Dancing Nature's Rhythms
Sitings of the crescent moon glowing in the embers of the setting sun reach us on Sundaybut we only catch sight of it on moon day and are awed. with the risingthe little egret orchid blooms, takes flight and fades almost within a day we could so easily have missed it. And it’s presence Leads Read more about Late September – fleeting moments[…]
Earth name Esmeralda moonchild, daughter of the setting sun.
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
Moving from harvesting the fruits of this year, from bringing in the last sheaf of wheat, to the Apple harvest and sharing feasts giving thanks; to shedding a necessary leaf or two or doing some active pruning before the bonfire time Also, when we shift into the darker half of the year storytelling really comes Read more about Autumn Equinox – Mabon – Harvest. Virgo drifts into Libra Season. The page of the year turns[…]
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[…]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar The true arrival of autumn is marked by 白露 (Báilù). As temperatures cool, moisture in the air turns into dew on grass and trees during night. During Bailu (White Dew), the 15th of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, ancient Chinese scholars divided the roughly 15-day period into three pentads (候, hòu). Each pentad lasts five days Read more about Bái lù – White dew[…]
Shadows lengthen, leaves begin to turn & fall, fruits, nuts & berries ripen for harvest. Hops & Asters flower, Birds migrate to & from, owls duet & deer rut. Mushrooms pop, winds swirl until first frosts descend. Because the early Roman year began in March rather than January, the final four months of our year—September, Read more about Autumn[…]
Month of long shadows & mists Rose hips, Elderberries & Blackberries Apples ripen, nuts begin to fall, swallows gather before migration. Conkers drop & mushrooms pop Hops & Asters flower As spiders move indoors and bees cling to the Ivy Month of Harvest named Haligmonath – Holy month in Anglo-Saxon. 1st September – Start of Read more about September Almanac[…]