Beltane Planning

My sisters and I spent this past Yule together, as well as Ostara just a few weeks ago. Each time we've made sure to at least see each other, to make some food and get together for a few hours, you know? 


Well, just recently, I've had a bit of a celestial thump to the head. The three of us. Three. Three make a coven. Duh! I'll admit I've been holding back a little. I've always celebrated these things alone, so I've gotten used to keeping it all to myself, etc, etc. Besides, I didn't want to stumble upon... people who might come off as hypocrites or creeps? Oh, I could say such worse things, but I bite my tongue, haha. I shan't judge people so harshly.


My point is, as the 'eldest,' I feel like I should be helping out the girls a little more, ya? Opening up to them, in the very least, and really putting forth the effort to get some real planning done. I want to create traditions that we'll keep for the rest of our lives and, most of all, I want to really make sure that we're all comfortable in our own skin here. So! I'm really taking charge for Beltane -- May Day -- this year. 


The day on my calendar is cleared and I've made sure I can have the girls over. Probably around sunset, I think we'll light up a fire in the pit. Maybe we'll add some aromatic herbs to the fodder? Cinnamon, rosemary, and sandalwood are respective to Beltane and they sell delicious.


Once we've done that, the real fun can begin. I'm definitely going to encourage that we play a lot of good music. Things that we can sing with and dance with, things that will get our energy up. We'll probably set up some speakers and play it just loud enough that we aren't disturbing any neighbors. Most likely turn it down after 9 if we're out that long, though, just to be courteous.


Then, I want to look into making a maypole -- or rather, a sort of maystaff. Nothing too tall or wild, but just a little staff that we can wrap in ribbons. I think it would be really neat if we all had our own specific colors of ribbon, then one to signify the coven as a whole. A little tradition I was looking into included writing little wishes of healing on ribbons and tying them to trees, but instead, I think it would be even neater if we wrote said wishes on the ribbons that will go onto our maystaff~! I would love to keep our maystaff for years to come and just add more ribbons to it with each celebration, you know? 


And, the best part of any celebration, the food! I'm going to go over a few recipes myself -- probably make a pie and a main course with some sort of meat in it? -- and pick out what I want to make, then I encourage that the girls make something as well. Even if they're little treats that can be bought from Publix, so long as they taste good? Awesome. I definitely can't complain.


To close, in the morning, I want each of us to be able to walk around our respective places and beat out a ring of protection. We can walk around our houses, our yards, our rooms, whichever, and hum to ourselves, or sing, or talk. or just. think. and ask for the protection that we need, charge the ground where we walk with our love and energy. Maybe we'll beat around our fire the night before as well! Then, after that, we can roll in the dew and soak up the beauty of the season.


Yeah, I think this Beltane is going to be incredible.


On a side note: I've kind of assigned a little homework assignment for each of us. I want us to write down and really think about what we see when we think of the Goddess and the God. How do they move? How do they talk? What are their mannerisms? What do they look like? Do they have names that you associate with them? The idea is that if we can build a character around them, give them a more familiar form, then perhaps connecting and talking to them will be easier. It's just an idea and they don't have to do it, but I know I certainly will. Maybe I'll share it on here some day~.


Whelp. That's all I've got to share for now.


Blessed be!

Humbly,          

Shannon Grey