The last summer month is rich in folk signs, beliefs, fortunetelling and predictions. This is due to the superstition of the Slavs, who, seeing off the summer, tried to appease the forces of nature, to provide themselves with an easy and mild winter.
What August will show us
August often became an indicator of what winter is coming:
- full or hungry;
- soft or harsh.
Careful observation of nature in search of clues has led to the fact that many popular August signs have taken shape, but, faced with incomprehensible phenomena, people today are perplexed. Some signs are alarming: the apple tree blossomed in August, the first snow fell or an abnormally large number of mushrooms in the forests.
Correct interpretation factors
Despite the fact that the apple tree blossoming in time in August greatly alarmed people, people noticed that in some cases this event promises good: if the apple tree bloomed in August, folk signs recommend paying attention to a number of factors:
- young or old tree pleases people with flowers;
- whether there are fruits on it next to the fragrant color;
- Does one of the household members prefer fruits from this tree most of all;
- nature of summer;
- how many young people live in the family.
Accounting and analysis of these factors helped to understand what a tree that blooms in the last month of summer promises.
Positive interpretation of the anomalous phenomenon
Despite the fact that blooming apple trees in August does not occur every year, this phenomenon is sometimes referred to as omens. The apple tree blossomed in August - this is good and well-being in the following cases:
- If the color is happy with a young and constantly fruiting tree, from which a harvest has already been harvested this season, then people said that wealth and cash flow will soon come to the family. The prosperity in the house after such a phenomenon should increase at least twice, since the tree gave people its positive energy twice.
- The fragrant color on the branches of a young tree next to the juicy fruits promised the owners a generous harvest of fruits for the next year as well, therefore, having encountered this phenomenon, one could start preparing bins for the future harvest. The interpretation extended to other fruits and garden crops in this farm: it was possible to prepare for a generous harvest if the apple tree blossomed in August. These signs were considered positive and favorable for the whole family.
- The addition of at least a couple of kids or twins in the family promises an apple tree blossoming in August to those families in which the young people lived. Especially this sign was valid if the hostess was pregnant and the family expected replenishment.
In such cases, the appearance of flowers on an apple tree in the midst of August days was openly rejoiced and expected positive changes.
Negative interpretation of signs
In some cases, the answer to the question "why did the apple tree bloom in August?" sign interprets negatively. The phenomenon itself could not but alert the superstitious ancestors, since it did not fit into the laws of nature that were familiar and studied by people. They did not expect anything good from this phenomenon in the following cases:
- a tree that bloomed unexpectedly, was not young and had not been fruiting for several years, with its unexpected color heralded a quick death in the family;
- if a tree suddenly blossomed, which one of the family members preferred the most and consumed apples only from it, then this warned of an imminent misfortune threatening this particular person.
Perhaps, it was precisely for these reasons that the blooming apple tree was feared in August and tried to conduct special ceremonies that would avert the disaster. In addition, there is a belief that in August 1940 many apple orchards unexpectedly bloomed , and an abnormal crop of mushrooms was harvested in the forests. A year later, funerals came to hundreds and thousands of yards. That’s why the following signs were classified as negative: the apple tree blossomed in August, too many mushrooms in the forests grew.
Scientific explanation of a natural anomaly
Modern science and meteorology recommend not to forget that any natural anomalous phenomenon should seek an explanation primarily in the scientific spirit. There is an explanation for the phenomenon of a strange sign: the apple tree blossomed in August.
- You should pay attention to the nature of the weather of summer days and analyze it: if it turned out to be hot, rather humid, without sharp cooling and temperature changes, then it is quite possible that the fruit tree seeks to give out tasty offspring one more time.
- The second possible cause of the anomaly may be that in the spring not all buds managed to bloom and pollinate with the help of insects. Those kidneys that did not develop in a timely manner try to make up for the missed opportunity at the end of summer.
- Unexpected and untimely flowering of a tree can be caused by cutting the bark, eating the bark by insects or aging of the tree.
A simple scientific explanation excludes the influence of otherworldly forces on the tree and family members.
Opinion of the clergy
Orthodox priests say that it is not worth looking for mysticism and occultism where there are none. From the church’s point of view, it’s not unusual for an apple tree to bloom in August. What signs this unusual phenomenon means is not difficult to explain, from the point of view of religion:
- this phenomenon is ecological in nature, which does not carry any information about the future or the past to a person;
- do not look for secret signs and predictions in individual natural phenomena.
An Orthodox person must trust in the will of the Lord and not forget the words of Jesus Christ: “According to your faith, let it be unto you ...”