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15/06/2026

19/03/2026

SPRING EQUINOX

Friday 20th March 2026
Sun enters Aries 14:46 GMT

The sap is rising and the buds are swollen, ready to burst. Nature stirs from her Winter’s slumber - the first teasing rays of the Sun tickle her awake. The birds are returning and are singing the song of the rising sun. Still timid, yet determined, the first flowers are poking their heads out above the ground - so tender, so fragile, so infinitely brave and strong.
The young Sun God and the Maiden Goddess frolic playfully in the fields, innocent, yet full of anticipation of their growing power and fertility.

Spring Equinox is a time to celebrate, with wild abandon, the beauty and power of youth, the rebirth of life and the hope and potential of the coming season.

20/12/2025

WINTER SOLSTICE

Sunday 21st December 2025
Sun enters Capricorn 15:03 GMT

It is the depth of winter. The ground is frozen and nature is sleeping under a thick blanket of snow. But deep within the earth womb life is stirring - the sun is reborn.

At the Winter Solstice, when we have reached the longest night the flame of hope is born and carries us through the rest of the winter. For the time being, there are few signs that life will return, but over the next few weeks the light we steadily increase. For now it is a time to celebrate and dip into the larder’s reserves to celebrate the birth of the baby sun.

Winter Solstice is a time to share your resources with friends and family and, inspired by hope, make plans for the future. It is a time to select the seeds and ideas we want to plant and grow in the coming season.

     

04/12/2025

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29/10/2025

SAMHAIN
Friday 31st October 2025

The leaves are falling and the life force is in obvious retreat. Nature is preparing for its winter sleep. The Sun God is dead and the Flower Goddess is mourning. But in the hidden depth of the underworld death works its alchemy of transformation. Imperceptibly it decomposes and regenerates so that the litter of leaves and debris become the fertile ground that will nourish next year’s growth.

The veils between the worlds are thin at this time of the year and life and death are but opposite poles of the same continuously regenerating life-force.

Samhain is a time to honour the dead and to contemplate the mysteries of life, death and regeneration. It is a time to turn inwards and in the depth and silence of our souls we confront our shadows and our own mortality.