Older than the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and Newgrange was constructed in the heart of Ireland in County Meath (meaning ...

When the sun is highest in the sky — as it was at the summer solstice on June 20 — the moon is at its lowest. The Buck Moon will, therefore, mirror the sun's low winter arc ... to the midsummer ...

When the sun is highest in the sky — as it was at the summer solstice on June 20 — the moon is at its lowest. The Buck Moon will, therefore, mirror the sun's low winter arc ... to the midsummer ...

Saturday is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In many Pagan religions, the day is marked by Yule, a holiday that's a time of both reflection and celebration.

She says winter solstice is one of the eight festivals in the "wheel of the year", a pagan practice based on Celtic and Wiccan seasonal festivals.

In the darkness of winter solstice, pagans celebrate Yule — welcoming longer days to come.

So, there's this outward joyousness about the light." Circle of the Stag in Wichita, Kansas, a decade-old Wiccan coven with eight members, has spent this week preparing for the solstice.

Fox is a Wiccan priestess, but Circle Sanctuary is inclusive of a range of pagan traditions, focusing on a spiritual connection with nature. Amid the depths of winter, Fox said Yule is a celebratory ...