Celebrations
for the Southern Hemisphere
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Celebrations |
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for the Southern Hemisphere |
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| Yuletide | 21st
June Winter Solstice |
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| Imbolc | 1st August | |
| Eostrata | 21st
September Spring Equinox |
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| Beltane | 31st October | |
| Litha | 21st
December Summer Solstice |
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| Lammas | 1st February | |
| Mabon | 21st
March Autumn Equinox |
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| Samhain | 1st May |
The Wheel of Life by Cathy Larsen (03) 9867 7829 |
Yuletide [21 June]
Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the Solar Calendar,
time to celebrate the return to summer..
Traditionally it is time to celebrate the "rebirth" of the Sun God (Oak King)
and the maximum strength of the Holly King.
Normally celebrated by watching the sun set, returning inside, lighting of
oak firewood (yule log), and by enjoying a drink or two of spicy punch.
The winter solstice is a time when all appears cold and still in nature, but
beneath the surface new life is beginning to stir.
Imbolc [1st
August]
Spilled Milk
Candlemass and Celebration of Mother Earth
Preparation of the earth for the planting
Eostrata [21 September]
Eostrata High Altar for 2003 |
The is the time of the year when there is equal day and night it is called the spring equinox. Traditionally the first day of spring, a time when new life is springing forth, a hatching out. There are tree blossoms, flowers, new born animals and new crop shoots resulting from the plantings of Imbolc. |
Beltane [31st October]
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Beltane is the point during the Pagan Calender when the circle of life is divided into its major seasons, summer and winter. It represents the boundary between Life and death and marks the beginning of the season of life
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The Beltane Fires for 2005 |
Litha [21st December]
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The Summer Solstice falls on the Midsummer's day, which is the longest day and shortest night of the solar year. At this time the powers of light and life are at full strength, it the time for action and doing things. However, on the other side of the coin, it also marks the coming of darkness, where balance of power returns to dark, symbolised by the days beginning to draw in. |
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Mid Summer Joy for 2004 |
Lammas [1st February]
| The harvest festival of Lammas falls on Sunday
1st February this year. This festival is celebrated by making of bread (Hlafmass means the feast of bread). Lammas marks the beginning of the harvest brought by the successful growth of the crops as they are gathered in. Also summer declines and Lammas marks the downturn of the Solar wheel
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The Lammas Celebration this year
was at the Cosmic Barn.
A bread making, baking and eating rituals were performed The rituals the corn harvest and the harvest dolls were also performed |
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The Corn Dollies |
Mabon
[21st March]
The wheel of the year reaches the mid point between Summer and Winter.
It is the time when there is equal day and night.
It is called the Autumn Equinox.
Samhain [1st May]
| Traditionally the first day of winter in the old Celtic Calendar. In many nature magic traditions it is the "New Year's Day". The day marks the
end of one agricultural year and the beginning of the next.
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