Summer is coming to an end. School will be starting in a few weeks. The weather is heating up.
All this on August 1st.

Even though it is warming up, August seemingly being the hotter of the summer months, today is Lughnasadh, the Celtic feast to honor the memory of the funeral games of the Irish Sun God Lugh.

The festival of Lammas (August 1) marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall. The days will now grow shorter.

August 1st is a cross-quarter day, one of the four High Holidays or Greater Sabbats of Witchcraft, occurring one quarter of a year after Beltane. Historically August 1 as the day Lughnasadh or Lammas is generally celebrated.

The celebration would begin on sundown of the previous evening, our July 31. The Celtic people acknowledged their days from sun up to sundown.

Where does Lammas come from and what does it mean?

Here is where we will give the Medieval Christians some credit. Lammas was the name for the holiday they celebrated. The meaning of Lammas; Loaf mass due to the fact this was the day many loaves of bread were baked from the first grains of harvest. After baking placing the loaves on the church's altars as a gift or offering. The day is typically thought of as "fresh fruits" and the early harvest.


Many will follow the path of the British Witches and celebrate Lammas on August 6th which is known from the astrological view point as a power point day.

Have a peaceful Lughnasadh