Lammas 2026
Lammas is the first of the harvest festivals (celebrated on or around August 1st).
Lammas customs are rooted in pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon and ancient Celtic traditions, when the summer sun begins to wain and crops are ready to be gathered. Communities worked together to harvest the crops. Afterwards festivals and celebrations of gratitude of abundance occurred, whihc made the work easier.
Even though most of us don’t live in an agricultural world, honoring Lammas seems like a good idea to tap into gratitude and community in general, especially when the celebration is universal.
Creating or participating in a Lammas celebration can feel, well magical.
Here are some ideas:
Host an outdoor dance party! Dancing has always been part of Lammas traditions
Tell stories about Lammas
Share tips on growing your own produce this season
Create altars decorated with strands of dried grasses, fresh fruits, and vegetables of all kinds.
Eat freshly baked bread.
Place a vase of sunflowers on your table
My Tarot query for Lammas 2026 is: How to create community.
In this card pull the card meanings taken from Tarot in Motion have been specifically altered with the question in mind and focused on how having a Lammas celebration can shift the idea of community.
From right to left: for reading layout:
Fire placement
Queen of Earth/Pentacles connects us with loving kindness. She likes to cook and host meals. She makes healthful lifestyle choices.
Chakra: Earth/root
Physical focus: Neck, colon (lower abdomen), and knees
Astrology: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn
Intention: Look to where you can help others.
Suggested moves and props: Wear a queen’s crown and robe. Incorporate an abundance of scarves into your dance.
Water placement:
XII. The Hanged Man signifies a radical shift in perception. It shows the ability to look at the given situation in a new way, like viewing something from upside down.
Chakra: Third eye
Physical focus: Feet
Astrology: Neptune
Intention: Look at things from a new perspective.
Suggested moves and props: Incorporate cartwheels and inversion poses into your movements. Offer flowers to others as you move through your dance.
Air placement:
XVII. The Star asks us to focus on our dreams come into fruition. by connecting to others. It is an acknowledgment of optimism and spiritual regeneration. She is at pea New ideas and plans can go very well.
Chakra: Crown
Physical focus: Ankles
Astrologic influence: Aquarius
Intention: Feel the radiance flowing through your body.
Suggested moves and props: Lift your head up high. Stretch out your arms in a star pose.Allow positive energy and thoughts to flow through you to others around you.
Earth placement:
Six of Earth/Pentacles compels us toward generosity for no particular reason. It is giving with trusting that you will receive back.
Chakra: Earth/root
Physical focus: Neck
Astrologic influence: Moon in Taurus
Intention: Share your resources.
Suggested moves and props: Make a connection with everyone around you.