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Archive for the 'Wheel of the Year' Category

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• Storms of Balance: Part II | Mar 21 2008

  Yesterday was Ostara, the Vernal Equinox. It was a very strange and eventful day, reminding me of a previous article I wrote last year about the Equinox, “Storms of Balance“.
  It was a day of 7-9 inches of wet snowfall here in Aberdeen (after many days with the temperature in the 40s and 50s). The weather [...]

• Wheel Begins Anew | Dec 22 2007

  The newborn sun has arrived!

  Now is the time to stop introspecting and start putting energy and action toward your goals. In my previous article on the Dark Night of the Year, I mentioned using that time for looking within yourself and evaluating what you’ve done during the previous year. I also talked about developing your resolutions for the next year. Now is the time to make those resolutions final and start acting on them.

• Dark Night of the Year | Nov 24 2007

  This time of year, between Samhain and Yule, is a difficult time. It is a time when most plants (at least in the north) have died, animals are hunkering down for winter, and the universe looks inward. It is the dark night of the year.

• Verlitha Solistum | Jun 21 2007

  Today is Verlitha Solistum, the Summer Solstice, when the solar power is at its height in the Northern Hemisphere. It is called many names, including Litha, Midsummer and the Feast of St. John.
  It is a day of bright joy and a day of reckoning. It is time to face the Almighty Father and receive His [...]

• Storms of Balance | Mar 25 2007

  The Equinox is a time of storms and balance. It is said in the Northern Hemisphere that if March comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb, and vice-versa. Periods of Balance, like times around the Equinoxes, are very turbulent.
  Seasons of the earth cycle between the extremes of summer and winter. [...]