↟Nature: ash, alder, daffodil, honeysuckle, narcissus, primrose, violet, jasmine. As the days become longer, energy becomes stronger. Ostara focuses on manifesting creativity and love. ↟Activities: decorate with candles and sun decorations, go hiking, have a bonfire, bake foods with poppy seeds, and burn any leftover winter herbs. ↟Stones: amethyst, bloodstone, garnet, ruby, onyx. ↟Foods//flavours: pumpkin and sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, peppers, onions, spices, and herbal teas. ↟Nature: basil, blackberry, heather, celandine, iris, wisteria, vanilla, bay, yellow and white flowers. Imbolc focuses on celebrating the nature that is preparing to grow and renewal, also known as “candlemas” and the “Feast of Pan”. ↟Activities: decorate your altar with incense associated with Yule, burn ash wood for prosperity, bake using Yule flavours like ginger or cinnamon, make wreathes to hang around the house, spend time with loved ones. ↟Stones: citrine, ruby, garnet, alexandrite, green tourmaline. ↟Foods//flavours: ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, wintergreen, apple, dried fruit. ↟Nature: cedar, frankincense, myrrh, mistletoe, pine, birch, ivy. Much like Christmas, many celebrate with a feast, gift giving, being cosy and appreciating the good. It’s all about new beginnings, reflection and embracing warmth. Yule focuses on rebirth and renewal as the sun makes its way back to the earth. I’ll be writing the dates for each holiday starting with the northen hemisphere and then the dates that many people celebrate them in the southern hemisphere So if you live in the southern hemisphere, you have the choice. The other viewpoint (the one I personally agree with) is that you should celebrate when you feel like the season corresponds with the holiday, in other words, your craft, your rules. In the Southern Hemisphere, even though you are just gearing up to summer on October 31st, this perspective says that you celebrate the cleansing and releasing, the honouring of the dead just as you would if you lived in the Northern Hemisphere. One viewpoint is that the Sabbats should be celebrated as they were originally created to be… in other words, Samhain is October 31st, regardless of where you live. There is a controversy surrounding the dates of these holidays, as people celebrate them all over the earth, not only in the northen hemisphere but in the southern too. These sabbats form the Wheel of the year. The sabbats are holidays celebrated throughout the year on solstices, equinoxes, and the midpoints between them. ✨Have a blessed Beltane!✨ pagan paganism beltane maypole mayday wiccan wiccan sabbat pagan wicca wicca The point is that Beltane is all about joining both female and male energy. Many wear bells when dancing the May dance.
Tie off your ribbons and let the wreath drop to the ground when you are done. Continue the dance until the maypole is wrapped. Typically, people go in opposite circles around the maypole, skipping or jogging to the beat of the music or chant.
The flowers wreaths are symbolic of spring, and they also decided to dance barefoot to connect to the earth better. People who dance around the maypole typically dress in white so that their ribbons and scarves, that were brightly colored, stood out. (Traditionally, the men begin weaving under the upheld ribbon of the first woman they encounter). Many other colors are used, and sometimes only females take part, The weaving of the symbolic birth canal (some believe that instead of a birth canal, it is a phallic symbol, which is why some dances are preformed by mostly women) begins with music or chanting as everyone moves forward from where they stand, moving alternately over and under each person coming toward them. Traditionally, the women take the white ribbons with their right sides to the pole, and the men take the red ribbons with their left sides to the pole, representing fertility and the birth canal. This is a form of folk dance of an ancient Germanic pagan ritual. It involves moving in circles under a poll to wrap ribbons around it, symbolizing fertility and the start of spring.
The maypole dance takes part on May 1st for Beltane.
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