Calendar of the Sun 18 Yulmonath Saturnalia Day 2: Saturn's Release Colours: Black and Gold Element: Earth Altar: Upon cloth of black place eight gold candles, each surrounded by gold coins, a bottle of good wine and many cups, and the figure of a seated man, wrapped in a chain. Offerings: Throw over routines and take joy. Daily Meal: Anything that the folk of the House want, correct or otherwise. Invocation of Saturn's Release Hail to the Lord of Discipline, Saturn bound in chains. Hail to the Old Man of Time With your fearsome sickle, Lord of the Hourglass, the Sundial, All that places restrictions on the bright, The beautiful, the free and easy. You live an existence bound in chains, But at this time of the year, dark and cold, We release you from your bonds! We acknowledge that order cannot be held Without respecting that which is chaos, And so we pay for the blessed order of our lives, The gift of Saturn, and Eunomia, and many others, By these days of release from that Order. We release you, O Lord of Limitations, And pray that you, and we, shall be glad Once more to place these chains about you And about ourselves. Hail Saturn! (All cry out "Hail Saturn!" The chain is unwound from about the seated statue of Saturn, and the wine is poured. All toast to the Gods and to many other things, and go off to do what they will. From this point until Arktos of the night of Yule, rules are loosened if not entirely done away with. There is no work today during Akte and Elete, and folk may do what they will until Hesperis. All work done, and all hours attended to, will be by choosing and not by rule. Waking and sleeping will come as they will. For many folks, this will be a time to leave the House and visit family.) Song: Any that the House chooses.
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