Schedule for 2024-25
May 2024 to May 2025
I hope you are enjoying the articles from Wheel & Cross so far. There are already over 60 articles published from June 2023 to May 2024! This year we will bring you more seasonal content via our weekly podcast, The Wheel & Cross Podcast with links to the 2023-24 posts so you can view or review the images, videos and photos relevant to each week’s topic.
We already have a jam-packed schedule for the 2024-25 season so far, with details provided below. The podcasts will be linked to the schedule once it has been posted for the week.
If you have experiences, stories, traditions, poems, recipes, and thoughts related to the article topics or anything seasonal you want me to explore, please share in the comments or drop me a note.
May
23 May - Episode 1: Introduction
WINTER
June
1 June - Episode 2: Holle’s Day and the First Day of Winter (posted 30 May)
6 June - Episode 3: Echoes of the Ice Age - Winter Solstice and Mother’s Night
13 June - Episode 4: The Origins of Christmas
27 June - Episode 6: Winter Feast
July
11 July - Episode 8: The Origins of the Yule Log and Yule Tree
18 July - Episode 9: Scandinavian Yule Creatures
25 July - Episode 10: The Robin and the Wren
August
1 August - Episode 11: The Spring Quickening - Djambari, Imbolc, Brigid’s Day and Candlemas
8 August - Episode 12: Spring Weather Divination and Groundhog Day
15 August - Episode 13: The Silver Birch - Symbol of Spring
22 August - Episode 14: The Blue Moon and Wheel of the Months
SPRING
September
1 September - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - September
1 September - Episode 15: First Day of Spring and Wattle Day (posted on 29 August)
5 September - Episode 16: Magpies and the Swooping Season
12 September - Episode 17: Spring Equinox Traditions from Eastern Europe
19 September - Episode 18: Spring Equinox - Oestre, Easter, Witches and Bunnies
26 September - Episode 19: Spring Equinox - Eater Eggs, Games and Foods
October
1 October - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - October
3 October - Episode 20: Beltane (Air) - Beltane vs Halloween and Walpurgis Night
10 October - Episode 21: Beltane (Fire) - Lighting the Bale Fires
17 October - Episode 22: Beltane (Water) - Springs, Wells and Morning Dew
24 October - Episode 23: Beltane (Earth) - A'-Maying, the May Bush and Maypoles
31 October - Episode 24: Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
November
1 November - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - November
7 November - BREAK
14 November - BREAK
21 November - BREAK
28 November - BREAK
SUMMER
December
1 December - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - December
5 December - Episode 25: A Very Aussie Christmas
12 December - Episode 26: Santa’s Helpers - The Nice and the ‘Not So Nice’
19 December - Episode 27: The Making of Santa Claus
26 December - Episode 28: New Year’s Eve Traditions
January
1 January - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - January
2 January - BREAK
9 January - BREAK
16 January - Episode 29: Celebrating Australia’s Midsummer
23 January - Episode 30: Invasion Day
30 January - Episode 31: Lughnasadh and the First Harvest
February
1 February - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - February
6 February - Episode 32: The Dog Days of Summer
13 February - Episode 33: TBD
20 February - Episode 34: TBD
27 February - Episode 35: The Last Honey Harvests
AUTUMN
March
1 March - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - March
6 March - Episode 36: The Hedgerow Harvest
13 March - Episode 37: The Apple Harvest
20 March - Episode 38: Autumn Equinox and Harvest Home
27 March - Episode 39: April Fools and Smigus Dyngus
April
1 April - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - April
3 April - Episode 40: Samhain Bonfires, Divination and Ancestors
10 April - Episode 41: Samhain Tricks, Treats, Games and Scares
17 April - Episode 42: Samhain and Jack-O-Lantern
24 April - Episode 43: Creatures of Samhain
May
1 May - Great Southlands Almanac (Australian Capital Region) - May
1 May - Episode 44: TBD
8 May - Episode 45: TBD
15 May - Episode 46: TBD
22 May - TBD
29 May - TBD