AUGUST 2026

Hopi Flute Ceremony for Spider Grandmother, Creatrix. A nine day summer ritual held annually in August to invoke the rain, focus on the crops, earth and harvest and give spiritual blessings. 

Midgardsblot, the Norse Summer festival held on the historic Borre Viking burial grounds in Horten, Norway. August 12th – 15th. A four day event including all manner of folk and metal music, Viking culture, workshops and feasting. 

Minstrels and Medieval festivals, European. Usually held late August, in Austria, France, Germany and UK.

Puck Fair begins, and ancient Celtic Irish Fertility Festival held 10th - 12th August. Markets are held, music and agricultural rites including a wild mountain goat is caught and crowned King Puck. 

Starting of the ancient Roman festival honouring Diana, the Goddess of the Moon, hunting and Secular Games. August 13th - 15th and known as the festival of Torches.

1st        Imbolc Eve (Southern Hemisphere) Lughnassadh, Lammas Eve (Northern Hemisphere) Frey’s Feast, (Freysblot) Norse God, a thanksgiving for the fruits and first harvest of the year. Blodeuwedd’s Day, Welsh. She was fashioned from nine different flowers. Iroquois Green Corn Festival, Native American. Birthday of Edward Kelley, born 1555. An English Renaissance occultist, spirit medium and scryer. Ludi Martiales, games held in honour of Mars, Roman God of war.

2nd       Imbolc. (Southern) Lammas (Northern) Birthday of Henry Steel Olcott who co-founded the Theosophical Society with H.P Blavatsky, 1832.

4th        Celtic Tree month of Holly ends. International Clouded Leopard Day.

5th        Celtic Tree month of Hazel begins.

6th        Festival of Thoth, Egyptian.  Penicillin discoverer Alexander Fleming was born in Lochfeild, Scotland 1881.

7th        Adonia ceremony mourning the death of Aphrodite’s lover Adonis in Ancient Greece.

8th        International Cat Day.

9th        Carl Weschcke buys Llewellyn Publications 1960.

10th      World Lion Day.

11th      Birthday of Edain McCoy, born 1957, Author and Witch. Laurie Cabot withdraws from the Salem, Massachusetts Mayoral Race, 1987.

12th      Lights of Isis Festival, Egyptian. Birthday of the Egyptian Goddess, Isis. Celebrated during the Lychnasia festival, Roman Empire.

13th      Festival of Diana, Roman. Invocations to Hecate and Diana in Ancient Rome. Church of Wicca established in Australia by Lady Tamara von Forslun, 1989.

14th      Rowan of Wycksted’s Birthday.

15th      Festival of Torches sacred to the Roman Goddesses Diana and Vesta. Birthday of Charles G Leland, author of Aradia Gospel of the Witches, 1824. Woodstock festival began in a field near Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York, USA in 1969. A three day concert with over 300,000 young folk attending. Would have loved to have been there! The lavender festival is held in France in the village of Sault, Provence. Birthday of Athena, Greek goddess of crafts, war and wisdom.

16th      In 1896, gold was discovered in Rabbit Creek in the Klondike river territory resulting in the Great Klondike Gold Rush. Elvis Presley died in 1977 aged 42.

17th      National Black Cat appreciation day. Odin’s the Norse All-Father God’s ordeal begins and said to end 25th August. Scott Cunningham’s first initiation into Wicca, 1973.

Davy Crockett, the American frontiersman was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA in 1786. Death of Nicholas Black Elk, member of the Ghost Dance, 1950.

18th      Father Urbain Grandier found guilty of bewitching Nuns in Louden, France, 1634.

19th      Rustic Vinalia, a Roman rural festival of ripening grapes and vegetation. John Willard and Reverend George Burroughs put to death in the Salem Witch trials, 1692.

20th      The Lancashire Witches executed in England 1612. Birthday Ann Moura, born 1947, author and witch.

21st      Heraclia in Kynosarges, Greek Festival for Hercules. Consualia Harvest Festival dedicated to the Roman God of the Grain, Consus. Festival of Nemesis, the Greek God of righteous anger and divine retribution, usually held 21st – 23rd. August.

22nd     Brynne, one of the Heathens of Wycksted’s birthday today. Order of the Rosy Cross (Rosicrucian’s) established in Paris, 1623. Victims of Violence International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief. Recognising the importance of assisting victims and those persecuted for their religious beliefs.

23rd      Day of Moira, Greek Goddess of Fate. It honurs the three sister Goddesses of fate, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. Vulcanalia Festival in honour of the Roman God of Fire, Vulcan.

24th      Roman Goddess of agriculture, corn, crops and grain, Ceres is honoured.

