The notion that our healing and our happiness are in relationship to Nature and the beauty of the natural world is universal but also very Celtic.
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One of the things that makes Ireland and the British Isles so magnificent is the Light. These islands may have a reputation for constant rain. However, as you might hear in the country: “When ye have the weather, sure there is nothing better”. The light creates the myriad shades of green of the landscape, the moody purples and blues of the mountains and the glistening surface to the waters of sea and lake.
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Usually, I draw one tarot or oracle card as a new month begins to stimulate reflection and insight. Given COVID -19 and the huge test it is to all that has meaning in our lives, I decided to do a three card spread for the month of April.
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So wherever you are and whatever your ethnic and religious affiliation, come celebrate the story of a man, first prisoner and then immigrant to a land that now celebrates him and those who for centuries now have paraded to remind themselves to be proud of their roots.
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It is a Leap Year and we are coming up on February 29, that day that once every four years reminds us that we get out of synch with the natural cycle of the sun and moon.
Read more about the history and stories that surround Leap Day and the Celts.
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Like with many indigenous cultures, the Celts were astutely aware of the interdependent web of all living things. Their folklore included magical beings that could shape-shift from god/goddess or man/woman. Read how Spirit Animals and Spirit Guides show themselves and learn about Celtic Zodiac.
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I am particularly grateful to be in a place in my life where I can travel, write, and coach others who are in search of their path or are looking to raise their consciousness and vibration.
Special announcement my next project - read to find out what you can look forward to from me.
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What has been most special in both the giving and receiving is the gift that shows listening and support and that extra effort.
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Samhain is one of its four main Festival dates of the Celtic calendar. Samhain is the last of the harvest; thus, the end of the year in many ways for the ancient Celts as they prepared for the winter darkness. The end of the cycle of life was acknowledged at this time, too. Like the Mexican Day of the Dead, this holiday is a time to celebrate those who have passed on and to welcome the spirits of loved ones to visit on this day “when the veil is thinnest”.
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We all have read of such things in classic children’s fiction: Alice going down the rabbit hole, the Narnia wardrobe. More recent fiction has Harry Potter and friends finding a portal within the train station at Platform 9 ¾ and Claire dropping into an earlier century Scotland in the Outlander.
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The fringe of the fringe seems an apt description of Brittany and Galicia, both on mainland Europe and, therefore, even more weakly linked to Celtic identity.
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On a trip to Ireland a few years ago, I heard an American woman in a bathroom at Dublin airport asking, “what language do these people speak anyway?” Her friend’s reply was “English, I think.”
The language question in Celtic lands is a complicated mix of culture, history, politics, and linguistics.
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