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February 2010
February 2nd, 2010 | 
Author: | 31st Jan – 2nd Feb | Imbolc |
| 2nd | World Wetlands Day |
| 2nd | Lammas, otherwise known as Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere) happens at the beginning of the harvest season when apples are ready and grain is beginning to ripen. It’s also a day for honouring Lugh, the Celtic craftsman god. |
| 2nd | Groundhog Day |
| 2nd | This day is sacred to the Celtic fire goddess, Brigid |
| 4th | World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. |
| 6th | International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation. This day is set aside in an effort to make the world aware of female genital cutting and to promote its eradication |
| 6th | Sacred to Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of love |
| 6th | The board game, Monopoly was first published commercially in 1935 |
| 7th | British novelist, Charles Dickens was born, 1812 |
| 8th | French novelist, Jules Verne was born, 1828 |
| 9th | Sacred to Apollo, Greed God of the sun, music and prophecy |
| 9th | In 1964, 73 million Americans tuned into the Ed Sullivan Show to watch The Beatles for the first time. |
| 10th | Sacred to Anaitis, Persian Goddess of the Moon |
| 12th | World Darwin Day. Darwin Day commemorates the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on 12 February 1809. The day is used to highlight Darwin’s contribution to science and to promote science in general. |
| 12th – 28th | The 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada |
| 14th | New Moon |
| 14th | The beginning of the Chinese Year of the Tiger |
| 14th | Valentine’s Day. If you’re giving (or getting) Roses for Valentine’s Day, it’s worth knowing what the different colours mean. |
| 15th – 21st | Random Acts of Kindness Week |
| 16th | Tomb of King Tutankhamen unsealed in Egypt, 1923 |
| 16th | Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”) or Shrove Tuesday, is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. |
| 17th | Sacred to Kali, Hindu Goddess of death and life |
| 17th | Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter (Sundays are not included in the count). |
| 18th | The planet, Pluto, was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 |
| 20th | World Day of Social Justice |
| 22nd | World Thinking Day. By definition, a “No brainer” is dong something that is simple, easy, obvious, and/or totally logical. Today is the day for you to do all those “no brainer” tasks and activities. |
| 28th | Purim begins at sundown. Purim is a two day event beginning at sundown on the fourteenth day of Adar, the twelve month of the Jewish calendar. |
| 28th | The Chinese Lantern Festival. The Last Day of the Chinese New Year Season is a Day for Lovers. |
| 28th | Full Moon |
| 28th | Sacred to Demeter, Ceres and Gaea – the Earth Goddesses. This is a great day to do something specifically to honour the Earth. |
| The month of February:
Birthstone: Amethyst Birth flower: Violet Aquarius (21 January – 18 February) Pisces (19 February – 20 March) COLORSTROLGY reference: Sheer Lilac, Pantone 16-3617 February is Black History Month in the United States. It pays tribute to people and events that shaped the history of African Americans. February is Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) History Month. and it is International Friendship Month. |
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| See February’s newsletter under the News tab; there’s also lots more information available on my blog. | |
| This information is correct to the best of my knowledge as I collect the information from many on and offline resources. | |
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January 2010
| 1st | New Year’s Day, very significant day in medieval superstitions regarding prosperity, or lack of it, in the year ahead |
| 1st | Global Family Day, grew out of the United Nations millennium celebration, “One Day of Peace,” January 1, 2000 |
| 1st | World Day of Peace, established by Pope Paul VI |
| 1st | Being the first day of a New Year, it is appropriate to honour Janus |
| 2nd | Believed by the Saxons to be one of the unluckiest days of the year |
| 3rd | Sacred to Dionysus, Greek God of Wine. Feasting, pleasure and fertility |
| 4th | Louis Braille was born in 1809. He was 3 years old when he lost his sight as a result of an accident |
| 4th | Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday |
| 6th | World day for War Orphans |
| 8th | Sacred to Freya, Norse Goddess of love and fertility and to Felicitas, Roman Goddess of good fortune. |
| 13th | St Hilary’s feast day |
| 15th | The first solar eclipse of 2010 occurs at the Moon’s ascending node in western Sagittarius. An annular eclipse will be visible from a 300-km-wide track that traverses central Africa, the Indian Ocean and eastern Asia. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2010.html#SE2010Jan15A |
| 15th | New Moon |
| 17th | The Beatles UK album Yellow Submarine was released, 1969 |
| 18th | Martin Luther King, Jr Day |
| 19th | Sacred to Thor, Norse God of thunder and lightning |
| 23rd | Sacred to Hathor, Egyptian cow-headed Goddess |
| 24th | Compliment Day. This day was created in 1998 by Kathy Chamberlin, of Hopkinton, NH. and Debby Hoffman, of Concord, NH |
