What does “Herbal Astrology form a Celtic Cultural Perspective” even mean?

In my case, it means that the Woman I studied Herbalism with, Gina McGarry, at Brighid’s Academy of the Healing Arts out in Eugene, Oregon, back in 2002, had learned much of her extensive plant wisdom from her Grandmother who had been a “village herbalist” in Kildare, Ireland.

And she taught her Herbalism from a Celtic Cultural Perspective.

Which, while there are many “shared truths” in an emergent Planetary Herbalism, Celtic Herbal Astrology has its own traditions that make it distinct from Chinese, or Indian, or African, or Native American herbal astrology.

Including how our Celtic Ancestors followed the Moon before they followed the Sun. How they used the phases of the Moon and the relationships of how the Constellations move through the lunar cycle to guide them in how to plant, weed, harvest, and make medicine.

What does a full moon in Scorpio or Cancer have to do with harvesting roots?

Why is it good to make oils when the Moon is in Aries?

What are times of the month when it’s best to weed in the garden?

How does the moon impact seed germination rates?

How does working with a particular plant when the Moon is in the phase influenced by the Constellation or the Planet that rules that plant impact the medicine that is made?

Learn these things and much more in an interactive Zoom workshop on Wednesday, December 7th.