A Fiery Deck For A Fiery Day
Happy Beltane!
Happy Beltane! This will be a more witchy / pagan post so if that’s not your thing please feel free to move on and I’ll see you next time. I hope you stay though, as Beltane is a great time to get all fired up and have fun and I’d love to tell you all about it.
What is Beltane?
Beltane is a sabbat, a day of celebration and is also sometimes called May Day. It’s traditionally celebrated on or around May1st in the northern hemisphere. I like to think I’m a decent writer but I have huge respect for Kitty and Allorah over at Otherworldly Oracle so I’m going to give you their explanation of Beltane to expand on the topic a little:
Beltane is a pagan Celtic fire festival dating back to ancient times. It occurs officially upon moonrise on April 30th, lasting through the next day, May 1st, in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, the dates are reversed: so it begins October 31st and lasts through November 1st. In ancient Celtic times, our ancestors split the year into two halves — Summer and Winter. So Beltane was the official beginning of Summer. And hence the light half of the year. A definite cause for celebration in a time without running water, heat, electricity, etc.
Otherworldy Oracle
