
08/01/2025
🌾 Lughnasadh (Lammas)
🗓 Date: August 1
📍 Pronunciation: LOO-nah-sah (Irish Gaelic) or Loo-nus-uh (Anglicized)
☀️ Season Marker: First of the three harvest festivals (followed by Mabon and Samhain)
🔥 Elemental Vibe: Fire + Earth
✨ Energy Focus: Gratitude, sacrifice, skill, hard work, and the first rewards of labor
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🌀 Origins & Mythology
Lughnasadh is named after the Celtic sun god Lugh, a warrior, craftsman, and poet. According to legend, Lugh created this festival to honor his foster mother, Tailtiu, who died from exhaustion after clearing the land for agriculture.
Themes of the myth:
• Sacrifice for community
• Honoring the dead through celebration
• Skill mastery and competition (Lugh was known for excelling in every art)
So at its heart, this is a holiday about earning your harvest, honoring effort, and stepping into your power.
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🌻 Modern Celebrations
Also called Lammas (from “Loaf Mass”), especially in Christianized traditions, it’s a time to:
• Bake bread or offer grains
• Reflect on personal growth or “first fruits” of the year
• Celebrate with games, music, dancing
• Hold community gatherings or solo rituals
• Honor your ancestors and the land
🔮 Witchy Tip:
Create a gratitude altar with bread, sunflowers, corn husks, or tools of your craft (literal or metaphorical). Burn a gold or orange candle to call in courage and abundance.
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🌾 Symbols of Lughnasadh
• Grains & Bread: Abundance and life-sustaining harvest
• Scythe or Sickle: The cutting down of what’s ready—and the start of the cycle ending
• Sunflowers: Solar power and resilience
• Wheat, Corn, Barley: Offerings to the land and ancestors
• The Sun / Fire: Peak heat and power before the waning begins
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🔥 Ritual & Reflection Ideas
• Bake something using seasonal grains (bonus if you share it with others)
• Write a “first harvest” list: What wins have you gathered so far this year?
• Release a sacrifice: What’s outgrown its purpose and needs to be let go so something better can grow?
• Craft a corn dolly to protect your home or intentions through the darker half of the year
• Host a mini tournament or skill-share to honor Lugh—fun, games, or show-and-tell magic
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✨ Affirmation for Lughnasadh
“I honor the work I’ve done. I welcome the fruits of my effort. I offer gratitude to the land, the past, and the promise of what’s to come.”