Moon & Moss🎡 Wheel of the Year
Lughnasadh: The first harvest
Lughnasadh, or Lammas (August 1), is the first harvest festival: a time for gratitude, baking bread, and taking stock of what you've grown.
- Date
- August 1
- Type
- Cross-quarter
- Element
- Earth and Fire
- Southern Hemisphere
- February 1
Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO-nah-sah), also called Lammas, marks the first grain harvest. It's named for the Irish god Lugh, a master of many skills, so it honors craftsmanship and talent as well as the harvest.
Baking bread is the most traditional way to celebrate. It's also a natural time to look at what your efforts this year have produced, and to feel grateful for it.
Ways to celebrate
- Baking bread
- A harvest meal
- Making a corn dolly
- Journaling what you've accomplished
Try this
Bake or buy a loaf of bread, and share it with someone while naming one thing you've grown this year.
Journal prompt
What has my hard work produced this year?
The modern Wheel of the Year draws on older traditions, and practices vary widely. Take what feels true to your own relationship with the seasons.
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