Chinese season of Clear and Bright / Pure Brightness

Time of Blossom, Migrating birds, Rainbows and Honouring the ancestors China Japan Qingming festival one of China’s largest events based off of the lunar calendar when Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings to their ancestors. Honoring one’s ancestors is deeply rooted in Chinese culture, as Read more about Chinese season of Clear and Bright / Pure Brightness[…]

April moon gardening

Pisces/ Aries lunation 2nd – Full moon  Harvest rhubarb kale purple sprouting Waning GibbousSew crops that develop below ground, potatoes, parsnips, carrots, radish, beetroot. Summer bulbs & onions Waning CrescentRack & weed, Prune Dark moonReflect, review. 17th New moon in Aries Dream plan. Waxing Crescent Sew crops that develop above ground lettuce, salad, cucumber, tomatoes & Read more about April moon gardening[…]

April

Start April         Sunrise (Twilight         (6.16am) 6.50am,             Sunset (Twilight) 7.49pm (8.24pm) By the end of the month                        (5.48am) 8.38am                             8.38pm  (9.16pm) Hailstones & Sunshine, blackbirds bicker, blackthorn blossoms, Llygaid Ebril – Aprils eye, the celandine opens 1st April fools day 5th Qing Ming Pure Brightness / Clear and bright – qīngmíng festivals 5th Read more about April[…]

Vernal Equinox – Ostara

The time of the year equivalent to 6am We enter the light half of the year and rise from sleep Light reaches its peak of increasing at 4 minutes per day compared to 1 minute/day at the solstice. It will continue to increase but more gradually from now until the summer solstice. The full moon Read more about Vernal Equinox – Ostara[…]

Pisces New moon

Pisces two fishes swimming in opposite directions- All that was integrated from last year in germinating the seed and incubating/overwintering/weathering/nourishing the seed with the broken down goodness of latest year’s detritus taken down into the earth to feed and give rise to the roots & shoots of this years new life. Dreams, liminality, the place Read more about Pisces New moon[…]

jīngzhé – hibernating insects awaken

Earth aerated Jīngzhé, 惊蛰, is the 3rd of the 24 solar terms (節氣) in the traditional Chinese calendars. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 345° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 360°. More often, it refers to the day when the Sun is exactly at a celestial longitude of 345°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually Read more about jīngzhé – hibernating insects awaken[…]

Spring

Michael hetherington liver and gall bladder meridians connected with smooth flow of energy around the body and detoxifying. Yoga opening the side body and shoulders, pummelling and qigong. Spring is that time of year when new energy, new life and new dreams blossom. As we move out of the colder and more introverted months of Read more about Spring[…]