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Goddess Sunday: Earth Day, Gaia’s Day
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. Blessings of Earth Day to you and your beloveds! All honor and gratitude to our beautiful Mother Earth, Gaia Today is Earth Day, first declared on April 22, 1970. So naturally, our Goddess Sunday is dedicated to Mama Gaia, the … Read more
Blessings of the Taurus New Moon
This morning, I am racing around, gathering up the goodies for my workshop in Raleigh later today, Reading for Others: How to Share and Serve with the Tarot. (By the way, there are still some seats available if you have taken either or both of my previous Tarot classes. Just come to the store and … Read more
Happy Birthday, Taurus!
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse. ~ Florence Nightingale (Sun and Moon in Taurus) Happy Birthday to all those born under the sign of Taurus — the Sun moves into your sign today. If your Sun is in Taurus, you are generally patient and determined, with lusty … Read more
Wordless Wednesday: What a Wonderful World!
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Goddess Sunday: Macha
Macha Excerpted from a longer essay by by Jani Farrell-Roberts, a woman of Ulster: Over the ages, our mental picture of the Goddess has evolved to meet our changing needs – and in particular the changing needs and status of womenfolk. In the days of hunter-gathering and in the early days of agriculture, the prevalent … Read more
A Saturday Visit with Rumi
The Breeze at Dawn by Jelaluddin Rumi from The Essential Rumi, translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, 1995 The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. … Read more
Goddess Sundays: Iris the Rainbow Messenger
Iris on saffron wings arrayed with dew Of various colours through the sunbeams flew. ~ Virgil Here in North Carolina, the irises are early this year, and are now coming into their full, spectacular bloom. Regarded as one of the top ten love flowers, the Spring iris shines with beautiful radiance and is a traditional … Read more
Peace
Desse Barama (Peace) by Hamza El Din (1929-2006) The world shines about me, luminous as the moon, smiling like a rose, and a sweet benediction flows through everything existing. How beautiful life is. I marvel at people who are not in love with life. You, my girl, are beautiful, and your beauty, like the beautiful … Read more