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August 2008

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Posted in Earth Wisdom, Seasonal Lore

Celebrating Lammas, the First Harvest

I’m home from the third annual Northwest Lammas Festival, a homegrown affair started and sustained by some of my mermaid sisters and brothers. (We thank…

I hope you'll join me for my new course, “Rooted

I woke up grumpy this New Year’s Day but a Wild

I woke up grumpy this New Year’s Day but a Wild Wander swept away all the cobwebs. Cottonwoods and moss and storm clouds, oh my! And a hummingbird in the wild rose bushes too quick to capture anywhere but in the smile on my face. #naturejournal #wildwander #earthmedicine

Every New Year we shut the door on the past and we

I loved watching the livestream of Solstice dawn a

I loved watching the livestream of Solstice dawn at Newgrange, Ireland the last 3 nights, awakening ancestral memories. And I love waking to this sunrise a few hours later right here, a continent away. It’s a good morning to turn the Wheel. #wintersolstice #ancestors #coastsalishlands

Twilight visitor on Solstice Night. #yule #magic #

Twilight visitor on Solstice Night. #yule #magic #wintersolstice

No sightings of Jupiter and Saturn, but I’m kind

No sightings of Jupiter and Saturn, but I’m kind of thrilled with our Solstice snow. #yule #wintersolstice #firstsnowoftheseason

Rising late on a very rainy Solstice morning to tu

Rising late on a very rainy Solstice morning to turn the Wheel with all of you once again. Blessed Solstice! #yule #wintersolstice

I designed this spread in 2018 for those who, like

I designed this spread in 2018 for those who, like me, were having a hard time with the onset of winter. Darkness comes early and stays late as we approach the shortest day of the year on Winter Solstice. For many of us living in northern latitudes, winter can bring on depression, grief, and memories of all we have lost in a “normal” year. This year of 2020, the uncertainty, grief, and loss is multiplied on a massive collective scale. ::
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And yet the darkness has gifts for us as well … of dreaming, of rest, and of honoring our sorrow. ::
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Come, toss the cards with me, and listen to the whispers of wisdom in your heart. ::
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1. Darkness / Dismemberment / Brokenness. ::
What have you lost? What are you grieving? What is broken within you? (If you get a positive card in this position, you might want to read its shadow side or reversed meaning.) ::
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2. Promise / Rebirth of the Sun / Renewal. ::
What is the promise of renewal that will come with the dawn of Winter Solstice? ::
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3. Integration of Dark and Light. ::
How do the darkness and the dawn intertwine? What wisdom do they create together? ::
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4. Gift of the Darkness / Remember. ::
What is the gift of the broken time, hidden in the darkness? What longs to be re-membered and restored? ::
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Thank you @ohnurie for reminding me of this spread. ::

Thank you @candalep for sending me a sequined Guad

Thank you @candalep for sending me a sequined Guadalupe for the top of my Yule tree. I love her. #grateful #friendsinfarawayplaces #guadalupe #shewhohearsthecriesoftheworld

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