{"id":5347,"date":"2025-09-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:51:29","slug":"september-winters-forewarning-and-summers-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/september-winters-forewarning-and-summers-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"September &#8211; &#8216;Winter&#8217;s Forewarning and Summer&#8217;s Farewell&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-kalendar-of-shepherdes_22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5356\" style=\"width:674px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-kalendar-of-shepherdes_22.png 526w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-kalendar-of-shepherdes_22-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kalendar of Shepherds illustration of September showing harvesting grapes and the astrological signs for <strong>Virgo<\/strong> (August 23 \u2013 September 22) and Libra  (September 23 \u2013 October 22)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is that time of the year when you say &#8216;Where has the Summer gone? It can&#8217;t be September already?&#8217; But, meteorology, speaking, Autumn starts today. September 1st was chosen on a numerical basis for ease of measuring rather than any profound floral, agricultural or solar reason. So, there are three Gregorian Calendar months for each season, and each season starts on the first of the month. Autumn: September, November and December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Autumn, Harvest, Fall<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Autumn comes from Latin (autumnus) which went into French and then into English. The season was also called Harvest (which went into Dutch <em><em>herfst<\/em><\/em>, German <em><em>Herbst<\/em><\/em>, and Scots <em><em>hairst<\/em><\/em> -Wikipedia) or from the 16th Century: the &#8216;fall of the year&#8217; or &#8216;fall of the leaf&#8217; which spread to America as Fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summer&#8217;s Ending<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It still feels like summer.   In England, we often have a glorious September, and what we can an &#8216;Indian&#8217; Summer, an unexpectedly warm period in mid-September to October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Solar Autumn<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, for the real Autumn, we have to wait for the Equinox, the beginning of Astronomical or Solar Autumn. This year, it is on Monday, September 22nd, 2025, 7:19\u202fpm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Astrological September<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The star signs for astrological September are: Virgo which is linked to Aphrodite (Venus) the Goddess of Love and Libra which is linked to Artemis (Diana), virgin goddess of many things, including hunting, wild animals, children, and birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/zodiac-sept.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5357\" style=\"width:295px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/zodiac-sept.jpg 332w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/zodiac-sept-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Star signs for September<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>September<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>September gets its name from the Romans, for whom it was the 7th Month of the year (septem is Latin for seven). Later, they added two new months so it became our 9th Month. (For more on the Roman year, look at my post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/july\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is called Halegmonath in the early English language, or the holy month, named because it is the month of offerings, because of the harvest, and the mellow fruitfulness of September?  Medi in Welsh is the month of reaping, and An Sultuine in Gaelic which means the month of plenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lullingstone-autumn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5358\" style=\"width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lullingstone-autumn.jpg 401w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lullingstone-autumn-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roman personification of Autumn from Lullingstone mosaic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Early Modern September and the autumn of Life<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an early 17th Century look at September from the Kalendar of Shepherds &#8211; for more on the Kalendar, look at my post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/the-kalendar-of-shepherds\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-30-19.07.27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-30-19.07.27.png 784w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-30-19.07.27-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-30-19.07.27-768x809.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From the Kalendar of Shepherds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kalendar has an additional shorter look at September (see below). And it continues with its theme, linking the 12 months of the year with the lifespan of a man &#8211; 6 years for each month. So September is a metaphor for man at 56 years of age, in their prime and preparing for old age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-kalendar-of-shepherdes_23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-kalendar-of-shepherdes_23.png 461w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sep-kalendar-of-shepherdes_23-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">September from the Kalendar of Shepherds. The last sentence beginning &#8216;and then is man&#8217; shows the link between September and the beginning of the autumn of life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Season of &#8216;mists and mellow fruitfulness<\/strong>&#8216;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>John Keats (1795 \u2013 1821) wrote a great poem called &#8216;To Autumn&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;<br \/>Conspiring with him how to load and bless<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;<br \/>To bend with apples the moss\u2019d cottage-trees,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,<br \/>And still more, later flowers for the bees,<br \/>Until they think warm days will never cease,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For summer has o\u2019er-brimm\u2019d their clammy cells.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find<br \/>Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;<br \/>Or on a half-reap\u2019d furrow sound asleep,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:<br \/>And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Steady thy laden head across a brook;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Or by a cider-press, with patient look,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,\u2014<br \/>While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;<br \/>Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Among the river sallows, borne aloft<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;<br \/>And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft,<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written September 19, 1819; first published in 1820. This poem is in the public domain and available <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/autumn\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First published September 2024, revised 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is that time of the year when you say &#8216;Where has the Summer gone? It can&#8217;t be September already?&#8217; But, meteorology, speaking, Autumn starts today. September 1st was chosen on a numerical basis for ease of measuring rather than any profound floral, agricultural or solar reason. 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