The first butterflies of the spring are easy to notice. They emerge out of April and May to seek the flowers of middle and late spring, and they are full of prophetic meaning. The disappearance of butterflies in the autumn is also prophetic, but it may seem less welcome. On the other hand, a horoscope – time watch – for the sun’s passage from middle autumn’s Libra into late autumn’s Scorpio, is able to provide some consolation. Informal records of seasonal zeitgebers, like butterflies,