A Wiccan Grove

Holiday Charts

HOLIDAYS

HOLIDAY SOLAR LUNAR CHART

Graph of the Holidays and seasons and how they interconnect.

THE HOLIDAYS

HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER

KEY: Do not take the paths, but take the circle around the seasons; live out the year at 100% of your best. Points 6 and 10 of the traditional Tree of Life of the Kabbalah are false as compared with this seasonal chart.

Traditional holiday names, starting with the New Year	2 - See below	3 - See below	Dates of the holidays, starting with the New Year	Elements
Halloween	5	DEATH	October 31	Earth
Yule	1	BIRTH	December 21	Water
Candlemas	6	CONCEPTION	February 2	Fire
Spring Equinox	6	MATURING	March 21	Air
Beltane	7	FETUS	May 21	Air
Summer Solstice	3	GENERATION	June 21	Fire
Lammas	8	QUICKENING	August 1	Water
Autumn Equinox	4	CREATION	September 1	Earth

Column 2: Numbers 1 - 4, Primary Square, Primary holidays. Numbers 5 - 8, Secondary Square, Secondary holidays.

Column 3: Names of the holidays, starting with the New Year; idea of how it fits birth process.

Name of the Goddess that rules the six week period following the dates given in Row 3	Direction and wind the Goddess rules	The day of the week that the Goddess rules	Tree of Life titles
ONDRASTIA	North Wind	Sunday - Kether	2
PASIPHAE - Self - Child	North-East Wind	Any Day - Chockmah	4
PELEA	East Wind	Tuesday Binah	7
PERSEPHONE - Self - Teen	South-East Wind	Any Day Chesed	9
ARIADNE	South Wind	Thursday Geburah	8
SAPPHO - Self - Adult	South-West Wind	Wednesday & Saturday Netzach	5
BRITOMARTIS	West Wind	Monday & Friday Hod	3
DIANA - Self - Old Age	North-West Wind	Any Day Yesod	1

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LUNAR MONTH

Woman's Journey Through the Month
(Key: (:)=is to (::)=same as)

9 months : 3 weeks :: Pregnancy : Moonlight

9 months + 3 months = Solar Cycle

3 weeks + 1 week = Monthly Cycle

Virgin is the Maiden = New Moon to the First Quarter of the Coven
The Moon at this time is representative of the Virgin

Mother is the Kore of = First Quarter to the Full Moon the Coven
The Moon at this time is representative of the Mother

Goddess is the High = Full Moon itself to the Fourth Priestess of the Quarter
The Moon at this time is representative Coven of the Goddess

Crone is the Elder = Fourth Quarter Moon to the New of the Coven
The Moon at this time is representative of the Crone.

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The SOLSTICE, as defined in Astronomy, is a term applied to either of the two points in the ecliptic orbit of a celestial body. This happens when the sun is most distant from the celestial equator. The solstice north of the celestial equator is the Summer Solstice. The sun then is at its greatest declination on June 22. For the northern Hemisphere this is the beginning of summer. The Winter Solstice occurs on December 22 south of the celestial equator. The seasons reverse for people living in the southern Hemisphere. The term solstice means "sun stands still". When the sun appears to remain in one place north or south of the celestial equator, the season for dancing the Solstice is here.

In Astronomy the word "eclipse" means the obscuring of one celestial body by another. Usually the sun obscures a planetary satellite. Two kinds of eclipses involve the earth. The moon, or lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is between the sun and the moon. The shadow of the earth darkens the moon. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the sun and the earth. Its shadow darkens the face of the earth.

The Spring Equinox, March 21 marks the beginning of the pregnancy of the Goddess of nature and fertilization. We see Her pregnancy as the rising of the waters of the continents in spring. The rivers overflow, the snow melts, life returns to flora and fauna. It begins to grow and flourish and we celebrate this at the Spring Equinox.

Initiations Samhain

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