Wheel of the Year - Lughnasadh

This time of year in the Southern Hemisphere is known either as Lughnasadh or Lammas. While both refer to the start of the harvest season, Lammas or Loaf Mass Day has more Christian roots and so for myself I think I prefer to refer to it as Lughnasadh. This is because Lughnasadh also references the Celtic God Lugh. Lugh was said to have created the celebrations at this time as a way of honouring his foster mother Tailtiu.

Wheel of the Year (Southern Hemisphere)

While I have not planed any great celebration, or small celebration for that matter, I still take some time to pause and reflect and watch as the seasons slowly change outside my window. So while the days are still quite warm with with Summers sun the nights are slowly beginning to cool a bit, which is a welcome relief from the heat of the days.

As with the previous Solstices I have my decorative Lughnasadh Beads and Lughnasadh oracle card from the Witches Wisdom Oracle deck. If your interest in how I went about making these Solstice beads you can visit  HERE. Pictured above are all eight of my sabbat beads I made for each turn of the Wheel of the Year and below are my Lughnasadh beads and Lughnasadh oracle card together.

Witches' Wisdom oracle cards - Lughnasadh