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This year, we will be celebrating Beltane by starting our first herb garden! I have an inexplicably purple thumb. I'm a kitchen witch and a hearth witch, not a green witch! We are going to be buying these little bundles at our local hardware store that you let grow almost hydroponically for the first couple weeks, then you transplant into the ground or pots. Perfect for someone like me, and perfect for Beltane.
Fertility of the crops was of utmost importance in times past, and while most of us don't grow our own crops any longer fertility is still important to us. We can still celebrate fertility at Beltane, just a different kind. We need fertility in our lives to nurture our dreams, and without finding that fertile ground within ourselves we can never make our goals come to fruition. We need that fertile ground in our lives to raise our children in, and to nurture our relationships with spouse, friend and family.
How will you be celebrating Beltane? How do you include Beltane's fertility in your life?
This is a beautiful and serious post, but all this makes me think of is Beltane the week after I left my ex, someone asked if I wanted to join in dancing around the maypole, I screamed and hid behind my friend "no! No fertility for me!"
ReplyDeleteVery nice Stacy. Our understanding is always increased when we are able to see multiple meanings in everything. Dad
ReplyDeleteGeekyMommy, you made me giggle! That's a great example.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dad, I'm glad you found the blog again!
Thanks, Elf! I'm really looking forward to the garden. Love your film, really well done!
I'm not sure what we're doing yet, but considering I'm currently pregnant and our baby has a neural tube defect that will require surgery, I think we'll get fertility and healing in there.
ReplyDeleteI love our Sabats to be about change in ourselves as well as the land. So for our family celebration, I'll want to encourage them to find things they can that foster creativity in art, music, or spirit. I think it might be a great time to encourage the kids to think about volunteer opportunities.
Love your blog, have become a follower, and will be grabbing your button!
Thanks, Muse Mama! I think it's great that you want to encourage the creativity in those areas...they are so often tossed to the side! I wish you all the best with your pregnancy. I'm sure your little one will come through with flying colors!
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