Calendar of the Sun
24 Yulmonath
Larentalia
Colors: The color that is most associated with the Lares of the household.
Elements: All
Altar: Each House should have a small altar with their own Lares, or household spirits. They can
have many names, such as Peace or Speaking or Labor. On this day, those figures are taken to the
main altar and arranged around candles and incense, and food and drink.
Offerings: Food and drink given to the Lares.
Daily Meal: Things grown on the property.
Larentalia Invocation
Hail to the Lares, the spirits of our House!
Hail to Acca Larentia, the Mother of Lares!
Hail to Lara, to Larunda, to Larentina,
To all your many names!
Hail to the wife of Faustulus,
Lady who found Remus and Romulus
Suckling on the teats of a she-wolf,
And brought them home to your open hearth
To train them to be heroes!
Hail to Acca Larentia, Protectress of the Home,
The Mother of the Divine Ancestors!
Hail, she-wolf who suckled human mouths,
Hail hetaira of the Roman nights!
We honor every one of the children
That you have seen fit to gift us with
In this our House and home.
We shall name and honor them in gratitude,
And they shall not forsake us!
(The names of the household Lares are called out, and thanks given to each one. Food and drink
is poured out for them as a libation. Then they are paraded around the House with fire and
smoke and water, and returned with fanfare to their place at the heart of the House.)
Song: Heigh-Ho, Bonfire Glow
[Pagan Book of Hours]