Aranahk

This was the designation given to us for the South God, and at first we assumed it to be a proper name. However, we have come to realize it is in fact a title. If we separate the word as "tsar/anos," it means, essentially, "King of the Year(s)." We speculate that Whoever fills the role as South God in a given Age is to be given this title. Previously, for the Piscean Age, He was the Kristos. Now, in the Aquarian Age, we have Tsaranos Hermes.

Since I've already done a post on Hermes, here instead is other information about the role of the Tsaranos in Sorgae 'Craft.

The Wand is the tool of the South and the Vaska word for "wand" is the same as the word for "snake," tsarnu. There is a Celtic God, Taranis, associated with snakes (He did battle with a great sky serpent), Who was worshipped in regions surrounding the Danube river. He was also associated with the eight-spoked Wheel of the Year. Taranis is considered to be a Celtic Equivalent of Zeus, Who, as discussed before, we associate with the High God, Iove.

No, Taranis, is not, in fact, our South God. However, to have the King of the Year(s) aligned in part with the High God makes sense, in a macrocosm/microcosm kind of way; Iove is part of the First Division, when the All split into male and female, and as She took Time, He took Eternity. Taranis' association with the Wheel representes the ever-turning cycle of Eternity, but on a smaller scale, a measured and relatable calendar. Thus the South God, the Tsaranos, is a reflection of the cycle of Eternity that Iove embodies.

Additionally, snakes are classic representations of rebirth and eternity, from the shedding of their skin to the symbol of the ouroboros. The position of Tsaranos is the Dying God, the willing sacrifice, the Sacred King. And you'll notice, Hermes' caduceus has two serpents entwined around a wand. We've yet to discover the nature of His sacrifice though, as the Age has just begun.

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North God - Ianos (ee-yah-nos) - We associate Him with the old European God, Janicot/Janus. Like Janus, He has two faces, one looking to the East and one looking to the West, to the Past and the Future.

We associate Ianos with gateways, opening (metaphorical) doors, and passages. His position in the North aligns Him with Earth and Silence, and the final stage on the journey to communion with the Divine. However, we have yet to figure out a way to Channel Him, as none of us, obviously, have two faces. A possibility may be two people standing back-to-back and Ianos being called into them both. Another may be having a Familiar also Channeled at the same time, so that Ianos communicates through both Witch and Familiar. But we haven't attempted any of this yet.

But with Hermes now in the South, and the Aquarian Age concerned with acceptance and new understandings, it seems to me to be an important step to take, Channeling this God of passage and gateways. Or, perhaps, another of Hermes' functions is to teach us how best to communicate with Ianos (Would it be Hermes that is to be Channeled simultaneously rather than a Familiar?). After all, the idea of a North-South axis (mythically called the North Star Road, or the World Tree) being crucial to Divine communion, is not a new one.