Wheel of the Year
This page lists articles I have written on witchcraft, paganism, and spirituality. Some articles are listed under multiple headings.
These articles all relate to the natural cycles of the wheel of the year and sabbats holiday and seasonal observations.
Equinoxes and Solstices
Winter Solstice and Finding Balance in Extremes
As an extreme, the winter solstice can teach us a great deal about how to move through life and retain balance even in the most trying of times. Read More
Transient Balance and Duality of the Equinoxes – Mabon and Ostara
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. Read More
Ostara
Including Queer and Genderqueer Fertility
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. Read More
Samhain
Mourning & Commemorating Transitions at Samhain
We don’t get to choose to what we mourn. We can’t help the fact that we mourn not only other people, but animals, objects, places, relationships, activities, our previous selves, and anything else we place personal value upon. When we value something, anything, and it leaves our lives, it is natural to mourn it. Read More
Why I Do Not Formally Venerate My Ancestors
These are my personal reasons for not formally venerating my ancestors, and some things I have done instead to root my practice and connect with death. Read More
May Samhain Blessings be Upon the World
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. Read More
Yule / Winter Solstice
Revisiting The Longest Night
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. Read More
Spiritual & Practical Reasons to Have an Artificial Yule Tree
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. Read More