Wheel of the Year

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

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,

The two witches stood in the snow. It was cold, but as the Sun rose, the Earth began to warm and a single drop of melted water slid down an icicle and fell to the ground. The warming had begun, and the witches could feel the Earth, deep and slow, start to wake up. Winter