![]() A patch of coral is finding a new foothold on a reef gone gray. While we watch what grows and thrives and ebbs and fades right where we are, a baby sea turtle is cradled in the gentle hands of a volunteer as it remembers how to follow the moon. ![]() Remembering our task to re-call the fragments of our attention under a silver moon, reminded of what it means to truly care, we allow the cries of the world to touch our weary hearts, where they might yet take root and bear fruit. The pot is on, the flavors are melding, our lives are coming to a boil. There is a cauldron's call sounding in the late summer days inviting us to deepen and renew, wisps of steam rising and bubbles of possibility breaking the surface. © Sandra Ure Griffin 2011 Lammas 2023 Holy Day Writing Seasonal celebrations of most cultures cluster around these same natural turning points. We commemorate these natural turning points in the Earth’s cycle. Four cross-quarter days roughly mark the midpoints in between solstices and equinoxes. On equinoxes, days and nights are equal in all parts of the world. Solstices are the extreme points as Earth’s axis tilts toward or away from the sun-when days and nights are longest or shortest. The Seasonal Cycle of the Year is Created by Earth’s Annual Orbit Around the Sun. If the harvest looks slim, this is the time to gather with your clan to to make a plan for supplementing winter stores. If the harvest promised to be plentiful, there will be much celebrating. ![]() This is the time of year when the abundance of future harvest (or lack thereof) could be predicted based on the fruits growing on the vine. Lammas always lands on the Second of August! It is a harvest celebration, a community gathering and the Sabbat of the First Fruits. The Lunar Lammas Moon is the closest Full Moon in Aquarius to till day. It is a cross quarter day marking the middle of Summer. Lammas Wiccan Holiday Rituals and Traditions What is Lammas and When? ![]()
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