25th      Opeconsiva Harvest Festival dedicated to Ops, the Roman Goddess of Plenty.

26th      Ilmatars Day, Finnish Water Goddess Mother/Creatrix.

27th      Procession of Bast, Egyptian. Sometimes held in July. Sacred to Isis, Egyptian Supreme Goddess. Festival dedicated to the birthday of Nut, Egyptian Goddess of Sky.

29th      Pardon of the Sea, for Britain’s Sea Goddess, Abes.

30th      Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein was born in London, UK, 1797.

31st      Raymond Buckland born 1934, Author and Witch.

 

 

MOON PHASES

6th - LAST QUARTER MOON. Time to clear out anything that hasn´t worked or isn´t needed. Rising at midnight and setting at noon, this Moon is 90-45 degrees behind the Sun. Time to clear out anything that hasn’t worked or isn’t working.

13th - NEW MOON. Start new projects. A time to plan and prepare especially if it is so cold outdoors and one just wants to curl up in front of the fire or heater. Think about what has been and what you would like to change and do in your future. New job, moving house, new relationship or perhaps a new life is coming into the family be it kith, kin, fur or fin. An ideal time to write up notes, fill in your book of shadows, journals and herbal grimoires as we work under the phase of the moon.

20th - FIRST QUARTER MOON. Rising at Noon and setting at Midnight, the Moon is 90-135 degrees ahead of the Sun. Light and dark are in equal balance. Consolidate and give form to projects. Be creative and deal with any challenges that may arise.

28th - FULL MOON. The Earth is between the Sun and Moon. The Moon, rising at sunset and setting at dawn, is 180-135 degrees behind the Sun. The Full Moon is the time to celebrate the complete.

Last Quarter Moon in Taurus

The New Moon is in Leo

First Quarter Moon in Scorpio/Sagittarius 

The Full Moon is in Pisces

 

APOGEE AND PERIGEE  From timeanddate.com The Moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, but elliptical, with one side closer to Earth than the other. As a result, the distance between the Moon and Earth varies throughout the month and the year. On average, the distance is about 382,900 kilometers (238,000 miles). The point on the Moon's orbit closest to Earth is called the Perigee and the point farthest away is the Apogee. 

Apogee (Furthest away from the Earth) 22nd

Perigee (Closest to the Earth) - 10th

 

PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWERS 

One of the brightest meteor showers of the year. They occur every year around mid-July to the last week of August and usually peak 13th – 14th August.  

ECLIPSES     

Total Solar Eclipse - 12th. This is when the Moon completely covers the face of the Sun.

Partial Lunar Eclipse - 27th – 28th. The Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon.

 

THE AUGUST STAR SIGNS 

LEO - July 23rd – August 23rd.  Symbol – The Lion, Element – Fire, Planet – The Sun, Quality – Fixed, Personal Creed- I will, Positive/Masculine Sign. The Lion, King of the Beasts, links with royal nobility and ruled by the Sun, the brightest star in the universe.

Some of the Leo’s. Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Tennyson, Amelia Earhart, Andy Warhol, Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Benito Mussolini, Bill Clinton,  Carl Jung,  Davey Crockett, Edain McCoy, Emily Bronte, Fidel Castro, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Ford, Hulk Hogan, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jennifer Lopez, Lucille Ball, Madonna the singer, Mae West, Mata Hari, Mick Jagger, Napolean Bonaparte, Neil Armstrong, Nerys M, Nicole W, Pam T, Peter O’Toole,  Queen Mother, Raymond Buckland, Robert De Niro, Rowan of Wycksted, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Yves St Laurent.

VIRGO - August 24th – September 22nd. Symbol – The Virgin, Element – Earth, Planet – Mercury, Quality – Mutable, Personal Creed - I analyze, Negative/Feminine Sign
Virgoans are the craftsmen of the Zodiac, forever trying to better our planet with their earthy natures. 

Some of the famous Virgos. Jack Black, Tim Burton, Agatha Christie, Sean Connery, Roald Dahl, Cameron Diaz, Idris Elba, Elizabeth I, Tom Hardy, Salma Hayek, Buddy Holly, Michael Jackson, Rupert Grint, Stephen King, Prince Harry, Melissa McCarthy, Freddie Mercury, Bill Murrya, Keanu Reeves, Colonel Sanders, Adam Sandler, Leo Tolstoy, H. G. Wells and Amy Winehouse.

 

CELTIC LUNAR TREE

The Celtic Tree calendar is based on thirteen lunar divisions. Each division has a sacred tree assigned to it that were said to have been chosen by ancient Druids. The trees rich in history and folk lore have many magickal energies associated to them. Please note that the Celtic Tree calendar was written from the Northern Hemisphere.   .