In the story this festival celebrates the sexual union of the Goddess and the God. The sacred writings speak to us of the intimate relationship of the divine seeks to share with all people of embrace the love of the divine child. It is symbolically described as a marriage with the people called the bride of the divine, here pictured with the divine child in a circle symbolising unity. This union, the writings say, is celebrated on earth and in heaven, and will be purified in a future fulfillment of the relationship pictured as a wedding feast.

If our relationships with the divine, the world, and each other, are not like this, what do we personally need to change? The light is ascending at the festival of Beltane and we will soon reach the longest day of sun: Litha. The festival of Litha is a time of change. Will we seek the change we need to stand in the fullness of light? Can we accept that change involves the death, symbolic or literal, of the past?