The turning of the year as the temperature peaks and starts its gradual descent. And the growing season turns to ripening and harvest. When Leo is in its strength and power, this energy knows and remembers its radiant and shining divine essence, shared by all life. We are born to make manifest the glory of Read more about Sun in Leo[…]
Cure yourself with the light of the sun and the rays of the moon.With the sound of the river and the waterfall.With the swaying of the sea and the fluttering of birds. Heal yourself with mint, with neem and eucalyptus. Sweeten yourself with lavender, rosemary, and chamomile. Hug yourself with the cocoa bean and a Read more about You are the medicine – María Sabina Magdalena García […]
As we move into late summer, The Earth, air and Sea are at their warmest. It is holiday season and there is a lazy feeling, things can wait. There is a feeling of abundance. The natural world is ripening. Lammas, on the 1st August, being the first of the 3 harvest phases of year, wheat Read more about Late Summer[…]
St. Swithin’s Day, also called St. Swithun’s Day, (July 15), a day on which, according to folklore, the weather for a subsequent period is dictated. In popular belief, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain for 40 days, but if it is fair, 40 days of fair weather will follow. St. Swithin was bishop of Winchester from 852 to 862. Read more about St. Swithan’s Day[…]
Air shimmers In the rhythm of the seasons, it is the moment when yang energy reaches its apex and begins its subtle turn toward yin. The heat rises in the chinese solar lunar calendar Overview Xiaoshu (小暑), or “Minor Heat,” is the 11th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, typically starting around July 7 Read more about Xiao shu – Slight or Minor heat The onset of full summer[…]
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 of Peonies & Roses[…]
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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