summer
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Lughnasa is the beginning of harvest season. It’s the mid-point of summer (also called Lughnasadh or Lammas). It is a busy time in the garden! So many delicious things are coming into harvest now. Lughnasa is when we pause & celebrate that. We are beginning to see the fruits of our labor. We’re beginning to […]
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What is Lughnasa? Lughnasa is an ancient Celtic holiday, celebrating the beginning of harvest season. With the arrival it of Christianity it became Lammas – the first grain harvest of the season. Grain has been an important crop to almost every civilization since nearly the beginning of time. For many of us, we no longer spend time reflecting on […]
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Lughnasa is the sacred seasonal day celebrated around August 1. This is the cross-quarter day that marks the mid-point of summer. The energy has shifted since the Summer Solstice, and we can feel that the Wheel of the Year is turning. The days are growing visibly shorter. The grass is becoming dry and brown. (My sunflowers are […]
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The Summer Solstice is approaching. That powerful planetary moment when the tilt of the Earth brings us closest to the sun. This is an extremely powerful moment in our year and here’s why … 1) The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year. Since the Winter Solstice the days have been slowly growing […]
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The Summer Solstice arrives in the northern hemisphere on between June 20 & June 22, (December 20-December 22 in the southern hemisphere.) It’s a beautiful day to pause and soak in the abundant, rich, hot, fire energy of summer. Take a moment today to connect more deeply with yourself, and your Divine. (For more information on why the […]
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1. Honor your Inner Fire. The element of Summer is fire. At the Summer Solstice the sun is at its height. Its powerful fire will nourish and grow the plants in our gardens over the upcoming weeks and months. Fall’s harvests won’t come without the sun. In summer we are reminded our sun is sacred. Just […]
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Every year I feel completely overrun & totally exhausted by the time summer is over. My summer is always filled with fun things – adventures, travels, camping, visits with friends. But, I usually end up completely over-scheduled & feeling like I’ve been run over by a truck by the time September rolls around. Part of […]
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This New Moon carries us into the Ripening Time on the Wheel of the Year. (Kenneth Meadows) This is the point in the year, and in the summer season, when the sun is at its hottest. And that hot summer sun is beginning to ripen the fruit on the vines & the trees. Things you’ve been building, creating & […]
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The Solar Eclipse is a very powerful astrological phenomenon. Eclipses bring with them very potent energy; creating opportunities for massive transformation & growth in our lives. Here’s what I’m learning about the upcoming solar eclipse (on Tuesday, July 2): The Solar Eclipse is a New Moon magnified. Solar eclipses only occur during a New Moon. (Similarly, lunar eclipses […]