mythology

30 April is May Eve, marking the advent of May Day and the beginning of the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane. Beltane begins at dusk on 30 April and is matched by its German counterpart, Walpurgis Nacht, or St Walpurga’s Night. May Day marks the astronomical half-way point between the spring...

New blog post by Katie-Ellen Hazeldine The Writer’s Zodiac: Taurus the Bull We have entered Taurus season 2025. Taurus (from the Latin for Bull) is a fixed earth sign; the second sign of the western zodiac, and represents the height of spring in the northern hemisphere in all its budding...

New blog post by Katie-Ellen Hazeldine In Aries Season: Stories of The Fiery Sky Ram Meteorological spring began on March 1, but astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and astronomical autumn/Fall in the Southern Hemisphere began on the date of the spring/vernal equinox, Thursday...

Yuletide greetings. Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Tarot lends itself to a form of animal whispering, at least to an extent. There are many depictions of animals and birds in the Tarot. This is as it should be, and they form a great part of the human landscape and psyche physically...

Sunflower stands and tracks the sun From Dawn until Apollo's Gone Towards his light, her body leant In upward focus, still, intent A patient and a hopeful eye In adoration of the sky Alone she stands in fields of fellowship Her hands oustretched yet with no strength to grip With countless other...

"We got more rabbit than Sainsbury's" - well, writers, innit. The Chinese Year of the Rabbit (兔年 tùnián) Celebrated this new year throughout the Far East, we enter the Year of the Rabbit. This is a year of the black rabbit. Black represents the element of water in Chinese astrology. The...