Beltane Festival & Portrait of Beltane

Today is Beltane, May the 1st —and the first day of summer according to the Pagan calendar and the Wheel of the Year —a day to be celebrated with fire, dancing, and merriment. The Pagan Wheel of the Year charts the passage of time and the changing of the seasons through the main solar events —the Summer and Winter Solstices, and the Autumn and Spring Equinoxes —fire festivals mark the midpoints between these events.