A Beautiful & Simple Lughnasadh Correspondence

Lughnasadh is the first harvest, the celebration of abundance, gratitude, and sacred work. It's the witch's high summer—golden, fertile, and full of earthy magic 🌾🕯️🌕

🌞 Lughnasadh (Lammas) Correspondences

Date: August 1st (ish) in the Northern Hemisphere (When the Sun is at 15 degrees Leo)
Seasonal Energy: First Harvest • Gratitude • Offering • Abundance • Transformation • Sustenance • Solar Strength

🍂 Seasonal Themes

• Abundance 🍞🌽

• Gratitude 🙏

• Harvest & Hard Work Paying Off ⚒️🌾

• Offering to Spirit, Earth, and Ancestors 🕊️🕯️

• Transition Between Summer & Autumn 🍂☀️

• Celebrating the Sacredness of Bread & Grain 🍞✨

• Honoring the Deity Lugh (Celtic God of Many Skills) 🛡️🎨🔥

🌰 Traditional Foods & Drinks

• Bread 🍞 (especially homemade or with intention—try baking a loaf with a sigil carved in)

• Cornbread & Corn on the Cob 🌽

• Grains (barley, oats, rye, wheat) 🌾

• Seasonal Vegetables (tomatoes 🍅, squash 🎃, cucumbers 🥒, zucchini)

• Berries (blackberries, blueberries) 🫐

• Apples & Pears 🍎🍐

• Nuts 🌰

• Honey-based treats 🍯

• Mead, Ale, Herbal Tea 🍺🍵

🕯️ Candles & Incense

Colors: Gold, Orange, Red, Olive Green, Cream
Scents/Incense:

• Frankincense 🌟

• Myrrh 🌑

• Sandalwood 🌳

• Cinnamon 🌶️

• Patchouli 🌿

• Clove 🧸

• Copal 🕯️

• Rosemary 🌿

🌿 Herbs

• Rosemary 🌿

• Basil 🌱

• Mint 🍃

• Chamomile 🌼

• Sage 🌾

• Mugwort 🌚

• Calendula 🟡

• Thyme 🌿

• Lemon Balm 🍋

• Dill 🌱

• Oregano 🍃

💐 Flowers

• Sunflowers 🌻

• Marigolds 🧡

• Calendula 💛

• Daisies 🌼

• Goldenrod 🌾

• Black-Eyed Susans 🌻

• Yarrow 🤍

🌳 Trees

• Oak 🌳 (strength, sacred to Lugh)

• Apple 🍎 (knowledge and fruitfulness)

• Hazel 🌰 (inspiration, wisdom)

• Rowan 🔴 (magic and protection)

• Birch 🌲 (beginnings and transformation)

🐾 Animals & Spirits

• Stag 🦌 – wild strength, masculine energy, nobility

• Rooster 🐓 – dawn, fire, protection

• Horse 🐎 – freedom, movement, Lugh’s symbol

• Bee 🐝 – industry, sweetness, community

• Dog/Wolf 🐺 – loyalty, guidance, protection

• Eagle or Hawk 🦅 – sharp sight, connection to Lugh

🔆 Seasonal Symbols

• Sheaves of wheat 🌾

• Bread loaves 🍞

• Corn dolls 🌽👩‍🌾

• Sickle or scythe ⚔️

• Fire 🔥

• Sun ☀️

• Baskets full of fruits & vegetables 🍇🥕🍐

• Wheel (Wheel of the Year) 🛞

🏠 Home & Altar Decor

• Altar Cloths: Golden, cream, green, burnt orange

• Decorations:

  • Braided wheat, corn dolls 🌾

  • Fresh sunflowers 🌻

  • Seasonal fruits and veggies 🍓🍅

  • A small loaf of bread or offering plate 🍞🧀

  • Crystals in warm tones 🔮

  • Candles in gold, cream, and burnt red 🕯️

  • Symbols of Lugh: tools, a small sword or spear, harp, or crafting supplies ⚔️🎨

  • Bowl of grain or seeds as an offering 🌾

  • A harvest wreath for the front door 🌻

🌍 Earth Energy & Magic of the Season

• The Earth is full, round, and radiant. This is the time of peak abundance before the great letting go of autumn.

• Magic is active and bold, solar-infused and rooted deep.

• Perfect time for:

  • Prosperity and wealth spells 💰

  • Career and creative growth 🌱🎨

  • Manifestation rituals ✨

  • Protection and home blessing spells 🛡️🏡

  • Gratitude and thanksgiving rites 🙏

  • Sharing offerings with nature, fae, ancestors 🌳🕊️

  • Crafting with intention (bread, herbal blends, charms) 🧵🍞🌿

🧙‍♀️ Ritual Ideas for Eclectic Witches

• Bake bread and whisper intentions into the dough 🍞✨

• Burn a golden candle for prosperity and abundance 🕯️💛

• Host a feast or share food with others 🍽️

• Create a harvest jar spell for income and gratitude 🍯

• Bury a corn doll in the earth as a fertility blessing 🌽🌎

• Leave offerings for nature spirits 🍓🫐

• Do a self-blessing with sun-charged water ☀️💧

• Journal your harvests—both physical and spiritual 📖🖊️

Enjoy, Happy witchcraft, & Blessed be.