Here’s a quote from H. C. Andersen since it always makes me laugh:
“Twit,” said one to another, “this is what they call a new year; it is much worse than the last, and we might just as well have kept the old one. I am very dissatisfied, and I think I have good cause to be so.”
Oh, right. I almost forgot. A couple of days ago was the spring equinox.
I hope everyone had a lovely day. ❤
There’s nothing prettier than winter mornings when the ground glimmers with frost, and the sky is clear and powder blue with pink and a hint of yellow.
I hope everyone had a lovely and peaceful day. ❤
I’ve had this conversation enough times recently that I’ll just do a post on it.
So lately certain people have been complaining that spring could start already to which I’ve replied that spring already started on the 4th of February. These certain people then tell me that no, spring hasn’t started yet because they think that seasons have something to do with the length of daylight.
It doesn’t.
There are eight celebrations in indigenous European (and other) religions: solstices and equinoxes, which are solar celebrations, and the ones known as Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa and Samhain in the Celtic calendar, which are basically Earth celebrations.
Come to think of it, do the other European calendars have names for these celebrations? I only know the Celtic ones. Well, I also know they are risshun, rikka, risshu and ritto in Japanese.
Solstices are celebrated because they are the longest and shortest days of the year, equinoxes are celebrated because the day and night are the same length.
Imbolc and risshun are celebrated as the beginning of spring because the Earth can’t get any colder, as in it starts to get warmer. Bealtaine and rikka are celebrated as the beginning of summer. Lughnasa and risshu are celebrated as the first day of autumn because it can’t get any warmer, as in it starts to get colder. Samhain and ritto are celebrated as the beginning of winter.
Of course there are hemisphere and regional differences when the exact dates for these celebrations are.
But seriously, I really wish people would stop “correcting” me on things they know nothing about.
Happy birthday, sun. ❤
is today! Or one of them, at least.
It is likely no such person as Saint George existed because, as we’ve learned from The Darkening Age, less than ten martyrdom tales can be considered credible.
But the bigger reason why it’s unlikely is that Saint George’s Day is actually a christianised European holiday, celebrating one aspect of the sun god. Saint George’s Day (the sixth of May in this instance) marks the beginning of summer.
Know what you celebrate and know why you celebrate it. Also, could we please finally stop this two thousand years’ attempt to eradicate European culture?
is today. This is the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Afterwards, days will start to get longer and nights shorter.
This day also marks the rebirth of the sun. So happy birthday, sun. ❤
Also, this day does not mark the beginning of winter. That honour belongs to Samhain, or Halloween if you prefer. The actual date, though, is on November 5th.
Hiraeth 