Aprils Aspects

April's Aspects
by
The Grandmother of Time
Zsuzsanna E. Budapest

The name of the lovely and exciting month of April is derived from April is, a Roman analogue of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and death. Her name seems to be rooted in the verb aperire, meaning "to open". Indeed, this goddess is the door of life, as often her pictures depict her, naked, with her hands pointing to her genitals to remind us of the passage through which we came into the world.

Full moon aspect" Seed moon, budding trees moon

Universal event: Nesting of the birds, royal symbol of the sun

Communal event: May eve, ushering in summer, dances around the maypole, symbolizing the Tree of Life, (time to clean your house, purify your altar, and anoint the sacred images of the temple.)

Message: To develop, to know, to enrich, to pleasure

Activity: To bend, to aim

Healing properties: Return the balance of nerves, cleanse and strengthen

Color: Crimson, green, brown

Tree: Alder, fern, willow tree

Flower: Sweet pea, daisy

Creature: Hawk

Gem" Diamond

April is National Poetry Month,

Here is a short spring poem,

 

"And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest."
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Sensitive Plant 

Be Inspired,

~jean

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