Sacred Days of Yule

[BlueDragonfly]

Many past members on AT will remember this reading/spread. 

http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art26918.asp  The original article.

 

Here is the spread

by June Kaminski:

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The Sacred Days of Yule Spread is great for helping you to embrace the sacredness of this festive season. This is an advanced spread for any level of reader to use during the Yule time from December 20th to 31st.

This spread is unique because it is done over these twelve days. You need to find a quiet private space to progress through this spread, since a card is added and left on the wheel as each day passes.

 

PRIMARY USES

To help you to walk a sacred path through the twelve days of Yule from December 20th, the Mother Night of Dreams to December 31st, New Year's Eve or Hogmanay.

 

Sacred Days of Yule Interpretation

 

This spread will help you to learn to apply the tarot to enjoy and enrich your passage through the twelve festive days from December 20th to 31st. The meaning of each card in the spread reflects the energy of the festivity associated with each of the twelve days.

 

 

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1. Mother Night of Dreams: - Dec 20th This card reminds us to look for a particular message in our dreams tonight. The ancients believed that our dreams on this night foretold some of the important events in the coming year.

 

2. Yule - Winter Solstice: - Dec 21st This card shows us how best to connect to the Light within and without - it symbolizes the Birth of the Sun.

 

3. The Time of Beth: - Dec 22nd This card points to the inner blocks and resistance that is holding us back from following our dreams.

 

4. Hopi Time of Renewal Dec 23rd This card indicates the best way for us to seek purification and renewal, and to build tolerance for others.

 

5. Feast of Mothers, Christmas Eve: - Dec 24th This card shows how we can connect with the spirits of our ancestors for communion and to ask for wisdom and guidance. It is also a time for Christians to reflect on the birth of Christ.

 

6. Festival of Life, Christmas: - Dec 25th This card shows us how to connect directly with Spirit.

 

7. Yuletide, Kwanzaa: - Dec 26th This card shows us how to express nurturance, to attend to our families and to express the protective energy within us towards others.

 

8. Birth of Freyja: - Dec 27th This card points to issues of love, luck, artistic and creative expression and female wisdom.

 

9. Feast of Alcyone: - Dec 28th This card gives us a personal inner message - one that speaks directly to our heart and spirit.

 

10. Day of Nymphs - Dec 29th This card encourages us to connect to our playful side, our inner child and how best to cultivate this aspect of ourselves.

 

11. Day of Rest: - Dec 30th This card shows us how to walk our path in a relaxed and confident way....with the ability to deal with stressful situations in a philosophical, detached way.

 

12. New Year's Eve, Hogmanay - Dec 31st This card shows us how to release the old and let in the new. This relates to both our external lives and our inner being.

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Directions

This spread is unique from other spreads - it is done one card at a time, over the course of twelve days. Each card is meant to be drawn and reflected upon as a separate entity, with a special unique message for the particular sacred day.

 

1. First, print out a copy of the Yule Wheel.

 

2 Select a quiet consistent time of day to draw each card over the twelve days if you can. Considering the busyness of the season, this could be a challenge.

 

3. Each day, draw one card from your tarot deck and lay it on the appropriate spoke of the wheel. Reflect on each card and glean the message it has for you, according to the meanings given above.

 

4. By New Year's Eve your wheel will be full with the drawn twelve cards. Reflect on the overall meaning of these twelve cards as a whole and write down your impressions of the message being given for the coming year.

[Flaxen]

I love this spread - it's such a great way to connect in from Solstice to New Year. I'll definitely be doing it again this year with my faithful Greenwood.

[BlueDragonfly]

I love this spread - it's such a great way to connect in from Solstice to New Year. I'll definitely be doing it again this year with my faithful Greenwood.

I'm working on setting it up!  Watch for a thread in Talking Tarot.  :D

[EmpyreanKnight]

I've been waiting for this, BlueDragonfly. :D

[BlueDragonfly]

I've been waiting for this, BlueDragonfly. :D

8)  I noticed your broad hint in my birthday thread!

[EmpyreanKnight]

Lol I tried my best to be subtle. ;D

[Zelmira25]

I was just thinking of it today. I had been away from the forum, and I just found out it had closed. I am ver happy I have found you, and I am looking forward to do this lovely spread one more year. Thank you so much.

Zelmira

[Hemera]

Oh, great news! Christmas wouldn't be the same without this group. :)