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September Crept in
After the end-of-August shock of autumnal storms alternating with meltingly hot late summer sun, the usually slow transition from summer to autumn has felt even more like a powerful threshold in both ourselves, nature, and our seasonal self-care. This time is always a shift from outward growth to harvest and inward reflection. Across many traditions, seasonal wisdom, folklore, and spiritual belief systems, this turning point reflects many themes: equilibrium, gratitude, and the unavoidable, constant change in the natural cycles of life, death, and rebirth. Beyond the physical gathering of crops, this time brings an invitation for internal reflection. What has grown over the summer? What literal and metaphorical seeds bore fruit? What intentions, crops, or jobs require focus, gathering, or finishing before autumn, then winter sets in?
Hot Sweaty Magic A round up of summer and the eclipse 2026
The rest of May and the following weeks / months untill now, passed in a sweaty flash of visitors and a permanent heatwave, only just broken by these end-of-August storms, which may see us through to the official end of summer—when, ironically, the sun will return in full force once more. To be honest, I would love less of the extremity and a more gradual cooling down and heating up, like in the good old days, but nature is fighting the chaos that we humans have caused, and we need to live with the consequences. So here I sit in August, listening to the thunder and heavy rain on the bus roof.