September Almanac

Month of long shadows

& Blackberry season

Conkers drop & mushrooms pop as spiders move indoors and bees cling to the Ivy

In Anglo-Saxon Haligmonath – Holy month

Eclipse season

1st September – Start of Meteorological Autumn based on the temperature cycle

4th prophet Mohammad’s birthday

7th Full Moon in Pisces – total lunar

8th Bái lù – White dew chinese lunisolar calendar

11th Rastafarian New Year

21st New moon – second in Virgo & partial solar eclipse

21st International Peace day

22nd Autumn Equinox – Mabon – also known as Alban Elfed by the druids – The start of Astronomical autumn based on the position of the earth into the sun.
& The Sun moves into Libra

23rd Qiū fēn Autumn divide chinese lunisolar calendar

29th Michaelmas – The Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, the day st Michael fell to earth, landing on a blackberry bush & causing them all to shrivel.
Michaelmas daisies/ Asters bloom.

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