Beltane
Beltane is one of the most important festivals of the pagan year traditionally marking the arrival of summer in ancient times
Category Archive for 'The Wheel'
Thursday 17 Apr 2008
Thursday 27 Mar 2008
The Wheel in the South
When we read about the Wheel of the Year it’s always aimed at the Northern hemisphere. Surely there are a great number of us in the Southern half of the world? From all accounts you would think that the globe is cut off at the equator, but believe me, it’s not.
Here are the dates and [...]
Thursday 27 Mar 2008
Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh is celebrated in the quarter of the year following Beltane. Tradition, and Julius Caesar, set the date as 1st August, but since the Ancients Celts passed their days from sundown to sundown, the celebration would begin the night before on July 31st.
