Naturalistic Paganism

Celebrations

Attraction! Our world reawakens, and we see beauty around  us!  In addition to each of us finding beauty in our world as part of our connection to our Universe, this year we have a full moon on Beltane!  That hasn’t happened since 2007, and won’t happen again until 2045!

Also, we still haven’t seen the star T Cr B go nova.   It’ll be at it’s full brightness for less than 1 day, so I can’t post about it when it happens – it will probably be over before  you see the post.  Here are all the details for finding it when it explodes, including a ritual for when it explodes!  Also, just after Beltane, many of us enjoy Star Wars Day, May 4th ( May the fourth…..   be with you!).

Some of the ways many of us are celebrating Beltane were published ~ a week ago, and now we also have many online & in person celebrations and rituals to attend, as we like (see list of links in that post published last week).  Plus, hat tip to Mark Green for posting this useful article about ways to celebrate Beltane with kids, without the need to focus on human sexuality (not that there’s anything wrong with that, Jerry).  Beltane also reminds us of the symmetry of life and death, – as Glenys does here.   For some of us, the celebrations will be later this week or next- the actual midpoint between the Equinox and the Solstice is May 5th, and this year, with Beltane falling on a weekday, this coming weekend has plenty of events planned.  And of course, for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, Happy Samhain!  However you are celebrating, may your be celebration be blessed.

This is an updated version of our annual Spring Equitherm post.