Michaelmas
29 September 2026 — May the autumn asters bring light and peace to your home.
Michaelmas is a Christian feast honouring the archangel Michael. In Western churches it is kept on 29 September. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it was also one of the traditional quarter days, the four dates in the year around which rent was paid, so it was a time for settling accounts, renewing agreements and hiring workers. The feast is tied to the farming year: the harvest is in and late autumn is near. A roast goose was a customary dish, and an old belief says blackberries should not be picked after this day. The asters that bloom at this time are known in England as Michaelmas daisies. The date falls shortly after the autumnal equinox (around 22–23 September), when nights become longer than days and the autumn constellations rise in the evening sky.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, violet-silver bouquet of Michaelmas daisies drawn as a constellation of bright dots and fine lines, drifting slowly across the night sky
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