The great god of the Northern Bronze Age was the Sun, and His sign was the Wheel.
Happy were they who saw His sign standing in the sky.
Today, in the winter skies of the North, we see it there still.
“Parahelia,” they say, or “Sun dogs.”
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Mama Moon enters the earthy, sensual sign of Taurus the Bull on Dec. 18 at 1:37 am pacific time until Dec. 20.
As the Moon waxes from First Quarter to Gibbous so too do our intentions that we planted at the New Moon.
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The alchemy of spirit binds the other four elements together. The spark of spirit unites with the elements to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. Without spirit, each element would remain inert. However, spirit does more than add spark, it also keeps the elements in balance so that none could harm us. Too much air destroys trees. Too much fire creates a lifeless world. Too much earth will suffocate us. Too much water floods us. In return, the four physical elements balance spirit. Too much spirit makes us insubstantial and ungrounded.
Deer (Red)
With his impressive rack of antlers, the red deer makes an awesome sight. His power and agility makes the red deer, a challenge to hunt. For that reason, the Europeans regarded him the “Lord of the Forest.” For many chieftains and kings, to bring him down was proof of their power. Because of his regal bearing and grandeur, the red deer became a part of European religions. Because of his connection with ancient lives, the red deer brings the old religions alive.
Markswoman Blessing
May you honor the fire
behind your eyes.
May you release the arrow.
May you love your art to life.
excerpt © Shelly Anne Tipton Irish 2016
Now these are the Three Births of Yule.
The First Birth of Yule is the Primal Birth.
Long ago, in ages of ages, the fires of the Sun first kindled, since when He has royally burned in self-giving, sacrificial light.
The Second Birth of Yule is the Eternal Birth.
This is the annual birth of the Sun, Who daily and yearly goes down in darkness and rises up again: and unto ages of ages.
The Third Birth of Yule is the Earthly Birth.
And sometimes there’s nothing quite like the familiarity of a ritual you’ve attended every year, for half a dozen years, knowing that you’ll be attending the very same ritual half a dozen more.
