December derives its name from the  
fact to be the 10th month of the king Numa's ancient calendar which 
begins on March. 
December represents the "depth", the origins, the Antique and Primordial Time: the 
beginning of Time. This  is a very particular month focused essentially 
on the festivities and rites  of Saturnalia and Divalia (dec. 21st). If 
Janus represents the  beginning, Saturnus (to which December is 
dedicated) represents the  "end".
During December Nature turns her energies back to Earth: a cycle ends as precondition for the opening of the next one. This is a period of Death, not in a profane sense, praparing a re-generation time. The Ianua Coeli open in December.
Main festivities are:
- 1 december - Bona Dea
- 5 december - Faunalia
- 10 december - Janus' Agonalia
- 15 december- Consualia
- 17 december- Opalia
- 18 - 22 december- Saturnalia
- 21 december- Divalia
- 25 december- Sol Invictus
 
 
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