Need some ideas from my Pagan friends. (quote, marriage, Christian)
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I have been dating this womAn for 7 months now & things are getting serious well they have been. We've talked about marriage & such & would like to get married on Sahmain. However I would like to propose to her on another Pagan holiday. I was thinking Feb 2 if I remember that is
Brighid's day or Brides Day. Imbolc if you will. I can't think of another pagan holiday right off the bat, Any idea's?
I had thought of that but it's that like asking on Valentine's Day? I want to throw a huge feast when I ask & I thought of the feast of St Bridget. I wanted something that wasn't the normal pagan holiday but that's still an idea thanks!
Keep in mind that Feb 2 is also Groundhog's day.
You don't have many options between now and Samhain.
Feb 2, March 21, May 1, - any after that may not give time for planning and such in time for Samhain.
Beltain is the more fitting holiday for a proposal. It is the sacred union between Red Man and Green Maid. Where Imbolic translates to 'in the belly' and this is a holiday of fertility and pregnancy....followed by the fertility and birth holiday Eostara.
Litha would be fitting as well, but not as much as Beltain.
Keep in mind that Feb 2 is also Groundhog's day.
You don't have many options between now and Samhain.
Feb 2, March 21, May 1, - any after that may not give time for planning and such in time for Samhain.
Beltain is the more fitting holiday for a proposal. It is the sacred union between Red Man and Green Maid. Where Imbolic translates to 'in the belly' and this is a holiday of fertility and pregnancy....followed by the fertility and birth holiday Eostara.
Litha would be fitting as well, but not as much as Beltain.
We talked about eloping or having a very small wedding seeing that her family & mine are Christian. We just wanted our Pagan friends there & to have a handfasting. we did talk about having a mid-summers eve party but as you said it might be too late to have a wedding in October. More to think about lol
As OwlkaMyst mentioned there is the Vernal equanox Ostara(?) on Mar. 21. I am not sure where you are planing to do it, but if it is in the south or any place that anything like North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia it would probably be more pleasant for an outdoor setting then midsummer.
As OwlkaMyst mentioned there is the Vernal equanox Ostara(?) on Mar. 21. I am not sure where you are planing to do it, but if it is in the south or any place that anything like North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia it would probably be more pleasant for an outdoor setting then midsummer.
Well by the time this happens I'll be in MS by then. So the weather should be the same as it is in South Ga. I'm ot sure where she wants to get married that will be her choice. As I said i want to make a big deal when I ask her I want her friends & family there. So it will have to take place outside The wedding will to but later down the road
Any pagan holiday? Suggestions have been made from Celtic, Germanic, and astronomical sources, if you are open minded enough to accept that breadth, there is a wealth of pagan religions around the world to pick holidays from. Unless you are limiting yourself to European paganism. In that case, Imbolc, associated with the beginning of Spring (as evidenced by the fist lactation of the ewes) seems appropriate enough, the beginning of a new, potentially life creating union.
As I understand it, neo-pagans, Wiccans and such celebrate it on the Christian date, the Feast of St. Brigid, but Celtic recons celebrate it on the historical date, that is the day when the ewes start lactating. In the absence of a local sheep farm to observe, I think some recons look for another sign of Spring, so you can really wait for an appropriate seasonal 'sign'.
Any pagan holiday? Suggestions have been made from Celtic, Germanic, and astronomical sources.....and I think some recons look for another sign of Spring, so you can really wait for an appropriate seasonal 'sign'.
I stuck with the European pagan holidays because it was the direction originally presented.
However, in the back of my mind, I was thinking more along organic lines and less traditional.
For me, since I'm pagan but does not 'observe' any of the holidays, I would go with astrology. I'd look for a day that sits well for those invoved and the type of event.
But since you mentioned other 'seasonal signs' it brought to mind natures indicators that I do look to in my area. My pagan 'wheel of the year' is more about the sun the moon- and the flora and fauna of earth- just like the Ewes. Here it would be the cows.
Forget what a calendar says, I know when 'times' are changing when the daffodils are blooming like crazy. Thry are the first flowers of the year (and show themselves in late winter). And the last flowers of the year are the Naked Ladies.
When it's time to plant, when it's time to harvest- it's time! And is not based on a calendar date.
(Not saying ditch your holiday idea- its just thst ABQ reminded me of my original thinking that I did not express the first time)
So with that, I wonder what 'signs' you, Reed, have in your area?
When do the roses begin to bloom?
Any pagan holiday? Suggestions have been made from Celtic, Germanic, and astronomical sources, if you are open minded enough to accept that breadth, there is a wealth of pagan religions around the world to pick holidays from. Unless you are limiting yourself to European paganism. In that case, Imbolc, associated with the beginning of Spring (as evidenced by the fist lactation of the ewes) seems appropriate enough, the beginning of a new, potentially life creating union.
As I understand it, neo-pagans, Wiccans and such celebrate it on the Christian date, the Feast of St. Brigid, but Celtic recons celebrate it on the historical date, that is the day when the ewes start lactating. In the absence of a local sheep farm to observe, I think some recons look for another sign of Spring, so you can really wait for an appropriate seasonal 'sign'.
Any, Pagan holiday is fine by me to be honest. I thought of Imbolg because of spring being a begining of sorts. I want to get married that follow October on Samhain and as I said above I want a huge feast of sorts when I ask her surrounded by family & friends. Which made me think of the Bridget Day. Like Owl suggested this might be the best & it would give us time to plan the wedding. Of couse I want to do this at night with a nice bonfire. And of course this give me time to pay the engagement ring off.
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