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Friday, Dec 31st
Start the new year off with a
meditation on gratitude.
This night the moon is V/C 2:57 to
8:21 est when it enters Sagittarius a
sign which supports expansion and
growth.
Use the energy this evening to work
a spell for love, using Venus's
generosity and the moon's energy.
Start the new year off with a
meditation on gratitude.
This night the moon is V/C 2:57 to
8:21 est when it enters Sagittarius a
sign which supports expansion and
growth.
Use the energy this evening to work
a spell for love, using Venus's
generosity and the moon's energy.
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Dec 2 Hanukah begins
Dec 16 Islamic New Year
Dec 21 Yule/Winter Solstice
Dec 25 Christmas
Dec 26 Kwanzaa begins
Dec 31 New Year's Eve
Dec 16 Islamic New Year
Dec 21 Yule/Winter Solstice
Dec 25 Christmas
Dec 26 Kwanzaa begins
Dec 31 New Year's Eve
New Moon in Sagittarius (eve) Sunday, Dec 4
Full Moon Tuesday Dec 21 (Yule/Winter Solstice) enters
Cancer 4:22 am est
The Symbols of the Season
As the year draws to an end, the days grow short while the nights
lengthen and the month grows cold. December is marked midway
by the longest night of the year. This Solstice was a powerful
occasion for the ancients. Stews rich with roots accompanied by
hearty breads warmed the village while wassail and cakes raised
spirits. This mid month point was a time of celebration, a time to
pay homage to the cycle of life, and has been honored for millennia.
Long before Rome came into power, the Germanic peoples
celebrated Yule. This midwinter festival was a time for feasting and
merriment as they honored Odin at the Winter Solstice. Traditions
such the decorating a tree, wassailing and the baking of the Yule
log can be traced back to antiquated Norse customs. In fact many
of the old ways have slipped into our modern celebration. Gathering
together for the feast, the giving of gifts, putting up lights and the
hanging of wreaths are all symbols of the Yuletide and these
symbols of the season have origins dating back as many as 5,000
years. It is in these symbols we find the basis behind the
celebration of Christmas and the earlier pagan rites that celebrate
the turning of the season and the rebirth and everlasting life told in
the stories of the birth, death and resurrection of the Sun King and
again in the Egyptian story of Horus, in stories of the Persian
Mithras and in the tales of Dionysus, Hercules and Arthur and again
in Jesus.
Christmas’s holly and mistletoe are also holiday symbols with
ancient pagan roots. Romans made gifts of holly during the Winter
Solstice to ward off evil spirits. While Druids harvested mistletoe
from sacred oak trees five days after the New Moon following the
Winter Solstice to use in charms against lightning and to ward off
evil. Norse people also considered the plant sacred and warriors
who met under the mistletoe would uphold a truce until the next
day.
Even Santa, the bearded jolly old soul, parallels stories of the god
Oden and the Norse Yule Elf who leaves gifts on the Solstice to
those who give him offerings, from England he is Father Christmas,
from Germany Kris Kringle, from Holland St. Nick and from Russia
Father Winter.
With the rebirth of the Sun God, the world is infused with hope.
Yule is a time for new beginnings. This is the time to gather
together, to feast and renew relationships, to strengthen the bonds
of friendship and family ties. This is also the time to forgive, a
time to abandon the things that did not serve us, to make peace
with the troubles of the past and to look ahead with hope, each of
us aspiring to be better as we pay homage to the cycle of life.
This Yule spend some time in meditation. Within each of us lies
the spark of the Divine and as the sun meets this darkest night,
quietly consider the story of the Sun King and his renewed light.
Meditate on renewing your light, the spirit of your being, as the sun
itself renews. Consider the year behind and put it to rest. Now look
to the year ahead and let your heart swell with hope.
As the year draws to an end, the days grow short while the nights
lengthen and the month grows cold. December is marked midway
by the longest night of the year. This Solstice was a powerful
occasion for the ancients. Stews rich with roots accompanied by
hearty breads warmed the village while wassail and cakes raised
spirits. This mid month point was a time of celebration, a time to
pay homage to the cycle of life, and has been honored for millennia.
Long before Rome came into power, the Germanic peoples
celebrated Yule. This midwinter festival was a time for feasting and
merriment as they honored Odin at the Winter Solstice. Traditions
such the decorating a tree, wassailing and the baking of the Yule
log can be traced back to antiquated Norse customs. In fact many
of the old ways have slipped into our modern celebration. Gathering
together for the feast, the giving of gifts, putting up lights and the
hanging of wreaths are all symbols of the Yuletide and these
symbols of the season have origins dating back as many as 5,000
years. It is in these symbols we find the basis behind the
celebration of Christmas and the earlier pagan rites that celebrate
the turning of the season and the rebirth and everlasting life told in
the stories of the birth, death and resurrection of the Sun King and
again in the Egyptian story of Horus, in stories of the Persian
Mithras and in the tales of Dionysus, Hercules and Arthur and again
in Jesus.
Christmas’s holly and mistletoe are also holiday symbols with
ancient pagan roots. Romans made gifts of holly during the Winter
Solstice to ward off evil spirits. While Druids harvested mistletoe
from sacred oak trees five days after the New Moon following the
Winter Solstice to use in charms against lightning and to ward off
evil. Norse people also considered the plant sacred and warriors
who met under the mistletoe would uphold a truce until the next
day.
Even Santa, the bearded jolly old soul, parallels stories of the god
Oden and the Norse Yule Elf who leaves gifts on the Solstice to
those who give him offerings, from England he is Father Christmas,
from Germany Kris Kringle, from Holland St. Nick and from Russia
Father Winter.
With the rebirth of the Sun God, the world is infused with hope.
Yule is a time for new beginnings. This is the time to gather
together, to feast and renew relationships, to strengthen the bonds
of friendship and family ties. This is also the time to forgive, a
time to abandon the things that did not serve us, to make peace
with the troubles of the past and to look ahead with hope, each of
us aspiring to be better as we pay homage to the cycle of life.
This Yule spend some time in meditation. Within each of us lies
the spark of the Divine and as the sun meets this darkest night,
quietly consider the story of the Sun King and his renewed light.
Meditate on renewing your light, the spirit of your being, as the sun
itself renews. Consider the year behind and put it to rest. Now look
to the year ahead and let your heart swell with hope.
