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Seasonal Lore

Lammas / Reaper Altar
Posted in Personal Journey, Seasonal Lore

Reaper’s Harvest

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,…

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3 Lovers Tarot Cards by JPC
Posted in Personal Journey, Sacred Art, Seasonal Lore, Tarot

Creating a “Lovers” Tarot Card

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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2020 / 2021 Doorway Spread
Posted in Seasonal Lore, Tarot

2020 / 2021 Doorway Tarot Spread

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…

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squirrel in the tree
Posted in Collective, Seasonal Lore

Reflecting on 2020 in the Season of Nourishing Darkness

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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Releasing the Old Year.
Posted in Personal Journey, Seasonal Lore

Cackling the Old Year Away

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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Lucia Party 2000
Posted in Personal Journey, Seasonal Lore

Holding Vigil on St. Lucia’s Night

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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Winter Solstice Spread
Posted in Seasonal Lore, Tarot

Tarot Spread for Winter Solstice

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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Posted in Seasonal Lore

The New Year Slowly Unveils Her Face

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…

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Lammas garden
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Musings on a Lammas Evening

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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seal skull, shells
Posted in Seasonal Lore

Entering the Dark, Sacred Silence

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…

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Today I turn seventy-one-derful. (Thank you Liziah Today I turn seventy-one-derful. (Thank you Liziah for that yummy phrase). Ruminating on all the paths not taken, all the ones I did take, all the paths that still beckon me. Life is brutal, and so beautiful. Grateful for it all. 💚 #capricorn
Two Capricorns walk into a cafe… and one brings Two Capricorns walk into a cafe… and one brings a bouquet of flowering witch hazel. Thank you @kathiehardy 💚
Oh those winter sunrises! Starting out the day wi Oh those winter sunrises!  Starting out the day with awe & wonder. And coffee. ✨
A waterfall of New Year’s blessings … may all A waterfall of New Year’s blessings … may all beings be happy, healthy, safe, and kind. 💚🕯🙏🏼
Setting goals and intentions for the New Year no l Setting goals and intentions for the New Year no longer lights me up like it used to do. I've slowed way down this past year, in part due to ongoing health issues. I'm asking for help more often and finding the practice of letting go to get easier every day. ::
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My priorities are pretty simple: Spend time with people I love. Make lots of joy-inducing art. Call the circle and collaborate with others; ask for help. Get my health back. Read good books. Move my body. Love the land. Love my community. Make a difference, even in tiny ways. ::

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And (because it's always "both/and", not "either/or") here's a golden oldie New Year's spread from the Gaian Tarot book that I created 20(?) years ago. Still a good one. ::
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:: New Year's Spread: Out with the Old, In with the New ::
1. What do I leave behind in the Old Year? 
2. What do I open up to in the New Year? 
3. Key Opportunity of the New Year 
4. Key Challenge of the New Year 
5. Hidden concern (pull from bottom of the deck) 
6. Deep Wisdom / Counsel (pull from middle of the deck) 
7. Key Theme of the New Year
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Happy New Year!
May you & your beloveds nestle into the comfort of May you & your beloveds nestle into the comfort of nurturing darkness and the joy of returning light. Happy Solstice! #wintersolstice
From my porch: Good morning snow! Good morning pon From my porch: Good morning snow! Good morning pond! Good morning blackbirds! #wintersolstice
On the fourth Sun-day before Solstice, we light th On the fourth Sun-day before Solstice, we light the candle for the element of Earth. In the sweet darkness of waning sun and waning moon, we await the return of the Sun on Solstice morn. #adventsunwheel #solsticesunwheel #yule #wintersolstice
First snow … First snow …

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