Solitary Witch
Beltane
Also: May Day, Walpurgis, Roodmas Beltane, celebrated at the peak of spring around early May, is one of the four main fire festivals native to Celtic culture. The other festivals, commonly referred to...
Things To Do at Beltane, Dress your home and/or altar with greenery
Dress your home and/or altar with greenery – especially with hawthorn, rowan and birch branches. Ask permission from the tree before you take anything.
Things To Do at Beltane, Make some Hawthorn Brandy
You will need a bottle of brandy and at least one cup of hawthorn flowers, plus a little sugar to taste. Mix the ingredients together and leave them away from direct light, for at least two wee...
Things To Do at Beltane, Dress a tree
This is the perfect time to go out and celebrate a tree. Especially a hawthorn, rowan or birch – but the tree spirit will welcome your attention whichever kind of tree it is. Sit with it, talk to it, ...
Trees of Beltane Birch
Birch is considered, by many to be a feminine tree. The Deities related to Birch are mainly that of love and the Goddess of fertility. The Birch is among one of the first trees&nbs...
Trees of Beltane, Rowan
A Rowan tree is one for protection and healing. Branches of Rowan have been placed as protection over the doorways of homes and barns at Beltane to ...
The Core Concepts of Astrology
Even if you are already well versed in Astrology, I encourage you to read this chapter carefully as there are specific nuances and perspectives that relate to its use in Magick that are not part of st...
Astrology The planets
The following paragraphs are starting points to contemplate what the Planets represent. In fact, an entire book could be written on any of the Planets, and indeed, such books are common in the literat...
The Aspects
The Aspects in a chart show how the Planets are interacting with each other. Traditionally, some Aspects are referred to as harmonious and some as inharmonious, although you shouldn’t equate those ter...
How Astrology Is a Sacred Science
The scientific method can be thought of as the set of techniques for the investigation of phenomena, the acquisition of knowledge, the creation and testing of theories, the sharing of those results, a...
