Beltane is one of the great turning points of the wheel of the year. Celebrated on May 1st (or at sunset on April 30th), it marks the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. The moment when the light has truly won, when warmth is no longer a promise but a reality. In the old Celtic world, this was one of the most sacred days of the year, a fire festival that celebrated fertility, vitality, and the sacred union of opposites...

There are seven celestial bodies all sitting in the sign of Aries at once. The Sun, the Moon (a New Moon), Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, and Chiron. That's a stellium — three or more planets clustered in the same sign — and this one is unusually large and unusually rare. The last time this many planets gathered in Aries was 1821.