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Wheel of the Year

colored engraving style image of sun on horizon of harvest field

Rejoice at the Mighty Turning of the Year: Blessed Lughnasadh

Today is the beloved old holiday of Lughnasadh, sometimes called Lammas. It is the turning between Summer and the first stirrings of Autumn. Slowly, the dark hours are overtaking the light with equinox only six weeks away. Now we celebrate the harvest of the year, gathering in that which was planted in Spring’s hope.

"The Riders of the Sidhe" John Duncan 1911

Wishing You and All Our Beloveds a Most Merry Beltane

Merry Meet! Today is one of the holiest, happiest, most beautiful celebrations in our sacred year! It is Beltane in the Northern Hemisphere (and Blessed Samhain below the equator). The veil between the worlds is most thin, and our ancient alliances with the Faery world, as well as Nature, are honored. May joy be yours.

bird in a crabapple tree

Welcome Glad Bringer of Brightness – Blessed Ostara

Today, The Wheel has turned. For one brief moment, there is a perfect balance, and then, in the Southern Hemisphere, darkness begins to overtake the hours of light, while here, the daylight outpaces the night.

This beautiful season, what will you give birth to? What hope grows in your heart’s garden? How will you celebrate this miraculous gift of sparkling new life?

The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate is Love

As I do every several years or so, once again this Feb. 14, I invite you to join me as we reject the patriarchal cult of dead martyrs, guilt, and consumerism. Instead, let us reclaim this day of love and celebrate the divine gift of all consensual love, beauty, and pleasure.

Brighid doll, cross, candles and snowdrops

The Flame Unfailing: Blessed Imbolc, Blessed Brighid

Rejoice this happy day, when we dedicate to new magical studies, renew our devotions, undergo initiation, and, under the light of the Owl Moon, welcome the transformation of the Crone to the Maiden. For Imbolc is Life’s Promise: no matter what the ice and cold may deliver, Nature is bigger, stronger, and will triumph.

Waite-Smith Wheel of Fortune - for 2026

The Year 2026: The Wheel of Fortune Rolls Again

As I do each year, I examine the Tarot Year’s card, based on the year’s numerology, using the lens of the Major Arcana. Everyone reading this is feeling the twists that began barely 24 hours after the New Year’s stroke of midnight Eastern time. They haven’t let up and aren’t likely to. But they can be navigated. Here’s how.

The more I think about it,
the more I realize there
is nothing more artistic
than to love others.

~ Vincent Van Gogh

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