by Della Ratcliffe | Jun 20, 2021 | Sky Medicine, Wheel of the Year
Solstice Sunset at Spanish Banks, Vancouver, Canada Solstice arrives June 21st at 3:32 UTC / 8:32 pm PDT June 20th. This is celebrated as Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. For both, it is a time of pause and a...
by Della Ratcliffe | Jun 8, 2021 | Lunar Cycles, Sky Medicine
This is a significant month, from an astronomical perspective, but also from a spiritual perspective. By the end of June, our journey through the calendar year reaches its half-way point. Depending on our locale and hemisphere, the energetic significance of that can...
by Della Ratcliffe | May 24, 2021 | Lunar Cycles, Sky Medicine
I love that this Wednesday’s Full Moon and eclipse is associated with Sagittarius (the archer and centaur Chiron), a mutable Fire sign. WOW! This combination is an energetic powerhouse and a catalyst for transformation, perhaps revealing what has been obscured...
by Della Ratcliffe | May 23, 2021 | Lunar Cycles, Sky Medicine
Eclipse Season is almost here! This year, it begins with a total lunar eclipse on the Full Super Moon in Sagittarius on May 26th, aka the Super Full Blood Moon! May’s lunar eclipse will be visible in much of Europe, much of Asia, North/West Africa, much of...
by Della Ratcliffe | Dec 9, 2020 | Sky Medicine
Look to the South-West in the hour following sunset I have been a stargazer since childhood, fascinated by the stories of the constellations and the patterns they create in the sky (and the legends of how they got there), the Milky Way and more distance galaxies, by...
by Della Ratcliffe | Aug 6, 2020 | Sky Medicine, Wheel of the Year
I am neither an astrologer nor a numerologist, but have been fascinated by the Lion’s Gate 8:8 concept, for a few years. It is celebrated on August 8th each year. This date is closely aligned with both “true” Lúnasa (NH) and “true” Imbolg...
