Semper inops quicumque cupit.
(Claudius Claudianus, In Rufinium 1.200)

Whoever desires is always without abundance.

(pron = SEHM-per IN-ohps kwee-COOM-kweh KOO-pit)

Comment: At the Winter Solstice, the Romans celebrated the festival of Saturn
called “The Saturnalia”. It eventually honored three deities: Saturnus, as the
divine (masculine) power of the sky; Ops as the divine (feminine) power of the
fruitful earth; and Consus, the divine power of the harvest or grain-bin.

It’s another version of a universal myth: the divine masculine and the divine
feminine unite. The holy child is the abundant product of this union, and
represents the unity of masculine and feminine, the above with the below, the
air with the earth, fire with water, and so forth. There are dozens of
versions of this same story in cultures around the world. The Saturnalia was
celebrated from December 17-25. Surprised?

I take liberties with this line of Claudian, but I hear it like this: whoever
is caught in his/her head simply desiring things, and does not look down at the
ground that he/she stands on will be without the fruitful earth (in-ops).
Caught in the head. No recognition of the ground (abundance) we already walk
on. The grain-bin will be empty.

It’s so easy to get caught in the head. There is no better time of the year to
get in touch with the earth that we walk on than right now in the northern
hemisphere. Put on a coat. Take an umbrella. Go for a walk. Notice the
colors. Smell the change of the earth. Feel the wind. Watch the animals.
Listen to the trees emptying of leaves. It changes my perspective on things
every time I do it. Go with no agenda but to let your feet touch the earth.
In some strange and personal way, the divine family will meet you there.