Filaments of plasma escaped from a fiery canyon that opened on the sun’s surface on Sunday (April 3) releasing powerful streams of magnetized solar wind(opens in new tab) that might bring more auroras to Earth later this week.
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Ah, the dreaded retrograde. I bet the mere mention of the word has got you rethinking your entire belief in astrology, right? As if forgetting everything you thought you knew about the zodiac would suddenly make the concept of a “retrograde” seem ridiculous? Yeah, I’ve tried that too, and the truth is, retrogrades always have a way of having the last word. However, the truth about retrogrades is much more complex than simply designating the experience as something inherently negative. In fact, there are so many different planets that can station retrograde and the process is always completely unique. If you’re wondering what planets are retrograde during April 2022, then pat yourself on the back, because you’re asking all the right questions and your parents must be *so* proud.
Everyone knows Mercury retrograde is a drag, but is there more to the experience of a retrograde than meets the eye? Absolutely. After all, a planetary retrograde causes the planet in question to begin rolling backward in its typical trip across the zodiac calendar. As it moves back in time, it has a tendency to bring up unfinished business from your past that still needs tending to. A retrograde also has the power to invert the typical function of a planet, shifting its influence from external to internal. As you embrace the energy of a planet in a different way, it has the power to throw you off, but it can also show you things from a totally eye-opening perspective.
If you’re definitely *not* in the mood for a retrograde, you’re in luck. Only one planet will station retrograde, and because it’s an outer planet, the initial shift won’t be as noticeable or detrimental as you might fear. However, just because the retrograde brigade is operating at a minimum this month doesn’t mean that chaos is not on the schedule. Here’s everything you need to know about the out-of-this-world astrology of April:
Not only will there only be one planetary retrograde this month, it’s not something to worry about. After all, it won’t even begin until April 29, meaning that you won’t experience the brunt of its intensity until next month. Also, this retrograde in question involves Pluto — planet of creation and destruction — which does some of its best work while retrograde. After all, Pluto takes a break from being a total drama queen while it’s retrograde, encouraging you to work on embracing inner transformation rather than forcing things beyond your control. Although this retrograde will have a major impact on you, there’s a strong chance you won’t notice how much you’ve changed until much later. This retrograde — which takes place in ambitious, headstrong, and karmic earth sign Capricorn — will last several months, coming to an Oct. 8, 2022.
However, the month of April is bound to be wild, and it’s no thanks to any old retrograde. Instead, turn your attention to the solar eclipse in Taurus scheduled to rock your world on April 30 at 4:28 p.m. ET. In astrology, eclipses are a major deal because they bring you face to face with your ultimate destiny. If you happen to have your sun, moon or rising sign in Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, or Aquarius between the degrees of 5 and 15, this solar eclipse will have an even stronger impact on your life, so stay tuned for the curveballs the cosmos are about to throw at you.
No matter what happens, trust in the process. Eclipses are the markers of major milestones in your life, so have faith that everything is happening just as it’s supposed to. Embrace the idea that something bigger than yourself might be at play here.
APR. 1: Dark Mother Day –honoring Black Annis, Kali;
Fool’s Day—honoring the God of Chaos Energy.
Day of Venus: Goddess of Love and the Hunt
APR. 5: Roman Day of Fortuna: Goddess of Fate
APR. 7: Feast of Blajini—offerings made to the Other People/Sidhe or Faeries “Kindly Ones”.
APR. 7-8: Feast of Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana) – who represents the feminine in Nature and protects women throughout their lives.
APR. 8: Day of Mooncakes—honoring the Moon Goddess.
APR. 15: – Feast of Tellus Mater (Roman)
– Festival of Ba’ast, Feast of Bast (Egyptian cat goddess)
APR. 16: – St. Padarn’s Day (Celtic)
– Feast of St. George (Byzantine)
APR. 15-17: Feast of the Seas – Honoring God-Goddess as Olokun-Yemaya (Yoruba/Santeria) and Okeanos-Tethys (Old Greek).
APR. 22: Earth Day – Day to honor the Earth and to meditate on Deity manifesting as Mother Earth
– Festival of Isthar (Babylonian)
– Feast of the Divine Couple (Japanese)
– Feast of Elaphebolia (Greek)
– Odin’s Day – Norse festival.
