Witchcraft 101 — wheel of the year

Litha, also known as Midsummer, is celebrated on the summer solstice – the longest day and shortest night of the year. Litha is a celebration of the Sun, so get outside and honour the Solar Deities as this is the time at which the Holly King takes over from the Oak King, who will reign from now until Yule – the winter solstice. Litha is an excellent time to conduct healing magick and rituals, to perform prosperity and abundance spells, for magick aimed at success, strength, growth, wisdom, energy and optimism, along with love spells, luck magick and engaging in...

The Spring Equinox (Ostara) will occur on March 20, 2022, marking the first day of Spring. At this time of year, we begin to feel the strength of the sun on our skin and see the snow melt in its rays. This is a celebration of the Maiden aspect of the Triple Goddess when she is reborn out of her Crone form during the Winter months. She is reunited with her consort the Horned God (Pan, Cernunnos, The Green Man) to render the Earth fertile and abundant again. At the equinoxes the day and night are equal length. This reminds...

Beltane gets its name from the Celtic God Belenus, a Sun God, and marks the half-way point between Ostara (the Spring equinox) and Litha (the Summer solstice). It is also one of two liminal times of the year when the veil between worlds is thinnest (the other being Samhain). Ritual fires play a big role in Beltane celebrations and would be lit on the evening on April 31 with feasts and festivities taking place on May 1.  Beltane is the perfect time to conduct fertility, purification, protection and handfasting rituals. On Beltane Eve, April 31, all fires would be extinguished,...