Peaches & Pagans , 2020 BELTANE

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As Beltane is a fire festival, all warm toned colors are used in celebration of this Sabbat. Reds, oranges, yellow, and shades of gold can be used to symbolize the impending . These colors are also used to represent the God while blues and silvers are used to represent the Goddess. It's all about Hello ! love...making. Beltane is the unofficial start of Spring and this year it did not disappoint. May 1 was our first day of weather over 70 degrees Beltane marks the conception Fahrenheit! It was a beautiful day to spend quarantined at home. of the God within the Goddess. Therefore, this Beltane is a Celtic fire festival, the symbolic start to warm Sabbat is is mainly dominated weather and the beginning of the farming calendar. Beltane is a by fertility rituals. Lighting a fire festival of love, fertility, and hope for the harvest to come. This is common practice on this time of year is a very popular time for couples to marry or to start holiday and anyone who is a family. The promise of better weather allows most Beltane hoping to find love or conceive celebrations to take place outdoors. Creating a "Bell Fire", is to jump over the "Bell Fire" starting your gardens, or practicing your craft outside are to bring good luck to such endeavors. commons things to do around this time. When? Beltane gets it's name from the Sun Gold, Bel. Bel literally means "shining" as tane means "fire." Here in the northern hemisphere, Beltane is celebrated on May 1. In the , Beltane is celebrated in .

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Different Ways to Celebrate Historically, Beltane is celebrated with things like the May Pole pictured above, flowers, bonfires, weddings, and fertility rituals.

This year, we have been quarantined for around 5 weeks now. Traditionally, I would be planting seeds and spending time with family outside today. However, due to the circumstances that we are facing with COVID-19, I have not purchased any plants to garden and will not be celebrating with friends and family around a bonfire. I did, though, create these beautiful wreaths you see to the right. Beltane is also a time when the veil between us and the How do you celebrate? spirits is thin. To mark that occasion we will bringing these wreaths to my husband's grandmothers' graves. When the sun Beltane falls right before Mother's Day in the United States went down on May 1, we lit many candles to resemble a Bel Fire. so celebrating with flowers is a We used a candle to mark each element and put an orange and a common and easy thing to do. blue candle in the center, representing the God and Goddess. We For example, I made these also left an offering of wine and poppy seed bread on the outside wreaths above for Mother's Day of our front door. but turned the craft into a way to celebrate the life that is blooming You could also create flower crowns, feed birds, meditate outside, outside. paint landscapes, go on a hike, photograph that hike, the possibilities are endless as long as you are taking the time to celebrate the energy the Earth is giving us and the sacrifice of the Goddess to carry the God within her.

There are many ways to celebrate to Beltane, and however you decide to so will be more than enough.

I wish all of you plenty of spring blessings and that you and your family stay safe.

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