Today, May 1st, is Beltane. Beltane roughly means ‘bright fire’ and it represents the start of Gaelic summer in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. It represents one of the most important Celtic rituals, celebrated around a bonfire. Beltane is one of four Gaelic festivals: Samhain (1 November), Imbolc (1 February), Beltane (1 May),…
Yesterday night, at 22:24 CET (21:24 UTC), we witnessed the Spring Equinox in the Nothern Emisphere and, of course, the corresponding Autumn Equinox in the Southern Emisphere. In many cultures, this period of the year represented the beginning of the new year, the moment when nature starts to flourish again after the winter pause. Many…
Today it's Imbolc, let's celebrate it! Imbolc is a Gaelic traditional festival that celebrates the beginning of spring. Since the beginning of the spreading of Christianity in Ireland, it is also the feast of Saint Brigid, the country's patron saint. It gets celebrated between the 1st and the 2nd of February, halfway between the winter…
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, today you can celebrate the winter solstice, the longest and darkest night of the year and the shortest day of the year. Celebrations of this day are among the oldest in human history, as today represents the day from which you have more daylight and also the beginning…
Samhain Sona Dhut - Happy Samhain! Samhain is a pagan Gaelic festival that marks the transition of summer into winter and is traditionally held on the night of 31st October (and this is because the Celtic day began and ended at sunset), the last day of the harvest, and during November 1st.Samhain was celebrated in…
Ostara represents the Spring Equinox, which this year is on March 20th. We celebrate the equinox because it’s the time of the year when night and day are of equal length, thus balancing the two. Ostara From now on, until the Summer Solstice, we will experience longer days and shorter nights, Nature will flourish, regeneration…
Samhain celebrates our growth and reap. It reminds us of the need to go through the veil, rest, prepare for a new year of sowing.
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