Calendar of Seasons by Sandra Kynes: December

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December

As the year draws to a close and holiday preparations become a frenzied blur, pause in the moonlight and step out of that frazzled mindset to take a look at your life. Note whether or not you have moved toward your personal and spiritual goals. It is not so important that you have reached these goals as long as you are working in the direction you want to go. Know that you cannot change what has passed but you can chart your course for what is to be.

Moon of Completion Moonlight glitters on the frosty earth. Time seems frozen, but the night air tingles with energy. This is the Moon of Completion. We have come full circle through the twelve months. As the Wheel of the Year makes its final turn and begins a new cycle, we pause to reflect on the path that brought us here and where it may lead us in the year to come. Other names for this moon: Oak Moon (if it falls before the Winter Solstice), Cold Moon, Snow Moon. In the Celtic Tree Calendar December 1 - 22: Elder Associated with prophecy and seeing beyond what is on the surface. December 24 - 31: Birch Associated with new beginnings, changes, and quiet determination. December 23 is the proverbial day in the “year and a day” and does not have a tree associated with it.

1 – Ash, Elder Day of divination for young women to discover who they will marry 2 – Elder, Hornbeam Arianrhod celebrated 3 – Elder, Hornbeam Bona Dea – Roman women’s rituals held in the Temple of Vesta 4 – Elder, Hornbeam Holle waits 5 – Elder, Hornbeam Poseidon celebrated 6 – Elder, Hornbeam St. Nicholas Day (Central Europe) 7 – Elder, Hornbeam 7th to 14th Geminid meteor showers 8 – Elder, Hornbeam A time of heavy frosts 9 – Elder, Hornbeam Dark Moon 10 – Elder, Hornbeam Lux Mundi – Roman celebration, Light of the World Feast 11 – Elder, Hornbeam Best time for clementines, star fruit and winter squash 12 – Elder First appearance of Our Lady of Guadeloupe in 1531 at the former shrine of an Aztec moon goddess. 13 – Elder Runic half month of Jera begins Festival of Lights in Sweden 14 – Elder Bare tree branches stretch toward Luna’s silvery glow 15 – Elder Place holly on your altar 16 – Elder, Heather Sophia celebrated 17 – Elder, Ivy, Holly 17th to 24th Ursid meteor showers 18 – Elder 18th to 22nd, celebration of light and the birth of the god Diev (Latvia) 19 – Elder Darkness renews 20 – Elder, Yew Dreams on this night were believed to reveal the future (Norse) 21 – Elder, Chestnut, Elm, Fir, Holly, Ivy, Mistletoe, Oak, Palm, Yew Prepare your wish for Yule 22 – Elder, Beech, Fir Alban Arthan/Yule/Winter Solstice – Yule Ritual Old European festival of evergreen trees Sun enters Capricorn 23 – Mistletoe, Apple/Crabapple The Nameless Day 24 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple Full Moon – Moon of Completion – Full Moon Ritual Celtic tree month of Birch begins 25 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple Birth of Mithra, Jesus and Ra 26 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple First day of Yuletide (ends January 6th) 27 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple Birth of Freya 28 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple Runic half month of Eoh begins 29 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple Artemis celebrated 30 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple Look ahead 31 – Birch, Apple/Crabapple New Year’s Eve
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Red and green, holly bright, We celebrate Yule this night. The sun returns, glowing white, With the child, Lord of Light.

January • February • March • April • May

June • July • August • September • October • November • December

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