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The March Full Moon, aka the Full Worm Moon or Full Crow Moon, occurs [...]
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The February Full Moon, aka the Full Snow Moon, occurs in Leo on February 9, 2009 at 8:49 Central time here in [...]
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“How can I release old resentments and anger?” a friend asked. She’s a very wise and together person, and very spiritual, so the question surprised me a little. There’s always that expectation, you know, that spiritual people don’t get angry or carry resentments but some wounds are deep and take [...]
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Every time there’s a New Moon, Full Moon, or an Eclipse, I get thousands of search engine hits from readers looking for rituals/meditations [...]
Continue reading about January 2009 Solar Eclipse: Ideas for Rituals and Meditations
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The January Full Moon, aka the Wolf Moon, occurs in Cancer on January 10, 2009 at 9:27PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…the heart.
Cancer is generally a sign of emotions, nurturing, motherhood, nesting, home. Right now, the Sun is in Capricorn, to me (Pisces that I am) a [...]
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Lorna Tedder, adding a little spice to life…or at least to a wonderful Winter Solstice feast. Photo by Aislinn Bailey; all rights reserved.
Most people I know make New Year’s resolutions, manage to give up on them in defeat within two weeks, and feel like failures for the rest of the year because they couldn’t manifest [...]
Continue reading about Better than New Year's Resolutions–A Ritual that Really Works
Around the riverbend, life is sometimes pretty amazing.
Photo by Chan Worley, Copyright all rights reserved. Used with permission.
Inexplicably, things suddenly seem shinier than they have in previous years. Given the state of the world at the moment—and the state of my current social trend toward being, well, unsociable after several of my dearest ones had [...]
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The December Full Moon, aka the Full Cold Moon, occurs in Gemini on December 12, 2008 at 10:38 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about having an “idea of who we really are.”
Gemini is a sign of mental processes—communications, ideas, intellect, flexibility, adaptability, changeability. [...]
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Certain types of incense make me feel calmer, others put me in the mood for loving, and some just remind me of the serenity and sacredness of home. Seems there’s some science now to back up my weird impressions.
Discover Magazine reports ( http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/26-smell-your-way-to-happiness ) that at least one incense has uplifting effects in an article [...]
I know, I know. After everything you’ve heard about Kristin being all evil from those Generation Hex authors, you probably expected her new cookbook to be about newt eyes and Hansel and Gretel cookies, but nope, sorry.
Instead, you get 188 pages of really wonderful and different recipes that will keep you from ever having another [...]
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The November Full Moon, aka the Beaver Moon or the Frosty Moon, occurs in Taurus on November 13, 2008 at 12:17 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle.
Taurus is a sign of solidity, sensuality, earthiness, pleasure, enjoyment. Sounds great, huh? Except that, astrologically, this moon has some difficult angles, plus the Sun is [...]
Continue reading about Tension vs Recovery: November 2008’s Full Moon in Taurus Meditation
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It’s important that we as both seekers and teachers don’t become so secure in our own little universes that we fail to sample the knowledge of another universe. I have made some of the greatest progress on my own spiritual journey by talking to people outside my circle and sometimes even [...]
Continue reading about A Breakthrough: "For the Highest Good of All" and Other Caveats
Halloween, 2007; copyright Tedder/Bailey
It’s 1 AM, the morning of Halloween. Halloween, not Samhain, for the Sun is not yet at 15 degrees of Scorpio.
Something in the house is troubling me, taunting. Only now do I remember the talisman on my dresser. I’ve hardly slept at all in my room these past few weeks, choosing instead [...]
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Oh, the power of words! Especially when said in a ritual circle.
As my Circle grows, I find it helpful to discuss situations with other High Priests and High Priestesses because at some point, I’m going to be asked a question I really cannot answer and that the questioner really [...]
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Clarity is a beautiful thing…eventually. To be honest, the fog can be prettier but sometimes it’s best if you see the truth.
It’s one of those things that highly spiritual people ask for. They don’t ask for money or power. They go for the more spiritual quality that can help [...]
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I’ve been trying to explain the Wiccan degree system of formalized training to a new student who is excited about taking this important step on her spiritual path in late December. I think it would be prudent of me to make sure I space out the rest of the Initiations [...]
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The Hunter Moon, the full moon after the Harvest Moon, occurs in Aries on October 14, 2008 at 3:04 PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Aries, as the first sign of the Zodiac, has its own themes of exuberance and fresh starts–think of a four-year-old boy [...]
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Pagans and New Agers just loooooove to “send energy.” Me included. It makes me feel a little less powerless when someone else is in trouble, and if they use the energy in a way that’s helpful to them, I’m glad. But it’s also a sign of how codependent [...]
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It was Edain McCoy who first called my attention to it—the link between the current economy and prosperity spells. I honestly had not noticed. And maybe that’s a good thing.
I’d just returned from a trip to the Daytona-Orlando area where New Age shop owners talked of the current economy, of [...]
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Highly recommended–here’s a beautiful book for the Autumn season, beginning today!
Mabon: Pagan Thanksgiving (Revised)
Author: Kristin Madden
Trade Paperback, 6×9, 280 pages
Publisher: Spilled Candy Publications
ISBN 978-1-892718-68-6
Acclaimed homeschooling author Kristin Madden shows adults, parents, teachers, and children how to celebrate the Autumn of the year with myths surrounding Mabon (the Harvest), customs and traditions from around the world, recipes, [...]
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If you’ve followed my previous visions for Full Moon meditations and rituals, you know that I’ve been following an interesting interactive series of meditative ideas, presented in terms of a river as emotion associated with the moon’s new and full phases, as well as eclipses. I have now gone “around [...]
Continue reading about Harvest Moon in Pisces–September 2008's Full Moon Meditation
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AND SHE WILL ALWAYS CARRY ON
SOMETHING IS LOST
BUT SOMETHING IS FOUND
THEY WILL KEEP ON SPEAKING HER NAME
SOME THINGS CHANGE
SOME STAY THE SAME
–”Hymn to Her,” The Pretenders
If you know me well enough to know what happened with my last relationship and still know me well enough to know what’s happening in [...]
As I mentioned in 16 August 2008: Lunar Eclipse Rituals and Meditations for the Full Moon in Aquarius , eclipses have repetitive patterns, if you know where to look. Understanding these patterns and how they parallel one another can be useful in figuring out what’s going on in your life and where to put your [...]
Continue reading about Parallel Eclipses and How They Influence your Life (Part I)
Lorna Tedder at a lakeside chapel, copyright 2007; photo by Shannon Bailey, all rights reserved.
One day, I’ll write about less controversial topics. Today isn’t it. Today, it’s simply my goal to make you think, and I’m sure I’ll lose some readers and I’ll make others defensive. If so, know that I’m being true to my life purpose. [...]
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Honestly. I hadn’t planned to post about the upcoming lunar eclipse quite yet, but here we are on 8 August 2008 (08/08/08), half-way [...]
