Tyvendedagen (Norway)
Mielikki
Themes: Change; Providence
Symbols: Bear, Grain; Woodland Plants
About Mielikki: The Finnish goddess of game, hunting, and the forest, Mielikki protects our resources during the remaining cold season by keeping the pantry filled. As the goddess of abundant grain, she also encourages the return of fertility to the earth.
To Do Today: Go into your kitchen and get a small handful of any grain-based cereal.
Take this outside and release a pinch of it to the earth, saying:
Mielikki, see this grain and bless, return to earth in fruitfulness.
Hear the prayer that fills my heart; to my home providence impart.
Take the remaining pinch back in the house and store it in an airtight container, symbolically preserving your resources.
Tyvendedagen means “twentieth day after Christmas.” In Norway, today marks the official end of the Yule season. It’s celebrated with races, sleigh rides, and the storage of ornaments and by burning the Christmas tree to drive away winter. So, when you dismantle your Yule tree, keep a jar full of its needles handy. Burn these throughout the year to banish frosty feelings or to warm up a chilly relationship. The pine smoke, being from a woodland tree, also draws Mielikki’s attention to any pressing needs you may have.
(c) 365 Goddess by Patricia Telesco - Copyright 1998
Spell of the Day
January 13th
JANUARY LOVE AFFIRMATION
Love unfolds like the petals of a rose, transforming into a beauty that is boundless. Rose quartz can be used to remind you of that beauty.
For this spell, you will need a piece of rose quartz. While doing the following affirmation, hold the quartz in your receptive hand (your left hand if you're right handed and vice versa).
Draw the natural qualities of love and beauty from the rose quartz into your body. Use deep rhythmic breathing and visualization to do this. Breath the color of rose into your being with your inhalation, and let go of any negativity you may feel with your exhalation. Do this at least three times.
Then say:
Each morning when I awaken, I feel the loving grace of the Goddess fill me with joy and wonder. Each evening when I dream, the loving Lady brings me dreams of beauty and peace.
Now feel the loving beauty and grace of the Goddess streaming through the rose quartz in your receptive hand into your body, mind and spirit. When everything moves in harmony, love is what inherently follows. For a few minutes, go ahead and imagine living your daily life in complete harmony, filled with love, beauty and peace. Allow your imagination to roam from today to tomorrow to next week, next month, next year, five years from now, ten years from now and so on, just imagining all the hours days, weeks, months and years of your life being filled with love, harmony and beauty. Keep the rose quartz somewhere you can easily see it, and repeat the affirmation at least once a day to encourage more love, beauty and harmony in your life.
© 2003 Wiccan Spell a day by Sirona Night
