What is a child's birthday associated with? With colored balloons, gifts and, of course, a big bright cake and blowing out the candles!
The tradition of blowing out the candles on the cake is an important highlight of every birthday. The minutes when the lights in the room are turned off and the cake with burning candles is brought in, both children and adults wait with bated breath. And then everyone makes a wish together and blows as hard as they can on the sparkling flames! And this is a moment of genuine joy and delight, without which the holiday will be incomplete.
But where did this tradition come from and why do we all always like to blow out the candles on the cake? Let's try to figure it out.
It turns out that the tradition of blowing out candles came to our world a long time ago. Three hundred years ago this custom began in Germany. There, on a child’s birthday, it was customary to place a large, beautiful cake with candles burning with bright sparks in a prominent place of honor. There were always one more candles than the baby turned years old. This symbolized the hope for a cloudless and unencumbered next year of life. On the day of celebration, birthday candles burned until the evening. Those candles were thicker and stronger, their fire could not go out for a very long time. If necessary, the flame was maintained. And at the end of the celebration, the child blew out the lights and made a wish. It was believed that the cloud of smoke that formed after blowing out the candles and rose upward would carry the desire to the Almighty, and he would certainly help fulfill his plans.
Story ancient world says that in Greece, pies with lit candles were traditionally used in celebrations in honor of Artemis. The round base of the cake symbolized the lunar disk, and the burning flame symbolized the mystical brilliance of this mysterious celestial body. Just like in the German version, the flying cloud of smoke formed after blowing out the candles was assigned the role of delivering wishes to the Great Gods.
In all historical versions of the tradition, a birthday cake with burning candles is a symbol of life and the fulfillment of intended goals. This is probably why the beautiful tradition of blowing out birthday candles has taken root in almost all parts of our vast world.
In the modern world, many people try to become different from others. This manifests itself in aspirations, goals, home life, etc. Today it is fashionable to do things in a new way, but some traditions remain unbreakable. The custom of making a wish while blowing out the candles on a cake on your birthday is one such tradition. Indeed, you can come up with an ultra-fashionable party, make the table mass unusual dishes and entertain guests with non-standard competitions. But at such a party, a cake with candles will be a must! Why? Yes, because it is a beautiful tradition that pleases with spectacle, delight and hope for the fulfillment of desires.
From childhood, we teach our children that on their birthday they can make the most important wish at that time and blow out the candles on a beautiful big cake. Children love this tradition. After all, it combines favorite treat, the enchanting beauty and attractiveness of fire and the opportunity to make a wish that will certainly come true after some time.
Many parents wonder at what age they should include the moment of blowing out the candles on the cake in their child’s birthday celebration. The answer to this question is obvious. On the very first birthday, you can show your baby a cake with a candle. Let it be just one candle, and it will be blown out by mom, dad, grandma and other guests. But this moment will undoubtedly be remembered as vivid positive emotions and will become expected and desired in the future.
It is important that the child always blows out the candles on the cake under the supervision of parents or other adults. Even if we are talking about a grown-up child who is over 7 years old, adults should fully control the process of lighting and blowing out the candles. After all, any actions with fire are unacceptable until you reach adulthood.
The atmosphere of the holiday and the safety of everyone present depend on the correctness of actions.
Blowing out the candles on a cake is a simple matter! But how to organize this moment correctly so that everything turns out really beautiful and fun?
There are several simple rules that are worth considering when preparing a child's birthday:
Blowing out candles and making a wish together is fun and interesting!
Birthday is a favorite holiday among residents of all countries. However, this was not always the case. Many scientists have looked into how the tradition of celebrating birthdays began and where it came from.
And yes, of course, a birthday cake with candles according to the number of years lived. Where is he from? The German medievalist and art historian Stefan Heidenreich conducted his research on this topic. The result of his research was the book “Geburtstag. Wie es kommt, dass wir uns selbst feiern” (“Birthday. How it happened that we honor ourselves”), which tells about the origins of the tradition in Europe. It was published by the Munich publishing house Hanser.
There are people who perceive their birthday as nothing more than a calendar date. And the fact that they were born on this day is completely indifferent to them.
