Last night I ate a heavier meal than usual. This morning I slept in. Later I won’t go to the gym as I usually do. It’s Solstice time. The Sun appears to be standing still as it slowly turns to go back along the horizon line (moving north or south, depending on your hemisphere). We should stand still too--or at least pause in our usual busyness. We are shifting into a new season … [Read more...]
Mid-Year Lammas Break
Coming soon, about a week after the Leo New Moon, is the agricultural "first fruits" holiday, Lammas. It's traditionally celebrated on August 1 and is astrologically exact on August 6/7 (when the Sun reaches 15 degrees Leo). It is energetically exact whenever you become aware of the spiritual truth that you are an expression of the Sun. One way to evaluate your current … [Read more...]
Venus Retrograde Solstice
Turns of the season invite us to trust the intelligence of the body. This is our personal and portable temple--our Divine Feminine vessel. That's how our ancestors saw it, years and years ago. We may have forgotten their rituals and incantations, but the body remembers. Without consulting a calendar or reading the blogs, it knows that Solstice is coming. It's feeling the … [Read more...]
My simple Samhein ritual
The veil between the worlds is at its thinnest during Samhein, and it's an appropriate time to contact ancestors, release what's unnecessary, and prepare for the birth at Yule. Samhein is a "Sabbat," one of the special days of power on the wheel of the year. Perform the ritual on October 31 (traditional Samhein) or November 8 (the astrological Samhein), or anytime in between … [Read more...]
Beltane is coming!
I’m ashamed to admit that I often forget the cross quarter holidays—so critical to the year’s turning wheel. My Southern California childhood excuses me somewhat. There the trees were in leaf and even flowered all year round. The autumn leaves I mostly saw were made out of construction paper by my elementary school teachers, whose monthly themes often referred to the seasonal … [Read more...]
