B E L T A N E

The second of my two circles to honour the magic of BELTANE

(One held in Avebury Wiltshire & this Circle in Nailsworth)

Beltane marks the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, heralding the light half of the year and the beginning of the pastoral summer season. 

Earth energies are at their strongest and most active. All of life is bursting with potent fertility and at this point in the Wheel of the Year, the potential becomes conception. On May Eve the sexuality of life and the earth is at its peak. Abundant fertility, on all levels, is the central theme. The Maiden goddess has reached her fullness. She is the manifestation of growth and renewal, Flora, the Goddess of Spring, the May Queen, the May Bride. 

At the heart of Beltane's celebrations stands Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, spring, and fertility. Her essence is interwoven with the…