Hello My Lovelies, I hope you had a good weekend. Just like you, I follow quite a few WordPress blogs, below is a really interesting article about the Celtic mythology which I am sharing with you as part of my seven day theme – May Day/Beltane. I think that the posts published on Signposts in […]
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Hello My Lovelies, As part of my current seven day theme – May Day/Beltane – I thought I’d share some of the songs that I’ve been known to sing at this time of year. Of course, a wee drop of mead or fruit wine amongst friends helps with ones cheerfulness and reduces the fear of […]
Beltane: April 30th/May 1st (Also known as – Bealtaine, May Eve, Valpurgis) Sabbat Correspondences Incense: Lilac, Frankincense Decorations: Maypole, Seasonal Flowers, Ribbons Colours: Green The Fire Festival of Beltane This festival is also known as Beltane, the Celtic May Day. It officially begins at moonrise on May Day Eve, and marks the beginning of the […]
My 2018 New Year’s Resolutions… Hello Everyone, So, it’s the first day of January again and lots of people are busy making New Year’s Resolutions. Are you? How many of these look familiar? I know that the first couple, lose weight and get fit are ALWAYS something that I say to myself each January! Last […]
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Yule – Winter Solstice
Hello my lovelies, Here we are at Yule/Winter Solstice… At Samhain we honoured, celebrated and welcomed the descent into, and return of, the dark – the beginning of the New Year, acknowledging that all beginnings emerge from darkness. At the Winter Solstice we reach the depth of that darkness with the longest night of the […]
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Samhain – Halloween
Hello my lovelies, Here we are at All Souls Night, Feast of the Dead, Festival of Remembrance, Feast of Apples, New Year… Samhain is one of the major festivals of the Wheel of the Year, for many Pagans the most important festival of all. It is the third and final harvest festival of nuts and […]
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Mabon – Autumn Equinox
Mabon/Autumn Equinox September 21st-22nd Hello fellow travellers, This autumnal festival is now commonly named after the the God of Welsh mythology, Mabon ap Modron. Mabon is the Child of Light and the son of the Earth Mother Goddess, Modron. In truth, there is little evidence that ‘Mabon’ was celebrated in Celtic countries; the term ‘Mabon’ […]
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Litha – Summer Solstice
Hello My Lovelies, Here we are, we have arrived at the longest day and the shortest night of the year. The Goddess is now full and pregnant with Child, and the Sun God is at the height of His virility. This is the peak of the Solar year and the Sun is at the height […]
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Beltane
Sunset to Sunset. Beltane honours Life.It represents the peak of Spring and the beginning of Summer. Earth energies are at their strongest and most active. All of life is bursting with potent fertility and at this point in the Wheel of the Year, the potential becomes conception. On May Eve the sexuality of life and […]
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Eostre – Spring Equinox
A point of perfect balance on the journey through the Wheel of the Year. Night and day are of equal length and in perfect equilibrium – dark and light, masculine and feminine, inner and outer, in balance. But the year is now waxing and at this moment light defeats the dark. The natural world is […]
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Imbolc – Candlemas
There’s a lot of information out there about pagan sabbats; the festivals celebrated throughout the year – Imbolc – Spring Equinox – Beltane – Summer Solstice – Lammas – Autumn Equinox – Samhain – Yule – I thought that this year, I would add a few posts about them too. Imbolc, in the Celtic seasonal […]
Like many, the poetry of Doreen Valiente has featured in more than a few ritual celebrations, this particular poem was chosen by a dear friend to be read at her funeral a few years ago. Every time I read it I think of her, perfect for this time of year, when we take a moment […]
Greetings once again, The seasons turn towards the winter months and we find ourselves indoors, protected from the harshest of weather. I usually spend my time reading, learning new skills and gaining knowledge, reflecting on what I have achieved this year while contemplating what I want to achieve next year and remembering those who have […]
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Celebrating Litha 2015
Not the blazing summer’s day I was hoping for but fantastic nevertheless 😉
The Discreet Witch: A Walk in the Garden–Beltane: My garden and I have a love/hate relationship most of the time, so I tend to forget to appreciate the simple gifts it gives. But springti…