Month: August 2022

The Celtic Tree for the Gatherer’s moon is the Hazel tree. The nine hazels of the Poetic Art dropped nuts into the pool and they were eaten by the Salmon of Knowledge.  This is the fruit and nut harvest time, and corn, barley and beans. The goddesses are Sif, Ceres, Demeter.  This is a time … Read more

This is the Sky’s Moon, lasting from July 28th to August 27th.I always think of this as the holiday Moon. It brings Lammas, a Christian festival which is derived from Lughnasad, a pagan commemoration of the death of the King Ludd or Lugh and the first harvest. In the pagan tradition, where the two consorts … Read more