Yule

  1. Other names:
    • Winter Solstice, Yuletide
  2. Keywords:
    • Renewal, rebirth, new beginnings.
  3. Meaning:
    • Rebirth of the sun. Yule is the time we celebrate the goddess giving birth to the sun god once again. Days are slowly getting longer. It is the time when the holly king (representing the death aspect of the god)is overcome by the oak king (who represents the rebirth of the god, and sometimes called the devine child)
  4. Date:
    • December 21
  5. Lunar phase:
    • New Moon
  6. Symbols:
    • Yule log, Mistletoe, holly, Family bonds, a reindeer stag.
  7. Flowers:
    • Holly, Mistletoe
  8. Incense:
    • Frankincense, myrrh
  9. Oils:
    • Myrrh,
  10. Colors
    • Red, green, gold, white, silver, yellow, orange.
  11. Stones
    • Bloodstones, rubies, emeralds, garnets, diamonds
  12. Animals
    • Reindeer stag
  13. Alter decorations:
    • the yule log, candles representing the triple goddess in all 3 phases.
  14. Goddess
    • Brighid, Isis, Gaea, Diana, the great mother.
  15. gods
    • Ra, The oak king, the horned one, the green man, the devine child.
  16. Traditions
    • Fires are lit within cauldrons, yule log lit.
  17. Food and drink:
    • caraway cakes, fruits, nuts, spiced cider




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