Capricorn Full Moon – The Strawberry or Honey moon
June’s Moon is called the Honey Moon due to ancient European marriage customs and the giving and drinking of mead (honey) wine.
June’s Moon is called the Honey Moon due to ancient European marriage customs and the giving and drinking of mead (honey) wine.
Now I become myself Now I become myself. It’s takenTime, many years and places;I have been dissolved and shaken,Worn other people’s faces,Run madly, as if Time were there,Terribly old, crying a warning,“Hurry, you will be dead before—”(What? Before you reach the morning?Or the end of the poem is clear?Or love safe in the walled city?)Now Read more about Summer Solstice[…]
21st June – 21st July High summer 12 noon – 2pm The sun at its zenith. The peak of the growing season Maternal Mother Earth providing abundant food feasting home summer bbq Caregiving inc., Self care Teenager coming of age x Secretive hard shell, Sensitive crab claws passive aggressive sideways, Moody overly sensitive Home , carry Read more about Cancer Season[…]
The Twins: Gemini New Moon Tending to seeds of truth “Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth.” – Kelli Wilson We are now in a transition from Spring to Summer. Gemini marks the end of a season. It’s the distillation and assimilation of the Read more about Gemini New Moon[…]
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This solar term marks the ripening of crops (especially wheat), as well as starting off the rice planting season. An agricultural proverb says “If you don’t plant rice in Grain in Ear, planting will be in vain.” Translated as “busy planting”, farmers are in a hurry to cultivate their seeds to ripen them during the Read more about Mángzhòng – Grain in ear[…]
Named after the Roman goddess Juno – goddess of marriage and childbirth, and queen of the goddesses, as well as being the wife of Jupiter, king of the gods. Juno was especially associated with married women, though she was considered the guardian of all women. Over time, the Romans even began to use juno as a term Read more about June[…]
time of ripening, when summer grains begin to swell plump and early summer rains swell the rivers First Pentad: Sow Thistle Blossoms (苦菜秀 – Kǔ cài xiù)Delicate wild bitter greens like the sow thistle begin to thrive in the early summer heat. In Chinese folk medicine, eating these bitter herbs traditionally helped clear internal heat and dampness.Second Read more about Xiao man – lesser fullness Grain full[…]
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[…]
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[…]