Bealtaine

Bealtaine is one of the four cross quarter days in the Celtic calendar. It marks the beginning of Summer in the Celtic calendar; the start of the brightest time of year when the sun comes fully into its power. It also signals the start of the the final stage in the sun’s yearly cycle of ascent climaxing at the Summer Solstice. It is celebrated on the eve of 1st May in the Northern hemisphere and the eve of 1st October in the Southern hemisphere.  At Beltaine we are surrounded by blossoms, fresh leaves and forty shades of green.  In both the external and internal worlds life burst out; expanding.  Now we bring things into being; working with the solar consciousness of psyche and cosmos to manifest those embryonic desires nurtured through darkness into yellow.