Heralding back to a time when the Watchers oversaw the Fixed Cross, Lughnasadh, or Lammas, is one of the four festivals within the Celtic tradition that acknowledges the midpoints between the Cross of Matter, a time when our star, Sol, reaches the halfway point between the Turning of the Seasons and the Balancing of the Days (Solstice and Equinox). That celebration took place on Sun-day, the 7th, when the Sun reached the 15th degree of Leo, or Fixed Fire.
Today, the 8th has no especial significance, aside from the unique cosmic conditions that arise on any given ‘solar’ day, and has only become significant in recent years with Western numerology and those channelling information from other levels of consciousness. Alas there is no greater emphasis on the physical and spiritual worlds being closer to each other than on any other day; or a portal of manifestation (it is a FIXED solar time, which is a deeply interior time looking at your relationship to the internal spark of light that fuels your psyche); or alignment between stars, signs and numbers more significant; or alignment between the Earth and Sirius; or the heliacal rising of Sirius (which is on the 12th of August this year).
That said, any reference to the astrological significance of a Western Calendar date can be read with an open heart and you can receive the transmission in the way that you need and I wish you an insightful space to hold for Lugh and the onset of Northern hemispheric harvest (autumn), as our agrarian predecessors, more connected to the land than we currently are, once did.
Blessings to you and yours on the day after Lugh, ironically celebrated on the 1st, but should around this date!
Author: Andrew Smith
https://www.andrewsmith.ieAstrology has been my sole source of income, my way of being and the way that I live since discovering it on the 17th Jan 1993. Self-taught, I did sojourn with a correspondence course with the Faculty of Astrological Studies under the tutorship of Christine Tate-Wheeler, completing three of the four year training modules in a little under a year. However, I never sat the exams due to my commitments to seeing clients and running a school of astrology called The Dublin Astrological Centre.I’ve been ever so fortunate to have attracted people who wanted to work with me from the very beginning of my path and I’ve worked with clients intensely on a daily basis since 1994. I have a varied clientele, located all over the world, and have worked privately with individuals and corporately with business, sports clubs, political parties and religious institutions for over two decades. My practise is based in my office in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, from where I write, divine, create and see clients in person or via ZOOM.Until the time of my movement onto my current path, I was reading Geography in Trinity College, Dublin and playing football, two additional passions I still have today. I currently reside in Greystones, Ireland with my family. My life-partner and wife, Karen, walks the same path as an astrologer and we have two children, Sarah and Maya. Together we run the Blue Rose, a school of astrology and spirituality and have students all over the world who download our classes, join in via ZOOM or attend in person.
My focus is evident in my extensive public writing. I am interested in helping people develop a deeper confidence in their commitment to what they lOve and living what they love. And I would lOve to share my passion with you and to work with you concerning what you love.I look forward to working with you.
