Dancing Nature's Rhythms
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[…]
According to Lia Leendertz in The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2020 This moon is the time where, With all the work, lessons and reflections under our belts, now we are in a good position to understand the direction we want to move towards. This new moon says listen to your dreams and sit down Read more about New Moon in Cancer 14th July[…]
French beans, Chard, Carrots, spring cabbage, pak Choi, radishes, beetroot, turnips, spring onions, little gem lettuce, lollo rosso & winter salad leaves, coriander, parsley, dill, endives, kohl rabi.
Heart meridians And throat chakra Om mani padme hum Padma mudra
June’s Moon is called the Honey Moon due to ancient European marriage customs and the giving and drinking of mead (honey) wine.
Hard rain overnight. 4am Crack of Dawn pulsing energy. Deep, dark new moon journey. Blue throat chakra, black cat.Bigger cats, lions, tigers and jaguars, prowl and roar. Summer solstice wonderland Jasmine scent.Peas pop. Wild cherries with poison at their hearts. Soft breeze, floating clouds, rustling leaves. Father’s Day cider and hops.Sleep so near and so Read more about Let the rhythm call you home[…]
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[…]
Map 4 directions Earth & Sky Centre Remembering / Honouring the 4/ 6 directions helped traditional peoples remember where they were & their place in the scheme of things Not just in place but also in time Rhythms of life & In the line of Ancestors, the people who have come before them & those Read more about Summer Solstice[…]
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[…]