Two-part Rite Composed forThursday December 18, 2025ANDWednesday January 7, 2026December++ Put the old year behind you and look forwardMoon Conj Mercury in Sagittarius (02:01), Moon Conj Antares (04:50)Dawn – Jupiter HourJanuary++ Open the portal to the New YearVenus Cap Conjunction Mars Cap (18:43)Dawn – Mercury Hour All times US Pacific FOR MEMBERS OF THE INNER CIRCLEWWW.CIRCLETHRICE.COM Purpose / Overview This is a two-part rite composed for two different days: I’d been struggling with this rite for weeks before I realized that it needed to be a two-part rite, overseen by Janus, and crossing the boundary between the old year and the new. This is primarily a Roman Rite, invoking Janus and Mercury, however it is multi-valent, thanking all the beings you engaged with over the past year. Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having a double-sided head. The month of January is named for Janus (Ianuarius). Janus shares commonalities with Portunus, God of ports and portals. He specifically oversees all transitions, particularly the transition between war and peace. The gates at his temple were open during times of war and closed during times of peace.1 As […]
