2022 Lammas/Lughnasadh, Leo, 15° 00’ 00”
Ingress, Aug 7, 2022
12:29:00 PM GMT/UT
Aug 7, 2022 AD GC
12:29 PM GMT/UT
01:29 PM BST London
08:29 AM EDT Washington DC
07:29 AM CDT Chicago
06:29 AM MDT Albuquerque
05:29 AM PDT San Francisco
02:29 AM AHST Honolulu
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Lammas/Lughnasadh
The “Cross-Quarter” day, and festival of Lammas or Lughnasadh, is technically August 6-7 (the astronomical center between Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox). Then the Sun reaches the middle degree of the Fixed Sign, Leo. Thanks to calendar changes, the two-day festival often begins on July 31 at sundown. It marks the traditional “blessing of the bread,” made of the first grain harvest of the year. It is the third of the four fire festivals of the year. These are frequently times of significant celebration and reverence celebrated by some Celtic or earth-based religions.
Lugh is a sun deity. Lughnasadh celebrates the midsummer harvest in the Northern Hemisphere (midwinter in the Southern Hemisphere). Nasad suggests harvest festivals, fairs, and games. Celebration often begins on the eve of the day preceding.
The “Cross Quarter” times midway between Equinox and Solstice points occur at 15° 00’ of the Fixed Signs, Taurus for Beltane (May Day, Roodmas, Walpurgisnacht), Leo for Lammas or Lughnasadh (harvest festivals and fairs, the Loaf Mass), Scorpio for Samhain (Hallowe’en, All Souls Day, El Día de Los Muertos), and Aquarius for Imbolc (Candlemas, Ground Hog Day, Feast of the Purification, Feast of St. Brigit).
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Those who find importance in the actual sun-earth
relationship pay attention to the exact day and time the Sun reaches the
15th degree. The days of typical celebrations don’t always correspond
to the precise season’s midpoint but remind us of it.
Lammas
(Loaf Mass) or Lughnasadh (Loo-nas-ah) is the third of the four fire
festivals held at solstice and equinox midpoints. This one is at the Leo
midpoint (15° Leo), twixt Summer solstice (Cancer), and Fall equinox
(Libra).
For most of history, it was not possible to calculate
the exact midpoint in time that marks midsummer. Now it is possible to
get that time. Often additional factors like a new or a full moon might
be part of the decision regarding when to light a festival fire. Do not
think it wrong to celebrate or recognize the cross-quarter at a time
other than the precise midway summer point.
