Paganism
2007
Tuesday 1 May - Beltane - Pagans celebrate Beltane with maypole dances, symbolizing the mystery of the Sacred Marriage of Goddess and God.
Thursday 21 June - Midsummer's Day (Summer Solstice - Litha) - Longest day of the year.
Wednesday 1 August - Lughnasadh (Lammas) - A harvest festival and one of the Pagan festivals of Celtic origin which split the year into four.
Sunday 23 September - Autumn Equinox - This day is celebrated when day and night are of equal duration.
Wednesday 31 October - Samhain (Hallowe'en) - Samhain (pronounced 'sow'inn') marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc).
Saturday 22 December - Midwinter/Yule (Winter Solstice) - Yule is the time of the winter solstice, when the sun child is reborn, an image of the return of all new life born through the love of the Gods. Within the Northern Tradition Yule is regarded as the New Year.
2008
Saturday 2 February - Imbolc - Also called Oimelc and Candlemas, Imbolc celebrates the awakening of the land and the growing power of the Sun.
Thursday 20 March - Spring Equinox - Eoster - Spring Equinox celebrates the renewed life of the Earth that comes with the Spring.
Tuesday 1 May - Beltane - Pagans celebrate Beltane with maypole dances, symbolizing the mystery of the Sacred Marriage of Goddess and God.
Thursday 21 June - Midsummer's Day (Summer Solstice - Litha) - Longest day of the year.
Wednesday 1 August - Lughnasadh (Lammas) - A harvest festival and one of the Pagan festivals of Celtic origin which split the year into four.
Sunday 23 September - Autumn Equinox - This day is celebrated when day and night are of equal duration.
Wednesday 31 October - Samhain (Hallowe'en) - Samhain (pronounced 'sow'inn') marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc).
Saturday 22 December - Midwinter/Yule (Winter Solstice) - Yule is the time of the winter solstice, when the sun child is reborn, an image of the return of all new life born through the love of the Gods. Within the Northern Tradition Yule is regarded as the New Year.
2008
Saturday 2 February - Imbolc - Also called Oimelc and Candlemas, Imbolc celebrates the awakening of the land and the growing power of the Sun.
Thursday 20 March - Spring Equinox - Eoster - Spring Equinox celebrates the renewed life of the Earth that comes with the Spring.