Seasonal Rituals Guide

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Seasonal Rituals

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The Seasonal Rituals

A really beautiful way to celebrate and mark the seasons is to do regular rituals. My pagan

ancestors did this, as did people from other cultures all over the world. These rituals are a

way to not only mark the changing of the seasons, but also to mark the seasons of life.

Traditionally, these rituals are done along with the seasonal cycle. You can modify them,

though, to fit into yours or your client¡¯s life and needs. You might want to try doing these

seasonal rituals to align with the seasons of your client¡¯s life, for example.

Each of the rituals I¡¯ve detailed here has a seasonal component and a series of practices that

go along with it. The rituals either mark the transitions between seasons (called the equinox

or solstice) or the height of the season, kind of like its center.

I¡¯ve also included the dates for the European pagan celebrations, listed for both the

Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Winter/Imbolc:

February 2 (N. Hemisphere)/August 2 (S. Hemisphere)

Spring Equinox/Ostara:

March 20-21 (N. Hemisphere)/September 20-21 (S. Hemisphere)

Spring/Beltane:

May 1 (N. Hemisphere)/November 1 (S. Hemisphere)

Summer Solstice/Midsummer:

June 20-22 (N. Hemisphere)/December 21-22 (S. Hemisphere)

Summer/Lughnasadh

August 21 (N. Hemisphere)/February 21 (S. Hemisphere)

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Fall Equinox/Mabon

September 22-23 (N. Hemisphere)/March 22-23 (S. Hemisphere)

Fall/Samhain:

November 1 (N. Hemisphere)/May 1 (S. Hemisphere)

Winter Solstice/Yule:

December 21-22 (N. Hemisphere)/June 21-22 (S. Hemisphere)

However, these are based in European tradition. If you¡¯re in a different country, climate, or

culture, these might not resonate with you. In that case, I encourage you to take the wisdom

and energy of each seasonal cycle ritual and adapt it for where you are, and maybe even

bring in customs from your own or your client¡¯s cultural traditions.

I tried to make these rituals more seasonally specific and less culturally specific so that you

have the freedom to adapt these to whatever culture you¡¯re a part of or that you want to

connect with.

In this module, you¡¯ll need to complete each season¡¯s ritual at least once, and you¡¯ll need to

complete general seasonal coaching for graduation. The idea is that you can connect

yourself with each season so that when you are coaching on seasons, you¡¯ll be able to

identify and support each season in your clients.

I suggest that you do these rapidly - two a week if you can - as kind of a mini seasonal cycle.

It will help you connect to that season within yourself. Then you can also do the cycles with

the seasons over the next year.

Winter Ritual

The winter ritual should feel slow, soothing, self-loving, and meditative. It¡¯s about honoring

death, stillness, and silence. It¡¯s not only about death, though; it¡¯s about the starting point

right after death, too.

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Spring Equinox Ritual

The spring equinox ritual celebrates newness, the emergence of light, upward movement,

curiosity, and growth. It¡¯s about the return of light and the awakening of creativity and

fertility. It¡¯s an exciting and new time.

Springtime Ritual

The springtime ritual celebrates the height of playfulness, exploration, creativity, adventure,

and flirtation. It¡¯s about pleasure, growth, expansion, and a sense of warming energy.

Summer Solstice Ritual

Summer solstice is a movement into sexuality, creativity, deeper sensual energy, and

wildness. It¡¯s a celebration of heat and maturity.

Summer Ritual

The summer ritual celebrates life, full bloom, mastery, and completion. It¡¯s the fullest

expression of yourself, of your art, or of what you¡¯ve created. It¡¯s the opposite of winter: it

appears to be all about life, but it has the seeds of death within it because there¡¯s nowhere

for the energy to go but back in.

Fall Equinox Ritual

This ritual at the end of summer is a celebration of abundance and the harvest. It¡¯s about

really feeling your blessings and the abundance of your life.

Fall Ritual

The fall ritual is a healing ritual, focused on integration, gratitude, and taking lessons from

your life. It¡¯s about honoring and seeing the value of your work and drawing wisdom from it.

Winter Solstice Ritual

The winter solstice ritual is about surrender. It¡¯s about letting go and releasing your life; and

in that, honoring death. You can be proud of what you¡¯ve accomplished and celebrate

yourself, but you¡¯re also honoring your own movement towards death.

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All of these rituals transition into one another; it¡¯s a cycle. Each one will guide you to honor

particular elements of that season or transition; they will invite you to embody a queen of a

certain quality. (Though you can use your language if the language I¡¯ve chosen doesn¡¯t

resonate with you.)

Make these rituals your own. Try what I¡¯ve created and then adjust it to what deeply speaks

to you or your client.

I highly recommend that you also journal this process. You can focus on what you¡¯re

celebrating about the season you¡¯re leaving behind, what you want to let go of, and what

you¡¯re going to focus on in the upcoming season.

These rituals are a beautiful and deep way to mark time and honor the seasons - of your

body, of sex, of your relationship, of creativity, of life itself! Everything you experience is

cyclical, and the more deeply you connect to the seasonal cycle, the more deeply you can

connect to the seasons happening throughout your life.

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