Mark the first harvest with Lammas spells for love, luck, protection and clarity — and learn how to cut, keep and sweeten what’s actually working.

A Wiccan woman casting spells at Lammas, with the moon, sun, wheat, a chalice, flowers, bread, a basket of food, as her dress becomes tree roots around a flaming cauldron

By the time Lammas — also known as Lughnasadh (pronounced Lou-nuh-sah) — arrives, energy has shifted. The heat of Litha hasn’t disappeared, exactly, but it’s no longer reckless. The days are still long, the sun still strong, but something underneath it all has started to tighten, to narrow, to ask a quieter question: What, exactly, was all of that for?

Lammas is the first answer.

This is the moment of the first harvest, when what you planted back at Ostara — and pushed into full bloom through Litha — finally has to show up as something real. Something usable. Something you can hold in your hands.

Not everything makes it. Some things were never going to. And Lammas doesn’t pretend otherwise.

That’s why the magic here feels different.

It’s about choosing what to keep. What to cut. What to protect. What to sweeten, strengthen or walk away from entirely.

Because the Wheel keeps turning. After Lammas comes Mabon, when balance returns and the full harvest arrives. By then, the decisions you make now will already be in motion. What you save will grow. What you cut will be gone. What you ignore might quietly shape itself anyway.

These spells lean into that energy directly. They’re built around the tools of the season — grain, honey, thread, simple objects you can hold, cut, bind or transform — and each one asks you to do something very Lammas: Decide what matters — and act on it.

Lammas Spellbook

Spell to Attract Love That Sticks
Spell to Protect What You’ve Built
Spell to Discover the Truth About Something
Spell to Find the Motivation to Finish What You Started
Spell to Sweeten a Situation in Your Favor
Spell to Cut Out a Negative Influence

A cactus man knels in the desert under the moon and sun, with hearts stuck onto his needles

1. Spell to Attract Love That Sticks

For drawing in real connection — and making it last

Lammas doesn’t deal in fleeting things.

This isn’t a spell for sparks or passing attention. It’s for the kind of love that stays.

You’ll need:

a magnet
a handful of small metal objects (paper clips, pins, nails — mixed is better)
a slip of paper
a pen
a piece of bread
a red sachet

Sit down and write what you want — not a person, not a fantasy, but the qualities that would actually nourish you. Be specific.

Fold the paper and place it in front of you.

Now scatter the metal objects loosely in front of the paper.

Hold the magnet in your hand and pause for a moment before moving it.

Say:

Draw what’s real and draw what’s true,
Not what fades, but what comes through.
Hold it close and let it stay.
What is meant won’t slip away.

Now bring the magnet down and drag it slowly through the metal pieces, letting them jump, cling and follow.

Watch what happens. Some pieces will attach immediately. Some will resist, then snap into place. Some won’t come at all.

Do this a few times, slowly, deliberately — not rushing the moment.

Then stop. Look at what’s actually attached to the magnet.

Take only those pieces — the ones that chose to hold — and place them on top of the folded paper.

Push the rest aside.

Now take the piece of bread and tear it in half.

Eat one half slowly.

Place the other half on top of the paper and metal pieces.

Say, quietly:

What holds stays.
What feeds remains.

Leave everything in place overnight.

In the morning, remove the bread and bury it under a tree.

Keep the paper and the metal pieces that stuck inside a red sachet.

A tattooed man stands under thorny vines as the moon and sun look down as he holds a cloche with a house inside

2. Spell to Protect What You’ve Built

For guarding your work, your relationships and your energy from being undone

You’ve put in the effort. You’ve grown something real. And now the work shifts — not to building more, but to keeping what matters from being worn down, drained or taken apart.

This spell is about creating a boundary you can actually feel.

You’ll need:

a small object that represents what you’ve built (a coin, key or something personal)
a length of thread or twine
a small piece of gold or green cloth
a jar or container with a lid

Hold the object in your hand for a moment.

Be clear about what it stands for: your work, your progress, a relationship, your energy. Don’t generalize it. Name it.

Place it in the center of the cloth.

Now begin to wrap it slowly.

As you wrap, say:

What I’ve built, I choose to keep,
Bound and held, not worn or weak.
Closed to harm and closed to drain,
Only what’s mine will here remain.

Once fully wrapped, take the thread and begin to bind it with the thread or twine. Make it secure. Turn the object as you go, layering the thread in different directions — crossing over itself, reinforcing it.

When it feels tight and contained, tie it off with a firm knot.

Hold it in both hands and pause.

Then place it inside the container.

Before closing it, say three times:

Held in place and sealed with care,
What I’ve made stays guarded there.

Close the lid.

Place it somewhere safe.

A woman with symbols painted all over her in gold wearing an owl mask as she casts a Lammas spell with a cauldron, chalice and candles as owls watch

3. Spell to Discover the Truth About Something

For seeing clearly — and knowing what’s real without second-guessing

Lammas is where illusions start to fall apart. It’s the time of year when you can see what actually grew, and what shriveled on the vine.

