April Celebrations
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- Veneralia; Festival of Venus; Festival of Fortuna. Celebrate your sexuality in a beautiful and enchanting setting.
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- French Battle of the Flowers; Cover your altar in beautiful Spring flowers today.
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- Day of the Maiden; Honor your favorite Maiden deity with offerings appropriate to Her.
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- Greek Festival of the Great Mother; Do as above with your favorite Mother deity.
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- Festival of Kwan Yin, China; Demonstrate compassion and work for peace in some way.
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- Chinese All Souls Day; Honor your ancestors at your altar today.
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- Blajini, Rumanian Feast of the Kindly Spirits; Invite them into your home today to help protect it/keep it safe. Leave them food.
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- Kambutse, Japanese Flower Festival; Give a flower to a friend.
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- Hocktide, English Celebration of Women Warriors; Honor the Amazons and invoke their deities. Watch an episode of "Xena"
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- Day of Bau, Babylonian Mother of the Earth; Associated with the sky and light, honor Her at dawn and mid-day.
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- Day of Anahit, Armenian Moon and Love Goddess; Adorn your body lovingly today.
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- Day Dedicated to Ceres; Goddess of vegetative growth. Bless seeds for planting.
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- Japanese Day of Sacred Marriage; Celebrate your own sacred marriage with your love tonight.
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- National Dolphin Day; also Festival of Maryamma, Hindu Sea Goddess; Put dolphin pictures/statues on your altar today along with some salt water. Be playful.
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- Roman Festival for the Earth Mother; Plant some of the seeds you blessed on the 12th (outside or in pots).
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- Feast of Tsan Nu, goddess of Silkworms; Wear something made of silk today.
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- Day Dedicated to Rain Goddesses; Do rain Magick.
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- Rava-Navami, Hindu Festival of Rama and Sita; Celebrate the divinity found in shared love.
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- Balinese Womens Fertility Celebration; Celebrate your fertility/creativity.
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- Day Dedicated to Horned Goddesses; Honor your favorite appropriately.
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- Part of World Week for Animals in Laboratories; Do magick to end animal suffering.
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- Earth Day; Partake in local festivities. Do your recycling. Adopt a new green policy at home.
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- Feast of Venus of the Vine; Celebrate with your favorite sensuous beverage.
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- Childrens Day in Iceland; Let the child within come out and play.
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- The Robigalia of Rome; Honors Robigo, Goddess of corn and harvest. Offer her cornmeal or grain on your altar.
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- Ceremony to Yemaya; Goddess of the sea and dreaming. Burn a psychic incense on your altar. Invoke Her aid and ask for psychic dreams.
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- Floralia, Roman Festival of Flora; Goddess of prostitutes, She was secretly known as "Mother of Rome." Celebrate your knowledge of Her sexual secrets.
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- Birthday of Artemis; Spend the day alone in the woods or with women only.
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- Earth-Honoring Plowing Ceremony in Thailand; Prepare yourself for the Beltane revels via a purification ceremony, envisioning yourself as the fertile ground.
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- Full Moon; Also Beltane Eve/Walpurgisnacht(Night of the Witches)