Beltane

Happy Beltane!

Beltane signals the beginning of the bright half of the year. It means “Bright Fires,” or “Brilliant Fires.”

If you are marrying this weekend, 

Blessed Be!

Beltane is the best time to get married in the Celtic Pagan calender, it's the ancient Celtic fertility holiday that celebrates the rites of spring, fertility and love with much frolicking and fun around the May Pole and Beltane fires.

Many Australians are preparing for Halloween, preparing to dress ghoulishly and to go 'trick or treating' but in Australia, the great wheel of the seasons has turned to spring, the start of summer and the season of heat, light and fire and Sunday is Beltane - the festival of fire - summer, fertility and renewal, not that of autumn and endings.

So this weekend, forget the ghost and ghouls, celebrate Beltane by renewing your vows with your partner, with fire, candles, champagne cocktails and a toast to love - celebrate the god and goddess's great marriage, welcoming new growth, fertility, love and light into your house and your lives.