Full moon Names: Cold Moon, Oak Moon, Wolf moon, Moon of Long nights, Long Nights Moon, Aerra Geola (Month Before Yule), Wintermonat
(Winter month), Heilagmanoth (Holy Month), Big winter Moon, Moon of Popping Trees
Days to remember
Dec 1: Greek and Roman 'Day of Pallas Athene/Minerva'
Dec 3: Roman 'Feast of Bona Dea' deity of justice
Dec 5: Death if Aleister Crowley 1947
Dec 6: Birthday of Dion Fortune 1890
Dec 8: Mayan 'festival of Ixchel'. Egyptian 'Festival of Neith'. Greek
'Astraea' dedicated to the goddess Astraea, deity of justice
Dec 10: Roman 'Festival of Lux Mundi' (Light of the World)
Dec 13: Swedish 'St. Lucia' (Lucy's Day)
Dec 17-23: Roman 'Saturnalia'
Dec 19: Roman 'Opalia' for success and fertility. Indian 'Pongol'. Hindu
Solstice festival to Sarasvati
Dec 21: Celtic 'Winter Solstice' Festival of the Stars. Egyptian return of
Osiris to Isis
Dec 23: Egyptian 'Day of Hathor'. Egyptian 'Night of Lamps' final entombment
of Osiris
Dec 24: Anglo Saxon 'Modresnach' (Mother Night). German 'Night of the
Mothers'
Dec 25: Roman end of 'Saturnalia'. Greek 'Day of the Geniae' Greeks also
honour Athene on this day. Semetic celebration of Astarte. feast of Frau Holle
(Germanic weather goddess)
Dec 26: Egyptian birthday of Horus
Dec 27: Norse birthday of Freyja
Dec 31: Roman 'Day of Hecate'. Egyptian 'Lucky day of Sekhmet'. Scottish
'Hogmanay'. Welsh 'Faery of the Van'. Sicilian celebration of Strenia, goddess
of gifts. French celebration of Dame Abonde for presents. Mexican 'Wishing
Night'
Correspondences
Nature Spirits: Snow Faeries, Storm Faeries and Winter Tree Faeries
Herbs: Holly, English Ivy, Fir and Mistletoe
Colors: Blood Red, White and Black
Flowers: Holly, Poinsettia and Christmas Cactus
Scents: Violet, Patchouli, Rose Geranium, Frankincense, Myrrh and Lilac
Stones: Aerpentine, Jacinth and Peridot
Trees: Pine, Fir and Holly
Animals: Mouse, Deer, Horse and Bear
Birds: Rook, Robin and Snowy Owl
Deities: Hathor, Hecate, Neith, Athene, Minerva, Ixchel, Osiris, Norns and The Fates
Power Flow: Death and Rebirth, Darkness, personal Alchemy, Spiritual Paths. Reach out to
friends, family and those in need.