On the old Roman calendar, the Gaulish goddess Epona's feast day, Eponalia, was observed on December 18. She is conflated with the Roman/Italic Rigantona, the Cymri (Welsh) Rhiannon, and sometimes the Irish Macha. Epona rules sports, movement, travel, fertility, and physical fitness. Her symbols are birds, horses, keys, a gate, sheaves of wheat, roses, and a crescent moon.

Eponalia is a beneficial time to begin a new fitness regimen. This can be as easy as stretching your muscles or as elaborate as a full workout. Call upon Epona to help you increase strength and endurance and achieve optimal health. Wear a symbol of Epona to help you expand your physical abilities. Visualize her as a powerful woman riding a white horse as you exercise.