As soon as the restrictions were eased in September we were out celebrating Autumn Equinox. It rained all night but the ritual was done, the Gods, the land and the season were honoured.

We were out in in the woods for Samhain, a wonderful evening, the clouds cleared around midnight and the blue full moon revealed herself to us, shining through the trees on to our fire.

A few of the coven met up for the first time since Ostara for our annual Midsummer Night’s vigil.

Getting back in our woodland circle was something we’d been look forward to for weeks so we built the fire even bigger than usual in order to stick to the social distancing rules and sit well apart.

The night was still, warm and inviting as we watched the light melt away from the wood leaving the trees in the special midsummer half light darkness.

Sitting cocooned in our sacred space we settled down to watch and wait for the sunrise. The dawn chorus began around half an hour before sunrise time, as the sky very slowly began to grow lighter.

We have watched countless sunrises and usually the clouds obscure the sun, this morning was the clearest we had ever experienced. The first rays of the rising sun hit the exact centre of our circle, we set the circle space up a couple of years ago and didn’t know we’d chosen the exact spot where this would happen.

Magic!

The sun lit up the tree trunks, the bracken, the grass and touched everything with golden light.

A truly memorable special time.

We will be out and about celebrating our tenth anniversary this week, the coven began in December 2009.  Some of the original founders are still with us, others have joined over the years, others have left all adding their own unique energies and personalities. 

 

We’d like to thank everyone who has been involved with us over the years for their contributions – friends, coven members old and new and our blog readers.

Looking forward to the next ten years…