Yule: December 21st. The shortest day of the year. It is the celebration of Winter Solstice.
Imbolc: February 2nd. A time for rebirth, renewal, refreshing, purification. Cleaning out the old to make way for the new.
Ostara: March 21st. The celebration of the vernal Equinox (spring). Day and night are equal length.
Beltane: May 1st. Beltane celebrates the marriage of the God and the Goddess. The Goddess is said to conceive the Divine Child at this time,to which she will give birth to at Yule. May Day.
Midsummer: June 21st. Summer Solstice a celebration in honor of the Sun-God.
Lughnasadh: August 1st. Also known as Lamma, this is the first of the three Harvest festivals. The first fruits of the annual harvest are reaped, and the days grow shorter.
Mabon: September 21st. The Autumnal Equinox, is the second of the Harvest holidays. Mabon is a time to recognize what we have and to begin preparing for the coming winter.
Samhain: October 31st. Death, the third of the Harvest holidays, the ending of the cycle, death, but with the hope of rebirth and the New Year.The traditional time for the annual slaughter to ensure food throughout the winter months. Take this time to remember departed ones. In some traditions the end of the year . The separation between this physical world and the spiritworld is thin. Halloween customs are a part of this element of death, the thin line at this cycle and remembering the dead and the hopes of rebirth. On this night Magick is more powerful.
