2022 Lammas/Lughnasadh, Leo, 15° 00’

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
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Via The Farm Witch

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.