APR. 23: Festival of the Greenman—honoring the God of the Forest and vegetation.
APR. 25: – Spring Festivals – Dedicated to Herne, Pan, Horned God.
– Roman Robligalia – Corn Mothers (Ceres and Demeter) and Harvest.
APR. 25: Spring Festival – dedicated to the Horned God and Corn Mother.
APR. 28: Celebrated April 28 – May 3: Festival of Flora: remembrance of those who passed into the Underworld.
APR. 30: May Eve—Walpurgis Night; annual gathering of Witches and covens. Beltane Begins at Sundown (Celtic, Wiccan) Old Norse Feast.
APR. 30 – MAY 2: – Beltane – Celtic festival marking the arrival of summer in ancient times, celebrating Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers) and Llew (Oak King, God of the Waxing Sun).
– Old Norse Feast – Celebrating Nanna (Goddess of Flowers), true love of Baldur (God of Light).
– Feast of Sacred Marriage – Honoring Goddess-God as Inanna & Dumuzi , Ishtar & Tammuz (Old Sumerian), Isis & Osiris (Egyptian), Oshun & Shango (Yoruba/Santeria).
The Wheel of the Year is a symbol of the eight Sabbats (religious festivals) of Neo-Paganism and the Wicca movement which includes four solar festivals (Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox) and four seasonal festivals (celebrating or marking a significant seasonal change). Contrary to modern-day Wiccan claims, there is no evidence of an ancient Wheel of the Year in its present form but it is clear that the Celts of thousands of years ago celebrated the festivals the wheel highlights, even if these celebrations were known by another name now long lost.
In the ancient Celtic culture, as in many of the past, time was seen as cyclical. The seasons changed, people died, but nothing was ever finally lost because everything returned again – in one way or another – in a repeating natural cycle. Although time in the modern world is usually regarded as linear, the cyclical nature of life continues to be recognized.
The modern-day Wheel of the Year was first suggested by the scholar and mythologist Jacob Grimm (1785-1863 CE) in his 1835 CE work, Teutonic Mythology, and fixed in its present form in the 1950s and early ’60s CE by the Wicca movement. The wheel includes the following holy days (most dates flexible year-to-year): …
Most perfume ads suggest that the right scent can make you sexy, alluring and successful. A blend by Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs, meanwhile, offers to make you smell like Hecate, the three-faced Greek goddess of witchcraft.
As a classics scholar who studies both magic and the senses in the ancient world, this idea of a witch-inspired perfume fascinates me – and “Hecate” is just one of many magic-inspired fragrances available today.
What does a witch smell like, and why would you deliberately perfume yourself like one?
Smells are impossible to see or touch, yet they affect us emotionally and even physically. That’s similar to how many people think of magic, and cultures around the world have connected the two. My current research is focused on how magic and scent were linked in ancient Rome and Greece, ideas that continue to shape views of witches in the West today.
Greeks and Romans of all walks of life believed in magic and used spells ranging from curses to healing magic and garden charms. Magical handbooks from the time show that Greco-Egyptian magicians used fragrance extensively in their rituals, even scented inks, and …
A good article from SunSigns.org. Lady Beltane uses this website daily to bring you the birthday horoscope. She has wondered on their take of angel numbers, chakra clearing and balancing (see today’s post on this topic) so took the time today to listen to the videos and read their information about these topics. In her opinion they are worth sharing with all of our WOTC community.
Have you been seeing a repeated sequence of numbers in your life lately? These numbers are angel numbers, and you need not ignore them. Angel numbers are number sequences that contain patterns or repetition. These numbers appear in common places, and they tend to capture our attention and leave us wondering what they mean.
Angel Numbers are messages from your guardian angels and the divine realm that offer wisdom and insight into your life. They also offer a sense of direction that your life needs to take. These numbers can shed light upon your life and guide you on the right path. They also let you know about your spiritual life and how best to align your goals with your divine life purpose.
They are also a source of inspiration and motivation from your guardian angels. Your guardian angels will keep sending you angel numbers until you heed their messages. The repeating influence of integers such as 111, 222, 3333, or 4444 has been there since time immemorial; therefore, these numbers play a huge in the numerous occurrences in your life. Angel numbers will always make a lasting impression on your psyche.
