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Introduction To Supporting Sustainable Agriculture For Witches and Pagans

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PAGANISM AND WITCHCRAFT ARE MOVEMENTS WITHIN A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE CAPITALIST SOCIETY. As the world becomes more aware of the importance of sustainability, so does the duty of humanity to uphold the idea of the steward, stemming from various indigenous worldviews, in the modern era. I make this small introduction as a viticulturist working towards organic and environmentally friendly grape production. I also do work on a food farm, as a second job—a regenerative farm, so I suppose that is my qualifications. Sustainable—or rather regenerative agriculture—grows in recognition. And as paganism and witchcraft continue to blossom, learning and supporting sustainability is naturally a path for us to take. I will say that this is influenced by I living in the USA, however, there are thousands of groups across the world for sustainable agriculture, of which tend to be easy to research.

So let us unite in caring for the world together, and here is an introduction to supporting sustainable/regenerative agriculture. 

A QUICK BRIEF ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 

Sustainable agriculture, in truth, is a movement to practise agriculture as it has been done for thousands of years—this time, with more innovation from science and microbiology especially. The legal definition in the USA of sustainable agriculture is: 

The term ”sustainable agriculture” (U.S. Code Title 7, Section 3103) means an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will over the long-term:

A more common man’s definition would be farming in a way that provides society’s food and textile needs without overuse of natural resources, artificial supplements and pest controls, without compromising the future generation’s needs and ability to produce resources. The agriculture industry has one of the largest and most detrimental impacts on the environment, and sustainable agriculture is the alternative movement to it. 

Sustainable agriculture also has the perk of being physically better for you—the nutrient quality of crops in the USA has dropped by 47%, and the majority of our food goes to waste. Imagine if it was composted and reused? Or even better—we buy only what we need. We as pagans and witches can help change this. 

BUYING ORGANIC (IT REALLY WORKS)

The first step is buying organic. While cliche, it does work: organic operations have certain rules to abide by, which excludes environmentally dangerous chemicals—many of which, such as DDT, which causes ecological genocide and death to people. Organic operations have to use natural ways of fertilising, such as compost, which to many of us—such as myself—revere the cycle of life, rot, and death. Organic standards do vary depending on the country, but the key idea is farming without artificial fertilisers, using organic seeds, supplementing with animal manure, fertility managed through management practices, etc. 

However, organic does have its flaws. Certified organic costs many, of which many small farmers cannot afford. The nutrient quality of organic food, while tending to be better, is still poor compared to regeneratively grown crops. Furthermore, the process to become certified organic is often gruelling—you can practise completely organically, but if you are not certified, it is not organic. Which, while a quality control insurance, is both a bonus and a hurdle. 

JOINING A CSA

Moving from organic is joining a CSA (“Community supported agriculture”). The USDA defines far better than I could: 

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), one type of direct marketing, consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production.

By purchasing a farm share, you receive food from the farm for the agreed upon production year. I personally enjoy CSAs for the relational aspect—choosing a CSA is about having a relationship, not only with the farmer(s), but also the land you receive food from. I volunteer for my CSA and sometimes I get extra cash from it—partaking in the act of caring for the land. Joining a CSA also means taking your precious capital away from the larger food industry and directly supporting growers—and CSAs typically practise sustainable and/or regenerative agriculture. 

CSAs are also found all over the world and many can deliver their products to food deserts and other areas with limited agricultural access. I volunteer from time to time for a food bank that does exactly that with the produce I helped grow on the vegetable farm I work for. 

FARM MARKETS AND STALLS 

Another way of personally connecting to sustainable agriculture is entering the realm of the farm stall. The farmer’s market is one of my personal favourite experiences—people buzzing about searching for ingredients, smiles as farmers sell crops and products such as honey or baked goods, etc. The personal connection stretches into the earth, and into the past it buries—as I purchase my apples from the stall, I cannot help but see a thousand lives unfold. People have been doing this for thousands of years and here I stand, doing it all over again. 

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Farmers’ markets are dependent on your local area, yet in most you can still develop personal community connections. Paganism often stresses community as an ideal and a state of life. And witchcraft often stresses a connection to the soil. What better place, then, is purchasing the products from the locals who commune with the land? 

VOLUNTEERING 

If you are able to, I absolutely recommend volunteering. I have worked with aquaponic systems, food banks, farms, cider-making companies, soil conservation groups, etc. There is so much opportunity—and perhaps employment—in these fields. The knowledge I have gained has been wonderful. As one example, I learned that fertilisers reduce carbon sequestration as plants absorb carbon to help with nutrient intake. If they have all their nutrients ready, they do not need to work to obtain carbon to help absorb it. This does not even get into the symbiotic relationship fungi have with roots, or the world of hyphae. Volunteering provides community and connection. Actions and words change the world, and the world grows ever better with help—including how much or how little you may provide. It also makes a wonderful devotional activity. 

RESOURCING FOOD AND COOKING 

Buying from farmers is not always easy, however. Produce often has to be processed, requiring labour and work with some crops such as carrots. Other times, it is a hard effort to cook and many of us—such as myself—often have very limited energy. There are solutions to this, thankfully:

Many farmers can and will process foods. Some even do canning, which can be good to stock up on food and lessen the energy inputs. 

Value-added products: farms also try to avoid waste, and these products often become dried snacks if fruit, frozen, etc. 

Asking farmers if they would be open to accommodating this. Chances are, they would! The farmer I purchase my CSA share from certainly does. 

Going to farmers markets instead of buying a CSA, aligning with your energy levels. 

And if any of your purchased goods are going unused, you can always freeze them. 

DEMETER, CERES, VEIA, ETC: THE FORGOTTEN AGRICULTURE GODS

Agricultural gods are often neglected. Even gods presiding over agriculture often do not have those aspects venerated—Dionysos is a god of viticulture and Apollon a god of cattle. While I myself love Dionysos as a party and wine god, the core of him remains firmly in the vineyards and fields, branching into the expanses of the wild. I find him far more in the curling vines as I prune them than in the simple delights of the wine I ferment. Even more obscure gods, such as Veia, the Etruscan goddess of agriculture, are seldom known.

Persephone receives the worst of this: I enjoy her too as a dread queen, and people do acknowledge her as Kore, but she is far more popular as the queen of the underworld instead of the dear daughter of Demeter. I do understand this, though—I did not feel the might of Demeter and Persephone until I began to move soil with my own hands. A complete difference to the ancient world, where the Eleusinian mysteries appealed to thousands. Times change, and while some things should be left to the past, our link to these gods have been severed. After all, how many of us reading know where our food comes from? I did not until I began to purchase from the land I grew to know personally. The grocery store has become a land of tearing us from the land, instead of the food hub it should be.

Yet, while paganism forgets agriculture gods, they have not forgotten us. The new world of farming is more conductive and welcoming than ever. I find that while older, bigoted people exist, the majority of new farmers tend to be LGBT+. My own boss is trans and aro, and I myself am transgender and gay. The other young farmers I know are some flavour of LGBT+, or mixed/poc. There’s a growing movement for Black farmers, elaborated in a lovely text called We Are Each Other’s Harvest. 

Indigenous farming is also growing and I absolutely recommend buying from indigenous farmers. At this point, I consider Demeter to be a patron of LGBT+ people in this regard—she gives an escape to farmers such as myself. Bigotry is far from my mind under her tender care, as divine Helios shines above and Okeanos’ daughters bring fresh water to the crops. Paganism is also more commonly accepted—I find that farmers find out that I am pagan and tell me to do rituals for their crops instead of reacting poorly. Or they’re pagan themselves; a farmer I know turned out to be Wiccan and uses the wheel of the year to keep track of production. 

Incorporating these divinities—or concepts surrounding them—into our crafts and altars is the spiritual step towards better agriculture. Holy Demeter continues to guide me, even before I knew it. 

WANT CHANGE? DO IT YOURSELF! 

If you want change in the world, you have to act. And if you wish for better agriculture, there is always the chance to do it yourself. Sustainable agriculture is often far more accessible than people think: like witchcraft and divination, it is a practice. Homesteading is often appealing to many of us, including myself, and there are plenty of resources to begin. There are even grants to help one improve their home to be more sustainable, i.e. solar panels. Gardening is another, smaller option. Many of us find that plants we grow and nourish are far more potentant in craft, and more receptive to magical workings. 

Caring for plants is fundamental to our natures and there are a thousand ways to delve into it. I personally have joined conservation groups, my local soil conservation group, work with the NRCs in the USA, and more. The path to fully reconnecting to nature and agriculture is personal—united in a common cause to fight for this beautiful world. To immerse yourself in sustainable agriculture, I honestly recommend researching and finding your own path. Mine lies in soil and rot, grapevines and fruit trees. Others do vegetables and cereal grains, or perhaps join unions and legislators. Everyone has a share in the beauty of life, our lives stemming from the land’s gentle sprouts. 

Questions and or help may be given through my ask box on tumblr—if there is a way I can help, let me know. My knowledge is invaluable I believe, as I continue to learn and grow in the grey-clothed arms of Demeter, Dionysos, and Kore. 

FURTHER READING:

Baszile, N. (2021). We are each other’s harvest. HarperCollins.

