Llewellyn's 2023 Witches' Calendar

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Suggested Celebration Planning: Narrow window of observance on night of Monday, July 31 after moon enters Aquarius at 11:58 pm and during 2 hours 34 minutes before exact full on Tues. August 1, 2023 at 2:32 pm.

Suggested Celebration Planning: Wait until the first sunshine after entering Cancer, so Mon. June 21, 2021 or the following weekend (June 26-27). In 2022 we also have two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses to tap for spells exploring both sides of the Taurus earth/Scorpio water elemental pairing. Solar eclipses occur at dark moons, when the sun and moon are conjunct in the same sign. The first solar eclipse occurs at Dark Moon in Taurus ♉︎ on April 30. The second one occurs at Dark moon in Scorpio ♏︎ on October 25. Satanic holiday dates change annually according to the regular calendar and differ from cult to cult further social justice) Art as Meditation ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± You are viewing the 2023 calendar. View aIn the 1970s, second-wave feminism and modern paganism surged forth simultaneously. Today, exploration and acceptance of queer and transgender figures expands in the Craft. This Norse celebration marks new beginnings honors the land and revitalizes the plow for the upcoming planting season Powamu Hopi Festival Rebirth abounds in April as the Earth is ready to sprout forth new life from the dormant winter. Get outside and feel the crisp air as it begins to take on a new warmth. Enjoy the change of the season by planting seeds either figurative or literal! In many forms of Paganism, the passing of time is seen as cyclical, and is represented by a circle or wheel. The progression of birth, life, decline and death, as experienced in human lives, is echoed in the progression of the seasons. Many Pagans also see this cycle as echoing the life, death and rebirth of the God and the fertility of the Goddess.

Suggested Celebration Timing: Best observed Monday, December 11, 2023 after moon enters Sagittarius at 6:11 am, or 13 hours to exact dark on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 6:32 pm. Rodnovery God - first ancestor of all the Slavic people in the world November 24 to December 23 - Celtic Month Elder The end of the harvest brings with it the cold of winter. As the chill sets in the air, begin to strengthen your relationship with the divine during the coming darkness. Reach out to friends and family and reconnect. Focus on gratitude and let go of the things in your life that no longer serve you. Suggested Celebration Timing: Observe the night before on January 16, 2022 or the exact date until 6:48 pm.

There are many ways to incorporate Beltane into your life, making it one of the strongest Sabbats. How you observe the holiday is entirely up to you. If you prefer, you can celebrate alone or with family and friends. Suggested Celebration Planning: That night anytime after moon enters Scorpio at 12:18 pm. Finish by 11:32 pm. Suggested Celebration Planning: Night before on Sun. Sept 19, while moon still in Pisces and you have all evening to enjoy the moonrise. OR Monday night, but complete rite before 7:55 pm. Suggested Celebration Planning: Night before, Tues. May 25, 2021 after Moon enters Sagittarius at 10:39 pm. Or plan a special eclipse working for 7:14 Wednesday morning.

Suggested Celebration Planning: Celebrate Night before, Sat. August 21 while moon is still in Aquarius for the second time. Even though full moon technically falls same day the sun enters Virgo, moon peaks prior to this shift by 9 hours (at 5:35 pm.) It is a BLUE MOON because it is the second full moon with Leo/Aquarius opposition, and the 3rd out of four full moons in Summer Season. Holy week (Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday). Some groups are thought to sacrifice, cook and eat a human baby on Easter Sunday. Yule is celebrated on December 21st in the Northern Hemisphere and June 21st in the Southern Hemisphere. A solstice is one of two days when the sun is farthest from Earth’s equator during the solar year. The astronomical event occurs during summer, the estival solstice, and winter, or the hibernal solstice. Pronounced sah-win, this is one of the four Greater Sabbats and one of the most popular ones. It is observed annually on October 31st, approximately halfway between Mabon and Yule. Some Wiccan traditions consider Samhain an essential sabbat, and many see it as the Pagan New Year. The Greek Goddess Hecate/Hekate of crossroads, death often seen with her sacred dogs. 24 - Feast of SekhmetSuggested Celebration Planning: Best observed Sunday, November 26, 2023, after moon enters Gemini at 7:40 pm. Great Work Wheel – Air Detail – Hand-drawn by Heron Michelle Elemental Tides of Air: To Know – To Wonder

You can incorporate Litha into many parts of your life, and it is a happy and carefree sabbat. Your celebration can be as formal or as festive as you like. Family and friends can celebrate it with you, or you may prefer to observe it independently. Suggested Celebration Timing: Narrow window of observance between the moon entering Pisces on Sunday, February 19, 2023 after 11:56 pm and exact dark 2 hours 10 minutes later on Monday, February 20, at 2:06 am. The Pagan Wheel of the Year was popularized in the mid 1960s by Gerald Gardner and other precursors of Wicca. It was inspired by earlier works such as those by Robert Graves and Margaret Murray who claimed that witches gathered during the sabbats, including May Day, Halloween, February Eve and August Eve. The Wheel of the Year

In any case, about every six weeks, there is a sabbat to get excited about, and now, let’s see what dates each Sabbat falls on. Wiccan Sabbat Dates Suggested Celebration Timing: Observed that day after the moon enters Libra at 12:43 pm until exact conjunction at 5:55 pm. Lammas is the “cross-quarter” day marking the first harvest of early grain, where the first loaf of the bread from the harvest is broken and shared in the name of the Goddess. All crops associated with grain and of the season are sacred to this time. It is a time to reflect on the successes of the year and to reward yourself for jobs well done. Lammas magic can be magic of facing up to change. The God gives his energy to the crops to ensure life while the Goddess, as Mother, prepares to transform into her aspect as the Crone. The God loses his strength as the days grow shorter. By contrast, we’d celebrate the grand sabbats anytime during the week before the peak, because we are using this swelling energy to grow our Great Work intention with the fixed energies of the seasonal high tides.