The Celtic annual cycle with its 8 annual cycle festivals
01.11.: Samhain: Festival of the Dead, beginning of the year (Halloween, 31.10./01.11 All Saints' Day)
20/21.12.: Yule: The winter solstice. (Christian: Christmas/Christ's birth on December 24.)
01./02.02.: Imbolc: The birth of light. (Christian: Candlemas/Candlemas).
20/21.03.: Ostara: Spring, Fertility. Spring equinox. (Christian: Easter)
01.05.:Beltane: Summer, joy, union. (Celebrated as: May festivals, May Day dances)
20/21 June: Litha: The summer solstice, known as Midsummer (St. John's Day, June 24)
01.08.:Lughnasad: Beginning of the harvest season.Harvest Festival. (Christian: Assumption of Mary)
22/23 September:
Mabon: Harvest climax. Thanksgiving. Autumn equinox. Sun festival
