Beltane Tarot Spread: Igniting our Inner Flame

Beltane is a fire festival- igniting our sacral chakra

Beltane arrives May 1st. Not with a boisterous knock on our door necessarily—but with a shift. A softening. A subtle heat in the air, a brightness in the light. The kind of seasonal turning that makes you realize your body has been waiting for it, even if your mind hasn't caught up yet.

This is the halfway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice—a cross-quarter day on the Celtic Wheel of the Year. And it carries energy. Not just in theory, but in your bones. It’s the moment when life starts to feel full again. When everything seems to stretch upward and outward. The trees, the flowers, the grass. Maybe even you if this is a time that seems to brighten your aura.

Beltane is about life force. Creation. Passion. It’s about being in relationship with the part of you that wants to move, to touch, to make something—something real, something alive. And yes, it’s a fire festival, because something about this time of year crackles with energy, passion, and new life.

The word “Beltane” comes from the Celtic god Bel (or Belenus)—linked to the sun, healing, and purification—and tene, meaning fire. Together: “Bel’s fire.” Bright fire. Fire that clears and fire that blesses.

In the old stories, sacred fires were lit on hilltops and in village centers. People passed through smoke for protection. Cattle were guided between two flames before heading into summer pastures. There were dances, songs, and plenty of chances to connect—romantically or otherwise. And like Samhain (its opposite on the wheel), Beltane was considered a time when the veil between worlds thinned. A moment where magic felt a little closer to the surface.

The symbolic Beltane Maypole

While we may see the Maypole as a spring decoration, this iconic symbol holds a deep meaning for Beltane. It represented the weaving together of life, connection, and fertility. Ribbons spiraled, bodies moved, and dance was the offering. Flowers were adorned to our hair. Doorways were decorated with hawthorn to invite protection, abundance, and love.

When I think of Beltane, it feels tied to my sacral chakra—the energetic center that lives just below the belly. It’s where we hold creativity, sensuality, and our emotional truth. The place that says: I want. I feel. I make. And if I’m honest, it’s a place that can be hard to return to when the world feels demanding or we’ve learned to push desire aside. But this season offers a way back in. Gently. Honestly.

You don’t have to leap over bonfires (unless that feels right). You don’t have to dance around a pole or call in the fae. Beltane isn’t asking for performance. Just presence. A willingness to connect—to your body, your longing, your creativity. To remember what it feels like to be rooted and alive.

So maybe ask:

🌸What am I ready to create-not because I should, but because I want to?

🔥What helps me feel connected to my own energy/lit up from the inside?

🌿What has been dormant that might be waking up?

No need for perfect answers. Just let the questions simmer. Maybe you light a candle, or stretch out in the warm grass. Maybe you whisper yes to something you’ve been scared to want. Beltane isn’t asking you to be perfect. It’s asking you to be alive. And if you’re in a place where this feels good—you give yourself permission to celebrate that. Even if it’s quiet or doesn’t have the perfect aesthetic you might have envisioned.

This is not about doing more. This is about remembering. About letting a little more life in. About tending to your own fire—whatever shape it’s in.

Beltane says: you’re allowed to feel good. You’re allowed to want what you want. You’re allowed to shift, soften, stretch, and bloom.

This is a time to honor the fire within—whether it’s a slow burn or a full-on blaze.

So, go ahead:

Wear the crown.
Light the candle.
Make the thing.
Say the thing.
Burn what needs burning.
Water what wants to grow.

It doesn’t have to be dramatic.

It just has to be true.

And most of all—don’t forget to enjoy yourself a little. Or a lot. You’re allowed.

A 6-card Tarot Spread for your Inner Flame

This tarot spread is designed to help you reconnect with that sacred inner flame—to move through blocks and embody the full expression of your life force. May this ritual help to tap into your creative power and the joy of being wildly, abundantly alive.

The Beltane Spread:

1. How can I connect with my sacral energy / creative fire?
   This card points to the pathways that bring you alive—sensuality, movement, joy, ritual, art, connection.

2. What is asking to be created / birthed?
   What desire or vision is ready to take shape? What is stirring within, asking to be expressed?

3. In what way may I be blocking my creativity?
   This reveals internal obstacles—old wounds, beliefs, fears, or habits that keep your flame dimmed.

4. How can I release this block / set it ablaze?
   Fire purifies. This card offers guidance on how to burn through the resistance and liberate your energy.

5. How can I lean into abundance?
   Where in your life are you being called to open, receive, and trust in the generous flow of life?

6. I embody Big Goddess energy by...
   A call to take up space, to honor your power, and to radiate presence, magnetism, and sacred wholeness.