However, as Stefan Heidenreich discovered during his research, the tradition of celebrating birthdays already existed in ancient Rome. True, the life of a mere mortal was not valued there so highly as to organize a holiday in his honor. Initially, the ancient Romans - just like the ancient Greeks - solemnly celebrated not their own birthdays, but the birthdays of their gods. Over time, citizens began to enjoy the privilege of celebrating their birthdays, but only those who represented the nobility. Many guests were invited to the celebrations. Participants in the feast sang songs, recited poems, and gave gifts to the birthday boy. The tables, which were often placed right on the street, were laden with all kinds of dishes. The wine flowed like a river.
The author of the oldest description of a birthday celebration that has reached our time is the ancient Roman poet Ovid. While in exile on the Black Sea coast, he describes the ceremony of the holiday, which he organized in honor of his wife, who, however, was not with him. As Ovid writes, he lit a fire on an altar entwined with flowers, burned incense on it and poured undiluted wine over the altar.
In ancient Rome, it was normal to celebrate the birthday of a loved one in this way, even in his absence. The main thing is to appease the defenders of the birthday boy, to pay honor to the patron gods, who, as it was believed, also participated in the solemn feast. According to ancient Roman mythology, men were protected from the influence of evil spirits by the guardian spirit Genius, and representatives of the fair sex were protected by the goddess of marriage, birth, family, motherhood and women, Juno.
Birthdays were celebrated in much the same way among the ancient Greeks. They, however, chanted Daimonia during the feast - a kind of inner voice. Moreover, the holiday was held not once a year, but once a month. They sat at the table for hours: they had philosophical conversations, but even more - they indulged in gluttony, Stefan Heidenreich notes in his book.
With the spread of Christianity, the tradition of celebrating birthdays fell into oblivion. The fact is that Christianity treated man’s earthly life as a phenomenon of a sinful order, and therefore his birth was not considered necessary to celebrate. Early Christians viewed the world as a place of sorrow and believed that a truly joyful event was not birth, but a person’s departure to another world, farewell to sinful reality. Christmas is the only birthday-related holiday established by the Christian Church. No other birthdays were celebrated for centuries.
It was only during the Reformation that the tradition of celebrating birthdays began to be revived. True, before 1600, few people knew the date of their birth. Most European countries began recording the birthdays and baptisms of citizens only in the 17th century. At first, only the nobility enjoyed the privilege of celebrating birthdays. But gradually this tradition began to spread to ordinary people.
If you believe the results of Stefan Heidenreich's research, the first region where representatives of literally all social strata received the right to organize celebrations on the occasion of their birthday was the territory of compact residence of the German ethnic group. Moreover, children's birthdays were especially widely celebrated. The child was woken up at dawn with songs and presented with a nut pie with candles, personifying a direct connection with the other world. The birthday boy blew out the candles and made a wish.
And later, immigrants from German-speaking countries spread this ritual throughout the world. So it’s a wonderful tradition to blow out candles on a birthday. birthday cake came from Germany.
All holiday traditions have developed historically and are associated with some ritual from the past. In the modern world, blowing out candles on a cake has also been customary for a very long time and in many countries around the world.
In Germany, since the 18th century, candles were placed in the cake for every child's birthday, one more than the age of the birthday boy. An extra candle symbolized another year that the child would successfully live.
The candles burned all day and were changed, and the child made a wish and blew them out before going to bed. It was believed that the smoke that rose from the candles went straight to God, who would grant the child's wish. In those days, no one thought about whether it was possible to blow out candles on a cake, and what harm it could do.
However, not so long ago, scientists conducted the following experiment:
Covered a piece of foam plastic with chocolate icing.
They installed a number of candles on it.
They offered to blow out the candles for those participating in the experiment.
As a result of the study, it turned out that when a person blows out candles, he draws a lot of air into his lungs, and then forcefully exhales it along with his bacteria onto the entire surface of the treat.
Then the icing was examined for the presence of bacteria, and it was found that the number of microorganisms on the cake model was almost 15 times greater than before blowing. In one case, pathogenic microbes increased their numbers by 121,000%. This result was obtained due to the fact that one of the participants in the experiment suffered from a viral infection.
We all know very well what happens at an ordinary holiday. After the traditional blowing out of the candles, the cake is cut into pieces and distributed to the guests, who happily eat the contaminated delicacy. So it turns out that blowing out candles is not a safe tradition at all.
Therefore, keep in mind whether you can blow out the candles on the cake or not, of course, it’s up to you to decide. However, if you have small children whose immune systems have not yet strengthened, then it’s definitely not worth risking their health, especially when the birthday boy has obvious signs of illness and blows out the candles.
“Happy Birthday, my dear,” Anya kissed her son on the top of his head, “and now we need to blow out all the candles.”
