Day of the Divine Feminine: Friday the 13th
Long before Friday the 13th became known as a bad luck day, it honored as the Day of the Divine Feminine. The name, Friday, is derived from Old English and means "day of Frigg." Both Queen of Asgard and a powerful sky goddess in Norse mythology, Frigg (also known as Frigga) was associated with love, marriage and motherhood in Pagan times. The number 13 was believed to hold a potent feminine energy because of its link to the number of lunar and menstrual cycles that occur in a calendar year. Fertility was prized in pagan times, and artwork would often draw connections to menstruation, fertility and the phases of the moon. The essentialness of the divine feminine to human life was lost during patriarchal times, but the day has come for a re-awakening of the feminine in each an every one of us so that we can regain the balance of yin and yang within humanity. Today, January, Friday the 13th, 2...