An Altar for Lughnasa

Lughnasa, sometimes called Lughnasadh, marks the halfway point between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. This ancient Gaelic feast-day honors the Irish deity Lugh and celebrates the beginning of harvest. Lughnasa always falls on August 1st but this year, I forgot to post on the actual holiday. But that’s what summer is for, right? Losing track of time and doing things a week later than you expected!

This summer on my Lughnasa altar I’ve included the following items:

• a white candle nestled in a bowl of rose hips for gratitdue to my ancestors

• Alium seed heads to honor the regenerative cycle

• Hay stalks in a vase of a Femme Figure to honor ruition and creative energy

• An image of twin startlings flying in a blue background to honor the sky as life giver

• prayer flags as prayers of hope and wellness to all sentient beings

“You are the sky.
Everything else –
it's just the weather.”
― Pema Chödrön

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