The spring equinox is one of two equinoxes that happen throughout the year. The equinox is a time when there is equal length between the night and day, while being halfway between the solstices. Ostara is connected to the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn, Eostra, who oversees the budding of plants and fertility. It is […]
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March: Worm Moon
March’s full moon is the Worm Moon, also known as the Sap Moon. It occurs around the spring equinox. It heralds in the beginning of spring, with the earthworms wriggling their way up to the surface once again, gracing our gardens with all their lovely work, hence the name. This is a time of fertility, […]
February: Snow Moon
February’s full moon is known as the Snow Moon or Full Hunger Moon. During this moon, the heaviest of the snowfalls would happen leaving people to rely on their food reserves and to wait out the last of winter until they could hunt and plant again. This moon reminds us of our old hunger during […]
January: Wolf Moon
January’s full moon is known as the Wolf Moon. It is the perfect time to review belief systems, relationships, and life patterns to determine what no longer serves you and decide what you would like to change. This deep winter’s moon is the perfect opportunity to focus on creating and resetting sacred space to rest […]
Imbolc
This Gaelic tradition falls halfway between the winter solstice and spring equinox, during the lambing season. Imbolc can be translated to mean “in the belly” of the mother. It is the quickening season. A beginning of spring and new things you want to grow in your life. It honors Brighid, Goddess of the hearth and […]
2020 Goddess of the Year
Every year, Spirit selects a goddess that will guide me through the growth and challenges that I will face. This year, Hecate has been chosen. I often joke that I will get Aphrodite or Venus but Spirit is far wiser than I am. So they have selected the triad goddess, Hecate. She governs over crossroads, […]
Living in Your Truth
What is an authentic life? How do we stay true to ourselves when we are being bombarded with societal expectations? What are the spiritual implications for not living our truth? Some pretty heavy questions for a Monday but an important conversation to have with yourself. I feel blessed in having been born with a stubborn […]
Embracing My Shadow
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ― Carl Jung The path to peace has been a turbulent one for me. Learning to love my shadow has been challenging at […]
Being Practical in a Magical World
The wheel has turned and summer has come into full bloom. The word of the year has officially changed several times, which is not a surprise. It has changed from Inspire to Simplify and much laughter ensued about my ability to pare down. I surround myself with aesthetically pleasing things, vestiges of old hobbies and […]
Muddy Water
All month the metaphor of muddy water has been drumming in the periphery of my world. The first day I heard it while listening to a podcast about a woman describing how her mother gave her ‘dirty water’ because it was all she had. This was an episode on sexual trauma and the impact it […]