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As the Autumn Equinox passes and the dark half of the year unfolds, find a quiet space where you can be alone with your thoughts. Safely light a single black candle, symbolizing the shadow self. Sit comfortably with your eyes closed, taking deep, relaxing breaths. Visualize the darkness as a gentle mist, embracing you with love rather than fear. With each inhale, draw this mist inward, allowing it to connect with your whole being. With each exhale, release any judgment toward the darker aspects ...
Sometimes change can feel like destruction and it's difficult to see the bright side. As the season of change commences today on the fall equinox, try this exercise to help you understand the ways in which uncomfortable events such as endings can have their own beauty and role in our lives. Gather a collection of broken items. These can be simple, ordinary objects you find in your daily life, such as a mug with a missing handle, a bit of broken plastic, a ruined toy or other mundane things. It ...
Ostara occurs at the Spring Equinox and represents the time of equal night and day before day begins to overtake the dark. Since today is also a Friday, you can double-dip in the energies of abundance and fertility to create fertile ground for yourself and your future projects. Allow yourself to envision all of your possibilities and choose one that you want to focus on for this spell. Choose one that you want to find fertile ground for so that it can grow to fruition. Acquire a plastic egg to ...
For many of us, fall unofficially starts in August and makes itself officially known in September. In several parts of the Northern Hemisphere, we are delighted to see hues of amber, red, and orange as the scenery changes around us and the air starts to get just a bit crisper. September is such a wonderful month to relish in the delights of fall. It's when school starts again and we have the fall equinox, and it's a gentle reminder that we have one more month left of "Spooky Season." So today, ...
