Hello Honorable Shamans and Fellow Pagans, welcome, finally, to Dry Season.
To catch you all up a bit, here in the Earthways Shamanic Path, I’m writing about the Seasons from a place-based point of view. I encourage you to really get to know Mother Earth where you live, to learn what the Seasons are where you live, beyond the four known as “Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer.”
Dry Season starts in Southwest Florida in mid-October, and runs till about mid-February. The first obvious marker of Dry Season, is that it stops raining every day. And, it gets markedly less humid in Dry Season. So all the people say, “Ahhhhhh, it is such a nice day out!!!” The light is shifting. Different trees are blooming now, and different fruits and vegetables are growing now. Birds are beginning to migrate here from other places.
And people are migrating here from all over the country. Down here, we call them, Snowbirds. (A Snowbird is different from a Tourist; Snowbirds tend to own property here, and stay for several months, whereas most Tourists rent and don’t stay as long. A lot of people say there are only two seasons in Florida, Tourist Season and Rainy Season. They are missing the nuances.) There is a gradual influx of people until the crescendo in mid-February. By then, our regional population about doubles.
Dry Season in Southwest Florida is marked by a surge in THINGS TO DO. Suddenly, there are festivals all over Florida, every weekend. There are art gallery openings and exhibits and contests. There are plays and concerts. There are fund raising events and college alumni get-togethers. And, because it has stopped raining so much and the weather is more comfortable and less buggy, there are now all kinds of nature-oriented things to do too. People go camping now, and there are swamp-walks and people go star-gazing and kayaking.
While most people were almost in hibernation-mode in their air-conditioned homes and offices during Hurricane Season, now in Dry Season, they can get out and about.
The primary Spiritual aspect of Dry Season is to pace yourself! There is so much to enjoy, and most people can’t do everything. You have to prioritize: you have to decide what’s really important to you, and figure out how much time and other resources ($$$) you have, and do what you can. And, you have to find your way to stay centered. You need to carve out down-time for yourself, to restore your energetic reserves because if you try to do everything, you may tire yourself out.
Although the Earthways Shamanic Path is based in Florida, it can be celebrated anywhere. You just need to explore the magic of your land. What is it saying to you? What are the seasons, where you live? What do they mean to you? How are they celebrated?
And “Let’s Share Peace With Our Earth.”
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