Hello Wild Soul.
As we move towards Ostara; the Spring Equinox this Friday, we look set for a beautiful couple of days here in the East. I hope they will be reaching you too! As I walked into the workshop this morning, I was greeted by a newly opened Crocus. I had planted them in pots outside the door back at the Winter Solstice.
Last week, we took a trip to Stowe Gardens and met so many beautiful Alder trees, and as a tree associated with the Spring Equinox, I wanted to share more about them in today’s post.
Walking with Alder
Ostara and the New Moon
Ostara, is the celebration of the Spring Equinox, the midpoint between the shortest day of the year (Yule, the Winter Solstice) and the longest day of the year (Litha, the Summer Solstice). This year, Ostara falls on Friday 20th March here in the UK. As the land around us is unfurling, this time of the year is associated with renewal and new beginnings and feels to me like a big stretch after Winter’s slumber.
This year, Ostara coincides with a New Moon that falls the day before and this beginning of a new lunar cycle makes it an especially potent time for sowing seeds, both literally and metaphorically!
An Apology from us!
Whilst on the topic of the New Moon, we wanted to send out an apology for an error that we made on this year’s Lunar Calendar. We were upset to discover that we had marked the upcoming New Moon (Thursday 19th March) to be in Aries, instead of Pisces, while April’s New Moon on the 17th is marked in Pisces rather than Aries.
We have been creating our Lunar Calendars for 6 years now, and spend days of work putting them together so we were shocked to discover our mistake. We really hope that this doesn’t detract from the enjoyment of your calendar but please do reach out if you would like to discuss this further.
Wild Fen Updates
In celebration of Ostara, there is 20% off everything in store from now until Sunday 22nd March! Here are just a few things available.
We will be celebrating the Alder tree all this week over on Instagram and we are working on a couple of very special pieces of Wild Jewellery. You can follow along there for daily updates. These unique Alder pieces will be in store at 7pm on Sunday 22nd March.
For more on Ostara, the Spring Equinox, do check out the posts below,
Wishing you all some fresh energy this week!
Nic x
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