The Lunar New Year celebrated as the 15-day Chinese New Year Festival, arrives on January 25th in 2020 as the Year of the Metal Rat. See Part 1 of Prepping for Chinese New Year here On Chinese New Year’s Eve, January 24th in 2020, invite beautiful, fresh and auspicious energies by… Decorating with beautiful, colorful […]
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Auspicious Preparations for the Chinese New Year – Part 1 by Gwynne Warner
The Lunar New Year celebrated as the 15-day Chinese New Year Festival, arrives on January 25th in 2020 as the Year of the Metal Rat. Before the traditional altar cleaning and decorating days, it’s time to tend to these pre-ceremonial preparations… Deep clean your living and working spaces—everything should be sparkling! As you clear away […]
The Goddess Brigid – Alchemy and Creativity by Katherine Skaggs
THE STORY AND MYTH OF BRIGID Brigid, the Great Mother Goddess of Ireland, is the Celtic Goddess of Inspiration, Fire and the Arts. She brings healing and artistic beauty through her synergy of creative power. Brigid means bright and is the fire of inspiration that creates beauty and art in the world. She was born […]
Ways to Celebrate Winter Solstice and the Goddesses of Winter by Kimberly Moore
The first of December is actually the start of meteorological Winter, but in many Northern areas hard frosts and snow begin much earlier. In ancient times, when the agricultural calendar was the focus, our Ancestors knew that Winter Solstice signified the halfway point of Winter. There was comfort that half of the hardest, coldest months […]
The Ancient Origins of the Winter Solstice by Caireann Frasca
The Winter Solstice is one of my favorite magical times of the year. It is the time of the longest night, but also the moment when the sun returns and begins to light our way through the winter darkness. The Meaning of the Winter Solstice The word solstice means “sun stand still”. Unlike the hectic, […]
Hekate’s Night – A Winter’s Tale by Renee Starr
Hidden by the shadowy overgrowth of dying vines and dry, lifeless trees she stood at the crossroad, the borderlands where the realm of the living mingled with the world beyond. An edgewalker of these realms and crone seer of the dead, the goddess Hekate turned her face to the west, the place where the sun […]