Hatley, J. (2016). Robin Wall Kimmerer. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Environmental Philosophy, 13(1), 143–145. https://doi.org/10.5840/envirophil201613137

Regenerative Agriculture 101. (2021, November 29). https://www.nrdc.org/stories/regenerative-agriculture-101#what-is

And in truth, far more than I could count. 

References

Community Supported Agriculture | National Agricultural Library. (n.d.). https://www.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-agricultural-production-systems/community-supported-agriculture

Navazio, J. (2012). The Organic seed Grower: A Farmer’s Guide to Vegetable Seed Production. Chelsea Green Publishing.

Plaster, E. (2008). Soil Science and Management. Cengage Learning.

Sheaffer, C. C., & Moncada, K. M. (2012). Introduction to agronomy: food, crops, and environment. Cengage Learning.

Sheldrake, M. (2020). Entangled life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures. Random House.

Sustainable Agriculture | National Agricultural Library. (n.d.). https://www.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-agricultural-production-systems/sustainable-agriculture

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Looking for pagan/ witchy Discord servers? Here's a few I'm in:

Hearthfire House: https://discord.com/invite/p4E3NBu2yW

Raven Masters Keep: https://discord.com/invite/UgVr5dvxg3

Gravekeeper's Inn: https://discord.com/invite/PxrHSnT4gB

Crossing Paths: https://discord.com/invite/Ubvt8te6HY

Rasenna Polytheism: https://discord.com/invite/DmUeMPBusZ

Lavender Apothecary: https://discord.com/invite/KyeGVx6vzt

Everlasting Moon Coven: https://discord.com/invite/wdHnYU7E5H

Most of these have a lot of overlap of the same people on them, and if I remember correctly, they're all godspouse and plural friendly. Obviously gay/ queer friendly or I wouldn't be there.

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Hirpi Sorani: The Wolves of Sorannus

Before the 5th Century BCE, a group of people called the Faliscan lived in close harmony of the Etruscan. These Faliscans had a cult centre to the god Sorannus at Mt Soracte in the Lower Tiber valley, the only mountain in the area. The cult was led by a group of priests called the Hirpi Sorani, roughly translating to "The Wolves of Sorannus".

Despite living and conducting rituals in the Faliscan region, some families of the Hirpi did not come from this region, according to Pliny and Solinus.

Although Priesthood was reserved to only certain families, the whole community joined in on the rituals.

According to Pliny the Elder, Solinus and Strabo, the rituals were conducted by burning a pile of wood, specifically pine according to Virgil, to glowing embers. The priests would later walk thrice on these embers, painless, carrying offerings for Sorannus.

All authors describe that the Hirpi didn't burn their feet even when they walked upon the embers. Varro and Servius point out that the priests applied a medical ointment on their soles to avoid burns.

(Image of a silver coin of Apollo-Sorannus)

The most striking aspect of the Hirpi Sorani is their affiliation with wolves. In the Etruscan religion in general, wolves were associated with the underworld. In the Mediterranean region, they served as a symbol of the passage between life and death. Thus their association with the goddess Hecate of the Greek Pantheon.

(Image of an Etruscan wolf helmet)

Their affiliation with Wolves may be the cause of syncretism with Apollo. After the 5th Century BCE, the Roman city-state gained control of the Faliscan territory. They ended up syncretising Apollo and Sorannus. Wolves were sacred to both gods.

The Hirpi Sorani represented wolves, and even were wolves spiritually or symbolically. The abuse of wolves was apparently taboo. They were also seen as messengers of the gods to the Romans. There is however no evidence as to if they had any clothing which made them look like wolves.

Much information about the Hirpi Sorani has been lost to time. For further reading:

• Rissanen, M. (2013) "The Hirpi Sorani and the Wolf Cults of Central Italy"

• Fogliazza, S. (2020) "Wolves and Gods in the Etruscan world"

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Very quick Tiv and Usil !

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Etruscan Polytheism Server

". . .genetrix et mater superstitionis Etruria . . . Etruria, the begetter and mother of superstition." Arnobius, Adv. nat. 7.26

Rasenna Polytheism is a 16+ Etruscan/Rasenna polytheism community server, run by I and my dear friend Shura/Melisphae, seeking to reconstruct and revive the religious practices of the Etruscans, along with spaces for reconstructing the religious life related groups such as the Raetians.

We have many ongoing projects anyone may contribute to, such as the Etruscan polytheism 101 website, the ever-growing carrd, and divination methods. We also have a library and fully accept witchcraft or any other magical practices! Anyone is welcome, even people who do not plan on interacting with the aiser.

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Hinthial, ais of the ghostly reflection

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By Morgan, poetry by Nico

THE AISER OFTEN HAVE NAMES THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO THEIR DIVINE PRESENCE, and Hinthial’s means ‘ghost’, ‘reflection’, and ‘mirrored image.’ Like many of the aiser, little evidence exists for her. While this post is short, Hinthial’s existence does implicate more on the ideas of Rasenna afterlife and perhaps a chthonian Turan.

Hinthial’s name tells us the most about her. In scenes with ghosts, spirits are addressed as “hinthial”, before their name such as the scene of hinthial Tereais or hinthial Patroclus. This tells us that ghosts, with hinthial also meaning ‘reflection’, are ghastly mirror images of the living in Rasenna cosmology.. Considering this, we can see Hinthial as a goddess of ghosts, but also of mirror reflections, mirror divination, and related to beauty through her divine reflections. 

THE ETRUSCAN MIRROR 

One of the very few direct attestations we have of hinthial is from a divine dressing scene. These scenes depict Turan being adorned by her circle/her handmaidens, as Turan represents the aristocratic lady in Rasenna society. 

Hinthial here is depicted as a finely dressed older woman holding a mirror. As such, we can understand the mirror—called malena or malestra—as her symbol, befitting for the ais of the ghostly reflection. 

Scenes of Turan often show her being attended to by her divine circle, many of which share aspects or relation to her—Zipna is associated with beauty, Thalna with childbirth which is a possibility of Turan’s blessing of pleasure, Mean with Turan’s association with peace, etc. Turan likely has a chthonic aspect like Venus, as a statue of her named the “Cannicella Venus” was discovered at an Rasenna necropolis. Fascinatingly, this kouros style statue was likely modified from a traditional male kouros into a feminine one, essentially undergoing gender reassignment. Hinthial being in her circle could possibly give more to the concept of a chthonic Turan.

MODERN WORSHIP 

As with most of the aiser, worship of hinthial will have to largely rely upon UPG and inferences we can make about her. Firstly, as a goddess of the mirror image, she can be venerated in connection to beauty and our reflections. Secondly, we can honour her as a goddess of ghosts. She guides the reflections of life we see when we interact with the undead—perhaps making her of interest to modern necromancy and death-focused practices as a unique beauty and death ais. To our current knowledge as of November 2023, there are no worshippers of her, and so the newest generation of Rasenna polytheists can become her first devotees in a millenia. 

Hymn to Hinthial by @poeticnorth

I call out to Hinthial

The ghostly queen within mirrors

She who is the reflection of the dead

And serves as Handmaiden to Turan

You are the shadow of the dying

The shade of the departed

You weave fate deftly

And reflect it from your realm

Matcher of lovers, patron of beauty

Who reveals flaws and strengths

From within the looking glass

Ghost of Tiresias, friend of the buried

O Hinthial, I sing to you now

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References 

De Grummond, N. T., & Simon, E. (2009). The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press.

de Grummond, N. T. (1985). THE ETRUSCAN MIRROR. Source: Notes in the History of Art, 4(2/3), 26–35. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23202423

Bonfante, L. (1993). ETRUSCAN NUDITY. Source: Notes in the History of Art, 12(2), 47–55. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23202935

File:Bronze mirror from London with Zipna Malavisch Hinthial Munthuch Turan Drawing.jpg – Wikimedia Commons. (n.d.). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronze_mirror_from_London_with_Zipna_Malavisch_Hinthial_Munthuch_Turan_Drawing.jpg

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Free Etruscan/Rasenna Polytheism Resources

As the title suggests, this is a free collection of my Etruscan polytheism resources that I used to create the etruscan polytheism 101 carrd. If you are looking for a very entry level guide to Etruscan polytheism, look into the carrd. Any questions can be directed to the carrd's blog, @ask-aiser. There are also some hellenic polytheism resources. Check up on it once in awhile, I update it as I discover more articles.

I will say that most of these articles are in English as I do not know Italian at the moment, but if any italian speakers wish to contribute to this work, I would be honoured. Share this post as you like, it is here for all to use.

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Tivr, god of the moon

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Tivr, Tiv, or Tiur, (Etruscan tiu/tiur, “month”) is the ais of the moon. They have been recognised as the moon ais as Tivr stands opposite to Usil on the Liver of Piacenza, on the “negative” side where the aiser of death and night reside. Converserly, Usil (at sunrise) and Tiv (at sunset) are separated on the liver from the sunset zone by the Suspensorium hepaticum (falciform ligament). As for syncretism, Tivr was likely identified with Luna and Selene akin to how Usil was identified with Helios and Sol. 

Tivr’s symbol is the crescent, as witnessed in the heraldic symbol of the Tiuza family of Chiusi. Their tomb dates to the third-century within Tassinaia and is decorated with crescent moons, along with a shield marked with a lunar phase. 

CATHA, GODDESS OF THE MOON?

