This day originally coincided with the first reapings of the harvest. It was known as the time when the plants of spring wither and drop their fruits or seeds for our use as well as to ensure future crops.

As autumn begins, the Sun God enters his old age, but is not yet dead. The God symbolically loses some of his strength as the Sun rises farther in the South each day and the nights grow longer.

The Christian religion adopted this theme and called it 'Lammas ', meaning 'loaf-mass ', a time when newly baked loaves of bread are placed on the altar.

An alternative date around August 5 (Old Lammas), when the sun reaches 15 degrees Leo, is sometimes employed by Covens.

Colors: Red, Gold, Yellow, Green, Orange, Citrine

Other Names: Lammas, Lughnasa, Festival of Green Corn, First Harvest, Ceresalia, August Eve, Elembiuos, Feast of Cardenas.

Symbols: Corn, All Grains, Bread, Full Moon, Wheat.

Deities: Sun Gods, Mother Goddesses.

Activities: Baking Bread, Gathering First Fruits, Astrology.

Taboos: Not Sharing Food.

Animals: Roosters, Calves.

Stones: Yellow Diamond, Peridot, Citrine.

Herbs and Plants: Corn, Rice, Wheat, Ginseng, Rye, Grapes, Heather, Blackberries, Sloe, Crab Apples, Pears.

Meaning: Honoring the Parent Deities, Honoring the Sun Gods, Celebrating First Harvest.

Attunement Teas: (Individually or Blended) Alfalfa, Corn Silk, Golden Seal.

Incense: Aloes, Rose, Sandalwood

Ritual Oils: Eucalyptus, Corn, Safflower.

Goddesses: All Grain Deities, All Mother Goddesses, All Livestock Goddesses, Aine (Irish), Alphito (Irish), Ashnan (Sumerian), Cabria (Phoenician), Carmen (Italio-Iberian), Ceres (Roman), Chicomecoatl (Aztec), Damia (Greek), Demeter (Greek), Frey (Norse), Goddess of Mundus (Norse-Celtic), Habondia (German-Celtic), Hani-Yasu-NoKami (Japanese), Ishtar (Babylonian), Kait (Hittite), Kornjunfer (German), Libera (Roman), Marcia (Italian), Mama Alpa (Incan), Morgay (English), Nisaba (Chaldaean), Persephone (Greek), Pirua (South American), Po Ino Nogar (Cambodian), Qocha Mana (Hopi), Robigo (Roman), Saning Sri (Japanese), Selu (Cherokee), Taillte (Irish), Tailltiu (Welsh-Scottish), Tea (Irish), Tuaret (Egyptian), Uti Haiti (Pawnee), Zaramama (Peruvuan), Zytniamatka (Teutonic).

Gods: All Father Gods, All Grain Deities, All Livestock Gods, Athtar (Pheonician), Bes (Egyptian), Bran (Welsh), Dagon (Pheonician), Ebisu (Japanese), Ghanan (Mayan), Howtu (Chinese), Liber (Roman), Lono (Polynesian), Llew (Welsh), Lugh (Irish), Neper (Egyptian), Odin (Norse), Xochipilli (Aztec).

Lore: It is appropriate to plant the seeds from the fruit consumed in ritual. If they sprout, grow the plant with love and as a symbol of your connection with the God and Goddess.  Wheat weaving (the making of corn dollies, etc.) is an appropriate activity for Lughnasadh. Visits to fields, orchards, lakes and wells are also traditional.

Food: The foods of Lughnasadh include bread, blackberries and all berries, acorns (Leached of their poisons first), crabapples, all grains and locally ripe produce. A cake is sometimes baked, and cider is used in place of wine.