Today is the vernal equinox of 2020, and the first official day of spring in the northern hemisphere. The energy of the holiday focuses on nature’s annual reminder that life is eternal. Even after a long period of darkness and apparent death, the sun grows strong again, melts the snow, calls forth the life from underground. Everything is reborn. Everything is growing and thriving, just like before the snow. As above, so below When we see a pattern in any part of nature, we ca

I know it’s early, but I’m an eternal optimist. (Or as my grandsons would say, “Optimus”.) We’re more than halfway through February. There are only 5 weeks until the Vernal Equinox! That’s spring, so my spring cleaning is already getting underway. Starting with the DECLUTTERING. Decluttering 101 I am doing a major purge this year. All those clothes I’ve had for years, the ones on the hangers I push aside while muttering that I have nothing to wear–those are going. All the sh

Wishes are thoughts Thoughts are things. Thoughts exist. They have vibrational wavelengths. Everything that exists was once a thought. An idea. A notion. A daydream. Thoughts that are spoken, or written down, have already become a physical thing. A physical representation of themselves. It’s only one more step to become the very thing they are about. Everything is energy According to science, we’re made up of energy, and there’s more space between our atoms than there is phys

Aside from being Groundhog’s Day, February 2nd is also the traditional date of Imbolc, or “Imbolc Brigantina” also known as St. Brigit’s Day. The actual high holy date falls precisely halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal or Spring Equinox, which this year is on February 4th. Brigit or Brighid is the Celtic Goddess of the Forge, and on her day, she awakens the sleeping earth with her power of creative fire. She’s known as the inspirer of poets and writers and art

Law of Attraction Law of Attraction, LOA for short, is a real force, much like gravity. It’s not a belief or a religion or a fun bit of folklore. It’s the spiritual physics of why things work the way they do. And in short it means that we “attract” the people and experiences of our lives to us. No one asserts them upon us. We aren’t being rewarded or punished. We aren’t cursed or blessed. We aren’t being kept down by others. And our lives are not random. People having tough t

Mystics and sages have always known the power of the in-between. The most powerful times for magic, for example, are in-between times: dawn which is the precipice between night and day, and dusk, between day and night. Midnight is the fulcrum between today and tomorrow, noon the tipping point from morning to afternoon, and so on. In nature, swamps are in between earth and water, fog is in between water and air. Doorways are in between rooms and are always considered potent pl

This is my second Winter Solstice post this year, but I felt inspired, so here you go! It's Winter Solstice What you'll need You’ll need a small fire. You can make a bonfire outside near sunset, or use your fireplace if you have one. You can use an iron cauldron or other fireproof container in a room without smoke detectors or outside. Write down the things you want to be rid of-not in too much detail. One or two words. “The accident” or “the incident” or “that person.” You’l

Briefly: What is Divination? Divination, according to the dictionary, is “The practice of seeking knowledge of the future by supernatural means.” Well, that’s off. First, it’s seeking knowledge, period. Not just knowledge of the future, but all sorts of knowledge. Most importantly, knowledge about your own inner being, your own connection, your own baggage, focus, goals, and pathways to reach them. Second, it’s not “by supernatural means” because there’s no such thing as supe

Define Magic So to begin, let’s agree to define magic as, “to create change at will by non-physical means.” But I have trouble with even this much, because I know that all change is accomplished by non-physical means long before it happens physically. And I also know that the change created by the practitioner of natural magic, is really a change within her. Magic is this: I am a person who does not have X. I recognize that I would prefer to have X. I then morph myself into t

By any name... Samhain is only its Gaelic name. Dia du Muertos in Mexican culture. Many peoples from many times and places set aside a day to celebrate and honor death and the dead, most frequently coinciding with the period surrounding the final harvest. This period is a time in-between times. Summer is over, and winter is already casting his shadow over us. We teeter on the precipice of autumn, watching it slowly cross-dissolve as the leaves fall. This is a powerful time. W