Nancy de Grummond argues that Catha, the daughter of Usil, is a lunar goddess. Tiur’s name is mentioned in a dedicatory inscription on a bronze crescent to Catha reading “mi tiiurs kaθuniiasul.” The relationship between the two if we take Catha as a lunar goddess is unknown. 

MODERN WORSHIP

Tivr is a deity with very little information. Many scholars identify Tivr as feminine due to Luna and Selene, however this may be untrue as no known depiction of Tivr exists. In modern worship we can worship Tivr as the god of the moon/month and let our experiences guide us in understanding this obscure ais. 

References

de Grummond, N. T. (2004). For the Mother and for the Daughter: Some Thoughts on Dedications from Etruria and Praeneste. Hesperia Supplements, 33, 351–370. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1354077

Stevens, N. R. (2009). A new reconstruction of the Etruscan Heaven. American Journal of Archaeology, 113(2), 153–164. https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.113.2.153

The religion of the Etruscans. (2006). In University of Texas Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.7560/706873

Turfa, J. M. (2012). Divining the Etruscan world: The Brontoscopic Calendar and Religious Practice. Cambridge University Press.

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Zipna, Chief Attendant of Turan

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Zipna is attested chiefly on Etruscan mirrors with Turan. As seen on the Leningrad mirror, Zipna is the chief attendant of Turan’s circle, bringing alabastron and perfume dipper. She appears as a well-addressed woman with wings, making her another Lasa in Turan’s circle. In her known depictions, Zipna appears with Turan and in some capacity related to beauty and cosmetics.

Zipna appears in a romantic scene with Atunis and Turan, holding a jar and a rod to apply the ointment. She stands behind Turan, while the other attendants of Turan dance around the mirror. She stands behind Turan, while the other attendants of Turan dance around the mirror. The large swan is Turan’s personal swan named Tusna. Surrounding the mirror are Turan’s other attendants, Alpan, Achvizr, Munthuch, Mean, Hathna, with an unknown man and woman.

Figure 1. Etruscan mirror with Tusna, Atunis, Turan and Zipna in the center and Alpan, Achvizr, Munthuch, Mean, Hathna, along with an unknown man and woman flying around the edges. From An Archive of Images of Etruscan Mythology.

Figure 2. Thalna, Zipna, Turan and Atunis: consummation of the marriage. Etruscan mirror in Tarquinia, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

She also appears in a mirror that depicts the union of adult Atunis and Turan. Along with a masculine Thalna, the two adorn the couple—Thalna holds a wreath and Zipna releases the perfume that announces the union of Turan and Atunis. In this capacity Zipna appears to be related to legitimising a union through the usage of perfume. Unlike her other depictions, Zipna lacks wings, which is not unusual for one of the aiser, especially for a member of Turan’s circle.

Considering her role in bringing Turan her makeup and perfumes, we can assume that Zipna is a goddess associated with perfume, beauty, and adorning oneself—perhaps even sexuality. marriage, and romance, considering her usage of perfume to legitimise a union. We can also take the alabastron and perfume as her symbols, as she is portrayed as holding them.

Worship wise, honouring Zipna will likely have to mostly be built upon personal gnosis. However, considering her known depictions, one can honour her by offering cosmetics, perfumes, and other beauty related items. Honouring her may also be done through self-care and doing your makeup, beckoning her to one’s side to guide your hand. While today dressing up is often done alone, Turan always has her circle to adorn her. Beauty and care then is a communal act, a moment to come together and smile at your features. If marriage is ever a wish to come, Zipna then can be invoked to bless the union with her divine aromatics.

References

Bonfante, L. 2015. Etruscan mirrors and the grave. In Haack, M. (Ed.), L’écriture et l’espace de la mort. Épigraphie et nécropoles à l’époque préromaine. Roma: Publications de l’École française de Rome. doi:10.4000/books.efr.2741 

de Grummond, N. T. (1985). THE ETRUSCAN MIRROR. Source: Notes in the History of Art, 4(2/3), 26–35. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23202423

De Grummond, N. T., & Simon, E. (2009). The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press.

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[thedansemacabres]

Implicit Theology and Pagan Reconstructionism

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ANCIENT RELIGIONS POSSESS LOGIC SYSTEMS WITHIN THEM. It is especially evident in Etruria, where religion was abundant—beyond my beloved aiser lies other logic systems in ancient religions too. Epithets are a keen example of this, for it is only logic to call upon Dionysos Eleutheros when seeking emotional catharsis. Him having this epithet suggests that not only does he have power over emotion, it also speaks to his ability for madness. 

The theoi in artistic representations are shown to be physically present in art, telling us that the ancient Greeks believed the theoi can come to rituals and receive offerings. Stone texts do not directly state this, rather it is assumed—it is implicit beliefs and ideas surrounding the gods, therefore making it implicit theology. 

Epithets are also a marker of implicit theology. Dionysus’ epithets are vast and complex, but one example I see is with Eleuthereos (“the Liberator”. As he is the god of madness, he can also avert it—therefore he is Eletutheros, the reliever of anxiety and god of the theatre’s katharsis. We know to invoke his side of him we must call upon him as Eleutheros. In the mind of an ancient Greek, we can invoke more epithets to match this to further invoke that side of Dionysus.

This tells us:

To ensure success in a certain area, you should call upon a deity in a particular function

The theoi appear in different aspects at different times 

Naming them as certain descriptors invokes this side of them. 

The gods respond to these names, making them effective in use 

Furthermore, if we are talking about “negative” aspects of deities or “negative” theoi in general:

By invoking them, we can tell them to keep that negative thing away (such as praying to Limos to essentially stay away as long as possible). 

Jumping into another region, thinking in the mind of an Etruscan helps I to interpret the brontoscopic calendar. This calendar works upon the presence of thunder and what is to come because of that omen. If it were to strike this year on November 12th of 2023, the omen states:

If it thunders, there will be signs revealing great things. Beware lest it pour rain upon the fire of joyful elation.

This message within itself is vague. However, the Etruscan would have naturally looked towards the region of the sky it came from—the 16 divisions of heaven—and understood which of the aiser sent that omen. If Tins were to send thunder, I would look more towards the areas of harmony as he is rather fond of harmony, or of crops as he is also a fertility-thunder god. 

Assumed beliefs are also a key aspect to unraveling the thorny sides of paganism. We are modern people who live in a world with several systematic issues, i.e. as racism and white supremacy. One example I do conjure is within Heathenry and Valhalla. 

Valhalla and by extension “vikings" have been horribly glorified in media. They are used as peaks of masculinity and the “Old Ways”, bearded and muscular men saying vague ramblings about Odin and such. Therefore it is commonly said that only warriors (who are also “coincidentally” purely white blue-eyed and blonde haired and strangely modern in their thought process) are accepted into Odin’s hall when they die. However, this is not the historical reality of Valhalla:

Odin established the same law in his land that had been in force in Asaland. Thus he established by law that all dead men should be burned, and their belongings laid with them upon the pile, and the ashes be cast into the sea or buried in the earth. Thus, said he, every one will come to Valhalla with the riches he had with him upon the pile; and he would also enjoy whatever he himself had buried in the earth. For men of consequence a mound should be raised to their memory, and for all other warriors who had been distinguished for manhood a standing stone; which custom remained long after Odin’s time.

- Ynglinga Saga, Chapter 8

It is also assumed that Valhalla only accepts men due to our ideas of masculinity, but this is also once again not historical whatsoever. We may also note that Freyja, a goddess, has her own hall for the dead—yet her hall is seldom known among popculture compared to Valhalla. Just as implicit theology is unheard and unsaid within us, so is implicit theology—sometimes, being the same creature. To identify this is to understand the dangerous thoughts that continue to threaten the safety of others. 

Implicit theology I believe is a key part of reconstructionism and revivalism. Following this logic can allow us to live within the world as worshippers of the divine. Finding what is implicit and assumed can help us not only contextualise ancient religions, it may also assist in post-reconstructionism. We are not only here to reconstruct, we have to create something living and evolving. As more scholarship comes forward, we can refinish and polish ourselves. The end goal and the reason we do all of this is to create religions that we live within—reconstructionism is piecing a temple together from rubble and trying until one day you take a breath of divinity. 

In truth I will have to do a longer post on this for Etruria, but this is a start.

References 

Crawford, J. (2015). The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes. Hackett Publishing.

DIONYSUS - Greek God of Wine & Festivity. (n.d.). Theoi Greek Mythology. https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Dionysos.html

Larson, J. (2016). Understanding Greek Religion. In Routledge eBooks. Informa. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315647012

Stavrianopoulou. (2016). From the god who listened to the god who replied: Transformations in the concept of epekoos*. Dieux Des Grecs, Dieux Des Romains.

The Religion of the Etruscans. (2006). In University of Texas Press eBooks. University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/706873

Heimskringla. trans. Samuel Laing. (1844) The Ynglinga Saga Turfa, J. M. (2012). Divining the Etruscan World: The Brontoscopic Calendar and Religious Practice.

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Bellona of Tuscum, an Etruscan goddess?

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BELLONA’S ORIGINS ARE GENERALLY ASSUMED TO BE FROM THE SABINES, as Varro—a sabine himself—states. She is a state goddess, both of the senate and of war—cited as a stately goddess after the Lares in Rome. Most Roman polytheists know her as Sabine, whether that is for worship or as a fact of a goddess they may avoid. She is, just like the Sabine involvement in Roman myth, violent. 

