Welcome to Litha! Summer officially arrives on June 20, 2024, 2:50:58 PM MDT here where I live, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It’s just 2 months after the grand Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in April which will reverberate for quite a while. The chart is focused on the Western side suggesting the energy is more “other” directed and …
It was 10 years ago when I was truly inspired to write my song “Blessings of Beltane” I remember standing on my hill, quietly gazing and drinking the distance of the early morning golden splendour, barefoot in the grass and drenching my face with the fresh, pristine morning dew, breathing in deep that beautiful unique …
I participated in my first ritual to celebrate Aphrodite (in this lifetime) when I was a teenager. I only remember bits of the ritual but one of the things that we did was a guided meditation where we communed with Aphrodite. In that meditation Aphrodite gave me a rose and I’ve felt connected to her …
Well, Spring is here. It is more evident if you live in the South, but even here on the shores of Lake Erie there are signs.The buds are just beginning to show on the Maple tree in my backyard and the flowers are just beginning to show green leaves searching for the Sun. We’ve even …
As the season changes from winter to spring, the energies of the earth start to rise with new life. Ostara, the Spring Equinox, is the perfect time to embrace this energy and renew our own spirits. For pagans and Wiccans, it’s a time of balance where light and darkness are equal. And what better way …
Bloom into Spring! Celebrating Ostara with Spring Equinox Music Read More »
Welcome to Spring! After a long, crazy winter, with wild weather all over the world, may we finally come to a calmer period. Well, at least in the weather forecast! The season begins at March 19, 2024, 9:06:22 PM MDT. The Sun has just moved into the 6th house, having just aligned with Neptune in …
Imbolg, a sacred time in the Celtic calendar, symbolizes the peak of winter. It is often acknowledged as the coldest time of the year, comparable to the early hours of the morning on a 24-hour clock. Just like how the night reaches its coldest point before dawn, Imbolg offers the chilliest part of winter. As …
Songs That Save Our Lives Do you know those times when your heart is breaking, and then you hear a piece of music, and you feel your life has been saved? You were drowning, and then this melody, harmonic progression, lyrical phrasing, lifts you up and out, creates space around you where the crushing water …
Just last week, on Winter Solstice Eve, I started mixing my next album. This was the perfect time to start a new project that would take me from 2020 and lockdown to the end of one busy, magical year and into the next…. Now let me just start by saying that I have written a …
From the bright colours of the Autumnal Equinox to the tiny budding green of Imbolc, this is my favourite turning of Life’s Wheel. It is the time when most of our spiritual celebrations are set into days that are filled with change and chaos by Nature. The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere marks the …
