Dancing Nature's Rhythms
“On the coldest day you appreciate the warmth of the fireand the blanket around you the most .On the darkest night you can see the stars of the northern skyand endlessness of the universe the clearest.” The Making of Winter Poem – Secret Garden In Celtic nations such as Ireland, the winter solstice is traditionally considered as Read more about Winter[…]
St. Martins day -patron saint of soldiers First calendar day of winter in many european countries Winters day marches in with frosts Start of winter Slaughter of animals laying in of stocks of cured meats in preparation for winter Blodmonath November pre Christian thanks to gods sacrifice Bede calls pagan rituals vanities their Sacrificing animals Read more about Martinmas / Remembrance Day[…]
Start of Scorpio season scorpion belly to the ground the leaves blaze & drop Middle section Phoenix rising from the ashes of the previous generations, honouring standing on the shoulders of giants 8 days of remembrance hallowtide all saints /all souls ends with Martinmas 7th or 11th st martins day feast November patron saint of soldiers Read more about Scorpio new moon[…]
November. I let go and trust, the light within guides my way – Jilly Shipway Autumn into winter buzzing Ivy flowers & snowberries yellowing gold into red Leaves fall and we Remember Darkness deepens temperatures drop First frosts arrive and Fires are lit Time of Candles and lamplight Mulching Burning the old makes way for Read more about November Almanac[…]
Celtic for ‘summers end’, Samhain is one of the most important dates in the Celtic calendar, if not the most important. It marks the completion of one year and the beginning of another. Calan Gaeaf is the name of the first day of winter in Wales, observed on 1 November.[1] The night before is Nos Galan Gaeaf[1] or Noson Galan Gaeaf, Read more about Samhain[…]
Samhain to Valentines Day (Deep dark – Sagittarius & Capricorn) Stalking our inner selves “There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.” Haydn. Brew, Stew. Soften the shellRoot November. December. January. February
The Exquisite chemistry of autumn colours Are not caused by death or decay But rather exist dormant within the leaf it’s entire life And are only revealed When their work of generating green chlorophyll is done And these inner colours are revealed in translucent luminosity. Autumn colours – something understood Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000197l
Autumn into Winter Yellowing gold into Dark red blaze Fire Season Burning Rememberance Leaves fall Trees stand tall Bare naked clarity Face the truth Learn the lessons Mulch the goodness down down down and In Here at the meeting point The past feeds what is to come Scorpio season of transformation transmutation change Death feeds Read more about Scorpio Season[…]
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