Yearly Cycles
WINTER SOLSTICE – 22ND June
The shortest day is when the mysteries are revealed. A time of spiritual and psychic transformation. Light a fire and take a ritual plunge to shed your old skin.
CANDLEMAS or IMBOLC- 8th August
A time for initiations, learning and networking. Men and women gather and initiate younger people into natures laws and mysteries.
SPRING EQUINOX – 23rd September
The earths magnetic energies are strongest at this reawakening of life. Traditionally the time when gifts of eggs and rabbits were exchanged, or symbols of fertility.
BELTANE – 30 October
A festival of love, uniting male and female – god and goddess. A night of revelry. Dance and leap over the bonfire for good luck. Crown a Beltane Queen.
SUMMER SOLSTICE – 22 Dec
Celebrating the longest day of the year. Time to honour the Goddress and her abundance with music, dance, feasts and gatherings of clans.
HARVEST or LAMMAS – 5th February
A time for Fairs and games, picnics and feasts especially featuring baked goods and grain. Bury an ear of corn or some seeds and make a wish for what you want to grow in the spring.
AUTUMN EQUINOX – 21 March
The beginning of the descent into the shorter days of winter. Perfect for magic and deep contemplation. Get out the screeing bowl.
SAMHAIN or HALLOWEEN – 6th May
The night of the spirits, a night to remember the dead and connect to the ancestors. Light candles and let them burn down – a symbol of the descent into winter.
JULY
Lemons, limes, tangelos, lemonades
AUGUST
Strawberries
SEPTEMBER
Mulberries, strawberries
OCTOBER
Mulberries, Black Sapote, end Jaboticaba
NOVEMBER
Grumichama, Brazilian Cherry
DECEMBER
Grapes
JANUARY
Acerola Cherry, Grapes, Mango
FEBUARY
Wax Jambo, red cherry Guava, white Indian Guava, Wompi, Mango
MARCH
Pomegranet, yellow Cherry Guava, white Indian Guava, Wompi, Guisaro/Ocherberry
APRIL
2nd fruit for Jaboticaba
MAY
End Custard apple
JUNE
Ist manderines, navel oranges