April Rituals and Magicks

April was the second month of the Roman calendar, before January and February were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. It became the fourth month of the calendar year (the year when twelve months are displayed in order) during the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC, when it also was given 29 days April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern hemisphere and autumn in the Southern hemisphere.

This page serves as a jumping off point for April holy days, spells, magicks, lore, rituals, superstitions and  more.

General information on the month of April:

• April Magick
• April Moon Names
• Correspondences for April
• April - Magickal History

Astrology and Birth Signs for April:

(note: some of the dates will overlap with March and May)

• Sign of the Honeysuckle (Mar 21 to Apr 19)
• Sun in Aries (Mar 21 to Apr 19)
• Sign of the Poppy (Apr 20 and May 19)
• Sun in Taurus (Apr 20 to May 20)

Celtic and Nordic Tree astrology and signs for April:

(note: some of the dates will overlap with March and May)

• Alder (March 18 - April 14)
• Rowan Tree (April 01 to April 10)
• Maple Tree (April 11 to April 20) 
• Willow (April 15 - May 12)
• Walnut Tree (April 21 to April 30)

Holidays, Feast Days and Holy Days in April:
(note: dates shown are for the year 2013)

• 1: Dyngus Day - Easter Monday (date varies)
• 1: Egg Rolling Day (England) - Easter Monday (date varies)
• 1: April Fool's Day / Loki's Day
• 1: The Veneralia, the festival of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
• 3: Passover begins at sundown (date varies)
• 4: Ching Ming - Tomb Sweeping Day (China) - sometimes falls on April 5
• 4 - 10: Megalesia - Celebrates the accuracy of the Sibylline oracles
• 5: Lady Luck Day, the festival Fortuna, the goddess of good fortune
• 6: National Tartan Day
• 8: Hana-Matsuri - Japanese Flower Festival to honor the Buddha's birthday.
• 8: Geranium Day - England
• 9: A-ma Festival - Portugal and China
• 10: New Moon
• 12: Chhau Festival - India
• 12 - 19: Ludi Cereales
• 13: Songkran - Thailand
• 15: Fordicia, the festival of Tellus, the Roman earth goddess
• 16: The feast day of St. Bernadette.
• 19: Festival of Ceres, a Roman corn goddess.
• 20: Furukawa Matsuri - Japan
• 21: Palilia (Parilia), the festival of Pales, the Roman goddess of sheperds and flocks. This is also the legendary founding date of Rome.
• 21: Sun enters Taurus
• 22: Festival of Ishtar
• 22: Earth Day
• 23: St George's Day
• 24: Peppercorn Ceremony - Bermuda (date varies year to year)
• 25: Full moon -- Wind Moon - Lunar Eclipse (partial)
• 25: The Robigalia, the festival of Robigus, a Roman corn god.
• 28 - May 1 The Floralia, the festival of Flora, Roman goddess of fruitfulness and flowers.
• 29: Tako-Age - Japan - Kite Flying Day
• 30: May Day Eve - Walpurgisnacht
• 30: Beltane

Spells, Magicks, and Rituals for April:

• Celebrate the Wind Moon
• Cerelalia - Persephone's Return
• Cow Flower Protection Spell
• Day of Pales Ritual
• Festival of Ceres
• Flora's Self Love Beauty Spell
• Ishtar's Day
• Livestock Blessing Spell
• Ritual for Floralia
• Ritual for Fortuna's Day
• Ritual for the Day of Venus
• Spring Full Moon Ritual
• St. George's Day Blessing Spell

Gods and Goddesses of April:

• The Goddess Flora
• Ishtar

Just for Beltane:

(note: All the Beltane posts are included here because in some traditions Beltane begins on the last day of April - May Eve - rather than May 1st)

• A Fairy Spell for Beltane
• Beltane Cake Ritual
• Beltane Fire Festival
• Faery Herbs and Their Charms
• Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
• It's May Eve
• Make a Maypole for Beltane
• The Beltane Blessing

Just for Easter:

(Note: Easter often falls in April as well as march. I have also included the Ostara posts as many pagans like to use Ostara rituals at Easter)

• A Lent Charm
• A Spell for Ash Wednesday
• About Ostara
• An Altar to Ostara
• An Easter Monday Bicaben
• An Oestara Ritual
• Another Eggshell Chalk Recipe
• Another Ritual for Ostara
• Chocolate Bunny Ostara Ritual For Children
• Easter vs Ostara
• Egg Charms
• Eggshell Mosaics for Ostara
• Eggshell Votive Candles
• Eostra's Bunny
• Fairy Beds From Ostara Eggs
• Magic Eggs
• Magickal Colors for Ostara Eggs
• Magickal Egg Garden
• Make Eggshell Chalk for Ostara
• Natural Dyes for Ostara Eggs
• Personal Housekeeping for Oestara
• The Pagan Easter

Recipes for food, incense, potpourri and more:

• Be Sweet Honey Cakes
• Elderflower Fritters for Beltane
• Farls
• May Serpent Cake - for Beltane
• Simple Simnel Cake
• Vareneky

For anything newly posted on this subject and not on this list see: April Spells and Rituals