What is intuition? It is the ability to understand something from instinctive feeling without the need for conscious reasoning. To better work with angel numbers, …
For those of you who are not sure of either where your chakras are or how to clear and balance them Lady Beltane does Chakra clearings and balancing for a donation of $30.00 USD if done through a head-to-toe picture of the person or with the picture while connecting to the person via a Skype video call for $40.00 USD. She can also do an aura cleansing and repair for an additional $10.00 to $15.00 depending on what she sees in the persons aura in a second session with the person.
Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Third Eye, Crown – India’s Chakra Symbols
For those of you who are familiar with what chakras are and want some extra information on clearing and opening them I recommend reading this good article from SunSigns.org. Lady Beltane uses this website daily to bring you the birthday horoscope. She has wondered on their take of angel numbers (see today’s post on this topic), chakra clearing and balancing so took the time today to listen to the videos and read their information about these topics. In her opinion they are worth sharing with all of our WOTC community…
The 7 Chakras are most essential for the well-being of a person. But they are of no use if they are blocked.
If you wish to know if your chakra is open or closed, take the free chakra test to know more.
Here are few tips to open or balance each of the seven chakras.
First of all, close your eyes and position your hands in such a way that the tip of your thumb touches against the tip of your index finger. After that, you should concentrate on the Root Chakra, which is positioned between the anus and the genital organs. Along with this, you should start chanting the word LAM.
Additionally, what you can also do is to occasionally contract your muscles that lie between your anus and genital organs. Contract these muscles inward while inhaling, and contract them outward while exhaling. This in turn, stimulates the Root Chakra, and gives you inner physical strength. (Get more meditation tips).
To open the Sacral Chakra, you should sit down on the floor and place your hands on your lap, with the palm upwards, so that they lie on top of each other. Your left hand should be placed underneath, and its palm should touch the back of the fingers of the right hand. The tips of the left and right hand thumb fingers should touch gently.
In this position, you should concentrate on trying to open up the Sacral Chakra, which lies on the sacral bone on your lower back. Along with this, you should start chanting the word VAM.
In order to open the Solar Plexus Chakra or Navel Chakra, you should start by placing your hands before your stomach, in the region slightly below your solar plexus. After this, you should let all your fingers join at the top, and all of them should be pointing away from yourself. Then, you should cross your thumbs. All this time, it is important to keep your fingers perfectly straight.
In this position, start concentrating on the Navel Chakra, which is located on the spinal region, a little above the navel. Along with this, you should start chanting the word RAM.
In the first instance of opening the Heart chakra, start the whole process by sitting cross-legged, preferably on the floor. Position your hands in such a way that the tip of your thumb touches against the tip of your index finger. After this, place your left hand on your left knee, and your right hand should be placed in front of the lower region of your breastbone, which is just above the solar plexus.
In this position, start concentrating on the Heart Chakra, which is located at the heart region, at the centre of the chest. Along with this, you should start chanting the word YAM.
If you feel the Throat Chakra is closed and wish to open it, you should position your hands so that your fingers stay crossed on the inner part of your palms, without the thumbs. At this point of time, allow your thumbs to touch at the top, and slowly pull them slightly upwards.
In this position, you should start concentrating on the Throat Chakra, which is located at the base of a person’s throat. Along with this, you should start chanting the word HAM.
If you want to open up the Third Eye Chakra, you should start by sitting down and placing your hands before the lower part of your chest. Your middle fingers should be straight and the tips should touch each other at the top, with them pointing slightly forward. The other fingers should be bent and preferably touch the upper two phalanges. The thumbs should point towards yourself and touch at the tips.
In this position, you should start concentrating on the Third Eye Chakra, which is located slightly above the eyebrows. Along with this, you can either chant the word OM or AUM.
To open the Crown Chakra, start the whole process by placing your hands before your stomach. You should then let the ring fingers of both your hands point upwards, and their tips will touch each other. After that, you should cross the rest of your fingers, with the left thumb placed underneath the right one.
In this position, you should concentrate on the Crown Chakra, which is located at the top of your head. Along with this, you should start chanting the word NG.
Balancing Root Chakra
Balancing Sacral Chakra
Balancing Solar Plexus Chakra
Balancing Heart Chakra
Balancing Throat Chakra
Balancing Third Eye Chakra
Balancing Crown Chakra
Pagans are often urged to connect with the energy of the plants around them. But how do you do that?
