Just a quick question. How do you figure out when astronomical beltaine occurs?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Greyhart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greyhart@castle-luna.com">greyhart@castle-luna.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hmmmm. Bilé. Add an s to the end, and you have my sirname. Interesting...<br>
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Greyhart<br>
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Subject: [Cro Dreoilin] Bealtaine, was: enough with the birth certificate!<br>
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Kelley Forbes wrote:<br>
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>> What do *you* do on Beltane for instance?<br>
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> Well, we are celebrating on astronomical Bealtaine, which is on the<br>
> 6th, this year.<br>
><br>
> This is a time where easy connection is made with the Daoine Sidhe, so<br>
> we will leave a special offering for them outside on Bealtaine Eve, in<br>
> the southeast corner of our yard. A glass bottle of water will be<br>
> placed outside to gather in the rays of Bealtaine's sun, giving it<br>
> healing properties.<br>
><br>
> Then we will go inside and turn off all the lights and pilot lights<br>
> and keep them off all night. The next morning, we will light a fire<br>
> outside and welcome in the summer with offerings to Lugh and Bláthnat<br>
> into the fire. (Offerings to be determined.) The fire will be<br>
> separated into two and we will walk between them for blessing, and so<br>
> would any domestic animals, if we had them. Bealtaine is the<br>
> traditional time that the war season begins, so if we had any weapons<br>
> to bless or men to grant their weapons to, this would be the time.<br>
> Then we relight the pilot lights and feel free to turn the lights back<br>
> on.<br>
><br>
> We'll use ribbons to decorate our May Bush. (We have no hawthorn, so<br>
> we will use our oregon grape.) We will bring some flowers indoors to<br>
> bring good luck to our home, if any are in bloom in our yard.<br>
><br>
> After all this, a feast: the menu has yet to be made, but it will<br>
> feature seasonal fare, as well as flowers.<br>
><br>
> At the end of the day but before sunset, we will take our Bealtaine<br>
> water and walk our boundaries. Chris will sprinkle the water as we go<br>
> and we will ask for the blessings of our Gods, our Ancestors and the<br>
> Land Spirits for our land and our family at each of the cardinal<br>
> directions and at our hearth.<br>
><br>
> In between all that, it is a holiday, so we'll just take it easy and<br>
> have fun!<br>
><br>
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Forgot the part about lighting the fire in honor of Bilé and pouring the<br>
water in honor of Danu. :-)<br>
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-- Kelley.<br>
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