Magickal Correspondences for Beltane (Wiccan Sabbat Holiday on May 1)

Magickal Correspondences for Beltane (Wiccan Sabbat Holiday on May 1)

Incense and Oils: Passion flower, frankincense, tuberose, vanilla, lilac, rose

Colors: Red and white (symbolizing God and Goddess), dark green, dark yellow, rainbow, blue, pastels

Animals: White cow or bull, goat, rabbit, hare, honeybees, horse, cat, snake, swan, crane, deer and stag

Mythical Creatures: Faeries, satyrs, giants, Pegasus

Gemstones and Crystals: Emerald, orange carnelian, sapphire, rose quartz, lapis lazuli, sapphire, yellow agate, bloodstone

Herbs: Almond, angelica, damiana, hawthorn, hibiscus, saffron, ash tree, bluebells, cinquefoil, daisy, frankincense, hawthorn, ivy, lilac, marsh marigold, meadowsweet, primrose, roses, woodruff, yellow cowslip, yarrow

Element: Air

Gods: May King, Jack in the Green, Horned God, Herne, Cernunnos, Green Man (European), Bel (Celtic), Baal (Phoenician and Canaanite), Cupid, Bacchus (Greek), Dionysus (Roman), Gods of the Hunt

Goddesses: May Queen, Flora, Maia, Flower Goddesses, Lady of the Greenwood, Aphrodite (Greek), Venus (Roman), Artemis (Greek), Diana (Roman), Blodeuwedd (Welsh), Lady Erzulie (Voudun), Baubo (Greek), Rhea (Greek and Cretan), Prithvi (Hindu), Divine Couples, Goddesses of the Hunt

Foods: Dairy, honey, oats, red or pink fruits, herbal salads, red or pink wine punch, round oatmeal or barley cakes or cookies, sweets

Symbols and Decorations: Maypole and ribbons, flower crowns, fires, bowers, fields, May baskets, white flowers and ribbons, daisy chains, flower chaplet, white wine in clear crystal glass, chalice, butter churn, blackthorn and hawthorn branches, seasonal fruit

Essential Ideas: Fertility, romance, sensuality, prosperity, compassion, youthful play, exuberance, pleasure, positive action, spring growth, new beginnings

Celebratory Meaning: Sacred Marriage of the Lord and Lady, arrival of the Tuatha de Danaan in Ireland

Magick and Ritual: The Great Rite, love, romance and fertility magick, elf and faery power, offerings to elementals, crop blessings, lighting sacred fires, divination, building shrines, altar set-up, fire-calling, honoring house guardians, snake dancing, bathing faces in the May morning dew to retain youthful beauty

Customs: Raising the Maypole, dancing around the Maypole, bonfires, jumping fire, mating, picking flowers, making flower baskets, frolicking through the countryside, archery tournaments, sword dances, feasting, drinking and music, moving the herds to high pasture

Time: Dawn

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