The plum tree, dwindling, contains less of the spring; But the garden is wider, and holds more of the moon. ~ Zen quote This is quite a Full Moon, isn’t it? She kept waking me up last night, like someone had left the lights in our bedroom on! As the leaves fall, and our woods … 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. Arguably, this is the deepest, darkest New Moon of the year. This year especially, it happens to line right up with Old Samhain – the … Read more
Under the Full Moon light We dance spirits Dance we dance joining Hands we dance joining Souls rejoice – Libana Tonight’s Full Moon is a Blue Moon, not because it is a second Full Moon in a calendar month, but because it is a second Full Moon in an astrological sign. We had a Full … 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. We welcome the start of the most important lunation of the year. This is the cycle that will move us through the ending and beginning … Read more
Spring scarce had greener fields to show than these Of mid September; through the still warm noon The rivulets ripple forth a gladder tune Than ever in the summer; from the trees Dusk-green, and murmuring inward melodies, No leaf drops yet; only our evenings swoon In pallid skies more suddenly, and the moon Finds motionless … 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. Wordless Wednesday is being preempted today, so we can begin our spell working. First, we start with a lovely piece by astrologer P.P., regarding this … Read more
In the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, this is Chung Yuan — the Moon of the Hungry Ghosts. Back on the New Moon, the Gates of the Underworld were flung open, allowing ghosts and spirits of the dead access to the world of the living. The spirits spend the month visiting their families, feasting and being … Read more
When in still air and still in summertime A leaf has had enough of this, it seems To make up its mind to go; fine as a sage Its drifting in detachment down the road. — Howard Nemerov, Threshold This is the eve of Lughnassadh, also called Lammas in the Christian revision of the Pagan … Read more
Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them… Life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Blessings of the Full Aquarius Moon! This magical summer Moon is known as the Hay Moon, Wort Moon, Moon of Claiming, … 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. Nearly every month, on the New Moon, I post this little song that I learned years ago at Spiralheart Reclaiming’s Witchcamp. Every New Moon is … Read more