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A pagan Sabbat, Beltane celebrates sexuality, fertility and LIFE!
It’s always honored on the first day of May, and is known as May Day, Walpurgisnacht, Rood Day, Rudemas and the Festival of Tana.
A time for celebrating Mother Nature it’s a day to revel in the peak of spring….
Growing up we would dance around the phallic symbol the Maypole, and I also remember the elected ‘Lady Godiva’ riding her white horse through our town.
Supposedly naked with her long hair covering her boobs, ours would be wearing a flesh coloured body suit but the sentiments were the same for this rite of passage.
The astrological significance of Beltane is that it’s the midpoint between Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice.
In astrology, a date is never just a date it’s a degree of the Zodiac, in this case it’s 9º Taurus. When the sun is around this degrees of any of the Fixed Signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius), we take into account its positioning between equinox and solstice.
You can read more about the bigger picture, here, but essentially, these are known as cross-quarter days, and the Four Lunar Fire Festivals, ancient ceremonial holidays)…
Earth energy is strong in the midst of Taurus, flowers are in bloom, perfuming the air – it’s truly a moment to inhale the gifts of nature (and man).
> Read more about the Lunar Fire Festivals, plus the Solstices and Equinoxes.<
So what are some of the traditional customs associated with this time?
Make note of the Fixed quality of earth, as Taurus Season reigns; indulge in this – the most tactile of times!