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Happy New Year!
GREGORIAN
Over the millennia the date has changed, but marking New Year's Day is vital to our psychic health, giving us some measure of the passage of our lives and our time & place in the world.
'Eppur si muove'
- Galileo Galilei
Hag's Day - Day of Ishtar
1•JAN
Whether it's the Hag, Ishtar, Inanna, Anat, the Triple Goddess, Hekate, Shakti, Anaitgis, Atar, or Isis.
A day dedicated to
She Who Transforms.
WOLF MOON
The Full Moon of January
3•JAN•26
Old Moon • Ice Moon • Birch Moon
The nights are long & the food is scarce. Wolves hunt closer to the village's edge. A time for protection & to develop your inner self. A time to look at our habits & limits & adjust the ones that no longer serve us.
PERIHELION
3•JAN•26
Earth Perihelion 2026 - the day when the earth is closest to the sun
WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY
National Bird Day
5•JAN
A day to recognize the beauty of their song & the magnificence of their flight; as well as their role as markers of ecosystem health. A time to think about birds; how they live, what they need, and how we treat them.
PUEBLO DEER DANCE
(NORTH AMERICAN SOUTHWEST)
6 • JAN
The Day of the Buffalo, Deer & Antelope Dances of various Pueblo tribes. The centuries-old ceremony is a fertility ritual dedicated to the great female spirit goddess known as the Deer Mothers.
OLD ROCK DAY
7•JAN
Earth's precious gems!
The day designated by geologists & rock enthusiasts for everyone to show their appreciation & enjoyment of rocks, fossils & crystals. Go rock collecting. Create a rock garden. Adopt a pet rock. Decorate with rocks. Pieces of the greater whole; they're powerful little beings.
National Eagle Day
10•JAN•26
Associated with the east wind, Eagles are considered messengers of renewed life, and symbols of the dawn & rebirth. From lofty heights and soaring skies, Eagles have long inspired comparisons to sky gods, the sun, spiritual power, majesty, authority, ascension & heavenward inspirations.
BETH
19•DEC•25 - 17•JAN•26
1ST LUNATION
CELTIC ASTROLOGY
The Birch Tree • White Stag
Golden Eagle • Deer
The Birch Tree is the first tree to put out new leaves & signifies the beginning of all things. For the Celts, the Birch & Elder stand on either side of the Nameless Day (Dec 23) in the Lunar Zodiac; the two pillars that represent the continual cycle of birth & death. The White Stag associated with the Birch symbolizes the seven month reign of the solar deities; the seven month period of the waxing sun.
- Celtic Astrology by Helena Paterson • Image
THE FATES
The time of the New Year is sacred to the three sister deities known as the
THE FATES - Clotho, Lachesis, & Atropos.
Clotho spins the 'thread' of human fate, Lachesis dispensed it & Atropos cut the thread - determining the individual’s moment of death.
- 'A Golden Thread', by John Melhuish Strudwick
NIVÔSE
The Snowy Month
nivosus
21 DEC - 19 JAN
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.
SNOW GOOSE • EARTH RENEWAL MOON
22 DEC - 19 JAN
EARTH ASTROLOGY • NATIVE AMERICAN
Birth Totem: Snow Goose
Element: Earth w/Air • Totem: Buffalo • Clan: Turtle
Your birth totem represents the teacher you chose to study under, not so much your personality or ego, as in Western Astrology
- Sun Bear + Wabun • Learn more • Image
SHOUKAN • 小寒
Small Chill
6 JAN - 19 JAN
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.
Shoukan, when the sun moves from 285° to 300° along the ecliptic, marks the start of the winter chill & the north wind blowing.
SQUIRREL APPRECIATION DAY
21•JAN
Squirrels are obvious symbols of prudence, planning & resourcefulness; collecting provisions, burying nuts, outfitting nests. But even on the coldest days & in the deepest snows, squirrels can be seen energetically playing & socializing. Ultimately, squirrels are symbols of balance. Don't take life so seriously. After sensible preparations; don't forget to enjoy!
Janus
Sacred to the Roman God Janus, January is a time of new beginnings, hope, resolutions, clean slates & fresh starts. Janus possesses two identical faces looking in opposite directions; one to the past & the other to the future. He is the god of beginnings & of gates & doorways; a deity associated with journeys & the beginning of things.
Goats
Goats evoke a sense of independence. Unlike sheep, goats often graze alone, but are not altogether anti-social.
They amble along their own path, travel up craggy heights & respect distance & space. They adventure & explore for the sole purpose of personal/individual knowing. The goat's love of heights symbolizes spiritual ambition, progress & achievement. Goats approach the precipice with ease & enthusiasm; encouraging us to ever look upward & to soul search in high & inaccessible places.
Caramel
• Practical, Determined, Logical + Sure-footed • Caramel is a color of substance, determination & building • Earth tones stabilize us & help us with responsibility • Encouraging us to ground our ambitions through discipline & persistence.
- Colorstrology by Michele Bernhardt
Pantone Color for January • Learn more • Image
Mountains
Mountains are realms of transition & revelation. Mountains evoke arduous, painstaking ascent & humbling submission; the widen perspective; the peak experience; the thin air of headiness & sublimity. The place where earth & heaven meet. Mountains reflect the mystic goal of sacred quests & the pinnacle of self-knowledge.
- The Book of Symbols - TASCHEN
In seed-time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
-William Blake (1757-1827)
-Photo by Bogdan Panait
Three Friends of Winter
歲寒三友
Pine, Bamboo & Plum
The Three Friends of Winter are planted together because they flourish & support each other throughout the season. They have come to embody the virtues of Endurance, Modesty & Fortitude.
Art by ZHANG DAQIAN 1953
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