White Rose of Avalon

Winter

  • Embracing the Hermit: Going Within During the Darkest Months

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing embracing the energy of the Hermit card as we go within during the darkest and coldest months of the year!    The Hermit card is all about delving into the depths of our own inner landscape and…

  • ‘To a Wreath of Snow’ by Emily Bronte: Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is an analysis of the poem To a Wreath of Snow by Emily Bronte.   This will be a stanza-by-stanza analysis of this lovely poem, with the sections in bold and all-caps being my analysis.   I accessed the text of the poem…

  • Flower Bride & Sweet Smelling Blooms: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is a poem I have written about the Flower Bride beginning to bloom as we slowly come into Spring. Flower Bride & Sweet Smelling Blooms by Maranda Wabik Small buds of life begin to appear Peaking up through the cold earth Tiny flowers…

  • The Fire Element: Kindling the Hearthfire in Winter

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the importance of the Fire Element to warm us and inspire us during Winter’s Frosty Embrace.   As we slowly make our way through the Wheel of the Year and are nearly at the midpoint between Winter Solstice and the Vernal…

  • Tapping into the Energy of the Flower Bride in Winter

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about tapping into the energy of the May Queen and Flower Bride during the Winter season!   This may seem like an odd topic, or an odd idea, to embrace an energy of the Flower Bride, the May Queen, outside of…

  • La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For the last Femme Fatale Friday of December, I have decided to write about La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch!   Now, La Befana is not quite like the other Christmas and Yuletide Witches I have covered, as she is not seen as a malevolent…

  • Thoughts on the Queen of Wands Archetype as a Light in the Darkness of Winter

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday post is about embracing the Queen of Wands Archetype in Winter!   As with my previous two days, I have decided to continue discussing the Divine Feminine Tarot Archetypes with this post.   In fact, I plan to continue to discuss Tarot…

  • Thoughts on the Queen of Pentacles Energy and Surviving Trying Times

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Queen of Pentacles and what she can teach us about survival!   Winter is a time when we are definitely more inclined to hunker down and go within.   For our ancestors, Winter was a time when survival was most…

  • Thoughts on the Empress Archetype and Enduring Winter

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Empress in Tarot and Enduring Winter and the hardships that may occur during this trying season.   This is a concept I have been thinking about quite a bit lately, so I wanted to share some thoughts I have been…

  • The Evolution of Yuletide ‘Green’ Traditions

    Happy Winter Solstice, and welcome to the final day of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings!    Today’s post is about the evolution of Yuletide Green Traditions.   The Green figures of the Green Man and the Green Knight can be seen as very similar figures, as both are…