First, get in touch with the plants around you — really in touch. Make it a point to feel the leaves of shrubs at your front door or put your hand on the nearest tree. Calm your mind and ask yourself what you are sensing. Some people describe feeling a low vibration, especially in trees. When you pay attention, you may feel a slight tingle in your arms.
You can also sit near a plant that seem attractive to you as you burn incense of frankincense, rose, and mugwort. All these herbs will help raise your psychic awareness as you extend your mind to the plants on your patio or in your garden. This is something that requires persistence. If you practice, you will soon open your mind to an energy that you can call on to help your magickal work or just to rejuvenate yourself in times of stress.
By J D Hortwort in Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2022 
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Most perfume ads suggest that the right scent can make you sexy, alluring and successful. A blend by Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs, meanwhile, offers to make you smell like Hecate, the three-faced Greek goddess of witchcraft.
As a classics scholar who studies both magic and the senses in the ancient world, this idea of a witch-inspired perfume fascinates me – and “Hecate” is just one of many magic-inspired fragrances available today.
What does a witch smell like, and why would you deliberately perfume yourself like one?
Smells are impossible to see or touch, yet they affect us emotionally and even physically. That’s similar to how many people think of magic, and cultures around the world have connected the two. My current research is focused on how magic and scent were linked in ancient Rome and Greece, ideas that continue to shape views of witches in the West today.
Greeks and Romans of all walks of life believed in magic and used spells ranging from curses to healing magic and garden charms. Magical handbooks from the time show that Greco-Egyptian magicians used fragrance extensively in their rituals, even scented inks, and doctors believed strong-smelling plant species to be more medically effective than others. The gods themselves were thought to smell sweet, and places they touched retained a pleasant odor, making scent a sign of contact with the divine.
Demeter and Persephone are strongly connected to the time of the Autumn Equinox. When Hades abducted Persephone, it set in motion a chain of events that eventually led to the earth falling into darkness each winter. This is the time of the Dark Mother, the Crone aspect of the triple goddess. The goddess is bearing this time not a basket of flowers, but a sickle and scythe. She is prepared to reap what has been sown.
The earth dies a little each day, and we must embrace this slow descent into dark before we can truly appreciate the light that will return in a few months.
This ritual welcomes the archetype of the Dark Mother and celebrates that aspect of the Goddess which we may not always find comforting or appealing, but which we must always be willing to acknowledge. Decorate your altar with symbols of Demeter and her daughter — flowers in red and yellow for Demeter, purple or black for Persephone, stalks of wheat, Indian corn, sickles, baskets. Have a candle on hand to represent each of them — harvest colors for Demeter, black for Persephone. You’ll also need a chalice of wine, or grape juice if you prefer, and a pomegranate.
If you normally cast a circle, or call the quarters, do so now. Turn to the altar, and light the Persephone candle. Say:
The land is beginning to die, and the soil grows cold.
The fertile womb of the earth has gone barren.
As Persephone descended into the Underworld,
So the earth continues its descent into night.
As Demeter mourns the loss of her daughter,
So we mourn the days drawing shorter.
The winter will soon be here.
Light the Demeter candle, and say:
In her anger and sorrow, Demeter roamed the earth,
And the crops died, and life withered and the soil went dormant.
In grief, she traveled looking for her lost child,
Leaving darkness behind in her wake.
We feel the mother’s pain, and our hearts break for her,
As she searches for the child she gave birth to.
We welcome the darkness, in her honor.
Break open the pomegranate (it’s a good idea to have a bowl to catch the drippings), and take out six seeds. Place them on the altar. Say:
Six months of light, and six months of dark.
The earth goes to sleep, and later wakes again.
O dark mother, we honor you this night,
And dance in your shadows.
We embrace that which is the darkness,
And celebrate the life of the Crone. Blessings to the dark goddess on this night, and every other.
As the wine is replaced upon the altar, hold your arms out in the Goddess position, and take a moment to reflect on the darker aspects of the human experience. Think of all the goddesses who evoke the night, and call out:
Demeter, Inanna, Kali, Tiamet, Hecate, Nemesis, Morrighan.
Bringers of destruction and darkness,
I embrace you tonight.
Without rage, we cannot feel love,
Without pain, we cannot feel happiness,
Without the night, there is no day,
Without death, there is no life.
