Welcome to my musings on Brigid and related topics!
Lúnasa: The Irish Harvest Festival and Why It Still Matters
Lúnasa – the Irish harvest festival – falls on the 1st of August, or the Sunday nearest to it. In modern Ireland, most people know it primarily as a bank holiday. An extra day off, a long weekend, maybe a trip somewhere if the weather obliges. That’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a bank…
Six Months from Imbolc: What the Opposite Side of the Wheel Teaches Us
Imbolc and Lúnasa sit directly opposite each other on the wheel of the year. Six months apart, as far from each other as it is possible to be. If Brigid is your primary deity – as she is mine – that means that right now, in late June and into July, you are at the…