• pronunciation ▸ bee-AWL-tinnuh or BELL-tane
• date ▸ 01 May (15° Taurus)
  • traditional timing ▸ second cross-quarter
• alternate name(s) ▸ May Day
• origin ▸ Gaelic
• correlated celebrations ▸ 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