SUN ENTERS VIRGO 08.22.2022 8:16 PM PST When the Sun enters Virgo, we arrive at the last four weeks of Summer. While the Sun strutted through Leo, we brought our attention to our adoring fans, and we claimed the spotlight, demonstrating our capacity to lead and hold the center. In Virgo, we embrace the responsibility … Read more
Upcoming Beltane class: 4.27.2023 “I am not afraid. I was born to do this.” – Jeanne D’Arc Beltane season is here! Nearly every group under the broad umbrella “Pagan” celebrates Beltane, stretching back into the ancient past. The central symbolism of this festival is fertility and virility. In other words, bringing opposites together and having … Read more
Thoughts on Imbolc and the Perseverance of Hope The last six-ish weeks of Winter is known as Imbolc or Candlemas. There is a feeling, an impulse rustling at the edge of crocus buds jutting, verdant, out of the frosty ground. You catch it in the sudden song of returning robins, something offbeat, upbeat, swift. Like … Read more
This is a multi-part series intended to help folks recognize the Minor Arcana in their day-to-day lives. In this piece we look at the Four of Wands. I’ll generally base my interpretations off Pamela Colman Smith’s illustrations in the Smith-Waite or Rider-Waite deck. Here at the beginning of Spring we get an opportunity to work … Read more
This is a multi-part series intended to help folks recognize the Minor Arcana in their day-to-day lives. In this piece we look at the Three of Wands. I’ll generally base my interpretations off Pamela Colman Smith’s illustrations in the Smith-Waite or Rider-Waite deck. Here at the beginning of Spring we get an opportunity to work … Read more