Moon Calendar November-December 2025
Cosmic planting calendar: Capture the moments
By Monique Macfarlane
Records are one of the most fundamental parts of being in active conversation with the land. For those who have been following the column for a while, you will know that I encourage you to take photographs on the summer solstice, autumn equinox, winter solstice, and the spring equinox. These are beautiful reminders of the ebb and flow of nature, and of the nature of us.
We can feel that we might remember, but a photographic record, a poem, a letter to your garden, however you see fit to record… is a beautiful touchstone to return to.
Often our endeavours with the land can be lofty, particularly for those who are custodians of larger land holdings, so our records can also be guides of how far we have come, when the vision still seems so far away. They can be points of celebration.
Daily rainfall is another key record to keep, as are other weather patterns. Perhaps start a journal, a diary of your unique garden or farm organism. The moon can tell us a lot about the weather. Whether the moon is ascending, descending, full, in a root constellation – the different phases can all have different ‘flavours’. Whether the blossoms are early, late, blooming from the top down or all at once… information is encoded everywhere.
These are all tohu or signs, ways to strengthen your communication and understanding with it all. I love how these small rituals become part of the flow, part of the rhythm of the garden, and strengthen our practice and communities.
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Monique Macfarlane is a holistic food systems facilitator, teaching biodynamics, planting by the moon, no-dig food growing and self-sufficiency. See www.natural-wisdom.net
Monique co-creates with organic, biodynamic, regenerative, no-till, and natural principles on eight hectares in Waihi that includes a small market garden, orchard, pastoral grazing, chickens and agroforestry.
Images: Arina-Ulyasheva, VeraPetruk
