Update: Here's Beyonce as the fiery Brigid! It’s the cross-quarter holiday between winter solstice and the spring equinox—which helps to fuel the Superbowl frenzy here in the states. We want to party. For those of us with Northern Hemisphere bodies, this is the instinctive, genetically encoded turn towards the coming vitality and brightness of spring. If your … [Read more...]
I'm pleased to have Mary Pat Lynch as my guest blogger for this wonderful cross-quarter holiday. Beltane is one of the four great Fire Festivals in the fixed signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. In the ancient Celtic calendar, Beltane is a hinge ushering in the light half of the year, a time of fertility and abundance. In the standard calendar, Beltane is May 1. … [Read more...]
The veil between the worlds is at its thinnest during Samhein, and it's an appropriate time to contact ancestors, release what's unnecessary, and prepare for the birth at Yule. Samhein is a "Sabbat," one of the special days of power on the wheel of the year. Perform the ritual on October 31 (traditional Samhein) or November 8 (astrological Samhein). You will need: an … [Read more...]
Busy with the usual thoughts, I forgot to celebrate Imbolc. My backyard oak remembered, surprising my house with sudden confetti. For weeks I’ve wondered about this oak. The rest of the neighborhood trees dropped their leaves long ago. Why does my oak keep hanging onto its dried-up soldiers—through rain, wind, and snow? Is it haunted by the past? Is it bound, like me, to old … [Read more...]
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