Litha is associated with devotion. It is common for marriage ceremonies and vow rituals to the Goddess to take place on this day. Lughnasadh marks the midpoint between summer and fall, and is the first harvest festival of the year. It’s a time for harvesting grains, giving thanks for the growth that has happened, and to enjoy the warmth and light that is still to come. Lamond, Frederic (2004), Fifty Years of Wicca, Sutton Mallet, England: Green Magic, pp.16–17, ISBN 0-9547230-1-5 Imbolc is the holiday during which some pagans give thanks to Brigid as well as to the increasing daylight, which comes with hope for an abundant spring. It is also a traditional holiday for rededications or for witch initiations.

Hume, Lynne (1997). Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 9780522847826.Celebrations of Ostara are fairly similar to that of Imbolc and Beltane. Together, these three are sometimes known as “The Three Spring Celebrations.” a b Gagarin, Michael (2010). "S". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome: Volume 1. Oxford University Press. p.231. ISBN 978-0-19517-072-6.

Ritual Function: Third Harvest of Blood, Divine Funeral, release to death, Ancestor veneration, silence. June 23: Day of the Lady & Lord of the Sidhe – reveling in fae work and otherworldly aspects of the divine. May 1: Beltane (High Spring) – an ancient pagan festival of fire celebrating the divine union of the God and Goddess.Linear Lunar Cycle within Seasons – Summer Autumn detail- Hand-drawn by Heron Michelle Corn Full Moon, Summer Fixed

February 2: Imbolc (High Winter) – Celebration of the Goddess Brigid, a celebration of the return of the god and goddess and a time of cleansing and purification. Full Pink Moon (10:34 PM, MST) – Named after one of the first spring flowers which bloom in early April, the pink phlox. April’s full moon has also been called the Sprouting Grass Full Moon, Full Fish Moon, Hare Moon, and the Egg Moon. Haustblot – A Norse pagan holiday to honor the second harvest of the season and it’s the time to gather food for the upcoming winter months. It’s also a time to give thanks for what we have. Rituals center on gratitude for the abundance of new food. It is the middle of the “Three Harvest Festivals.” Robert Graves, The White Goddess, New York: Creative Age Press, 1948. Published in London by Faber & Faber.Beltane is May 1. It is the Gaelic start of Summer. There is little doubt that this is why Christians adopted Easter to be around this time (to be in sync with Pagan “rebirth” rites). Budapest, Zsuzsanna E. (1980). The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries. Wingbow Press. ISBN 0-914728-67-9. October 2: New Moon in Libra – for performing shadow work on your deepest relationships, examining your capacity for empathy, and learning how to be more graceful and harmonious when interacting with others – particularly those you love. Exact time: 2:50 p.m. EST Named after Janus, the god of doors, gates, and transitions; January is the perfect time for door-opening rituals, setting intentions and new beginnings. Suggested Celebration Timing: Best observed Saturday, June 17, 2023 in 13 hours prior to exact dark on Sunday, June 18 at 12:37 am.

Suggested Celebration Planning: Best observed Sunday, July 2, 2023 after moon enters Capricorn at 1:20 pm. Due to early Wicca's influence on modern paganism and the syncretic adoption of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic motifs, the most commonly used English festival names for the Wheel of the Year tend to be the Celtic ones introduced by Gardner and the mostly Germanic-derived names introduced by Kelly, regardless whether the celebrations are based on those cultures.

Spring’s Gate: Spring Equinox: Ostara Sabbat

Vivianne Crowley (1989). Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age. London: Aquarian Press. pp.162–200. ISBN 9780850307375. Roberts, Brian K. (1987). The Making of the English Village: A Study in Historical Geography. Longman Scientific & Technical. ISBN 978-0-582-30143-6 . Retrieved 14 December 2015. Time out of time', when the barriers between this world and the next were down, the dead returned from the grave, and gods and strangers from the underworld walked abroad was a twice- yearly reality, on dates Christianised as All Hallows' Eve and All Hallows' Day.