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The renewal time begins with the winter solstice when the sun is re-born at the festival of Yule, the beginning of the bright (ascending) half of the year. The Goose was regarded as the Great Dreamer by ancient cultures. The challenge of renewal time people is to make manifest the vision of their minds eye in the physical world. The Goose has appeared as a magical totem in many fairy tales (The Goose that laid the golden egg, Mother Goose, etc.), and Goose was the traditional meal at Yule, which has now been replaced by turkey at Christ-Mass. The Goose was known as the Bird from beyond the North winds, because it migrated to its nesting grounds in the far north when snow began to fall in the autumn, and did not return until the snow vanished in early spring. The goose in the print stands by the shores of the Great River in Wilder-Land, and dreams of the Spirit of the North. Elements: Earth with Air. Colour: White |
