Rabbit Rabbit to wish you luck

by Susan Seddon Boulet

Kaltes is a moon goddess venerated by the Ugric peoples of western Siberia. A shape-shifter, she is shown here manifested as a hare, an animal sacred to her. This appearance shows her lunar nature, for the hare is a lunar creature; many cultures, when looking at the moon, see the outline of the hare, who lives in the moon. The hare is often seen as an intermediary between lunar deities and humans, so the appearance of Kaltes in this form indicates her accessibility to her people. Kaltes is known as a fertility goddess and a goddess of rejuvenation.She is called upon by women in childbirth, for she is especially venerated as a promoter of the beginning of the life cycle. Although she is sowewhat feared because she can determine people's destinies, she is mostly revered for gentle wisdom. She is compassionate guide to the mysteries of life."

Published in The Goddesses Paintings 1994, Engagement Calendars 1996, 1997, 2000, 2006 & 2016, Shaman's Postcards, Goddesses Knowledge Cards, and in Animal Spirits Knowledge Cards.

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"I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,

nothing between me and the white fire of the stars

but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths

among the branches of the perfect trees.

All night I heard the small kingdoms breathing around me, the insects, and the birds who do their work in the darkness.

All night I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling with a luminous doom. By morning

I had vanished at least a dozen times into something better."

~ Mary Oliver