Samhain, which we call Halloween, All Hallows or All Saints Day, has a very ancient tradition. In Celtic countries, as in the Middle...

Lughnasadh is one of the four ancient fire festivals. One might call Lughnasadh (August 1st) and Imbolc (February 1st) the lost...

Ostara is the Vernal or Spring Equinox. It occurs when the Sun passes into the astrological sign of Aries, around the 20th or 21st of...

In many ways, Imbolc is my favorite festival. Even as a child, long before I had ever heard of the great Celtic fire festivals, I waited...

Yule occurs at the Winter Solstice, around the 21st or 22nd of December. Because the solstices and equinoxes are solar events, the dates...

The word solstice, from Latin solstitium "point at which the sun seems to stand still," is formed by sol "the sun" and the past...

In the Northern hemisphere, the "veil" between the physical world and the spiritual/energetic world is thought to be at its "thinnest"...