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Today is the start of Lunar New Year. The year runs until January 28, 2025, and is the year of the Wood Dragon. Symbolized by gold and silver and associated with the direction east, the Wood Dragon welcomes abundance and new beginnings. In China, the dragon symbolizes nobility, power, and the emperor, and promises a lucky, abundant, and powerful year. Today, invoke lucky Wood Dragon energy to bless the year, and your life, with abundance, wealth, power, and noble energy. Traditionally a red ...
Decorating often feels magical, undecorating not so much. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Putting away the Yuletide decorations can be a magical experience, too! As you box up your lights, stockings, and other holiday decorations, take a moment to connect with your most treasured items before packing them away. Hold them close to your heart and reflect on the energies and history those items contain. If that energy makes you feel loved and wanted, open yourself up to it, absorbing it ...
When my mother remarried during my teenage years, Christmas became a painful time. She and her new partner lavished each other with gifts and gave me little. When I began to observe Pagan sabbats, I was relieved to leave behind the painful memories of Christmas. Whether you celebrate Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas, use this chant to affirm your intrinsic worth. Look at yourself in the mirror, chanting: I have enough, I do enough, I give enough, I am enough. Enough is enough. So be ...
The winter is a time of rest and sleep. Animals all over the world hibernate at this time. The cold winter nights creep quickly toward the day, and frozen nights keep all huddled tightly in their beds. And yet at this time of year was one of the greatest ancient festivals: Saturnalia, which lasted from December 17 to the 23rd. Saturnalia was a celebration of the god Saturn, and with it came parties, gifts, and carnivals. In modern times, this has become our holiday season, with Christmas and ...
