Dancing Nature's Rhythms
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[…]
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[…]
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. 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[…]
Month of long shadows & mists Rose hips, Elderberries & Blackberries Apples ripen, nuts begin to fall, swallows gather before migration. Conkers drop & mushrooms pop As spiders move indoors and bees cling to the Ivy Month of Harvest named Haligmonath – Holy month in Anglo-Saxon. 1st September – Start of Meteorological Autumn based on Read more about September Almanac[…]
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 Last full moon of summer – in pisces – lightening sturgeon fruit moon[…]
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[…]
24th August Following on from St. Swithin’s 40 days earlier, St. Bartholomew’s day sets the weather for the 40 days to come. St Bartholomew’s Day also traditionally marked the deadline for gathering early honey and elderberries, before the cooler, damper weather of autumn arrived.“If the dew is on the blackberry on Bartlemy’s Day, the frost Read more about St bartholomew’s Day – Autumn weather setting day[…]
The dog days are over & lion’s gate closes. Chu shu limits heat after autumn stirred at Li qui. Swifts are departing & swallows fattening to follow them on their epic journey.Trees are turning & beginning to drop their leaves. As st Bartholomew’s day sets fine weather for the forthcoming days, to take us through Read more about Chǔ shǔ – Limit of heat[…]
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 4-6pm[…]
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for You have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered… Where are you living?What are you doing?What are your relationships?Are you in right relation?Where is Read more about This could be a good time[…]
The January Man The January man he goes around in woollen coat and boots of leatherThe February man still shakes the snow from of his clothes and blows his handsThe man of March he sees the Spring and wonders what the year will bringAnd hopes for better weather. Through April rain the man goes down Read more about The Wheel of the Agricultural Year[…]
Forget every idea of right and wrong any classroom ever taught youBecause an empty heart, a tormented mind, unkindness, jealousy and fearAre always the testimony you have been completely fooled!Turn your back on those who would imprison your wondrous spiritWith deceit and lies.Come, join the honest company of the King’s beggars –Those gamblers, scoundrels and Read more about A GOLDEN COMPASS[…]
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,this is the best season of your life. by Wu Men Hui-k’aiEnglish version by Stephen Mitchell Flowing in and out of all the cycles of the life. Our breath, the circadian daily rhythmn , Read more about The best season[…]
Joy Harjo Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop. Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control. Open the door, then close it behind you. Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean. Give it back with gratitude. If Read more about For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet[…]
Watch the animation below to see how the phases of the Moon work during a complete lunar cycle. https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/names-full-moons-throughout-year How many phases of the Moon are there? In between these, the Moon goes through multiple stages of partial illumination during its different phases. These are the banana-shaped crescent Moon, the D-shaped quarter Moon and the almost complete gibbous Moon. Read more about Moon phases[…]
In the Complete book of Oriental Yoga Hatha and Taoist Yoga for the Seasons By Michael Hetherington says,“ There is no doubt that energy moves through us differently according to the time of day, the climatic conditions, the attitudes we harbor and the cycles of the moon, just to name a few. With the natural Read more about The Natural Flow of Life[…]
The Earth’s seasons can be understood as “phases of the Sun”, similar to how the Moon goes through its cycle of phases. This graph shows the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere, with the x-axis being time and the y-axis being intensity of Sun energy (blue) and temperature (pink). (For the Southern Hemisphere, this cycle is Read more about Seasonal rhythms[…]
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
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