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Cerealia Celebration Altar

April 12, 2019 by Stephanie Rose Bird
Color of the day:  Pink
Incense of the day:  Cypress
 
Cerealia was an ancient Roman festival celebrated at this time of year in honor of the goddess Ceres. She is a goddess of many things, including agriculture, grains, and the harvest. Her domain is fertility, motherhood, and women. Crops are sacred to Ceres. She is a goddess who speaks to the everyday person.

Cerealia was an eight-day festival thought to have begun on or around April 12th. The following altar is inspired by this observance. It promises to enrich your fertility in whatever area you need it.

Ritual and Ceremony
Wearing a white robe or dress, begin setting up your altar at sunrise.
Gather some wheat sheaves and tie them with a simple hemp string.
Create a cornucopia ( horn of plenty) out of some fresh, local crops.
Set your wheat sheaves and cornucopia on a green cloth on your altar.
Set out and then light a circle of white candles in holders.

Altar
Reflect on your Cerealia altar at sundown. Bring it your wish for fertility, health, and good living. Be sure to extinguish the candles.
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Priestess Stephanie Rose Bird is a painter and the author of several bestselling books on earth spirituality, Hoodoo, and anthropology, including Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones, 365 Days of Hoodoo, Light, Bright and Damned Near White, and African American Magick. Priestess Bird, who holds a BFA ...
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