I am very excited. I am performing my first hand fasting wedding ceremony in September. I have it pretty much set and it should be beautiful!! If anyone has any info they would like to share in case I forgot anything feel free to share. Has anyone performed one before?

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I've never heard of this RevKV. Looking forward to hearing more.

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Yes, what is a hand fasting ceremony?

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A hand fasting ceremony is an old celtic tradition. There are some done in christianity, paganism, wiccan traditions and more and they vary some. There are two types. One is to commit the two people to be in union for a year and then come back in exactly a year and marry. The other is an actual wedding. I am doing the one that is a wedding.
Handfasting entails gently wrapping cords around the bride and groom’s clasped hands and tying a knot, symbolically binding the couple together in their declaration of unity. This is done within a circle of stone or whatever (in the one I am doing it will be a circle of flower petals). I will cast the circle. The couple enters from the east and as different parts are done they face all four directions partly symbolizing the sharing of characteristics between us and nature. The blessings of the elements are invoked. The vows are made and rings and ropes are consecrated. (Not in that order of course)The cords are different colors and represent different things such as honor and patience etc. Part of it involves smudging and purification with salt and water. It is so interesting. It is a great experience I am pleased to be part of. If anyone saw the movie Braveheart with Mel Gibson he was married in that movie with a handfasting ceremony. Each one is unique.

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That sounds very romantic. I wonder if my partner would be up for that : )Thanks for sharing Rev.Kathy

By the way. I got married last week. It was on the day and date we got together 11 years ago. We only went through the courthouse and did nothing special.

We "waited" this long...because nothing was missing, but then something happened and we were "missing" something, so we decided to tie the knot. Now I would like to do something as a ceremony in near future....hand fasting sounds interesting.

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congratulations Vivian....much love and happiness your way...

Thank you Cindy!

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Congrats on getting married Viv! I can totally see you doing a handfasting with friends and family around. I think that would be a perfect ceremony for you.

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Hey Kathy, congrats on doing a handfasting, they are my favorite ceremonies.

Who wrote the ceremony, you or the couple? Can you send me a copy so I can see what you are doing?

It is hard with a handfasting to say that something is missing or not, since each one is so unique. The biggest part is to be sure that it has all the elements that your state requires for a legal marriage.

Another question...are they staying tied together for the rest of the ceremony? if so you may want to do the ring exchange first. It is hard to put a ring on someone's hand when you are tied together.

If you want to talk about it just let me know. I am more than happy to help.

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Thanks so much for sharing the separate elements of hand fasting. Sounds powerful in the genteless of ways.

SOOO happy for you and your HUSBAND/ partner of eleven years Viv. Still love you and may every decision/choice continue to be Divinely Guided.

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