Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Bloodroot Moon<\/p>\n
The winter solstice came under a full moon and now, so the does the spring equinox.\u00a0 Last night the full Bloodroot moon was a super moon, both full and at its perigee; though here the system bringing rain most of the night, also blocked our view.<\/p>\n
In most old religions the equinoxes and the solstices had special meaning, but not for the early Celts.\u00a0 They divided the year between summer and winter, summer beginning on May 1st on Beltane and the new year beginning at summer’s end, Samhain, on October 31st.\u00a0 The Celts did later add Imbolc that celebrated the triple Goddess Brigit and the freshening of the ewes and Lughnasa, on August 1st, which is a first fruits of the harvest festival.\u00a0 At some point they added the equinoxes and solstices, in effect making them cross-quarter holidays to their already established four divisions of the year.\u00a0 This was all before the advent of recorded history so the actual sequence and motivations behind these changes are matters of speculation.<\/p>\n
Here in Minnesota the spring season, officially beginning at 6:21 pm today, can go by in a blink as the weather downshifts into a sharp curve from the cold of winter to the heat of summer.\u00a0 Today I’ll get the leeks started in anticipation of getting them in the ground as soon as the soil can be worked.\u00a0 The hydroponics are well underway and we’ll have our first greens from it in the next couple of weeks.\u00a0 We’re using technology to smooth out the curve, make it a bit less violent for our garden.<\/p>\n
The rain that beat against our bedroom last night won’t make the river folks happy since it speeds the snow melt, adds more moisture and puts both into motion over still frozen ground.\u00a0 The river may be 10 feet high and risin’ in a couple of weeks, maybe sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Bloodroot Moon The winter solstice came under a full moon and now, so the does the spring equinox.\u00a0 Last night the full Bloodroot moon was a super moon, both full and at its perigee; though here the system bringing rain most of the night, also blocked our view. In most old religions the … Continue reading Spring, 2011. The Great Wheel<\/span>