If you follow a solar or lunar calendar, you know that our Gregorian calendar starts the new year at a fairly random point -- after the winter solstice, but well before the spring equinox. And when looking at the typical calendar, January 1st also marks the sharp end of an approximately 3-month-long series of social festivities.

Most people regard the new year as a time for rebirth and renewal and setting "resolutions," though historically, that time of renewing ourselves was typically reserved for the spring.

So what is a modern pagan person to do? Do we acknowledge the new year? Do we ignore it completely? In this episode, I explore some of my own thoughts on how we can overlay the typical calendar with our own periods of reflection and focus to better follow the natural ebbs and flows of energy throughout the year.

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