*Samhain*

Oct31

All Hallows Eve

 

The most Magickal Night of the Year. (Beltanes dark twin). A night of Shadows,Ghost

stories, tricks or treats. Also known as day of the dead

night when the veil that seperates our world from the spirit world is at its thinnest.

(the end of the old Year) when the new year begins with the onset of the dark phase of the year, just

as the new day begins at sundown.

celebrating the dead and divining the future, are inexorably intertwined in Samhain

some Ideas for samhain are

*Honor the Dead, remember those who have passed on

*Light Candles

*Scry by Fire or scrying mirror

*leave an offerring outside for the Dead and Spirits such as food

 

 

Yule

Dec

Midwinters Eve

when the moon is closes to the Earth

Yule is the Anglo-saxon word for the festival of the winter solstice. It comes from the original 'Iul'

meaning "Wheel", in the old almanacs. Winter solstice was called Alban Arthan by the Druids.\

It was then when the ChiefDruid cut the Sacred mistletoe from the Oak. A custom

that still lingerswith our use of Mistletoe for cristmas decorations

Mistletoe is usually banned from churches at christmas, because of its pagan association

Maybe someone should tell them that christmas is Realy a pagan Holliday

with a different name. and that noone realy know when Jesus was Born

Some Ideas for Yule are

*Light a fire

*Hang a symbolic wheel on your home

*make your own Yule log

 

Imbolic

Jan2

Candlemas

Candlemas is the Cristianized name for this holliday

also known to the irish as "Brigits Day" in honor of the great Irish Goddess

The Roman Catholic church could not Easily call the great goddess of Ireland a Demon

so they canonized her instead.Hence she would be "Saint Brigit" patron saint of smithcraft, poetry

and Healing. Brigit's holliday was marked by the kindling of Sacred Fires.

The roman church was quick to confiscate this symbolism as well, making Candlemas as the day to

bless all the church candles that would be used  for the coming Liturgical

some Ideas for Yule

*Light white, green and blue candles in your Circle

*Make your own Witches broom

*Place the wheel of the year on your Alter

 

 

Ostara

march 20-23

The time of Springs Return,the seed time

Light and Dark are Equal

The prince of the sun Stretches out his hand, Time of Balance

The drak Maiden Returns from the land of the dead

Some Ideas  for Ostara

*plant Seeds

*Paint eggs with Pagan Symbols

*Light a fire in a cauldren

 

Beltane

May

May day

Lady Day

Named in honor of the Goddess Maia.

Beltane is derved from the Irish Gaelic  "Bealtaine" or the Scottish Gaelic

"Bealtuinn" Meaning Fire

The fire of the celtic God of Light  Bel,Beli or Belinus

Ideas for Beltane

*Fill a bowl or Cauldren with flowers

*Make A minature maypole

 

Litha

june 20-23

Midsummer

The longest day of the Year

The sun king embraces the  queen of summer

Time when the sum God is at his mightiest and his brightest

The peak of light and warmth

Some ideas for litha

*put a ring of Flowers around your cauldren

*Light a white candle and place in front of a mirror

*make a love charm

 

 

Lammas

Augest 1st

Marks the End of Summer/The beginning of Fall

Ideas for lammas

*arange graing in the form of gods and Goddesses

*Make a corn doll (made with Straw)

 

Mabon

Technically, an equinox is an astronomical point and, due to the fact that the earth wobbles on its axis slightly (rather like a top that's slowing down), the date may vary by a few days depending on the year