It’s SO easy to celebrate Ostara (otherwise known as the vernal or spring equinox) because this ancient pagan festival still has a super-strong foothold in modern western culture. You probably know many traditional Ostara symbols that are now part of our Easter...
Wondering how to Celebrate Imbolc and Harness the Power of this Ancient Fire Festival…? As soon as the first snowdrops start pushing up from the deep, dark Earth, I know Spring is just around the corner. And THIS means the first ancient fire festival of the year...
The season’s arrived! And this means it’s time for a winter solstice ritual… The wheel of the year is turning, and here in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re descending into the deepest, darkest time of the year. But it’s not all doom and...
Here we are. Winter solstice, the darkest day of the year… Often seen as a “low point”, something to get through, in order to find the light. But skipping past this darkness is a mistake. Like the dark Moon phase, the winter solstice is a mysterious, liminal...
Samhain is the original Celtic fire festival falling between autumn equinox and winter solstice It’s also the witches’ New Year. Well for the ancients of these lands, it was THE new year. It’s only in modern times we have the privilege of claiming the word...
Summer Solstice can sometimes feel like a very long time coming… This day has been revered for at least as long as records have been kept – some of those in the form of stone monoliths. Because the solstice re-affirms life. It’s a day of power and...
Beltane is the Celtic fire festival …that sits between Ostara and the Summer Equinox. It’s usually celebrated on May 1st, sometimes April 30th depending on the year. Like most of the Celtic festivals, Beltane (also Bealtane and Beltaine) been adapted,...
Here’s it comes…! Spring Equinox hits on March 20th, 2021. Get ready for a whole new beginning… This is the day each year, when the Sun enters Aries, bringing the fresh, fiery burst of spring we have all been waiting for, to elevate us from a winter...