• pronunciation ▸ bee-AWL-tinnuh or BELL-tane
• date ▸
  • traditional timing ▸ second cross-quarter
    • south 1 november
    • north 01 may (15° taurus)
• alternate name(s) ▸ may day
  • lá Bealtaine (irish); latha bealltainn (scottish gaelic); laa boaltinn/boaldyn (manx)
• origin ▸ celtic (gaelic)
• significance ▸ beginning of summer
• celebrations ▸ lighting bonfires, decorating homes with May flowers, making May bushes, visiting holy wells, feasting
• correlated celebrations ▸ calan mai (welsh), walpurgisnacht
• goddess aspect ▸ maiden
• keywords ▸ fertility

C O R R E S P O N D E N C E S

• gender ▸ feminine
• element ▸ fire
• colours ▸ pink, yellow, green, white, brown
• flora ▸ almond, ash, birch, bluebell, clover, cowslip, daisy, foxglove, frankincense, hawthorn, honeysuckle, lilac, lily of the valley, mint, rose, rowan, St. John's wort, thyme
• fauna ▸ dove, swallow, swan
• foods ▸ cherries, dairy, fruit, lemonade, mead, oatcakes, strawberries
• gemstones ▸ amber, carnelian, emerald, malachite, rose quartz, sapphire
• incense ▸ frankincense, lilac, musk, rose
• deities ▸ Belenus
  • ♀ Aphrodite, Arianrhod, Artemis, Astarte, Diana, Freya, Rhiannon, Venus
  • ♂ Achilles, Adonis, Apollo, Bacchus, Cernunnos, Cupid, Eros, Faunus, Odin, Orion, Pan, Puck
• activities ▸ dancing the maypole, handfasting, lovemaking
• craft ▸ besom, cauldron, fey magick