Seasonal wisdom shifts our attention to Mabon (pronounced may-bon), also known as the Fall Equinox, the second harvest festival of the Celtic calendar. In the Celtic calendar there are 8 high holy days that involve nature festivals. Mabon is one of the quarter festivals – along with Ostara (Spring Equinox), Litha (Summer Solstice), and Yule […]
Seasonal Wisdom: Connect to Nature with First Harvest
Seasonal wisdom tells us that we’ve reached a turning point in Summer. I know, I know, this is something that summer worshipers don’t care to admit: Solstice has come and gone, and though summer is at its zenith in the Northern Hemisphere, daylight is slowly fading. Lammas (pronounced lah-mass) sometimes called Loaf Mass, or the Gaelic, Lughnasadh (lOO-nah-sah), […]
Sweaty Sleep: How to Catch Some Zzzz’s During Hot Summer Nights
Ah, summer! Endless events, backyard parties, picnics in the park, baseball games, festivals, family reunions, road trips, and new adventures. A time to breathe in the full joy and pleasure of basking in the sun. But summer has a gnarly side too. The real dog days, when intense heat makes it impossible to sit […]
Happy Litha (aka. Summer Solstice)
Litha (pronounced lah-i (as in “it”) -th- ah), also known as the Summer Solstice, marks the Earth’s biggest inhalation of the year. Litha is one of the quarter festivals – along with Mabon (Fall Equinox), Yule (Winter Solstice), and Ostara (Spring Equinox) – of the Celtic calendar with the cross-quarter festivals of Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas, and Samhain celebrated in between. Summer […]
Beltane Fire: Burn Baby Burn
Beltane (pronounced bell-tain as in “rain”) is a spring fertility festival. It celebrates the quickening fires of the coming summer and is the midpoint between Ostara (Spring Equinox) and Litha (Summer Solstice). Beltane is about celebrating our passions – sexually and/or emotionally – and sparking the fire needed to fully express our wild (and free) sacred selves. […]
{Happy Full Moon}: What the Full Moon *actually* Represents
{Happy Full Moon} Happy Full Moon my lovely lady Lunas! I’ve been noticing some confusion about what the Full Moon represents symbolically and about the creation cycle that we can tap into during the Moon’s zenith. Why does this matter? What you choose to focus on, what you need at any given time, and what […]
Alchemy of Sisterhood + Golden Apple Myth
Have you ever felt the Alchemy of Sisterhood? Personally I’m a bit more on the loner side. I’m definitely an extroverted introvert! Can I get an Amen, Sistah?! In my past, friendships were H-A-R-D, especially with other women. But I find the more I courageously show up as myself that, like the saying goes: My Vibe […]
Nature Medicine: Spring
SPRING heralds initiation and renewal. It calls forth our innate creativity to awaken and make itself known. Spring is full of sunshine and melting snow. Of rain and blooming flowers. Spring is a time to see the beauty in all things as life bursts forth all around us. In Ayurveda, the Spring season is characterized by […]
Celebrating Spring
Ostara (pronounced oh-star-ah), also known as the Spring or Vernal Equinox, welcomes growth and renewal. Let’s dig a bit deeper into the name and some of the meaning and symbols connected with this ancient festival. Then I’ll suggest ways that you can bring this deeper meaning into your modern mystical everyday PLUS give you a […]
Full Snow Moon Lunar Eclipse
Okay Moon Sistas, let’s chat about the unusual celestial trifecta of a penumbral lunar eclipse, a full snow moon, and a comet this Friday. Whew, what a mouthful! Penumbral Lunar Eclipse? Huh? What’s that? A penumbra is the region where some or all of a light source is obscured. A lunar eclipse is when the moon […]