We invoke you, Cardea
Lady of the wind of Change
Scatter the stale dust from our minds
Bring the freshening breeze in to our lives,
So we may breath deeply of life
Seer of time, we call you
Lady of the Blood Wind
All time is one to you
Bring forward the truths of our ancestors
Teach us, so we may gift those who follow us
Heart of the Wind, we thank you
Keeper of the keys to all wisdom
Your zephyr brings love with knowledge
Help us to hold compassion equal to right
to know in our judgments, we too shall be judged
We thank you
, Cardea
Opener of every door in the future
Closer of every door in the past
Help us to live truly in the Now, knowing
You are our Guide through the corridor of life
| Accuracy,
penetration/honest, vindictive/self-righteous, congruence/consistency. |
Colors
purple, gold and green |
Foods
eggplant, plums, grapes, and red wine |
| White Hart
Neshamah - the breath and soul of life - the creative
principle of the mother
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A self-confident builder of systems
and applier of theoretical models.
Innovator of ideas, focuses on
possibilities, and long term consequences. Decisive pragmatist who sees
reality as arbitrary and made up - malleable. Brainstormer. Competent high
achiever who demands perfection from self and others.
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.Cardea personified the hinges of
the front door, and therefore the comings and goings of family life
Queen of the Circling Universe |
Arch-Angel
Tzaphkiel -
is responsible for the beginnings and
endings of things.
Angel= Aralim, the Thrones, the Mighty Ones |
Magic: Outer Robe. Vision of wonder and sorrow.
Stabilization of thought and life. Help with groups. Comfort in sorrow.
Contact with the Goddess. Developing the power of faith. Getting in touch
with humanity. Erasing emotional pain. |
Planet=Jupiter
north star
The four Threes/ Queens
Astrological Sign - Libra
Emotions modifying Intellect
Apas of Vayu
Snow, Ice
Tui of Sun
28: Ta Kuo
Power of the Great
Standing firm even though alone
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| Trí glais foríadat rúine: náire,
túa, dochta. |
Three locks that lock
up secrets: shame, silence, closeness |
| Trí heochracha aroslicet imráitiu:
mescca, tairisiu, serc. |
Three keys that unlock thoughts:
drunkenness, trustfulness, love. |
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"and the world moved on its hinges at her command"
Cardea was Queen of the winds and keeper of the doors. Her power is to open
what is shut; to shut what is open.' ..."She looks both forward and
backward in time. Benefactress of crafts people, she lives in a starry
castle at the hinge of the universe behind the East Wind.
She is the Keeper of the twelve winds. Her principal protective emblem, was a
bough of Hawthorne.
Cardea is the sweeping winds of change.
Cardea is the air which sustains life and the last breath before death.
She is honored at her festival,
Beltane, and is also honored during the month of June - known as the "hinge of
the year." Originally, Cardea was the hinge on which the year turned, that is, a
goddess of the turning seasons. Swinging on a swing
was part of a ritual to encourage the growth of crops. Ancient Roman
farmers hung balls, masks and small images of human figures, called
oscilla, on trees or in doorways to swing in the wind. Children would skip
along, hand in hand, swinging their arms, singing songs of summer. That
hinge on which turns the year is the North Star, so she was the Keeper of the
Four Winds. The word, cardinal, meaning "very important, is connected to her
name as well as the Latin, "cerdo"
meaning craftsman, as she is benefactress of all crafts people.
Since words are made of the
wind that we make when we exhale, and since Cardea is praised for her eloquent
speech, women often ask her for the right words to ease conflicts and gain
power. Because of this, Cardea is considered a powerful patroness of female
leadership and strength.
"There was by the Tiber an ancient grove of Helernus, to which the
Pontifices brought offerings. Hence came the nymph who was really called
Cranæ, but who, by means of Janus, became Carna, or goddess of all hinges of
doors and entrances or exits. As a nymph she was chaste as Diana, and
by speedy flight avoided the glance of every man. But she could not escape the
double sight of Janus who won her love and gave her for reward the jus
cardinis, or sway over all hinges, and the white thorn (spina alba)
in order to keep evil from all doors, and especially to exclude the witches who
come in the night to suck the blood of children.
Forculus to guard the doors (fores);
Cardea the hinges (cardo); Limentinus the threshold (limen).
