Calendar of the Sun 31 Yulmonath
Hogmanay Colour: Brown Element: Earth Altar: Upon a brown cloth set symbols of all the projects around the house that need to be finished, as well as a bottle of wine or beer and cups. Offerings: Cleaning and finishing projects. Daily Meal: Leftovers. Hogmanay Invocation We stand at the turning of the year, In the place predicted by the Fates. We are here because this time, this place Is where we were destined to be, Though we never knew before this moment, We could not have seen this time and place. Yet here we are, standing together with each other, Hand to hand, soul to soul, with open eyes. Yet well we know that nothing lasts forever, And things well begun should not be left half done. So it is that we shall take up the tools And finish those things left undone, Tying up the strings of our existence Before the turning of the New Year And the coming of the Fates yet again. Hail to the Fates! We await your day, And the next year, to see what it may bring. (Each goes forth and takes up the symbol of some thing that is yet undone around the House, and declares that they will do it, and what it will mean for them to complete that task. Then the wine is shared around, a toast is made to the new year, and the rest is poured out as a libation.)
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