26/01/2026
Lughnasadh – Loo – nus – uh. Lammas is one of the Greater Sabbats.
1st February in the Southern Hemisphere.
1st August in the Northern Hemisphere.
A Blessed and Happy Lammas.
The name Lughnasadh is derived from the Celtic Sun God, Lugh, and means, "light" or "shining."
The name Lammas comes from the Anglo-Saxon word, "hlaf-mas," which means, "loaf mass," and came from the Christianization of this Pagan festival by the Church, as they did with so many other Pagan festivals. The Church turned it into a feast of thanksgiving for bread, which symbolised the first fruits of the harvest.
Lughnasadh is one of the four cross-quarter Sabbats and is based upon ancient agricultural festivals.
It's the first of three harvest festivals (followed by Mabon/Autumn Equinox and Samhain) and marks the first harvesting of the grain.
Corn, as a representative of all grains, with its cycle of death, nurturing the people, and rebirth, is regarded as an aspect of the Sun God in many Traditions.
Lughnasadh is a time to celebrate and give thanks for the abundance of Nature.
This sabbat's rituals and celebrations focus on giving thanks to the God and Goddess for the harvest in our lives, both literally and figuratively.
It's a time of completion and an excellent opportunity to "sacrifice" negative thoughts and behaviours.
It's also a time to honour the fruits of your labours regarding work and friendships, rid yourself of old regrets, and make new decisions.
This is the first harvest. A time to celebrate the harvest of our crops and our lives.
To be thankful for this harvest. Plants are seeding, in preparation for the next cycle.
The sun is still strong but the days are shortening as we are heading into autumn.
Ritual Preparation:
Decorate your altar or sacred space appropriately for Lughnasadh/Lammas using colours of red, orange, yellow, gold, green, brown, or bronze for your altar cloth.
Add seasonal flowers (fresh or artificial) on your altar or around your sacred space.
Although any type of flower is fine, sunflowers, heather, and roses are particularly associated with this sabbat.
Blessed be!
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