Today Nature takes a subtle seasonal shift with the little known pivot point to First Harvest, also known as Lammas (pronounced lah-mass). What the heck? Fall Equinox is 6 weeks away, you might protest, but this is something that summer worshipers don’t care to admit: Solstice has come and gone, and though summer is at its […]
Litha: Summer Solstice Ancient Origins + Seasonal Wisdom
Summer Solstice, meaning “sun standing still”, is the climax point in the Wheel of the Year. Summer Solstice is called Litha and is one of the quarter festivals – along with Mabon (Fall Equinox), Yule (Winter Solstice), and Ostara (Spring Equinox) – of the Celtic calendar with the cross-quarter festivals of Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas, and Samhain celebrated in between. Litha […]
Beltane: Fire Fertility Festival + Ancient Seasonal Wisdom
Seasonal wisdom shifts our attention to Beltane (pronounced bell-tain as in “rain”), a spring fertility festival. It celebrates the quickening fires of the coming summer and is the midpoint between Ostara (Spring Equinox) and Litha (Summer Solstice). In the Celtic calendar there are 8 high holy days that involve nature festivals. It includes the equinoxes and solstices […]
Ostara: Happy Spring Equinox + Ancient Seasonal Wisdom
“It is Spring again. The Earth is like a child that knows poems by Heart.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke Ostara (pronounced oh-star-ah), also known as the Spring or Vernal Equinox, welcomes growth and renewal and holds a tremendous amount of seasonal wisdom. In the Celtic calendar there are 8 high holy days centred around nature festivals. Ostara is […]
Imbolc: Ancient Seasonal Wisdom + First Stirrings of Spring
Do you feel the first stirrings of Spring? In the Celtic calendar there are 8 high holy days centred around nature festivals. They include the equinoxes and solstices that demark our four traditional seasons along with cross-quarter days. Imbolc is one of these cross-quarter festivals along with Beltane, Lammas, and Samhain. These holy days are times when […]