Birth
Attending a birth, welcoming the child and protecting mother and child at the threshold.
Tradition · Folk Western
Practice
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Nature and meaning
- Category
- Beginning
Details
- Optimal Timing
- PlanetsDaysMoon phasesAvoid phases—Planetary hoursMoonBest seasonsSpringSummerZodiac signsTime of dayDawnNoon
- Correspondences
- PlanetsColorsWhiteRedPinkScentsRoseLavenderTarot focus
- Keywords
- BirthProtectionFertilityBlessing
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- Coming of Age Marking the passage from childhood into adulthood with a test, a blessing and a new name or token.
- Marriage Binding two people in a declared union, with witnesses, vows and a shared cup.
- Harvest Gathering the year's crop with thanks, setting aside the seed for the next year.
- Naming Giving a name to a child, a being, a work or a place, and calling that name into the world.
- Planting Putting seed into the ground with a blessing on the growing and a boundary against blight.
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