The Female Year Cycle - Rituals and Traditions Throughout the Year - Homemade Herbal Cosmetics - The Best Recipes with Healing Plants for the Whole Year. From Candlemas to the Spring Equinox, the May Festival, the Summer Solstice, and the light traditions of the Christmas season, nature goes through eight transformative phases in the yearly cycle. These cyclical processes also hold significance for the lives of modern people and are intended to be revealed to the readers of this book, awakening a new awareness of the wonders of life, such as birth, love, death, transformation, and rebirth. Various herbal rituals, customs, and recipes are associated with the eight different seasons or transformative phases. From incense burning in winter to the summer bonfire and the ancestor feast in November. Numerous recipes and healing applications of herbs.