Halloween marks the halfway point between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice, making it a cross-quarter day.

Cuffing season lasts approximately from late fall to early spring, equinox to equinox if you’re pagan. The appeal of cuffing ...

You can find equinox celebrations in cultures across the world. Buddhists in Japan celebrate Higan during the week of the fall and spring equinoxes as a time of reflection. The pagan community ...

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – ...

Sitting square between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice ... and dragon slayers. What the pagans called magic, the Catholics called miraculous, same same but different.

We land at autumn’s halfway mark between the equinox and the winter solstice ... occurring in the wee hours of Halloween night, on the pagan holiday of Samhain. Samhain (pronounced Saw-win ...

The date of November 1 or October 31 is about halfway between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice ... The idea that Halloween comes from pagan rituals usurped by Christians originated ...

Think Halloween, and most of us associate it with the hedonistic, multi-billion-dollar event that is seen in the US. Yet, its true origins actually lie in Celtic culture.