Pagan / Earth spirituality question

[urbpan]

I know the various names for the days in between the equinoxes and solstices, but are there names for the half-seasons that occur within? Is there, for example, a different name for the part of spring that begins March 21st (or thereabouts) and comes to an end in a couple days to distinguish it from the time period that begins on the First of May

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Yes, no and maybe.

[momafauna]

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I seem to recall seeing names for these windows of time, but most likely in books, not on the internet. (I think perhaps the Farrar's wrote about this, but I could be mistaken.) I will see if I can tap my community for any thoughts on this as well as check in on the library. I would suppose it would very much depend upon your tradition & of course, many pagans do not adhere to the "Big 8" at all, but instead follow the lunar calendar, or something entirely different. I suspect that there are probably several different ways these periods are defined. Or not.

I used to live in western Mass. & also VT for a stint & I agree that New England has very distinct, recognizable segments to the seasons. It has been a long time since I personally lived by the neopagan high days, proper (although I still attend community celebrations & festivals). I prefer to shape my year by the signs I see about me in the land & my living world rather than what my distant ancestors on another continent did (or what some wild & charismatic dude with a goatee said they did), so I find this question quite relevant to my own process of understanding the changes of place that I try my best to honour. You have me thinking... Thank you. I like that.

I will let you know if I learn anything that might be useful to you. Always a pleasure to visit your blog.

~ Lurker Moma

Re: Yes, no and maybe.

[urbpan]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate you putting this much effort into it. :)