WheelOfTheYear

The eight festivals as most modern Druids keep them. Dates are conventional; many groups use the actual astronomical moment or the nearest weekend.

• Alban Arthan -- winter solstice, c. 21 December
• Imbolc -- 1-2 February
• Alban Eilir -- spring equinox, c. 20 March
• Beltane -- 1 May
• Alban Hefin -- summer solstice, c. 21 June
• Lughnasadh -- 1 August
• Alban Elfed -- autumn equinox, c. 22 September
• Samhain -- 31 October / 1 November

Some groves in the north of Scotland keep what one member called the Corrafeld cycle: the four fire festivals moved to the nearest full moon rather than the calendar date. Nobody has found a source for the name older than the 1970s; it is included here because people actually do it.

Southern hemisphere groups reverse the wheel. See RitualBasics for the shape of a festival rite.