RainwaterWineGrain from the last sheafA libation poured into the ground
Invocation Approach
Tone
Heavy and patient
Address
NotusSouth WindBringer of Rain
Relationship
The wind that arrives heavy and leaves the crop damp
Warning
His gift and his damage are the same water
Resonance
Farmers sailors those who need rain or need it to stop
Symbols
SouthWingsWater jarCloudFog
Mythology Summary
Notus is the south wind, son of Astraeus and Eos, the one that comes up hot and wet and brings the late-summer storms. Hesiod's Works and Days counts him among the winds that ruin a harvest and warns the farmer about him, which is as much cult as he receives. He is the moisture of the south rather than a personality, and the Greek telling rarely gives him a myth of his own.
Modern Practice
Notus is worked with for rain that is needed and for the stopping of rain that is not, and by people whose plans depend on weather. The practice is a poured libation and an honest reading of the forecast; he is not asked for drama.