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Anu (Part 3)
I spent time, as I always do, researching Anu and wanting a place to start from. The best way to know any deity is to connect and listen. But I like feeling I have a foundation.
I learned that Anu is a lot like my Queen of the Mountain goddess in my Idaho mythology. Morwenna. She is motherly, caring, nurturing. She is like coming home for a visit and having mom making you comfortable as only a mom can.
I created a phone screen wallpaper. Even in the shadow of The Great Harvest happening tomorrow, I still felt I should honor Anu as my guide.
But with so little information about Anu, I found I had to form my own way of showing devotion to her. Normally, I wear jewelry to honor and remind myself who I walk with. The Morrigan had raven earrings and Nemain had a spiral necklace and Macha had a sword necklace.
And this message came through my mind. “Use the stone from the river.”
I don’t think I shared the story about the stone in the river. I had gone on a trip for my birthday in June and we stayed at Maven’s Haven… my favorite place by a town called Riggins, in Idaho. My hubby and I went down to the river bank and looked at all the rocks and stones on the beach or in the shallows.
I found a clear quartz chunk, a beautiful yellow stone that looked like citrine, a piece of river glass. I always find beautiful specimens when I actually look. There was a stone in the shallows I noticed. It was a near perfect teardrop and the craggy lines caught my eye. I picked it up out of the sand and washed it clean. It was light for its size and delightfully imperfect. Nearly a hag stone even.
I smiled at it and set it back down where I’d found it. “Take that stone. Make it a pendant.” That’s what I heard. I know from experience I’d regret it if I didn’t. So I picked it up and brought it home. I put back everything else except the quartz chunk and the river glass.
So today, as I’m contemplating how I would honor Anu, that stone came back to me. Make it a pendant. It’s of the earth, as Anu is. I brought it home as I was instructed to without knowing exactly why. And now, it has purpose.
I’ve never wrapped a piece of jewelry before. But I did it. It’s held as Anu holds me. I can wear it next to my heart in gratitude and devotion in a time where life feels very prickly.
Tonight at sunset, I will take my necklace out to my sacred place and I will bless it and imbue it with my connection to Anu.
And then, I will have hard choices to make come Monday. Tough conversations, heart-wrenching decisions. But Anu will be at my side. My entire tribe will be there with me. No more fighting. Just a quiet letting go. ❤️
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Anu (Part 3)
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