Dancing Nature's Rhythms
Named after the Roman emperor Augustus August 1, Summer’s end, first harvest festival, traditionally known as Lammas Day, was a festival to mark the annual wheat and corn harvest. Lammas also marked the mid-point between the summer solstice and autumn equinox, and was a cross-quarter day. See more about Lammas Day. Lammas timea time reckoning.a time to take Read more about August[…]
The turning of the year as the temperature peaks and starts its gradual descent. And the growing season turns to ripening and harvest. When Leo is in its strength and power, this energy knows and remembers its radiant and shining divine essence, shared by all life. We are born to make manifest the glory of Read more about Sun in Leo[…]
As we move into late summer, The Earth, air and Sea are at their warmest. It is holiday season and there is a lazy feeling, things can wait. There is a feeling of abundance. The natural world is ripening. Lammas, on the 1st August, being the first of the 3 harvest phases of year, wheat Read more about Late Summer[…]
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,this is the best season of your life. by Wu Men Hui-k’aiEnglish version by Stephen Mitchell Flowing in and out of all the cycles of the life. Our breath, the circadian daily rhythmn , Read more about The best season[…]
Joy Harjo Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop. Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control. Open the door, then close it behind you. Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean. Give it back with gratitude. If Read more about For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet[…]
Watch the animation below to see how the phases of the Moon work during a complete lunar cycle. https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/names-full-moons-throughout-year How many phases of the Moon are there? In between these, the Moon goes through multiple stages of partial illumination during its different phases. These are the banana-shaped crescent Moon, the D-shaped quarter Moon and the almost complete gibbous Moon. Read more about Moon phases[…]
In the Complete book of Oriental Yoga Hatha and Taoist Yoga for the Seasons By Michael Hetherington says,“ There is no doubt that energy moves through us differently according to the time of day, the climatic conditions, the attitudes we harbor and the cycles of the moon, just to name a few. With the natural Read more about The Natural Flow of Life[…]
The Earth’s seasons can be understood as “phases of the Sun”, similar to how the Moon goes through its cycle of phases. This graph shows the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere, with the x-axis being time and the y-axis being intensity of Sun energy (blue) and temperature (pink). (For the Southern Hemisphere, this cycle is Read more about Seasonal rhythms[…]
End of 6 month cycle beginning with the Aquarius new moon on 1st February Bony, black, bottom-feeder, stirring up the silt on the riverbed, searching for food Also known as Ripe berries moon Mountain Shadows Moon, by the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest.
Birds hop bravely, territorially Albeit cautiously, in their patchy plummage. Butterflies however, flutter and flit with abandon Perfectly suited for this moment of late summer Where Honeysuckle, Crosimia & hibiscus bloom And Fat bees plump up on the marjoram flowers. As the heat rises and shimmers All sound diminishes. I am mute Empty Nothing more Read more about Late summer[…]
“Fair weather on St. Lawrence’s Day presages a fair autumn”.It is a fair day.
Lions gate starting 23rd July peaking and celebrated on 8th August is the Egyptian return of the flood, fertility and the divine feminine, bringing in infinite abundance, incredible potential for manifestation, and heightened sensitivity to equanimity, heightened spiritual awareness, awakening, and insight.
At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don’t need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens – that letting go – you let go Read more about Monday 1st August – Lammas[…]
The Festival Sabbat of Lammas Lughnassadh, Lugnasad August 1st/2nd It is now high summer and the union of Sun and Earth, of God and Goddess, has produced the First Harvest. Lammas is the celebration of this first, Grain Harvest, a time for gathering in and giving thanks for abundance. Mabon or the Autumn Equinox is the Second Read more about Lammas – Lughnasa[…]
Leo new moon, big roar – seed releasedThe Islamic New year Starts from the first siting of the new moon on approximately 31st July
Lasting until the 8th August which is the begninning of Autumn coming hot on the tails of Celtic festival of Lammas the first harvest