Astrological Imbolc

It’s a high holy day in many pagan traditions. Ayamanatara explores some of the lore, energies, and meaning that you may be less familiar with, and also talks a little about the current energies in general.

This New Moon

Three celestial bodies in Capricorn, two in retrograde, plus some Mars, and a bit of numerology. Read up and be prepared!

Winter Solstice into Full Moon

A look at the juxtaposition of Solstice and the Full Moon, and what that might mean for your awareness. Forewarned is forarmed.

Not-Quite-Weekly Wrap Up

Some reading material: New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy I’m linking to this mainly because the reasoning for Batman & Robin being pagan tickles me The Language of Grief What it means to hold space for someone Astrology : Optimism and dreams vs cold hard reality

From the August Newsletter

For those of you who follow my blog*, you may remember that I promised you some tools for dealing with the massive retrograde energy. I figured, since we weer so close to the end of the month, I would just send it to you in the newsletter. So… here we are. Retrograde energy is about…

All the Introspection Ever

I posted the other day about Venus Retrograde and how that’s affecting us. It’s just one piece of the puzzle though. * Saturn has been retrograde since mid-March, and will station direct at the beginning of August. * Pluto has been retrograde since mid-April. * Neptune and Chiron both went retrograde last month. * Uranus…

Venus Retrograde

I talk about Mercury Retrograde all the time. To be fair, it’s a frequent occurrence, and it gets a lot of negative press. Other planets retrograde, too, though. We have been in the pre-shadow of Venus Retrograde for a few weeks. As we get closer to the event, its influence gets stronger (it starts Saturday)….

Meditation for the New Moon

I realize it’s a little late at night, but I got busy today and wasn’t back in the office until after 6pm. In any event, here’s a guided meditation for this month’s New Moon in Cancer. As I said in the notes on You Tube, this one is actually suitable for doing as you drift…