Saturday 22 December 2007
Winter Solstice - Yule
Yule is the time of the winter solstice, when the sun child is reborn, an image of the return of all new life born through the love of the Gods. Within the Northern Tradition Yule is regarded as the New Year.


Pagan calendar for 2008

Saturday 2 February
Imbolc
Also called Oimelc and Candlemas, Imbolc celebrates the awakening of the land and the growing power of the Sun.

Thursday 20 March
Spring Equinox - Eoster
Spring Equinox celebrates the renewed life of the Earth that comes with the Spring.

Thursday 1 May
Beltane
Pagans celebrate Beltane with maypole dances, symbolizing the mystery of the Sacred Marriage of Goddess and God.

Friday 20 June
Summer Solstice - Litha
Longest day of the year

Friday 1 August
Lughnasadh - Lammas
A harvest festival and one of the Pagan festivals of Celtic origin which split the year into four.

Monday 22 September
Autumn Equinox
This day is celebrated when day and night are of equal duration

Friday 31 October
Samhain (Hallowe'en)
Samhain (pronounced 'sow'inn') marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc).

Sunday 21 December
Winter Solstice - Yule
Yule is the time of the winter solstice