Pagan Day for Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday (moon day) is the day of the Moon Goddess, Selene, Luna, & Mani.
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Mondays are an awesome day to take care of matters or magical rituals and spells concerning:
Traveling, memory, one’s instinct, sharpening or increasing Psychic abilities, dreams, healing, home, ancestors and of course, family.
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Monday belongs to the Moon and the Element of Water
3 More days until Christmas…but hold onto your hats Pagans because there is ALOT to celebrate today…
Today we celebrate:
Winter Solstice which is the shortest day of the year.
The Norse gave us Yule, so many will be celebrating that. Yule marks the turning point of Winter. It also brings an end to the past year. Have you ever heard of a Yule log? Well today, its lighted but from the fire from this year’s past. Its symbolic and very important. It means that Winter’s darkness is making its journey towards the light of Spring.
Now, listen close because we learned how the Norse gave us Santa and we learned about how they gave us the whole tradition of decorating the Christmas or Yule Tree…now listen to how they gave us mistletoe and that whole ‘kissing thing’.
On this day, a Norse woman could proudly and loudly speak her intensions…her hearts desire…telling all the name of the lover she wanted. She would do this by standing under the mistletoe by calling him forth. It is my guess that her words would be sealed with a kiss. *winks*
Now don’t run off yet because we have more CELEBRATIONS!!!!
On this day the Druids would celebrate their festival Alban Arthuan
Also known as Arthur’s Light, we see the birth of the spirit of giving. Yes, on this day Druids would give gifts to the less fortunate— (recognize that one?) While this was also believed to be Arthur’s birthday, it was also a beautiful day filled with traditions that we see or hope to see during our own present time.
Today is also the Fourth Station of the Year which means—a time of enlightenments, when the light is born in the darkness of the womb.
I hope everyone is noticing the pattern this month with all of our Ancestors celebrations and can connect that with the world known beliefs and myths adopted by Christianity, etc? If you didn’t catch this one…think the birth of Jesus who was believed to be the light of the world…a light from the darkness (womb). it also falls back to the whole Geneses thing when the Christian God takes the light from the darkness etc.
And last but certainly NOT least, Egyptians will hold a celebration for Isis & Osiris. Why?
Because on this day, Osiris returns to the world…resurrecting…Osiris—light—death—darkness—resurrection—reincarnation—birth of Jesus—soon to be the birth of Horus—Osiris’s son given to the world—in some minds—the reincarnation of Osiris himself– will come about on December 25th. Oh I could connect this stuff forever lol.
Despite that, may I wish you ALL (Pagan or non-Pagan) a Blessed Yule, & a wonderful Winter Solstice!!!!!!!
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