Beltane Fertility

As we come upon the season of Spring and the Sabbat of Beltane, I'm sure that most of us are slowly starting to notice the budding trees and the grass beginning to renew itself.  I'm sure that any day now the last of our snow will melt, we've still got a pretty good little bank in the back yard.  Those of us who celebrate it are probably starting to plan our Beltane festivities, and no matter how we end up celebrating we all will be celebrating the same thing.  Not many of us have room for a Maypole, let alone are able to have a bonfire.

Canola Fields in Alberta.  Forgive the shadow of my car!

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?