Today's Goddess: Tatsu Ta Hime
Shich-go-San (Japan)
Themes: Children, Health, Luck, Thankfulness, Autumn, Blessings, Abundance,Protection
Symbols: Fall Leaves
About Tatsu Ta Hime: This windy Japanese Goddess blows into our lives today offering blessings and abundance for all our efforts. Tradition tells is that she weaves the fall leaves into a montage of color , then sweeps them away along with any late fall maladies. Sailors often wear an amulet bearing her name to weather difficult storms at sea safely.
To Do Today: Also known as the 7-5-3 festival in Japan, this is a huge birthday celebration for children who have reached these ages. Parents take their young ones to local shrines for the Goddess's and God's blessings. Here they receive a gift of rice for prosperity and a bit of pink hard candy for a long life. If you have children, by all means follow this custom to draw Tatsu Ta Hime's protective energies into their lives. Place some rice, a piece of pink candy and a strand of the child's hair in a little sealed box. Write the Goddess's name somewhere on the box to keep her blessings intact. Put this in the child's room or on the family altar. To manifest this Goddess's health and well being, take several swatches of fabric bearing her name and sew them into various items of clothing or carry one in your pocket. Should you day prove emotionally storm, this little charm will keep you centered, calm and "on course".
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