About a flowering bush that blooms in China at the September Autumn Moon.
Today is Saturday September 14.
Saturn’s day, Ray 3 day today – Divine Intelligence leading to Right Action.
It’s also Farmers Market day today.
Last night – Walking up the long winding driveway at 10 at night,
I could see the full moon high in the sky It’s light beckoning us, preparing us for Tuesday’s solar festival of Virgo (at the timing of the full moon). Standing in the doorway about to go inside the house, I turn around again, and the light of full moon (reflecting the Sun’s light) was peeking thru the large browned sycamore leaves. A bright reflective light in the sky growing larger & larger each night, till its full moon night on Tuesday.
The September full moon names are Fall Harvest moon, Corn full moon, Barley full moon, Autumn full moon. Falling leaves moon, Cedar bark moon (Haida people), Osmanthus full moon (in China, time when the Osmanthus flowers bloom). Summer’s end full moon.
Osmanthus, (from Greek osma, meaning “fragrant”, and anthos, meaning “flower”.) The Osmanthus flower symbolizes Truth. The flowers are wedding flowers, also used in perfumes, cooking & in Chinese medicine. Osmanthus is a flowering plant from the Olive family that is native to Eastern Asia, and has been cultivated in China for thousands of years.
Osmanthus plants are native to Asia ranging from Himalayas, China, Southeast Asia, to Japan. However, they are also cultivated as ornamental plants all around the world. The flowers are fragrant, with a scent relatable to that of peaches or apricots.
Osmanthus tea is sweet and flavourful with abundant health benefits. Osmanthus fragrans is also called Fragrant Tea Olive (tea).
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https://www.foodsforbetterhealth.com/osmanthus-tea-33165

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/osmanthus-fragrans/#:~:text=Common%20Name(s)%3A,Tea%20Olive

Legend of the Moon Palace
Osmanthus Flower Celebration in China & Asian Countries at September’s Full moon.
The legend of the Moon Palace
In ancient times the Jade Emperor held ceremonies to offer sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. During a midautumn evening a magic Taoist priest named Luo invited him to visit the Moon Palace. Luo threw his stick into the air, and immediately a silver bridge from the heavens stretched before them. Across the bridge, there was a magnificent palace. A plaque above the gate read “Guanghangong (Vast and Cold Palace)”. By the gate stood a tall, sweet-scented Osmanthus tree and a Jade Rabbit set under the tree mixing a medicine for eternal life. Hundreds of beautifully dressed dancers surrounded them accompanied by melodious music and entertaining the Emperor with delicious cakes shaped like the full moon. Upon returning to the earth, the Emperor ordered cakes modeled after his vision.

In the heavens, the astrology today…
Aquarius Moon, Virgo Sun & Mercury. Air & Earth.
3 days ’til the full moon, Tuesday), lunar eclipse, Virgo solar festival at 27 Virgo.
8 days ’til autumn equinox.
And there’s…47 days ’til Halloween.
51 days ’til the U.S. election.
And five months ’til our next Valentine’s Day!
Sun inconjunct Chiron today & Venus trine Jupiter.
Venus/Jupiter (Libra/Gemini) is an auspicious harmonius expansive transit. It builds all day ’til tonight at 10:34pm (PT).
A very intelligent loving day & night today/tonight.

Graphic: Rabbit gazing at the autumn full moon and stars besides a blossoming osmanthus. (China, late 18th century). silk embroidery depicts a rabbit gazing up at the full moon from a rocky bank. The moon and two constellations indicate that it is nighttime; the blossoming osmanthus and red leaves reveal that it is autumn—the season of the Moon Festival. An auspicious phrase on the upper right corner, crafted in the shape of a seal, reads “xi cui chuan nian” (稀翠傳年), meaning “deep green signifies longevity”.