I have been making zines about the eight #sabbats and 4 #equinoxes in the #WheeloftheYear

In this #grimoire we look at #SpringEquinox #Ostara

Info

each zine is 4 £/$/€ + shipping
if you would like to make a purchase, contact me at: darkhabitsmag@gmail.com

I regularly attend zine festivals and will always make sure to announce when I will be tabling at the next event!

#darkhabits #darkhabitszines #queerwitch #queerwitches #queerwitchcraft

link:

https://www.darkhabits.net/post/spring-equinox-ostara-grimoire-zine

I have been making zines about the eight #sabbats and 4 #equinoxes in the #WheeloftheYear

In this #grimoire we look at #Imbolc

Info

each zine is 4 £/$/€ + shipping
if you would like to make a purchase, contact me at: darkhabitsmag@gmail.com

I regularly attend zine festivals and will always make sure to announce when I will be tabling at the next event!

#darkhabits #darkhabitszines #queerwitch #queerwitches #queerwitchcraft

link:

https://www.darkhabits.net/post/imbolc-grimoire-zine

#MythologyMonday: `#Loughcrew is connected in legend to the great hag, the #Cailleach, and its #Irish name means “mountain of the hag” (Sliab na Cailleach). One cairn at #Loughcrew opens to the dawn of both #Equinoxes.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore`
Loughcrew, photocredits: 1. Neu-Kelte

#FairyTaleTuesday: `#Loughcrew is connected in legend to the great hag, the #Cailleach, and its #Irish name means “mountain of the hag” (Sliab na Cailleach). One cairn at #Loughcrew opens to the dawn of both #Equinoxes.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore`
Loughcrew, photocredits 1. Neu-Kelte

Discover the magic of solstices and equinoxes in witchcraft! 🌞🌙 Uncover their significance, rituals, and how they guide the witch's year. #Witchcraft #Solstices #Equinoxes #WheelOfTheYear #NatureMagic #SacredCycles

https://soniamrompoti.com/2024/03/17/solstices-and-equinoxes-their-significance-in-witchcraft/

Happy #equinoxes to those who celebrate!

#LathaNaCaillich sona dhuibh! Whether you celebrate her today or on the 25th.

#pagan #witch

But, as we now know, the #JulianCalendar's mean year is about 11 minutes 15 seconds longer than the #TropicalYear, and by the 4th century AD, the dates of the #solstices and #equinoxes had drifted from their official dates by several days.

In the 16th century, #Pope Gregory XIII used his authority as #PontifexMaximus to reform the calendar again, because that is something #popes can do.

@Gila I've a similar attitude to all #holidays that are #culturally or #socially sanctioned.

#Solstices and #Equinoxes I give a hoot about: they are definitive physical manifestations of our little blue and green ball flying round the fireball sun.

They mark the seasons; planting, growing, harvesting, hibernating.

Random picture:

I had one of those “Why didn’t that ever occur to me before?” moments. The time between the #Equinoxes is not symmetrical. It’s about 186 days between the #March and #September equinoxes and about 179 days from September to March. This is because the speed of the #Earth in its #orbit varies as it’s #elliptical rather than circular. I never bothered to count the days and yet it’s “obvious” when you look at the calendar. This gives an eccentricity of the orbit to be around 0.015.