Also Known As:
May eve, Beltaine, Mayday, Walbuga,
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Celebrates:
Fertility (of animals, people and crops)
the marriage and honeymoon of the Gods
Blessings
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Note:
In the Southern hemisphere May 1 is Samhain.
Beltane is celebrated on October 31
also spelt Beltaine, Beltane, Bealtinne, Beltine, Beltain, Beltan, Beltein,
in some paths it is celebrated April 30th
the picture is the symbolic mating of the God and Goddess, the athame is the God and the chalice is the Goddess. This ritual is called the Sacred Marriage, or more commonly, The Great Rite
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Beltane's Correspondences
colours- red, white, green, yellow
herbs - hawthorn, primrose, cowslip, rose, rosemary,
stones - rose quartz, emerald, bloodstone, sapphire
foods - dairy, spicy, oats and cakes, honey and sweets, green salads, eggs
symbols - may pole, cauldron and/or chalice, flowers, weddings/handfastings, bells, athames and swords, eggs
incense - rose, lilac, hawthorn, primrose, ylang ylang, yarrow, basil, camphor, clove, frankincence
activities - handfasting, blessings, the may pole, gathering wild flowers, braiding
spells - blessings on anything, fertility, good luck, sex and/or love*
*Love spells are a matter of personal prefrence, I do not cast any love spells |
copyright Robin Wood 1997
Used with permission |
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