Full Moon — 30th May This month’s full moon card became a cinnabar moth. Unlike most of the other cards in this series, this one turned itself sideways into a landscape format rather than portrait. At first I thought I’d somehow got it wrong, but the more I sat with it, the more I loved … Continue reading The Landscape Moth
World Bee Day — 20 May For this year’s World Bee Day card, I wanted to think about the power of small actions. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by environmental issues and feel as though individual choices don’t matter. But I keep returning to the idea that ordinary people, making ordinary choices consistently, can collectively … Continue reading The Power of Ordinary Choices
The turning of the year always arrives quietly for me at first, and then all at once. Somewhere between Walpurgis Night and Beltane, something shifts. Walpurgis Night sits at the threshold — wild, untamed, a little uncertain.It’s the place of instinct, of listening, of standing in the dark and asking: what feels true now? This … Continue reading Walpurgis Night → Beltane: From Instinct to Action
Today’s card came unexpectedly. I had planned to make something for St George’s Day, but when I sat down to work, it shifted. The Green Man stayed, but the red cross didn’t sit quietly behind him—it bled. There’s an irony here. St George himself wasn’t British, and like much of what we call tradition, the … Continue reading St George’s Day
For the new moon on 17 April I made this card, First Steps. The shape at the centre is an egg, inspired by Ukrainian pysanky and by the egg motif that has been appearing in the shrine pieces I have been making. An egg feels like the right symbol for this particular moon: something quiet … Continue reading First Steps New Moon 17th April
At the Spring Equinox the year comes into balance. Day and night stand equal for a brief moment before the light begins to lengthen and warmth slowly returns. Ostara is a festival of awakening, fertility and new life — a time when seeds begin to stir beneath the soil and possibilities begin to take shape. … Continue reading Ostara — The Quiet Beginning
Ena Green Designs 