After the harvest, take stock, balance the books, Looking back over the season acknowledge what went well and what could have been better, learn the lessons, Gratitude & forgiveness Change of focus – eyes front – what do we need to do going forward? Let go of what is no longer serving us, so as Read more about Libra New Moon[…]
With the arrival of “Cold Dew” (Hanlu), the 17th of China’s 24 solar terms and autumn reaches its peak. As the weather turns cooler, mist settles over the mountains and fields, and crimson leaves paint the hillsides. Ancient Chinese divided the 15 days of Cold Dew into three pentads. The first pentad welcomes the arrival Read more about Hán lù – Chinese season of Cold dew[…]
The Venus cycle begins when Venus is in Retrograde. This is her Metamorphic phase. The phase that bridges the end of one cycle and the beginning of another. In Retrograde, Venus is high in the Sky and very close to the earth. Her full cycle spans 584 days, and creates one Interior Conjunction Star Point Read more about Venus Retrograde[…]
Yellowing Month. Moving indoors, garden furniture goes away and chimneys are cleaned ready for the fires to be lit.Time of snowberries, mushrooms, nuts, apples & squash Housemartins migrate, owls duet Winter geese, swans and other visiting winter birds return wind swirls through fallen leaves Sun in Libra until 22nd time to find balance & harmony Read more about October[…]
The Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, the day st Michael fell to earth, landing on a blackberry bush & causing them all to shrivel. In medieval England, Michaelmas marked the ending and beginning of the husbandman’s year, George C. Homans observes: “at that time harvest was over, and the bailiff or reeve of the manor would Read more about Michaelmas – last day of blackberry picking[…]
Time of conkers, chestnuts, beech punts & acorns. Apples are harvestedAs Housemartins depart& Winter Geese & Swans return.Owls duet, Deer rut& Winds swirl through falling leaves Yang Cardinal Air sign, ruled by Venus Libra harvests the fruits opposite Aries shoots Sign of the scales (the claws of Scorpio) Libra straddles Michaelmas on 29th September one Read more about Libra September 22nd to October 22nd 6-8pm[…]
Swansea and London at 51 degrees latitude on approximately 17/3 and 25/9 https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/equilux.html Equinox v equilux – what’s the difference? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47660337
PLANT Lamb’s lettuce Pak choi Radishes Rocket Winter Spinach Take tops out of tomato plants, stop feeding them, slow watering, take off dead leaves & flowers so they know to just ripen the fruit they have already
The years work coming to fruition Gathering and Counting the harvest, seeing all the good, counting our blessings, giving thanks corn moon, making and breaking bread. New seeds falling onto the earth. Change, endings and beginnings. sorting the wheat from the chaff – discernment streamlining our day to day routine, making it simpler to come Read more about Virgo New Moon[…]