New moon in Capricorn January 11th 2024

Have you noticed, particularly on social media, that in January there is a proliferation of people advertising their work and putting out new content as soon as the New Year starts? When many of us are in bed and recovering from the intensity of Christmas and hopefully slowly unfurling from some degree of holiday. What is that about?

New MoonSamara LewisJanuary 11, 2024new moon, wheel of the year, winter solstice, winter

Celebrating the Winter Solstice

In the UK, where I live, the ancestral spiritual traditions of the indigenous people of the land have gone. What remains has been Christianised, hence the celebration of Christmas. Many people in the UK are hungry to connect with older, Earth-based traditions that marked such pivotal moments as the winter solstice. Where do they go to find ancestral wisdom to help them connect in these ways?

Samara LewisDecember 13, 2023winter, winter solstice, ceremony, wheel of the year, ancient, ancient traditions, earth-based spirituality, archaeology, prehistory, long barrows, monuments, indigenous

practicing animism & belonging to the land