THE CELTIC NEW YEAR This is a very auspicious time of the year. We are now truly conscious that we are heading deeper & deeper into the winter months.  Halloween has come and gone, although we are left with the feeling that we have been visited by our dear ones in the Spirit world, it's almost as if they have ignited an inner light that will hopefully see us through into the dark days ahead. As Yule approaches our focus should be on maintaining that light. This is possibly the true meaning of Yule, a rememberance that where there is dark there is also light. Metaphorically speaking our Barns are full, we are in good health, and we know how to keep warm, as we leave the beginnings of the new year behind, we resolve to see the winter out and Samhain and Yule give us the opportunity to celebrate our own abundance. When we imagine being drawn into the time of winter, we can also imagine being drawn into our inner landscape. This is symbolic of a need to withdraw and take sustenance from our inner resources. There one can find our Goddess or other archetype, an energy guide to oversee our safe passage into the warmer months of Spring. All the seeds have ben planted within ready to burst forth with the Spring sunshine. There is a familiarity with the imagery of the Mythic Tarot Pack, Persephone descends into the depths of Hades, there she will tarry for a while, until she is able to return to the outer world again. All this of course is symbolic of how we are subject to cycles in life and we are to be wise to them and even use their essence as a spiritual resource. There ia a love of life around at this time, a promise of a new start ahead, it also reminds us that life and hope do indeed spring eternal !!