Well August starts off with a bang! 1st of the month, it’s a full moon and of course lions gate portal. Will we have last remnants of summer? (We’ve had so much rain)

So what is Lughnasadh or Lammas, it’s Loaf Mass, the start of Harvest season. Lughnasadh is a festival where the first fruits of the harvest are celebrated on the 1st August. It has its origins in two separate festivals. Firstly, it is the Celtic festival of Lunastal, Lunasdal or Lughnasadh, making it one of the Gaelic quarter-day festivals along with Imbolc, Beltane and Samhain. Later the quarter-day festivals would become the four divisions of the legal year, historically used as the days when contracts and leases would begin and end, servants would be hired or dismissed, and rent, interest on loans, and ministers’ stipends would become due. Lughnasadh or Lunastal is named after the Celtic Sun God Lugh.

Alternatively, it is known as Lammas, a word which comes from the Anglo-Saxon half-maesse or hlàmmaesse meaning loaf mass or loaf feast.

August is a good time to manifest and set out intentions for the coming months. Not only do we have Two Full moons,making it a Super moon month but, Each year on the 8th day of the 8th month (August 8th) it’s the Lions Gate Portal Day. It’s a highly magnetic and apparently cosmic alignment that takes place. Normally it’s bypassed me and I’ve not done any manifestations or ritual work, but this month I’m hoping too. Starting with a Pilgrimage to a sacred well on Lughnasadh.