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ELK • LONG SNOWS MOON
22 NOV - 21 DEC
EARTH ASTROLOGY • NATIVE AMERICAN
Birth Totem: Elk or Owl
Element: Fire w/Earth • Totem: Grizzly Bear • Clan: Hawk
Your birth totem represents the teacher you chose to study under, not so much your personality or ego, as in Western Astrology - by Sun Bear + Wabun
Pagoda Blue
Deep, Meditative + Optimistic •
Pagoda Blue lends confidence to our visions & connects us to Truth + Wisdom • A color for Spiritual Journeys • It helps us understand that truth will be revealed • A color for Travel & Exploration or for those longing for a Mystical Adventure.
- Colorstrology by Michele Bernhardt
Pantone Color for December • Learn more • Image
COLD MOON
The Full Moon of December
4•DEC•25
Long Nights Moon • Oak Moon
The Moon before Yule (usually)
The nights are at their longest & the cold has settled in. The world silently rests. A time to take a long view of our life & our path. A time for contemplation; to slow our pace & rest, and sustain ourselves until spring
Evergreens
Symbols of longevity, wisdom, regeneration, strength & steadfastness, evergreens are the most ancient of all Earth's trees. More than 100 species grow in the world's cool & mountainous regions. A 5,000 year old California Bristlecone Pine is known as the oldest living individual trees on Earth.
ADVENT
The Four Sundays before Christmas
30•NOV, 7•DEC, 14•DEC, 21•DEC•25
Advent is the season of spiritual preparation before Christmas & the return of the light. Five candles arranged around an evergreen wreath symbolize eternity. Three purple candles for penance. One pink candle for joy. A center white candle for purity & light.
BODHI DAY
8•DEC
JAPAN
A Day of Enlightenment
Celebrated on 8th of December in Japan & on the 8th Day of the 12th Lunar Month [30•DEC•22] in China, Bodhi Day is when Buddhists commemorate the day that Siddhartha Gautama experienced enlightenment while sitting under the Bodhi Tree - becoming a Buddha, an awakened one.
TAISETSU • 大雪 • Big Snow
7 DEC - 21 DEC
二十四節季
NIJYUUSHI SEKKI • THE 24 JAPANESE SEASONS
The Japanese have 24 mini-seasons called Nijyuushi Sekki marked by celestial events including solstices, equinoxes & ecliptical degrees of the sun.
Taisetsu, when the sun moves from 255° to 270° along the ecliptic, marks the beginning of heavy snowfall.
National Day of the Horse
13•DEC•25
UNITED STATES
Horses have had a sacred association with December and the solstices for ages. For the Celts, Jupiter rules the summer solstice, symbolized by the white horse; while Saturn, symbolized by the black horse, rules over the winter solstice. In Gallo-Roman tradition, the fusion of Gaulish, Celtic, Roman & Hellenistic religious practices, Horse Goddesses, such as Rhiannon & Epona, were celebrated in December, in recognition of an ancient matriarchal heritage.
The Halcyon Days
14•DEC•25 - 28•DEC•25
Days of Winter Tranquility
when Storms Do Not Occur
The seven days before & after the Winter Solstice when the Halcyon (Kingfisher) is said to nest at sea;
calming the winds & waves of
mid-December days .
FRIMAIRE
Month of Frost
frimas
21 NOV - 20 DEC
From the French Republican Calendar created during the French Revolution. It removed religious, royalist & classical references & honored liberty & secularism. The twelve months were named after natural elements; the days were named for seeds, trees, flowers, fruits, animals & tools common to France & French country living.
SATURNALIA • OPALIA
17 DEC - 23 DEC
Commencing on Dec 17th, the Festival of Saturn, God of Agriculture & Ops, Goddess of Fallow Land, is celebrated with gift-giving, revelry, and the abolishment of all class distinctions.
EPONALIA
18 • DEC
Epona is the protector of horses, ponies, donkeys & mules. A Celtic deity, she was worshiped throughout the Roman Empire & is celebrated on the 2nd day of Saturnalia, the Roman midwinter holiday. On EPONALIA, stables are decorated with roses. And all draft animals - horses, mules & oxen - are given the day off.
Inuit Days of Purification
19•DEC - 23•DEC
Five days of reciprocity & purification rites during Winter Solstice when Inuit hunters and peoples from arctic regions honor the souls of the animals hunted over the last year.
The Remotest Light
The word SOLSTICE comes from the Latin words 'sun' + 'stoppage.' The day the sun stops; reaching its furthest position to the North.
The day the Sun rises farthest left on the horizon, and sets at its rightmost possible spot. On this day, sunlight reaches places in your rooms that get illuminated at no other time.
Winter Solstice
(NORTHERN HEMISPHERE)
21•DEC•25
Karnak Temple
Thebes, Luxor, Upper Egypt
Sunrise through the entryway on the morning of the Winter Solstice
Yule
21•DEC•25
The Winter Solstice • The Return of the Light
Yule is a time of great symbolism and power. The sun stands still in the sky and the nights are at their longest and darkest. It's a day for reflection and contemplation - as well as a day for celebration - as the sun returns with the promise of life, warmth and rebirth.
The Nameless Day
CELTIC TREE ASTROLOGY
23•DEC
A day out of time. It falls between the Holly, symbol of winter + darkness, and the Oak, symbol of summer + light. The Nameless Day represents the unshaped potential of all things. It's symbolized by the Mistletoe, the black pearl & the Fool card in Tarot.
Dies Natalis Invicti Solis
DAY OF THE INVINCIBLE SUN
25•DEC
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun) is an ancient Roman solstice holiday celebrated on December 25th, in dedication to King Helios. It is a feast day observed as the point when the sun renews itself, the cold winter is defeated, and the sun is reborn once again.
RUIS
19•DEC•25 - 17•JAN•26
13TH LUNATION
CELTIC ASTROLOGY
The Elder Tree • Black Horse
Raven • Badger • Hawk
The Elder Tree is linked to the eternal turnings of life & death, birth & rebirth, creativity & renewal. It stands on one side of the entrance to Annwn, the Celtic Otherworld, where the sun goes during the Winter Solstice only to reemerge past the Birch Tree (on the entrance's other side) marking the sun's rebirth, as the days once again grow longer. The Raven, one of the oldest & wisest of animals, watches, heals & protects.
- Celtic Astrology by Helena Paterson • Image
Endangered Species Act Day
28•DEC
The Day The Endangered Species Act was enacted in 1973 • Learn
Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970 • Read more
More than 40,000 species are threaten with extinction today.
Picture here - The Great Auk - The last pair was killed in Iceland in 1844 for specimens.
Audubon
Christmas Bird Count
14•DEC•25 - 5•JAN•26
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I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
- Oliver Herford
Time of the Waxing Sun
The Waxing Time of the Year, as the days grow longer, is when spiritual growth is easiest. Your soul is loosened from its physical presence; the veil of spiritual forgetfulness is lessened & connection to spiritual realms is more easily obtained. It's a time for meditation, self-reflection & contemplation; until the Summer Solstice grounds us again.
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