"\North European wind-lore teaches that the quality of the wind at the moment of the first breath determines the character of that life." ____Nigel Pennick, Celtic Sacred Landscape
In every land, the winds have different folklore associated with them; even within the same land mass, winds bring different gifts and messages. In inland areas, for example, the wind has a different quality to that which blows along the coast. Certain winds are thought of as bringing luck, health, sickness, disquiet, and so on, because they blow from a direction associated with those qualities. But there is no fixed lore on this matter. We can discover the qualities and gifts of the winds wherever we live in the world, seeking out their regional meanings from our own observation rather than relying upon findings and traditions from other lands and cultures - findings that have little relevance to our own situation.
The weather vane of our own emotions and moods is very much attuned to the winds. Even in places where seasonal variation is less differentiated, the subtle changes in wind speed and direction, the change of tides and other subtle indicators have an effect upon us. Our living breath is seen as pertaining to the nature of the winds that prevailed when we were born: our first breath gave our bodies their initial contact with the greater world around us when we emerged from the womb. No matter how the winds blow thereafter, our bodies will have memory of that moment and carry certain predispositions of character.
"Make a point of checking the direction of the wind against your own prevailing mood each day. Stand where you can feel the breeze flow. Note your findings and record the weather that each wind brings with it. Use this as a compass of your own behavioral swings."
[From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews]
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