by Della Ratcliffe | Nov 9, 2022 | Earth Medicine, Wheel of the Year
Shifting from season to season can be chaotic at times, as the energies transform, at times moving forward and at times clinging or returning to its previous state. And so it has been for us lately in my locale. The summer heat and drought was stubbornly clinging well...
by Della Ratcliffe | Nov 1, 2022 | Wheel of the Year
Until sunset tonight, November 1st, we celebrate Samhain (pronounced sow-wen) aka Samhuinn (so-ven), the start of the Celtic winter, the season of the dark, and the beginning of a new cycle of growth and renewal. Samhain is a sacred time, a time to honour our...
by Della Ratcliffe | Oct 31, 2022 | Moonday Musings
At this time of Samhain here in the Northern Hemisphere — a time to honour our ancestors and those who have passed in this turn of the Wheel of the Year — I like to give gratitude for what my ancestors have given me: their resilience, their DNA, their gifts, their...
by Della Ratcliffe | Oct 17, 2022 | Wheel of the Year
Samhain is coming! I typically start preparing my Samhain crafts a few weeks before the actual celebration, such as talismans and amulets, as some items require both materials and inspiration! I had planned to start with a Rowan red thread cross, which some make at...
by Della Ratcliffe | Oct 8, 2022 | Lunar Cycles
Full Moon in Aries October 9 @ 20:54 UTC, 5:54 pm EDT, 1:54 pm PDT, and October 10 @ 7:54 am AEST This Full Moon — the last in the current wheel of the year, which begins again at Samhain — finds us in the fire sign Aries and is a good time to...
