Some Necessary Permission via Poetry for Everyone Who Needs It (And Don’t We All?)
I woke up this morning, with this poem that I’ve long loved running through my head. I am sure I needed it, and I bet you might, too. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Goddess
It’s Birthday Time for Beautiful Virgo!
Happy Birthday to you virtuous, smart, discerning Virgos, as the Sun has moved into your sign. May the Goddess of health and abundance bless us all.
Farewell to the Season of Beltane; Blessings of Lughnasadh Eve
The Wheel of the Year turns once again, and we bid farewell to the season of growth and fruiting, and prepare for the first of the harvest sabbats. Blessed be.
Wordless Wednesday: May Lady Libertas Guard Us Well
America’s Goddess is Lady Libertas, She who stands guard over our Capitol in Washington, D.C. May She guard and bless us, for we need Her wisdom like never before.
On This Last Day of the Month, Let Us Invoke Mighty Hecate
As we end the first half of what may be a watershed year for our civilization, may mighty Hecate gift us with Her clear sight and vast experience. Blessed be.
Farewell to Winter! Welcome Spring and Blessed Ostara!
Glad Bringer of Brightness, hail!
Maiden of Grace, Lad of Laughter.
Gifts of vigor are returning,
Spring’s surprise, rainbow’s embrace.
Quickened be the heart within us,
Opened be our souls to grace,
May the blessing be abiding.
Welcome sit in every face.
Caitlín Matthews, Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings
Welcome Spring!
Today is the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and Autumn Equinox in lands below the equator. We celebrate it as the lesser Sabbat named Ostara. In the northern hemisphere, this day is also known as Lady Day or Alban Eilir (in the Welsh and Druid traditions).
Never Mind That Obscure Martyr – Today Belongs to Venus Aphrodite
This is an encore post from past years with a few pertinent updates. In the name of blessed Aphrodite, let us reclaim this day of love in the true spirit of celebration, honoring the divine gift of all love. All pleasure. Consensual unions only, of every kind. Warmest merriments and blessings to you! ~ Beth … Read more
Happy Imbolc to You! May Dear Brighid Bless You Today and Always
Brighid of the mantle, encompass us; Lady of the lambs, protect us; Keeper of the hearth, kindle us; Beneath your mantle, gather us; And restore us to memory. ~ Caitlín Matthews, A Blessing for Hearth Keepers The ancient celebration of Brighid, Imbolc, or Candlemas, as some may call it, falls around Feb. 1 and 2, … Read more
Tonight is Mother Night, and the 4th Candle Lighting
Dark shepherdess of many a golden star, Dost see me, Mother Night? ~ From The Electra of Euripides Hail and Merry Meet on this Eve of the Winter Solstice. This is the night we light our 4th candle. This is the night of the great celebration of Mother Night. Today is the last Sun Day … Read more