5/6th May – 21/22nd May Blue bells ring in the turning of dandelion time. Hedgerows waking up welsh poppies and wall pennyworts abundance is everywhere aquilegias, lilac and mayflowers According to the ancient Book of Rites, on Lixia the emperor would lead the Three Ducal Ministers, the Nine Ministers, and senior officials in greeting the summer, and the Read more about Lì xià – Chinese start of summer[…]
Monday – late Spring The moon slides into darkness, meteors shower. I settle into stillness, slowing down to the speed of sound. Able to hear and see the world around,able to notice the colours of a fishes eyelids. The still bare branches of the Ash trees clack gently against each other,wood on wood in the wind.Their hearts wrapped in Read more about Late Spring[…]
Named after the month in which it blooms and a sign that spring is turning to summer. The pale green leaves of this hedgerow staple are often the first to appear in spring, with an explosion of pretty pale-pink blossom in May. It simply teems with wildlife from bugs to birds. Its blossoming marks the Read more about May flower[…]
From Beltane 1st May, or shortly after as the heat waves catch up with the increased light waves (14th May), until Lammas 1st August, we move into early summer. ”In the western world, we are familiar with the four seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter. However, in the Taoist understanding of time and change Read more about Early Summer[…]
oh oh oh it’s magic, you know. Beltane by Ben Lewis https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yqpw?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
The culmination of the 6 months from the Scorpio new moon in November – the two magical times of samhain and beltane. A sacred pause in the cocoon as the caterpillar transforms into the butterfly Pink Moon – April Here is Moon Circle’s 3 minute Taurus Scorpio Full Moon Ritual by Dana Gerhardt and “April’s Full Pink Moon” Read more about Full Pink Moon in Scorpio[…]
We have been rambling all of the night,The best part of this day;And we are returning here back againAnd we’ve brought you a garland gay. A bunch of May we bear aboutBefore the door it stands;It is but a sprout and it’s all budded outAnd it’s the work of God’s own hand. Oh wake up Read more about Mayday[…]
The poem today A tawny owl roosts in a nearby garden. Swifts flash and glimmer as they chase each other across the sky, Clematis and Veronica bloom,Honeysuckle and Elderflower bud. Hawkbit stems stand tall amid grasses already going to seed.And the branches of the Ash tree, outstretched in wild abandon, Each tip raised up toward Read more about Take me I’m yours[…]
The Song the Sun Sings On the First Of May Now, Love, at last I come In fullness rising over you. Let there be new trembling under the cold-hardened earth at the light play of my fingers And sighing in the valleys. Let there be the song of unfolding within your hidden petals At the Read more about May[…]
Beltane Magic meditation Connecting with my Svadhisthana chakra. Earthy womb, umbilical cord, black hole chakra The bookshop band Deeptime https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-song-by-26671746 https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/underland/ Deeptime lyrics Hiding from the world around the little owl sees underground a piece of bronze to weigh me down a hand above to pull me out I stumble through the darkest time deeptime Read more about Deeptime – Svadhisthana Chakra[…]