The Wicca Calendar

When practicing wicca, it's important to know thefirst holiday in the waning of the year. Lammas is a
wicca calendar in order to practice the correct ritualscelebration of harvest and food and abundant
during the correct time of the year. These wiccagrowth.
holidays are normal pagan holidays in which rituals areThe Lesser Festivals Or Sabbats Of The Wicca
done. This wicca calendar explains what and whenCalendar:
the different holidays are. Use this wicca calendar inThe Rite For Spring is celebrated on the first day of
order to know when to worship and perform rituals.spring. This holiday is exactly as it's name implies on
You may also wish to find specific rituals for specificthe wicca calendar, the first day of spring. It is
holidays.observed on the day of the spring equinox and is
The Great Festivals Or Sabbats:observed because it marks the first day that there
Hallowe'en, also known as Samhain is usuallyare more hours of day light than of darkness. It is
observed on October 31st. The most accurate timethe rite of birth and the beginning of the harvest
to observe Samhain is the full moon before Octoberyear. It ends the long, cold winter and darkness.
31st, however, it is more convenient for people toMidsummer's Day is the first day of summer. This
observe on October 31st with the fast paced worldholiday is celebrated on the day of the summer
today. Samhain is the time of the year that all of theequinox. It is the longest day of the year and marks
souls and spirits in this world cross over to the otherthe middle of the season cycle. After this day, the
world. This is why we wear costumes today.days begin to get shorter and the nights get longer.
Lady Day, or Candlemas is celebrated on FebruaryThe Rite For Fall is the first day of fall and is
2nd. This holiday is in celebration and hopes of thecelebrated on the day of the fall equinox. This
return of life. It is about celebrating the return ofrepresents the point at which the nights start to
spring in the near future. The return of new life. Thisbecome longer than the days. This is the last day of
is a request for spring to come quickly so that plantsthe year that the day light hours are longer than the
and food can be planted and grown again. This is alsonights. This also represents the beginning of the cold,
a holiday for the maiden goddess to be welcomeddead season. Harvests are over and winter is on it's
back to the land, the homes, and the temples.way. This is time for reflection and contemplation on
May Eve, or Beltane is celebrated on May 1st. Beltanewhat is to come.
is observed to celebrate the return of the warmthYule is the first day of winter, or the winter solstice.
and the sun. In ancient times, this was the time whenThis is the holiday that the modern Christian
herds were taken back to the mountains in order toChristmas replaced. Yule is the longest night of the
graze on grasses. Bonfire were often seen acrossyear. It is a celebration of the beginning of the end
the landscape from one house hold and town to theof the cold season and the movement back toward
next. Beltane marks the halfway mark of the sunslight and warmth on the wicca calendar.
journey between spring equinox and the summerThis is a basic outline of the wicca calendar. If you
solstice. This used to be celebrated as the beginningwant to learn about rituals and rites done on these
of the new year.holidays, or more about what each holiday
August Eve, or Lammas is celebrated on August 1strepresents, you will have to do more research. The
on the wicca calendar. This holiday is observed andscope of that topic is much more than can be
celebrates the first fruits of the harvest and is thecovered here.