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Lughnasadh 🍞🌾🔥
Other Names
Lughnasad, Lugnassad, Lunasa, Fire Festival, First Harvest
Colors
Yellow, Orange, Gold
Foods
grapes, wine, beer, bread, grains, blackberries, pears, raspberries, currants, corn
Stones
citrine, peridot, carnelian, gold topaz, clear quartz, amber
Symbols
dollies, wheat, bread, cauldron, corn, herbs, threshing tools
Flowers
summer flowers
Lughnasadh, the third Cross Quarter Day of the year, marks the time when the magickal household discovers if the hard work of previous months will yield a bountiful harvest. Named for the Celtic god Lugh and derived from the Gaelic word “Lunasa,” meaning August, this festival embodies the full cycle of life—celebrating both bounty and the inevitability of death. Offer thanks to the land, deities, spirits, and ancestors, and honor pollinators with birdseed and bee water stations. Welcome abundance with a harvest wreath of wheat, sunflowers, and red clover, and create table linens to symbolize plenty. Add fresh herbs like sage, thyme, and basil to meals, and release limiting thoughts by using black-eyed Susan, chamomile, and yarrow in your bath. Keep black obsidian and malachite nearby to banish negativity.
- make a bonfire
- host a potluck
- bake homemade bread
- make fresh jams/preserves
- make corn dollies
- spend time outside
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Litha ☀️🌺
Other Names
Midsummer, St. John’s Day, Longest Day & Shortest Night, Summer Solstice
Colors
look to nature for the colors of Litha, as seen in the sky, woods, and flowers
Foods
honey, elderberry, strawberry, fennel, thyme, fresh greens, mead, light wines
Stones
peridot, diamond, emerald, lapis lazuli
Symbols
Spear (God) and Cauldron (Goddess), bonfire, sunwheels
Flower and Plants
oak, birch, white lilies, St. John’s Wort, mistletoe, elderflower, lavender, pine, fern, rose
Litha, or Midsummer, occurs on the summer solstice, marking the longest day of the year and the midpoint of the cycle. This celebration ushers in summer, a season where the sun’s powerful energies foster growth and expansion, making it an ideal time to nurture your ideas, goals, and desires. After sundown, light bonfires to honor the peak of magickal power while acknowledging that all things are fleeting. Celebrate abundance, fertility, virility, beauty, and the earth’s bounty—perfect for handfastings and workings for empowerment and fulfillment. Like Yule, Litha is also a time of rest, though it’s one of relaxation after months of planning, planting, and tending. Perform Sun magick to fuel growth and abundance spells, offer gifts to the local spirits, and consider attracting a house spirit if you wish. Freshen your home with Sun water, picnic, play outdoor games, and build a bonfire to celebrate the freedom that comes after hard work.
- make floral wreaths for your front door
- host a bonfire and potluck
- gather and dry herbs to use throughout the year
- take time to meditate
- give thanks for your blessings
- create an “invisibility” amulet from seeds of ferns
- gather plants and flowers on Midsummer Eve
- build a faerie house in the woods
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Beltane 🌹🔥
Celebration of the Growing Season
Other Names
Beltain, Beltaine, BealtaineMay Eve, May Day, Samradh
Colors
White, Red, dark green
Foods
dairy foods, honey, oats, mead, lamb
Stones
sapphire, blood stone, emerald, orange carnelian, rose quartz
Symbols
Spring flowers (especially the rose), goat, honeybee, fairies, pegasus, rabbits, flower crown, maypole, basket
Flowers & Plants
primrose, lilac, hawthorn, birch, ivy, violet, peppermint, lavender
Beltane, the second Cross Quarter Day of the year, marks the beginning of summer and is celebrated as a time of fertility, growth, and new beginnings. Also known as May Day, this holiday is associated with the goddess Flora and is traditionally observed by decorating with flowers and performing fertility rituals. It is a time to focus on creativity and prosperity, especially if you set intentions at Imbolc and planted seeds at Ostara. Beltane is also celebrated with fire and fertility festivals, where people jump over balefires for protection, dance around the May Pole, and ring bells to ward off bad spirits. As the end of spring planting, Beltane encourages appreciation and affection for the abundance in your life and invites the cultivation of new ideas and concepts.
- hold a bonfire for family and friends
- take action on a project you’ve been working on
- treat yourself to a special meal, music, or aromas
- decorate a tree with colorful ribbons
- make flower crowns
- dress in green
- walk your property and give thanks
