May is another name for Hawthorn and this Beltaine Eve I've collected flowers from my Hawthorn Trees in my Garden to decorate my home and Altars. It's an old tradition to bring Hawthorn into the house at Beltaine and it was also once used to decorate Maypoles. It was said to be bad luck to bring it into the house at any other time of the year, and maybe that's because Hawthorn is one of the Fairy Triad of treees "Oak, Ash and Thorn" and upsetting the Fairies was something no

This festival marks the height of Spring; the threat of frost has passed and the fertility of the land has been confirmed by the new growth returning to the trees, hedgerows and land, and the new births of farm and wild animals. Farm animals that have been housed overwinter are sent to pasture as there is now enough grass to feed them without supplementation. In earlier times they would have on the way to the fields been driven between bonfires with herbs smoking to free the

The First Quarter Moon is the time for increase. Look at the plans and goals you identified and committed to at the New Moon to see where you need to make improvements or upgrades to help you achieve them more easily and successfully. Here are a few examples of the sorts of questions to ask yourself to identify where you can do this. What do you want more of in your work, projects or life? What positive traits or attitudes do you need to succeed? What do you need to improve t

This is the first Moon of the 2026-7 Lunar Year and we begin our self knowledge and inner workings with the Lunar Zodiac here.

Living and growing through the Moon Phases in the Zodiac Signs The Moon moves through the Astrological signs through the year just like the Sun does -though it moves much faster, spending approximately 2.5 days in each sign. This means that each phase of the Moon occurs in every sign of the Zodiac through the Lunar year and over the course of the year we get the chance to interact with all of them. Regardless of the signs active in your Birth Chart each Astrological sign has

Your list of the Moon Phases and movement through the Astrological signs for April 2026 All times are BST (GMT+1) 1st Moon into Libra 03.51 2nd Full Moon in Libra 02.11 3rd Moon into Scorpio 13.11 5th Moon into Sagittarius 00.32 8th Moon into Capricorn 13.05 10th Moon into Aquarius 00.56 11th Last Quarter Moon in Aquarius 09.38 13th Moon into Pisces 09.56 15th Moon into Aries 15.04 17th New Moon in Aries 11.51 17th Moon into Taurus 15.