Posted in Personal Journey, Seasonal Lore
It’s a month past the midpoint of my 70th year as we move into Lammastide, the season of the Reaper. As I metaphorically sort, thresh,…
Posted in Personal Journey, Sacred Art, Seasonal Lore, Tarot
Three “Lovers” Tarot Cards by Joanna Powell Colbert: Gaian Tarot, Pentimento Tarot, Herbcrafter’s Tarot I remember buying my first tarot deck in 1970 — the venerable…
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Every New Year we shut the door on the past and welcome the future, all the while standing on the threshold between the two. Everyone…
Posted in Collective, Seasonal Lore
When I woke this morning and opened my blinds, I was surprised by bare branches. Overnight, a windstorm stripped almost all the golden-russet leaves off…
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Tarot and Texas, baby. Taking a deep breath to relax into the Solstice season in Lisa and Eric’s warm home. So grateful to spend the…
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I am mourning the loss of my beloved friend Waverly Fitzgerald, who died Friday night after living with cancer for several months. I am not…
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Today the Moon is in its balsamic phase, the depths of darkness in the lunar cycle, when we surrender to the unknown. We also find…
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It seems to me that the New Year unfolds in increments, beginning at All Hallows and continuing through Candlemas. She comes in quietly, like a…
Posted in Seasonal Lore
Sweet summer. Almost every day this season, in the late afternoon when the shadows lengthen, the sun is strong, and the sunflowers face west .…
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While on retreat two weeks ago, I went for a contemplative beach walk. I found 9 upturned clam shells filled with sand and water; part…