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| | Cardea |
 | | Beautiful Cardea, Keeper of the Four Winds, you who lives behind the North Wind in the starry castle at the hinge of the universe, you who is Mistress of all Openings, I call to you! |
 | | The Roman Goddess, Cardea, was keeper of the doors and had as Her principal protective emblem, a bough of Hawthorne. |
 | | She is honored at her festival, Beltane, and is also honored during the month of June - known as the "hinge of the year." Originally, Cardea was the hinge on which the year turned, that is, a goddess of the turning seasons. |
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