Look to the Earth, Look to the Skies
We are in a potent time of transformation on so many levels at once! As above, So below!
This chaotic, evolutionary time is as personal as it is social—cultural—political.
We are doing our individual inner work with an eye toward personal and collective healing, uplifting ourselves, dedicating ourselves to the well-being of all.
The times we are living in, divisive, destructive and increasingly polarized as they are, are patriarchy’s extreme old age — its dying years, and as Bette Davis famously said, “Old age ain’t no place for sissies”.
We are here, bearing witness & being part of this deathing/birthing process,
and we need Courage!
To thrive and transform our lives and our world, to find our way through these times, together, we need to stay connected to the
true magic and mystery of life.
Here’s an herbal infusion recipe that can help, and it’s also a perfect autumn tonic!
Courage Recipe
Borage-1/2 cup
Rose Hips- 1/4 cup
Elder blossom- 1/4 cup
Mix together the dried herbs in a quart jar, cover with boiled water, cap and steep for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour for tea, or overnight for infusion. Strain and enjoy, either re-heated, or at room temperature. Store any left-over infusion in the refrigerator.
We have moved into the solar month of Virgo. We are in liminal spaces now. In the northern hemisphere, we are in between the 1st harvest festival of Lammas and the upcoming celebration of Autumn Equinox.
Lammas began the season of gratitude for harvesting the first fruits of summer and the alchemical magic of baking bread, and it is when some of our Indigenous friends hold green corn festivals, another celebration of gratitude for first fruits.
Gratitude moves into high gear at Autumn Equinox. As we approach the equinox harvest season it’s also time to compost and clear space, both internally and externally, to make room for that which will sustain us through the increasingly cold and dark months to come. It is a time for quiet presence and preparations, stillness and movement, a time for being and doing.
And while this is going on in the solar year, the planet Venus is getting close to completing her retrograde cycle in Leo, where she has been inviting us to reassess all we hold dear and value — our relationships, our material goods, and so forth. There is still time to review and reclaim, to release and renew, in service to healing our hearts, aided by the planet Mercury, retrograde in Virgo, inviting us into clearer alignment with our purpose, whew!
There is so much more happening in the skies above our heads, but I’ll end with one of my favorites — we have a blue moon in Pisces on August 30th, the second full moon of the month, and it’s another super moon, at that.
It is offering us a magical portal for transcendence into our mystical knowing of interconnection, for freeing ourselves from shame and other personal past constraints, including overly “logic only please” limiting beliefs and stories.
Suffice it to say… the opportunities to grow, transform, change and choose direction are rich indeed this month. Stretch yourself! Believe in yourself!