| 24 – 26th | Celebrations to honour Gaea. A temple was built approximately 268 BC on the forum Pacis. This is where her celebrations were held and pregnant cattle were sacrificed to her. The main celebration (Sementivae) was held between January 24 until 26 January |
| 25th | Burns Night |
| 27th | Mozart was born in 1756 in Austria |
| 27th | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 28th | Data Protection Day |
| 29th | The Victoria Cross originated in 1856. The medals were made from the metals of guns in the Crimea |
| 30th | Full Moon |
| 31st – 2nd Feb | From sunset on the 31st Jan to sunset on the 2nd Feb is the Festival of Imbolc (31st July – 2nd August in southern hemisphere) |
| The month of January:
Birthstone: Garnet Birth flower: Carnation Capricorn (22 December – 20 January) Aquarius (21 January – 18 February) |
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| See January’s newsletter here; there’s also lots more information available on my blog. | |
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The Earth Goddess – Gaea
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The Earth Goddess (Gaia, Gaea, Ge) was the protogenos (primeval divinity) of earth, one of the primal elements who first emerged at the dawn of creation, along with air, sea and sky. She was the great “Mother of All”. The heavenly gods were descended from her union with Ouranos (the sky), the sea gods from her union with Pontos (the sea), the Gigantes from her mating with Tartaros (the hell-pit). Several mortal creatures were sprung or born from her earthy flesh.
Gaea is the name given her by the people of ancient Greece who worshipped her as the giver of dreams and the nourisher of plants and young children. The Romans called her Terra, Tellus, or earth mother. She was the eldest of all beings and the invulnerable, eternal goddess who was brought rich blessings to both the Upper- and the Underworld. Gaea has been known throughout human history as the patron goddess of all living beings on Earth. She is the embodiment of the spirit of life, growth, harvest and renewal. Gaea is no longer worshipped or thought to be real in the monotheistic cultures of the present day. However, whether people believe her to be real or not, when people refer to Mother Nature or Mother Earth, they are speaking about Gaea. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ceres, Chaos, Cronus, Earth Goddess, Earth Mother, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, mother earth, Mother Nature, Sementivae, Titan, Zeus |
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Gaea – Crying for our attention
Is it coincidence, a warning? Is Gaea (Mother Nature) in distress trying to tell us something or merely just case of seeing what you want to see? A few weeks ago the Metro (UK) published the amazing picture of a ‘crying face’. It is revealed in an ice cap located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.
The metro reported ”A melting glacier has amazingly taken on the form of a face – and some think it shows Mother Nature in tears at the state of our planet.”
The stunning image shocked onlookers who felt the vivid pattern in the melting glacier looked like teary-eyed nature staring straight at them in a foreboding manner.
The ‘tears’ were created by a waterfall of glacial water falling from one of the face’s ‘eyes’.
I can’t help but feel moved by the above picture and feel that there is a power higher than ourselves really trying to tell us its time to take the world we live in a little more seriously. Often people I meet or consult with ask for signs that are irrefutable. How much more ‘in your face’ do you need the message to be from Mother Nature before we take the abuse of our planet seriously?
Gaea’s Gifts
It’s Sunday evening where I live and I am feeling rather philosophical, so I thought I would take a little bit of time to tell you the story of how the name of my website came to be.
I was on the look out for names a few years ago, as I was about to open a gift shop. I had names like “The Wagging Tail” (which would have been named after my wonderful Daschund) and “The Little Shoppe” – some corny names, others great. Then my (wonderful) husband suggested Gaea’s Gifts.
It was the most appropriate name as I was planning a range of wholistic and natural (as possible) range of gifts. When I say natural as possible, I must say that I soon realised that not everything is “real”. Anyway, part of the gifts in my shop was to be tarot readings, numerology, channelling and discussion groups. So the name was appropriate for both the actual gifts in the store as well as the gifts that I was busy tuning into. Read the rest of this entry »
Gaea – Mother Nature
Gaea is Mother Nature (Mother Earth). In Greek religion and mythology, she is the daughter of Chaos, both mother and wife of Uranus (the sky) and Pontus (the sea).
Among Gaea’s offspring by Uranus were the Cyclopes, the Hundred-handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires) and the Titans. To Pontus she bore five sea deities. Because Uranus had imprisoned her sons she helped bring about his overthrow by the Titans, who were led by Kronos. She was worshiped as the primal goddess, the mother and nourisher of all things. The Romans identified her with Tellus.
I chose the name Gaea’s for my website because she symbolises all the things I wish to bring together in providing a spiritual place that bears gifts, heals, teaches and may one day be able to provide a sanctuary
