[Dalhanahue]

Yeah, the established date is Oct 31st. Astrological date of the Sabbats are determined by the position of sun and stuff. A general way to look at it would be to imagine the Wheel of the Year. You have your Solstices and Equinoxes which are referred to as the Quarter Sabbats. They are all the beginning of the a new season. The Cross Quarter Sabbats are the ones that fall in between those and mark the height of those seasons: Samhain, Imbolc (varied spelling), Lammas(or Lughnasadh), Beltane (all with 50 other ways of spelling as well, depending on your tradition and ect. lol that might be an exaggeration but you get the idea.)

There are established dates of all the Sabbats that a lot adhere to or use and I mean for constancy and planning purposes, I totally get it. And mostly, they are close enough BUT considering those solstices and equinoxes are based on the sun there are years where they technically fall a day before or after, give or take, those established dates. Same with the cross quarters that fall midpoint between those quarters. It feels like the cross quarters can vary more in number of days between the established date and astrological date.

I don't think one way is better than the other but I have a strong connection to nature and the moon and sun so if able to celebrate on the astrological date, I like to and am more particular about sticking to that with the quarter sabbats: the equinoxes and solstices. However, life being as it is lol if I can't it's no biggy and I just feel like as long as it's sometime in between the established date and the astrological, close enough regarding the cross quarters but it does make me a little sad if I miss the quarter dates just because that's in essence what those holidays mostly mean to me: celebrating the balance and offset of nature and light and dark.


OH, also here's a chart for the positions of the sun that determine the astrological dates:

Ostara (Vernal Equinox) – Sun at 0° Aries
Beltane – Sun at 15° Taurus
Litha (Summer Solstice) – Sun at 0° Cancer
Lammas – Sun at 15° Leo
Mabon (Autumn Equinox) – Sun at 0° Libra
Samhain – Sun at 15° Scorpio
Yule (Winter Solstice) – Sun at 0° Capricorn
Imbolc – Sun at 15° Aquarius

I don't have my witchy bookmarks on this computer but there are a few good sites you could probably google that you can easily find the astrological dates for the like the next decade in advanced for planning what not.

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