Flowers bloom in her footsteps. Meet Olwen, the Welsh goddess of sacred union and untamed beauty, whose ancient myth carries the true spirit of Beltane.

Long before it was "St Brigid's Cross," that woven shape carried sun-wheel associations — arms radiating from a centre, echoing the wheel of the sun and, the wheel of the year itself.

Where Beltane is loud and Lammas is a reckoning, Imbolc is almost embarrassingly quiet. Nothing outward has really changed yet. But underground, in the dark, the actual turning has already begun.

There's a stillness to this season that can feel confronting after a year of forward motion. Nothing is asking you to plant, grow, or produce right now. The invitation is just to sit at the edge…

Lammas, also known as Lughnasadh, marks the turning point of the harvest season. Its meaning, Southern Hemisphere dates, and how to take honest stock of your year are here.

Beltane is one of the four great fire festivals of the Celtic Wheel of the Year, sitting opposite Samhain on the wheel and marking the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.