The bear looked at 7 candles, which merrily stretched their tongues towards each other.
- Don't worry, I'll help you. Look, now close your eyes really, really hard and make a wish.
- Which one? – Mishka looked at his mother with interest, “the best?”
Anya smiled:
- Of course, the very best. Let's…
Mishka closed his eyes as hard as he could as a child, trying to imagine a bike... big, beautiful... But a picture of his father’s warm hand popped up in his head. He even remembered the roughness of this hand and the smell of cigarettes emanating from it. Mishka shook his head, trying to return the bike, but the smell won out.
And then his mother’s hand fell on his shoulders. And my soul felt so good with these two most precious hands in the world - mom’s and dad’s.
- Want! - Mishka whispered like a spell, trying to forever remember the feeling of these two hands, and opened his eyes.
- Now we need to blow out all the candles. Come on, I'll help.
And together they blew out all 7 candles.
Mishka examined the small smoke torches and looked up at his mother:
- Mom, will everything come true now? That's it? That's it?
Anya smiled and, taking her son’s cheeks with her hands, said:
- Yes, everything will come true. You see the smoke rising into the sky. This is an Angel reading your wish. You have to really want it and then everything will come true.
Mishka closed his eyes again and mentally shook his Angel’s wing, saying, don’t let him down.
- Well, now we can have tea and cake...
What do you associate your birthday with?
Well, of course, guests. The closest and dearest. And, of course, cake.
This tradition has been around for many years. Probably, no one will say for sure where the custom of blowing out candles on a birthday cake came from. But the tradition is beautiful, and that’s why it stuck.
According to historians, the ways in which this tradition came to us are different.
The first version goes like this. The ancient Greeks congratulated the goddess Artemis this way: a round cake and a candle symbolizing the light of the moon. Before the candle was lit, praise was offered to the goddess and a request was made. And the fire conveyed to Artemis the meaning of desire.
The second version says that the cake, twisted in a circle, was given to little Jesus. At the same time, the candle announced to the universe about the purity and purity of the newly born soul.
According to a third version, in medieval England it was customary to bake small objects into a pie, symbolizing some upcoming events. The pie was cut into pieces and distributed to the guests. And they, based on the objects they found, determined what awaited them.
A piece from the candles went to the person whose birthday was being celebrated. This candle symbolized the light of good fortune illuminating another year ahead.
In Rus', since distant pagan times, fire was considered a friend and helper if you knew how to handle it. It was almost the main assistant of a person. And it was believed that every year on your birthday you should look at the fire, cleansing yourself of bad and completely unnecessary thoughts and desires. And the desire that still remains must be released along with the smoke of the candle.
And it is precisely the desire that remains with you after a mental conversation with a candle that is the most desired in your life. This is how fire helps you crystallize in your consciousness what you really need.
After this, we must definitely eat a piece of cake, thereby making it clear to the Angel that we accept any of his decisions, because... We know that He sees all our paths and will choose exactly the one we need.
This wish has the same power as the wishes made for Christmas and New Year. Because they are supported by the magic of temporary transition (from year to year) and the power of faith in this desire. Does anyone doubt it?
- Mom, do you know what I wished for? - The bear licked the spoon and put it on the saucer.
- No, I don’t know. And I don’t need to know this. This is your wish, isn't it?
Anya hugged her son and buried her nose in the top of his head. How she loves him...
And she will do everything to make him happy. At least everything in her power.
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Why you shouldn't celebrate your birthday on your birthday itself and why you shouldn't blow out the candles on a birthday cake.
Each of us celebrates one of the most important holidays – Birthday – once a year. This is a very important and multifaceted day. This is usually a reason to gather friends, loved ones, relatives and properly celebrate, receive well-deserved gifts and congratulations. It is also a reason to rejoice that you have become a year older, wiser, or think philosophically about the fact that you are a year closer to the time when you need to leave this world.
But few people know how important it is to spend the 12 days after your birthday correctly, and very few study what a personal Solarium is).
Solar is the exact rotation of the Sun relative to the Earth, its exact return to the point in space that it was at the moment you came into this world, at the moment of your birth. It is better to be able to calculate it yourself, otherwise you can turn to a specialist, an astrologer, to calculate the solarium time. This day may coincide with the calendar birthday, or maybe plus or minus one day from this.
It is at this moment of the solarium that special energies are activated that determine the fate of a person for the coming year.
