Santa Lucia feast day today.
Wearing a crown of lights.
As she took food & drink to early Christians hiding
in the catacombs. A wreath of candles on her head,
her hands were free to carry food in the darkness.
Santa Lucia is also an island that, along with Italy, venerates the holy saint/martyr.

Festival of Light During Dark 1/2 of the Year
Today is the Feast day of St. Lucia. Lucia, from Latin “luc, lux”, means “light”, “lucid.” A Christian young woman during the times of Roman persecution, Lucia distributed her wealth to the poor, consecrated her life to God, and refused an arranged marriage — leading to her denouncement and subsequent martyrdom.

Lucy is the patron saint of the blind. She is also an icon for the holiday season of Darkness (bringing light into the darkness). Especially in Scandinavian and Italian towns, but here and there across America, Santa Lucia’s feast day is celebrated. Young girls wear halos of lights, wreathes of evergreens with 7 candles are placed on tables as centerpieces (like the Advent wreath w/ its five candles).
Candles and flickering lights are everywhere as light is the central theme (casting out the darkness).

Santa Lucia festivities include parades (serenading the dark, the land, the sky, the trees) with young women carrying light upon their heads (passing by and seen through a darkened window), the festivities at times beginning before dawn.

In some villages, the entire town celebrates with open houses, lights on windows, followed by Mass or religion ceremonies, the reading of the Christmas story & the lighting of the Christmas tree. Festival foods include teas, mulled wine, cider, the Swedish treat, Lussekatter or St. Lucia Saffron Buns.

Recipe for St. Lucia Saffron buns
(note – saffron is optional).
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/st_lucia_saffron_buns/

Today the moon is v/c all day into midnight.
After midnight, the moon enters Virgo.

When time/space meet, events happen.
Sky marries earth, time marries space.
The study of this is what the art & sacred science of
astrology is. Getting to know ourselves in time & space,
between heaven & earth, in the Temple of Beauty.
Risa