Saturnalia Ritual Spell: Inhale Your Authority Back

Saturnalia was a Roman festival involving presents, revelry, and a little bit of bad behaviour. First there was a radical reversal of the established social order, when for a brief period of time slaves would become masters, and masters would become slaves. Another cool aspect of the celebration involved a statue of Saturn, bound in straps […]

The Climb

Ruler: Saturn Exalted: Mars Detriment: Moon Fall: Jupiter Polarity: Feminine/ Negative Modality: Cardinal Element: Earth Body Parts: skin, joints, structure & form, skeletal system, hair, nails, teeth Nature: cold, dry, with little internal heat Ca…

Capricorn New Moon: The Tower and the Touchstone

Every year as Capricorn season arrives with bells on, so does our awareness of the passage of time, along with just how tightly we’ve scheduled our self, how pressured we feel by our numerous commitments, and how many hungry mouths and empty bank accounts we’ve got to satisfy. This sobering influence, on the holiday known […]

Horoscopes for December 21st to December 28th

Overview    Horoscopes are a day early, because the upcoming influences are significant. December 23rd features Saturn’s entrance into Sagittarius. Check out this link for all the posts I’ve written (so far) on this transit. When the planet o…

Capricorn New Moon at the Solstice: The dark point of stillness

“The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come.  At the darkest moment comes the light.” – Joseph Campbell
 The Capricorn New Moon will occur just six minutes after the moment of the Winter Solstice – the point at which the Sun moves into Capricorn in the tropical system. […]

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Solstice

The darkest night of the year is almost upon us. The nadir, the bottom, the grave, the tomb — and the womb. We are sliding gently into this zero hour, lighting our candles and fireworks to keep away the creeping shadows. Christmas is a beautiful celebration, and a deep understanding, of the light within darkness. There is no greater light than a new life. Much of our Christmas — the tree, the reindeer, the candles, the Yule log — was imported from Germany and Scandinavia. And many of their Christmas traditions have their origins in the not very distant pagan past. One such […]

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