Pomegranate bud image by PixHouse, Getty Images Signature, via CanvaPro I love how so many cultures and faiths celebrate the seasons of Mama Earth and Father Sky in their religious and spiritual holidays. Many have holy days and festivals associated with the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes, the Summer and Winter Solstices, and many of these… Continue reading Happy New Year to the Trees
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Happy New Year to the Trees
Pomegranate bud image by 18986 from Pixabay I love how so many cultures and faiths celebrate the seasons of Mama Earth and Father Sky in their religious and spiritual holidays. Many have holy days and festivals associated with the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes, the Summer and Winter Solstices, and many of these are rooted in the practices of… Continue reading Happy New Year to the Trees
Tu B’Shevat: New Year for the Trees
I love how so many cultures celebrate Spring and New Year in their religious and spiritual holidays. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and who follow the Wheel of the Year, will be celebrating Imbolc around February 1st. This holiday marked the first of three Spring celebrations in the Celtic Wheel of the Year:… Continue reading Tu B’Shevat: New Year for the Trees
Happy New Year to the Trees!
I love how so many cultures celebrate the Spring and New Year in their religious and spiritual holidays. Our Western calendars mark March 21st – the Spring Equinox - as the start of Spring in the northern hemisphere (and Autumn below the Equator). But our pagan and earth-conscious ancestors recognized different stages of spring and, in… Continue reading Happy New Year to the Trees!