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A year of hope, in thirteen waters

Thirteen times of twenty-eight days, each named for what the water is doing, each holding one passage of Surrender to Self. Bring your own faith, or none.

“Water touched us before we ever touched God.”Amal Lana, Passage Four
Now

The Water Year

Each time lasts 28 days, about one moon. Each week has its own way in.

This time’s 28 days

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All thirteen times and Still Water, every year. Nothing else is added.

Find your time

A birthday, an anniversary, the day you lost someone. Every date belongs to one of the thirteen waters.

The whole year

The year begins at the spring equinox. Tap any time to see what it holds.

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All thirteen times, as a list
  1. The Time of Thaw · Mar 20 – Apr 16 · a time to open · Passage One, The Fear That Opened the Way
  2. The Time of Rising Water · Apr 17 – May 14 · a time to survive, and to thirst · Passage Two, Pulled by the Current
  3. The Time of the Waterfall · May 15 – Jun 11 · a time to leap · Passage Seven, Diving In
  4. The Time of Living Water · Jun 12 – Jul 9 · a time to flow · Passage Five, Conversations with the Wasband
  5. The Time of the Well · Jul 10 – Aug 6 · a time to receive · Passage Nine, Sacred Sips
  6. The Time of Rain · Aug 7 – Sep 3 · a time to become · Passage Eight, Becoming Water
  7. The Time of Gathering · Sep 4 – Oct 1 · a time to build · Passage Eleven, What the Water Made Me
  8. The Time of Release · Oct 2 – Oct 29 · a time to let go · Passage Three, What Was Never Mine
  9. The Time of Remembering · Oct 30 – Nov 26 · a time to stay · Passage Twelve, The Edge of Silence
  10. The Time of Washing · Nov 27 – Dec 24 · a time to return to what is sacred · Passage Four, Performing Wudu
  11. The Time of Floating · Dec 25 – Jan 21 · a time to rest · Passage Ten, Floating Still
  12. The Time of the Warm Spring · Jan 22 – Feb 18 · a time to be held · Passage Six, Floating to Safety
  13. The Time of the Turning Tide · Feb 19 – Mar 18 · a time to surrender · Passage Thirteen, The Turning Tide
  14. Still Water · March 19 (and March 18 in a leap year) · a day when nothing is asked