Llewellyn's 2022 Witches' Calendar

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Journaling about your shadow work is a great opportunity to delve deeper into a topic while honing these communication skills. Brew up some comfort food, begin storing your harvest for the winter, and settle in for a month of thanksgiving. Modern pagans continue to celebrate the Earth’s abundance and the yearly harvests resulting from its abundance, as well as its ideal balance between day and night during the second of their three annual harvest festivals. Wiccans believe this is when the god dies and when the Goddess both reaches her highest power as the Crone and is pregnant with the god that will be born at Yule. For Wiccans, this Sabbat is also a holiday of love and romance and when the God and Goddess come together.

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May Day is also celebrated by decorated and dancing around the maypole (representing the male aspect). However, they may celebrate the seasonal holidays Gerald Gardner pulled from Celtic and Middle East holidays, among many others, when creating the Wiccan religion.The years and festivals follow each other endlessly, in a circle or spiral known as the Wheel of the Year. October is a mysterious month dedicated to engaging in shadow work, while the thinning of the veil offers a unique opportunity for delving into divination, spirit work, and ancestor veneration. Eventually, the celebrations began with a massive and publicized sacrificial ceremony at Saturn’s temple. Because solstices and equinoxes are tied to exact astronomical moments, the holidays shift slightly from year-to-year.

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Furthermore, the Celtic and Germanic calendars were most likely superimposed on two ancient apportionments of the year: two large seasons – summer, which runs from May 1 to November 1, and winter, which runs from November 1 to May 1.

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By contrast, we’d celebrate the greater/grand sabbats, or cross-quarter days, anytime during the week before the peak, because we are using this swelling energy to grow and increase our Great Work intention with the fixed energies of the seasonal high tides. However, it’s important to note some scholars believe the Lupercalia festivals took place on February 13th and lasted through the 15th. Suggested Celebration Planning: Observe the exact day, or on the weekend before on Saturday, April 30, and also observe the Solar Eclipse at 4:28 pm, or Sunday May 1. As the spring equinox brings balance to the planet, this month is also a time to bring balance into our lives. It is observed on May 1st each year, approximately halfway between the spring solstice, Ostara, and the summer solstice, Litha.Ritual Function: Balance elemental earth energy, and shadow work for the virtues and vices of Capricorn. There is some debate about how Samhain relates to the Christian All Hallows’ Eve/Day, although the former certainly predates the latter. With roots in the deep Celtic past, Imbolc was traditionally about ushering in a productive farming season and was dedicated to Brigid, the goddess of healing, smithing, and poetry. Many Witches, Wiccans, and other Neopagans celebrate at least some of these eight festivals throughout the year, and these festivals are known as Sabbats.

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Solstices and equinoxes are cosmic events between the earth and the sun—they always happen *about* the same time of year, but the exact date can change. Suggested Celebration Timing: Very brief window of time to observe between the moon entering Sagittarius at 3:16 pm and exact conjunction 5:57 pm. I’m working on my custom calendars I make as holiday gifts, and I always like to include these observances along with lunar phases. In Wicca, the narrative of the Wheel of the Year traditionally focuses on the sacred marriage of the God and Goddess and their duality, symbol of light and darkness and all polar opposites.

Note: Because every year the precise date of the equinoxes and solstices changes, we say that the sabbats occur “on or around” the dates mentioned above. The celebrations can be as relaxing or as ritualistic as you wish so that you can incorporate them into your life in many ways. Beltane begins at sundown on April 30th until sundown on May 1st (October 31st – November 1st in the southern hemisphere) and marks the halfway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice.