These Eight seasonal festivals are the two Equinoxes and the two Solstices, and the four days known as the Cross-Quarter days, which are located more or less between the Equinoxes and the Solstices. Here are the most common names of the festivals, with their approximate dates. More information can be obtained by clicking on each individual festival. The Winter Solstice - circa December 21st
Yule; the Saturnalia and the Feast of Janus; the Birthday of Mithras; St. Lucy's Day; Christmas, New Year and Twelfth Night. Imbolc - February 1st Imbolc, Feast of Brigit; St. Brigit's day; Candlemas, Presentation of the Christ in the Temple and Purification of the Virgin; Groundhog Day. The Spring Equinox - circa March 21st Ostara; Roman New Year; St. Patrick's Day; St. Gabriel's Feast and the Annunciation; Holy Week and Easter; May Day - May 1st Beltane; May Day; Walpurgisnacht; Roodmas; the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, and the Crowning of Mary. The Summer Solstice - June 21st Litha; Midsummer's Day; the Birth of St. John. Lammas - August 1st Lughnasadh; Lammas, the First Harvest. The Autumn Equinox - September 23rd Mabon; Feast of St. Michael; the Second Harvest. Samhain - October 31st Samhain, Allantide; Hallowmas - Hallowe'en, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day; el Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). |
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