Wiccan & Pagan

Litha, Summer Solstice or Midsummer is the celebration of the first day of summer and of the sun. It is celebrated on June 21st or 22nd, the longest day of the year

As our greater global consciousness expands, more and more people, of all religions and circumstance, are honouring the equinox and solstice days, as our ancestors did celebrate. It is common to...

While you may or may not have heard of a holiday called Litha, you almost certainly know it by its more common name, the summer solstice! This day was traditionally called Midsummer, because the...

The Winter Solstice, also known as Yule, occurs on the shortest and darkest day of the year. As waning light waxes toward Summer Solstice, Wiccans celebrate renewal and rebirth. As the seasons...

While Yule is sometimes used as another word for Christmas, historically it referred to the Winter Solstice holiday that has been celebrated by pagans for millennia. It is still one of the eight...

When Americans think of winter holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa probably come to mind immediately. For modern American Pagans, however, the winter solstice is a religious holiday also...

Around December 22, Pagans celebrate the Winter Solstice, or Yule, which is the longest night and the shortest day. Nights grow shorter until the Summer Solstice around June 22. The Yule ritual...

The Summer Solstice, or Midsummer, celebrates the longest day of the year. It falls around June 22. The Summer Solstice ritual focuses on the god because summer is his time. Celebrate it outdoors...