Days of Celebration

1. • Kalends (January 1st) - The Roman New Year, honoring Janus, the god of beginnings, endings, and transitions.

   • Imbolc (February 1st) - A festival honoring the goddess Brigid, marking the transition from winter to spring and the first signs of new life.

   • Lupercalia (February 13-15) - A Roman festival celebrating fertility and purification, dedicated to the god Faunus and the she-wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus.

   • Eostre (Spring Equinox) - Celebrating the goddess of the dawn, renewal, and rebirth, marking the beginning of spring.

   • Vinalia (April 23rd) - A Roman festival dedicated to Venus, the goddess of love and fertility, celebrating the maturation of young wine and the blessings of the vineyards.

   • Beltane (May 1st) - A festival of fertility and the union of the god and goddess, celebrated with bonfires, feasting, and dancing.

   • Midsummer (Summer Solstice) - Celebrating the height of the sun's power, abundance, and the fullness of life, with bonfires, feasting, and merriment.

   • Lughnasadh (August 1st) - A harvest festival honoring the Celtic god Lugh, celebrating the beginning of the harvest season with feasting, games, and rituals of thanksgiving.

   • Samhain (October 31st) - A time to honor the ancestors and the thinning of the veil between the living and the dead, marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the darker half of the year.

   • Saturnalia (December 17-23) - Honoring Saturn, the god of agriculture and time, this Roman festival is marked by feasting, gift-giving, and a temporary suspension of social norms.

   • Yule (Winter Solstice) - A Germanic and Norse celebration of the longest night and the return of the sun, symbolizing the rebirth of light and hope.