The Courts

The Seelie Court, the House of Morning
Also called the Shining Court, the Blessed Court, the Daylight Court.

Creation. Illumination. Daring.

Presence, clarity, ease. Prosperity, abundance, hospitality. Rest, reflection, healing. Comfort, joy, appreciation. Enlightenment, gratitude, fulfillment. Truth, integrity, romance. Acceptance, resourcefulness, opportunity. Resilience, optimism, courage. Visionary, curiosity, belief.

Feeling every dawning’s gift. Hard to get, bright to hold. Safe haven as something that is built. More than enough to share. How a grain of sand becomes a pearl, a strand of silk becomes lace, the sun comes up and tries again tomorrow. Honey and chandeliers, glitter and glamour. The satin of a sigh, the soft of a secret, the ethereal trails of ichor. Low whispers in a ballroom. A smile still bares teeth. Kisses like a signature, stellar warmth requitable. All the fineries and all their hidden costs. No matter how dark it gets, a spark always survives.

Rules the part of the year from Winter Solstice through Summer Solstice, as the light grows.

The Unseelie Court, the House of Evening
Also called the Gloaming Court, the Wicked Court, the Midnight Court.

Destruction. Cleansing. Clearing.

Dreams, desire, instinct. Validity, purpose, individuality. Ambition, illusion, emotion. Defense, assertion, boundaries. Fortitude, commitment, invention. Honing, refining, shifting. Perspective, strength, shedding. Change, influence, reckoning. Completion, endings, release.

New moon shadows favor lunacy. An elevator to the thirteenth floor. Going beyond the pale. Losing the wrinkled map that already knows where to go. How over two dozen kinds of butterflies learned nocturnal. How too much light can blind. That some seeing comes from being left in pitch dark, searching out a new way home. The shock of metamorphosis. White knuckle self-esteem. Deadweight to be culled and buried. Soil that needs tilled for new life to take root. The way even the moon cracks. The way the moon always fills again.

Rules the part of the year from Summer Solstice through Winter Solstice, as the shade grows.

The Seelie Court, the House of MorningAlso called the Shining Court, the Blessed Court, the Daylight Court.

The Unseelie Court, the House of EveningAlso called the Gloaming Court, the Wicked Court, the Midnight Court.

The Seelie Court, the House of Morning
Also called the Shining Court, the Blessed Court, the Daylight Court.

The Unseelie Court, the House of Evening
Also called the Gloaming Court, the Wicked Court, the Midnight Court.