Happy Holidays! We have moved out of the intensity of October and November and into a place where we can muster some enthusiasm, looking ahead, and take a long-term view towards change. Hopefully you are hooked into that joy and anticipation; if you’re not, here are some helpful things to move you in that direction:…
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Family of the Heart and Family of Origin
Some people grow up in tight-knit families. Regardless of any disfunction, their family is un-dissolvable. They get together for holidays, even trading off hosting duties, pretty much no matter what. Their family comes before their social circles, and they only show up at “orphan” gatherings if finances and geography keep them from their blood relations….
How the Sun’s Energy Affects Us
I post about this sort of thing frequently, but I thought it might be nice to have it all in one place. We all have an electromagnetic field. Heck, all matter is made up of energy, so to assume that we’re not affected by changes in the energy that bombards the earth is a bit…
Epidemic of Sadness
I had a massive mood drop yesterday, and when I mentioned it to friends, it would appear that I was one of many. This leads me to believe that there’s something going on, beyond seasonal changes. The astrological forecast wasn’t leading me to think it was planetary. My next choice is always to check SpaceWeather…
Solar Flare Alert!
SpaceWeather says Giant sunspot AR2192 erupted again on Oct. 24th (21:40 UT), producing a powerful X3-class solar flare. Using a backyard solar telescope, Sergio Castillo of Corona, California, was monitoring the sunspot when it exploded: “This flare was so intense that it almost shorted out my computer! Well … not really,” says Castillo, “but I knew right…
Goddess In the Labyrinth
Today is an unusually powerful day. The Sun moves into Scorpio. Venus is in Scorpio. The New Moon is in Scorpio. And we are having a solar eclipse, which amplifies the New Moon. Scorpio is like a fire goddess. She will help you be authentic, in your passion, incredibly present. You have to want it,…
Interesting Sun Flares
On Friday, SpaceWeather alerted me to some solar activity that, while significant, wasn’t aimed at earth. I intended to write about it anyway, but it’s a waning moon, and I’m not betting as much done as I would like. The, this morning, I awoke to this missive: Solar activity increased sharply on Oct. 19th when…
Notes from the Labyrinth October 17th, 2014
Today’s labyrinth walk was mostly an exercise in being present. One of the lovely things about doing this in the Fall (and fall seems to have finally begun here in Southern California), is that I get to walk the labyrinth barefoot. In the summer months, the concrete is just too hot. The labyrinth I walk…
Observations from the Labyrinth on Yom Kippur
I’ve resumed my labyrinth practice for the month of October, though certainly not at the level of the 40 day devotional I did this past spring. It started mostly as a way to easy my passage through Mercury retrograde and to support me through the thinning of the veils. I did a walk today, and…
Becoming the Goddess
Many years ago, my Guidance gave me a formula, an adjustable affirmation/mantra of sorts. It has helped me overcome all sorts of adversity, from talking myself down out of panic attacks to leaving an abusive relationship, and all sorts of things in between. Over the years, I have refined it into an empowerment workshop, one…
October Newsletter
If you would like to receive the monthly newsletter in your inbox, please sign up via the button to the left October … We are in the Time of the Psychopomp. We have just been through the pause in time of the Autumnal Equinox, and the days are getting shorter, the veils are thinning, and…
Weekly Wrap Up of Web Links
Web links I have found in my puttering around the internet…. Building community Art, Oracles, and Culpability Transformational Leaders Jewish Witch – My Devotionals A Prayer of Compassion towards Z Budapest Choosing Love over Fear