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August 2025 Witch Guide

New Moon: August 23rd

First Quarter: August 1st

Full moon: August 9th

Last Quarter: August 16th

Sabbats: Lammas-August 1st

August Grain Moon

Also known as: Dispute Moon, Hazel Moon, Hot Moon(Tunica), Ricing Moon(Ojibwe) & Sturgeon Moon

Element: Fire

Zodiac: Leo & Virgo

Nature spirts: Dryads

Deities: Diana, Ganesha, Hathor, Hecate, Mars, Nemesis, Thoth & Vulcan

Animals: Lion & sphinx

Mythical: Dragon & phoenix

Birds: Crane, Eagle, falcon

Trees:  Alder, cedar, hazel

Herbs: Angelica, basil, bay, fennel, orange, rosemary, rue & St John's wort

Colors: Dark-green, gold, orange, red & yellow

Flowers: Chamomile, marigold & sunflower

Scents:  Frankincense & heliotrope

Stones:  Carnelian, cat's eye, emerald, fire agate, garnet jade, jasper, moonstone, peridot, sardonyx, red agate, topaz & tourmaline

Issues, intentions & powers:  Abundance, animal magic, prophecy, prosperity & wisdom

Energy:  Authority, appreciation, courage, entertainment, finding your voice, friendships, gathering, harvesting energy, health, love, pleasures, power & vitality

 

August gets it's moon name  because this was the time of the first harvest of the year & like to celebrate the occasion with feasts & festivals.

This was also an ideal time to resolve disputes between neighbors. This tradition of summertime legalese continued well into the 19th Century in different parts of Britain, where August 1st ( Lughnasadh & Lammas) was a traditional time to collect rent & pay workers. Today the August Full Moon is a time to celebrate all your work & progress during the year, knowing that you are also prepared for the months ahead.

• Sturgeon Moon was popularized by Farmers almanac. The name Sturgeon Moon comes from the giant lake sturgeon of the Great Lakes & Lake Champlain; this native freshwater fish was readily caught during this part of summer & an important food staple for Native Americans who lived in the region. At one time the lake sturgeon was quite abundant in late summer, though they are rarer today.

Lughnasadh

Known as: Bron-Trogain, Lammas, August Eve & Feast of Bread

Season: Summer

Element: Fire

Symbols: Corn, corn dolls, cornucopias, pentacles, rowan cross & shafts of grains

Colors: Blue, gold, golden-yellow, green, indigo, light-brown, maroon orange, red, red-brown, violet & yellow

Oils/Incense: Aloe, apple, blackberry, corn, cinnamon, eucalyptus, marigold, patchouli, rose, safflower & sandalwood

Animals: Bull, calf, dog, lion stag & squirrel

Birds: Chicken & Eagle

Stones:  Aventurine, carnelian, citrine, diamond, peridot, onyx, quartz, topaz & sardonyx

Food: Apples, apple cider, barely cakes, berries, berry pie, breads, corn, colcannon, honey, grains, lamb, mead nuts, potatoes, rice, squash & wine

Herbs/Plants: Alfalfa, allspice, aloe, basil, bay, blackberry, corn, cornsilk, cornstalk, crab apple, fennel, fenugreek, frankincense, ginseng, golden seal, gorse, grapes, meadowsweet, oak-leaves, pear, rosemary, rye & wheat

Flowers:  Clycamen, heather, hollyhocks, sunflower

Trees: Acacia, apple, hazelnut, holly, myrtle, oak & rowan

Goddesses:  Aine, Alphito, Artemis, Bracacia, Carmen, Ceres, Damia, Danu, Demeter, Diana, Dryads, Ereshkigal, Freya, Frigga, Hathor, Hecate, Inanna, Ishtar, Isis, Juturna, Kait, Luannotar, Nemesis, Ops, Persephone, Pomona, Stata Mater, Sul, Taillte, Tailtiu Tea & Zaramama

