Wordless Wednesday: The Changing Face of the Sun
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Tis the Sunday Before Solstice…
The Earth is steadfast and holds all that I need in Her open hand. I am glad to wait in the silent breath of the Earth. She is courage and love She, comfort and support. The Earth is joy and my source of strength. Psalm 27, Earth Psalms by Angela Magara Today is the fourth … Read more
Happy Birthday Leo!
Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. ~ Jennifer Lopez: July 24, 1969 (Sun and Ascendant in Leo) The Sun moved into its own sign of Leo at 11:56 this morning (Eastern time), just hours ahead of the full Thunder Moon, the first of two … Read more
Wordless Wednesday – Burning Whirlpool
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Happy Birthday, Aquarius!
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? Abraham Lincoln, Sun and Ascendant in Aquarius (Feb. 12, 1809) The Sun moves into the sign of Aquarius today! Happy Birthday to all the free spirits and visionaries of this iconoclastic sign, for they are pointing the way to the turning of the … Read more
Tonight’s Advent Wreath Lighting
Tonight, in the threshold moments of dusk wherever you are, you are invited to gather with good people across the globe, from every faith and tradition. Please join in our Solstice Sun Wheel practice, as we prepare the way for the dawn of the Light reborn. Every Sunday at sunset between now and Solstice and/or … Read more
Goddess Sunday: Riding with Epona
In one of the earliest formal shamanic classes I ever took, we were guided into the Underworlds with the intention of meeting our spirit guide. More often than not, our instructor explained, this would be an animal spirit. As I got used to the steady drum beat (à la Michael Harner, and so different from … Read more
Poetry for the Gardener of the World
Summer Sun by Robert Louis Stevenson Great is the sun, and wide he goes Through empty heaven with repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than rain he showers his rays. Though closer still the blinds we pull To keep the shady parlour cool, Yet he will find a chink or two … Read more
Happy Birthday, Gemini!
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future. ~ John F. Kennedy – Sun and Venus in Gemini Today, the Sun entered Gemini, sign of the Twins. Generally, people born under … Read more