5/6th May – 21/22nd May Blue bells ring in the turning of dandelion time. Hedgerows waking up welsh poppies and wall pennyworts abundance is everywhere aquilegias, lilac and mayflowers According to the ancient Book of Rites, on Lixia the emperor would lead the Three Ducal Ministers, the Nine Ministers, and senior officials in greeting the summer, and the Read more about Lì xià – Chinese start of summer[…]
Monday – late Spring The moon slides into darkness, meteors shower. I settle into stillness, slowing down to the speed of sound. Able to hear and see the world around,able to notice the colours of a fishes eyelids. The still bare branches of the Ash trees clack gently against each other,wood on wood in the wind.Their hearts wrapped in Read more about Late Spring[…]
From Beltane 1st May, or shortly after as the heat waves catch up with the increased light waves (14th May), until Lammas 1st August, we move into early summer. ”In the western world, we are familiar with the four seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter. However, in the Taoist understanding of time and change Read more about Early Summer[…]
oh oh oh it’s magic, you know. Beltane by Ben Lewis https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yqpw?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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 Full Pink Moon in Scorpio[…]
The Song the Sun Sings On the First Of May Now, Love, at last I come In fullness rising over you. Let there be new trembling under the cold-hardened earth at the light play of my fingers And sighing in the valleys. Let there be the song of unfolding within your hidden petals At the Read more about May[…]
It’s early May and spring has finally taken hold. Many of the migratory birds have returned from their winter homes, the crocus have come and gone, and the trees are starting to show their leaves. In the Northern Hemisphere, May sits in the middle of astronomical spring (March 20-June 20) and near the end of Read more about May[…]
Calan Mai “Calend (first day) of May”) or Calan Haf “Calend of Summer”) is a May Day holiday of Wales held on 1 May. Celebrations start on the evening before, known as May Eve, with bonfires; as with Calan Gaeaf or November 1, the night before (Welsh: Nos Galan Haf) is considered an Ysbrydnos or “spirit night” when spirits are out and about divination is possible. The tradition of lighting bonfires celebrating Read more about Beltane or Calan Mai Union of the Divine Goddess and the Green Man[…]
