BELTANE in Australia 2025....

Bealtaine Blessings to all my Witches, Wizards, Ghouls, Goblins and Fae Folk in the Southern Hemisphere...(even though this year it is actually on the 8th November - but I am getting in early hahaha!!)..

I know I had a rant about it being called Bealtaine in Australia seeing that is the Celtic word for MAY - and it's November.... but I have caved in under the pressure and am still calling it Bealtaine..

Bealtaine/Beltane/Beltaine is celebrating Spring's arrival with modern and traditional rituals.

Feasts, Fires and Abundance encapsulates the energy of this season - even though due to fire restrictions in Australia, we cannot have our bonfires to celebrate (like they do in the Northern Hemisphere).  

Here are a few ways we in Australia can celebrate:

Handfasting - a time to celebrate commitments and partnerships (or renew them).

Candle Leaping - instead of bonfire leaping - place a lit candle in a cauldron and leap over it for good luck, fertility and purification.

Incense Leaping - same thing with the cauldron, put a bunch of herbs relating to your intention - like purification or cleansing, releasing negative energies etc., light it so it smokes. Jump over the smoke and envision the smoke cleansing, purifying or whatever your intention was, and releasing it to the universe.

Cleansing Rituals - cleaning your home with herbal/floral imbued water (ie., chamomile brewed in water) to cleanse your home of any negative energies.

Altar Cleansing - cleanse your altar for the season and add spring colours like red, yellow, orange, gold and green. Add in herbs, flowers and candles, plus any Deities that you honour at this time.

Rituals - Perform a ritual to honour the power of female energy through meditation and affirmation.

Kitchen Witchery - bake a cake or make a feast for family and friends (or invited guests).

Nature - be in nature and give thanks to the land spirits for all that you have, take time, breathe and be enveloped by the sights, sounds and smells of nature. Give an offering to the land spirits as a way of saying thanks for your abundance.

So whatever you are doing, whichever day (1st or 8th November) you may be celebrating, may you have a Blessed time....

ALSO: Samhain Blessings to all our Northern Hemisphere folk too.

                                                        AND Happy Halloween to all!!       

Blessings to you all,

Annette )O(

Should we call it Bealtaine in Australia/Southern Hemisphere???

 

Hello my glorious Witches, Wizzards, Goblins and Fae Folk,

So here is something to get the old grey matter working......

Today I thought we would look at the word Bealtaine in Australia or Southern Hemisphere - which is usually celebrated around the same time as the Northern Hemisphere celebrating Samhain - on the 31st October - 1st November.

I have a bit of an issue with us calling it Bealtaine, or Beltane, or Beltain - in that the Celtic word for the month of MAY is Bealtaine - and as we in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate this season at the end of October, early November - I don't feel comfortable with calling the Sabbat Bealtaine - or MAY!!

I think we need to reinvent the wheel of the year to coincide with our seasons - not with the Celtic months of the year.

So for Bealtaine for instance - I came up with Beltober hahaha, which is what I am now going to call it.

What are your thoughts on this?

Do you know if anyone in the Pagan Community in the Southern Hemisphere has reinvented the wheel of the year to our seasons?  I would be very interested to find out!!

Let me know in the comments (which I have now activated for everyone to be able to comment).

Blessings to you all

Annette )O( xxx

Witchcraft Series ~ Making a Poppet....

Hello My Beautiful Witches, Goblins and Ghouls,

I hope you are all keeping well...

Today I share a wee glimpse of me making my poppet on the YouTube Channel (See below):

I know it is not a very in-depth look at the Poppet, but if I went into the history of them it would have turned into an epic hour long video - and honestly, I don't have that much time these days to do epic videos!!  Plus I don't feel comfortable in doing videos yet - I know, it's been a year of doing them - you would think I would be used to it by now... BUT NO!!  I am such a shy person it takes a great effort for me to get in front of them camera, plus I always stuff up the voice overs - just a confidence issue I guess!!

I see so many beautiful channels on YouTube with lovely witches sharing their content so confidently and their aesthetics are perfect - I am just not that type of a witch hahaha - mine is more blunders and chaotic with moments of forgetfulness........but that is who I am!!

So for a mere 4'ish minutes, I bring you my making of my Poppet...

I hope you enjoy it!

Until Next Time ~ Many Blessings to you all....

Annette )O( xxx