The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/yule)
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we celebrate Juneteenth and the June Solstice, the Correllian Nativist Tradition responds to the Department of Defense’s religious affiliation code revisions, and we honor the memory of Krystel Neuman Highcorrell. Plus, Star shares her Tarot of the Week, and Damh the Bard announces a concert for this weekend.
“Under a sliver of new moon and the sound of church bells,” writes Meg Elison, “the town Witch was sat in the corner of the café with her tarot cards spread out, ready to read for the people of this small Berkshires town.” (The Witch is Meg.)
As the year darkens, Yule invites something deeper than celebration. The solstice season calls for honesty, rest, and reckoning—listening to what the long nights reveal, releasing what no longer belongs to us, and preparing, quietly, for the light’s return.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: We honor Juneteenth and share Solstice Blessings as the Wheel turns once more. We report on Pakistan’s controversial move to criminalize magical practitioners, highlight a divination conference in Southern California, and bring you Star’s Tarot of the Week. Happy Litha, Happy Midsummer, and Happy Yule—wherever you are in the world, may the season bring light, insight, and joy!
“What if,” I say idly, “I started celebrating Christmas again, but in an Arthurian sort of way?” “Camelot is the Christian wart on the face of pagan England,” my husband grumps.