Merry Full Moon Christmas Solstice

It's the first Christmas Full Moon in forty years! This won't happen again until December 2034. People get excited about rare celestial events. But I've seen a few of them come and go. To me it seems the greater rarity now is any moment when a human fully meets the sky. Even if a Full Moon occurred every year on Christmas, what matters is how you meet it this time. Pause your … [Read more...]

A simple Winter Solstice Eclipse Ritual

I hear there hasn't been a lunar eclipse like this--occurring at winter solstice--for 456 years. People get excited about rare celestial events. But I've seen a few of these come and go. To me it seems the greater rarity now is any moment when a human fully meets the sky. Even if a lunar eclipse occurred every year on the solstice, what matters is how you meet it this time. … [Read more...]