Happy May Day 2025!

 

HAPPY MAY DAY!

Thursday, May 1^st, 2025

Compiled by the Editor

 

 

“Song on May Morning”

By John Milton (1608-1674)

Now the bright Morning Star, Day’s harbinger,

Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her

The flowery May, who from her green lap throws

The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose.

Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire

Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!

Woods and groves are of thy dressing;

Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing.

Thus we salute thee with our early song,

And welcome thee, and wish thee long.

 

 

*Morning Starlight*

By Hannah Ambrosiaster, Staff Writer

In the silence before dawn,

A twinkling light breaks through the form,

The Morning Star, its radiance bright,

Guiding us through life's darkest night.

May this celestial beacon remind

Us of hope eternal, forever aligned,

With the beauty and grace of the Universe above,

And fill our hearts with infinite love.

 

Anahita (pictured above) is the archangelic ruler of the planet Venus in Zoroastrianism. She is widely venerated among Zoroastrians as the “Lady of the Waters” (hence her blue robes). In this image, she is standing on a balcony as dawn breaks, watching her planet, Venus – the Morning Star. (Digital image created by the Editor.)

 

 

Zoroastrian “Hymn to the Waters” (Stanza #4)

·   [Ahura Mazda said to the prophet Zarathushtra:] “Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra, unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita. Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, who sends down by day and by night a flow of motherly waters as large as the whole of the waters that run along the Earth, and who runs powerfully.”

·    [The prophet Zarathushtra replied:] “For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.”