2.4.4 Other Associations

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

• 2.4.4.2 The Moon Goddess

  • Lunar phase is Dark; she is Crone; season is Winter
  • Vegetation is dying; she is life-taker; Destroyer
  • Dark is the 3 days when moon disappears entirely - Crone at her oldest

• 2.4.4.3 Celtic Lunar Festival of Samhain or Halloween, on October 31

  • The beginning of the Winter, the Dark Moon (October 31)
  • Divides year in half - Geimredh = winter "half"

• 2.4.4.4 Faithful Lover 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"