05/04/2026
Our Wheel continues to turn and brings us to BELTANE.!
Merry Festival of Third Flower, the last of the three fertility festivals. The Day of Rebirth and Renewal. The Sacred Fire Festival. We move from the Time of Balance in to the Time of Union, Blessed be the coming together of the Forces of Universe, Opposite and Complementary. The Time of Planting becomes the Time of Germination and Growth. It is the time of the Young Horned God and the Maiden Huntress, The Goddess of the Fields and the Lord of the Sun. Winter is gone, Spring has peaked, and now Summer begins.
May Beltane find your seeds well planted. May you know love. May the Union of the Earth and Sky fill you with energy for your own renewal. May you feel the power welling up from the Earth and down from the Sun, creating life. May your livestock and livelihood be protected. May the morning dew wash away anything that would harm you and may it keep beauty in your world. May the flames of the coming Summer fill you with the creativity you desire. May the Faerie treat you kindly. May the growing Sun bless you.
Take time to bring in the May. Bless the soil which you wish to be fecund for the coming year... Smell the first blooms of summer... Eat some strawberries. Break an oatcake. Imagine the Balefires burning away that which holds you back and give yourself permission to be a little crazy for a few days. Notice the greening of the Earth… Leap over the fire and take the flame inside you. Tell stories of those loves lost and of their rebirth. Tie a ribbon, seashell, or note as a wish on a tree limb or bush branch. Wash your face in the dew. Crown yourself in flowers. Find a symbol of death and remove it from your life. Do something decadent to show the world or at least yourself, you made it through. Give a gift to the Fae. Consider the love that CREATES the world around you. Celebrate LIFE.!
Wrap your ribbons around the pole whose energy you wish to see in your life and hold on tight because Summer is a comin' in.....