January

4th: Earth Perihelion;day the Earth is closest to the Sun.
Floating dates:
Full Moon; the Wolf Moon. A time to remember the hungry and
homeless of the Earth.
Also a day to invoke healing for her people.

February

1st: Feast of Flame;derived from the festival of Brigit, the Celtic
goddess of maidens, evoking the movement of Life from Winter
Springtime.
2nd: Candlemas; Cross--quarter day (halfway between Winter
solstice and Spring equinox), marks the return of the light and
the transformation within us from an inner contemplative focus
toward outer manifestation.
10th: Lantern Festival; festival of lights.
12th: Festival of the Huntress; Ancient Goddess protector of wild life
and forests.
14th: Day of Romance;
Floating dates:
New Moon --Carnival; a time for rejoicing in the return of Light.

March

21: Vernal equinox; marks the beginning of Spring and the point of
equal balance between Light and Dark.

April

13: celebration of Spring; Day of prayer for the coming agricultural
season.
Floating dates:
Battle of the flowers; Aztec Spring festival.

May

1: Beltane; May Day festival; Cross--quarter Day (halfway between
Vernal equinox and summer solstice), celebrated for
thousands of years as the point of fertility and beauty of the
flowering Earth.
2: Fire Festival; Ancient Roman festival of the Sun.
18: festival of Pan; Greek festival of the male polarity in the universe.
19: well--dressing Day; Ancient English festival Day for dressing
wells with flowers and ribbons to give thanks for the water
provided.
Floating dates:
festival of Rain: Day of prayer for a bountiful Summer.

June

4: festival of roses;
22: Summer solstice; strongest solar energy of the year, festival in
Honor of the Sun God.

July

5: Earth Aphelion: Day Earth is farthest from the Sun.
15: festival of the Ancestors; Day of lighting lanterns in reverence.

August

1: Lughnassadh; cross quarter Day (halfway between Summer
solstice and Autumnal equinox), festival of new bread,
forerunner of autumn harvest festivals defined. Signifies withdrawal
of energy into the Earth in preparation for the falling seeds that
are to germinate in the following spring. First harvest festival.
6: Hiroshima Day; anniversary of the first atomic bomb's explosion
on Japan, 1945.
Full Moon Day: festival of the feminine polarity in the universe.

September

22: Autumnal equinox--second harvest festival. Balance of Light and Dark.

October

31st: Samhain; Halloween, Cross quarter Day (halfway between
Autumnal equinox and Winter solstice) final harvest festival, Day of
the dead. Time when the veil between the worlds is thinnest, the
fields lie fallow, and the gates of life and death are open.
Wiccan new year, and the beginning of the wheel of the year.

November

9: anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 1989.

December

21: Winter solstice, Yule; Ancient holiday marking the longest night of
the year. Rebirth of the Sun. Rebirth of the divine Light.
Floating dates; Ta Chin: Taoist festival of reflection and renewal.