This spell is about revealing what’s been hidden or unclear.

You’ll need:

a small bowl
water
a spoonful of flour
a slip of paper
a pen
a necklace or pendulum

Write your question clearly on the paper. Be direct.

Fold it and place it beneath the bowl.

Fill the bowl with water and set it directly over the paper.

Now take the flour in your hand and pause.

Say:

What is hidden, come to light,
Show me clearly, wrong or right.
No more guessing, no disguise,
Truth revealed before my eyes.

Repeat it two more times.

Now sprinkle the flour gently across the surface of the water. But don’t stir it. Just watch.

At first it will sit on top — scattered, soft, undefined. Then slowly, it will begin to shift, gather and form patterns.

After a minute or two, take the spoon and give the water one slow, deliberate stir — just enough to disrupt what’s formed.

Watch again. What remains clear? What disappears? What becomes heavier, more obvious?

Now hold the pendulum or necklace over the center of the bowl.

Think of a yes or no question related to what you wrote on the paper.

Say:

If the path is true, swing straight.
If concealed, turn and rotate.

Hold your hand still.

Watch carefully.

If the pendulum swings:

back and forth: The answer is yes, true or open
in circles: The answer is no, blocked, false or being concealed

When you have your answer, touch the surface of the water lightly with two fingers. Then touch your temple.

Say with finality:

What is true remains.

A tattooed man in a tunic holds a sickle, stands in a field of sunflowers, wheat and bees, and casts a spell at Lammas

4. Spell to Find the Motivation to Finish What You Started

For pushing through resistance and actually getting it done

Lammas is the season where effort becomes outcome — or doesn’t. Where the difference between started and finished suddenly matters. If you’ve been circling something, avoiding it, losing steam halfway through… this is where you deal with it.

You’ll need:

a length of thread or twine
a handful of dried pasta with holes (penne or rigatoni, perhaps)
a bowl

Sit down with everything in front of you.

Take the thread in your hand and look at the pasta. Each piece represents a step. A task. A part of something you haven’t finished.

Drop all the pasta into the bowl.

Now take one piece. Thread it onto the string.

Say:

What I start, I carry through,
Step by step, I see it through.

Take another piece. Thread it.

Repeat the chant.

Continue like this — one piece at a time, one repetition at a time.

If you feel resistance, good. That’s OK. Keep going.

The thread will begin to fill. The weight will shift in your hands. It will start to feel like something — not just an idea, but a thing you’re making.

When you reach the last piece, thread it slowly.

Say the chant one final time.

Then tie the ends of the thread together into a loop.

Hold it for a moment.

Then drape it somewhere you’ll see it often.

A creature half-man, half- bee flexes his muscles, surrounded by the moon, sun, bees, flowers, wheat, a hive and honey

5. Spell to Sweeten a Situation in Your Favor

For softening tension and nudging things your way

You’ll need:

bread or cracker
honey

Hold the bread in your hand.

Think clearly about the situation.

Dip your fingers into the honey.

Pause. Then say:

Bitter turns and sharpness fades,
What resists now softens and sways.

Repeat it three times.

Now slowly spread the honey across the bread or cracker with your fingers.

Visualize changing something.

As you spread, say quietly:

Shift and settle, smooth and slow.

Repeat it three times.

Bring the bread to your mouth.

Before you take a bite, say:

What was strained now bends my way.

Then eat it.

A blue-skinned demon with horns casts a Lammas spell, using two pairs of scissors to cut golden threads over a woman whose bound with rope and charms

6. Spell to Cut Out a Negative Influence

For removing something cleanly — and being done with it

Some things don’t need to be worked through. They need to be cut out.

You’ll need:

a length of black thread
scissors
an object connected to or that represents the person you want to banish

Take the thread and tightly wrap it around the object many times. With each pass, focus on what this thing has taken from you: your energy, your peace, your time, your confidence. Bind it with force, even aggression.

When the object feels fully bound, hold it.

Say:

What clings now comes apart.

Pull the thread tight and tie a tight knot.

Now take the scissors.

Pause for one breath.

Then do one deliberate cut.

Say:

Cut it loose. Cut it free. No more hold on me.

When the final strand falls away, unwrap the loose thread from the object and drop it aside.

Hold the object again.

Notice the difference — uncovered, separated, no longer bound to you in the same way.

Then say:

Done is done.

Repeat that line three times.

Discard the thread.

A phoenix rises from the flames of a nest made of wheat

Lammas Magic

Lammas reminds us that abundance isn't just about what we’ve harvested — it’s also about how we choose to use it. This season invites us to recognize our strengths, release what drains us and prepare for what comes next with gratitude and intention. Like the first grain gathered from the fields, the small actions you take now can nourish and sustain you long after summer fades. Every sabbat has its own gifts: Imbolc magic sparks possibility; Ostara spells nurture new beginnings; Beltane spells ignite passion and connection; and Litha magic amplifies courage and transformation. Lammas teaches us what to do with all that growth: gather it, honor it and let it sustain you for the journey ahead. –Wally