Calendar of the Sun
20 Solmonath
Day of Tacita
Color: White
Element: Earth
Altar: On a white cloth lay a single lit white candle and a bell.
Offering: From the moment of Auge until Hesperis, there is to be a rule of silence in the
building. The sole exception is the reading of the invocation. After the Hesperis ritual, silence
resumes until the following morning.
Daily Meal: Soft food that does not make crunching noise, such as soups or cooked grains.
Tacita Invocation
Goddess of Silence,
You whose stop the tongue
Before it can speak harm,
Before it can speak lies,
Before it can gossip,
And finally
Before it can say anything
That is not necessary,
Teach us about the still spaces
Between ourselves and each other
Between ourselves and our path
Between ourselves and the Gods.
(The person doing the invocation then rings the bell, and from that moment on, silence reigns
again. All sit in meditation about the altar for a time, and each may leave quietly when it seems
right.)
[Pagan Book of Hours]