Category: Paganism and Spirituality
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A Small Tribute to “Ai Gu” (Daddy’s Elder Sister)
I was just about to get comfortable to study some languages again. Then, I find out my 90-something-year-old aunt died last night. Now, my brain is busy trying to remember something more concrete about her. Most of my memories of her are from my childhood. Those memories are pretty vague. 😦 This is the aunt…
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Happy Samhain!
Samhain (aka the Witches’ New Year) is traditionally celebrated on October 31 through to November 2. The astrological timing of Samhain this year is November 7 at 1:49 a.m. EST. This is also noted as Start of Winter solar segment in the Chinese calendar. Here are upcoming calendar dates (through to the winter solstice): November…
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Calendar update – Happy Harvestide!
The autumn equinox (aka Harvestide) occurs when the Sun enters Libra. This year it is on September 22 at 5:18 p.m. EDT. The autumn equinox is also noted as a solar segment in the Chinese calendar, occurring on September 23 (Chinese ST). Here are upcoming calendar dates (through to Samhain): September 29 – Ivy month…
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Calendar Update – Lughnasadh to Harvestide
“Better late than never”… I was working on this blog when the “k” button on my laptop decided it would die for sure this time (it’s been buggy for a little while). I was going to wait until September to buy a new laptop (my old one just couldn’t handle the internet anymore and was…
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Happy Double Month!
According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the leap month started on June 23. Because the Chinese lunar calendar is reconciled with the solar calendar, occasionally a leap month has to be inserted. The month is considered to be a leap month because there is no solar centerpoint (such as the Sun entering Cancer at 90…
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Upcoming calendar dates – Beltane to Midsummer
Here are the upcoming calendar events and dates: Today, May 5 – Beltane; 4th solar month in the Chinese calendar, Start of Summer segment May 9 – full moon at 12:01 a.m. EDT; Flower Moon (folk name for the moon) May 11 – Flowering month in the Lakota calendar May 12 – Hawthorn month in…
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Spring Equinox and Calendar Dates
The next major pagan festival is the spring equinox on March 20th. It is popularly known as Ostara and in the tradition of Wicca I studied it is called Lady Day, after the maiden goddess image that is associated with the spring equinox and fertility of this time of the year. Recent calendar events and…
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Sabbat Dates and Times for 2009
As I mentioned in the blog below, I looked up the dates and times of the sabbats according to the sun’s position. Below are the dates and times of the sabbats for this year: Imbolc – start of spring – 315 degrees (15 degrees Aquarius) – February 3 at 11:46 a.m. EST Lady Day/Ostara –…
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Winter Solstice, Calendars, Upcoming Important Dates
The winter solstice occurred on December 21st at 7:04 a.m. EST this year. The winter solstice can be considered to be a time of beginnings. This solstice represents the shortest day and longest night of the yearly cycle. After this date, the days gradually increase and the nights decrease in length until the vernal (spring)…
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Pluto square natal Pluto and the Neptune-Pluto sextile
Note for the beginner astrologer, you may need to read up on transits first and review how to interpret your natal horoscope to understand this blog entry. Pluto square natal Pluto occurs earlier than many astrologers thought it would. In some of the older astrological texts, it is written that Pluto won’t square your natal…
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