I am encoring this article that I shared a couple of years ago, because I think it is so valuable for us to remember; especially when there are so many difficult, disheartening powers that seem to be in ascendance. I particularly dedicate it to the very special folks who are studying with me this Summer, … Read more
A Seed for Spring Equinox ©Annie Finch Thrusting through the season where I’d waited for spring, tucking up my head, I felt the slanted weight of clouds pressing through the sky above me down towards this grave, till I feel the earth around the place my head has lain under winter’s touch, and it crumbles. … 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. Blessings of the New Moon in Pisces! Today, I am off to Dancing Moon Books in Raleigh, for what I know will be some particularly … Read more
There was music in the cafes at night And revolution in the air. ~ Bob Dylan, from Tangled Up in Blue This is a very powerful Moon, which has already changed signs now from Leo to Virgo, even as the Sun moves today from Aquarius to Pisces. Still the energy lingers, like the echoes of … 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. On my brand new wall calendar, today’s date is so filled with astrological aspects, there is almost no room to write anything mundane. The New … Read more
It’s time once again to join together every Sunday through Yule (or Christmas) for our annual Yule Prayer-Spell. Background If you have been a regular reader of mine in past years, you know that starting in late November, I invite all my visitors, regardless of path, to join together in a virtual prayer circle, or … 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
Sleeping In The Forest Mary Oliver I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing between me and the white fire of the stars but my thoughts, and they floated … Read more
Happy Birth Day to Ganesha! While I do not forget that in America, it is the tragic anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and we will probably give way too much attention to the two-bit fools in Florida that want to burn the Qu’ran, I would rather focus my energy and attention today on something much … Read more