Today’s Almanac

Awakening a sacred object — blessing something new before it enters daily use.

Setting an intention before something larger than yourself — prayer, quiet ceremony.

Asking for descendants — the hope of a growing family.

Fasting and formal ceremony — observance of the robed, ritual kind.

Repairs and building work on an existing structure.

Breaking ground — the first shovel of a construction project.

Money coming in — invoicing, collecting, settling accounts.

Raising a granary — somewhere for the harvest to live.

Plumbing and latrines — the unglamorous essentials of a working home.

Sowing and planting — starting things that grow on their own schedule.

Tending flocks — steady, patient caretaking.

Reunions and visits — a table full of your people.

Building or mending the kitchen stove — where a household keeps its warmth.

Carrying the altar or hearth fire to a new home — the household spirit moves too.

Adding someone to the household — adoption, a new person under the roof.

Cutting irrigation channels — directing where the water goes.

Crossing the threshold of a new home for the first time.

Moving house — carrying your life from one address to another.

Honouring ancestors and what came before — remembrance, gratitude, tending the family altar.