The sun is the source of vitality for all living things, including humans. Therefore, at the moment of solarium, there is a certain “recharging of the battery” of a person, his internal energy.
That's why it's so important to meet your personal New Year.
This is where the ancient saying comes from: “how you celebrate the New Year is how you spend it.” This applies primarily to birthdays. On this day, any signs are important; a small event can easily be reflected in a big one throughout the year.
So that recharging is successful and you have enough strength to do good deeds throughout the year, you need to spend your birthday as calm and quiet as possible, preferably in nature.
On the contrary, we have a tradition of spending this day as noisily as possible, celebrating “properly.” As a result, we simply “drain” all the life energy that is given to us for business for the whole year on a noisy holiday, we lose this huge resource and during the year we often we feel weakness, lack of strength, get sick, because... our batteries were not charged.
It is better to celebrate your birthday on the 3rd day after turning on Solar.
It is important that on your birthday there is a fire in the house (candle, lamp). Fire is a reflection of your inner fire; it is symbolically connected with your creativity, with spirit, the divine spark of universal Fire.
Therefore, under no circumstances should you blow out the candles on your birthday cake!!! It’s better to take them out of the cake and let them burn completely, and while watching the fire burn, put your desire into it.
And by blowing out the candles, you symbolically extinguish your fire, your development. The tradition of blowing out the fire on this day is artificial and very harmful, specially introduced by evil spirits...
Solarium: bookmarking the life program on your birthday.
Every year a person, as is customary, celebrates his birthday, sometimes without even realizing the full significance of this event. Since childhood, he has become accustomed to considering this holiday as something special and memorable - when those around him give him gifts and say kind words. With age, his sensations become less strong and vivid.
And his birthdays are no longer so memorable to him - as if they are becoming something ordinary. But the time of the new “birth of the Sun” is the most significant event of the year! However, no one taught him how to spend this day correctly, no one taught him to understand that this was the time that ancient wise people chose in order to change the course of a person’s life for the better. After all, it is by the Sun that all living things on Earth determine the cycles of their Life. At this time, a person can perform a special “magic” ritual and start a new life.
And for this it is good, of course, to know the exact time of your birth and the position of the degree of the Sun in the horoscope. Every year your Sun falls at this degree at different times and even sometimes on different days. Without this knowledge, it is more difficult to lay down a strong Solarium. But if you cannot consult an astrologer, do not be upset.
We will help you do everything possible to make the year following your birthday successful and happy! This requires only one thing - your desire. Among your friends, probably the vast majority habitually celebrate their unique birthday: prepare a table for guests or spend large sums on a good restaurant, try their best to cheer up the guests, so that the next day they almost get sick from such a “holiday”. However, the result of these efforts is only the next year, which is like two peas in a pod to all the other years lived.
What is SOLAR - from the point of view of an astrologer, this is the exact time of the connection of the Sun with the degree of one’s natal position - the position at the time of a person’s birth. But you can consider the day of Solar - the day of your birth, and the ritual itself can begin a little earlier in time - early in the morning. Although it is better to find out from an astrologer the switching point of your Solar, it happens at any time.
For many people, the period before SOLAR or a birthday - especially the last week, it is no coincidence that it is the most difficult of the year - after all, you need to let go, finish many unresolved affairs during the year, forgive someone, remember someone, return your debts and receive other people's. All year a person could live in a hurry and accumulate small debts to the world because of his ignorance, laziness, inattention... And now, the hour is approaching when everything old, outdated, unnecessary must go away. And before laying his solarium, it is useful for a person to begin to remember what this year was like, what special events, achievements, victories and defeats he had.
So what else does a person need to know in order to competently carry out a ritual to attract success, good luck and health in the coming year? He can write down on paper all the events of the past year, he can even create a special viewing album, where all the pictures are removed from him in reverse order - so that the events clearly emerge in memory. His friends and relatives can help him in this work. Together with him, they can remember many of the events of this year - and talk to him about what was hidden, what they didn’t want to talk about before. At this time, a person must constantly remember that it is important for him to open up, not to hold grudges about the past, not to hide what he really feels, but to be SINCERE and HONEST - FIRST OF ALL WITH HIMSELF.
It is best to do this based on the position of the planets in the horoscope during the period when remembering the past year occurs. But if this is not possible, then you can limit yourself to a simple recapitulation.
Before the Solarium itself - early in the morning - stand in cool salt water for 10 minutes, imagining. How water “takes away” the past year and everything that should go away with it. It is good to hold a wax church candle in your right hand.
