Cat’s Morning Bits July 31 & August 1 2023 Lughnasadh/Lammas Edition
Good Morning Beautiful Souls! Grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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August Quotes
“As in the bread and wine, so it is with me.
Within all forms is locked a record of the past
And a promise of the future.
I ask that you lay your blessings upon me, Ancient Ones,
That this season of waning light
And increasing darkness may not be heavy.
So Mote It Be!”
Faille, Lammas Ritual
gardendigest.com
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August Events
Aug 1 Lammas / Lughnasadh
Aug 1 Full Corn Moon 11:31 am PST/ 12:31 pm MST/ 2:31 pm EST
Aug 5 Celtic Tree Month of Hazel begins
Aug 16 New Moon 2:38 am PST/ 3:38 am MST/ 5:38 am EST
Aug 23 Sun enters Virgo/ Mercury Retrograge
Aug 25 New Moon at 10:13 am EST
Aug 30 Blue Moon 6:35 pm PST/ 7:35 pm MST/ 9:35 pm EST
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Spiritual Unite SPIRITUAL MEANING OF SMELLING SANDALWOOD
Sandalwood is a fragrant wood known for its cleansing and calming properties.
For centuries, its smell has been used in spiritual practices and rituals due to its calming and uplifting effects on the mind, body, and soul.
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Lughnasadh | Witchy Summer Bucket List
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Spirituality & Health: A Ritual for Lughnasadh
by Julie Peters
Celebrate Lughnasadh, a pagan summer harvest festival, with an earth-centered ritual. Enjoy the abundance of late summer and honor the ancestors.
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Learn Religions: Lammas Craft Projects
By Patti Wigington
Patti Wigington
Updated on October 14, 2019
Looking for some fun and inexpensive ways to decorate your home for Lammas? Make an easy grapevine pentacle, apple candleholders, a cornhusk chain and Lammas incense as a way to celebrate the season.
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MBG; August Kicks Off With A Super Full Moon In Aquarius—Here’s Your Horoscope
Leo season is underway, with the first week of August featuring a full moon in Aquarius and a Sun-Jupiter face off. Here’s your horoscope.
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Exemplore: Seven Crystals for Lammas
CLAIREAUG 3, 2022
Lammas
Lammas (also known as Lughnasadh) is the first of the three pagan harvest festivals. It is considered a time of giving thanks as the sun’s strength begins to wane and the spring crops become ready for harvest. There is a feeling of abundance at Lammas, but it is important to remember the long winter that is to come and that many of the crops must be prepared and stored in preparation.
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Treehugger: 14 Pink Animals That Wow and Woo
In hues of magenta, fuchsia, coral, and rouge, these blushing creatures reveal Mother Nature’s rosy side.
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EarthSky News: August full moon 2023: There’s 2 and both are supermoons
The 1st full supermoon on August 1
The full moon on August 1, 2023, is the second of four full supermoons in 2023. As luck would have it, it’s also the first of two supermoons that fall in August.
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Patheos-Pagan: Harvesting the grain: A bread baking ritual for Lammas
JULY 29, 2023 BY KATIE GERRARD
Whilst I’ll always be a witch and a pagan, I’ve found my rituals are a lot more simplified than they once were. The beliefs and practises are so far within me, I don’t need to externalise to internalise anymore. Magic and ritual is just a part of my everyday life.
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Pagan Playlist: Lisa Thiel – Lammas Song
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Deloraine – Lughnasad (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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Noreaster Herb: LUGHNASADH: A SACRED RITUAL TO EMBRACE ABUNDANCE AND EXPRESS GRATITUDE
ABOUT LUGHNASADH
Lughnasadh, also known as Lammas or First Harvest, is celebrated each August 1 at the halfway point between the Summer Solstice (Litha) and Autumn Equinox (Mabon). As flowers come into full bloom, fruits and vegetables ripen, and new life from Spring continues to grow and develop, we are for the first time fully aware of the growth cycle and our role in it. Lughnasadh shows us how our efforts can manifest and that hard work will glean results.
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Today’s Recipe: Gluten-Free Lammas Bread Recipe
This gluten-free Lammas bread recipe is nourishing, hearty and a satisfying way to celebrate the grain harvest.
Making bread is a traditional way to celebrate the grain harvest. There’s no reason not to enjoy this mystical, ancient art—even if you’re gluten-free!
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Magical Correspondences for Lughnasadh/Lammas
Lughnasadh (loo-nas-ah)/ Lammas- Aug 1/ Feb 1 (Southern Hemisphere)
Greater Sabbat/Cross Qtr day
Colors are yellows, red, bronze, brown, orange, yellow
Scents & Herbs include frankincense, hollyhock, rose, sandalwood, fenugreek, berries, heather,oak, oat and sunflower
Sacred Stones Include red or orange stones, carnelian, citrine, amber
Food: blackberry wine or other dark, fruity beverage, wheat or multi-grain breads, corn, fresh veggies from your garden, chicken or bbq meats.
Decorations: summer flowers, grains, indian corn, corn dollies, acorns, berries
Deities: Lugh, the Green Man, Danu
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Tarot: Lammas Spread
Lammas is a celebration of the bounties of the Earth as well as the fullness of life. It is a time of sacrificing, sharing of the energies you are receiving and giving thanks for the fruits of your labor. This spread is designed to showcase what you are receiving from the Earth as well as what you still need to work on. Use this advice to share the wealth and transform your life into what you want it to b
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