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Post by Scruffy Brooky on Apr 13, 2011 7:53:30 GMT
This is a question that frequently pops into my head close to May 1st.
Solstices and equinoxes are solar events and as such can be pinpointed.
What of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane and Lughnasadh? Obviously these have calendar dates that are well publicised in many books. I am also vaguely aware that the dates of these festivals can be calculated astrologically as well (I think there is an Anna Franklin book that covers this) but I don't know the ins and outs of this.
The reason I ask the question is that the festivals are amongst some pagans celebrated by signifiers in the natural world. Beltane's big one being when the hawthorn blossoms. Where I work in South Birmingham I have been watching the hawthorns carefully for a while. This week the flower buds have appeared, I wonder when they will flower. The first hawthorn blossom I see each year always fills me with joy.
How do you appoint the date of seasonal festivals?
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merro
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Post by merro on Apr 13, 2011 18:28:47 GMT
If this is the case, this would mean that people will celebrate festivals at different times depending on where you are in the country? As flowers tend to blossom early in the south than the north. Only by a couple of weeks at the most of course.. but still
Just a curious thought.
Merro
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Post by Scruffy Brooky on May 4, 2011 10:28:41 GMT
If this is the case, this would mean that people will celebrate festivals at different times depending on where you are in the country? As flowers tend to blossom early in the south than the north. Only by a couple of weeks at the most of course.. but still Just a curious thought. Merro Yes but in the ancient history which inspires many Pagan paths their were local deities and local festivals. I don't think they would have batted an eye lid about Beltane being a couple of weeks out to their home town.
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