This Winter Solstice on December 21st also marks the first day of Capricorn in the Zodiac Sky. In Latin, Solstice means “sun set still.” This is the time of great darkness, the longest night of the year, and also signifies the spiritual cradle into which the sun is...
From sunset on October 31st to sunset November 2nd—wise women, wizards and mystics in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate a full turn of the Druidic year. I’ve never truly resonated with the Gregorian New Year on January 1st. I’ve long since abandoned celebrating the...
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe The Autumn Equinox takes place on September 23, leading to the Full Harvest Moon, September 27, 2015. We are...
The Dark Moon is waxing to the New Moon, August 14, 2015. Someone told us that we should be afraid of our darkness. Who was it? We were not born with an instinct for shying away from our shadow side. We were taught to leave the darkness where it lay. I love the...
Lammas, the Celtic festival of the seed harvest, falls at the end of July and beginning of August in the Northern hemisphere. It’s the one festival in the turn of the wheel that seems to slip by me if I am not careful. The summer days are long and sultry at this time...
