Beth In memory of my mother on her birthday.EAST COKER(No. 2 of ‘Four Quartets’)excerpted from Part V.by T.S. Eliot Home is where one starts from. As we grow olderThe world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicatedOf dead and living. Not the intense momentIsolated, with no before and after,But a lifetime burning in every momentAnd not the … Read more
As you may know from my articles on the subject, the numerology of your birthday, or of a particular year, may correspond to the Tarot, particularly the Major Arcana (the trumps). Using this system, we can discover much about the traits and patterns that may be anticipated in a given year. This year, 2009 would … Read more
Night Mirrorby Li-Young Lee Li-Young, don’t feel lonelywhen you look upinto great night and findyourself the far face peeringhugely out from betweena star and a star. All that spacethe nighthawk plunges through,homing, all that distance beyond embrace,what is it but your own infinity. And don’t be afraidwhen, eyes closed, you look inside youand find night … Read more
The birth of the Goddess Inanna has been celebrated annually on this day since ancient times. Inanna is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven and Earth, and a deity who presides over both love and war. Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart Inanna child of the Moon God a soft bud swelling her queen’s robe cloaks the … Read more
Guided by the Graces, as well as Virtue and Art, I wish you a very — The Year 2009 has been designated the International Year of Astronomy. Here’s a resolution you can easily keep this year — just keep looking up: Meantime, if you’d like to read some New Year’s Day magical lore, visit here. … Read more
Fast away the Old year passes, Fa-la la-la la la-la la la! Hail the New, ye lads and lasses! Fa-la la-la la la-la la la! Many thanks to the School of the Seasons for much of this lore. Blessings to you, Waverly FitzGerald, for your faithful, invaluable service to us for these many, many years, … Read more
From one of the most dangerous, subversive books in print, Rob Brezsny’s manifesto: PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings LIBERATE YOUR IMAGINATION Let me remind you who you really are: You are one of the chosen ones. You’re a luminous being. A primordial miracle. A … Read more
The peace of wild things by Wendell Berry When despair grows in meand I wake in the middle of the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. … Read more
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to beBy the Full Moon’s light. According to the folks at StarIQ, “Normally, the New Moon in Capricorn spawns seeds of construction and ambition. However, with potent Pluto and pungent Mars nearby, there may be some serious cleaning … Read more
Winterby Danica Lee, Age 11Sanford, NC© Stone Soup Magazine The flowers callTheir last farewellTo the woodsAs winter comesTo wilt their petals. The snow fallsUpon brown leavesFallen on the roofsOf houses strungWith sparkling lights. The crisp airAnd glittering frostThe little puffs of breathAnd mugs of steamy teaOnly come in winter.