Hello, beautiful, bounteous Springtime! Spring is a season we all look forward to (right?) – the harbinger of new beginnings, fresh growth, and long-awaited renewal. It is a time when Mother Earth awakens from her winter slumber, the Sun begins to glow a little...
Are you tired of all the commercialism that gets packed into each December? Are you feeling the urge to welcome in the New Year with a more spiritual approach? One way to carve out a little more time for yourself at this dark time of year, is to incorporate some...
It’s SO easy to celebrate Ostara (otherwise known as the spring, or vernal 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...
Wondering how to celebrate Imbolc, the ancient fire festival? There are many Imbolc traditions centering around this first holiday of the year. Whether you regard it as a pagan celebration, a Christian holiday, (or don’t know what on earth it is!) read on to...
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...
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...