Sabbat Birthday Superstitions

I thought it might be fun for Imbolc to gather some superstitions for anyone with a birthday on one of the Sabbats. I included dates for both Northern and Southern Hemisphere. These are all from a book called All One Wicca: A Study in the Universal Eclectic Tradition of Wicca by Kaatryn MacMorgan. I’m not necessarily saying that any of this is true or good, I’m just posting it for anyone who is interested.

Yule (20-22 December or 20-22 June)

A child born on Yule is said to have the power of the Sun God, and the mother is said to be blessed too, of especial sacredness are infants with black hair, who are said to have the powers of the storms, and very pale children born on Yule are said to come from the womb of the Goddess and be great workers of Magick. Some say the gift child is often a changeling, and will die by spring, but bring great prosperity to the family, not my idea of a Blessing.

Imbolc (1-2 February or 1-2 August)

Children born on Imbolc are said to be the “first children of Spring” and will always be one step ahead of everyone else.

Ostara (19-21 March or 19-21 September)

Children born or conceived on Ostara are said to be healthy, strong, imaginative and “green thumbed.”

Beltane (30 April -1 May or 30 October - 1 November)

Children, especially girls, born on Beltane are the “children of the Goddess,” and children conceived on Beltane are said to have “luck and fortune beyond the world."

Litha (20 - 22 June or 20 - 22 December)

Children born on the Summer Solstice are supposed to be fiery, smart, strong, temperamental and willful, red haired children born on the Solstice are said to be marked by the Sun King, and will receive special blessings.

Lughnasadh/Lammas (1 - 2 August or 1 - 2 February)

Children born on Lughnasa, like children born on Mabon, are said to be like the crop that is brought in.

Mabon (19 - 21 September or 19 - 21 March)

Children born at Mabon are generally compared to the harvest. If it was good, the child is said the "Grow tall and prosper like the grain,” but a poor season usually boded badly for an infant, not because of his/her date of birth but because of the food supply, and the child was said to be lucky to survive past Yule.

Samhain (30 October - 1 November or 30 April - 1 May)

Children born on Samhain are said to be great in power but attracted to “necromancy, graveyards and other ghoulish things,” and children conceived on Samhain were said to be the incarnations of unsettled dead, so sex on Samhain is fairly taboo.

Tarot and Geography

Learn how Tarot can be used to predict geographical locations

*note that not all 78 cards will be present for determining a location.

Some of the locations below require you to pull two cards since there are some countries that share a single card.

For example, if you pull The Hermit (which has to do with Ecuador or Venezuela) you might want to double check by pulling cards until you find another specific card for that region.

~ Africa ~

(Northern Africa)

Star, Hermit, Ace of cupsJustice, Devil, Queen of pentacles

(Western Africa)

Six of cups, Page of swords, Page of pentacles

(Central Africa)

Eight of pentacles, Nine of swords, World

(Eastern Africa)

Ace of wands, Six of pentacles, Five of pentacles, King of swords

(Southern Africa)

Four of wands, Three of wands, Two of pentacles, Ten of cups, King of pentacles

~ Europe ~

(Scandinavia) Ten of wands, King of cups, Two of swords, Nine of swords. (UK, Ireland and Scotland) Eight of wands, Three of cups, Ace of swords, Eight of cups, Page of pentacles, Hierophant (Eastern Europe) Two of pentacles, Page of swords, Five of wands (Western Europe) Two of pentacles, Knight of wands, Four of cups (Southern Europe) Sun, Justice, Page of cups, Fool, Nine of swords, Four of swords (Mediterranean) Six of pentacles, Moon, Nine of pentacles ~ Asia ~ (North Asia consisting of the Asian portion of Russia) Two of cups, Star, Queen of wands, Page of swords, Two of swords, Four of pentacles (Central Asia) Seven of swords, Eight of pentacles, Five of cups (Southwest Asia Including Iran) Four of pentacles, Empress, King of cups (Southern Asia including Afghanistan) Knight of pentacles, Page of pentacles, Ace of swords, Ten of cups (East Asia) Knight of swords, Emperor, Lovers (Southeast Asia) Two of pentacles, Seven of pentacles, Eight of wands, Ace of swords ~ North America ~ (Canada) Four of pentacles, Nine of pentacles, Two of swords (U.S) Hierophant, Two of wands, Four of wands ~ South America ~ (Brazil) Two of cups, High Priestess, Fool. Eight of pentacles, Moon, Eight of wands (Argentina) Emperor, High Priestess, Two of swords (Peru) Hermit, Death, Knight of wands (Chile) Five of wands, Moon, Six of cups (Colombia) Five of wands, Ten of pentacles, Ten of cups (Ecuador) Hermit, Four of pentacles, Hanged Man (Venezuela) Hermit, Page of pentacles, Ten of cups (Bolivia) Lovers, Page of cups, Eight of cups (Uruguay) Knight of swords, Devil, Lovers (Paraguay) Queen of cups, Page of cups, Knight of Pentacles (Suriname) Wheel of fortune, Knight of wands, Seven of cups (Guyana) Wheel of fortune, Two of pentacles, Eight of cups (Falkland Islands) Star, Eight of swords, Ace of cups ~ The Caribbean ~ Two of cups, four of pentacles, Emperor

~ Antarctica ~

Ace of swords, Six of pentacles, Five of wands.

~ Oceania ~ Four of cups, Devil, Lovers

(Australia)

Lovers, Two of pentacles, Strength

(NSW)

Three of swords, Strength, Six of wands

(QLD)

Eight of wands, Ten of pentacles, Queen of wands

(NT)

The World, Eight of swords, Four of pentacles

(WA)