The Sacred Year
THE YEAR OF THE WITCH CONSISTS OF THIRTEEN FULL MOONS (OR ESBATS) IN EIGHT SOLAR SEASONS. THE EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES ARE THE QUARTER DAYS, WHILE THE SEASONS BETWEEN CALLED THE CROSS-QUARTER DAYS.
THE THIRTEEN MOONS
Aries- Seed
Taurus- Hare
Gemini- Dyad
Cancer- Mead
Leo- Wort
Virgo- Barley
Libra- Blood or Wine
Scorpio- Snow
Sagittarius- Oak
Capricorn- Wolf
Aquarius- Storm
Pisces- Chaste
The thirteenth full moon in a year is called "The Blue Moon."
THE SOLAR FESTIVALS
 |
Samhain (SOW [to rhyme with "how"]-en) The Witch's New Year or Summer's End CQ |
|
Yule Q |
|
Imbolc CQ |
|
Oestre' (WEST-ree) Q (Astrological New Year- 1st day of Aries) |
|
Beltain CQ |
|
Litha Q |
|
Lammastide CQ |
|
Mabon Q |
Kalimites in the Southern Hemisphere merely need to reverse the order of the Solar Festivals. Members nearer the Poles, i.e., above or near the Arctic Circle, should adjust their Festivals to the native peoples of their birth-lands, as much as is possible.
CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO THE MAIN PAGE.