Saturday 21st February
The cosmos has inspired our ancestors since the beginning, yet in recent times we have grown distant from the starry world above us. Many cities now glow with such intensity that only a few constellations remain visible through the veil of light pollution. For much of human history, however, the sky was a living calendar, guiding agriculture, ritual, and daily life. Monuments such as Stonehenge remind us of this intimacy, carefully aligned to the summer and winter solstices, and likely attentive also to the Moon’s longer 18.6-year rhythm. The stones mark the breathing of the Sun through the year and the wider swing of lunar forces along the horizon. In biodynamic agriculture, we seek to renew this awareness, recognising that our sowing and tending take place within these greater cycles of light and time. As we work in the garden today, we might simply remember that our plants grow not only from the soil beneath them, but in quiet relationship with the cosmos above.
