Clockwise from bottom, the surrounding constellations are Lyra, Cygnus, Draco, and Hercules. The deep sky objects peppering the Milky Way are indicated with symbols and labels.)

In early evening in mid-September every year, the constellations of Lyra (the Harp), Cygnus (the Swan), Hercules, and Draco (the Dragon) occupy that spot. I’ll post a sky chart here. Over the next few weeks, we’ll tour them, pointing out some objects you can look at with binoculars and small telescopes. Up first is Lyra. In Greek mythology, Lyra is the musical instrument created from a turtle shell by Hermes and later used by Orpheus in his ill-fated attempt to rescue his lost love Eurydice from the underworld. We Canadian astronomers call Lyra the “Tim Hortons Constellation” because it contains both a doughnut and a double-double (coffee)! 

Facing south and looking just to the lower right of the zenith, you’ll easily spot the very bright star Vega, or Alpha Lyrae – the brightest star in the constellation. Vega, the fifth brightest star in the entire night sky, partly because it is only about 25 light years away, and partly because it is a very hot luminous star. The name Vega arises from the Arabic "Al Nasr al Waqi", or the "swooping eagle". Traditionally, the Lyre was pictured as being grasped in the talons of an eagle. 

Vega is heading towards the Sun and will continually brighten over time, becoming the brightest star in the night sky a few hundred thousand years from now. Meanwhile, the wobble of the Earth’s axis will also cause Vega to become the North Pole Star around 14,500 AD, as it was around 12,000 BC. This star is a star! 

Vega also is the brightest, highest, and most westerly of the three beautiful blue-white stars of the Summer Triangle. Moving clockwise, Altair is about three fist widths below and to the left of Vega. Deneb, slightly dimmer than the other two, completes the large triangle at the upper left. The separation between Deneb and Vega is shorter, only 24° or 2.5 fist widths. 

Chinese culture celebrates a love story in which Cowherd Niú Láng (牛郎) is the star Altair. He and his two children, (β and γ Aquilae, the stars that flank Altair) are separated from their mother Zhī Nǚ (織女) the "Weaving Girl" (Vega) who is on the far side of the river, which is represented by the Milky Way. Each year, on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, magpies make a bridge so that the family can be together again for a single night.

(Above: A detailed star map of the constellation Lyra, including the two Messier objects M57 and M56)

Look for a medium-dim star about a finger’s width to the left of Vega. A similarly dim star sits about a finger’s width below it. The three stars form a neat little triangle with Vega at the right. Binoculars or a small telescope will reveal that the triangle’s star to the left of Vega, designated Epsilon Lyrae, is actually a close pair of stars. A really good telescope will reveal that each of the pair of stars is itself a very close together pair! This quadruple star system, or “double-double”, is about 162 light-years from Earth. Even more interesting, each little pair is circling one another, and the two pairs may also be orbiting - in a neat little square dance that takes thousands of years to complete! 

The other corner of our little triangle is the star Zeta Lyrae, and it, too can be split into a double star with binoculars. Both are white and one is slightly brighter than its partner. These stars are about 152 light-years away, and they themselves have partners that are too close to split visually. 

Zeta is also the top right star of a narrow upright parallelogram about two fingers wide and four fingers tall that forms the rest of the constellation. Moving clockwise, we find Sheliak, Sulafat, and Delta Lyrae. Sheliak, meaning “Harp”, is the brightest of a tight little grouping of stars visible in a telescope. Sheliak itself has a close-in dim partner that orbits the main star so that, every 13 days, the brighter star is blocked and the total brightness drops by a noticeable amount. This is called an Eclipsing Binary system. 

Next, at the bottom of the parallelogram, sits Sulafat, meaning “Turtle”, and named for the shell forming the body of the Lyre. Sulafat is a hot blue giant star 620 light-years away. Similar in colour to Vega, Sulafat is much larger - an old star on its way to becoming an orange giant many years from now. 

Finally, at the upper left of the parallelogram is Delta Lyrae. Sharp eyes and binoculars will easily reveal that this is yet another pair of stars – one blue (upper) and one red (lower). The two are not related - the blue star is several hundred light-years farther away than the red one. They just happen to appear close together along the same line of sight. 

