Modern Witchcraft Spring Equinox A solar festival, in which day and night, and the forces of male and female, are in equal balance. The spring equinox, the first day of spring, marks the birth of the infant Sun God and paves the way for the coming lushness of summer. Dionysian rites are performed. The Christian version of the sabbat is Easter. Guiley, Rosemary Ellen.
Witches celebrate eight major festivals or sabbats each year.
The sabbat is a religious ceremnoy deriving from ancient European festivals celebrating seasonal and pastoral changes. The next is 1 or 2 February, Oimelc, Imbolc, or Candlemas, at which initiations often take place. 20 or 21 March, Eostre, the vernal equinox, is a fertility festival. 30 April is Beltane. Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.