Calendar of Seasons: A Cycle of Days, Moons and Trees April |
| Tempus vernum—springtime. This is a month of dewy mornings and frequent showers that coax the flowers from the bosom of Mother Earth. Leaves are coming onto the trees, and the world is nourished by heavenly rains. Brilliant sunny mornings can give way to blustery, rainy afternoons. Water is important in this season to nourish the things that are only beginning to grow. From water we are born, with water we are nourished. |  |
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Moon
of the Waters Other names for this moon: Seed Moon, Grass Moon, Rain Moon. In
the Celtic Tree Calendar |
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– Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan All Fool’s Day Feast of Lada, protector of lovers (Slavic) 2 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Full Moon – Moon of Waters – Full Moon Ritual 3 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Persephone’s return brings beauty 4 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Fourth to the tenth, Roman festival celebrating Cybele 5 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Leave an offering in the woods 6 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Sunny mornings can give way to blustery, rainy afternoons 7 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Feast of Blajini – offerings, usually eggshells, were made to good-natured Underworld spirits of fairyland (Romanian) 8 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Birth of the Buddha (563 BCE) Easter Sunday 9 – Alder, Ash, Aspen, Rowan Lumeria – A Roman feast to honor family spirits (Lemures) who walk the earth this night 10 – Alder, Ash, Aspen Remove winter dust from the leaves of houseplants 11 – Alder, Ash, Aspen Diana’s Day Birth of Muslim prophet Muhammad (570 CE) 12 – Alder, Ash, Aspen Honor Áine 13 – Alder, Ash, Aspen Celebrate cherry trees 14 – Alder, Ash, Aspen Runic half month of Man begins Solar New Year (Hindu) 15 – Ash, Willow Celtic tree month of Willow begins 16 – Ash, Willow Honor Aegir, Ran and Lir Easter 17 – Willow Dark Moon 17th to the 19th, Cerealia – A Roman festival to celebrate grain goddesses for a good crop 18 – Willow Time to begin weeding the garden 19 – Willow Honor Lord Byron 20 – Willow Sun enters Taurus 20th to the 23rd Lyrid meteor showers 21 – Willow, Walnut Palilia – Roman celebration of Pales 22 – Willow, Walnut Earth Day 23 – Willow, Walnut Jack-in-the-Green – the spirit of spring celebrated (England) 24 – Willow, Walnut Plant carrots, onions and salad crops early St. Mark's Eve 25 – Willow, Walnut It was believed that the realms between the living and dead were open on this day and that spirits could be contacted. (England) 26 – Willow, Walnut Listen to the wind 27 – Willow, Walnut National Arbor Day (USA) 28 – Willow, Walnut Arbor Day – honor trees “If you hear a cuckoo on this day you will have a year of abundance.” – old English saying 29 – Willow, Walnut Runic half month of Lagu begins 30 – Willow, Walnut, Blackthorn, Gorse, Linden May Eve – arrival of the Tuatha de Danann in Ireland Walpurgis – Saint or Pagan |
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Listen
to the voice, The voice of the water, The voice of the Mother, Calling you and me. |
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January • February • March • April • May
June • July • August • September • October • November • December
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