Lammas (August 1st) is also known as Lughnasadh in the Celtic tradition. In earlier, close-to-the-land days, it was a time to celebrate the first fruits, especially the big crops of corn and grain. The stalks were at their peak, and soon, it'd be clear what kind of harvest it would be. The farm communities traveled to meet, bake bread, and share, reflect, dance and tell stories around the bonfire. By celebrating Lammas as a harvest holiday, we honor our ancestors and the hard work they must have had to do in order to survive. This is a good time to give thanks for the abundance we have in our lives, and to be grateful for the food on our tables. Lammas is a time of transformation, of rebirth and new beginnings. This first harvest is a time of reflecting on choices made, and their consequences. We are drawn into the inspiration of the Hero/Heroine's journey, and the visions of the grandest version of the Self. It's a chance to see how you've been true to your talents, potential, uniqueness, and where you've fallen short. Along with the regrets, endings, farewells, Lammas is a chance to begin again. With the luminaries (Sun-Moon), along with Venus and Mercury, converging in this fixed sign of self-expression, it's time to reclaim a lost dream. You can set intentions that bring you back to finding personal meaning through creativity. That need of the soul to share what's there is universal, and this new Moon can be a doorway to step through, and claim the inner artist. This turning point encourages the cultivation of personal meaning, and a narrative of adventure, growth, love, creative expansion that elevates the story of life. And it's hard not to notice that when someone chooses to live life as an epic, that it radiates outward, as a catalyst for others.