Almanac 2nd to 8th February

All information from "Llewellyn's Magical Almanac 2015"  Colour and Incense based on

 information used by Llewellyn from Personal Almanac by Amber Wolfe

All times are Eastern Standard (US) Time (EST) 
or Eastern Daylight (US) 

Time (EDT)

February's Sabbats and Full/New Moons

2nd Imbolc - Northern Hemisphere

2nd Lammas - Southern Hemisphere

3rd Leo Full Moon 1:05 pm
18th Aquarius New Moon

The Moon and Correspondences For This Week

Monday 2nd 

Imbolc

Waxing Moon  

Moon Phase: Second Quarter 

Colour: Lavender

Moon Sign: Cancer

Incense: Frankincense

Tuesday 3rd

Waxing Moon

Moon Phase: Full Moon 6:09 pm

Colour: Grey

Moon Sign: Leo

Incense: Geranium

Wednesday 4th

Waning Moon

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Colour: White

Moon Sign: Leo

Incense: Marjoram

Thursday 5th

Waning Moon

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Colour: Purple

Moon Sign: Leo

Moon enters Virgo 12:46 am

Incense: Clove

Friday 6th

Waning Moon

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Colour: Coral

Moon Sign: Virgo

Incense: Violet

Saturday 7th 

Waning Moon

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Colour: Blue

Moon Sign: Virgo

Moon enters Libra 1:44 pm

Incense: Sage

Sunday 8th 

Waning Moon

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Colour: Amber

Moon Sign: Libra

Incense: Heliotrope

Almanac 26th January to 1st February

All information from "Llewellyn's 

Magical Almanac 2015" 

Colour and Incense based  on

information used by Llewellyn 

from Personal  Almanac by Amber Wolfe

All times are Eastern Standard (US) Time (EST) 

or Eastern Daylight (US) Time (EDT)

The Moon and Correspondences For This Week

Monday 26th January

Waxing Moon 

Moon Phase: Second Quarter 11:48 pm

Colour: Lavender

Moon Sign: Aries

Moon enters Taurus 11:37 am

Incense: Hyssop

Tuesday 27th

Waxing Moon

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Colour: Black

Moon Sign: Taurus

Incense: Ginger

Wednesday 28th

Waxing Moon

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Colour: Topaz

Moon Sign: Taurus

Moon enters Gemini 5:36 pm

Incense: Honeysuckle

Thursday 29th

Waxing Moon

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Colour: White

Moon Sign: Gemini

Incense: Carnation

Friday 30th

Waxing Moon

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Colour: Purple

Moon Sign: Gemini

Incense: Vanilla

Saturday 31st

Waxing Moon

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Colour: Brown

Moon Sign: Gemini

Moon enters Cancer 2:09 am

Incense: Sandalwood

Sunday 1st February

St. Brigid's Day (Ireland)

Waxing Moon

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Colour: Orange

Moon Sign: Cancer

Incense: Frankincense

February's Sabbats and Full Moon

2nd Imbolc - Northern Hemisphere

2nd Lammas - Southern Hemisphere

3rd Leo Full Moon 1:05 pm

A New Venture

As we approach the middle of January we get ever closer to Imbolc on 1st February. We are already seeing the signs of a fresh start in nature through the first signs of buds on trees and the delicate leaves of daffodils, crocuses,  snowdrops and bluebells.

But it's not just nature that is waking up or making a fresh start.  Many of us in the Pagan community are and I am no exception.

Towards the end of the year my sister, Raven Moon,  invited me to join her in a new venture. A new witchcraft and pagan store that sells hand crafted, hand decorated items done by myself and Raven Moon and also by another part of this tiny coven, Litha SilverMoon.

What are we called? Besom Magic. You can find us on both twitter and Facebook.  And this past few days this little Techy Witch has been busy setting up the website.

I will  share more as we get closer to opening.

But for now. ..

Beannachd to you all and be sure to look us up

New Beginnings

Change can be a scary time, especially when that change is huge. I myself have gone through a massive change this past year. One that was both scary and a breath of fresh air.

Before this great change I found myself in a kind of pagan/witchy quagmire.  Although I knew I was pagan through and through,  I had somehow lost my spiritual drive. I had fallen into a rut.

This huge change in my life involved a great deal of pressing the re-start button including this part of my life and because of this re-start it has re kindled my dying flame that is my spiritual side as well as my witchy side.

And even more change is in motion as I type as I join a tiny coven that has re-kindled a light within all those who are apart of it.

So yes change can very often be incredibly frightening.  But more often than not,  it is for the best and can re awaken the dying embers within you!

Beannachd

~ Pagan Hare

Introduction to Paganism

The following article I found  on a Pagan Federation page and I thought you all may find it interesting as it gives very good descriptions of various aspects of paganism. I have only posted part of this as it's not my work. But I have provided a link to the appropriate page so you may read further.

~ Pagan Hare

Introduction to Paganism

Pagans may be trained in particular traditions or they may follow their own inspiration. Paganism is not dogmatic. Pagans pursue their own vision of the Divine as a direct and personal experience.

The Pagan Federation recognizes the rich diversity of traditions that form the body of modern Paganism. In a brief introductory booklet, it is not possible to describe each and every one. Rather than attempt this, the pages in this section - links are on the left hand side of this page contain an introduction to six examples of major Pagan traditions.

This is not an exhaustive list, but these six traditions provide a good overview of modern Pagan practice. A suggested reading list is also available.

Some authors see the emergence of Paganism in the twentieth century as a revival of an older Pagan religion and describe all the above traditions as Neo-Pagan.

This term is also used to describe all those who are recognisably Pagan, but who do not adhere to any of the above traditions per se.

A definition of a Pagan:

A follower of a polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion. 

A definition of Paganism:

A polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion.

What Paganism Is

Paganism is the ancestral religion of the whole of humanity. This ancient religious outlook remains active throughout much of the world today, both in complex civilisations such as Japan and India, and in less complex tribal societies world-wide. It was the outlook of the European religions of classical antiquity - Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome - as well as of their "barbarian" neighbours on the northern fringes, and its European form is re-emerging into explicit awareness in the modern West as the articulation of urgent contemporary religious priorities.

The Pagan outlook can be seen as threefold. Its adherents venerate Nature and worship many deities, both goddesses and gods.

Nature - Veneration

The spirit of place is recognised in Pagan religion, whether as a personified natural feature such as a mountain, lake or spring, or as a fully articulated guardian divinity such as, for example, Athena, the goddess of Athens. The cycle of the natural year, with the different emphasis brought by its different seasons, is seen by most Pagans as a model of spiritual growth and renewal, and as a sequence marked by festivals which offer access to different divinities according to their affinity with different times of year. Many Pagans see the Earth itself as sacred: in ancient Greece the Earth was always offered the first libation of wine, although She had no priesthood and no temple.

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