Llewellyn's 2024 Witches' Calendar

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Suggested Celebration Planning: Night before, Tues. May 25, 2021 after Moon enters Sagittarius at 10:39 pm. Or plan a special eclipse working for 7:14 Wednesday morning. The summer solstice, or Litha, is one of the four ‘lesser sabbats’ and the high point of the solar year. The God has reached the zenith of his power (the summer solstice being the longest day of the year) and the dawn of the 21st June (or thereabouts) is his crowning glory. Suggested Celebration Timing: Observe the Sunday night before, May 29, after the moon enters Gemini at 1:23 pm, until 7:30 am the next morning with conjunction.

Suggested Celebration Timing: Observe the Tuesday night before on March 1, 2022 after the moon enters Pisces at 3:53 pm. Wigington, Patti. "The Legend of the Holly King and the Oak King". paganwiccan.about.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016 . Retrieved 25 October 2012.March 19,20 – Ostara/Spring Equinox [Greater Sabbat] (Mabon/Autumn (Vernal) Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere) Suggested celebration timing: That Monday night or any day after, if you wait until the weekend you conflict with Christmas.

Suggested Celebration Planning: Observe the exact date, or wait until the following weekend Sept. 23-25. Could be combined with Dark Moon rites on Sunday. Practices vary, but sacrifice offerings, feasting, and gift giving are common elements of Midwinter festivities. Bringing sprigs and wreaths of evergreenery (such as holly, ivy, mistletoe, yew, and pine) into the home and tree decorating are also common during this time. [16] [18] [19]Since the Christianisation of Europe, a more secular version of the festival has continued in Europe and America, commonly referred to as May Day. In this form, it is well known for maypole dancing and the crowning of the Queen of the May. Many Witches, Wiccans, and other Neopagans celebrate at least some of these eight festivals throughout the year, and these festivals are known as Sabbats. They are four seasonal and four solar festivals that occur every year around the same dates, as we will see below. Suggested Celebration Planning: Observe the exact day, or on the weekend before on Saturday, April 30, and also observe the Solar Eclipse at 4:28 pm, or Sunday May 1. Same weekend at Dark Moon in Taurus with the eclipse.