Gods: Athtar, Bes, Bran, Consus, Dagon, Dumuzi, Ebisu, Ghanan, Howtu, Liber, Loki, Lono, Lugh, Neper, Odin, Osiris, Ragbod, Thor, Thoth, Vulcan, Xiuhtecuhtli, Xochipilli

Tarot cards: Strength, The Sun,  Seven of Pentacles, Ten of Pentacles, Four of Wands, Justice & Wheel of Fortune

Spellwork:  Abundance, bounty, communication with the dead, fire magic, honoring ancestors, growth, personal transformation prosperity, rituals of thanks & sun magic

Issues, Intentions & Powers:  Abundance, accomplishments, agriculture, challenges, celebration, darkness, death, endings, gratitude, protection, release ,strength, & transformation

Activities:

• Bake fresh bread

• Weave wheat

• Take walks in nature or along bodies of water

• Craft a corn doll out of husks

• Learn a new skill

• Watch the sunrise/sunset

• Leave grains and seeds in a place where birds, squirrels and other small animals can appreciate them

• Eat outside with family/friends/coven members

• Donate to your local foodbank

• Prepare a feast with your garden harvest

• Give thanks & offerings to the Earth

• Trade crafts of make deals

• Gather and/or dry herbs to use for the upcoming year

• Celebrate/honor the god Lugh by hosting a competition of games

• Participate in matchmaking or handfasting ceremonies

• Decorate your altar with symbols of the season

• Clean up a space in nature

• Plant saved seeds or save seeds to use in the future

Lughnasadh or Lammas is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland & the Isle of Man. Traditionally it is held on 1 August, or about halfway between the summer solstice & autumn equinox. In recent centuries some of the celebrations have shifted to the Sunday nearest this date.

Lughnasadh is mentioned in early Irish literature & has pagan origins. The festival is named after Lugh the god of craftsmanship. It was also founded by the god Lugh as a funeral feast & athletic competition/funeral games in memory of his foster-mother Tailtiu. She was said to have died of exhaustion after clearing the plains of Ireland for agriculture.

• Tailtiu may have been an earth goddess who represented the dying vegetation that fed mankind.

• Another tale says that Lugh founded the festival in memory of his two wives, the sisters Nás & Bói. 

In the Middle Ages it involved great gatherings that included ceremonies, athletic contests (most notably the Tailteann Games which were extremely dangerous), horse racing, feasting, matchmaking & trading.

• With the coming of Christianity to the Celtic lands, the old festival of Lughnasadh took on Christian symbolism. Loaves of bread were baked from the first of the harvested grain & placed on the church altar on the first Sunday of August. The Christianized name for the feast of Lughnasadh is Lammas which means “loaf mass”.

Other Celebrations:

• Ganesh Chaturthi: August 27th

Is a Hindu festival celebrating the birthday of Hindu deity Ganesh. This festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha's murtis (devotional representations of a deity) privately in homes & publicly on elaborate pandals.

Observances include chanting of Vedic hymns and Hindu texts, such as prayers & vrata(fasting). Offerings & prasada from the daily prayers, that are distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modak because it is believed to be a favourite of Ganesha. The festival ends on the tenth day after start, when the murti is carried in a public procession with music & group chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea, called visarjana on the day of Ananta Chaturdashi.

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Wikipedia

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Llewellyn 2025 magical almanac Practical magic for everyday living

Mabonhouse.com

aianta.org/native-american-moon-names

Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials: Lughnasadh

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~~ August: Sturgeon Moon ~~

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Collage number eight from my series: "13 Full Moons". 🌕 August's full moon is the Sturgeon Moon. Other names for this full moon include: Corn Moon (or Green Corn Moon), Grain Moon and Red Moon. 🌕🐟🌽🌾

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Check out the previous ones:

