Altar Cloth: Beltane

This altar cloth design is inspired by Beltane (or Bealtaine in native Irish), one of the four major Pagan fire festivals in the Wheel of the Year. Beltane takes place on May 1st each year. The cloth can be used for tarot card spreads, to adorn your altar, and can be easily hung on a wall as a tapestry. Featuring an original illustration by Irene Mudd, this altar cloth features a printed cotton fabric front with a lined backside*, and machine stitched with eye-catching metallic gold thread. Dimensions: 18.5x18” *I use fabric I have on hand to back each altar cloth, so some backing fabric may vary from what is pictured.* Beltane is a holiday celebrating the return of the sun and the full bloom of Spring. Beltane is also strongly associated with love, and fertility, and it was considered fortuitous for weddings to take place on that day. It is a parallel holiday to Samhain, in the sense that it is the 2nd point of the year where the veil between the world of the living and the spirit rea