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1 APRIL
What doth the fool say?
FÉARN
18•MAR•26 - 16•APR•26
4TH LUNATION
CELTIC ASTROLOGY
The Alder Tree • Fox • Bear
Falcon • Hawk
Ruled by Bran the Blessed, the God of the Spirit World, Alder Trees symbolize the evolving spirit of nature. Naturally water repellent, Alders resist rot and are considered Trees of Fire. They are used to craft bridges, boats, clogs & jugs. The Fox symbolizes diplomacy; a characteristic those born under this sign are said to need.
- Celtic Astrology by Helena Paterson • Image
SEIMEI • 清明
Clear, Bright & Brilliant
5 APR - 19 APR
二十四節季
NIJYUUSHI SEKKI
• THE 24 JAPANESE SEASONS
The Japanese have 24 mini-seasons called Nijyuushi Sekki marked by celestial events including solstices, equinoxes & ecliptical degrees of the sun.
Seimai, when the sun moves from 15° to 30° along the ecliptic; the swallows migrate from southern island, the geese return to northern territories.
"High, lonely hills, where the wind and the sound carry, and the ground's as dry as straw in a barn. That's where we ought to be." - Fiver
- Watership Down Richard Adams
RED HAWK OR FALCON
BUDDING TREES MOON
21 MAR - 19 APR
EARTH ASTROLOGY • NATIVE AMERICAN
Birth Totem: Red Hawk or Falcon
Element: Fire • Totem: Eagle
Clan: Hawk
Your birth totem represents the teacher you chose to study under, not so much your personality or ego, as in Western Astrology - by Sun Bear + Wabun •
HANA MATSURI
THE FLOWER FESTIVAL
花まつり
8•APR•26
Following the Gregorian calendar, Japan celebrates Siddhartha Gautama's birthday on April 8th. On Hana Matsuri special altars are erected in Buddhist temples - decorated with flowers and a statue of a newborn Buddha. Observers anoint the statue with Amacha 甘茶 - a sweet hydrangea tea.
GERMINAL
The Month of Germination
germen
21 MAR - 19 APR
From the French Republican Calendar created during the French Revolution. It removed religious, royalist & classical references & honored liberty & secularism. The twelve months were named after natural elements; the days were named for seeds, trees, flowers, fruits, animals & tools common to France & French country living.
Earth Day
22•APR•26
"Look again at that dot. That's here.
That's home. That's us."
- Pale Blue Dot Carl Sagan
EOSTRE
Ōstarmānod/Ostara, a pagan holiday that pre-dates Easter, celebrates Eostre, the Germanic goddess of the dawn and is celebrated during the Vernal equinox season. Eostre is said to have transformed a bird into a hare. The hare responded by laying colored eggs for her festival.
Art by: Kelly Louise Judd
NATIONAL AUDUBON DAY
UNITED STATES
26•APR•26
Honors the birth of ornithologist, naturalist & painter John James Audubon.
"A true conservationist knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children."
The air is sweet from their dear chirps, They land and flowers nod,
For their precious feathers humbly bear
The fingerprints of God.
- poem by Amanda Tuohy
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