Welcome Winter! The first of December is actually the start of meteorological Winter, but in many Northern areas hard frosts and snow begin much earlier. In ancient times, when the agricultural calendar was the focus, our Ancestors knew that Winter Solstice signified the halfway point of Winter. There was comfort that half of the hardest, […]
Seasonal Goodies
Goddess EveryDay – Samhain Goddesses and Ritual Workings by Kimberly Moore
Autumn is here and, in some places, the Goddesses of Winter have proven a bit impatient and brought early bursts of snow. Here in Delaware, the brilliant light of summer is stretching into the long shadows of Autumn. The air is more crisp and our temperatures are definitely trending downward. If we close our eyes […]
Goddess Calendar for October 2020 by Kimberly Moore
“As I went out walking this fall afternoon, I heard a whisper whispering. I heard a whisper whispering, Upon this fine fall day… As I went out walking this fall afternoon, I heard a laugh a’ laughing. I heard a laugh a’ laughing, Upon this fine fall day…I heard this whisper and I wondered, I […]
Free Autumn Equinox Goddess Meditation CIrcle – The Mourning of Demeter
Fall Equinox is the balance of dark and light, day and night, and the drama of the descent of the Goddess throughout multiple cultures and traditions reflects the equinox: Demeter and Persephone, Inanna and Ereshkigal, Isis and Nephthys. The sweet sorrow of the Autumn season acknowledges that decay and death are always inevitable and that […]
Ways to Celebrate Autumn Equinox and the Goddesses of Autumn by Kimberly Moore
Fall Equinox is the balance of dark and light, day and night, and the drama of the descent of the Goddess throughout multiple cultures and traditions reflects the equinox: Demeter and Persephone, Inanna and Ereshkigal, Isis and Nephthys. The sweet sorrow of the Autumn season acknowledges that decay and death are always inevitable. Leading us […]
Modron, Mabon and the Autumn Equinox by Caireann Frasca
Mabon is a celebration of the autumn equinox, one of the oldest harvest festivals in Europe. Also called Harvest Home, the Witches’ Thanksgiving, and–in Irish–Mi Meadhin Fómhar (the middle month of harvest), is the second of three yearly harvest festivals, falling between Lughnasadh in August and Samhain in October. Traditionally speaking, it’s at this time […]
Ways to Celebrate Summer Solstice and the Summer Goddesses by Kimberly Moore
“If eternity had a season, it would be midsummer. Autumn, winter, spring are all change and passage, but at the height of summer the year stands poised. It’s only a passing moment, but even as it passes the heart knows it cannot change.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin Summer Solstice is the longest day and […]
Reaching through the Veils – Memories of Autumn Past by Kimberly Moore
“We’re so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new technology, […]
