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Themes: Sun, blessings, cycles, movement, travel
Symbols: Gold or yellow items, horses

About Dag: Northern Scandinavian legends describe Dag, whose name
means “day”, as shining so brightly that she lights both the heavens and
the Earth, which is certainly what occurs around this time of year. As
the northern hemisphere approaches late Spring, Dag’s inspiring light
and warmth are welcome and notable. Dag navigates the sky with the
help of a horse, her sacred animal, giving her additional connections
with movement and safe travel.

To Do Today: This date begins a “day” for Norwegians that will
actually last for 10 weeks, emphasizing Dag’s power. Correspondingly,
people’s activity level increases around the clock, as they sleep less
to adjust to the change in Earth’s cycle. So, when your inner
resources lag or you’re out of kilter with natural or biological clocks,
turn to Dag for assistance. Wear gold or yellow items to tune into her
vibrations, and get out in Dag’s sunlight today ( if the weather
cooperates ). It’s very healthy and naturally generates more of Dag’s
positive energy for anything you undertake.

It’s an excellent day to take a short trip anywhere. If you enjoy
horseback riding and have a stable nearby, take a jaunt and ride with
Dag and the wind at your back. Alternatively, use “horse power” and take
a short drive in your car!

from 365 Goddess – A Daily Guide of the Magick and Inspiration of the
Goddess
by Patricia Telesco

Goddess Meditation

There is a Divine Order to everything in life. It is for this reason
that exactly where you are at any given time in life, is exactly where
you should be according to the Divine unfolding of your consciousness
and life.
Goddess come near. Accept our worship.
Bless us. Let us prosper. Bring us fruit.
May our furrows be straight and deep.
May you, rich as milk. feed us deeply.
You are the center of the altar
where we make sacrifice.
You are the priestess and the farmer.
You are the living Earth itself.
~ Indian Prayers From Rig Veda and Harivama

These Indian prayers remind us of the connection the ancients saw
between the Earth and humankind – a connection that was continually
reinforced by ritual. Ritual need not be complex or elaborate. Something
as simple as bowing to the rising Sun was an important ritual to many
people throughout the world. Rituals like that, and the sacrifices of
first fruits typical of farming folk, reminded those who performed them
of the complex interconnections between the Earth and her children.

What rituals do we perform today? Instead of bowing to the Sun, we turn
on the radio. Instead of offering our first fruits, we buy new clothes.
We have become, as a nation, mindless consumers of Earth’s gifts. What
if, for one day, we thanked the Goddess for every gift as we accepted
it? How might our consciousness, our world, be transformed?

from The Goddess Companion – Daily Meditations on the Feminine Spirit
by Patricia Monaghan

Hestia was the Goddess of the Hearth. She was felt to be present in the living flame at the center of the home or temple. Hestia’s symbol was the circle; her first hearths were round. The home (or temple) was not sanctified until Hestia entered. She made these places holy when she was there. She was considered a spiritually-felt presence as well as a sacred fire that provided illumination and warmth.

Even though she was greatly honored, she was the least known of the Greek goddesses. She was the first child born to Rhea and Cronos. In the Roman pantheon she is known as Vesta, and her mythology appears in three Homeric hymns.

Come Vesta, to live in this Beautiful Home,
Come with warm feelings of friendship.
Bring your intelligence,
Your energy and your Passion
To join with your Good Work.
Burn always in my Soul.
You are welcome here.
I remember you.
–Homeric hymn

Aphrodite caused Poseidon and Apollo to fall in love with Hestia. She refused them both, taking an oath to remain “a woman unto herself.”

Hestia’s significance is found in rituals symbolized by fire. For example, whenever a new couple would venture out to start a new home, Hestia would come with them, representing the sacred fire and linking the old home with the new. This symbolizes continuity and relatedness. Hestia’s fire provided warmth and sanctified the home.

Hestia was often associated with Hermes, the messenger god. He was an eloquent deity, a protector of travellers and god of speech. In households, Hermes and Hestia were related but separate. Hestia provided the sanctary for the bonding together of the family; Hermes was the protector at the door.

The Hestia archetype represents focused consciousness. Her way of perceiving is inward and intuitive. This archetype allows us to get in touch with our values by focusing on what is personally meaningful.

Themes: Balance, masculinity, femininity, cooperation, equality
Symbols: Yin-Yang Symbol, opposites

About Nugua: In China, Nugua is known as “she who restores
balance.” Nugua’s energy brings life back into equilibrium when
circumstances may have threatened us with chaos. In art she is
depicted as being part rainbow-colored dragon and part woman,
representing the importance of maintaining balance between the lower and
the higher self.

To Do Today: Around this time of year, when the daylight and nighttime
hours are growing closer to equal, the Chinese hold a dragon-boat
festival that revels in Nugua’s balance–the masculine ( yin ) and
feminine ( yang ), the light and the dark, and the cooperative energies
that dance between the two. To commemorate this yourself, be sure to
carry a coin with you ( the heads/tails represents duality ), but keep
it where you won’t accidentally spend it. Bless it, saying,

“By day and dark,
Nugua’s balance impart.”

If negativity threatens your sense of stability, follow Chinese custom
and drum out the evil. Use anything that has a drumlike sound, move
counterclockwise, the direction of banishing, and visualize Nugua’s
rainbow filling every inch of your home.

Offerings of beans, peaches, and rice are also customary. So, either
leave these in a special spot or eat them to internalize any of Nugua’s
attributes you need today.

from 365 Goddess – A Daily Guide of the Magick and Inspiration of the
Goddess
by Patricia Telesco

Goddess Meditation

Let us begin. Let us sing.
Singing of the small corn.
Singing of the large corn.
Singing as the evening falls.
Singing as the light dawns.
The light dawns and finds us singing,
singing as the corn waves tassels at us.
The dark falls and finds us singing,
singing while the squash waves leaves us.
The earth rumbles from the beating
of our basket drums.
The sky rumbles from the beating
of our basket drums.
The rain comes. The rain comes.
~ Pima Rain-Making Song

The plants that feed us need Sun and water and soil in order to thrive.
Too much of one, too little of another, will mean a ruined crop – and,
because we depend upon plants for food, will mean starvation and death
as well. Our forebears knew the necessity of balance between sun and
rain, between night and day, between rest and activity. Too often,
today, the balance is lost, so that newscasters bemoan the rain our
farms and gardens need – and which we, in turn, need as well.

When the weather thwarts our plans this Summer, when weekends are rainy
and evenings damp, let us recognize the rain’s necessity and thank the
goddess for her bounty. The lush green fields, and full larders, will be
our rewards

from The Goddess Companion – Daily Meditations on the Feminine Spirit
by Patricia Monaghan