I just want to know how to best wish my Pagan friends a Blessed Yule. I think it's the general season, but are there any specific days I can give them greetings? Maybe the Solstice? As you can see, I am absolutely ignorant on the subject. Thanks!
2007-12-13 03:17:47 · 9 answers · asked by Rachel loves lasagna 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh, Yule and Solstice are the same thing? Good to know.
2007-12-13 03:24:31 · update #1
Yule and Solstice are not the same thing FYI
Many people consider ONLY solstice to be Yule, but in my path we celebrate all 12 days. It GENERALLY starts with Solstice but not in every path.
2007-12-13 03:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Many people, especially some Wiccans, conflate the holiday in Wicca [Gardner used Murray's term for it, "the Winter Solstice" but it is more accurately described as RECOGNIZING the Solstice, which is an astronomical (not astrological) event] with Yule, which is a Germanic celebration.
If they are using Yule in this sense they mean the Solstice. They also sometimes call it midwinter, even though midwinter is a different thing altogether.
If they mean Yule in the Germanic sense, it refers to a collection of holy days.
My family celebrates a Winter Festival.
2007-12-13 04:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yule is actually a span of thirteen days, usually counted from the night before the solstice (20th or 21st of December, as it varies from year to year ), to the thirteenth night, (usually January 6 called "Twelfth Night" later by Christians). Bede called Yule eve "Mother Night", and it is thought this night was devoted to honouring the Idises (or Disir, female ancestral spirits) the family protectors. The Solstice itself, either the 21st or 22nd of December (this year it's at 1:10am EST on the 22nd), is the most important of the days, when the dead and other beings of the dark fare most freely, Winter arrives, and humans are closest to the spirit worlds. For folks in Northern regions, the Winter Solstice was a most welcome day to anticipate at the dark end of the year, and although months of darkness lay ahead, folk could rest assured Sunna's might was on the increase and darkness was waning.
2007-12-13 10:11:34 · answer #3 · answered by Kallan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The date of Yule is the winter solstice. This year it's the 22nd, so traditionally it would be celebrated the night before on the 21st. But feel free to wish us a Happy Yule any time! Good-will is always appreciated.
(And a Merry Christmas to you!)
2007-12-13 03:21:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
it is not Christmas in any respect to us-- this is yuletide, the wintry climate Solstice. distinctive holiday that shares roots with Christmas. Our family contributors, on the day until eventually now, set up the altar and get the Solstice dinner occasion waiting. different family contributors or pals would come for the holiday as nicely. whilst the solar contraptions, we've prayer observances and easy-weight the recent solar Candle. we've our dinner occasion and make our alternatives. Then we sing songs, tell memories, bake, and so forth. some could pass to mattress... like toddlers, who camp out below the yuletide Tree, adorned with solstice and nature and Goddess symbols. They get out their drowsing luggage and pass to sleep. different adults stay as much as maintain vigil because of the fact the Goddess provides delivery throughout the night. We carry a ritual, meditate, and so forth. until eventually now the break of day all and sundry gets woken up, we've coffee or warm cocoa and a few heat baked products that have been given made the night until eventually now and we watch the solar arise. Then all of us crash, sleep some hours, upward thrust up, have a sturdy lunch. We easy the candle and say prayers for 12 nights. The presents are a small area of it. we don't replace something considerable... my mom and her side of the family contributors are Christian & have fun Christmas, so we generally carry our presents there to interchange with the family contributors.
2016-12-11 03:33:23 · answer #5 · answered by acebedo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not the general season, it's the solstice, which this year lands on the 22nd. Last year it was the 21st. Thanks for asking!
Blessed Yule
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2007-12-13 03:22:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Is not just a general season, is one of the 4 principal Sabbats. you can give them greetings too in the estabats and other sabbats. Hey, is the day where God is born again!
edit: is the winter soltice, the longest night in the year. can be arround the 21-23, it depends on the year.
2007-12-13 03:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by Pinky 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Riegan is celebrating it on the 22nd of December :D
2007-12-13 03:29:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
my understanding is that it is concentrated around the 23rd...of course, I could be wrong...
2007-12-13 03:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