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Kayla Sawyer

Lughnasadh

Updated: Sep 19

As a Northern European and Celtic tradition, Lughnasadh (meaning “the marriage of Lugh” or Lammas (meaning “loaf mass,” is celebrated on August 1st. It is the first of three harvest festivals, celebrating the fruition of the year’s work as baby animals wean from their mothers, crops ripen, and grains are ready to be cut.

Lugh is a the Celtic god of sun, light, and victory—it’s no wonder that we are celebrating the bounty from the warmer months before the dark, cold winter rolls in.


Pie and wheat stalks

How to celebrate:

  • eat seasonal fruit and vegetables

  • bake bread

  • make your own wine

  • soak up the sunshine

  • make a corn husk dolly

  • make jam

  • light candles


Correspondences

Colors: red, orange, yellow, green, light brown, gold, and bronze

Flora: alder, apple, basil, benzoin, borage, chicory, daisy, fennel, fenugreek, frankincense, goldenrod, gorse, honeysuckle, ivy, marigolds, marshmallow, mugwort, nasturtium, oak, pine, poppy, sunflower, vine, woad

Fauna: roosters, cattle, and sheep

Stones: carnelian, tiger’s eye, citrine, and green aventurine


Three artisan bread loafs with wheat stalks on a wooden table

Lughnasadh Essential Oil Blend

  • Pine - 6 drops

  • Patchouli - 5 drops

  • Sandalwood - 10 drops

  • Cedar - 6 drops

  • Frankincense - 2 drops


This blend uses oils with metaphysical properties that are known to be calming and uplifting for the nervous system while cleansing negative energy. A beautiful blend as we turn the wheel and enter harvest season. Enjoy!

 

How do you celebrate the first harvest?

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