Lughnasa Waning Grandchildren Moon Turning round the star wheel we have come again to the first day of the month named after Augustus Caesar, First Citizen of Rome. In Celtic lands this month was: Welsh–Awst, Scots Gaelic–an Lunasdal and in Irish: Lughnasadh. Though the coming of Autumn is not visible, the wind tells us it […]
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Beltane Waxing Flower Moon Beltane marks the beginning of the growing season so fertility is the essence of the celebration. In a pre-refrigeration, pre-food preservative (except salt and drying) culture fertility during the growing season carried with it survival, for animals and humans. Thus, anything to encourage the land and to safeguard the animals that […]
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