Wheel of the Year

Main blog has my ever changing and evolving Sacred Year, but for this blog, I'm going to focus on the moons and the 8 High Days.  

As of Oct 2023, I am a Friend of Three Cranes Grove and a Friend of Virtual Fire Proto-Grove.  I attend most of Three Cranes' High Days and Druid Moons, as well as most of Virtual Fire's weekly rituals.  Both groups have a very rich, diverse, and eclectic membership, and I've experienced a few different hearth culture rituals through both groves, which has been pretty cool.

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Moon-days

I celebrate new, full, and dark moons.  I'm still learning about the Gaulish and Norse moon stuff and if I'm going to include them in my regular Sacred Year observances.  The most that I include Hellenic moon stuff is Hekate's Deipnon these days.  I see the moon as Sister Moon, and no other Moon Entities have reached out to me, so the moon is what I've known Her as since I was a kid.

I was a Hellenic Pagan for a few years, and I observed those different moons and months, so it's just a matter of transitioning to the Norse stuff, because I am leaning more into Norse Paganism.

I often do a guided meditation with other pagans and sometimes when ADF's clergy do their moon rites.  Again, sometimes I observe with Three Cranes Grove's Gaulish moons:
  
I'm still learning what each of these moons is about (I do have the Crane's Breviary).

Onto the moons I do regularly observe:
  • New Moon - First Sliver of Moon.  Hellenic - Noumenia. New Lunar Month. Beginnings, Potential.
  • Full Moon - Whole Moon.  Wide variety of magiks and divinations.
  • Dark Moon - No moon.  Hellenic - Hekate's Deipnon.  End of Lunar Month.  Ancestral.  Chthonic.  Rest.  Bane magiks.  Banishing.  Divination.
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8 High Days
I am very eclectic, but for now my hearth cultures a mix of Hellenic, Norse, and a tiny splash of Gaulish--my rituals certainly reflect this.

You can check out my Ritual Scripts here.



4 Quarters
4 Cross-Quarters
Nov 1st - Samhain
  • Honoring the Ancestors of Blood, Spirit, and Place.
  • I personally call this High Day Midfall, but the observances are the same.
  • Deities, Spirits, & Energies: Death, Hekate, Hades, Persephone, Hermes, The Morrigan, Hel, Ariadne, Ancestors/Disir/Alfar...
  • Symbols & Colors: Pumpkin, Jack'o'Lantren, Gourds, Bats, Cats, Hounds, Ravens, Crows, Headstones, Fire, Red, Orange, Black...
Dec 19-22 - Winter Solstice / Yule / Midwinter
  • Celebrating the Return of the Sun and the First Day of Winter.
  • 12-15 Days of Yule
  • Deities & Energies: Hestia-Vesta, Vestals, Frigg, Hekate, Loki, Odin, Skadi, Elen of the Ways, Reindeer Woman/Mother, Sunna, Sol, Spirits of Charity, Yule Goat, Thor, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjostr, Krampus, Hulda, Frau Perchta, Callieach, Tomten, Nisse, Disir/Alfar, Mother Mary...
  • Symbols & Colors: ...
Feb 1st - Imbolc / Imbolg
  • Honoring Brigid.
  • I actually struggle to connect to Imbolc and Brigid isn't one of my regular deities.  I call this one Midwinter (because the Solstice is the first day of winter), and I focus on my Hearth and Winter Deities and Spirits: Hestia, Vesta, Vestals, Hekate, Frigg, Loki, Baba Yaga, Cailleach, Hulda, Perchta, Tomten, Nisse, and the Disir.
March 19 - 22 - Spring Equinox
  • Celebrating the First Day of Spring.
  • Deities: Kore-Persephone, Dionysus, Nature Spirits, Fertility Spirits, March Hare, Eostre, Jord, Nerthus, Earth Mother.
  • Symbols & Colors: Snake, Hare, Egg, Vulva, Phallus, Drums, Brown, Green, Red, and White.
May 1st - Beltane
  • This is Midspring for me.
  • Deities: Kore-Persephone, Dionysus and Ariadne, Nature Spirits, Thor and Sif, Freyr, Freyja, Beyla, Jord, Nerthus, The Melissae.
  • Symbols & Colors: Flowers, Baby Animals, Nests, May Pole, Bees, Flower Crown, Ribbon Wands, Weaving, Bubbles, Drums, Bright Green, Purple...
June 19-22 - Summer Solstice / Litha / Midsummer
  • Celebrating the First Day of Summer.
  • Deities: Kore-Persephone, The Melissae, Sunna/Sol, Nature Spirits...
  • Symbols and Colors: Sun, Bee, Strawberry, Yellow, Orange, Gold, Red...
August 1st - Lughnasadh / Lammas / Lunasa
  • Honoring Lugh.
  • Again, here's another one that I've always struggled to connect with.  Lugh isn't one of my deities and due to my health, I have a complicated relationship with grains.  August 1st is my Midsummer, because the solstice is the First Day of Summer.  I also call this day Honeysweet, created by the Wyrd Sanctuary in 2021.  For me it's a day to honor Pollinators and Bee Entities, specially the Greek/Minoan Melissae.  It's a day of gratitude and gathering that which nourishes you for the harsh winter months and seasonal depression.
  • Deities: Lugh, Freyr, Thor and Sif, Beyla, The Melissae...
  • Symbols & Colors: Wheat, Bread, Bees, Honey, Phallus, Scythe, Hand Sickle, Tan, Gold, Yellow, Yellow-Green, Brown...
September 19-22 - Fall Equinox / Mabon
  • Celebrating the First Day of Fall.
  • Deities & Energies: Persephone, Dionysus, Ariadne, Arachne, Artemis, Thor and Sif, Skadi, Nature Spirits, Farmer, Hunter, Gatherer, Fiberartists...
  • Symbols & Colors: Apple, Gourds, Fallen Leaves, Acorn, Oak, Scythe, Hand Sickle, Red, Brown, Yellow, Orange, Tan...


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