Bái lù – White dew
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. In China
Early Autumn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000m11v A birdsong garden Autumn Passage – Geoff Sample From The essay – BBC R3https://youtu.be/wdLSbMMnAys
Autumn
Shadows lengthen, leaves begin to turn & fall, fruits, nuts & berries ripen for harvest. Birds migrate from & fro, 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, October, November and December—were Read more about Autumn[…]
September Almanac
Month of long shadows & Blackberry season Conkers drop & mushrooms pop as spiders move indoors and bees cling to the Ivy In Anglo-Saxon Haligmonath – Holy month Eclipse season 1st September – Start of Meteorological Autumn based on the temperature cycle 4th prophet Mohammad’s birthday 7th Full Moon in Pisces – total lunar 8th Read more about September Almanac[…]
Nature’s feast of Early Autumn Fruits
Jeremy Torrance web producer | 12:06 UK time, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 The word harvest comes from the Anglo-Saxon word haerfest meaning autumn and early autumn really is a time of wild fruits aplenty. So what’s in season now and who’s eating? Blackberries Blackberry jam, blackberry fool, blackberry cordial… blackberry picking is one of the nation’s favourite autumn past-times and this late summer/early Read more about Nature’s feast of Early Autumn Fruits[…]
Virgo New Moon
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[…]
Chǔ shǔ – Limit of heat
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Virgo Season
Virgo(♍︎) Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area on average between August 23 and September 22, and the Sun transits the constellation Virgo from approximately September 16 to October 30. The mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury. It’s is symbolised by the maiden. Based on Astraea, in Greek mythology, she was the last immortal to abandon Read more about Virgo Season[…]
Late summer
Birds hop bravely, territorially Albeit cautiously, in their patchy plummage. Butterflies however, flutter and flit with abandon Perfectly suited for this moment of late summer Where Honeysuckle, Crosimia & hibiscus bloom And Fat bees plump up on the marjoram flowers. As the heat rises and shimmers All sound diminishes. I am mute Empty Nothing more Read more about Late summer[…]
Aquarius – Lightening Sturgeon Full Moon
August’s full Moon was traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer. Other names for this Full Moon include ”Full Green Corn Moon,” signaling that the corn was nearly ready for harvest, “Wheat Cut Moon,” “Moon When All Things Ripen,” and ”Blueberry Moon.” Read more about Aquarius – Lightening Sturgeon Full Moon[…]