Election timing and the wheel of the year

It’s poetic that U.S. elections happen in the autumn: the civic work we did throughout the year gets harvested, the campaign leaflets are raked up, and the promises of the old year are composted to provide fertile soil for the policies of the new year. Following Celtic traditions, many Neopagans see Halloween/Samhain as the time when the king dies, to be born once again on the winter solstice. In the American political calendar, the time between the two is the lame duck session, when the old symbols of The People’s Will harvest the last of their legislative crops before this political will is reborn, sometimes into the same physical body and sometimes into a new human who shall carry the charge.

As Joe Biden's hero's journey draws to a close America begins a journey through the underworld. If we support each other through the time of darkness we will emerge we will emerge stronger, ready to till the fields of democracy once again.