August Magazine 2014 Becoming Psychic Magazine February 2014 | Page 22

Celtic Spirituality
With Sylvia Richards

ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
A Look Back Through Time
St Valentine's Day is supposed to mark the coming of spring, when birds begin to nest and, so the poet tells us...
“A young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love” Well I think a ‘young man's fancy’ hovers around the subject all
year, but maybe he gets a bit more encouragement In the spring, when girls leave off their winter coats and begin
to look more like girls than polar bears!
The feast day of the martyr Valentine, is traditionally the day upon which lovers excha