2021 Beltane

2021 BELTANE
Sun 15° Taurus

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5 May 2021
6:47:03 AM UT +00:00:00
7:47:03 AM GMD London, England
2:47:03 AM EDT Washington DC
1:47:03 AM CDT Minneapolis, Minnesota
12:47:03 AM MDT Boulder, Colorado
4 May 2021
11:47:03 PM PDT San Francisco, California
8:47:03 PM AHST Kahului, Maui, Hawaii

Climate and weather have altered the patterns of life on our blue marble. Earth’s orbit around the Sun is still pretty much as it has been for millennia. Solstices and Equinoxes still mark the seasons even as those seasons deviate from ancient patterns.

Beltane marks the middle time between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, a time long associated with the growth and rhythm of plant and animal life. It is about Earth’s orientation with the Sun even if snow falls on flowering trees and meadows.                         

The Tropical Zodiac relies upon the Solstices and Equinoxes to mark the Cardinal points of the Zodiac. The Winter Solstice marks Capricorn, the Spring Equinox, Aries, the Summer Solstice, Cancer, and the Fall Equinox, Libra. The quarters are divided by three into equal segments that hold the rest of the Signs in order from Aries; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, etc. The middle sign of each quarter marks the peak part of that season. In the Spring season that begins with Aries and ends at 30° Gemini, Taurus is the peak. So, the middle of Taurus is the “cross quarter” day for the Spring Season. The vital point of a given season is the middle of the Fixed Sign in the center of that season. Mid-Taurus for Spring, Mid-Leo, Summer, Mid-Scorpio, Fall, and Mid-Aquarius for Winter. All eight of those Sun to Earth-defined periods are marked with celebrations. Euro-pagan and some other cultures and religions celebrate the times with gatherings and often with bonfires on high places. The mid-Taurus (15°) time is called Beltane by Euro-pagans like Celts and Wiccans.

 

While many will celebrate May Day in unacknowledged alignment with mid-Taurus, for interest’s sake and perhaps for timing rituals, listed above is the precise timing of when the Sun reaches 15° Taurus.

Blessed be.