Great goddesses of the night, I thank you.
Take a few moments to meditate on the darker aspects of your own soul. Is there a pain you’ve been longing to get rid of? Is there anger and frustration that you’ve been unable to move past? Is there someone who’s hurt you, but you haven’t told them how you feel? Now is the time to take this energy and turn it to your own purposes. Take any pain inside you, and reverse it so that it becomes a positive experience. If you’re not suffering from anything hurtful, count your blessings, and reflect on a time in your life when you weren’t so fortunate.
When you are ready, end the ritual.
By Patti Wigington,Paganism/Wicca Expert
Article found on & owned by ThoughtCo
The word Ostara is just one of the names applied to the celebration of the spring equinox on March 21. The Venerable Bede said the origin of the word is actually from Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring. Of course, it’s also the same time as the Christian Easter celebration, and in the Jewish faith, Passover takes place as well. For early Pagans in the Germanic countries, this was a time to celebrate planting and the new crop season.
Typically, the Celtic peoples did not celebrate Ostara as a holiday, although they were in tune with the changing of the seasons.
According to History.com,
“At the ruins of Chichen Itza, the ancient Maya city in Mexico, crowds now gather on the spring (and fall) equinox to watch as the afternoon sun creates shadows that resemble a snake moving along the stairs of the 79-foot-tall Pyramid of Kukulkan, also called El Castillo. On the spring equinox, the snake descends the pyramid until it merges with a large, serpent head sculpture at the base of the structure. While the Maya were skilled astronomers, it’s unknown whether they specifically designed the pyramid to align with the equinox and create this visual effect.”
A New Day Begins
A dynasty of Persian kings known as the Achaemenians celebrated the spring equinox with the festival of No Ruz, which means “new day.” It is a celebration of hope and renewal still observed today in many Persian countries, and has its roots in Zoroastrianism.
In Iran, a festival called Chahar-Shanbeh Suri takes place right before No Ruz begins, and people purify their homes and leap over fires to welcome the 13-day celebration of No Ruz.
Mad as a March Hare
Spring equinox is a time for fertility and sowing seeds, and so nature’s fertility goes a little crazy.
In medieval societies in Europe, the March hare was viewed as a major fertility symbol. This is a species of rabbit that is nocturnal most of the year, but in March when mating season begins, there are bunnies everywhere all day long. The female of the species is superfecund and can conceive a second litter while still pregnant with a first. As if that wasn’t enough, the males tend to get frustrated when rebuffed by their mates, and bounce around erratically when discouraged.
The Legends of Mithras
The story of the Roman god, Mithras, is similar to the tale of Jesus Christ and his resurrection. Born at the winter solstice and resurrected in the spring, Mithras helped his followers ascend to the realm of light after death. In one legend, Mithras, who was popular amongst members of the Roman military, was ordered by the Sun to sacrifice a white bull. He reluctantly obeyed, but at the moment when his knife entered the creature’s body, a miracle took place. The bull turned into the moon, and Mithras’ cloak became the night sky. Where the bull’s blood fell flowers grew, and stalks of grain sprouted from its tail.
Spring Celebrations Around the World
In ancient Rome, the followers of Cybele believed that their goddess had a consort who was born via a virgin birth.
His name was Attis, and he died and was resurrected each year during the time of the vernal equinox on the Julian Calendar (between March 22 and March 25).
The indigenous Mayan people in Central American have celebrated a spring equinox festival for ten centuries. As the sun sets on the day of the equinox on the great ceremonial pyramid, El Castillo, Mexico, its “western face…is bathed in the late afternoon sunlight. The lengthening shadows appear to run from the top of the pyramid’s northern staircase to the bottom, giving the illusion of a diamond-backed snake in descent.” This has been called “The Return of the Sun Serpent” since ancient times.
According to the Venerable Bede, Eostre was the Saxon version of a Germanic goddess called Ostara. Her feast day was held on the full moon following the vernal equinox–almost the identical calculation as for the Christian Easter in the west.
There is very little documented evidence to prove this, but one popular legend is that Eostre found a bird, wounded, on the ground late in winter. To save its life, she transformed it into a hare. But “the transformation was not a complete one. The bird took the appearance of a hare but retained the ability to lay eggs…the hare would decorate these eggs and leave them as gifts to Eostre.”
