Valentine’s Day, Lupercalia or … Whatever Day?
Oh, Valentine’s Day. The hype. The roses, chocolate, the cards, the fluff, the lingerie, the hearts, the love. February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 320 days remain until the end of the year (321 in leap years). In 2023, the Moon is Waning Crescent, 41% illuminated, passing through […]
December Solstice: What is it and how does the World celebrate this season?
The longest nights and shortest days of the year* have gathered people together since times immemorial. The feeling that the Sun will not rise again, from before there were clocks, calendars and lanterns. When we, as humans, only had the fire and each-other, members of our tribes.
The Ancestral Circular Calendar
Article by Oana Verdier, first published here What is time, or better yet, how do we perceive it? Certainly today, time is understood as linear, with past, present and future all being intertwined but very well defined; however, how many of us remember a moment that impacted us many years ago, as being just as […]