So, where’s the doughnut? Train your telescope midway between Sheliak and Sulafat, and look for the little, dim, grey smoke ring known as the Ring Nebula (also known as Messier 57). This little bubble of gas in space is the remnant of a dead star that was very much like our Sun. These common objects are called planetary nebulae because they show a little round disk, like a planet. Finally, using binoculars or a telescope, extend to the lower left the line that joins Sheliak to Sulafat. At about twice their separation (from Sulafat) is a Globular Star Cluster called Messier 56. It will appear as a dim fuzzy patch – a Timbit! 

Let me know how your exploration of Lyra goes. There are lots of double stars in the constellation. 

The Moon and Planets

The Moon reaches its Last Quarter phase in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. Last quarter moons rise about midnight and persist into the daytime morning sky, leaving the evenings darker for stargazing. The 90° angle made between the Sun, Earth, and Moon at last quarter cause the moon to be half illuminated, lit on the eastern (left-hand) side. The terms gibbous and crescent are used to describe objects that are more than half illuminated, or less than half. By the way, only bodies that venture between us and the Sun can ever appear as crescents when viewed from the surface of the Earth. Those are the Moon, Venus, and Mercury (and some asteroids). 

The day before last quarter, from midnight to dawn on Tuesday, September 12, the waning gibbous moon will pass through the stars marking the triangular face of Taurus (the Bull). As dawn approaches, the moon moves towards Taurus’ brightest star Aldebaran. You can try using a backyard telescope to see the Moon pass in front of (or occult) the star. In the Great Lakes region, the Moon covers Aldebaran around 8:48 am EDT and moves off it about 10 am (times varies by location). Observers in western North America and Hawaii will see the event in a dark sky. 

(Above: Between about 8:45 and 10 am Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday morning, the moon will pass in front of the bright star Aldebaran. A telescope might let you see the event, which happens in a dark sky for observers in the Pacific Ocean region.)

For the rest of the week, the Moon wanes and rises later, and passing though the legs of Gemini (the Twins) and then appearing as a thin crescent above Venus in the eastern pre-dawn sky on Sunday morning. 

This week, Mercury is giving us its best appearance of the year for mid-northern skywatchers all over the world, and it’s easily seen with plain old eyeballs. Look for it very low in the eastern sky from the time it rises, about 5:30 am local time, until about 6:30 am. On Tuesday morning, the planet will reach its widest angle west of the sun, and peak visibility. If you want to try using a telescope, Mercury will exhibit a waxing half-illuminated phase. But be sure to point the telescope away from the eastern horizon well before the Sun comes up. 

On Monday morning, Mercury will sit only a finger width below the bright star Regulus and about three finger widths to the upper right of much dimmer Mars. As the week progresses, Mercury will drop away from the star and approach Mars, passing so close that on Saturday and Sunday morning both planets should appear together in a telescope eyepiece (but Saturday is best). While Mercury will pass in a week or two, Mars will become easier and easier to see after it rises about 5:30 am local time. 

(Above: Mercury reaches peak visibility on Tuesday morning when it swings widest of the Sun. Mars, Regulus, and Venus are nearby.)

And don’t forget to check out extremely bright Venus. Recently showing a gibbous phase, It’s much higher than Mercury because it rises in the eastern sky after 4 am local time. This week, the planet continues to descend slowly sunward towards Leo (the Lion).

Jupiter is the bright white object low in the southwestern evening sky after sunset. It sets before 9 pm local time this week. Saturn is the medium-bright, yellowish object partway up the southern sky as the evening darkens. It sets in the west just before midnight local time. Once it’s dark, you can see the fist-sized Teapot-shaped group of stars to the left of Saturn and the distinctive Scorpius (the Scorpion), with its tail curving eastwards low above the horizon, to the right of the ringed planet. 

(Above: The sky at 8:30 pm local time. Jupiter, at lower right sets early, while Saturn at centre persists until midnight.) 

Blue-green Uranus, situated along the eastern (left-hand) string of stars that form Pisces (the Fishes), rises about 9 pm local time and is observable for the rest of the night in binoculars under a dark sky (but not this week!). There’s a medium-bright star about a finger’s width below Uranus. 

Tiny blue Neptune is approximately opposite the Sun in the sky, putting it near its closest and brightest for this year. Also observable all night, it is located about two finger widths to the lower left of the medium-bright star Hydor in Aquarius (the Water-Bearer). It is too faint to be seen with the unaided eye.

Keep looking up to enjoy the sky! I love getting questions so, if you have any, send me a note.

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