About Nugua: In China, Nugua is known as "she who restores balance." Nugua's energy brings life back into equilibrium when circumstances may have threatened us with chaos. In art she is depicted as being part rainbow-colored dragon and part woman, representing the importance of maintaining balance between the lower and the higher self.
To Do Today: Around this time of year, when the daylight and nighttime hours are growing closer to equal, the Chinese hold a dragon-boat festival that revels in Nugua's balance--the masculine (yin) and feminine (yang), the light and the dark, and the cooperative energies that dance between the two. To commemorate this yourself, be sure to carry a coin with you (the heads/tails represents duality), but keep it where you won't accidentally spend it. Bless it, saying,
"By day and dark,
Nugua's balance impart."
If negativity threatens your sense of stability, follow Chinese custom and drum out the evil. Use anything that has a drumlike sound, move counterclockwise, the direction of banishing, and visualize Nugua's rainbow filling every inch of your home.
Offerings of beans, peaches, and rice are also customary. So, either leave these in a special spot or eat them to internalize any of Nugua's attributes you need today.
By Patricia Telesco ~ From "365 Goddess" and GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
