Book of Shadows Pages: Sabbats

Samhain
Date: October 31st
Purpose: Witch’s New Year, harvest, honouring ancestors, talking through the veil.

Yule
Date: December 21st or 22nd
Purpose: the end of the dark times, beginning of the light.

Imbolc
Date: February 1st or 2nd
Purpose: Brighid’s day, seed planting, growth.

Ostara
Date: March 21st
Purpose: Spring, blooming fields, flora and fauna.

Beltane
Date: May 1st
Purpose: fertility, year and a day marriage, may pole.

Litha
Date: June 21st or 22nd
Purpose: Summer Solstice, midsummer’s night, the phoenix celebration.

Lughnasadh
Date: July 31st or August 1st
Purpose: First harvest, end of hot summer days, autumn begins.

Mabon
Date: September 21st
Purpose: Second harvest, autumn equinox, wine harvest, banquets