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Some friends bought to my attention that the crossquarters is the exact day between the equinox and solstices but that means that the day is the 15th degree of each fixed sign. Which means that today the sun is 15 degrees in Taurus so it’s ‘officially’ the spring’s crossquarter or Beltane.

It’s a bit confusing I guess to keep up with crossquarter dates since the equinox and solstices are a bit easier to follow since they are the start of a zodiac season. However if celestial positionings is important for you for spell work here are the dates for the remaining two crossquarters this year:

Lughnasadh 2020: August 7th (Sun 15° Leo)

Samhain 2020: November 7th (Sun 15° Scorpio)

#crossquarters #pagan #witchcraft #beltane #celebrations #sabbat

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This week was a wild Samhaintide ride. I’ll post more about it in the read more

#halloween #personal #samhain #celebrations #I wish like every sabbat was this eventful #some parts could have been a movie #Some parts I wish I was more in the moment for but it was also a bit emotional with the retrograde

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I made this Desert Wheel in honor of @witchery-ditchery-doc and @bitchybrujo to hopefully inspire an alternative way to get in touch with the seasons. What I love about the wheel of the year and nature/seasonal based practices is how adaptable they are and personally how they make me feel connected to the local nature around me. Once you are familiar with your environment and you understand the cycles of life, death, sowing, growing, harvesting and resting in your seasonal changes then basically you can create your own practices.

I’ve never leaved in the South West US desert so I might be very off with my suggestions, so just a disclaimer. I researched a lot on it, specifically on the Sonoran seasons and found this wonderful blog post about a witch that lives there and their struggles with the ‘traditional’ Celtic wheel of the year. I would hope to maybe do a collaboration with you guys to make a new wheel if you are interested!

Here’s some suggestions I have:

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Ok just to add after talking with both people: The summer monsoons that happen from July to August only occurs in the Sonoran Desert, AZ area. In southern California they do not see rain until early Winter which is from November to December.

Hopefully they will add more to this lol

#rain #desert #wheel of the year #pagan #paganism #seasonal #US desert #sabbats #celebrations #witchcraft #witchcraft*#desert witch #witch