Goddess~A~Day 9/2

Lost Days (Brittany)

Horae

Themes:  Time; Cycles

Symbols:  Clocks; Hourglasses; Egg Timers

About the Horae:  These are the Greek and Roman goddesses of time, ruling over the seasons and every hour of the day.  They make sure that nature and life's order is kept, and they generally strengthen our awareness of time and the earth's cycles.

To Do Today:  In the mid-1700's, Britain changed over from the Julian system to the Gregorian calendar.  People went to sleep on Wednesday, September 2, and woke up Thursday, September 14, puting the Horae on notice that humans need help with scheduling!  To evoke the Horae's promptness in your life, try blessing your watch by saying,

By the minute, by the hour, instill in me a sense of time;

by the season, by the year, renew the magic with this rhyme.

Repeat this phrase and touch your watch any time you have to be punctual, meet a deadline, or stay precisely on schedule for whatever reason.  The Horae will then nudge you when you start to dilly-dally, lag behind, or get otherwise distracted.

For keeping up with everyday, mundane tasks, this spell works for alarm clocks, bakery timers, hourglasses, water clocks, and sundials.  Bless the token using the same incantation.  Then attach a schedule or "to do" list to any of these items in and around your home.  This symbolically attaches the Horae's timeliness to those areas, enhancing your productivity levels.

By Patricia Telesco~From "365 Goddess"