I try to celebrate the witchy holidays as much as I can. They are a way to connect with the themes of the different seasons throughout the year, and also a reason to gather with friends roughly every 6 weeks. While the traditional wheel of the year is a little 'meh' because many of the holidays on there are slightly cobbled together from the creator of Wicca, I do like to celebrate the solstices and equinoxes especially, as well as some of the cross quarter days that speak to me. I am still working on creating my own wheel of the year, which I will talk about more in the future as that comes together.
The most recent holiday was Beltane. I held a small gathering at my house with two friends. We each made dishes that represented the spring season. We had radish butter crostini, mushroom burgers, an herb salad, elderflower lemonade, and honey cakes. After dinner, we each wrote down things that we accomplished in the last year and things we want to grow in the coming season. We went for a walk and smelled the spring blooming flowers and collected some flower petals that had fallen on the ground. We put our lists from what we accomplished in the previous year under a bowl of water that we threw those flower petals in, and our lists of what we want to grow under a bouquet of spring flowers that I had gotten that day. At the end of the night, I burned the lists of accomplishments and everyone took home their lists of what to grow to put in a spot that aligns with growth in their home.
It was a lovely, quiet celebration on a Thursday night and aligned well with the Beltane season of growth and spring. We are planning to have a Summer Solstice celebration with a bonfire on the beach :)
Do you celebrate the witchy holidays and if so, did you do anything for Beltane?
