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1.: Sunday's Correspondence...March 25 From: Cher Chirichello

2a.: Lithuanian Folksong From: Cher Chirichello

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1.: Sunday's Correspondence...March 25

Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411

Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:54 pm (PDT)

Sunday's Correspondence...March 25

Today's Influences: All Love Matters, Friendships, Affection, Partnerships, Money, Sex

Today's Goddesses: Astarte, Aphrodite, Erzulie, Aida Wedo, Eve, Venus, Freya, Diana, Aset [Isis], The Witch Of Gaeta, Chalchiuhtlique

Incense: Saffron, Verbena

Aromas: Stephanotis, Apple Blossom, Musk, Ambergris

Color of The Day: Light Blue, Pale Green

Candle: Green

Color: Yellow & gold

Planet: Sun

Metal: Gold

Deities: Brighid, Helios, Ra

Gemstones: Quartz crystal, diamond, amber, carnelian

Herbs & Plants:Marigold, sunflower, cinnamon

Associations: Agriculture, beauty, hope, victory, self-expression and creativity

Use for magick involving love, peace, beauty, gentleness, women's problems, healing, protection, lovers, ease, pleasure, affairs. Resolve quarrels today!

What's Happening Today:

Rome: The word 'hilaria' was used by the Romans to describe any event or season of rejoicing, either public or private. Hilaria, the annual public holiday which began on March 22nd and culminated on this day, honored the Goddess Cybele, the mother of the Gods. On this day, people celebrated the resurrection of Attis, son of the goddess Cybele, and the first day after the vernal equinox, the first day of the year which was longer than the night. Cybele's power over death symbolized how, yearly, gloomy winter passes away. The first day of Spring was spent in rejoicings and no signs of grief or sorrow were permitted. On this day, there was a solemn procession of people carrying the statue of the goddess and the costly specimens of plate and works of art belonging either to wealthy Romans or to the emperors themselves. Games honoring the goddess and other amusements were part of the day's celebrations, especially masquerades when everyone could disguise
themselves and imitate public figures, even magistrates. One theory has it that the customs of contemporary April Fool's day were influenced by the boisterous merrymaking of the ancient Hilaria celebration.

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2a.: Lithuanian Folksong

Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411

Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:54 pm (PDT)

O blooming one, O Goddess,
O Zemyna, bloom for us:
bloom in the rye fields,
bloom in the barley fields,
bloom in all the fields,
bloom now and bring us
grain in the harvest to come.
~Lithuanian Folksong

In Slavic lands, this
was traditionally the first day of plowing, for it was believed that
until this day, Mother Earth, was pregnant and would be injured by the
sharp blades of farming implements. Few of us today earn our livelihood
by bringing food forth from the fields, and so we have lost many of the
traditions that sustained our foremothers. We respond tot he cycle of
the seasons nonetheless, reveling in the sweet feeling of warmer air
against our winter-starved skins.

Even if we have no land in which to plant real seeds, we can build rituals that honor the
springtime fervor as it comes into our souls. Human beings are
ritual-making creatures. We might not build them consciously, but from
them we will. We honor the goddess most effectively when we create
rituals that express the best of ourselves and our intentions toward
this earth, our mother.
.
By Patricia Monaghan

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