One of my inspired ideas has come to life, and I just want to tell you the process of how it happened, so you can recognize when it’s happening to you. (Hint: you are ALWAYS in one stage or another of this. Although some of us have to experience unwanted to generate the big idea, and others of us have a little trouble shifting focus off the problem and onto the solution.) It happened in spring I wanted a shop like this one! I was going to create a shop like this one. I was. T

Autumn is officially here. But as always, I like to talk about how our own cycles reflect the seasonal ones, and what the changing seasons mean to me on a deeper level. The energy of Mabon and fall is adulthood. Maturity. The fullest level of growth. It’s harvest time. The fruits of our actions are coming to us now. It’s a time for gathering and appreciating all we gather. It’s a time for celebration and a true moment of balance. Not just between light and darkness, but betwe

I think we all have. No matter what side of the political spectrum we are, everyone seems to be angry. And it’s contagious. I can’t turn on the internet or the television without getting angry. So I have to deal with that. Why not stay angry? Anger, you see, has ripples. It ripples outward and affects the people around us, the work we produce. Everything we touch becomes a match to anger, frustration, impatience, irritability. Anger ripples inward, too, and that affects our h

A while ago, I put it out to the Universe that I’d like a new revenue stream. Something that would be less work, but keep the income flowing in. Then I set about doing all sorts of acrobatics to create one. An Easier Flow It’s not that I want to stop writing. (Although I’d love to stop marketing!) But I wanted something else, something easy and fun that could keep income flowing even when I don’t feel like writing. Something my hot young hubs can keep going after I croak. Unl

A while ago, I put it out to the Universe that I’d like a new revenue stream. Something that would be less work, but keep the income flowing in. Then I set about doing all sorts of acrobatics to create one. An Easier Flow It’s not that I want to stop writing. (Although I’d love to stop marketing!) But I wanted something else, something easy and fun that could keep income flowing even when I don’t feel like writing. Something my hot young hubs can keep going after I croak. Unl

Here is what I got. I was shown my cupped hands, and my spirit-self pouring its energy down into them  and from them into my body. I  meditate near a rippling stream, so the sound effects assisted this vision beautifully. I directed the flow to my third eye, then to my throat and heart and on down. And then I felt this clear message: You don’t have to channel it. You ARE it. I am it. I am spirit. I am Source. I am light. The song, I Am Light by India Arie came to me and I lis

Here is what I got. I was shown my cupped hands, and my spirit-self pouring its energy down into them  and from them into my body. I  meditate near a rippling stream, so the sound effects assisted this vision beautifully. I directed the flow to my third eye, then to my throat and heart and on down. And then I felt this clear message: You don’t have to channel it. You ARE it. I am it. I am spirit. I am Source. I am light. The song, I Am Light by India Arie came to me and I lis

Here is what I got. I was shown my cupped hands, and my spirit-self pouring its energy down into them  and from them into my body. I  meditate near a rippling stream, so the sound effects assisted this vision beautifully. I directed the flow to my third eye, then to my throat and heart and on down. And then I felt this clear message: You don’t have to channel it. You ARE it. I am it. I am spirit. I am Source. I am light. The song, I Am Light by India Arie came to me and I lis

What's an affirmation? Basically, an affirmation is a sentence you say out loud to yourself frequently. The idea is that if you say something often enough, eventually, your brain accepts it as truth.  And since your reality is based on what you believe, if you can change your beliefs, you can change your life. The problem The problem is, you already have some pretty solidly ingrained beliefs. No matter how many times I say, outloud, “I look just like Cindy Crawford,” I know i

What's an affirmation? Basically, an affirmation is a sentence you say out loud to yourself frequently. The idea is that if you say something often enough, eventually, your brain accepts it as truth.  And since your reality is based on what you believe, if you can change your beliefs, you can change your life. The problem The problem is, you already have some pretty solidly ingrained beliefs. No matter how many times I say, outloud, “I look just like Cindy Crawford,” I know i