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A Ritual for the Closing of the Veils
This is such a special time of the year for me, as we step into the season that begins at Samhain and ends at the Winter Solstice. It is a new beginning, a new immram (a spiritual journey in Old Irish), a new cycle in the ever turning wheel of the year. Those in the southern hemisphere are at a different “hinge” of the two-fold year of...
The winter goddess energies of Samhain
Samhain, aka Samhuinn, is for me the most powerful point in what many call the Wheel of the Year (one could argue it is two wheels, but that is another story). It marks the beginning of a new turn of the Wheel and a new cycle that brings in the knowledge and wisdom of...
When will you celebrate Samhain?
Beginning at sunset tonight, we celebrate the traditional date for Samhain in the northern hemisphere and Bealtaine in the southern hemisphere. Also known as cross-quarter dates (the midpoints between Equinoxes and Solstices, and vice-versa) and fire festivals, they...
Full Blood Moon in Taurus
This is most definitely a powerful lunar month. At this time of transition here in the north, as the leaves fall and the branches become bare, the sky and stars bring us many new energies, with solar and lunar eclipses at the new and full moons, and very soon we step...
Celebrating with the goddesses of Autumn
Autumn Equinox: September 22 @ 11:50 pm PDT / September 23 @ 06:50 am UTC I love these liminal transformation days when summer transforms into autumn. For this is a time of (re)turning to our deep inner Wisdom, the energies of autumn, reconnecting to our...
Equinox or Equilux
At Autumn Equinox, we celebrate the astronomical beginning of the Autumn Season. As you likely know, the word equinox comes from the Latin words for "equal night", and we trust that it is so. But on the actual Equinox date, the days and night are not precisely equal. ...
Blood Mysteries and the New Moon
The Power of our MoonTime In my former women's group, we talked about so much but after a while I noticed that there was a subject we rarely discussed — our periods, known by many names such as MoonTime, Flow, and even "the curse". This omission somewhat surprised me....
Infusing Honey with Herbs and Flowers
Growing up in a big city, I can’t remember having local raw unpasteurized honey at home as a child. I do remember, however, my first taste of honeycomb during our annual August visit to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. I always loved touring both the...
Working with the Earth element
Throughout the world — and across many spiritual traditions — a candle is a symbol of hope, love, faith and prayer. It represents the flame of our spirituality, the spark that connects us to Spirit, to the Divine, and to our intuition. We tend that fire with our...
New Micro Moon in Leo, a new journey of gratitude
A new lunar month and a new lunar journey begin with the Micro New Moon in Leo on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 @ 2:38 am PDT / 09:38 UTC. Blessings on this new journey through a golden month of harvests and blessings! As I walk the local greenways and parks here in...
Transitioning with the seasons and elements
Many of us celebrate Lúnasa (northern hemisphere) and Imbolg (southern hemisphere) on the traditional date of August 1st. Some celebrate on the lunar date (the Full Moon closest to the traditional date), which in 2023 was also August 1st. But there is another...
Step into the energies of Lúnasa and Imbolg
Blessings to all on the coming Fire Festivals of Lúnasa and Imbolg! The traditional celebration date for Lúnasa (pronounced loo-nuh-suh) in the northern hemisphere and Imbolg (pronounced imm-olk) in the southern hemisphere is August 1st. In Irish Celtic traditions,...
Ritual: Drawing Down the Moon
Image: The Sacred Circle by Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman, She Who Is Art I suppose we all have rituals that once learned or created are never forgotten, and to which we turn to over and over again. Drawing Down the Moon is one such ritual for me. It was offered at a Full...