Dancing Nature's Rhythms
Autumn into Winter Yellowing gold into Dark red blaze Fire Season Burning Rememberance Leaves fall Trees stand tall Bare naked clarity Face the truth Learn the lessons Mulch the goodness down down down and In Here at the meeting point The past feeds what is to come Scorpio season of transformation transmutation change Death feeds Read more about Scorpio Season[…]
Descent of Frost” (霜降, shuāngjiàng) from 23rd October to the 8th November Lidong when winter stirs. Shuangjiang is the 18th solar term of the Chinese lunar calendar marking the final stage of Autumn. The 3 pentads David Whyte Winter Apple – Beloved poetry https://on.soundcloud.com/5lG2Yzyem7FqAidXc
After the harvest, take stock, balance the books, Looking back over the season acknowledge what went well and what could have been better, learn the lessons, Gratitude & forgiveness Change of focus – eyes front – what do we need to do going forward? Let go of what is no longer serving us, so as Read more about Libra New Moon[…]
October was Winterfylleth, or the “winter full moon,” because, according to Bede winter was said to begin on the first full moon in October. Every full moon illuminates what was previously unseen In Aries – fire sign of the self, Tadaa! here I am! New shoot emerging above ground full of life growing power but vulnerable Read more about Hunter’s Super Full moon in Aries[…]
1st Yom Kippur Jewish Day of atonement – holiest day of the year. The literal translation of kippurim is cleansing. Yom Kippur is a Jewish day to atone for misdeeds and become cleansed and purified from them. 20th Diwali – a Hindhu/ Sikh/Jain Festival of Lights 23rd Stow horse fair – Autumn gypsy/Roma gathering 25th Apple day Read more about October almanac[…]
Yellowing Month. Moving indoors, garden furniture goes away and chimneys are cleaned ready for the fires to be lit.Time of snowberries, mushrooms nuts & apples Housemartins migrate, owls duet Winter geese, swans and other visiting winter birds return wind swirls through fallen leaves Sun in Libra until 22nd time to find balance & partner, followed by Read more about October[…]
Time of conkers, chestnuts, beech punts & acorns. Apples are harvestedAs Housemartins depart& Winter Geese & Swans return.Owls duet, Deer rut& Winds swirl through falling leaves Yang Cardinal Air sign, ruled by Venus Libra harvests the fruits opposite Aries shoots Cardinal – represents new beginnings and the energy of things that are just starting. A deep Read more about Libra September 22nd to October 22nd[…]
Moving from harvesting the fruits of this year, from bringing in the last sheaf of wheat, to the Apple harvest and giving thanks; to shedding a necessary leaf or two or doing some active pruning before the bonfire time Also, when we shift into the darker half of the year storytelling really comes into its Read more about Autumn Equinox – Mabon – Harvest. Virgo moves into Libra Season[…]
Shadows lengthen, leaves begin to turn & fall, fruits, nuts & berries ripen for harvest. Birds migrate from & fro, owls duet & deer rut. Mushrooms pop, winds swirl until first frosts descend. Because the early Roman year began in March rather than January, the final four months of our year—September, October, November and December—were Read more about Autumn[…]
Jeremy Torrance web producer | 12:06 UK time, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 The word harvest comes from the Anglo-Saxon word haerfest meaning autumn and early autumn really is a time of wild fruits aplenty. So what’s in season now and who’s eating? Blackberries Blackberry jam, blackberry fool, blackberry cordial… blackberry picking is one of the nation’s favourite autumn past-times and this late summer/early Read more about Nature’s feast of Early Autumn Fruits[…]
The years work coming to fruition Gathering and Counting the harvest, seeing all the good, counting our blessings, giving thanks corn moon, making and breaking bread. New seeds falling onto the earth. Change, endings and beginnings. sorting the wheat from the chaff – discernment streamlining our day to day routine, making it simpler to come Read more about Virgo New Moon[…]
Virgo(♍︎) Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area on average between August 23 and September 22, and the Sun transits the constellation Virgo from approximately September 16 to October 30. The mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury. It’s is symbolised by the maiden. Based on Astraea, in Greek mythology, she was the last immortal to abandon Read more about Virgo Season[…]
The January Man The January man he goes around in woollen coat and boots of leatherThe February man still shakes the snow from of his clothes and blows his handsThe man of March he sees the Spring and wonders what the year will bringAnd hopes for better weather. Through April rain the man goes down Read more about The Wheel of the Agricultural Year[…]
Heart Meridians and Throat chakra Time to bloom and sing the song of love
Forget every idea of right and wrong any classroom ever taught youBecause an empty heart, a tormented mind, unkindness, jealousy and fearAre always the testimony you have been completely fooled!Turn your back on those who would imprison your wondrous spiritWith deceit and lies.Come, join the honest company of the King’s beggars –Those gamblers, scoundrels and Read more about A GOLDEN COMPASS[…]
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[…]
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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[…]
With the arrival of “Cold Dew” (Hanlu), the 17th of China’s 24 solar terms and autumn reaches its peak. As the weather turns cooler, mist settles over the mountains and fields, and crimson leaves paint the hillsides. Ancient Chinese divided the 15 days of Cold Dew into three pentads. The first pentad welcomes the arrival Read more about Hán lù – Chinese season of Cold dew[…]
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