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January Almanac
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 5th Twelth night – Christmas tree down & time to wassail the apple trees singing to them & blessing them for a fruitful year. 6th Epiphany Read more about January Almanac[…]
New moon in Capricorn
Capricorn is identified as the satyr Pan, the god with a goat’s horns and legs, who saved himself from the monster, Typhon, by giving himself a fish’s tail, becoming a sea – goat and diving into a river. Although they can appear boring and unfeeling: its not true! While Capricorn’s top half, the Goat, can navigate Read more about New moon in Capricorn[…]
Dark Midwinter moon
Dark moon at Capricorn time of year ( as Sagittarius moon is on Sagittarius/gemini axis & there is much mental – its dreamy imaginative thinking but still ) at Capricorn moon step back from active thinking, active planning & just feel our way into what is arriving (& Capricorn tap root is feeling it’s way) Read more about Dark Midwinter moon[…]
Winter solstice Murmuration
Tim Dee Dusk on the winter solstice: the shortest day and longest night of the year. I was cold and alone on a track on the Somerset Levels, looking towards the dying light in the west. Moving across the sky in front of me, like the breath of the earth, were thousands of birds – Read more about Winter solstice Murmuration[…]
Capricorn 12-2am
Winter solstice – Jan 21st / end of lunation Suspended energies going in both directions light is rising but temperature dropping Drop out of bottom of out breath Low energy – Quiescence – Be still – Rest Deep sleep know that stuff is happening Work is going on – Trust let yourself be worked on by unseen Read more about Capricorn 12-2am[…]
Winter solstice – the Hibernal solstice
In Persian culture, the winter solstice is called Yaldā (meaning: birth) and it has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is referred to as the eve of the birth of Mithra, who symbolised light, goodness and strength on earth. LIZ LOCHHEAD In the Mid-Midwinter ‘Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s – from John Donne’s ‘A Nocturnal Read more about Winter solstice – the Hibernal solstice[…]
Yule
Yule 12th December is Lussi’s Night, a Northern European goddess and light bringer in the darkness. She is connected with a wild hunt horde called the lussiferda (lucifer?) rebranded and syncretised with Saint Lucia lussevaka, the night long vigil, to stay awake in vigil through lusinatt light carried around to ward off evil animals would Read more about Yule[…]
Deep Dark Sagittarius Moon
Sagittarius Sun 20/11 – 21/12 But the constellation is actually in the sky from Mid December – Mid January Cauldron of Dreams The liminal space in which the length of day & night stands still for the briefest of moments. The pause at the end of the exhalation of the year. The turning from the Read more about Deep Dark Sagittarius Moon[…]
December
The sun low cold stretches it’s fingers across the land Creeping deep down into the earth silence descends. Above ground Trees stand naked now As winter settles in Crisp air and indigo skies. Darkness early in the afternoon drifts rain in misty swirls glinting streetlights shine out of puddles and people hurry home It is Read more about December[…]