Moon+Krow

Lei Day

1•MAY

(HAWAII)

Each island's lei is made from a different native flower with its own color & meaning. The lei will fade, but the thoughts expressed will last forever.

Garden Meditation Day

3•MAY

Find your garden.

SANZEN-IN TEMPLE, KYOTO • Image

Midori no Hi

みどりの日

Greenery Day • 4 MAY

JAPAN

A National Shinto holiday to celebrate nature and her blessings.

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SAÍLLE

27•APR•25 - 25•MAY•25

5TH LUNATION

CELTIC ASTROLOGY

Willow Tree • Hare • Adder

• Sea-Serpent • Ceridwen

• Goddess of the Moon, Change, Rebirth & Transformation

The Pleiades

the Seven Sisters

Found within the constellation of Taurus.

Pictured here conjunct with Venus inside a green aurora.
May is named for Maia - the eldest sister

FLORÉAL

The Month of Flowers

flos

20 APR - 19 MAY

From the French Republican Calendar created during the French Revolution. It removed religious, royalist & classical references & honored liberty & secularism. The twelve months were named after natural elements; the days were named for seeds, trees, flowers, fruits, animals & tools common to France & French country living.

RIKKA • 立夏

Summer Begins

5 MAY - 20 MAY

二十四節季

NIJYUUSHI SEKKI • THE 24 JAPANESE SEASONS

The Japanese have 24 mini-seasons called Nijyuushi Sekki marked by celestial events including solstices, equinoxes & ecliptical degrees of the sun.

Rikka, when the sun moves from 45° to 60° along the ecliptic; when the songs of summer begin.

BEAVER• FROGS RETURN MOON

20 APR - 20 MAY

EARTH ASTROLOGY • NATIVE AMERICAN

Birth Totem: Beaver

Element: Earth w/Fire • Totem: Eagle

Clan: Turtle

Your birth totem represents the teacher you chose to study under, not so much your personality or ego, as in Western Astrology

- by Sun Bear + Wabun • Learn more • Image

MOTHER'S DAY

11•MAY•25

(UNITED STATES)

The Moss Maiden

of the Lost Gardens of Heligan

CORNWALL, ENGLAND • Image

FULL FLOWER MOON

Full Moon in May

12•MAY•25

Mother’s Moon • Milk Moon

• Corn Planting Moon

A time of increased fertility & blooming flowers

A MONTH OF MOONS

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Endangered Species Day

16•MAY•25

(UNITED STATES)

The KĀKĀPŌ is a flightless bird native to New Zealand.

There are only 250 alive today.

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in May...

doors, windows & cattle are decorated with May flowers to protect

& to promote growth.

May flowers.

Buddha Day

22•MAY•25

VESAK • a Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment & death of the Buddha

World Turtle & Tortoise Day

23•MAY•25

When there's 222 days left in the year, the world recognizes the turtle. An ancient, reverent creature; richly symbolic across cultures and continents. The 'World Turtle' carries the universe in its shell.

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THE CARING HAND

OF GLARUS

GLARUS, SWITZERLAND • Image

Bud Green

• Vital, Stable & Healing • Balancing •

• Opens the heart & rejuvenates the spirit.

- Colorstrology by Michele Bernhardt

Pantone Color for May • Learn more • Image

UATH

26•MAY•25 - 24•JUN•25

6TH LUNATION

CELTIC ASTROLOGY

Hawthorn Tree • Owl • Bees

• Ruled by Olwen • Summer Flower & Sun Goddess

I think if you listen closely

In the sweet glad days of spring,

With the song of the brook,

the breeze, and the birds,

You can hear the flowers sing.

- Helen Isabel Moorhouse

Oak Apple Day

29 • MAY

Once a political and bank holiday,

Oak Apple Day today is celebrated in parts of England by wearing oak apples and leaves, dressings and decorating trees, churches and homes and engaging in feasting, drinking and general merrymaking.

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The Feast of Saint Joan

30•MAY

"I am not afraid... I was born to do this."

ANAHATA

the Heart Chakra

• "Not about romantic love - instead the love of creation - the love that causes us to delight in the feel of soft rain or the scent of a flower."

- The Chakra Bible by Patricia Mercier

• The midpoint chakra • Balance • Gateway to higher consciousness • Its color is Green; also Pink.