Celtic Wheel of Life
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I'm intrigued by the Celtic Wheel of Life  but know very little about it. So its my homework for this year!
If anyone can contribute anything useful - and I don't mean scoffing about it being for witches and pagans - please do so. I'm looking at it with an open mind and hope you can too!

The end of January/beginning of February is called Imbolc and it marks the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. When we welcome a return to the light, lambs are born, spring flowers are emerging. Snowdrops are brought into the house. Candles are burnt and bonfires lit. 
It's also St Brigid's day when crosses are woven from rushes in Ireland and ? Scotland so Imbolc is paired with the Christian calendar. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc

Its also Candlemas - from the Christian calendar https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/candlemas
.......and there's a Full Moon - the Snow Moon tonight.
Snowdrops are known as Candlemas Bells. 

So many traditions and beliefs coming together. 
I'm going to celebrate Imbolc in my own little way Big Grin. I'll pick some snowdrops and light a candle. Tonight I'll look for the Snow Moon.

Sorry about the rambling. Just trying to understand it all!
The Moneyless Chicken says:- 
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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No scoffing from me. I’m all for a bit of witchcraft and if I was going to venture into anything remotely religious it would be paganism. I’ll look at your links later , just on my lunch break now. But I’ll be following you research closely and helping out when I have 5 minutes to breathe.
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I'm not a scoffer, except of chocolate perhaps. I like to think there's something in the old traditions and beliefs but sometimes find it difficult to rationalise them with modern life.
Gardening is an excuse not to do housework
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I love all this pre-Christian stuff and also Viking mythology. I have Christian values but I am probably a Pagan at heart.
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As gardeners following this way of life makes sense.
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The Snow Moon has risen, looks a bit hazy through the trees. I picked a few snowdrops that are in a vase beside a candle that's supposed to smell of a "Crackling log fire!". Whether it does or not, I'm not sure but its OK .
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No snow moon for me, it’s full cloud and drizzle.
A few years ago I made one of those crosses and hung it above the door. I’d forgotten until I looked at your link.
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