February 2nd, Saturday this year, is Imbolc. We are half way through Winter. The Holiday Season is so full of busyness, and so hectic and loud, that the quiet time that follows in January is usually a bit of a blessing. Now the Sun in its journey is beginning to shine more of its light […]
As the Sun rises on Friday, the 21st, Winter begins, Yule, the Winter Solstice. In the Wiccan world this marks the beginning of a new year, a whole new reality starts as that Sun rises. Forget the secular calendar for few minutes and go back to another time when reality was controlled not by industry
Are you a good witch or a bad Witch? Way back in the dim mists of my past when I was a young Witchling I got my first tattoo, a Pentagram. On discovering that a friend of mine taught his parrot to say “Is she a good Witch or a bad Witch?” whenever I entered
The Witch’s Thanksgiving is here! The Earth in its revolution around the Sun has hit a point of balance and Summer is over. Autumn has begun. Now is the time to take stock of all the work you have done over the past Solar Year. What did you plan? What did you plant? How did
The First Harvest has begun. The table that was bare is beginning to be filled with all the things that will carry you through the dark times of Winter. Normally when I write these up I stay pretty close to traditional writings, but Lughnasa is very special to me because in this lifetime my path
Summer begins this year on Thursday, June 21st. The Big Sun started its rise at Yule and now it reaches its zenith. The crops have been planted, and the early ones are ready. It is a time to pick berries! How many blueberries can you eat? A very old tradition that takes place at Litha
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Once upon a time I had a fantasy that one day I would live in a forest. I would have a long, dark, almost scary driveway that led to my home. As you entered the sacred space you would enter into something very similar to a scene from a Disney movie, all animals and flowers
The Vernal Equinox arrived. The Equinoxes, Vernal (Ostara, Eostre) and Autumnal (Mabon), are the moments of balance in the Solar year. However, they are not the same. As the years go by I have noticed that Ostara is much more fractious, more chaotic. Mabon has a sweet sadness to it, but Ostara can have all
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Yule came and a new dream was born. Winter took hold; dark, quiet, cold. During that time the new dream got nurtured. Now it is February, halfway through Winter, and it is time to let that dream go into the Cosmos to seek its destiny. The Goddess and God are returning to the aspect of
This Wednesday, the 20th, is the longest night of the year. Winter begins on the 21st. I have noticed a recurring theme in many writings recently, a need for quiet. Winter is all about quiet. We are thrown in such a maelstrom of activity this time of year when what we most need is some