Hello all! I'm a little late, but here's this month's horoscope from Michael O'Connor!
Horoscope for February 2019
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The Sabbat Wheel made a lot of sense for our Pagan ancestors, for whom the seasons and their mid-points roughly corresponded with the Year-Wheel as we know it. But more and more, I'm finding that it makes little sense in other places, especially where I live. When I was growing up, the Wheel had only the loosest correspondence with the seasons I knew anyway. The snow was starting to melt by Imbolc, for example, and we had mud season a lot, but crocuses were still at least two weeks away. You knew it was Ostara because there were bees. The hawthorn and fruit trees were usually blooming by Beltane, but it was still too cold (and often too wet) to camp outside. And so on.
With climate change taking hold, this has become less and less true. With each passing year I find it more difficult to find meaning in the symbols and landmarks that are supposed to be associated with each Sabbat. The last few years, it simply hasn't felt like the Sabbat at all.
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I live in Virginia. On June 19th I woke from a dream telling me to "Call upon the gods of love, friendship and community to guard -
I totally get not feeling it with the Sabbats. When I have tried it, it felt contrived and artificial. Working with the calendar
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Makes sense to me, Anthony! Whereabouts are you in the world, and when do you choose to celebrate? -
Great idea -- we've been kinda doing this for years in my house. I *do* suspect that Ostara may give you some trouble since (Chri -
I thought about that, but a) yeah, I think the lunar/solar calendar juxtaposition is very Pagan anyway, and I understand they base
Tapestry is a long-running and respected CBC Radio program that looks at different religions in Canada. As far as I know, this is the first time Wicca, or any Pagan faith, has been featured on the show. I thought it was worth sharing!
Listen here:
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Thanks for sharing! I'll definitely give this a listen in the near future.
Violence against a religious and ethnic minority in Southeast Asia. A major city in the Caucasus gets a plan for revitalization. And a horrific story out of Chechnya in southern Russia. These are some of this week's news for Fiery Tuesday, our segment about political and societal news from around the globe. All this and more for the Pagan News Beagle.
No, this is not the United States.
This is Canada.
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Greeting friend, I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to help with this campaign. I'm a ChristoPagan, and a priest in the A -
This is definitely a hate crime. The failure of the Winnipeg Police Service to address this issue violates her constitutional righ
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I was stunned to learn that there is no legal recognition for Pagans in Canada. We've had it here in the states since I think the
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Doesn't Canada have laws against vandalism? Why waste time with hate crime stuff when there is obvious and repeated vandalism goi
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Oh yes, there are laws against all of that. But the police don't spend a great deal of effort investigating and prosecuting rando
Well, looks to me over here across the border in Canada that the American government is having a meltdown. I feel a bit like a neighbour listening to a domestic dispute in the next house over. It’s loud. Things are crashing around. People are screaming; people are crying. I want to help, but I don’t know what to do. Should I call the police? I don’t think there’s any police I can call! Should I go over there and knock on the door to protect the people getting injured? I suppose I can roundly condemn the abusive person who’s starting the fight, but it’s not like my neighbours listened when I tried to convince them not to marry the jerk in the first place, so why do I think they’ll listen to me now? I’ve done this much; I’ve tried to keep an extra bedroom open in case it’s needed.
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Thanks for sharing your Canadian perspective on the mosque shooting. I always enjoy reading your stuff. It's fascinating to see N
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I love the "middle daughter" analogy. By speaking up, you *are* doing something. Just keep speaking up! And anyone can watch C
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Oy, late reply. Thanks! That's good to hear, to be reminded of. Oh, awesome! Thanks for the link!
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Agree 100% with all this! Except to try to clarify that not all Americans are the gross, abusive assholes that keep speaking up, t
A Quest for Canada is a series of articles that will appear in both my Witches & Pagans column 49 Degrees and my Patheos blog Between the Shadows on an alternating schedule between the two blogs. Links will be provided in both blogs.
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