Wheel of The Year – Yule Sabbat (Holiday Series)



"When the wheel has turned to Yule , light the log the Horned one rules."

 

As Yule is approaching we will be taking a closer look at this sabbat, the lore, correspondencies some rituals and spells that you can do for this upcoming celebration.
The word Yule comes from the Germanic "Jul" and means "Wheel".
The date of this sabbat varies from December 20 to December 23, depending on the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
It is also knows as the Winter Solstice and is celebrated by many people around the world as the beginning of the return of the sun and darkness turning into light. It's also a time to celebrate with family and friends and share the spirit of giving during the holidays.
Known as Solstice Night , or the longest night of the year, when the days grew colder and the nights grew longer, people of ancient times would light candles and gather around fires to lure back the sun. They would bring out their stores of food and enjoy feasting and festivities. Dances were danced and songs were sung and all would delight in decorating their homes.
On this night our ancestors celebrated the rebirth of the Oak King , the Sun King , the Giver of Life that warmed the frozen Earth.From this day forward , the days would become longer.



At Samhain. the Goddess followed the God into the Underworld and the Earth began its long winter slumber. As the Wheel turns to Yule , the Goddess is with child and gives birth to the tiny Oak King, God of the waxing Sun. The Old God or Holly King is defeated  and returns to the Underworld to rest until Summer Solstice when he will again be reborn as Lord of the Waning Sun.
At Yule we mourn the passing of the Old God who is the Lord of Winter. This ancient God has many names besides the Holly King, including Cernunnos , Odin , Harlequin and of course Santa Claus.
Yule is also a celebration of the birth of the Sun King and nature's renewal.

 
Deities of Yule: 
All Newborn Gods, Sun Gods , Mother Goddesses and Triple Goddesses. The best known would be Dagba , and Brighid, the daughter of Dagba.

Symbolism of Yule:
Rebirth of the Sun , the longest night of the year , the Winter Solstice , Introspect , Planning for the future, hope after darkness.

Symbols of Yule:Yule log , or small Yule log with 3 candles, evergreen boughts or wreaths , holly , mistletoe hung in doorways , gold pillar candles, baskets of clove studded fruit, a simmering pot of wassail , poinsettias , christmas cactus.

Herbs of Yule:
Bayberry, blessed thistle , evergreen , frankincense holly, laurel, mistletoe, oak, pine, sage, yellow cedar, chamomile, ivy, rosemary.

 Animals of Yule:
Bears, deers, owls, phoenix, reindeers, snow geese, squirrels, stags, wrens and ravens.

Foods of Yule:
Cookies and caraway cakes soaked in cider, fruits, nuts, pork dishes, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea, spiced cider, wassail, lamb's wool (ale, sugar, nutmeg, roasted apples), mulled wine.

Incense of Yule:
Pine, cedar, bayberry, cinnamon, frankincense, juniper, myrrh, clove, orange.

Colors of Yule:
Red, green,gold, white, silver, orange, yellow.

Stones of Yule:
Rubbies, bloodstones, garnets, emeralds, diamonds, clear quartz.

Metals of Yule:
Gold, Silver. 

Activities of Yule:
Caroling, wassailing the trees, burning the Yule log, decorating the Yule tree, exchanging of presents, kissing under the mistletoe, honoring Kriss Kringle the Germanic Pagan God of Yule.

Spellworkings of Yule:
Peace, harmony, love, increased happiness, hope, strenght, world healing , world peace.

Deities of Yule:
Goddesses- Brigid, Isis, Demeter, Gaia, Diana, The Great Mother, Aphrodite, Fortuna, Hel, Holle, Ishtar, Isis.
Gods-Apollo, Ra, Odin, Lugh, The Oak King, The Horned one, The Green Man, The Divine Child, Mabon,Attis, Balder,Dionysus.


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