Energy of the Month: December
Winter’s breath brings snowy landscapes and crystal clear air to December. Since ancient times the month has held celebrations of light, forming traditions of radiant hearts, glowing firesides, and...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: January
January welcomes 2015 with an expanse of powdery, crystalline blankets of snow and heavy-branched evergreen trees. The month’s name comes from the Roman god Janus, god of beginnings and renewal, a...
View ArticleA Time For Peace: The Year Of The Sheep
According to Chinese Zodiac 2015 is the year of the Sheep. A natural peacekeeper and spreader of (+) energy, the Sheep promotes harmonious coexistence. Setting the mood for the new year, the Sheep will...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: February
February arrives in the thick of winter, abound with plush snow mounds and gleaming icicles. The shortest month of the year, its name comes from the Latin februum, which translates to ‘purification’...
View ArticleChinese New Year: Year of the Sheep
Happy Chinese New Year! Today’s new moon brings in the Year of the Sheep (also referred to as the year of the goat or ram), a time when inspirational and empathetic energies are predicted to rule...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: March
March arrives just as winter starts to wind down. The air grows slightly warmer, the light gets stronger, and colors start to break the gray heaviness. March, known as martius, was the first month of...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: April
New breath, light, and life. April: a month of rebirth, where nature has fully awakened from its wintry sleep. Ovid, the immortal poet, claims that the name April comes from the Greek goddess of love,...
View ArticleThe Celtic Tree Calendar: Willow (4/15 – 5/12)
The ancient Celts had their own system of astrology. Like the zodiac we’re familiar with, its core essence is that the time of our births corresponds to our personalities, that the position of the...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: May, Part 1
Embrace May’s energies of fertility, magnetism, and new birth. Ancient scholars claim that May is derived from Maia, the mother of Mercury (Hermes), a nurturer in Greek religion, and, in Roman...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: June
Welcome to June: a month that’s love-oriented and solar-driven — with energies of creativity, family, and connection. _____ The Saxon people had different names for the month, all of them referencing...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: July
Originally known as Quintilis, July was the fifth month of the old Roman calendar. It is named after Julius Caesar, the legendary Roman general, who was born around the 12th or 13th of the month. To...
View ArticleEnergy of the Month: August
The peak of summer: August is a month for relaxation and reflection before the autumn months arrive—a last glorious taste of warmth. ___ August was originally called sextilis, because it occurred as...
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