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Yule
December 20, 21 or 22, depending on the calendar.
Sun at 1 degree Capricorn.
Also called the Winter Solstice.
Yule means "wheel", Solstice means "the sund stands."
Primary focus re-birth and re-newal "saining" or "blessings" in ritual form, burning of the Yule log.
Symbols: Evergreens, Wreath, Yule Log, Holly Spinning Wheel.
Colors: Red, Green, White
Deities: Newborn God; Triple Goddess; Virgin Goddess.
Herbs: Holly, Mistletoe, Ivy, Cedar, Bay, Juniper, Rosemary, Frankincense, Myrrh, Sandalwood, and Pine.
Offerings can be Apples, Oranges, Nutmegs, Lemons, Pinecones, Oak Leaves, and/or whole Cinnamon sticks.
Age Wooden pillars throughout Europe alighned with the rising sun have been dated to 3200 -3000 B.C., making this holiday at least 5000 years old. Ruled by Saturn
YULE INVOCATION
Morning light will flood the chamber Winter solstice sun
Energy unfolding Starun's rule has just begun
Crystals formed of ice and frost Freeze field and forest green
While mighty Oak and holly fight for favors from our Queen
The Great Wheel brings conception,
Birth, and death as days of yore
Each bonfire on a leyline honors what has gone before
Seven planets, Seven spheres Seven gates swing open
I lift my arms and call the charge The incantation spoken!
I conjure water spirits Pour fourth the scred winds
Come hither, O great fire! The magick now begins!
Solar vapors, starry heavens Clouds and Earth and Waves
Unite in your perfection On this shortest Solstice day
I hold the key of secrets And phantoms will avail
The cross roads shimmer open As the rod connects the grail
Seven plants, Seven spheres Seven gates wing open
I lift my arms and call the charge The incatation spoken!
....by R. Digilova
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YULE MEANING & LORES!
YULE MEANING
Yule is a time of the greatest darkness and is the shortest day of the year. Earlier people noticed such phenomena and supplicated the forces of nature to lengthen the days and shorten the nights.
Witches sometimes celebrate Yule just before dawn, then watch the Sun rise as a fitting finale to their efforts. After the Norse brought Yule into prominence it nearly replaced Celtic Covens still honor Yule this way.
They celebrate Yule with many of the trappings we associate with modern Christmas observances: decorated evergreen trees, wreaths, holly mistletoe, feastings, and dancing.
YULE LORE
One Traditional Yuletide practice is the creation of a Yule tree. This can be a living, potted tree which can later be a planter in the ground or a cut one. The choice is yours.
Appropriate Pagan decorations are fun to make, from strings of Dried rosebuds and cinnamon sticks (or popcorn and cranberries) for Garlands, to bags of fragrant spices which are hung from bougs. Quartz crystals can be wrapped with shiney wire and suspended from Sturdy brances to resemble icicles. Apples, oranges and lemons hanging from boughs are strikingly beautiful, natural decorations, and were customary in ancient times.
Many enjoy the custom of lighitng the Yule log. This is a graphic representation of the rebirth of the God within the sacred Fire of the Mother Goddess. If you choose to burn one, select a proper log (traditionally of oak or pine). Carve or chalk a figure of The Sun (such as a rayed disc) or the God ( a horned circle of a figure of a man) upon it, with teh Boline, and set it alight in th e fireplace at dusk on Yule. As the log burns, visualize the Sun shining within it and think of the coming warmer days.
As food, nuts, fruits such as apples and pears, cakes of Caraway soaked in cider, and ( for non-vegetarians) pork is traditional fare. Wassail, lambs wool, hibiscus or giner tea and fine drinks for the Simple Feast or Yule Meals.
YULE CHANTS
Thus passes away from thee. away from thee and things the spirit of the last cycle's learning Free to move forward into the turning of this year's cycle of learning.
We rejoice the time of repsoe has come, let us remember the lessons each has learned commit the lessons to heart, preparing to move beyond.
Queen of the moon, Queen of the sun,
Queen of the heavens, Queen of the stars,
Queen of the waters, Queen of the earth,
Bring to us the Child of Promise!
Ti is the Great Mother
Who giveth birth to Him;
It is the Lord of Life
Who is born again;
Darkness and tears are set aside
When the sun shall
Come up early!
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