Yet, there is another suggestion that Bellona may perhaps be an Etruscan goddess, as evidence has not fully “proven” her historical origin. Wherever her origin is, the suggestion is of intrigue to Bellona worshippers and Etruscan polytheists alike. 

 ORIGINS OF DUELLONA, BELLONA

Knowing the origins of any Roman deity is often tricky, especially as nearly all of Bellona’s evidence arrives after the third century. The only evidence solidly standing is a cup mentioning her name, beyond that it is mostly her temples, votives, and mentions in Roman literature that give us what we know of Bellona. 

Bellona’s origins are mostly commonly cited as Sabine, especially as both modern and ancient scholars see her origin in the sabine victory goddess Vacuna. Varro states her sabine origin clearly in his Antiquitates Rerum Humanarum et Divinarum and this continues to be the prevailing source for Bellona’s sabine connection. The pressing issue here is that little survives of Bellona’s early cult—making this connection not completely solid, but rather a strong possibility. Also, enforcing Bellona as Sabine establishes her at the beginning of Rome with the myth of the Rape of the Sabine women, which could be Varro’s motive. By putting Bellona at the start of Rome, Rome claims the power of Bellona’s hand in victory and war at the very start of the empire. The late republic certainly imagined Bellona, or as her archaic name Duellona that Varro uses in de Lingua Latina shows, as an ancient goddess. 

The other suggestion is Bellona as a Campanian goddess. The pre-third century cup bearing her name is found in Campania, inscribed Belolai pocolum and portraying Bellona as a wild goddess with unkempt hair. 

Now, the final suggestion is that Bellona originates as an Etruscan deity. The Business of Butchery, Bellona and War, Society and Religion from Republic to Empire by Danielle Meghan Poplacean, the only full-length discussion on Bellona states:

The nature of Appius Claudius’ campaign, largely fought in Etruria, has also led some to believe that Bellona may have been an Etruscan import.52 Similar to the evocatio of Juno from Veii, Appius may have brought the goddess back to Rome in victory.This is not an unfounded theory. The goddess may have displayed some arguably Etruscan traits, as the bipenni which her later priests used to lacerate themselves could have originated in the region. Moreover, when Plutarch describes the damning portents which plagued Rome at the beginning of the first civil war, he mentions that Tuscan wise men were summoned to her temple to discuss the omens. Even Ovid refers to the temple of Bellona Victrix as sacrata Tusco duello. However, in his account of Appius Claudius’ vow to the goddess, Livy makes no mention that Bellona was a foreign deity, or that Appius was imploring her to abandon her people in favor of a seat at Rome, as was the case with Juno at Veii. Even the double-sided axe could have just as easily been imported from Asia, or even Crete. Currently, there is not enough evidence to conclude without doubt that Bellona was originally an Etruscan goddess, but it remains a possibility.

As it reads, the possibility of her Etruscan origin is a mystery. However, it is useful to understand the goddess—she was beloved by the Etruscans yet also invoked and honoured for conquering them; similarly to how Voltumna was celebrated for the conquest of his people through evocatio. It may also suggest that Bellona’s Sabine and Etruscan origins were conflated. Her later association with the distinctly un-Roman weapon bipennis strengthens the likelihood of being imported. 

BELLONA IN RASENNA POLYTHEISM

Originally Rasenal or not, Bellona was beloved by the Etruscans and Romans. The suggestion she may have been brought into the Roman Empire due to conquest is also open—perhaps she was shared. Bellona’s position as the gatekeeper to war is attractive to any Etruscan polytheist, as Etruscan religion is strong on its sacred boundaries or liminality between them. If we adopt her or reintroduce her to Rasenna polytheism, like Culśu, she stands as the gatekeeper to war and peace. She could also share a shrine with Uni as a war goddess, especially as Uni’s Roman identification Iuno shared a cult with Bellona. 

Her wild and sometimes dangerous nature does remind me of Laran’s priests and their invoking of “demons” for war. Laran is afterall a chthonic god, and in my personal gnosis I associate him with the underworld snake. If Bellona is Etruscan, she is undoubtedly in his circle as a particularly kind yet also bloody ais. 

Whatever Bellona is in origin, she is a wonderful goddess. I have had nothing but joy with her, through both her blessings of challenge and victory alongside her more peaceful Gaulish side as an earth and possibly hotsprings goddess. I still lean towards her being a Sabine goddess, however, I would be more than delighted to know she came from my beloved Rasenna. 

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References 

Flower, H. I. (2017). The dancing lares and the serpent in the garden. https://doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691175003.001.0001

Meghan Poplacean, D. (2017). The Business of Butchery Bellona and War, Society and Religion from Republic to Empire. The Department of History and Classical Studies  McGill University, Montréal. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/b8515q959

Rüpke, J. (2016). On Roman Religion. https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501706264

Turfa, J. M. (2014). The Etruscan world.

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Hymn to Thalna

While we do not exactly have Etruscan evidence for hymns, it is very likely that the aiser did receive them—and even if they did not, they are a strong aspect we can adopt from ancient Greek and Roman religions. To make this more Etruscan, I adapted the ritual practice of one thing after another, stated as one, two, and three for a more Etruscan styled hymn and easy adaptation into ritual.

Firstly,

Thalna, great aiser of Rasenna, 

Lovely god, of masculine 

And of feminine form.

Fine jewels you wear,

Great gifts shall we give,

Comely, with reverence. 

Secondly, 

To your hands children are born,

Save in your caring hand, 

They are brought with care.

With tending cloth

And Nethun’s bright waters,

You wash and tend the wounds.

Waterfowl dance at your feet,

Caring for joy herself,

Finely Mother Turan.

Thirdly,

To your name we praise

Out to the sky, sixteen formed

Gifts aplenty, across time

With feathered wings 

Fly afloat across the world,

Let us witness, comely now 

The greatness of your being

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Thalna, Aiser of Childbirth

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Thalna is an aiser in the circle of Turan associated with childbirth and healing, along with appearing at artistic images of revelry and prophesy. Commonly appearing at scenes of childbirth, Thalna and other birth related aiser often deliver and bandage the afterbirth of childbirth scenes in Etruscan art—usually being described by scholars as “nurses” and “midwives.” There are currently no known deities that were identified with Thalna. 

ICONOGRAPHY 

Similar to other aiser, Thalna appears in both the masculine and feminine forms in Etruscan art. In her feminine form, Thalna is depicted as a woman with or without clothes, usually wearing jewellery and sometimes a crown. In his masculine form, Thalna is shown as a nude well-built man usually wearing sandals. Either depiction may be shown with wings and appears at scenes of childbirth. 

Thalna is shown twice with a goose or swan. One of these depictions is of a communal scene in which Thalna sits next to Tinia with a waterfowl at her feet. The other is with Anchas, with the waterfowl appearing behind Anchas while Thalna plays the iynx. 

In scenes of childbirth, Thalna appears with Thanr and or Ethausva. Otherwise, they appear with Turan or other aiser. Thalna also appears in a triad with Evan and Achvistr.

RELATIONSHIP WITH ANCHAS 

A feminine Thalna playing with the iynx to Anchas. She sits to the right playing an iynx, with Anchas sitting to the left reaches his arm to her with a large waterfowl behind him. From Wikimedia Commons.

Thalna is shown in an erotic scene with an unknown man called Anchas. The context behind their relationship is unknown, however the iconography of the scene is similar to the symbolism of Turan and Atunis, suggesting that Anchas and Thalna are lovers. Other than the scene in art however, not much is known of Anchas or the mythology behind their relationship. Anchas has been suggested to be Anchises from ancient Greek myth, however this is uncertain and largely based on name similarity. 

MODERN DAY WORSHIP

Thalna was the reason I came into Etruscan polytheism. This deity had pulled me in after I had been introduced to Etruria, as I kept returning to their name until I said I was going to reconstruct Etruscan religion. I find Thalna to be a calm, caring deity that reminds I of flowers in their calming effect upon me. Thalna is most comforting, sometimes soothing the pain of my rot, as multiple sclerosis is a disease of constant pain. 

I have offered Thalna wax, tea, and other sorts of liquids to them. I try to give something every Saturday as per Thalna’s request. Otherwise, standard votives and other foods may be offered to her.

To me, it has always felt most appropriate to use they for Thalna, though when discussing the masculine and feminine forms it feels appropriate to default to other pronouns. Thalna in my experience is a deity mostly without a standard of gender, even less so than the other aiser. While childbirth is very much so not my thing, Thalna’s healing and nurse-like qualities apply more in my life. I appreciate their work in making sure children come safely and that the pains of childbirth are soothed. 

Symbols wise, I have taken the waterfowl—likely a swan or a goose—to be their symbol. I also associate Thalna with beads, as I always see them with either wooden or glass beads wrung around their neck—especially the Venetian murano beads, of which I plan to someday obtain for them. I would like to think this is a measure against anxiety, similar to Greek komboloi (“worry beads”). Thalna in my experience is a deity of love and comfort, wrapping one in her wings and tending to their wounds. I truly adore and love Thalna, the all-comforting winged blessing of a god. 

References 

Anne Layton, S. (2013). Performance and Visual Culture in Etruria: 7th – 2nd Century BC. University of Virginia.

