If there was ever a year when we need to celebrate sexuality at Beltane it’s this year. Not because that’s how our pre-Christian ancestors celebrated it, but because it’s what we need here and now.
Yule traditions new and old wish good riddance to 2020 at the winter solstice
The symbolism of the solstice resonates at the end of a dark, difficult year punctuated by a pandemic, political protests and a presidential election. A bonfire to celebrate the winter solstice. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons
December 19, 2020
“The joke is we’re just going to make sure the sun rises,” Magdalene said.
In 2020, nothing feels like a given.
And the winter solstice when modern witches and pagans celebrate Yule and the return of the light resonates at the end of a dark, difficult year punctuated by a pandemic, political protests and a presidential election.