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We're almost at the longest night of the year, holiday expectations are high, and we need a bit of cozy. Block off two hours for this spell, in a place where you will not be disturbed. You will need a hot beverage, blankets, pillows, a key, a pen, and a journal. Create a comfortable space where you feel cozy. Write a few paragraphs in your journal depicting YOUR perfect cozy day in the cozy retreat of your dreams. Then, sipping your beverage, read it over as if you are living it. This is now ...
As December thins away, we are about to observe the last new moon of the year. This is the ideal time to plant the seeds for your hopes, wishes, and dreams that you want to carry with you into the new year. Anything you wish to expand should be planned now. For this ritual, you'll need a piece of paper, a pen, and one white candle in a holder. Place your supplies on your altar. On the paper, write no more than three hopes/wishes you want to achieve in the new year, beginning at this new moon. ...
On the old Roman calendar, the Gaulish goddess Epona's feast day, Eponalia, was observed on December 18. She is conflated with the Roman/Italic Rigantona, the Cymri (Welsh) Rhiannon, and sometimes the Irish Macha. Epona rules sports, movement, travel, fertility, and physical fitness. Her symbols are birds, horses, keys, a gate, sheaves of wheat, roses, and a crescent moon. Eponalia is a beneficial time to begin a new fitness regimen. This can be as easy as stretching your muscles or as ...
Today is National Maple Syrup Day. This delicious treat is made by boiling sap from sugar maple trees. You can also take it farther to make maple sugar. These natural sweeteners represent abundance. They form the foundation of many small and sustainable businesses, as people gather maple sap and turn it into various products. They also support a number of seasonal festivals and other events in areas where maple syrup is important. For this ritual, you need a bit of maple syrup or maple sugar ...
