Winter Solstice 2024

Bernadette Mac shares insights on preparing for Winter Solstice... It has been brought to my attention to remind everyone of goal setting & open heart on the full moon before we step into the winter solstice & Christmas.

Winter Activities

Mindfull eating, wassail, Secret Santy, Spirit of the stones, candle in the window, welcome in the light,etc.

Advent Candles

The 4 coloured candles represent Hope, Peace, Joy and Love and one candle is lit each week of Advent with the final centre candle being lit on Christmas Day

Monday Meditation

25 words current & archive

New & Full Moon

Open Heart Healing Circle

Celestial Celebrations

Winter Solstice - Orion & the Nativity

Newgrange

Newgrange and Winter Solstice

Tara at Christmas

Sunrise at the Hill of Tara and more

Dowth

Dowth - Place of Darkness

25 words Meditation for 9 December 2024 8pm

Waves lap the shore, ebbing and flowing, coming and going, washing away the old patterns. What can you release to the sea for cleansing, renewing? AN

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Reports from 2007 to 2018 are available at our archived website - Archive Tara Celebrations

Website:

Taracelebrations.org is a website dedicated to the organisation and documentation of spiritual gatherings and individual practices, particularly those focused on the seasonal and celestial events, such as solstices and equinoxes.

It serves as a hub for a community of like-minded individuals who come together physically or on the web to celebrate these natural cycles, often in the context of Irish traditions and sacred sites.

Detailed information on upcoming celebrations, including locations (often sacred sites in Ireland), dates, and activities. Archives of past celebrations with photos, reflections, and reports on the events. Collection of articles, links, and suggested readings related to Celtic spirituality, seasonal celebrations, and Irish mythology.

What is Tara Celebrations:

Free, non-profit, open, inclusive and non-denominational, drawing on all spiritual philosophies and traditions.

Please read the comments here if you are interested in joining in - Tourists and Visitors Information and here - Commonly asked questions

Who arranges celebrations?

Each Celebration event has a volunteer host, often aided and abetted by others, who calls the date, time and venue for the gathering and also the intention and focus, bringing to the fore the energies of the season. If no host steps forward to hold a face-to-face get-together, or for distance links, Connect provides a focus.

The volunteer hosts over recent years include Danielle, Vivia, Zoey, Jean, Martin, Marta, Dana, Anne, Tom, Bernadette Mac, Susan, Bernadette C, John M, Pat, Nora J, Nora M. Others who felt the call to tune in and plan each celebration have included Anne B, Des, Eileen, John A, Mary, Mary O, Theresa, Yamann and many others, who join in body or in spirit. The website is maintained by Nora J.