Katharine T. Von Stackelberg. (2014). Garden Hybrids: Hermaphrodite Images in the Roman House. Classical Antiquity, 33(2), 395–426. https://doi.org/10.1525/ca.2014.33.2.395

The Religion of the Etruscans. (2006). In University of Texas Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.7560/706873

Turfa, J. M. (2014). The Etruscan World. https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BB12906673

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2023-2024 Brontoscopic Calendar

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Content warning: The brontoscopic calendar refers to several possibly triggering events, such as death, disease, animal death, and abortion. The text also refers to common practices in the ancient world such as slavery, which we must acknowledge for the evil it is.

ACCREDITED TO TAGES, the brontoscopic calendar—a divinatory almanac of sorts—only survives within a Roman Byzantine translation of a Latin edition of an Etruscan calendar, said to have been recorded by Johannes Lydus (“John the Lydian”) in De ostentis (“On Portents”) from Justinian Constantinople. Etruria had many almamacs created by Rasenna’s people across its lifetime—but only one survives in full, which is this calendar. 

The brontoscoptic calendar begins upon the first full moon in Cancer, which in 2023 is July 3rd/July 4th. Please note that the Etruscan day begins at noon, so ensure when using this that you keep it in mind—which I have indicated at the 12:00 mention of each day. For example, if it thundered on July 5th at 09:00, the message would be the one given on the fourth as the Etruscan day has not yet changed. 

To use this calendar, if it thunders look for the day indicated and check the time of the event to ensure it is the proper day. Then look at the prediction and interpret from there. You may also check the 16 divisions of heaven to see which aiser sent the omen you have received. The calendar is very direct in what can happen, but with all divination, there is always more that could be understood and therefore avoided—or followed if favourable. 

This year’s calendar is cut off as next year the full moon in Cancer is June 21st. 

JULY-AUGUST 2023 

CANCER JUNE 21ST-JULY 22ND

LEO JULY 23RD-AUGUST 22ND

FIRST FULL MOON IN CANCER: JULY 3RD-JULY 4TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be an abundance of fruits, with the exception of barley; but dangerous diseases will be inflicted upon bodies.

12:00 JULY 5TH: If in any way it should thunder, women in labour will have an easy delivery,

but there will be abortion of cattle, yet there will be an abundance of fish.

12:00 JULY 6TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be a scorching and drying wind,

such that not only grains but even the soft fruits will be parched through and through and shrivel up.

12:00 JULY 7TH: If in any way it should thunder, the air will be cloudy and rainy, so that out of a mouldy dampness the crops will rot.

12:00 JULY 8TH: If in any way it should thunder, ill-omened for the countryside. Those

responsible for villages or towns will be thrown into a state of disorder.

12:00 JULY 9TH: If in any way it should thunder, just as the crops are maturing, some sort of wild pest that has sunk deep into them will waste them.

12:00 JULY 10TH: If in any way it should thunder, diseases will infect [men], but not many shall die. And although the cereal crops shall be successful, the soft fruits shall dry up.

12:00 JULY 11TH: If in any way it should thunder, it indicates wet weather, and ruin of the grain.

12:00 JULY 12TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be a loss of flocks through being overrun by wolves.

12:00 JULY 13TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be frequent death, yet prosperity.

12:00 JULY 14TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be days of heat, burning but aarmless; there will be glad festivities in political affairs.

12:00 JULY 15TH: If in any way it should thunder, the same thing as on the preceding day.

12:00 JULY 16TH: If in any way it should thunder, it announces the fall of a ruler.

12:00 JULY 17TH: If in any way it should thunder, the atmosphere shall be burning hot, but there will be abundant harvest and good flow, not the poorest, of the river fish. Bodies, nevertheless, shall be utterly weak.

12:00 JULY 18TH: If in any way it should thunder, the winged creatures shall be injured during the summer, and also the fish shall perish.

12:00 JULY 19TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens not only dearth of the necessities of life, but also war, and a prosperous man shall disappear from public life.

12:00 JULY 20TH: If in any way it should thunder, there shall be days of burning heat and destruction by mice, blind-mice, and locusts. Still, it brings abundance and at the same time murders to the people.

12:00 JULY 21ST: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens destruction to the crops [soft fruits]. 

12:00 JULY 22ND: If in any way it should thunder, pests destructive to the crops shall perish.

12:00 JULY 23RD: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens discord for the community.

12:00 JULY 24TH: If in any way it should thunder, it means there will be a dearth of wine, but an increase in the other crops, and an abundance of fish.

12:00 JULY 25TH: If in any way it should thunder, the hot weather will be especially ruinous.

12:00 JULY 26TH: If in any way it should thunder, it announces good cheer, a putting aside of ills, and an end to disease.

12:00 JULY 27TH: If in any way it should thunder, it announces plenty.

12:00 JULY 28TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be wars and countless ills.

12:00 JULY 29TH: If in any way it should thunder, the winter will be especially harmful to the crops.

12:00 JULY 30TH: If in any way it should thunder, there is danger from the army for the men in power.

12:00 JULY 31ST: If in any way it should thunder, there will be a good harvest for the crops.

12:00 AUGUST 1ST: If in any way it should thunder, the affairs of the queenly city [Tarquinia, or possibly Rome or Constantinople] will be improved.

12:00 AUGUST 2ND: If in any way it should thunder, in a short time there shall be frequent death.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2023

LEO JULY 23RD-AUGUST 22ND

VIRGO AUGUST 23RD-SEPTEMBER 22ND

NEW MOON: AUGUST 17TH: Upon the new moon, if in any way it should thunder, there shall be plenty, yet there shall be ruin of the flocks.

12:00 AUGUST 18TH: If in any way it should thunder, the late autumn will be good.

12:00 AUGUST 19TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signals a heavy winter.

12:00 AUGUST 20TH: If in any way it should thunder, the airs will be turbulent, so that of them will be born scarcity.

12:00 AUGUST 21ST: If in any way it should thunder, there will be an abundance of grain, yet it is the downfall of a virtuous ruler.

12:00 AUGUST 22ND: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens death-bearing diseases to the fortunes of slaves.

12:00 AUGUST 23RD: If in any way it should thunder, there will be rains harmful to the grain fields.

12:00 AUGUST 24TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies peace for the community, but ruin for the cattle herds, and a dry cough shall infect.

12:00 AUGUST 25TH: If in any way it should thunder, it foretells a vision of the gods and the advancement of many good men.

12:00 AUGUST 26TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be lifesaving river waters.

12:00 AUGUST 27TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signals hot weather and stormy rain and a scarcity of grain.

12:00 AUGUST 28TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be unexpected cold in the summer, because of which the necessities of life will be spoiled.

12:00 AUGUST 29TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will appear the most poisonous reptiles.

12:00 AUGUST 30TH: If in any way it should thunder, it shows one man will come to power over many. But this man is most unjust in state affairs.

12:00 AUGUST 31ST: If in any way it should thunder, there will be dissension among the common people and a scarcity of grain.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 1ST: If in any way it should thunder, the king of the East … will be overcome [by?] war …and disease will be received from dry hot weather. * this section has been damaged 

12:00 SEPTEMBER 2ND: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies the succession of a great ruler.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 3RD: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens a dearth of crops due to rainy weather.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 4TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies war and the destruction of the powerful. On the other hand, there will be a plenty of cereals.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 5TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens an unhealthy drought.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 6TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be disagreement among the subjects, but not for long.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 7TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signals good things for the affairs of state, but for the bodies, diseases around the head.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 8TH: If in any way it should thunder, the dissension of the common people will come to an end.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 9TH: If in any way it should thunder, it shows the possible misfortune of a powerful man.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 10TH: If in any way it should thunder, it will go badly for a band of youth and also for the crops along with them. It will be a disease-bearing time.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 11TH: If in any way it should thunder, after great plenty there will be famine.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 12TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens subcutaneous eruptions to [men’s] bodies.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 13TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be a dearth of water and a plague of poisonous reptiles.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 14TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies a good harvest.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 15TH: If in any way it should thunder, men bent on vengeance shall slip into the worst kind of treachery.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2023 

VIRGO AUGUST 23RD-SEPTEMBER 22ND

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23RD-OCTOBER 22ND

12:00 SEPTEMBER 16TH: If in any way it should thunder, the affairs of the state will be slightly better, and there will be plenty.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 17TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens both diseases and at the same time a dearth of the necessities of life.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 18TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens both [public] trials and debates among the common people.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 19TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be a dearth of foodstuffs for

both humans and dumb animals.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 20TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies that the women are the more sagacious.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 21ST: If in any way it should thunder, there will be an abundance of honey, yet a lack of both water and the other foodstuffs.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 22ND: If in any way it should thunder, it signals harsh winds and diseases at the same time.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 23RD: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens harmless disease to the four-footed.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 24TH: If in any way it should thunder, it proclaims good health for men for a full year.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 25TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens bodily pains and wretchedness for the greater part of the people.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 26TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be a good harvest, yet the downfall of reptiles and harm to men.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 27TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be an abundance of cattle fodder and of acorns, but in the first ripening season, it will go badly.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 28TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be plague upon the bodies of both humans and dumb animals.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 29TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signals war for all the people, yet an abundance of crops.

