Dancing Nature's Rhythms
24th July – 11th AugustRoughly corresponding to the sun being Leo, the searing heat of this time of summer. From the Dog Star Sirius returning to rise over the pre-Dawn horizon which for the Egyptians occurred in early July & heralded the flooding of the Nile & the return of fertility. The Dog Star’s connection Read more about Dog days of Summer abundance[…]
Lasting until the 8th August which is the begninning of Autumn coinciding with the Celtic festival of Lammas the first harvest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar
It Felt Love How did the roseEver open its heartAnd give to this worldAll its beauty?It felt the encouragement of lightAgainst its being,Otherwise,We all remainToo frightened By: Hafiz
The turning of the year as the temperature peaks and starts its gradual descent. And the growing season turns to ripening and harvest. When Leo is in its strength and power, this energy knows and remembers its radiant and shining divine essence, shared by all life. We are born to make manifest the glory of Read more about Sun in Leo[…]
Another turning A signpost in the wheel of the year. One month after the solstice. As the new moon risesTrue night returns
As we move into late summer, The Earth, air and Sea are at their warmest. It is holiday season and there is a lazy feeling, things can wait. There is a feeling of abundance. The natural world is ripening. Lammas, on the 1st August, being the first of the 3 harvest phases of year, wheat Read more about Late Summer[…]
St. Swithin’s Day, also called St. Swithun’s Day, (July 15), a day on which, according to folklore, the weather for a subsequent period is dictated. In popular belief, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain for 40 days, but if it is fair, 40 days of fair weather will follow. St. Swithin was bishop of Winchester from 852 to 862. Read more about St. Swithan’s Day[…]
The year has turned, the Holly king rises into ascendancy as the light begins to wane. http://www.thegoddesstree.com/trees/Holly.htm Tree of SacrificeIlexEighth month of the Celtic Tree calendar, July 8th – August 4thEighth consonant of the Ogham alphabet – Tinne Planet: Mars and SaturnElement: FireSymbolism: The Sword of Truth, Unconditional love, sacrifice, reincarnationStone: Ruby, BloodstonePowers: Protection, Anti-Lightning, Luck, Dream Read more about Holly – Eighth month of the Ogham Celtic Tree calendar, July 8th – August 4th[…]
The heat rises in the chinese solar lunar calendar
Heart meridians And throat chakra Om mani padme hum Padma mudra