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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Every major Sabbat I post something that I hope is special, some new take on the holiday that we are celebrating. Samhain will be here in a few days, and I have struggled to find something new to say about this particular holy day. There is so much written and posted about Samhain that I …
October 4th, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, is the traditional time for the Blessing of the Animals. Many traditions perform a ritual to bless the animals who share our world sometime during this month in commemoration of that venerated Saint. The pets, or companion animals, who live with us are usually the …
It is the Autumnal Equinox, Mabon, the Great Harvest. Today is a moment of balance between Light and Dark, between Life and Death, between the Past and the Future. It is time to both celebrate and to mourn. The Wheel of the Year is based on the agricultural cycle of the Northern Hemisphere. At this …
August has arrived and Summer is still in complete control, but as the month advances there are some changes in the atmosphere. The light begins to shift, the days get a little shorter, and every now and then there is a cool breath of air. It is time to start the First Harvest, Lughnasa. …
Summer has begun! The longest day of the year and the beginning of all those Summer fun events, like the beach. In the Northern Hemisphere the Solstice occurs around June 21st, although it fluctuates anywhere between June 20th through June 22nd, depending on how the Earth and the calendar are aligned with the Sun. The …
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Whenever I think of Beltaine I always hear a musical line in my head. The song is “Santa Claus Is Pagan, Too”, by Emerald Rose, and the line is, “just you wait til Beltaine and we’ll see who’s having fun!” That sums it up. Yep, this is the great sexual rite of Spring. If you …
The Equinoxes, Vernal and Autumnal, are the moments of balance in the Solar year; the moments of balance in the relationship that the Earth has to the Sun; the moments of balance between day and night. That balance is the moment when a new reality comes into focus. However, balance is often not achieved easily, …
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