Forget Valentine’s! Let’s Celebrate Aphrodite!

This is an encore post from last year with a few pertinent updates. Warmest merriment and blessings to you!  ~ Beth Do you not see how mighty is the Goddess Aphrodite? She sows and gives that love from which all we upon this earth are born. ~ Empedocles ca. 490-430 BCE Felicitations and good wishes … Read more

Be Ready for Tomorrow’s Leo Full Moon

As you’ve probably figured out by now, there are so many glorious astrologers that I absolutely treasure, and Rhea Wolf is certainly one! So I wanted to share her “Love Letter” about tomorrow’s Full Moon in Leo (6:53pm, Eastern), so you can plan your Love celebrations accordingly. From the iced in, snowy South, I wish … Read more

Watch Your Step: It’s Mercury Retrograde

For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. ~ Lily Tomlin Today is the beginning of Mercury retrograde! Mercury retrograde is when the planet Mercury appears to go backwards in its usual orbit (from Earth’s perspective). For ages, astrologers have remarked that this reverse motion often manifests as a rewind or review of paths we’ve previously taken. … Read more

Joining the 9th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival

Once again, as I have for all but the very first year or two, I am joining in the Poetry for Brigid Festival. This is an annual world-wide event in honor of the Patron Saint of Ireland and Goddess of healing, smithcraft, and poetry (to name a few of Her purviews). It is held throughout … Read more

Blessings of Brigid, Fiery Arrow of Life’s Awakenings

Brighde by Stuart Littlejohn Fire in the forge that shapes and tempers.  Fire of the hearth that nourishes and heals. Fire in the head that incites and inspires. ~ The Ord Brighideach (Three-Fold Fire of Brighid)  Rejoice, my dear ones! Today is the feast day of St. Brigid who is also Brigid, a beloved Goddess … Read more

On the Edge of Magic and Transformation

There, at the foot of the tree, belonging to no man, A silver apple falls. There, amongst the branches, the mother sits. Weaver of dreams against the weft of the wood, Insight falls like gentle rain on a moon-bathed garden. ~ Song to Hecate, by Alison Jones Now let us make ready for the great … Read more