The Acorns Are Ripe
The oak tree is alive with movement. It started last week with a few tentative visitors, checking the crop. One day, a small Blue Jay, too young to have grown into their colouring yet, hopping …
Another Turn of the Spiral
Another Turn of the Spiral On Saturday, we crossed the seasonal threshold of Lammas, the midpoint between the Summer Solstice and the Fall Equinox. Here in Edmonton, it’s the height of summer, although summer looks …
Dancing the Sun Down
I was at Wild Roses Festival this weekend. What a gift to be gathered on the land with a thousand women, listening to our inner wise woman and connecting with each other. On Saturday night …
The Quietest of the Corvids
Crow is one of my guides this summer. A pair of crows has been nesting nearby, and for the first time I have had the opportunity to witness their family life up close. I live …
Lessons from the Wasps
On Wednesday my internet stopped working. At first, I thought it was a simple technological problem, perhaps related to Mercury moving through their pre-retrograde shadow. I did not yet know that a whole nest of …
Summer Solstice, Rain and the First Quarter Moon
Tomorrow, the spiral turns again as we celebrate Summer Solstice, the longest day, the fullest light, the fullest outward expression of the year. The Spiral Dance of Life recognises this as the Mother in her …
The Wisdom in the Shadow of the Crescent Moon
The crescent moon was beautiful last night. She was low on the horizon, glowing softly in the evening sky. I could see her full outline in shadow, the darkened part of her still present even …
Bright Beltane Blessings
Today is Beltane, the Celtic cross-quarter day that marks the midway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. Although spring arrived in many parts of the northern hemisphere with the equinox, Beltane has …
Signs and shifts in the Aries new moon
On Friday night I had the privilege of gathering with Wise Women for our Aries New Moon Wisdom Circle, marking the first new moon of spring. Together, we explored the current turn of the Spiral …
A Merkaba of Magpies
I’ve been spending a lot of time with magpie energy lately. Magpie was with me throughout winter and I thought they would move on at Spring Equinox. But just before equinox I started seeing images …