Catkins dingle-dangle, mosses glow green & small birds fluff up against the cold but the light steals back as bright winter aconites & snowdrops emerge.

1st New Years Day

3rd Full Wolf Moon in Cancer The January full moon is also known as the Old Moon and the Ice Moon in some European regions. In the Anglo-Saxon tradition, it’s called the Moon After Yule.

5th Twelth night – Christmas tree down & time to wassail the apple trees singing to them & blessing them for a fruitful year.

6th Epiphany & xiǎohán Chinese season of slight cold

13th Plough Monday – return to work

13th The darkest time wanes. As we move out of the darkest 6 weeks of the year, the return of light can just start to be felt

18th 8pm New moon in Capricorn

19th Sun moves into Aquarius

20th dàhán season of major cold

25th Burns night & dydd Santes Dwynwyn Welsh St valentines