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

Re: Yes, no and maybe.

[urbpan]

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

[uneko]

I love you too ;)

I'm no Pagan or Wiccan, but I am a blackbelt in google-fu. so let's see what I can find... I tend to type as aI figure things out, so I may contradict myself, be flat out wrong, or share a lot of 'thought process' here.. :) So bear with me. I'm also goign at this with a more 'historical 'opinion then a newage one. <3

[urbpan]

Thanks so much for the love, and for the long and well-researched response! I may go ahead and name my demi-seasons or octomonths or whatever they are.

[uneko]

:D

There's probably more information out there to be found, but it's a really broad scope. :) Butif it's for any sort of personal/spiritual reason.. then.. Do what feels right. I like the idea of octomonths :D