{"id":1737,"date":"2009-11-05T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/11\/the-rehabilitation-of-guy-fawk.html"},"modified":"2009-11-05T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T14:04:23","slug":"the-rehabilitation-of-guy-fawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/11\/the-rehabilitation-of-guy-fawk.html","title":{"rendered":"The rehabilitation of Guy Fawkes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrodynamics.net\">by Lynn Hayes<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"guy.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/69\/import\/images\/guy.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>Guy Fawkes day is celebrated on November 5, to mark the foiling of a plot against the Protestant English government that occurred in 1605 and 1606 by a group of conspirators including Mr. Fawkes. &nbsp;The holiday is celebrated with fireworks and bonfires and the burning in effigy of Guy Fawkes as a symbol of rebellion against the State. &nbsp;Guy Fawkes was just one of the conspirators, but evidently he is the one that confessed the names of the others under torture.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oh yes &#8211; and coincidentally, the ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain, typically on November 1, is also celebrated with fireworks and bonfires. &nbsp;What a convenient way for the Protestant hierarchy to disguise the Festival of the Dead from its pagan roots and put a secular spin on the day, using the intense energy of the mid-Scorpio period to bolster pro-government feelings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The reputation of Guy Fawkes has been rehabilitated over the years, and he is now seen by many as a freedom fighter and was honored as 30 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/100_Greatest_Britons\">100 Greatest Britons<\/a> in 2002, just after David Bowie.&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lynn Hayes Guy Fawkes day is celebrated on November 5, to mark the foiling of a plot against the Protestant English government that occurred in 1605 and 1606 by a group of conspirators including Mr. Fawkes. &nbsp;The holiday is celebrated with fireworks and bonfires and the burning in effigy of Guy Fawkes as a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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