04
February
Honouring the Harvest at Lughnasadh
As the wheel of the year turns again, we arrive at Lughnasadh or Lughnasa, a vibrant celebration of the harvest. This is technically the first festival for the modern year of the Witches Wheel of the Year, if we are to go by our very much out-of-sync-with-natural-cycles modern Gregorian Calendar, but it’s not so for […]
21
December
The wheel turns again, with Summer Solstice
Regardless of whether you celebrate Summer Solstice, Midsummer, Kronia or Litha – the essence remains the same. The longest hours of the daylight mark a harvest festival, a time to honour the Summer Deities and the peak of the fiery, fertile energies that dominate. Tradition shows it was as a time to partition the Gods […]