Courage of Lion. Light of Lammas. Powerful energies at this time.
Feelings of being increasingly connected to seasons, to the stories of the night sky, to the utter magic of Earth, has me also feeling the potential of the start of a new month.
How are you feeling about August? How was July for you? Did you go somewhere fabulous? Or perhaps had a family holiday that didn’t quite go to plan….
Remembering that each day always offers a new sun rise. New hopes. Fresh perspectives. During our Summer time here in the Northern Hemisphere, these are the dog days of greater light.
On the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Lammas on 1st August, known also as Lughnasadh in the pagan traditions, marks the mid point between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox. An ancient harvest celebration. No wonder all the music festivals tend to happen around this time! Where we give thanks.
Baking bread with love and kinship, celebrating wheat and corn and the bounty of Mother Earth, is a symbolic gesture of ‘breaking bread’ to honour our blessings at this time. The deep medicine of gratitude. The gratitude we feel in the four chambers of our hearts. Felt In the deepest intestinal labyrinths of our bellies.
What are we truly appreciative for? And how are we living that in the world.
In the current sign of Leo - ruled by the Sun, and a fire sign - these days offer opportunity of renewal. Of connecting with our lion’s roar. How apt that the Lionesses brought it home yesterday! And in such celebratory style. Leo is the sign of the performer too!
The radiant expression of our heart. To awakening the inner codes of understanding. Honouring death and rebirth in the cosmic cycle. Death to the old ways! Yes. To deeply dismantle takes the courage of a lion. These are times to shake off what no longer truly serves. To look in the mirror of ourselves with bone crushing honesty.
Always with a giant sprinkle of humour. Fire represents laughter, inspiration and enthusiasm too!
Discern your own inner state. That is being sovereign to yourself. When we get whipped up by external noise & tremble that out through our nervous system, it is palpable to all. Energetic boundaries take work. Let your breath help. It's an inside job...
Let the lion’s roar wake and stir something in you. Blast your powerful neural circuitry with a new vibration. Laugh, dance, stretch, sing, shout, skip….
Here’s to an enlightening August. To breaking bread with the people we hold dear and to unlocking the inner codes as we travel through the portal of Lionsgate on 08/08. Aligning with the dog star Sirius.
Follow the path of enchantment and mystery, gathering strong belly laughs along the way….
Shine out who you truly are in the world.
Because only you can do what you can do. Only who can be who only you are.
ROARRRrrrrrrrrrrr
In warmth,
Ciara Jean Roberts
Writer. Holistic Educator. Nutritional therapist. Yoga Teacher YTT 500 hrs +