Beltane April 30

Beltane: Mayday, Bealtinne (Caledonii), Festival of Tana (Strega), Walburga (Teutonic)
April 30 (Mayday is celebrated on the first of May)
 Beltane is one of the Greater Wiccan Sabbats and is usually celebrated on May 1st, but can be on the night of April 30th, depending on your tradition.Beltane is the time of the sacred marriage which honors the fertility of the Earth; it represents the divine union of the Lord and Lady.

This Sabbat is primarily a fertility festival with Nature enchantments and offerings to wildlings and Elementals. The powers of elves and fairies are growing and will reach their height at Summer Solstice. A time of great Magick, it is good for all divinations and for establishing a woodland or garden shrine. The house guardians should be honored at this time.
Celebrants sometimes jump over broomsticks or weaving a web of life around the Maypole, both as symbols of fertility. Bonfire leaping and horn blowing are other forms of traditional celebration. Weaving and plaiting are traditional arts at this time of year, for the joining together of two substances to form a third is in the spirit of Beltane.Wiccan handfastings are common at this festival.
This is a time of self-discovery, love, union and developing your potential for personal growth

Ostara: Vernal (Spring) Equinox, Alban Eiler (Caledonii)
Around March 21
The Spring Equinox is the point of equilibrium - and it celebrates the arrival of Spring, when light and darkness are in balance but the light is growing stronger. The forces of male and female are also in balance. The Easter Bunny also is of Pagan origin, as are baskets of flowers. A traditional Vernal Equinox pastime: go to a field and randomly collect wildflowers (thank the flowers for their sacrifice before picking them). Or, buy some from a florist, taking one or two of those that appeal to you. Then bring them home and divine their Magickal meanings by the use of books, your own intuition, a pendulum or by other means. The flowers you've chosen reveal your inner thoughts and emotions. Cultivating herb gardens is also a fine Ostara project . This is the time to free yourself from anything in the past that is holding you back.

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