* 4/26 to 5/3: Mayan Rain Festival--honorin Rain God Chac and His attendant Chacmool, and welcoming the fructifying rains.* 4/28 eve to 5/3 eve: Floralia--Old Roman festival devoted to Flora, Goddess of Flowers.
* 4/30 eve to 5/2 eve: Beltaine--Old Celtic/Welsh feast of Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers) and Llew (the Oak King - God of the waxing Sun). .* 4/30 eve to 5/5 eve: Mid-Spring/May Day/Walpurgis--Celebrates sacred love and the flowering vegetation by gathering flowers and dancing around a Maypole.* 5/1: Christian feast celebrating the sacred marriage of Blessed Mary and St. Joseph.* 5/1: Birthday of Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Catholic mystic and evolutionary who experienced the union of consciousness with all Nature.* 5/1 to 5/4: Zuni Green Corn Dance--welcoming back the Corn Maidens, who flee the land during the Winter.
* 5/1 to 5/31: May originally dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Maia; later dedicated to Christian Lady Mary - Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate.* 5/2 eve to 5/6 eve (5/4 peak): Eta Aquarid Meteor Showers.* 5/5: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that everything you do, or fail to do, affects all sentient beings.* 5/5: Cinco de Mayo--Day celebrating Mexico’s victory over occupying French forces; day to mourn Hispanic victims of exploitation (past and present), make peace, and celebrate empowerment of Hispanic Americans.* 5/7 to 5/9: Rogation Days--Christian days of prayer for bountiful crops, sustainable development, and healing of environmental abuses.* 5/8: Christian feast of St. Julian of Norwich (d. 1419), mystic who believed Deity to be Father and Mother, everywhere in everything.* 5/9: Day the world’s nations committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing climate change (1992); day to mourn the failure to reduce these emissions.
* 5/10: Dakinis’ Day--Day Tantric Buddhists make offerings to the Dakinis and Mother Tantra; day to unite will and power to manifest positive social change and environmental healing.* 5/10 (OC 5/17): Ascension Day--Christian feast marking Lord Jesus’ ascension into Heaven.* 5/12: Spring Migratory Bird Day.* 5/12 eve: Vigil for lost mothers; night of mourning and healing.* 5/13: Mothers’ Day--Day to give love and thanks to all mothers; day for all mothers to celebrate motherhood and contemplate their sacred duty to provide for the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual needs of their children.* 5/15 (7:48 a.m. EDT): New Moon.* 5/15 to 5/18: Iroquois Corn-Planting Ceremony--in thanksgiving for the corn seed.* 5/15 eve to 6/14 eve: Ramadan--Muslim month of purification by self-reflection, fasting from sunrise to sunset, peace-making, and helping those in need. Ramadan Truce (through Eid al-Fitr).
* 5/18: Feast of Old Greek God Pan, who represents the masculine in Nature and protects men throughout their lives.* 5/18 eve to 5/19 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Eros--Day to honor love and passion.* 5/19: Old Celtic/Irish feast in which sacred healing wells and springs were adorned with flowers in honor of Goddess Brigid, daughter of Mother Goddess Danu and Father God Dagda.* 5/19 eve to 5/21 eve: Shavuot/Feast of First Fruits--Jewish festival of thanksgiving for the first fruits of the grain harvest. Originally, loaves of bread were offered to Elohim.* 5/20 (OC 5/27): Pentecost/Whitsunday--Christian feast celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the male and female disciples of Lord Jesus; honors Her as the Paraclete, Grace, Wisdom, Justice, and Providence.
* 5/21: Beginning of Gemini (the Twins/Lovers/Partners).* 5/27: Trinity Sunday--Christian celebration of the one universal Deity as Holy Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit Mother, and Holy Christ Child.* 5/27: Birthday of Rachel Carson (1907), biologist who began the environmental movement.* 5/28: Memorial Day--Day to honor all soldiers who fought honorably and died in war, to mourn all of war’s victims, and to contemplate all the horrors of war.* 5/29 (10:20 a.m. EDT): Full Moon (Rose/Berry Moon).* 5/29: Saga Dawa Duchen--Tibetan Buddhist festival celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE).* 5/31 (or 6/3): Corpus Christi--Christian day for veneration of Christ Immanuel in the Host - divine immanence in the grain.* 5/31: Christian feast of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven.Excerpted fromTHE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2018A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality© 2017 Marija Miovskiwww.WheeloftheYear.com
