Equinox & Pelusia

Thursday 20th March is the Pagan Equinox at 16.57.  On the Equinox, light and dark are equal over the whole world: mark the moment of the Equinox with silence and stillness.

Thursday 20th March is also the Egyptian Festival of Pelusia, with the Egyptian Goddess Isis working her spring magic to ensure the flooding of the Nile later in the year, thereby guaranteeing a fruitful harvest.

Quinquatrus

Wednesday 19th March is the Roman Festival of Quinquatrus, so named because it was the 5th day after the Ides of March.  This was a Festival in honour of Minerva; it seems that women were accustomed to consult fortune-tellers and diviners upon this day.

Liberalia & St Patrick's Day

Monday 17th March was the Roman Festival of Liberalia, this was the feast to celebrate the male coming of age!

Monday 17th March is also St Patrick’s Day in Ireland.  St Patrick is credited with converting the Irish back to Christianity which had been abandoned under Roman rule.

Full Moon

Sunday 16th March is the Pagan Equinox Full Moon @ 17.08. Between this date and the next New Moon is considered as a good time energetically for detoxing the body. Click here for Angela McGerr's Full Moon Meditation with Gabriel 

Anna Perenna & Purim

Saturday 15th March in Roman tradition was the celebration of Anna Perenna. Offerings were made to the Spirit of the Year, so that the circle could be completed. 15th March is also the Ides of March in Roman tradition and a Festival to Jupiter. Shakespeare had a soothsayer warn Julius Caesar 'Beware the Ides of March' and indeed he was reputedly assassinated on 15th March 44 BC.

Saturday 15th March (sunset) until Sunday 16th March (sunset) is also the Jewish Ceremony of Purim. This is the Spring Carnival celebrating the averting of a Persian Massacre. It is traditional to have a feast and dress up in costumes and masks.