12:00 SEPTEMBER 30TH: If in any way it should thunder, affairs will change for the worse.

12:00 OCTOBER 1ST: If in any way it should thunder, it promises a deep peace.

12:00 OCTOBER 2ND: If in any way it should thunder, the men of lowly degree shall be gloomy.

12:00 OCTOBER 3RD: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens civil war.

12:00 OCTOBER 4TH: If in any way it should thunder, the women and the servile class will dare to undertake murders.

12:00 OCTOBER 5TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens a plague on the cattle and disorder in the affairs of state.

12:00 OCTOBER 6TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens at once prosperity and discord among the commons.

12:00 OCTOBER 7TH: If in any way it should thunder, affairs will be moderately good for an entire year.

12:00 OCTOBER 8TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies that the lightning bolt shall fall, and warns of slaughter.

12:00 OCTOBER 9TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens the loss of wellborn youths.

12:00 OCTOBER 10TH: If in any way it should thunder, it foretells that during a stormy winter there will be a scarcity of soft fruits.

12:00 OCTOBER 11TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signals war.

12:00 OCTOBER 12TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens at once wars and treachery.

12:00 OCTOBER 13TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signals both an abundance of crops and a loss by death of cattle.

12:00 OCTOBER 14TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signals no sort of reversal.

12:00 OCTOBER 15TH:If in any way it should thunder, it threatens diseases in the city over which it [the thunder] is cast down.

OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2023

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23RD-OCTOBER 22ND

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23RD-NOVEMBER 22ND

12:00 OCTOBER 16TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies both a good harvest and good cheer.

12:00 OCTOBER 17TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be discord among the common people.

12:00 OCTOBER 18TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies heavy rains and war.

12:00 OCTOBER 19TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies the downfall of a powerful man and preparation for war.

12:00 OCTOBER 20TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies an abundance of barley but a decrease in wheat.

12:00 OCTOBER 21ST: If in any way it should thunder, there shall be power among the women greater than [what is] appropriate to their nature.

12:00 OCTOBER 22ND: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens a disease and out of it, a disaster for the servile class.

12:00 OCTOBER 23RD: If in any way it should thunder, it indicates that those especially powerful will consider crooked dealings in government, but they will not achieve their aims.

12:00 OCTOBER 24TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens that a disease-bearing wind will blow.

12:00 OCTOBER 25TH: If in any way it should thunder, there will be strife in the area in which the thunder is let loose; for another place [it is] not inapplicable.

12:00 OCTOBER 26TH: If in any way it should thunder, the underlings of the wellborn will foment revolution in the state.

12:00 OCTOBER 27TH: If in any way it should thunder, it says that the time of harvest shall be very rainy and there shall be famine.

12:00 OCTOBER 28TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens grave famine.

12:00 OCTOBER 29TH: If in any way it should thunder, it threatens diseases.

12:00 OCTOBER 30TH: If in any way it should thunder, it signifies a wet spell, but at the same time, prosperity.

12:00 OCTOBER 31ST: If in any way it should thunder, it is made known that there will be good sprouting, but [the plants will be] fruitless.

12:00 NOVEMBER 1ST: If it thunders, it threatens a lack of the necessities.

12:00 NOVEMBER 2ND: If it thunders, it signals both famine and wars.

12:00 NOVEMBER 3RD: If it thunders, the fruits of the trees will be successful, but there will be diseases and sedition among the commons.

12:00 NOVEMBER 4TH: If it thunders, it threatens the destruction of a famous man and war.

12:00 NOVEMBER 5TH: If it thunders, it threatens ills and losses for the people.

12:00 NOVEMBER 6TH: If it thunders, it signals prosperity yet a heavy and wet winter.

12:00 NOVEMBER 7TH: If it thunders, it foretells a time of need during the winter of the year.

12:00 NOVEMBER 8TH: If it thunders, it threatens a drought. There will be an abundant harvest of the hard-shelled fruits [nuts?], around late autumn though, they will be destroyed by storms.

12:00 NOVEMBER 9TH:If it thunders, out of civil unrest a tyrant shall be raised up, and he will be undone, but the powerful will be destroyed utterly with insufferable penalties.

12:00 NOVEMBER 10TH: If it thunders, a corrupt ruler will be felled by divine decision.

12:00 NOVEMBER 11TH: If it thunders, powerful men will work hatred toward themselves, and shall take sides against each other.

12:00 NOVEMBER 12TH: If it thunders, there will be signs revealing great things. Beware lest it pour rain upon the fire of joyful elation.

12:00 NOVEMBER 13TH: If it thunders, it threatens a severe drought.

12:00 NOVEMBER 14TH: If it thunders, affairs of state [shall change] from worse to better.

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23RD-NOVEMBER 22ND

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23RD-DECEMBER 21ST

12:00 NOVEMBER 15TH: If it thunders, it threatens a corrupt tyrant over the affairs of state.

12:00 NOVEMBER 16TH: If it thunders, there will be prosperity but the destruction of the mice of dry land.

12:00 NOVEMBER 17TH: If it thunders, it signifies hurricanes and disturbances by which the trees will be overturned; there will be a great disruption in the affairs of common people.

12:00 NOVEMBER 18TH: If it thunders, the lower classes will have the upper hand over their betters, and the mildness of the air will be healthy.

12:00 NOVEMBER 19TH: If it thunders, there will be a surplus of all the necessities excepting grain.

12:00 NOVEMBER 20TH: If it thunders, appearance of future abundance, yet harvest will be less plentiful and autumn practically empty of fruit.

12:00 NOVEMBER 21ST: If it thunders, pulses will be plentiful but wine less.

12:00 NOVEMBER 22ND: If it thunders, an earthquake with roaring is to be expected.

12:00 NOVEMBER 23RD: If it thunders, it threatens destruction to wild beasts.

12:00 NOVEMBER 24RTH: If it thunders, it signifies the downfall of a praiseworthy man.

12:00 NOVEMBER 25TH: If it thunders, it signifies a strange sort of wind will be of service to the pastures.

12:00 NOVEMBER 26TH: If it thunders, there will be prosperity, but wind squalls will oppress.

12:00 NOVEMBER 27TH: If it thunders, commerce [Literally, “contracts” or “business dealings”] will be good, and prosperity in addition. He who controls the government with heavy hand will not be strong for very long.

12:00 NOVEMBER 28TH: If it thunders, it threatens war and the loss of flocks to death.

12:00 NOVEMBER 29TH: If it thunders, there will be scarcity from a dry and searing wind falling upon the crops.

12:00 NOVEMBER 30TH: If it thunders, men will be weakened in such a manner that they will seem to be unrecognizable.

12:00 DECEMBER 1ST: If it thunders, good fortune for a rich man and for men wellborn.

12:00 DECEMBER 2ND: If it thunders, it signifies a plentiful grain supply brought in from foreign lands.

12:00 DECEMBER 3RD: If it thunders, it warns the downfall of a ruler or the overthrow of a king, but it warns both discord among the common people and abundance.

12:00 DECEMBER 4TH: If it thunders, it warns there will be a festering wound, and for the many,extreme suffering out of the discord.

12:00 DECEMBER 5TH: If it thunders, there will be coughing sicknesses and oppression of the heart.

12:00 DECEMBER 6TH: If it thunders, it threatens for the people, bad conditions and spotted diseases.

12:00 DECEMBER 7TH: If it thunders, the people will be of marvelously good cheer.

12:00 DECEMBER 8TH: If it thunders, out of the discord of those in power, the common people will oppress [others].

12:00 DECEMBER 9TH: If it thunders, there will be heavy misery resulting from misfortunes.

12:00 DECEMBER 10TH: If it thunders, there will be an increase of animals, but at the same time they will suffer thirst.

12:00 DECEMBER 11TH: If it thunders, it signifies heavy rains.

12:00 DECEMBER 12TH: If it thunders, there will be a dearth of the necessities.

12:00 DECEMBER 13TH: If it thunders, a year of serious disease.

12:00 DECEMBER 14TH: If it thunders, it signifies not merely prosperity, but even fewer enemies, and good cheer for the state.

DECEMBER 2023-JANUARY 2024

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23RD-DECEMBER 21ST

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22ND-JANUARY 19TH

12:00 DECEMBER 15TH: If it thunders, it signifies discord for the city.

12:00 DECEMBER 16TH: If it thunders, it foretells prosperity.

12:00 DECEMBER 17TH: If it thunders, situations will pertain through which the lower classes will oppress [their] betters.

12:00 DECEMBER 18TH: If it thunders, grain will be better.

12:00 DECEMBER 19TH: If it thunders, it signifies storm for the state, and disease for humans and dumb animals alike.

12:00 DECEMBER 20TH: If it thunders, borers will ruin the grain.

12:00 DECEMBER 21ST: If it thunders, for those who are in the west, both humans and dumb beasts, diseases.

12:00 DECEMBER 22ND: If it thunders, it says gluttony shall come about from menacing diseases.

12:00 DECEMBER 23RD: If it thunders, the common people will be led into misery, but an abundance of daily provisions.

12:00 DECEMBER 24TH: If it thunders, for those in power, it makes an end to their perverted plans. A parching wind will wrack the trees.

12:00 DECEMBER 25TH: If it thunders, men shall give blessings to the god, for the wind shall blow out of the east.

