Winter Goddesses

Here, in the Northern Hemisphere, Winter is the season between autumn and spring.

I look out my windows to see one day after another of sparkling frost and bright snow.

Within my meditations I am inspired by many Winter Goddesses, but one in particular.

Cailleach, the old woman, the Divine Winter Hag and Queen of Winter, ancestor to the Irish and Scottish Celtic peoples, brings Winter to Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

She rises on Samhain night using her white wand of power (the slachdan) to control the power of winter’s cold winds and snowy storms. Her icy breath blows through the months as the Wheel of the Year turns towards the next season.

Ask for her Blessings to travel through the Wintry season safely.

And burn birch, willow or bramble in your hearth fires in her honor.

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