January: Wolf Moon 🌕🐺🏠

February: Snow Moon🌕❄️🐻

March: Worm Moon 🌕🐛🍁💀

April: Pink Moon 🌕🌸🌱🐟

May: Flower Moon🌕 🌻🌼🐇

June: Strawberry Moon 🌕🍓🌹

July: Buck Moon 🌕🦌🌩️🐝🌾

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The Sky Tonight Update: Full Sturgeon Moon

This August 9th, the Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 07:56 UTC (1:56 AM Central Time). This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Sturgeon. Continue reading The Sky Tonight Update: Full Sturgeon Moon

The Sky Tonight Update: Full Sturgeon Moon

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Took this picture yesterday evening near my house in Kyotanabe. The following is courtesy of goodto.com. The full Moon in August is called the Sturgeon Moon because of the abundance of the giant sturgeon found in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain in North America this summer. Astrologer Inbaal Honigman says: "Sturgeon Moon” takes its name from Native American tribes, who found it easier to notice and catch the sturgeon, America's largest freshwater fish, during the full moon in August. "In the past few years, there's been a trend of calling the full Moons by their native American names, but it is simply the August full moon." Many other names also know the Sturgeon Moon. Inbaal explains: "Other names for the August full Moon are linked with the time of year, such as Corn Moon, Grain Moon, as this is the time to start the harvest, and even the Full Red Moon, as the late August heat can tinge the atmosphere reddish in some parts of the world." It's unclear exactly when the Sturgeon Moon began, but it occurs annually, and over time, different cultures have given names to full Moons across the lunar calendar.  In Old English, the Sturgeon Moon was sometimes known as the Barley Moon or Fruit Moon, while the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest traditionally called this time of the season the Mountain Shadows Moon. The Assiniboine people named this period Black Cherries Moon, referring to when chokecherries become ripe. And in China, August’s full Moon marks the start of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a traditional festival where ancestors are honoured and ghosts appeased. Celebrity Psychic and Astrologer Inbaal Honigman explains: "The Sturgeon Moon promises to be yet another bright and bold Supermoon. The Moon in Aquarius is a time for reflection on justice - are we doing all that we can to help those less fortunate?" The spiritual meaning of the Sturgeon Moon is claiming a more fruitful life and focusing on gratitude, according to trusted-astrology.com. More intentions, like perseverance, are also part of the Sturgeon Moon's spiritual meaning.

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AUTUMN MOONS

Hand-painted by us with a variety of inks then stitched with white thread, each garland is a unique work of art. 🍂 AUTUMN - 3 mini moon garlands - Grain • Harvest • Blood  Drawing inspiration from the Celtic calendar each mini moon garland also represents the part of the year it falls into: 'light' full moons feature pearlised, shimmering inks.

Our mini moon phases wall hanging is a beautiful and inventive way to bring a touch of the celestial indoors.

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B.O.S/ Grimoire Idea

Put sticky notes on your page so that you can peel one of and rewrite every month!

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Next Full Moon: August 26, 2018

Known as the “Sturgeon”,

“Green Corn”, ”Barley”, “Fruit”, and/or “Grain” Moon.

This moon is mainly called the “Sturgeon Moon”, because of the large amount of this freshwater fish that could once be found in and around the lakes and rivers the Algonquin people fished in (native it the Ontario area).

Sturgeons belong to the ancient family of 𝘈𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘦, so this may be a good time to get in touch with ancestors, if you so choose.

Females of this species can live up to 150 years old, so for females (or those with a lot of Yin energy) this is the perfect time to meditate, give yourself a tarot reading, or contemplate what ails you. The wise moon will aid you in your search for knowledge/answers/or just to help you relax.

(I am fairly confident that you guys can infer why the other names are what they are. 🤙🏾)

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The Sky Tonight Update: Full Green Corn Moon

The Sky Tonight Update: Full Green Corn Moon

The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 12:02 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Sturgeon Moon because the large sturgeon fish of the Great Lakes and other major lakes were more easily caught at this time of year. This moon has also been known as the Green Corn Moon…

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