12:00 DECEMBER 26TH: If it thunders, it indicates insomnia for some time for men.

12:00 DECEMBER 27th: If it thunders, a wealthy yet sickly period threatens, tormenting bodies with internal worms.

12:00 DECEMBER 28TH: If it thunders, poisonous snakes shall somehow be gently undone by the men.

12:00 DECEMBER 29TH: If it thunders, the fish especially plentiful, but it shall plague the water-bound beasts. The commonwealth rather better.

12:00 DECEMBER 30TH: If it thunders, the creation of locusts and field-voles, to the king, danger, and there will be an abundance of grain.

12:00 DECEMBER 31ST: If it thunders, it signifies plentiful fodder for the flocks.

12:00 JANUARY 1ST: If it thunders, it signifies plentiful fodder for the flocks.

12:00 JANUARY 2ND: If it thunders, it signifies war and woes for city folk.

12:00 JANUARY 3RD: If it thunders, welfare of women.

12:00 JANUARY 4TH: If it thunders, it signifies famine not of long duration.

12:00 JANUARY 5TH: If it thunders, the mice shall perish; an abundance not merely of grain but also of pasturage, and a plenty of fish.

12:00 JANUARY 6TH: If it thunders, it signifies a year of well-being.

12:00 JANUARY 7TH: If it thunders, disease-bearing wind will blow.

12:00 JANUARY 8TH: If it thunders, the watch post shall complete for the state good service against enemy tricks.

12:00 JANUARY 9TH: If it thunders, there will be a very dangerous war.

12:00 JANUARY 10TH: If it thunders, it signifies a civil war and the death of many.

12:00 JANUARY 11TH: If it thunders, it threatens the same.

12:00 JANUARY 12TH: If it thunders, many of the councilmen of the wealthier rank shall be ruined utterly by cowardice.

12:00 JANUARY 13TH: If it thunders, the lower classes will do better, but the hoped-for fruit harvest shall be destroyed.

12:00 JANUARY 14TH: If it thunders, the mortals shall live in a condition more favored by the gods. Naturally, evils [will come] in due proportion.

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22ND-JANUARY 19TH

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20TH-FEBRUARY 18TH

12:00 JANUARY 15TH: If it thunders, it signifies a year of well-being according to concord.

12:00 JANUARY 16TH: If it thunders, a plenty of fish and especially of fruits.

12:00 JANUARY 17TH: If it thunders, men will excessively consume their flocks because of a dearth of fish.

12:00 JANUARY 18TH: If it thunders, winter will be heavy, yet [there will be] abundance also.

12:00 JANUARY 19TH: If it thunders, it threatens mangy diseases.

12:00 JANUARY 20TH: If it thunders, the men shall be visited with visions of the faces of the gods, they shall experience a bad outcome.

12:00 JANUARY 21ST: If it thunders, it signifies the same for all.

12:00 JANUARY 22ND: If it thunders, virulent disease; out of it, though, will be an abundance of crops, but a plague on the flocks.

12:00 JANUARY 23RD: If it thunders, there will be the downfall of a famous man.

12:00 JANUARY 24TH: If it thunders, it threatens slaughter for men from diseases, but the fish shall be abundant.

12:00 JANUARY 25TH: If it thunders, heat-bearing shall be the summer season, and plenty imported from foreign lands.

12:00 JANUARY 26TH: If it thunders, it threatens diseases from diarrhea.

12:00 JANUARY 27TH: If it thunders, plenty, yet diseases it threatens.

12:00 JANUARY 28TH: If it thunders, it signifies at the same time civil war and abundance.

12:00 JANUARY 29TH: If it thunders, many will set out for war but few shall return.

12:00 JANUARY 30TH: If it thunders, newfangled affairs for the state.

12:00 JANUARY 31ST: If it thunders, it threatens that small locusts shall be born, yet there will still be plenty.

12:00 FEBRUARY 1ST: If it thunders, there shall be a heavy war.

12:00 FEBRUARY 2ND: If it thunders, it threatens prolongation of war.

12:00 FEBRUARY 3RD: If it thunders, it tells a lack of the necessities.

12:00 FEBRUARY 4TH: If it thunders, it threatens a hot and disease-making wind will blow.

12:00 FEBRUARY 5TH: If it thunders, the summer will be hot but plentiful in crops.

12:00 FEBRUARY 6TH: If it thunders, it signifies a disease for men but a harmless one.

12:00 FEBRUARY 7TH: If it thunders, it threatens civil wars for the city, and a plague on the beasts of the woods.

12:00 FEBRUARY 8TH: If it thunders, a movement of troops to war, but it will turn out well.

12:00 FEBRUARY 9TH: If it thunders, it threatens diseases for the slaves.

12:00 FEBRUARY 10TH: If it thunders, the king will help many.

12:00 FEBRUARY 11TH: If it thunders, the hatching of locusts.

12:00 FEBRUARY 12TH: If it thunders, it signifies the most healthful leanness for the bodies.

12:00 FEBRUARY 13TH: If it thunders, it signifies a rebellion against the kingdom and, reasonably, war.

FEBRUARY-MARCH 2024

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20TH-FEBRUARY 18TH

PISCES FEBRUARY 19TH-MARCH 20TH

12:00 FEBRUARY 14TH: If it thunders, a fast wind will blow, but not dangerous.

12:00 FEBRUARY 15TH: If it thunders, there will be unlooked-for war.

12:00 FEBRUARY 16TH: If it thunders, it shows after victory, loss for those in the war. Still, there will be plenty.

12:00 FEBRUARY 17TH: If it thunders, the common people will agree to make peace.

12:00 FEBRUARY 18th: If it thunders, it signals health for the flocks.

12:00 FEBRUARY 19th:  If it thunders, it threatens a coughing sickness, but signifies an abundance of fish and of fruits.

12:00 FEBRUARY 20th: If it thunders, there will be a slave revolt and recurring illness.

12:00 FEBRUARY 21ST: If it thunders, the ruler of the state shall be in danger from the people.

12:00 FEBRUARY 22ND:  If it thunders, the king of the East shall be in danger.

12:00 FEBRUARY 23RD: If it thunders, it signifies rapid movement of wind, and a plenty of grain, but a dearth of other crops.

12:00 FEBRUARY 24TH: If it thunders, it signals famine [reaching] just up to dumb animals.

12:00 FEBRUARY 25TH: If it thunders, men shall be damaged in their faces, but there will be much fodder [for horses/cattle], and a plenty of fish.

12:00 FEBRUARY 26TH: If it thunders, it threatens diseases.

12:00 FEBRUARY 27TH: If it thunders, it threatens need, and the birth of mice, and the destruction of four-footed creatures.

12:00 FEBRUARY 28TH: If it thunders, servile revolt, and punishment for them, and abundance of crops.

12:00 FEBRUARY 29TH: If it thunders, the people shall be oppressed by the king.

12:00 MARCH 1st: If it thunders, it threatens non-dangerous diseases.

12:00 MARCH 2ND:  If it thunders, affairs circulating abroad shall make the people rise up.

12:00 MARCH 3RD: If it thunders, when the king will have victory, then the common people will have the upper hand/stronger position.

12:00 MARCH  4TH: If it thunders, there will be abundance of imported goods, but a coughing disease will afflict bodies.

12:00 MARCH 5TH: If it thunders, the king hated by many shall be the object of a final plot.

12:00 MARCH 6TH: If it thunders, there will be plenty, but also there will be an abundance of mice and of deer.

12:00 MARCH 7TH: If it thunders, it signifies good order for the city.

12:00 MARCH 8TH: If it thunders, it signifies disease following want.

12:00 MARCH 9TH: If it thunders, there will be unrest among the slaves.

12:00 MARCH 10TH: If it thunders, many shall be cut down by a man in power, but in the end he himself [will be killed].

12:00 MARCH 11TH: If it thunders, it signifies non-threatening diseases.

12:00 MARCH 12TH: If it thunders, the fish of the sea shall be plentiful, but yet the flocks will be ruined by death.

12:00 MARCH 13TH: If it thunders, the condition of the air oppressive, and disease-bearing for all.

12:00 MARCH 14TH: If it thunders, it threatens plentiful death.

MARCH-APRIL 2024

PISCES FEBRUARY 19TH-MARCH 20TH

ARIES MARCH 21ST-APRIL 19TH

12:00 MARCH 15TH: If it thunders, it threatens war and the ruin of wealthy men.

12:00 MARCH 16TH: If it thunders, wheat in less supply, but barley better, and an increase in livestock, but there will be a wasting away of humans.

12:00 MARCH 17TH: If it thunders, there will be civil unrest.

12:00 MARCH 18TH: If it thunders, men shall be troubled not only in visage but also in their very minds.

12:00 MARCH 19TH: If it thunders, there will be a large harvest, a destruction for men.

12:00 MARCH 20TH: If it thunders, destruction of grain supplies and especially barley.

12:00 MARCH 21ST: If it thunders, it threatens destruction though not for long to humans.

12:00 MARCH 22ND: If it thunders, the greatest affair will inflame the state, and also fish will increase and yet dangerous wild beasts shall perish.

12:00 MARCH 23RD: If it thunders, worse the barley.

12:00 MARCH 24TH: If it thunders, the wild beasts shall undo the humans.

