With the pages closing on 2007 and we begin to reflect, in what we have learned and experienced, though out the year. Grandfather Sun is beginning to arise on the New Year, while January has opens its doors for new opportunities and new resolutions for our guided journeys. During this month, our energies are being drawn by collected energies from the three Goddesses.

Innana, Sumerian goddess the Princess of the Heaven’s and the Earth. Innana originated as the goddess in store housing dates and in a ritualistic manner marries Damuzi, the Date Harvest god.  Innana releases her energies for healing, abundance; love spells, fertility, promotions for work, and helping with your fair dealings, but also has an impatient, impetuous, and demanding side to her. Please be aware of your intent before approaching her.

Fortuna, the Roman Goddess of abundance and also is a fertility goddess. Her symbolic nature of life and luck is a continuous cycle of life, whether if it’s on a basis of good luck and prosperity or a lamentation of times of hardship. She understands our ways of life, so the wheel turns for us to learn something from her dealings. 

On the other side of the land, Yolkai Estasan, Navajo “White Shell Woman”, goddess of the earth, provider of the seasons and the land. She is the goddess of change, passing through an endless stream of lives, particularly in maturation of women. She endlessly transforms her energies from a young maiden, to a grown woman, and then relinquishing her energies back to an old crone in silence.

The Celtic tree calendar for the month of January, starts with Beith (Being) coming from the Ogham alphabet and the corresponding tree, is the birch tree, to honor new beginnings and purification, and it is also represented by the color of white and the elemental attribute is the Spirit of Air for the Mother Goddess. Closing the second half of the month is Luis (Herb) being represented by the Rowan tree.  The legend tells us that the Rowan is a magical tree which grew red berries for the Gods and Goddesses. The berries were heavily guarded by the Gods. The Druids Creator, Celi who was an invisible god, manifested deity as elements of nature, such as lighting transforming into Dragons. Dragons represents with new life coming out of the Dark of Winter. The Rowan is the tree of divination, protection, and good fortune. The Celts believe it is “Tree of Life.” The Rowan is a good tool against psychic attack and bad fortune under the protection of the Sidhe (Fairy Folk), and is very helpful for us to focus on our clarity, attention with detail, and cleansing or purifying. The Rowan is represented by the color of Gray and its elemental attribute continues with the Spirit of Air.

Navaho ancients speaks of the creation of the world, when there was nothing but darkness and silence over the land. Far to the north, a little white cloud awoke and slowly begins to makes its journey eastward, looking for the light. During the journey the white clouds discovers a fierce black cloud, the keeper of darkness crossing its path.

As the two clouds engaged in the Great Battle under the darkened sky, both begin to perspire from their efforts. Drops of sweat fell, transforming into rain upon the Earth. Finally the raindrops made holes in the Earth and the oceans begin to appear. Slowly the waters releases, the imprisoned animals, as they walked, peacefully dividing the land and the hunting grounds and begin to build their homes. However darkness still prevails over the Earth. The little cloud was still weaken and tattered after the fight and called upon its friends, the blue cloud from the south and the yellow cloud from the west. They knew they couldn’t create much light but they managed to go forth enough, so the animals could see each other. With time passing, each of the animals realized that it was their responsibility to find the light.