The Sacred Wheel and the Celtic Festivals

The Sacred Wheel of the year has been marked with celebration throughout history. Our ancestor's lives were beautifully framed within this wheel, by eight festivals.

The Solstices mark great turning points in the year where days, and nights, are at their longest and/or shortest.

The Equinoxes mark the time when days and nights are of equal length.

Between them are the Cross Quarter Festivals, great fire festivals that mark the seasons of the land from fertility to growth into harvest and then rest.

Many of us still celebrate this sacred turning of the wheel.

The longest day and the shortest night, Midsummer is a time of gatherings and celebration.

As the Oak King gives up his throne to the Holly King it is time to count our blessings and reflect on our achievements.

From now on the dark slowly returns, the suns power begins to fade and the wheel turns.

Summer Solstice Cards and Prints

Litha
Summer Solstice
Lady of the Waters