Sabbats and Esbats are holidays Wiccans celebrate. There are four Sabbats, as well as 13 Esbats. Esbats are celebrated on the 13 full moons throughout the year(including a blue moon). Esbats are used for spell casting and meditation, where Sabbats are used for worshipping the Goddess and God.
Esbats:
Ice Moon - January
Snow Moon - Febuary
Death Moon - March
Awakening Moon - April
Grass Moon - May
Planting - June
Rose - July
Lightning - August
Harvest -September
Hunters - October
Tree - November
Long night - December
Sabbats
divided into two groups; one of these being the lesser Sabbats which mark the equinoxes and solstices and
the others are major Sabbats that mark agriculture and fertility. Sabbats are celebrated the evening the day before, ending at dusk.
The Greater Sabbats are
Samhain - Celebrated on the 31st of October
Imbolc - Celebrated on 31st of January, the 1st or 2nd of Febuary.
Beltane - Celebrated on 1st of May and is also known as May Day
Lughnasadh - Celebrated on the 31st of August and is also known as Lammas.
The Lesser Sabbats are
Ostara - Celebrated on the Spring Equinox
Litha - Celebrated on the Summer Solstice
Mabon - Celebrated on the Autumn Equinox
Yule - Celebrated on the Winter Solstice
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