By Fire Well and Tree

Addendum:  Since I posted this, I've gotten even more comments.  I'm going to address two of them, up here at the top, as they sort of frame the whole thing, and in case you've already read this, you don't have to go back through everything. First, only you can control you.  You can't make someone apologize, or forgive, or reconcile.  That's probably the hardest part, because we (and that's not the royal we, I'm exactly the same way) want to focus how THEY have wronged you and how you wouldn't have done that horrible offensive thing but for THEIR actions.  When we use the third person, though, we aren't taking our own responsibility for our actions, or really even our own emotional state. "THEY offended me" means 'they' have the ability to do something to you. You however CAN apologize, CAN forgive, or CAN reconcile, or at least do your part on that.  Note how that removes THEY entirely.  Thus, the points below are all about

A bit late you say?  Well, as I have mentioned  elsewhere , in my own hearth practice, Beltainne happens either after the last frost of the season, or when I am done with the majority of planting.  I may also time it with the blossoming of my lilac bush, but I am still testing that theory.  Either way, it is about being in tune with and in touch with the spirits of my land and the rhythms of the seasons where I happen to live. However, for a religion to be public rather than hearth, some agreement is needed, and most people have already celebrated it communally.  While I'm waiting for the funds for the last bit of planting, I decided to do a reading for Beltainne.  This can be for the community at large, or for whomever it speaks to, and quite likely it is both. That is the way these things work sometimes. I am using the combined Druid Plant  and  Animal Oracle  by Stephanie and Philip Carr-Gomm deck.  While my primary reading for others is via the runes, I like to learn a vari