Aloha Daughters of the Goddess!  We continue our journey into long nights with a gathering to honor Sacred Guadalupe!  Come and celebrate Guadalupe Tonantzin and please bring your images of Her to the altar.

Celebrate Guadalupe Tonantzin

Monday, December 9th, 2024 ~ 7:30 p.m.
Temple Townhouse Concord, California

$15 newcomers/$25 ongoing
directions upon registration

The apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on the hill of Tepeyac where Tonantzin’s Temple was.  Unfortunately, it had been destroyed by the Spanish priests.  However. the Native Nahuatl recognized Her as the blessed Tonantzin Earth Mother.  Tonantzin Coatlaxopeuh, meaning Our Lady who emerges from the region of light like the Eagle of fire.

From the article Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue & Our Lady of Guadalupe by Maestra Grace

“Many travels from far away to make their offering to Tonanztin Tlalli Coatlicue, (Nahuatl) to Mother Earth, La Virgen Morena — the Dark Virgin, Coatlaxopeuh, Our Lady of Guadalupe, every 12th of December.  This reverential and joyous celebration marks La Virgen Morena’s purported four miraculous appearances from December 9 to 12 in 1531 on the hill of Tepeyac near present-day Mexico City to a Mexica man named Cuauhtlatoatzi (Talking Eagle), who became known as Juan Diego after his conversion to Catholicism.” 

“It is said that the painting itself is imbued with Mexica symbology and that Indigenous cosmology was woven into Our Lady of Guadalupe’s attire: Her robe is red, meaning wisdom; she wears a black belt representative of pregnancy, of new beginnings; Her blue/green cloak of stars brings to mind the Mexica goddess of the stars, Citlalicue. She appeared to Cuauhtlatoatzi on four different days, marking the sacred number four: the Four Winds, the Four Directions. Of course, to the Spaniards and many in the Church, then and now, the symbolism was and still means something quite different. Could this be an early form of cultural resistance?

Our Lady of Guadalupe continues to be revered and passionately believed in. From early resistance to Spanish rule in the 1800s to civil rights marches in the United States to today’s Zapatista Movement in Mexico, Her image continues to be carried on banners to bring awareness to the plight of farm workers, women, undocumented immigrants, and the continued theft of lands and rights from indigenous people. Her faithful devotees, Catholic and otherwise, turn to Her with a deep belief in Her powers to help and heal. Statues and paintings of Her grace the altars of many traditional healers, curanderos, and curanderas.”

We will have a waxing half-moon in Aries so bring your visions out like the Phoenix rising from the ashes.  Bring images of Eagles, Mexico, and Guadalupe to the altar!

If you are interested in participating in our ritual please see our participation page.   Mahalo