The Eight Sabbats

                                                                               

Samhain--31st October

Yule--21st December

Imbolc--2nd february

Oestara--21st March

Beltane--1st May

Litha--21st June

Lammas--1st August

Madron--21st September

These Eight Sabbats are the major festivals of the witches calender.They form the Wheel Of The Year.They are to celebrate the seasons,sowing,growing and reaping,the cycle of the God and Goddess.  Samhain,Imbolg,Beltane and Lammas are the Major Sabbats.Yule and Litha are Soltices.At Yule the days are at their shortest and the nights at their longest.At Litha the days reach their longest and the nights their shortest.Oestara and Madron are Equinoxes.Here the days and nights are equal.