January gets its name from the Roman god Janus, the keeper of gateways. The Romans used to start their year in the spring, under the sign of Aries, the god of war, and that is when the army began their new campaigns. Then during the reign of Julius Caesar, the calendar was changed to January.
Janus is always pictured with two faces because he ruled over beginnings and endings. He was invoked at the beginning of rituals. So you could say that was when the idea of the January new year came into being. He was invoked at the beginning because he would then open the gateways for the other gods and goddesses to come through the doorway.
He was the one who began all significant life change ceremonies; harvest and planting times, birth and death.
"Well begun is half done." Have you ever heard that old saying? For all of us, new thoughts come to us, then new actions. Actions bring our thoughts to life and so in a symbolic way, we enter through this doorway to make change. Getting things in order to make a strong new beginning sets up the foundation for all other actions that will follow.
Here's another old quote for you.
"Whatever you dream about doing, begin it. For boldness has genius, magic and power in it." This is from the German poet Goethe.
Coming on the heels of the longest night of the year, the days will not appear longer until the beginning of February, Groundhog Day, these dark nights are a perfect time to sharpen our focus and study what we want to learn.
As the guardian of movement and change as the gatekeeper, symbolically as we move through this new gateway, we move toward our goals. And the more clearly we can state our goals, the more certain we are to achieve them.
So all of you who have had me do your numerology for you know that our personal year energies work birthday to birthday. For everyone whose birthday is not on January 1 then, this is a national holiday, and we think about and talk about the year ahead. This is society's new year.
And as you also know, I always do numerology for the new year, so here it is.
Numerology for the New Year
2024 is an 8 year. An 8 year is a time for setting new visions. When we dream about how we want our future to take shape, the new goals, visions, new ideas we want to create and bring into being. This is also a time for us to share these ideas with those we care to share them and open the door for them to participate with us and help us achieve our goals.
8 energy comes as a result of having created and achieved earlier goals, rebounded from difficulties, made good connections with other people, and spent some time reflecting on what is important to us and aligning ourselves with heartfelt values, activities that are important to us and people who are important to us.
In Chinese and Japanese cultures, 8 symbolizes prosperity. Associated with 8 are also balance and harmony. Think about how balance and harmony help us achieve even more.
When we are acting out of love, other people will know that about us. And the way we open doors in our presentations, invite people to work with us and help us, opens the way for our energies to align and bring our goals to completion, turning our thoughts into actions, dreams into realities.
Are our new visions aligned with our hearts? Are we aligned with the people in our lives?
What new visions do you have? Are we inspired? Are you happy with who you are? Are you happy with what you do?Time for New visions?
Happy New Year!
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The suggestion to include Janus in the subject of this this newsletter came from a reader. Thank you Joy!
If any of you has any idea you would like me to include in my newsletters, I will consider all suggestions.
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