The Land represented by the Goddess is now ripe and fertile and the Young God expresses His Love for Her. This is a time of joyous reveling as the first flowers of summer are gathered in Their Honor.

Beltane is the last of the three spring fertility festivals, the others being Imbolc and Ostara. Beltane, and its counterpart Samhain, divide the year into its two primary seasons, winter (Dark Part) and summer (Light Part). As Samhain is about honoring death, Beltane is about honoring life. Celebrated approximately halfway between Ostara(spring) equinox and the midsummer (Summer Solstice). Beltane translated means "fire of Bel" or "bright fire" - the "bale-fire". The Bel fire is a sacred fire with healing and purifying powers. The fires further celebrate the return of life, fruitfulness to the earth and the burning away of winter. The ashes of the Beltane fires are smudged on faces and scattered in the fields. Household fires are be extinguished and re-lit with fresh fire from the Bel Fires.

Beltane, like Samhain, is a time of "no time" when the veils between the two worlds are at their thinnest. No time is when the two worlds intermingle and unite and the magic abounds! It is the time when the Faeries return from their winter respite, carefree and full of faery mischief and faery delight. On the night before Beltane, folks place rowan branches at their windows and doors for protection, many otherworldly occurrences transpire during this time of "no time". Traditionally the youngest member of the family gathers primroses on the eve before Beltane and throws the flowers at the door of the home for protection.

When the veils are so thin it is an extremely magical time, it is said that the Queen of the Faeries rides out on her white horse. Roving about on Beltane eve She will try to entice people away to the Faeryland. Legend has it that if you sit beneath a tree on Beltane night, you may see the Faery Queen or hear the sound of Her horse's bells as She rides through the night. Legend says if you hide your face, She will pass you by but if you look at Her, She may choose you.

Celebrations include frolicking throughout the countryside, maypole dancing, leaping over fires to ensure fertility, circling the fire three times (sun-wise) for good luck in the coming year, athletic tournaments, feasting, music, drinking, children gathering flowers, hobby horses, May birching and folks go a "maying". May birching or May boughing, young men fasten garland and boughs on the windows and doors of the young maidens upon which their sweet interest lies. Mountain ash leaves and Hawthorne branches meant indicated love whereas thorn meant disdain. Flowers, flower wreaths and garlands are typical decorations for this holiday, as well as ribbons and streamers. Flowers are a crucial symbol of Beltane, they signal the victory of summer over winter and the blossoming of sensuality in all of nature and the bounty it will bring.