Celtic Wheel of the Year

The Celtic lunar calendar is based, with thirteen months. Extra days as required were added to the new year as a time "between times". The Celts divided the year into a wheel of eight segments, each corresponding to a match. The four fire festivals, so called because they are all equipped with bonfires, as part of the celebration will take place on the last night of a month and the next day. The Celts, like the Jews, counting the day of sunset to sunset. So celebrate all Hallow's Eve, the eve of San Juan, and so on. These festivals are linked to four fires agricultural cycle as follows: Samhain is celebrated on 31 October to 1 November (our Halloween). And "the end of the harvest, the beginning of winter and once marked the Celtic New Year. At Samhain, the barrier between our world and the Underworld becomes thinner, allowing contact between the spirits (Faeries) and humans . normal rules of human conduct do not apply and can be "at will". This was also a celebration of the dead and the church was easily able to turn this holiday All Saints day (November 1) and Day All Souls (November 2). Imbolc is celebrated on 1-2 February (Candelaria, then transformed into the church, is now seen as Groundhog Day). Imbolc marks the beginning of spring, the beginning of a new life (in Britain at the beginning of calving season). Dedicated to the Mother Goddess in her first appearance, then becomes a day of celebration for the Irish saint of the same name (and attributes), St. Bridget. The third festival of the harvest season is Beltane (Bealtunn in Scottish Gaelic, meaning May), held April 30 to May 1. God, Bel (or Cernunnos, the horned god of Ireland) dies but is reborn as the son of the goddess. impregnates her, then secure the endless cycle of rebirth. This is the cult of fertility very basic.'s Day traditions can include young people to pick the flowers in the forest (and spend the night there ), and dance around the maypole, the red fabric (to God) and white (for the goddess) flags in a circle. A large bonfire celebrating the return of the sun. The celebration of the end of the growing season is Lughnasadh (Lammas in England), the feast of the god Lugh, and the choicest of the crop (usually wheat or corn). Lughnasadh is celebrated on 31 August to 1 September. At Lammas, the king dies of maize (for rebirth spring), providing enough for the winter. The other four festivals of the Celtic celebration of spring and autumn and winter equinoxes and summer solstice. Each name contains the word "Alban", meaning "light." Alban Arthu (Light of Arthur), as the winter solstice celebrations around the world, celebrates the return of the sun after the shortest day of the year. No wonder the church has adopted these festivals, such as date of birth the Son. In Celtic mythology and Nordic traditions enjoy Christmas as holly and mistletoe, the Yule log, Santa Claus in its aspects of Santa Claus or the Holly King. Supposedly, King Arthur was born at the winter solstice (and will again.) Primavera (Spring) Equinox is celebrated as Alban Eiler (Light of the Earth). Equinoxes is considered a time of balance not only between light and darkness, but between worlds as well, and Thus, a time of great magical potential. More prosaically, this holiday means time for spring planting and rituals. Heruin fertility Alban (Light of the coast) is celebrated as the Day of San Juan, with games, picnics, and all sorts of light hearted fun. The antics of "Dream of a Summer Night" by Shakespeare and capture the spirit of this festival, including the interaction between our peoples and those of Faery world.Finally was observed Elued Alban ( Water Light) the autumnal equinox, and as the spring equinox, is a very sacred moment when the line between worlds is thin and magical possibilities abound. It seems much more to know about the four fire festivals (which still celebrated in many forms), compared with the four solar festivals. Tiempos sacred Parties Druids were mainly solar, which was the participation was minimal (it seems that some of the neo-Druids have adopted this view and do some "most of those dates that the Irish and not)? Or could pre-solar celebrations date druids, belonging to the builders of Stonehenge, and slowly fell into disuse? This seems a possibility, as the Celtic lunar calendar is based, rather than solar.