Sabbats And Esbats
Yule(Winter Solstice)
Renewal and rebirth(fires lit, candles carried around circle,
yule log lit)green and red(the wheel, evergreens, yule log,
small potted tree).
Imbolc(Feb.1 and 2)
Festival of lights(candles lit and held in circle, blessing seeds,
wheel symbol placed on altar)white, green, and blue(snow, evergreens,
candles).
Ostara(Spring Solstice)
Start of spring(fires lit during rites)white,(plants, cauldron, balefires).
Beltane(April 30 and May 1)
Return of fertility(weaving ribbons, bonfire leaping, horn blowing)color of
white(symbols of flowers, cauldron of flowers, mirrors).
Litha(Summer Solstice)
Great magickal powers,(flower ringed cauldron, bonfire leaping, herb drying)
white(mugwort, mirrors, capture light).
Lughnasadh(August1)
Harvest and thanksgiving(bread eaten and thrown in fire, grains woven into
Goddess and God symbols)red and orange(corn dolls, bread, grain).
Mabon(Autumn Equinox)
2nd harvest and mysteries(fruit is honored, ritual sprinkling of leaves)
red and brown(pine cones, acorns, wheat, dried leaves).
Samhain(October 31)
End of summer, dead honored(scry in smoke, candle flame, fire or mirror, call
departed ones, leave food outside after rite)red and black(pomegranite, pumpkin,
apple).
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