Mythic Monday: Lucina

Siemiginowski Allegory of Spring
Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Hello, dear friends. As I return to the computer for the first time in nearly a month, following hospitalization with knee replacement surgery and a few days in a rehab facility, I bid you welcome to 2016 and my little cozy corner of the cyber world. I have missed you. I have sorely missed reading my favorite blogs and look forward to catching up. I am getting around pretty well with a walker in my home and also attending outpatient rehab three days a week. Huge loving thanks to my son and daughter-in-law for their love and support, for driving me to rehab, and for making sure I’m all right each day. I don’t know when I’ll be able to drive yet. I look forward to regaining stamina. I’m trying to exhibit patience and grace and allow the healing energy of the new year to revitalize and rejuvenate me. I’m sure you can see why shining Lucina called to me as a fitting headliner for the first Mythic Monday of 2016.

The celebration of Lucina, the Roman goddess of light, occurs with the return of the sun’s power following Winter Solstice. At this point on the Wheel of the Year, light has defeated darkness, the new takes the place of the old, and the world begins to shuck off the stillness and hibernation of the winter season. This is the time we reevaluate our lives and form new goals and desires for the coming year. Lucina, with her golden luminosity aiding clarity of vision, comes to our assistance. Her crown of candles carries on to Saint Lucia, a most beloved patron saint. Closely affiliated with the Roman mother goddess Juno, Lucina also oversaw the labors of childbirth, protecting both mother and babe. Her affinity with the sun is highly interesting, in that she was at one time a moon goddess and affiliated with the powerful Diana. Here is another example of mythological correspondence and sharing of powers among deities of various names and locales. I love Lucina’s nickname of Little Light and the blessings she bestows. Do you feel a change this time of the year and, if so, how would you describe it?

GuardianoftheDeep_SM (1)Cheers & Happy Reading,
Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Romance

By Flossie Benton Rogers

Paranormal romance author who loves to shake the edges of reality.

8 comments

  1. Welcome back!
    I missed your awesome posts.
    I’m glad to hear things are on the right path. Give a warm hug to your son and daughter-in-law from me.
    May Lucina accompany you on the road to a speedy recovery, dear friend, and may 2016 be a better year for you as well as family!
    Happy writing!

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  2. So glad to have you back, Flossie, and to hear that you are on the mend. You were missed!
    Wishing you the very best for 2016 with lots of blessings and light.

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