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January Esbat Wolf Moon Correspondences by Regi
January is named after the Roman god Janus.
Magical works to concentrate on in January: banishing negativity, new beginnings, protection, weather divination, wish magic, works to help you achieve your goals
January 2011's Moon Phases:
- Jan. 4th: New Moon
- Jan. 12th: First Quarter
- Jan. 19th: Full Moon
- Jan. 26th: Last Quarter
The Full Moon of January is called:
- Algonquin, Colonial America: Wolf Moon
- Apache: Time of Flying Ants
- Arapaho: When the Snow Blows Like Spirits in the Wind
- Chinese: Holiday Moon
- Cherokee: Cold Moon
- Cheyenne: Month of the Strong Cold
- Choctaw: Cooking Moon
- Cree: When the Old Fellow Spreads the Brush
- Creek: Mulberry Moon
- Haida: Bear Hunting Moon
- New Guinea: Rainbow Fish Moon
- Ojibwe: Great Spirit Moon
- Wishram: Her Cold Moon
Other names for January include:
- Finland: Tammikuu (Month of the Oak)
- Czechoslovakia: Leden (Ice Month)
- Asatru: Snowmoon
Zodiac signs for January: Capricorn (Dec. 21-Jan. 20) and Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19). January's birthstone is the garnet. It's birthflower is dianthus. The number of January is 1.
Consider working with the colors black, white, red and violet in January.
If you are looking for stones to work with this month, consider amber, garnet, hematite, jet and onyx. Carry one or more on your person, use them in a monthly magic mojo bag, or set them out this month on a window sill to charge throughout the month. Choose one or more to research and add to your book of shadows.
January's animals: blue jay, coyote, duck, fox, good, wolf. To incorporate these animals, add a statue or photo of your choice of animal to your altar or read about how them can be used as totem animals.
Mythical animals to work with: brownies and gnomes.
Plants associated with January include: birch, carnation, marjoram, nuts and pine cones. Keep a small pot of one on your altar, add one or more to your monthly mojo bag, research them, plan recipes around them or make an infusion of them to add to your cleaning water. Add a bowl of pine cones to your table as a centerpiece, or get the kids to smear peanut butter and seeds on some and hang them out for the birds!
Deities of January:
- Goddesses: Chang-O, Freya, Hera, Inanna, Juno, Pax, Sarasvati, Venus
- Gods : Antu, Janus
JANUARY
THE WOLF MOON
The word January came from the Roman name for this month. It was
named after the God Janus, who was the God with 2 faces. This was the
God of the past and future, beginnings and endings. With January
considered the first of the year, being named after Janus is almost
perfect. This is the perfect time to put aside the old and the bad
in your life and start anew with fresh new thoughts and goals.
CORRESPONDENCES FOR JANUARY
NATURE SPIRITS : gnomes and brownies
HERBS: marjoram, holy thistle, nuts and cones
COLORS: white, blue-violet and black
FLOWERS: snowdrop, crocus
SCENTS: musk and mimosa
STONES: garnet, onyx, jet, and chrysoprase
TREES: Birch
ANIMALS: Fox and Coyote
BIRDS: pheasant and the bluejay
DEITIES: Freya, Inanna, Sarasvati, Hera, CH'ang-O, Sinn
POWER AREAS: Sluggish, below the surface, beginning and concieving,
protection, reversing spells, Conserve energy by working
on your own personal problems that involve no one else.
Time to work on new goals.
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An esbat (play /ˈɛsbæt/) is a coven meeting other than one of the Sabbats within Wicca and other Wiccan-influenced forms of Neopaganism. Janet and Stewart Farrar describe esbats as an opportunity for a "love feast, healing work, psychic training and all."
Many confuse the esbat with the ritual observance of the full moon. While Doreen Valiente writes that in Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches full moon rites were known as Esbats in the rest of Europe, she later finds it necessary to specify "full moon Esbat," to distinguish it from other esbat occasions.
The term esbat in this sense was described by Margaret Murray. Murray (1921) claimed that "The Esbat differed from the Sabbat by being primarily for business. ... very often the Esbat was for sheer enjoyment only". Murray used 16th to 17th century French sources on supposed Witches' Sabbaths in the context of the European witch trials to "reconstruct" a Witch Cult in Western Europe. The Old French term esbat (Modern French ébat) meant amusement or diversion, with a connotation of frolicking.
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Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries had its humble beginnings as an idea of a few artisans and craftsmen who enjoy performing with live steel fighting. As well as a patchwork quilt tent canvas. Most had prior military experience hence the name.
Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries.
Vendertainers that brought many things to a show and are know for helping out where ever they can.
As well as being a place where the older hand made items could be found made by them and enjoyed by all.
We expanded over the years to become well known at what we do. Now we represent over 100 artisans and craftsman that are well known in their venues and some just starting out. Some of their works have been premiered in TV, stage and movies on a regular basis.
Specializing in Medieval, Goth , Stage Film, BDFSM and Practitioner.
Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries a Dept of, Ask For IT was started by artists and former military veterans, and sword fighters, representing over 100 artisans, one who made his living traveling from fair to festival vending medieval wares. The majority of his customers are re-enactors, SCAdians and the like, looking to build their kit with period clothing, feast gear, adornments, etc.
Likewise, it is typical for these history-lovers to peruse the tent (aka mobile store front) and, upon finding something that pleases the eye, ask "Is this period?"
A deceitful query!! This is not a yes or no question. One must have a damn good understanding of European history (at least) from the fall of Rome to the mid-1600's to properly answer. Taking into account, also, the culture in which the querent is dressed is vitally important. You see, though it may be well within medieval period, it would be strange to see a Viking wearing a Caftan...or is it?
After a festival's time of answering weighty questions such as these, I'd sleep like a log! Only a mad man could possibly remember the place and time for each piece of kitchen ware, weaponry, cloth, and chain within a span of 1,000 years!! Surely there must be an easier way, a place where he could post all this knowledge...
Traveling Within The World is meant to be such a place. A place for all of these artists to keep in touch and directly interact with their fellow geeks and re-enactment hobbyists, their clientele.
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