Modern Celebrations
This is a good time of year to start your seedlings. If you grow an herb garden, start getting the soil ready for late spring plantings. Celebrate the balance of light and dark as the sun begins to tip the scales, and the return of new growth is near.
Many modern Pagans mark Ostara as a time of renewal and rebirth. Take some time to celebrate the new life that surrounds you in nature–walk in a park, lay in the grass, hike through a forest. As you do so, observe all the new things beginning around you–plants, flowers, insects, birds. Meditate upon the ever-moving Wheel of the Year, and celebrate the change of seasons.
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A traditional Vernal Equinox pastime: go to a field and randomly collect wildflowers [Thank the flowers for their sacrifice before picking them, using a collection formula such as can be found in “An Herbal Grimoire”]. Or buy some from a florist, taking one or two of those that appeal to you. Then bring them home and divine their magickal meanings by the use of books, your own intuition, a pendulum or by other means. The flowers you’ve chosen reveal your inner thoughts and emotions.
It is important at this time of renewed life to plan a walk (or a ride) through gardens, a park, woodlands, forest and other green places. This is not simply exercise, and you should be on no other mission. It isn’t even just an appreciation of nature. Make your walk celebratory, a ritual for nature itself.
Other traditional activities include planting seeds, working on magickal gardens and practicing all forms of herb work – magickal, medicinal, cosmetic, culinary and artistic.
Foods in tune with this day (linking your meals with the seasons is a fine way of attuning with nature) include those made of seeds, such as sunflower, pumpkin and sesame seeds, as well as pine nuts.
Sprouts are equally appropriate, as are leafy, green vegetables. Flower dishes such as stuffed nasturtiums or carnation cupcakes also find their place here. [Find a book of flower cooking or simply make spice cupcakes. Ice with pink frosting and place a fresh carnation petal on each cupcake. Stuff nasturtium blossoms with a mixture made with cream cheese, chopped nuts, chives and watercress.]
When a person begins to awaken to their true self and divine potential, spiritual or psychic gifts will begin to emerge and develop.
Here is some information about the different kinds of ‘Clairs’ that describe some of these abilities and a few tips to help you practice.
‘Clair’ is from the French language and means ‘clear’. There are a number of ‘Clairs’ that we all have the ability to use.
Clairvoyance
The term we all recognise the most is clairvoyance. ‘Voyance’ means ‘vision’, so clairvoyance means clear vision.
A psychic vision is a term used to describe the way that those who are clairvoyant receive messages from Spirit. It usually begins with very short periods of ‘seeing’ things.
It is possible you may be able to see a ‘picture’ and the more you develop this gift the more detailed the vision will be and the length of time you will ‘see’ it will also increase.
Clairaudience
Clairaudience means clear hearing.
Clairaudience may start when you are very young or during meditation. You may hear a voice speaking to you, or you may hear other sounds, such as music. Spirit plays me songs all the time!
This may be your guides or other…
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This article is from timeanddate.com. This is also a great website for converting time from one country to another one. This can be done by using this link world clock time converter This is the website I use to make sure I have the correct Greenwich Mean Time for the corresponding time on the daily Custom Planetary Position posts. Scroll down the list below to find the country you live in and the date the time may move ahead for one/1 hour. Not all countries move ahead and in some only part of the country does. Please bear with me as try to keep up with the times changes on the correct date for the Daily Custom Planetary Positions as I get a little confused when the time changes occur twice a year.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is often referred to as “daylight savings” or “summer time.” When DST is not observed, it is called standard time or winter time.
The list below shows an overview of countries and territories with DST in 2022. For more details, see information for the first half of 2022 and the second half of 2022.
