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Beltane:

This is the "Flower Festival." It marks the first day of the Celtic Summer--the first day of the Light Half of the year.

Date: May Ever/May 1. [Psychic high tide is the last full moon before May 1.]

Modern Equivalent: May Day, Lilac Sunday, Lady's Day, Walpurgisnacht.

Alignment: Male, Cross-Quarter Lunar.

Customs: Sexual license among peasants, May Pole erection, gathering flowers, wearing green, Fire Calling, feasting, making-merry.

Symbols: May Pole, daffodils, bright colours, smiling sun.

Sacred Foods: Sweets and sugar products, heather mead, cakes, cookies, no meats, FRUITS!

Threshold time: Dawn.

Incense: Lilacs, heather, apple blossom.

Celtic God forms: Belinos, Flora, Blodeuwedd.