Things don't always go how you plan... Lughnasadh kinda snuck up on me. I was busy doing other things and hadn't worked on the ritual yet when Thursday afternoon happened.
I got a phone call that I was officially hired at the school I interviewed with! The rest of the day was super busy, with multiple emails between myself and HR to try and get me processed asap. And oh, by the way, the 2-day new staff orientation started Thursday, and could I possibly make it for Friday's session?! Uhhh... 😄 So I also had to get things ready for me to be on campus Friday morning.
With all the unexpected craziness, the ceremony took a backburner. So I had nothing prepared.
But you know what? In its own way, it was a perfect celebration. How better to celebrate the bringing in of the harvest than by starting a new job? The work for this had been put in since before summer started, and I was now reaping the rewards for my hard work 😊
I didn't even make the correlation until Thursday evening, when I was reading on the Hearth (OBOD's members-only forum):
The first harvest, celebrated at Lughnasadh, is more than food ripening on the vine ... We gather what has grown, but we also gather what has become—in ourselves, in our dreams, in our quiet tending. What have we been cultivating in the inner field? What are you beginning to harvest—physically, emotionally, or spiritually?
It was when I read the post this is taken from that I realized the significance...
There is supposedly some similarities between Lughnasadh and the Feast of Transfiguration. I will have to look into this...
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