Happy St Patrick’s Day…or maybe better said Happy Irish Day because it really has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture.
It might be interesting to know St Patrick’s day replaced an earlier Celtic festival celebrating Spring and honoring the Green God or Green Man.
After toiling for six years as a shepherd, he escaped back to Britain. He eventually returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary and from there he became the patron saint of Ireland.
And this From Wikipedia
Saint Patrick’s Day, a.k.a. the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. ’the Day of the Festival of Patrick’), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, considered to be the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
(Of course that was before the Gregorian Calendar so maybe not the actual date of death in current times but the one that is celebrated in any case)
The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, céilithe, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks.
Christians who belong to liturgical denominations also attend church services and historically the Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol were lifted for the day, which has encouraged and propagated the holiday’s tradition of alcohol consumption.
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This is a day that reminds us to call on the luck of the Irish as way to support us through these wild and crazy times.
St Patrick’s day also falls within the Equniox Effect as the Vernal Equinox is only 3 days away often producing vibrant green lights in the sky that features the Irish Green energy of this time.
Auroras love equinoxes. Researchers call it the “Russell-McPherron effect.” At this time of year, cracks form in Earth’s magnetic field. Even a weak stream of solar wind can penetrate to spark a good display as shown in the photo below from Spaceweather.com. where you can always find the latest on CME’s, Auroras and more. Find out More about the Equinox Effect in the Video below and this Article
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My Star Alchemy offers an online series taking a Deep Dive into all the most prominent Stars in the Zodiacal Constellations including where the March Equinox Sun rises in the head of the Fish.
Details are HERE
And another Series on the Behenian Stars or the Magical Stars of the Ancient Alchemists. Details are HERE