The Devil is at its core about facing the truth even if we don't want to. The card is saying that it's time for you to face what you already know is happening but refuse to believe it.

Wheel of the Year Tarot Reviews | Aeclectic Tarot

From this point on, we will start to see more daylight in our days, helping to lift our mood and enrich our earth. It is the main fertility festival within the Wheel of the Year and marks a time of intense abundance, balance, harmony and new life. A lot of the ways we celebrate the Christian holiday of Easter, mirrors the ways the fertility goddess Ostara was once worshipped. Food & Drink: Sunflower and Pumpkin Seeds, Seeded Breads, Oats and Poppy Seed Cakes ( my personal favourite is a lemon drizzle poppy seed cake!) OstaraThis Sabbat is the foundation for the Christian holiday of Christmas and it can be seen in many of your traditional Christmas decorations. For example the idea of bringing nature inside the home, such as with Christmas trees, Yule Logs ( which are still called Yule Logs to this day!), wreaths and garlands. Imbolc ( Pronounced Im-Bol-c) is the sign that the cold, harsh days of winter are nearly over and that spring is just ahead of us. It takes place on the 1st February in the northern hemisphere and the 1st August in the southern hemisphere. Paganism encompasses a diverse community of people who focus their energies on practices like ecology, witchcraft, Celtic traditions, or certain gods and goddesses. The recognition of the divine in nature is at the heart of many of their beliefs, and much of what (and how) they celebrate throughout the year is based on their awareness of the natural world. The egg is an important symbol of Ostara, representing fertility and new life. This spread embraces the representation of the egg, starting from within.

The 8 Sabbats and How to Celebrate Them – Writual Planner

As the Wheel of the Year moves through its cycle, it brings endless opportunities for reflection, growth, and transformation. By embracing these moments, you can deepen your connection with yourself and strengthen your tarot practice. Use this spread as a means of taking pause and reflecting on what you’re cultivating at this point in the year and what you can celebrate. Let me know how you are getting on in the comments below if you already use this method, or are beginning to experiment with it. How does it match or contradict your astrological birth chart? I look forward to hearing from you!Understanding the rich history of each sabbat and how they’re all connected takes time. As you learn more about each one, decide how to best celebrate, honor yourself, and give thanks to the gods and goddesses. Yule, Ostara, Litha, and Mabon are known as the lesser sabbats. These are the pagan seasonal holidays, more commonly known as solstices and equinoxes. Something that’s important is that the *real* question I’m asking here is how to best navigate life from Litha to Lammas (August 1). And, when I do the spread on Lammas, I will be asking the best way to navigate my life from August 1 until Mabon – the Autumn Equinox (September 22, 2020). Doesn’t it seem far more practical to plan forward movement in six week increments rather than months and months (or years and years)? The message of this card is that you are in charge of your life, setting up your own rules, boundaries, and demanding to be heard. Explore how you can celebrate Litha, your successes, and make time for play > 6. Lughnasadh (August 1-2)

How to Calculate Your Tarot Year Card - Angelorum Tarot How to Calculate Your Tarot Year Card - Angelorum Tarot

Begin the spread by choosing a significator. Liminal 11 suggests choosing a Court card with which you feel an affinity, but I decided to draw the one that would guide me to right action through this season. Wheel of the Year Tarot Spread Positions Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons This sabbat is focused on giving thanks above anything else. Reflect on what you’ve been given, and what seeds of ideas you can plant for the new year. Give yourself something to look forward to through the doldrums of winter. For example: If your birthday is April 3 and you want to find your tarot year card for 2022, your calculation would look like this: 4+3+2022= 2029 Step 2: Add the individual numbers of your result from step one. The Wheel itself is divided into either Four or Eight Points. When divided by Four each Point is referred to as a Quarter Day and it is these that mark the Two Solstices at Mid-Winter and Mid-Summer. Mid-Winter sits at the most Northerly Point on The Wheel, while Mid-Summer sits at the most Southerly Point. The other Two Quarter Days are Equinoxes; Spring/Vernal Equinox known as Ostara and Autumnal Equinox known as Mabon. The Vernal Equinox’s Point lies exactly mid-way between the The Winter and Summer Solstice and is positioned to the East of The Wheel. The Autumnal Equinox’s Point is positioned to the West of the Wheel mid-way between Summer Solstice (Litha) and Winter Solstice (Yule). Falling on the autumn equinox, it’s also a time of balance between light and dark once more — darkness will soon begin to overtake the light.Mabon is the time of the Autumn Equinox and is celebrated during the 21-24th September in the northern hemisphere and the 21-24 March in the southern hemisphere. It is the time when, once again, the days and nights are in perfect balance, before we start to notice less and less daylight in our days. Step 1: Add the number correlating to your birth month (January = 1, February = 2, etc.) plus your birth date (the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) and 2022. If your birthday is April 3, your number from step two is 13, which is corresponds to the Death tarot card.

Wheel of the Year Tarot - The Tarot Garden Wheel of the Year Tarot - The Tarot Garden

Because Samhain marks a new year on the Wheel, take a moment to set intentions and goals for your next year. Also begin to make space in your life for rest, as winter is soon to begin. Tarot Spread for Samhain

Imbolc, also known as Candlemas, marks the halfway point of the winter season. It’s a time for cleaning and organizing your living environment (think spring cleaning), as well as clearing your mind and heart of things that no longer serve you. On the outer circle is a snake, the Egyptian god Typhon (the god of evil), descending on the left side. The snake also represents the life force plunging into the material world. On the right side rises the Anubis, the Egyptian God of the dead who welcomes souls to the underworld. And on top of the wheel sits the Sphinx, representing knowledge and strength. The God and Goddess’s became stronger and stronger as The Wheel Turns from Winter Solstice onwards. They reach the height of their strength at Summer Solstice, the longest daylight time of the year. But the Wheel is forever turning, and with each day that passes after that, they begin to lose strength, eventually reaching a point on the Wheel where both day and night were of equal length. From then on the days became shorter, the light of the Sun Waning until Winter Solstice, the shortest day, when it is once more born again. When the Wheel reaches its lowest point of rotation, it has nowhere to go but up once more, and so the cycle repeats itself over and over as it has done since the beginning of time.