Lichen on bare branches, winds howl, birdsong builds, daffodils spear & leafbuds fatten

Love is in the air, on the song of courting birds.
February comes from the word februum (purification) and februa, the rites or instruments used for purification. Time to spring clean, out with the old, to make space for the new. Lent detox

Stirrings

Nature is beginning to stir, and just as the seeds are beginning to root and shoot, it is the time for us to start rooting the dreams and visions that have been germinating internally within us over the winter months. Getting a plan together (Aquarius roots (then Leo full moon full moon in Leo is all about love, tapping into our creativity, passions and desires) , Pisces shoots (Virgo full moon manifests the dreams in reality) – Aries breaks through to sunshine).

1st Imbolc (In the belly) St Brigid’s day.

1st Full Snow moon in Leo.

2nd Candlemas

4th Lichun Spring Stirring – First period of the Chinese luni-solar calendar

12-13th Tu Bishvat Jewish New year of the trees

14th Valentines day – birds wedding day.

17th New moon in Aquarius Solar eclipse

Chinese New Year of Fire horse

19th Sun moves into Pisces

19th yǔshuǐ – More Rain than Snow

Seeds Root & shoot – believe in the dreams and start to turn them into plans

Daffodils & leafbuds fatten

The poet Teba on a horse by Hokusai