Today's Goddess: GAURI
Holi (India)
Themes: Spring; Protection; Fertility; Harvest; Beauty; Humor; Youthfulness;
Wishes; Equality Symbols: Balsam; Golden-colored Items; Milk; Mirrors; Lions
About Gauri: This fertile Hindu goddess extends springlike youth, beauty, fairness, and tenderness into our
lives. Gauri has a sympathetic ear for all human needs and wishes. In works of art she is depicted as a fair maiden,
attended by lions and bearing wild balsam and a mirror. She was born of a milky sea, and her name translates as
"golden one," indicating a connection with the sun. She is offered rice to ensure a good rice crop.
To Do Today: Holi is India's most colorful festival, filled with Gauri's equitable spirit. It celebrates an epic tale in which
the sun (Guari) is freed from a god's mouth by getting him to laugh! Customarily, caste restrictions are shed today in
order for people to simply have fun. Everyone squirts colored water at one another, and by the end of the day, no
one can tell who is a servant and who is a king! This translates into a good-humored water ballon toss. Focus on a
goal while you play. When a ballon breaks, it releases Gauri's youthful joy and productivity into your life.
Hindu custom suggests eating sweets to generate Gauri's beauty and pleasantness in your spirit today. Or, pour her a
libation of milk while making a wish for something you'd like to "harvest" in your life. Hang balsam in your home
to foster Gauri's fairness in your family's interactions.