live & learn

The cycle of give and take is a natural rhythm the earth and most of its inhabitants are in sync with. With the main exception being us human beings - its indulgent infants. 

Our elders and older beings sharing this planet with us have learned to move with the ebb and flow. We on the other hand have much to learn and improve yet. 

if it's to me it's up to me

The wake we make is erratic and chaotic to the cycles and rhythms that have been around long before we were even possibilities in the murky muddy pool we first crawled out of. 

golden harvest

Equinoxes and Solstices are moments of important energy shifts for us - as light and dark ebb and flow. 

This year’s psychological harvest awakens us to our body’s senses, our world’s needs, and our spiritual place in the cosmos. 

pumpkin patch

Autumn Equinox is a sacred moment for grieving our many losses - as individuals, as a culture, as Earth-Gaia. We join Demeter and other Mother Goddesses from around the globe - weeping for all that is gone. Our beating hearts beating on. 

The Mother weeps and rages, the Daughter leaves courageously, the Old One beckons with Her wisdom and promise of transformation. 

Persephone is the Seed in the Heart/Core of the Mother and the Mother is in the Seed within us. They are in each other - we are of each other.

We wish all a bountiful harvest! May there be peace within us and between us. 

Originally published at https://wonderwanderwomen.blogspot.com.

eclipsed

Change is inevitable - no matter how much it surprises or how we resist. Around the world the Ring of Fire has been restive. 

Also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes. 

Seventy-five percent of earth’s volcanoes - more than 450, are located along the Ring of Fire. Ninety percent of earth’s earthquakes occur along its path, including the planet’s most violent and dramatic seismic events. 

Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park on the island of Java, Indonesia

In Negros Island where I was born and grew up, Mount Kanla-on had been spewing volcanic ash and shaking the earth since September 2024. Folks have been displaced and evacuated from its vicinity. Farms have been abandoned and left follow under sulfur fumes. 

action & reflection

The full moon embodies self-expression and action. When the moon and sun are in opposition, Helios is so far away from Luna that the full face of our nightly companion is lit up. Perhaps distance does make the heart grow fonder.

We have traveled far, and now is the time to rest, and look back on our accomplishments, or at what we have left behind, as the case may be. Our emotions and our physical body are heightened during this phase of the Moon.

Listen to the needs of body and mind - opposing energy of the Sun (ego, self) and the Moon (inner-self, subconscious) can cause tension - explosions of emotions. Create rituals that reflect and manifest this.

"equinox" comes from the Latin for "equal" & "night"

cosmic change

We are moving at the speed of light as humanity is shifting into light body and hopefully growing less dense. A change in consciousness as well as a change in the stars. How do we mark this change as we step forward?

Love without enabling, nurture without over-protecting, accountability with love and compassion. Planets call for an open-hearted compassion with family, friends, and community. Feeling sensitive and generous, we are reminded that boundaries are important but are often semipermeable at best.

Women's Fire Circle © Flame Bilyue' 2009

What affects one person, one circle, one nation - affects us all. Their pain, our pain - serving others can make our world better too. Strange events may call for this compassion - how we think, feel, and communicate.

Our passion and warrior nature both out of bounds. Having less restraint - for better or worse. Coming back within bounds by the end of May - when Mercury turns retrograde. Problems that arise will come churning up - to be processed throughout June.

Throughout our many lifetimes cycles are always changing. The seasons and stars change. Shamanic cultures marked time by watching the changing cycles. The new changing cycles meant important work needed to be done. 

Ceremonies were performed for balance and healing, Spirits in the divine realms listen to all our prayers and answer whatever way possible. Chants and altars change to mark any movement. 

Cycles change all the time - having family makes it is easier to mark change. But for loners in life you must find other ways to acknowledge your own shifts. Build sacred space and perform special ceremony to honor this however way you can. 

We have been weathering stress - light to extreme - since the beginning of human consciousness. We learn to develop our way of coping to survive and thrive. We grow the strength and support to take the next steps in sacred ways that honor each and every moment. 

Wash away the fear and fill our homes and lives with love and light.