Happy Lughnasadh / Lammas

 

May all your harvests be blessed.

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Solstice Blessings

 

May the Sun's rays bring strength and healing.

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Beltane Full Moon

 

Happy Beltane and Full Moon in Scorpio!

May this day bring love and joy.

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Happy Equinox

 May your Equinox be blessed with beauty and peace. 

 
 
   
(art by W. Goble)

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Brigid's Eve Blessings

"O Brigid, Mary of the Gael,

May thy protection never fail.

Spread thy mantle over me,

Where’re I pass, where’re I be.

Weather foul or weather fair,

Keep me in your loving care."

(traditional)

(© photo by H. Warren, St Brigid's Well in Kildare, Ireland. Statue by Annette McCormack.)

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Happy Solstice

 

New light brings new hope,

with the promise of rebirth and renewal.

(Painting by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818.)

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Dia de los Muertos

 

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) begins on the evening of October 31st.  On that night, the spirits of the children (angelitos) arrive, with the spirits of the adults following on the 1st of  November.  Family graves are decorated and altars created to honor the occupations and special preferences of the ancestors.  On Nov. 2nd, a large family meal is shared with favorite foods and the spirits are bid a fond goodbye until the next year.
 
These activities are reminiscent of the ancient Aztec festival that honored the Lady of the Dead - the Goddess Mictecacihuatl - during the summer corn harvest.   It is now celebrated at the time of Samhain, Halloween, and All Soul's Day in many parts of the world, with differing traditions.

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Happy Equinox

 

Blessings of the Equinox.

May you always find balance in Nature's beauty.

 

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Lughnasadh / Lammas Blessings

 

Wherever this harvest season leads you, may you

be blessed with the abundance to share with all.

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Solstice Blessings

 

Happy Solstice!

May this season be full of friendship and love.

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Happy Beltane

 

Blessings of the Season!

(illustration by Florence Mary Anderson, 1916)

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Happy Equinox

 

Blessings of the Equinox.

May Sacred Balance gently enfold the world.

(© Persephone and Demeter by Susan Seddon-Boulet)

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Brigid's Eve

"The sacred Three,

to save,

to shield,

to surround

the hearth,

the house,

the household,

this eve,

this night,

oh! this eve,

this night,

and every night,

each single night."

 

(Carmina Gadelica)

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Happy Lunar New Year!

Happy Year of the Snake!

Happy Solstice

Solstice Blessings!  May all your wishes come true

and may peace prevail in the new year.

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Dia De Los Muertos

 

As we remember those who have gone before,

we wish you and your ancestors many blessings.

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Happy Equinox!

Blessings of the Autumn season. 

May your path be filled with beauty and the promise of hope.

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Lughnasadh / Lammas Blessings

 

May we receive the first harvest of the season

with the same grace and love in which the Earth Mother provides it.

 

("Moca no Trigal" c. 1916, E. Visconti)

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Happy Solstice!

In ancient Baltic traditions, the Sun Goddess Saule rules the heavens and rides across the sky in her golden and silver chariot, pulled by twin stallions.

"Saule, with her two gold horses,

Rides up the stone mountain

Never heated, never weary.

Never resting on the way."

Her festival was held on the Summer Solstice - bonfires were lit, blessings were asked, flower wreaths signifying the sun were assembled, and a special meal was shared.  Celebrants would stay up the entire night to witness her rising.

"The Sun dances over the silver mountain

Silver shoes she hath on her feet. . ."

 

(© quotes from the "Encyclopaedia of Religion & Ethics", Ed. J. Hastings; art by Annalceflames /DeviantArt.)

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Happy Beltane!

 

Blessings of the season!

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