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Imbolc/Candlemas
Imbolc/Candlemas
February 2, 2023
One of the cross-quarter days, Imbolc celebrated the rising power of fertility in the world. It commemorated the birth of the first lambs and foals in Celtic flocks, and the re-appearance of milk in the diet. In the middle ages, Catholics consecrated all the candles to be used in a church or cathedral on this day, and this was a clear holdover from the older pagan celebration of the returning and growing Light.
SInce this is often a day of public celebration, get out there and try to make contact with other pagan groups in your area.
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Apollo
Apollo
February 9, 2023
Apollo, the god of the sun in both Greece and Rome, was universally admired in the Mediterranean world as the keeper of music and poetry, and also as the giver of prophecy. Dodona, Cumae, Delos and of course Delphi were sacred to him as well as to other deities. He was also the giver of health and sickness.
Take time today to engage in a little divination yourself, and act as an oracle for others. Use runes, tarot and mild trance to foretell the future. It is also an auspicious day for engaging in healing work of various sorts, including alternative and energetic treatments.
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Artemis
Artemis
February 12, 2023
Moon-faced sister to Apollo and daughter to Leto, Artemis was the goddess of the Moon and of the hunt. She was viewed in the ancient Greek world as the mother of all wild things, and was sometimes portrayed as a woman with a hundred breasts leaking milk.
Take time today to notice the power of awakening life in the world around you. Go for a walk in the woods or in a wild place near you, and look for signs of her children — the birds and beasts. In ritual with others, pay attention to the circle of life: birth, strife, cooperation, community, death, and rebirth.
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Lupercal
Lupercal
February 15, 2023
Lupercal was originally a feast of Pan, a wild horned god. Perpetually horny, his feast was marked with athletic games in Rome; victors gained quickening power — their touch could remove a woman's barrenness, or restore a man's virility.
It is a day of kindness, as well, to the less fortunate. Make charitable contributions today, and provide food or shelter to vagrants or outcasts at this time. Emphasize the sensual and Pan's role as a sexual quickener in ritual.
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Feralia
Feralia
February 21, 2023
The Feralia is the first day of a three-day 'transition' period designed to repair relationships with the living and the dead at the end of the pagan Roman year (which began on March 1).
The Feralia was one of the Roman feasts acknowledging the dead. It was a day for clearing winter detritus from family graves, and for making offerings to the ancestors.
In rituals alone and with others, name and seek the protection of teachers, guides, parents, relatives and others who form the community of the dead who guard and mentor you. Where possible, do maintenance on family graves, and make offerings of fruit or flowers. By and large, this should be a celebration of the dead, rather than a fearful remembrance of them.
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Charistia
Charistia
February 22, 2023
The Charistia is the second day of a three-day 'transition' period designed to repair relationships with the living and the dead at the end of the pagan Roman year (which began on March 1).
After making peace with the honored dead on the Feralia, Romans spent the Charistia visiting neighbors and colleagues, and making the effort to engage in peace-making within their own community. By seeking harmony with others, they hoped to rise in prosperity during the new year.
Spend time visiting or calling old friends and re-engaging with colleagues and acquaintances. In ritual, emphasize peace-making and the reunification of community.
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Terminalia
Terminalia
February 23, 2023
The Terminalia is the third day of a three-day 'transition' period designed to repair relationships with the living and the dead at the end of the pagan Roman year (which began on March 1).
Terminus was god of boundaries and edges. The Romans believed that boundaries were sacred, and acknowledged several types: the lines between city and country; between provinces; between civilized and uncivilized; between peace and war; between known and unknown; between Like Janus, Terminus was 2-faced, one looking forward and one back.
Spend time today acknowledging the boundaries and edges of your life, and work to expand those boundaries: sign up for a class, visit a place you've never been, write to someone in another town, introduce yourself to someone new. It is a day for widening your vision of the world; do something today that scares you.
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