Day of the Dryad
1 • AUG
An annual Nature Festival dedicated to the maiden spirits who inhabit & rule over forests & trees.
The Season of Lughnasadh
The Three Harvests
Lammas - 1•AUG
(NORTHERN HEMISPHERE)
A celebration of Earth's fertility, Lammas marks the first of the three harvest festivals of the year - the approaching grain harvest. It also recognizes that the hot summer days will soon come to an end.
Akita Kantō
Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan
秋田竿燈まつり
3•AUG •25 – 7•AUG•25
One of the three great summer festivals of the Tohoku region, held to ensure a bountiful rice harvest and to purify and protect the community from evil spirits
Green Corn Ceremony
ZUNI CORN DANCE
4•AUG•25 – 8•AUG•25
A thanksgiving to Mother Earth, the Kokos - Nature Spirits & the Corn Maidens for the ripening maize & harvest.
STURGEON • RIPE BERRIES MOON
23 JUL - 22 AUG
EARTH ASTROLOGY • NATIVE AMERICAN
Birth Totem: Sturgeon or Salmon
Element: Fire w/Water • Totem: Mouse
• Clan: Hawk or Thunderbird
Your birth totem represents the teacher you chose to study under, not so much your personality or ego, as in Western Astrology - by Sun Bear + Wabun •
Infinity Day
8•AUG
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Infinity Day dedicated in 1987 as a day to celebrate and promote the
Philosophy of the Ordinary Person
– philosophical inquiry, freedom of speech & expression, social & global ethics.
GREEN CORN MOON
Full Moon in August
9•AUG•25
Sturgeon Moon • Grain Moon
Blueberry Moon • Red Moon
The grains ripen in the fields. The sturgeon become plentiful in the lakes. A time between balance & fear. The harvests begin, but will the remaining food stock flourish in order to survive the long winter? Learn more
Feast of the Fire Spirit
9 •AUG
The SALAMANDER is ascribed affinity with
fire & the fire spirit.
To observe, cast a mandrake root into the flames.
(Never a real salamander, newt or reptile!)
World Lion Day
10 • AUG
"The master of the fire element, the Lion is the living mascot of self-transformation. Observant, stealthy, precise in action, Lions do not waste energy or resources.
A symbol of self-mastery."
- The Wild Unknown, Kim Krans
World Elephant Day
12• AUG
Auspicious creatures it is believed that elephants bring abundance & vitality. They are integral to the physical & spiritual life of the universe.
Kaza Matsuri
風まつり
The Wind Kami Festival
15•AUG •25
A Shinto rite honoring the Kami of Wind, traditionally observed around the 210th day after the lunar New Year. This date is believed to mark the onset of typhoon season—a time when powerful storms can bring devastating damage to crops
World Orangutan Day
19 • AUG
Asia's only Great Ape and the world's largest tree-climbing mammal - these 'Humans-of-the-Forest' are highly endangered due to habitat loss. Fruitarians, orangutans are thought to be the sole fruit/seed disperser for several Indonesian rainforest plant species.
THERMIDOR
The Month of Heat
thermos
19 JUL - 17 AUG
From the French Republican Calendar created during the French Revolution. It removed religious, royalist & classical references & honored liberty & secularism. The twelve months were named after natural elements; the days were named for seeds, trees, flowers, fruits, animals & tools common to France & French country living.
RISSHU • 立秋
Start of Autumn
8 AUG - 22 AUG
二十四節季
NIJYUUSHI SEKKI • THE 24 JAPANESE SEASONS
The Japanese have 24 mini-seasons called Nijyuushi Sekki marked by celestial events including solstices,
equinoxes & ecliptical degrees of the sun.
Risshu - the sun moves from 135° to 150° along the ecliptic - the first peek of Autumn.
Hungry Ghost Month
鬼月
23•AUG•25 – 21•SEP•25
The Seventh Lunar Month when Chinese & Taoists believe that the gates of the underworld open and millions of spirits, demons & ghosts are allowed to freely roam the human realm. The Hungry Ghost Festival 6•SEP•25 - is held on the 15th day during the Full Moon
Volcanalia
Festival of Vulcan
23 • AUGUST
A Roman Festival honoring Vulcan, The God of Fire; in both his destructive and beneficial forms. Hephaestus to the Greeks.
Come ye into the summer woods;
There entereth no annoy;
All greenly wave the chestnut leaves,
And the earth is full of joy.
- Mary Howitt (1799-1888)
Sun Orange
• Grand & Royal • Power & Greatness
• Signifies both spiritual & material wealth • It's brightness dispels darkness & helps with protection.
- Colorstrology by Michele Bernhardt
Pantone Color for August • Learn more • Image
COLL
4•AUG•24 - 1•SEP•24
9TH LUNATION
CELTIC ASTROLOGY
The Hazel Tree • Salmon • Crane
The Hazel Tree is the tree of wisdom. Cutting one down was punishable by death. Magical skills & knowledge can be gained from eating hazel nuts. To the Celts, the Salmon is the oldest & wisest of animal.
SAVANNAH
Grasslands, Steppes, Pampas & Prairies
Less than 8% of all grasslands worldwide are protected. The least protected biome on earth is temperate grasslands, at less than 1%. This includes North America’s Great Plains. Only 5% of the original U.S. prairie remains.
Peridot
Birthstone for August & Leo
A deep green stone for clearing & balancing the heart chakra, the peridot evokes late summer. • It carries the gift of inner radiance, sharpening the mind & opening it to new levels of awareness & growth, helping one to recognize & realize one’s destiny & spiritual purpose.
https://www.morningkrow.com/cfa/index.html
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