My 2012 drawing, The Longest Night, is a dedication to the deeper meanings behind the sabbat of Yule, of the winter solstice, of the longest night of the year. That symbolism is relevant throughout the year.
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It is easy to fall into the thought trap of needing everything to be perfect before acting, whether that action is magical or mundane. It is certainly true that some things must happen before other things can happen, or it may be best practice to wait for certain circumstances. However, you can never be absolutely certain that everything will go perfectly, so if you wait until perfection is assured, this can easily result in never acting at all.
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The winter solstice is the longest night of the year, the night when, courtesy of the earth’s axial tilt, the light will start to return. It is one of the two extremes we experience very year as a part of the solar cycle. As an extreme, the solstices are a vital component of celestial and personal balance, and can teach us a great deal about how to move through life even in the most trying of times.
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It may seem counter-intuitive to include a plastic tree as a sincere spiritual component of Yule, but it makes sense to me for some very specific reasons.
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I do not feel much like celebrating Samhain this year, but there is a great deal to observe, and there are still Samhain Blessings to give.
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Banishing is used across all forms of magic. Banishing means to make something go away, to put it in the past, and remove it from the present and likely future. It is a loss that is welcome or needed. Most changes, especially deliberate changes, involve some kind of loss or banishment. This can be big things and it can be little things.
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The equinoxes are a balance of day and night and a duality of spring and fall, as every equinox is both an Ostara and a Mabon, one waxing and one waning.
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If your body includes a uterus that produces a period, you can perform menstrual magic. It is an incredibly powerful component for spellwork.
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Ostara through Beltane in pagan circles tends to include a deluge of fertility themes. This time of year also usually includes a dominating emphasis on male-female sexual pairing, especially cis binary sexual pairing, yet they are far from the only kind of pairing or fertility that exists.
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Death is about more than just the dead. Death is also about radical change and the transitions, good, bad, and neutral, we continually experience as time marches on. Radical change often leads to mourning and commemoration of what used to be. As a result, the energies of Samhain are powerful for any kind of mourning you may be experiencing, and for commemorating any important parts of your past.
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