Tomorrow, a sideways sickle will hang in the winter sky like a smile, like a chalice. It’s the first sliver of moonlight after the dark moon; The Priestess Moon, the Imbolc of the month. Under this moon, I will creep through the winter leaves, wet with rain, …
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Weird Wanting
We are under a "Mermaid moon" today. That means the moon looks like The Mermaid's season of Autumn Equinox; half light-half dark, with waning light. The Mermaid archetype kindles our wisdom of independence and integration. She's also the non-conformist, and we call her …
An invocation for The Mermaid moon
We do invocations in a ritual for many reasons.It's a way to honor the land where we to live and it's features.It's a way to "call in" the support of nature, angels, ancestors, and guides.But my favorite reason is to kindle genius and light up the psyche.When we face a direction and …
Ritual for the Mermaid moon
See that moon in the sky today? It's a third quarter moon, half light and half dark, waning toward dark. At Darkwood we call that The Mermaid moon. Why? Because it looks just like the Earth during Mermaid season (now); half light and half dark, waning toward dark. In Mermaid …