21/07/2024
July Herb Moon in Capricorn
Guru Purnima in Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra
July 2024 Full Moon: Sunday, 21 July Peak Illumination: 11:17 a.m. British Summer Time
All full moons have various names given by the pagan indigenous peoples of the land, depending on what part of the world you find yourself in. Identifying most with my Welsh and Irish ancestry, I am drawn to the Celtic names. Julyโs Full Moon is known as the Herb or Hay Moon, capturing the time of year when we see nature all around us in full-growth, hay bales dotting the horizon. We have crossed the midpoint of the year at the Summer Solstice and now we are approaching the first of the harvest festivals in the wheel of the year, Loaf Massโฆ which over time became Lammas, when all of the abundant wheat is harvested for our daily bread. In Ireland it is called Lughnasadh (/หluหnษsษ/ LOO-nษ-sษ, Irish) named after the popular sun god Lugh (LOO), worshipped throughout the Celtic world. In Gaul, he was identified as Lugus or Lug. Both festivals are celebrated at the halfway point between Litha, Summer Solstice and the Mabon, the autumn equinox, around 1-3 August, this year happening on Thursday 1 August. This is a time when other crops are either ripening or beginning to be harvested. The annual rite of pick your own strawberries is coming to an end making way for raspberries, gooseberries and other delicious fruits of the land. You will see in the hedgerows an abundance of wild flowers, that many call weeds, some of which are actually medicine.
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