What identifies the Sabbats?
As the earth traverses its path around the sun there are points which give rise to special phenomena. The Equinoxes are the points when both daylight and darkness are of equal length. One occurs in the spring (the Spring or Vernal Equinox) and the other occurs 6 months later and is known as the Winter Equinox. These two events divide the Pagan calendar into two equal halves. Exactly halfway between each equinox are two points on the earths path which mark the Solstices. At the Summer Solstice, daylight hours are at their maximum for the year and the hours of darkness are at their shortest. At the Winter Solstice, the opposite is true and we have the shortest day and longest night. These 4 points establish part of the Pagan calendar and are known as the ‘Lesser Sabbats’ because the mark the transition of one season to the next. The point exactly half way bewteen each of the Lesser Sabbats is when each season is at its peak and so these points are seen as ‘Days of Power’ and are known as
