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In Celtic myth Uranus can be identified with Celi, as a god and a source of inspired speech and prophecy. Uranus is called ‘the Awakener’ in esoteric astrology and that is how the druids had described the forces in the sky at this time of year. In a Welsh creation myth, the druids also referred to an invisible god called Celi as an incomprehensible or limitless spirit that had formed a mystical union with Ceridwen, their great Mother goddess. These unions took place during the spectacular solar eclipses when the Moon stands between the Sun and Earth at the time of the new Moon. All eclipses were seen by the druids as a primeval replay of the regenerating forces in the universe.

Celi was a god of inspired vision, known as ‘Awen’, that manifested in a triple ray of light representing the one balancing light of the equinoxes and the two diverse lights of the solstices. It was also said to represent the powers of reasoning and the druids used three wands of the Rowan Tree to evoke this power in men and women.

Celi was commonly nameless like the Egyptian god, but the druids knew his name and kept it a secret because if spoken aloud in the wrong tone its vibration around the world could stop the courses of the stars and the Earth would stand still. The Celts, like the Egyptians, had tribal gods and absorbed many others during their various travels and migrations around the ancient world. The Celts were known to quickly grasp new ideas and fashion them into something of unique value to them. The Egyptian Neter may therefore have been the same nameless creator that the druids referred to. The idea of one god who created the world and all creation was perhaps a very radical belief at that period in history.