Month of long shadows 1st September – Start of Meteorological Autumn 7th Jewish New Year 5782 starts the 10 Days of Awe to Yom Kippur 8th New Moon in Virgo 11th Rastafarian New Year 16th Yom Kippur Jewish Day of atonement – holiest day of the year. The literal translation of kippurim is cleansing. Yom Kippur is Read more about September Almanac[…]
The Holy spirit comes down
1st Calan Mai Beltane – fire festival celebrating the coming of summer and the fertility of the coming year. 6th Lì xià – Chinese start of summer 8th The word of God Layla al Qadr, the giving of the Quran 13th End of Ramadan 17th Shavuot, the giving of the torah 9th Rogation Sunday asking Read more about May[…]
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 Super Full Pink Moon in Scorpio[…]
but no rain to be seen
At the first sighting of the new moon
New life bursts forth from translucent red pomegranate tips on the branches of the handkerchief tree and I stand surrounded by a choir of lilac leaves as they open soft, furry, almost-purple buds and unfurl into delicate new leaves with blushed red tips sounding their notes to the warm bright spring sky I am captivated, Read more about April[…]