Tag Archives: Sabbats

ASTROLOGY FOR PAGANS AND WITCHES

August 25, 2009 – 5:07 pm

WHAT IS ASTROLOGY?
FROM A PAGAN PERSPECTIVE
There are many fields of astrology, and methods of practicing astrology. Some view it as a science; some view it as an art. To some it is simply a factual tool; to some it is spiritually meaningful. Some feel it is personal; some feel it is universal. To me, [...]

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Lughnassadh

August 4, 2009 – 10:48 am

Lughnassadh is being celebrated throughout the first week of August, due to a difference of opinion about timing. There are 3 common schools of thought about the dates of the Sabbats. The simplest method is to go by the calendar date in which case it is the 1st of August. To some, it falls [...]

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New Moon – Solar Eclipse

July 20, 2009 – 2:25 pm

The bleakest and blackest skies, mark the return of the light.  The Moon seems to have vanished.  We see no trace, no signs of her divine, silver light.  Yet we know, and more importantly we feel this void of light, is the birth of light.  We are reminded of Yule, the shortest, darkest day of [...]

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Full Moon July 07 2009 2:21am PDT

July 5, 2009 – 7:17 am

This Full Moon falls in the signs of Capricorn and Cancer, highlighting the polarity of Yule and Midsummer (Summer and Winter equinoxes).  Expect particularly powerful energy from this Moon.  The Full Moon occurs near conjunction with Pluto, the planet of power.  It also brings us a (penumbral) Lunar Eclipse at 2:38am.
Eclipses represent times of change, [...]

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BELTANE

April 29, 2009 – 4:43 pm

The sabbats, the 8 pagan holidays, are sometimes calculated according to calendar days.  To some Yule is December 21st, just as Christmas is December 25th.  However, in ancient tradition they are calculated according to the astrological position of the Sun.  For example, Yule is at 0 degrees Capricorn – also [...]

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