den | (no subject)

Wha?! I thought it was October 31?

it's not as if I can forget this fact *grins*

So I can celebrate Australia-ween? Any excuse is a good one to me!

Members of NeoPagan, Heathen, and other Earth-Based or...
Bah. The terminology could fill a dictionary.

Wiccans, Pagans, Asatruar, et. al. (I'm in there somewhere) do generally observe Samhain on April 30, when in the Southern Hemisphere. Otherwise, it would mess up the whole calendar, since it's based around the solstices and equinoxes (is that the correct plural, there?)

Of course, if you have three Pagans in a room who actually agree on someting, it's generally:
A) Two people sucking up to the third
B) Co-Authors on a new book from That Publishing Company
C) Three people trying to get on a talk show.

So, the next person may disagree with me. :)

Me, I am in the Northern Hemisphere, barely out of bed, and...babbling.

--Talvin

P.S. Den: doing something for Aussie Halloween with our favorite Bugs? :)
("AHHH! Speedy! Fly! That monster ate the boss!" "No, silly, it's a costume." "That costume ate the boss!")

For the Southern Hemisphere, I think of Samhain as April 30, but Hallowe'en, which is more melded secular/Pagan/Christian (etc.), as October 31. (When I lived in Australia, no one noticed Halloween any more than secular Americans I know notice May Day (as an earth-based rather than a Soviet) holiday, anymore.

Sadly, Halloween is defined as eve of All Saints Day. This year, halfway between the solstice and the equinox is November 7th, or May 6th, for a peculiar definition of solstice and equinox which I'm not sure corresponds exactly to day lengths.

And you can dress up like a bat any day! ;)