May the Graces Bless Us with Joyful New Beginnings! xTake out, then take in: Bad luck will begin. Take in, then take out: Good luck comes about. Blessings of the Tarot Year of Strength – the card of courage, compassion, and “power with.” I’ll be writing much more about what this means in the coming … Read more
A collection of tidbits from my posts in years past, with heartfelt thanks to Waverly FitzGerald, who is the source for much of this lore. Blessings to you, Waverly, for your faithful, invaluable service as a Priestess of Time and Keeper of Wisdom of the Ancient Ways. Out with the old and in with the … Read more
May you and yours be blessed. If you haven’t already, today is the day to light your final Advent candle. Thank you to all who joined us to make the 10th Anniversary of this ceremony the biggest, brightest, and best yet.
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. – Henry Miller, who had his Sun, Mercury, Midheaven, and Venus in Capricorn At the moment of the arrival of Winter Solstice, at … Read more
Brightener of Darkness, hail! Keeper of Clearness, Opener of the Depths. Gifts of plenty are arising, Winter wonders, white snows’ fall. Joyful be the heart within us, Open wide the guesting door, Wisdom waken in abundance, Warm our beings to the core. ~ Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings, by Caitlín Matthews Ring the bells … Read more
Deepest Dark Blessings to you and yours! It is the Eve of the Winter Solstice. This is the great celebration of Mother Night. As far as we know, our ancestors did not have atomic clocks or satellites to help them dissect Time to the nanosecond. Instead, they had to figure by their keen observation, by … Read more
Every week since before Samhain, I have been sharing a video from the Conservation International’s “Nature Is Speaking” series, and calling it Gaia Friday. Today, we conclude with Ian Somerhalder speaking on behalf of the imperiled coral reefs. It’s an especially gorgeous video, so I hope that you’ll go to full screen (click the arrows … Read more
He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise. ~ William Blake Today is the fourth and final Sun Day before Winter Solstice, and it is the third Sunday of Christian advent. Plus, in divine timing this, too, is the beginning of the Halcyon Days. If you are joining our global … Read more