Archive for the ‘Holidays’ Category
May Day 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays, paganism on May 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
May Eve 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays, paganism on April 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Easter 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays on March 31, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Vernal Equinox 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays, paganism on March 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »
In the 3rd millennium BCE, the Pleiades were very near the point at which the vernal equinox occurred, which is why the goddesses they represent appear here today. The apparent path of the sun crossed the equator moving northward at 3:06 UTC today, signaling the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern. Enjoy the milder weather to come, and Blessed Be!
Valentine’s Day 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays on February 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »
As longtime readers know, Valentine’s Day is my least favorite of holidays, and I’m not particularly fond of the typical iconography associated with it, either (which is often weird or violent or creepy as hell). So every year I try to share an exception, like this lovely lady with a not-terrible Cupid on a Victorian Era card.
Mardi Gras 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays, paganism on February 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Maybe the places where many of y’all live don’t observe it, but I still do. So Happy Mardi Gras, dear readers!
Imbolc 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays, paganism on February 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
May the reawakening of the world bring with it the reawakening of good things you thought gone forever. Blessed Be!
Little Christmas 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays, Italy, witchcraft on January 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »
If you are wondering why there’s a picture of a witch in my blog today, I suggest you consult my column from this day in 2015, which also (not by coincidence) contains links to the columns for the previous four years. That should give you all the information you need to understand why I’m wishing some of my readers a Merry Christmas, some a Good Epiphany and others a Happy King Day, and welcoming all of you to the Carnival season!
New Year’s Day 2024
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays on January 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year, dear readers!
Boxing Day 2023
Posted in Holidays, tagged holidays on December 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder of what this day is for: relaxing and sharing with the less fortunate. And they needn’t be strangers. Happy Holidays, and Blessed Be.
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