Yule falls at the winter solstice, the longest night and shortest day of the year. In the northern hemisphere this occurs around December 20th to 22nd. From this point the light begins its slow return and the days grow incrementally…
Samhain is pronounced sow-en and falls on the night of October 31st into November 1st. It is one of the four great Celtic fire festivals alongside Imbolc, Beltane and Lughnasadh and by most accounts the most significant of the four.…
Mabon falls at the autumn equinox, around September 20th to 23rd in the northern hemisphere. It is the second harvest festival on the Wheel of the Year and the moment when day and night are again equal, just as they…
Lammas falls on August 1st and marks the first of three harvest festivals on the Wheel of the Year. The grain is ready to cut, the days are noticeably shorter than they were at Litha and the first unmistakable signs…
Litha falls at the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year. In the northern hemisphere this occurs around June 20th to 22nd, the same period as the Finnish Juhannus, the Swedish Midsommar, the Norwegian and Danish…
Beltane falls on the night of April 30th into May 1st and marks the beginning of the summer half of the year. It is one of the four great Celtic fire festivals alongside Samhain, Imbolc and Lughnasadh and in the…
Ostara falls at the spring equinox, the astronomical moment when day and night are equal in length and the balance tips decisively toward the growing light. In the northern hemisphere this occurs around March 20th to 22nd each year. It…
Imbolc falls on February 1st and marks the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. It is one of the four great Gaelic seasonal festivals alongside Samhain, Beltane and Lughnasadh and the first festival of the returning light…
The Wheel of the Year is a calendar of eight festivals that mark the turning points of the solar cycle. Together they track the journey of the sun from its lowest point at the winter solstice through its peak at…
