Lunar Lammas
August gifts us two super full moons. August 1 is the Sturgeon Moon that rises in the sign of Aquarius. Traditionally, sturgeon could be caught in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain at this time of year.
This is the time to connect with your deeper self. As sturgeon rise, so do our hidden feelings, emotions and memories. “Late summer days invite us to deepen and renew. Something becomes unlocked, unloosed in our tender hearts and lifts off howling in gratitude for what it needs to thrive.”
“If our inner sea monsters are coming to the surface now, let’s greet them with kindness and listen for what they may have to teach us, rather than trying to force them back down into the dark. This doesn’t have to be a struggle. We can allow this time of stirring up to be medicinal.”
August 1 is Lammas Day, or Loaf Mass Day, in some English-speaking countries. It marks the beginning of the harvest. The name comes from the ancient English festival the Gule of August, a pagan dedication of the first fruits that the early English church later converted to Christian usage. On Lammas Day, loaves of bread were baked from the first-ripened grain and brought to the churches to be consecrated. To the Celts, this was Lughnasaid, the feast of the wedding of the Sun god and the Earth goddess, and also a harvest festival.
Take time to connect, with the season, with your inner self, and look up. Sister Moon is there for all of us.
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