Wicca Wall Calendar 2023 (Art Calendar)

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This festival is associated with the god in his aspect as the sun king and the goddess in her aspect as the mother of light. We also shed old skins that no longer fit our evolving selves, tapping elemental fire’s powers of surrender. In many traditions of modern pagan cosmology, all things are considered to be cyclical, with time as a perpetual cycle of growth and retreat tied to the Sun's annual death and rebirth.

Which circles us back around to the elemental tides of earth once again, and another year’s period of silent reflection on all we’ve accomplished. NIGHT OF SHIVA—family feast day honoring Shiva as the Pillar of Light/the life-force as the Infinite Light, with oil lamps and candlelight. Modern pagan practice strongly avoids sacrificing animals in favour of grains, herbs, milk, wines, incense, baked goods, minerals, etc. I watched a little bit – it’s all about magical young women and it’s got the message that you can be different, so for young women that’s quite a positive message. The idea that storms and thunder are actually divine battle is pivotal to the changing of the seasons.

It’s a joyful celebration and a collective coming-together, with a decent amount of mead, which is an essential component,” says Kristin Devey, who runs events at Butser.

Christian Connection: All Saints’ Day, which celebrates the saints and martyrs of the Christian church and is associated with the coming of winter and the cycle of life and death. This holiday represents the first creation, but also the annual creation (planting so crops grow each year) and most symbolic, the perpetual creation. Day for meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Goddess, White Tara, who guides the dead to Buddha Amitabha’s Pure Land, where all will find salvation. Greek festival of God Dionysus – in which vines were pruned and sprinkled with wine, accompanied by ritual singing and dancing.Arguably the most important neo-druidic festival, due to the focus on the sun and its light as a symbol of divine inspiration.

Suggested Celebration Planning: Narrow window of observance on Saturday, October 28, 2023, between moon entering Taurus at 7:44 am and exact full with Lunar Eclipse that afternoon at 4:24 pm. Many Wiccan, modern Druids, and eclectic modern pagans incorporate a narrative of the Holly King and Oak King as rulers of the waning year and the waxing year respectively. There are two Solar eclipses to tap for spells exploring Aries ♈︎ fire and Libra ♎︎ air elemental pairing. Photograph: Paul Gapper/Alamy Veneration of the sacred feminine … Beltane celebrations at Butser Ancient Farm.

Since 1970, the Catholic Church no longer recognizes this day for Gabriel, ending a thousand year plus tradition by opting to lump him in with Raphael and Michael for a Feast of the Holy Archangels Day on Sept 29. Fast of Hod – Norse fast marking Hod (blind God of Darkness) unintentionally killing Balder (God of Light), and devoted Nanna (Goddess of Flowers) dying of a broken heart.