After this, you can begin the Solar ritual itself, which is designed for 12 days and helps a person bring something new into 12 areas of his life - astrologically 12 houses. Each “house” designates one area - unique, unrepeatable for its owner - so you need to carefully read, she means. Every day, starting from the first day, you must live very actively - because how you live it will be the same for the whole year.
THE 12 DAYS FOLLOWING YOUR BIRTHDAY ARE CONSIDERED DAYS OF SOLAR.
So the FIRST day corresponds to the 1st house, the 2nd day to the second house, etc.
Houses describe the structure of human existence.
1 - appearance, character, temperament of a person;
2 - money, valuables, movable property;
3 - close environment, neighbors, contacts, schooling, short trips;
4 - parents, home, family, real estate, end of life;
5 - creativity, love, children, childbirth, entertainment, art, speculation;
6 - work, service, health and illness;
7 - marriage, partners, obvious enemies;
8 - sex, other people's money, psychological crises, death, inheritance, occultism;
9 - worldview, religion, philosophy, higher education, long-distance travel;
10 - career, recognition, honors, goals in life, superiors;
11 - hopes, friends, surprises;
12 - secrets in life, isolation, monastery, serious illnesses, mysticism.
If you want all these parts of your life to be in order, then you need to live each of the 12 days very actively. And since each person’s horoscope is unique, you need to be careful to fulfill all your wishes. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT that you have NEW CHARACTER QUALITIES that you need, so that you don’t just “shoot off”, but feel these qualities within yourself.
And now - in more detail about the houses:
FIRST HOUSE - denotes the impression that a person makes on others: this is a person’s appearance, his personal ideas about himself, his talents, temperament, activity, ability to be first.
On this day you should be creative and active in everything. You get your future health through dousing and sports exercises. YOU NEED TO BE very independent and try to become noticeable within your environment - but this does not mean that you need to suppress others and be overly selfish. Women are encouraged to dress up and put on makeup - to create a new, strong look. Maybe even completely change in appearance. On this day it is better not to invite guests - try to pay more attention to yourself.
SECOND HOUSE - denotes property, the ability to earn and spend money, practical knowledge and skills acquired through one’s own efforts, business activity, property, prosperity and wealth.
On this day, it is not very useful to accept gifts, be greedy, or be proud of your material property. It is good to make a donation or give away with all sincerity something that is still of value to you. If you consider yourself to be “silver-free” and earning money comes to you with great difficulty, then, on the contrary, you can devote your entire day to earning money. Try to understand that you simply “invented” your poverty and from this day on you have every right to become rich. On this day, you must definitely earn something and be sure to spend it profitably, check all your accounts, debts, do not borrow money on this day and do not lend money to others;
THIRD HOUSE – denotes brothers and sisters, neighbors and relationships with them, exchange of thoughts, curiosity, speech, contracts, agreements, news. Short trips.
On this day, in order to avoid “punctures,” it is best to remain silent or speak very little and to the point. The motto of this day is “YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MARKET.” You can go on a short trip. The most useful thing on this day is to do the opposite of what you usually do when communicating with other people. If you are “silent” by nature, it is useful to have more contact and exchange your thoughts and ideas. It’s good to generally refrain from watching TV and reading on this day. It is better to spend this day in nature or with brothers and sisters.
FOURTH HOUSE - denotes parents, your roots, ancestors in general, home and family, completion of life, mental peace, familiar surroundings, emotional security, support for survival.
Observe where you want to go during this day - you may want to spend the day in the forest or in nature, or in a place where you can remember your family and ask for help and support.
It is best to visit relatives on this day. It’s good to do your homework, put your garden in complete order. On this day it is better not to start anything new, not to be active, but inaction, laziness, sadness, tears are better not to allow them to accompany you throughout the next year.
FIFTH HOUSE - denotes children, creative professions, creativity itself, hobbies, free time, random happiness, love, romantic adventures, the desire to be noticed and appreciated in society, popularity, spending on entertainment.
On this day, it is better not to get carried away by love affairs, not to be seduced by the image, if there are strong temptations and temptations, you should not gamble or make expensive purchases. It’s good to be with children - watch them play and you will see how much joy, attention and spontaneity there is in it. You can also do something that you have never done before. We advise you to remember your childhood years - do something like this, which your parents categorically forbade you to do back then. In love adventures, on the contrary, you need restraint - then you will make up for yours. Natural communication with one’s own or other people’s children occupies an important place.
SIXTH HOUSE - denotes your health and care for it, service and daily work, caring for others, and responsibilities, subordination, discipline, relationships in service, work environment, professional skills, working with tools and mechanisms
THIS IS A DAY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH. A day when you can completely devote yourself to business and everyday worries. On this day you can move up the career ladder after years of hard work. DAY OF CALM. But try to beware of routine. See if you are not being pulled into your whirlpool by small everyday affairs, which make it easy to miss the main, important thing. It’s good to try a new diet or treat yourself to a light meal on this day.
SEVENTH HOUSE - denotes spouse, partners and enemies, personal relationships with people, responsibility to the front; marriage, divorce, separation, breakup, litigation, trade, transactions, competition, co-authorship.
If you live with a partner, then it would be very good to spend this day together and discuss joint plans for the future - they may consist of you starting to do something that you did not dare to do. Maybe you will finally speak out directly and clarify a lot in your relationship. It’s good to remember all your partners and understand what worked out for you, what didn’t and why. It’s better not to sue, not to get divorced, not to enter into contracts. But if you still have to sign important papers on this day, be sure to check them more than once.
EIGHTH HOUSE - denotes death, changes, trials, crises, the end of old conditions, the beginning of new ones; conception, birth, sex; losses and gains for reasons beyond a person’s control; the values of other people.
THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT DAY - you need to spend it alone - recapitulate yourself in order to get serious changes in behavior and thoughts. Sex, interference in other people's lives and jealousy are contraindicated on this day. It is especially important to learn to control your emotions and feelings. Be prepared for the fact that on this very day something long outdated, although still expensive, will leave your life. Losses on this day mean liberation and are a good omen. There is no need to be afraid on this day.
NINTH HOUSE - denotes knowledge that expands horizons, worldview, higher education, travel, distant relatives, people from afar, with a different view of the world, long trips and travel, especially for educational purposes.
YOU CAN learn something new - that's very good! It’s good to meet guests from afar and go on a long journey if you intend to travel throughout the next year. On this day it is important not to sit at home. Go to a museum, an exhibition, a library, read an educational magazine. But on this day you cannot teach anyone yourself. You cannot teach relatives, friends, or even children, although you may be very drawn to this.
TENTH HOUSE - denotes power, implementation of plans, profession, career, social position, authority, practical goals and results in life, assessment of your merits - both fame and shame, relationships with superiors, government authorities, personal power and its use, manifestation of ambition, strategy for moving towards a goal, practical life choice.
DO NOT RULE, DO NOT BE PROUD, DO NOT SET GOALS THAT ARE FALSE. On this day, there may be a strong desire to feel like a boss, but initiative is undesirable. If you are not at all an ambitious person in life, then you need to do the opposite - reach the top, set high and difficult goals and objectives, plan real actions and look at the possibility of achieving a practical result. Be sure to remember all your bosses and mentally thank them for their “science”.
ELEVENTH HOUSE - denotes friends, hopes for the future, plans, faith and dreams of a person, his idea of happiness, patrons.
This is the day your Destiny changes. It’s good if your hopes come true - that means you can make new plans! On this day you can FINALLY GATHER ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND HAVE A GRAND BIRTHDAY! Anyone who literally made you sick that day is not your friend! You don’t even have to invite guests to your place on purpose, but check who comes to you today even without an invitation - that means he is your true friend.
TWELFTH HOUSE - denotes restriction, renunciation and liberation from the old, unnecessary, purification, religious actions.
A DAY OF PRAYER, SOLITUDE AND REST. It is good to sum up the whole Ritual. Feel your strength, visit the Temple. On this day you need to be patient, be peaceful and compassionate towards the needs of other people. It is very good to help someone in a difficult situation and completely free yourself from the burden of memory, from all the past years, forgive your offenders, feel love for the whole world, for all people.
When you spend all 12 days following these rules, you definitely need to remember them throughout the year. Try to live the way you managed during these 12 days. The easiest way is to write down the events of these days in a diary and re-read it. But there is another way. Each of the 12 months following the birthday is also associated with the Solar - the first month is 1st house, the second month is 2nd house and so on. You can continue to live by these rules all year. And then a lot will begin to change in your life. A new love, a new job may come to you. You can become more successful, happy and healthy.
In fact, this short article is only an attempt to make you take the birthday theme seriously. Be attentive to this day!