Note: This list may not be final. Sometimes countries, states, and territories make changes announced just days or weeks ahead of the time change.
| Countries Observing DST Clock Change Events 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
| Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Algeria | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Angola | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Some locations | Sunday, September 25 | Sunday, April 3 | |
| Palmer Station | DST all year in 2022 | ||
| Troll Station | Sunday, March 20 | Sunday, October 30 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Argentina | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Armenia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Aruba | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, April 3 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 2022 | ||
| Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, April 3 | |
| Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Barbados | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Belarus | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Belize | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Benin | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Botswana | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Brazil | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Brunei | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Burundi | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| much of Saskatchewan, Yukon, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 2022 | ||
| Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Chad | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Sunday, September 4 | Sunday, April 3 |
| Some locations | DST all year in 2022 | ||
| Easter Island | Saturday, September 3 | Saturday, April 2 | |
| China | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Colombia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Comoros | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Congo | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cote d’Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Dominica | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| East Timor | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Egypt | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Fiji | All locations | Sunday, November 13 | Does not end this year |
| Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| France | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Gabon | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Gambia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Georgia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Ghana | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, October 29 |
| Some locations | No DST in 2022 | ||
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 | |
| Thule Air Base | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 | |
| Grenada | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Guam | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Guyana | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| Honduras | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Iceland | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| India | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tuesday, March 22 | Thursday, September 22 |
| Iraq | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Israel | All locations | Friday, March 25 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Japan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Jordan | All locations | Friday, February 25 | Friday, October 28 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Kenya | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Laos | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Liberia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Libya | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Macau | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Malawi | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Maldives | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Mali | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Martinique | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 | |
| Sonora, Quintana Roo | No DST in 2022 | ||
| Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Sunday, May 8 | Sunday, March 27 |
| Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Namibia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Nauru | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Nepal | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Netherlands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, September 25 | Sunday, April 3 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Niger | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Niue | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, April 3 |
| North Korea | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Oman | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Palau | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Palestine | All locations | Saturday, March 26 | Friday, October 28 |
| Panama | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, March 27 |
| Peru | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Philippines | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Qatar | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Reunion | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Russia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Senegal | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Singapore | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Somalia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| South Africa | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| South Korea | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Suriname | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Syria | All locations | Friday, March 25 | Friday, October 28 |
| Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Thailand | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| Togo | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Tonga | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Turkey | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Uganda | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Ukraine | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Auton. Republic of Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk | No DST in 2022 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| United States | Most locations | Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, November 6 |
| Hawaii, most of Arizona | No DST in 2022 | ||
| Uruguay | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Western Sahara | All locations | Sunday, May 8 | Sunday, March 27 |
| Yemen | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Zambia | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 2022 | |
(This vision quest should not be confused with a Native American vision ques. The two are vastly different and done for different reasons)
Sit comfortably, ideally cross-legged on the floor. Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a forest glade. Feel the slightly damp grass, smell the mushrooms and pine needles, notice a slight breeze. It feels warmer than it should in a forest, and as you look around, you see a small fire with a bubbling cauldron suspended over it.
You stand up to walk toward it, and as you do so, you see a magnificent stag. Your movement makes him notice you and he turns his head toward you, looking directly into your eyes. This is the god of the forest. He is strong and wise, and the guardian of all who live within the forest. You spend a long time looking into each other’s eyes. Listen to your mind and your body; he may give you a message this way.
After a while, the stag lowers his head slightly as if nodding and moves off. You walk to the cauldron and as you come closer, you notice many people sitting around it. Once you get close enough to see their faces lit up by the fire’s flames, you see that these are …
Contemporary witches and Wiccans view healing as one of their most important functions. They use a wide range of healing techniques, including magic; herbal and folk remedies; body work and energy work; Native American Indian and shamanic techniques (see Shamanism); and Western approaches to medicine and psychology. Some Witches are professional healers, trained in Eastern and/or Western medicine and psychology. Witches prefer holistic and natural healing methods that involve healing power of sound, breath, color, touch and movement.
Prior to the scientific age, healing commonly was the province of the village wise woman, Cunning Man, witch or Wizard. Such individuals often were born with the mysterious gift of healing by touch, and many were steeped in herbal lore that had been passed down though generations of their families. Still others said they received their healing ability from Fairies. Folk healers diagnosed both human and animal ailments. Some were renowned for determining whether or not haunting fairies or ghosts (see ghosts, Hauntings And Witchcraft) were responsible for illness, and then driving them away.
One common remedy for fairy-caused illness was the recitation of Christian prAyers followed by a measurement of the patient’s girdle to see if the fairy had departed the body (see Girdle Measuring). Other healers diagnosed the patient’s urine. Healers dispensed herbal remedies in the form of powders, potions and unguents. They prescribed charms, little prayers comprised of both pagan and Christian elements. They also cast spells. Some folkmagic remedies required procedures on the part of the patient, such as boiling an egg and …
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