The next important event in the Pagan/Witching world is Beltane or May Day.
Beltane aka May Day 30th April – 1st May (31st October – 1st November Southern Hemisphere)
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We Witches, Pagans, and Wiccans call The Wheel Of The Year, a visual representation of the four seasons that most of us experience in our lives. The wheel is made up of Quarter Days (Solar Celebrations), and Cross Quarter Days (Fire Festivals) & include eight major festivals, or what I tend to call, “Pagan Holidays.”
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Equinoxes are when day and night are equal.
Solistices are the shortest and the longest days in the year.
Quarter Days (Solar), or the Lesser Sabbats (include both Solstices & Equinoxes)
Winter Solstice aka Hibernal Solstice aka Yule – 21st through 23rd December (the shortest day of the year) Northern Hemisphere (circa 22 June Southern Hemisphere).
Spring Equinox aka Vernal Equinox aka Ostara – 20th through 23rd March in the Northern Hemisphere (circa 22nd September Southern Hemisphere).
Summer Solstice aka Estival Solstice aka Mid Summer aka -Litha 21st June through 23 June (the longest day of the year) Northern Hemisphere (circa 21st December Southern Hemisphere).
Autumn Equinox aka Autumnal Equinox aka Mabon 21st September through 23rd September Northern Hemisphere (circa 21st March Southern Hemisphere).
Cross Quarter Days (Fire), or the Greater Sabbats
Samhain Our Witches New Year! 31st October (1st May Southern Hemisphere)
Imbolc aka Candlemas aka St. Brighid’s Day 1st and or 2nd February (2nd August Southern Hemisphere)
Beltane aka May Day 30th April – 1st May (31st October – 1st November Southern Hemisphere)
Lammas aka Lughnasadh 1st – 2nd August (1st – 2nd February Southern Hemisphere)
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