2.1 East - Yellow or Red - Summer - Sunrise

• Both yellow and red refer to the rising sun
  • Whence springs light; sun rises to light world; morning star gives men wisdom

2.1.4 Other Associations

• Native American Associations:
  • Wilson: Buffalo, Spring
  • Sun Bear: Wabun, Eagle
• Modern Psychological Associations: Dancing the Wheel with Mary Loomis
• Western Associations: Lunar, Celtic, Amulets
• Eastern Associations: Chinese, Feng Shui, Tibetan

2.1.4.2 The Moon Goddess

• Lunar phase is waxing - she is Virgin; season is Spring
• Vegetation grows to feed man and beast; she is life-giver, creator
• Virgin returns to her autonomy, separateness, unmarried

2.1.4.3 Celtic Lunar Festival of Imbolc, or Candlemas, on February 1

• Marks first day of spring (equivalent to waxing moon)
• Celtic beginning for measurement of day from dusk
  • Recalls Moon as Queen of Night, giving man the first measurement of time
• Divides year into quarters (after Samhain & Beltane divide it in half)
  • Earrach marks winter quarter

2.1.4.4 Love of the Four-Leaf Clover Amulet

• First leaf (to left of stem) brings fame
• Clockwise, wealth (2), a faithful lover (3), good health (4)
• "Those lacking good fortune and failing to wear a 4-leaf clover have only themselves to blame"