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