Wheel of the Year

Jan
31
An orange ball of fire on a dark background.

Solar Spring + New Moon: A love strange, dark, and magnificent

It's Friday. Hello. This month is ending on a terrible, almost paralyzingly fearsome note. I don't
11 min read
Dec
20
A lit, round beeswax candle carved with floral-ish motifs. It sits on a white plate with a few decorative pinecones nearby.

Winter Solstice + Full Moon: Yuletides of yore, and those yet to come

9 min read
Nov
01
A Baroque altar at a cathedral. The photograph has had color channels adjusted to only show black, red, yellow, and white.

Solar Winter + New Moon: Black Mass

It's Friday, and it's Calan Gaeaf — or Samhain to many of you. Hello. From an animist
13 min read
Sep
20
A decrepit New England-style colonial house with decaying white siding, surrounded by bare trees.

Autumn Equinox + Full Moon: Horror, media, and healing

It's Friday. Hello. After more than a year of health struggles that may come down to a very
8 min read
Aug
02
Woodcut print of four horses and riders. One horse and rider are wizened; most riders carry weapons. People fall before them.

Solar Autumn + Last Quarter (Occult): Reaping what we sow

9 min read
Jul
26
Full Moon: Germanic calendars

Full Moon: Germanic calendars

9 min read
Jun
21
Red day lily flowers with yellow centers and stamens. They are surrounded by green grass-like leaves.

Summer Solstice + Full Moon: Sacred marriages considered

It's Friday, and it's the day right after the longest of the year in this hemisphere.
14 min read
Mar
22
A collection of twigs bearing greenish leaf buds, with blue sky behind them.

Spring Equinox + First Quarter (Occult): Buds

8 min read
Dec
22
Dark green, spiky European holly leaves, with their red berry clusters.

Winter Solstice + First Quarter: Holly, ivy

Hello. It's Friday, and I've come back to another post for what I call Jól, the
9 min read
Nov
03
An orange jack o'lantern carved like a spitting, arched cat. It's lit from within and sits in the dark on a concrete step.

Solar Winter + Full Moon: Mirrored hallows

16 min read