Lughnasadh or Lammas comes between 31st Jan and 1st Feb in the Southern Hemisphere.
It is a hot, lazy, delicious time of the year. Bees buzz in the heat of the day, the air is still, and the force of the sun remains strong, even though its sway over the earth is slowly diminishing day by day. In the cooler nighttime, frogs and crickets keep us company. It is here, in the gloaming, when so many rituals begin.......
This is when the powerful gods of the grain harvests are honored. They are in their prime, sometimes generous, sometimes quixotic, and always aware with a bittersweet pleasure that their time will wane, as it always does, and they will die, as they always do, and yet nevertheless they will return to another delicious summer next year, as they always do, and have, and will, for this is the endlessly circling Wheel of the Year, and they ride it proudly.
Click here to listen to the interview with Lady Tamara von Forslun about Lughnasadh, in the past and it's relevance today.
Autumn is a time for letting go of unnecessary things from our life, just as the trees around us are letting go of their unneeded leaves and animals start to store what they need for the cold winter ahead.