12:00 MARCH 25TH: If it thunders, good deliveries [in childbirth] for women.

12:00 MARCH 26TH: If it thunders, it threatens frequent death and unseasonable winds.

12:00 MARCH 27TH: If it thunders, there will be plenty, yet at the same time, political unrest.

12:00 MARCH 28TH: If it thunders, it threatens loss of progeny, and an onslaught of poisonous reptiles.

12:00 MARCH 29TH: If it thunders, the air shall carry plague, creation of both wild beasts and mice.

12:00 MARCH 30TH: If it thunders, to the people, auspicious, but of the powerful ones, bad [will come] out of discord.

12:00 MARCH 31ST: If it thunders, summer will be most fruitful.

12:00 APRIL 1ST:  If it thunders, it threatens a heavy wind and eruption of pustules on bodies.

12:00 APRIL 2ND: If it thunders, there will be a throng of reptiles, and in addition, of worms.

12:00 APRIL 3RD: If it thunders, it signifies fine breezes.

12:00 APRIL 4TH: If it thunders, it signifies abundance.

12:00 APRIL 5TH: If it thunders, the air will be disease-carrying but not lethal.

12:00 APRIL 6TH: If it thunders, it threatens deformity for men, but destruction for birds.

12:00 APRIL 7TH: If it thunders, it threatens good health for men, but destruction for both fish and reptiles.

12:00 APRIL 8TH: If it thunders, to those living luxuriously, a reversal. There will be wars, and a heavy storm.

12:00 APRIL 9TH: If it thunders, it threatens hot weather, and a lack of water, and scabs on bodies.

12:00 APRIL 10TH:  If it thunders, it signifies unrest among the commons.

12:00 APRIL 11TH: If it thunders, it prophesies abundance, yet at the same time, a disease-giving wind will blow.

12:00 APRIL 12TH: If it thunders, it signifies war and abundance.

12:00 APRIL 13TH: If it thunders, it signifies good things with long duration after great divisions of the people.

APRIL-MAY 2024

ARIES MARCH 21ST-APRIL 19TH

TAURUS APRIL 20TH-MAY 20TH

12:00 APRIL 14TH: If it thunders, for the entire year there will be strife and disagreements.

12:00 APRIL 15TH: If it thunders, it shall end the threatening affairs.

12:00 APRIL 16TH: If it thunders, for the state, discord following famine.

12:00 APRIL 17TH: If it thunders, there will be boundless prosperity.

APRIL 18TH: If it thunders, the spring will be sunny and the summer fruitful.

12:00 APRIL 19TH: If it thunders, the same and even better.

12:00 APRIL 20TH: If it thunders, a heavy wind will arise, which shall move the affairs of powerful men.

12:00 APRIL 21ST: If it thunders, it signals rains.

12:00 APRIL 22ND: If it thunders, it threatens ruin of man and creation of wild beasts.

12:00 APRIL 23RD: If it thunders, destruction to the four-footed.

12:00 APRIL 24TH: If it thunders, it signifies heavy rain and the creation of locusts.

12:00 APRIL 25TH: If it thunders, a powerful man in politics or a general is endangered;

on his behalf, battles will be waged, and the wild beasts shall fall upon man.

12:00 APRIL 26TH: If it thunders, there will be plenty but the wild beasts shall be destroyed and the fish shall increase; and reptiles will trouble habitations but will not be harmful.

12:00 APRIL 27TH: If it thunders, it signals prosperity but threatens a death of men and birth of wild beasts.

12:00 APRIL 28TH: If it thunders, it signals hot spells and drought and a great throng of mice and fish.

12:00 APRIL 29TH: If it thunders, healthful the year, yet lacking in necessities.

12:00 APRIL 30TH: If it thunders, something unexpected will befall the people; ruin upon ruin for men and four-footed beasts.

12:00 MAY 1ST: If it thunders, it signifies a period of severe rain, and disease, and the birth of locusts, barrenness [of crops] near at hand.

12:00 MAY 2ND: If it thunders, a very dry summer and destructive.

12:00 MAY 3RD: If it thunders, man will live with better behavior at the same time as more prosperously.

12:00 MAY 4TH: If it thunders, it signifies prosperity after wars and hot spells causing destruction.

12:00 MAY 5TH: If it thunders, destruction of birds, but a plenty of daily supplies.

12:00 MAY 6TH: If it thunders, it signifies discord.

12:00 MAY 7TH: If it thunders, it signifies prosperity.

12:00 MAY 8TH: If it thunders, new affairs are given birth among the people.

12:00 MAY 9TH: If it thunders, it announces [the] acquisition of imported slaves.

12:00 MAY 10TH: If it thunders, it signifies abundance imported from abroad.

12:00 MAY 11TH: If it thunders, there will be a plenty of marine fish.

12:00 MAY 12TH: If it thunders, the women shall obtain the better reputation.

12:00 MAY 13TH: If it thunders, there will be some powerful, self-possessed man of the kingdom, through whom [will come] good cheer.

MAY-JUNE 2024

TAURUS APRIL 20TH-MAY 20TH

GEMINI MAY 21ST-JUNE 21ST

12:00 MAY 14TH: If it thunders, it threatens civil discord and the downfalls of fortunes.

12:00 MAY 15TH: If it thunders, sign of justice, bearing prosperity to good men, and paltry things to evil men.

12:00 MAY 16TH: If it thunders, it signifies profit out of a grain supply brought from abroad.

12:00 MAY 17TH: If it thunders, anger it threatens of those more powerful against the upright.

12:00 MAY 18TH: If it thunders, it signals a hot summer early [in the season] but a healthful year.

12:00 MAY 19TH: If it thunders, civil wars will arise.

12:00 MAY 20TH: If it thunders, it signifies all good things and a prosperous season.

12:00 MAY 21ST: If it thunders, it signifies heavy rains bearing disease.

12:00 MAY 22nd: If it thunders, it signifies victory for the kingdom and good cheer for the powerful ones.

12:00 MAY 23RD: If it thunders, of upright men there will be advances.

12:00 MAY 24TH: If it thunders, it signals the same things.

12:00 MAY 25TH: If it thunders, rains and prosperity and ruin of fish it signifies.

12:00 MAY 26TH: If it thunders, for men and for cattle destruction it threatens.

12:00 MAY 27TH: If it thunders, good health and prosperity it signifies.

12:00 MAY 28TH: If it thunders, it signals a plague.

12:00 MAY 29TH: If it thunders, it signifies abundance but at the same time the birth of field-voles.

12:00 MAY 30TH: If it thunders, it signals a plenty of daily supplies.

12:00 MAY 31ST: If it thunders, it signals discord and thoughtlessness of men.

12:00 JUNE 1ST:  If it thunders, a powerful man in the state shall be deprived at once of both reputation and property.

12:00 JUNE 2ND: If it thunders, it signals divine anger.

12:00 JUNE 3RD: If it thunders, it signifies good fortune for the crops, yet war for the state.

12:00 JUNE 4TH: If it thunders, it will be the destruction of the flies.

12:00 JUNE 5TH: If it thunders, it signifies a rain helpful for the sprouting time.

12:00 JUNE 6TH: If it thunders, there will be discord among those in power, but their plans will be exposed.

12:00 JUNE 7TH: If it thunders, peace during the entire year.

12:00 JUNE 8TH: If it thunders, it signifies great hope of fruits and scarcity of harvests.

12:00 JUNE 9TH: If it thunders, omens from the sky incredibly shall be revealed.

12:00 JUNE 10TH: If it thunders, by shields the people shall be saved.

12:00 JUNE 11TH:  If it thunders, a zephyrus will prevail.

12:00 JUNE 12TH: If it thunders, a shower of good things.

JUNE 2024

GEMINI MAY 21ST-JUNE 21ST

LEO JULY 23RD-AUGUST 22ND

12:00 JUNE 13TH: If it thunders, it signifies flight for the common people and loss of honor.

12:00 JUNE 14TH: If it thunders, it threatens need.

12:00 JUNE 15TH: If it thunders, it signifies abundance imported from abroad.

12:00 JUNE 16TH: If it thunders, the air will be mild and the crops will be plentiful.

12:00 JUNE 17TH: If it thunders, there will be an interchange of hardships in political affairs, and wheat more plentiful than barley. The pulses, however, will be ruined.

12:00 JUNE 18TH:  If it thunders, it signifies that crops will ripen in haste and will be ruined.

12:00 JUNE 19TH: If it thunders, there will be abundance of birds and fish.

12:00 JUNE 20TH: If it thunders, ill-omened for the common people.

FULL MOON IN CANCER JUNE 21ST, 2024: If in any way it should thunder, there will be an abundance of fruits, with the exception of barley; but dangerous diseases will be inflicted upon bodies.

References

The Religion of the Etruscans. (2006). In University of Texas Press eBooks. University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/706873

Turfa, J. M. (2012). Divining the Etruscan World: The Brontoscopic Calendar and Religious Practice.

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[thedansemacabres]

can you give a run down of the etruscan religion and basically where to begin with research??

hi! thankfully my best friend and I already made a carrd for that exact purpose. here's the link:

I also recommend this pdf, for its use in explanating the role of Voltumna in Etruria, something that continues to be a debate in academia.

Let me know if you have any further questions, especially about any particularly obscure aiser.

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