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The Thanksgiving Moon has become a crescent, my favorite shape of the moon. \u00a0When it matches up with Venus or Jupiter in the evening sky, what a wonder. \u00a0As the Thanksgiving Moon wanes, we are in the middle of Samhain, the cross-quarter holiday beginning on Summer’s End, October 31st, and running through the Winter Solstice. \u00a0Samhain covers the first 8 weeks of the fallow time. \u00a0Winter the next 8 weeks. \u00a0At least on my sacred calendar.<\/p>\n
Following the Great Wheel as it rolls through the sky, a human, mythic rendering of the earth’s orbit, helps me stay in touch with the seasonal nuances. \u00a0Following the moon through its phases adds a wheel within the larger wheel, two eccentrics moving through the universe and around the sun together. \u00a0This would, in itself, be enough for me.<\/p>\n
The other holidays though, Deepavali, Easter, Boxing Day, 4th of July, the Eve of St. Agnes, the Posada, Christmas, Hungry Ghost, the various new year’s dates add spice, are the flavors of others sacred sight added to the earth tones of my own observances. \u00a0And I love them, too.<\/p>\n
We can experience this life as a series of holidays, one after the other. \u00a0Delightful and evocative. \u00a0Why not? \u00a0Perhaps one year, maybe my 70th, I will decide is a holiyear and try to celebrate as many festivals as I can over the course of a year. \u00a0Could be fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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