I am getting caught up on something I’ve been wanting to do for ages, which is a 30 Days of Thanksgiving practice for the month of November. So here is Day Two, posted a wee bit late, as will be Day Three, coming up next! Day Two would have been last Friday, when I was … Read more
I am so proud of our Tarot community! One hundred of the best of the best have come together to create Tarot Aid, thanks to the efforts of my friends and colleagues, Laura Brown and Pamela Steele. Tarot Aid is a fundraiser for the American Red Cross emergency relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy. Here’s … Read more
Samhain Blessings to All! Today is the Great Festival of Samhain (pronounced SAH-wen, or SOW-wen), which marks the third and final harvest and summer’s end. This is the ancient Celtic New Year and also the New Year for many traditions of modern Pagans and Witches. This is the midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice … Read more
Dance is the fastest, most direct route to the truth. ~ Gabrielle Roth Noted musician, author, recording artist, philosopher, shaman of transformation, and beloved dancer, Gabrielle Roth, has died. Founder of Raven Recordings and The Moving Center School, creator of the 5Rhythms™ movement system, and with 20 albums of percussive-centered dance music to her credit, she was also … Read more
What I am is a humanist before anything — before I’m a Jew, before I’m black, before I’m a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race — they don’t exclude anyone. ~ Whoopi Goldberg (Sun, Moon, Mercury, and Saturn in Scorpio) Happy Birthday, Scorpio Scorpios are often considered the most intense, profound, powerful … Read more
From my friend, Diane Lang (aka Neith) on her aptly named blog, Libra Seeking Balance, about today’s harmonious influences, thanks to the Libra New Moon… After some of the rougher lunations we’ve had in recent months, I was very pleasantly surprised to find little to complain about for this New Moon at 22° 32′ Libra … Read more
I am she that is the natural mother of all things, mistress and governess of all the elements, the initial progeny of worlds, chief of powers divine, Queen of heaven, the principal of the Gods celestial, the light of the goddesses: at my will the planets of the air, the wholesome winds of the Seas, … Read more
Dark of the Moon, new beginnings; Dark of the Moon, plant a seed tonight; Dark of the Moon, what we envision Will come to be, by the Full Moon’s light. While I am off helping and celebrating today at Pagan Pride of Raleigh (Central NC), a most magical new lunation will commence. Don’t miss the … Read more
She is the ruler of the tides of flux and reflux. The waters of the Great Sea answer unto her, likewise the tides of the earthly seas and she ruleth the nature of woman. ~ Dion Fortune Because this is such a rare and magical time, I offer the perspective of not one, not two, … Read more
As you may know, on the last day of each month, I like to give honor to the Goddess Hecate. Hecate is a Greek Triple Goddess of magical crossroads and the three realms of Earth, Sea and Sky. She is a guardian of the household, protector of everything newly born, and the Goddess of Witches. … Read more