Witchcraft and Pagan

Sabbats

Yule, Winter Solstice

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Yule means wheel in Anglo-Saxon. On this date the wheel of birth, death, and resurrection is completed. Yule is the first minor Sabbath in the wheel of the year.

The darkness of the nights dominates the middle of the year until the Winter Solstice on December the 21st. It is then that we usher in the celebration of the birth of Light. In the longest and darkest night the new light, the divine child, is born.

Lammas

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by schatten • 2022-09-15
Paganism Sabbats
Lammas is one of the major Sabbats that have been preserved thanks to medieval magicians. The day falls at 15 degrees in Leo, halfway between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox. Nowadays it is usually celebrated on the night of the 31st of July to the 1st of August, the month of the manifestation of the fullness and abundance of the first harvest. It is the Sabbath that acts as a counterpoint to Imbolc in the wheel of the year.

Litha, Midsummer, Midsommer.

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by Schatten • 2022-09-14
Paganism Sabbats
On the 20th or 21st of June the Sun enters Cancer reaching its highest point in the sky. The Earth is as close as it can get to the Sun within its course. It is the longest day of the year and the shortest night. The solstice signals the beginning of the summer in the current calendar.

Samhain

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by Schatten • 2022-09-14
Paganism Sabbats
Samhain is one of the four Major Sabbaths of the magical wheel of the year and is celebrated at the end of Hecate's month, on the night between the 31st of October and the 1st of November. Samhain signalled the end of the harvest and summer and the beginning of winter for the ancient Celts.

Beltane, May Eve

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by Schatten • 2022-04-15
Paganism Sabbats
On the eve of 30 April to 1 May, one of the four major Sabbaths of traditional witchcraft is celebrated. Together with Samhain, it is the most important night of the year. For the Celts it marked the beginning of summer, just as Samhain marked the beginning of winter.

Imbolc

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by Schatten • 2011-02-02
Paganism Sabbats
Imbolc is one of the four major Sabbats in the european pagan tradition. It is celebrated between the first and third of february, when Aquarium is 15 degrees respect to the Sun. Days are longer and spring isn’t that far...

Mabon, Autumn Equinox

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by Schatten • 2010-09-20
Paganism Sabbats
On the 21st or 22nd of September we celebrate the vigil of the autumn equinox. Day and night are balanced in this minor Sabbat, but from this day onwards nights become longer. This is the yearly opposite to Ostara. Sun enters constellation Libra.
It is also known as "The Witches' Thanksgiving" and as Cornucopia. In ancient times it was celebrated on the 25th, and this date became St.Michael's day in christianism.

Ostara, Spring Equinox

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by Schatten • 2010-03-18
Paganism Sabbats
The Spring Equinox is celebrated around the 21st of March. The Sun enters in Aries and its rays fall directly on the equator, making night and day the same length. From this moment onwards, days will become longer each day. The Wheel of the zodiac starts to spin from its first sign.