{"id":481,"date":"2021-05-23T20:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T20:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/?p=481"},"modified":"2021-06-02T04:07:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T04:07:29","slug":"week-nine-final-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/week-nine-final-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Nine: Final Stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week we will hopefully have the whole garden completely cleared of weeds so that we can plant some herbs Week 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garden Work & Research:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

05\/25\/21:<\/strong> Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow. Today we finally finished all of the weeding. Every single bed is completely cleared of weeds! What an accomplishment, and it only took ten weeks. I really am so grateful for the help of Le’Allen, who was with me throughout this quarter plugging away at the weeding, and all the community garden folk who volunteered their time as well. I am so proud of the work we did, hopefully it will encourage others to continue the garden management now that the hard part is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today’s work<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This week we have a full moon lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on Wednesday. Eclipses happen in six month time periods, starting with a new moon and culminating with a full moon. Eclipses happen according to the nodal axis and the ecliptic of the sun and moon. The ecliptic is the plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. From the perspective of an observer on Earth, the Sun’s movement around the celestial sphere over the course of a year traces out a path along the ecliptic against the background of stars. The nodal axis, based on the nodes of the moon are the two points where the moons orbit crosses the ecliptic, eclipses happen when the sun is within 15 degrees of the nodes. The nodes change signs every two years or so, with about four eclipses happening in each sign, two a year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, we are experiencing the nodal axis of Gemini and Sagittarius. The north node, Gemini, is known as Rahu, the head of the dragon. It is said to be a point of increase of good or bad, the mouth, the place where we bring in new things. Gemini is about paying attention to what is right in front of us, the things we can touch and feel and experience first hand. It is about the exchange of ideas and the places close to you, your neighborhood or the city you live in. The south node, Sagittarius, is Ketu, the tail of the dragon. This is where things, good or bad, are drained or emptied, in order to make room for the new. Sagittarius is about higher knowledge, metaphysical thinking, dogma, theorizing, traveling to far distant lands. The nodes are said to rule karma, the north pulling us forward, the south releasing us or dragging us backwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This nodal year we have been asked to think about the ways that we communicate, how we share things, to look at the facts and details closely before coming to a conclusion. We are being asked to learn to listen to others so that we can discover the value of true communication and exchange and see both sides of a situation instead of throwing out dogma at others. The challenge continues to be to avoid drawing conclusions before gathering enough facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

05\/27\/21:<\/strong> Sun in Gemini, Moon in Sagittarius<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today started slow. It was Ali’s birthday so we all drank tea and chatted for awhile while the sky was grey and rainy. Then Le’Allen and I cleaned up the rest of the piles in the herb garden and spent the rest of the time in the community gardens working with Caleb, Ashley, and Ali harvesting and cleaning lettuce, radishes, and turnips. Some students from PoF have started constructing a new arbor and trimming the hedge, which is so amazing and makes me hopeful for the future of the herb garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arbor!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Materia Medica:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This week I took a look at Calendula. Calendula officinalis<\/em>, or pot marigold, is a hearty annual garden plant that has a long history of medicinal use. It is excellent used externally for treating many skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, burns, insect bites and the like. For these applications it is best made into a salve. Internally it is good for gastrointestinal issues such as ulcers and stomach cramps, as well as fever, abscesses, and to prevent vomiting. It was used as well in easing the complications of measles and small-pox. Culpeper does not mention Calendula officinalis <\/em>in his herbal, however, he does mention another species of marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum<\/em>, which he claims is under the dominion of the Sun. I would agree with this assumption and place the calendula species of marigold under this ruler ship as well. Marigolds have a striking doctrine of signature to the Sun; big yellow-orange, round flowers. They are also vulenary, stimulant, and haemostatic herbs, acting on the blood and increasing blood flow. The Sun rules the heart and the blood in astrology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marigolds have a rich history of use as a visionary herb in Mexico and are used as offerings to the departed during Dia de Los Muertos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week we will hopefully have the whole garden completely cleared of weeds so that we can plant some herbs Week 10. Garden Work & Research: 05\/25\/21: Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio Wow. Today we finally finished all of the weeding. Every single bed is completely cleared of weeds! What an accomplishment, and it … Continue reading Week Nine: Final Stretch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":454,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"geo":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/tmtaa-portfolio-f20-alegra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}