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      December in our Book of Seasons   Winter is my favorite season of the year.  Shorter days and longer nights are the in-breath of the year’s cycle.  Now we can pause amid the flurry of busy-ness and remember the deep connection to all of the elements as each can be clearly viewed at this time of year.  Pay attention to how earth, air, fire, water, and spirit show themselves to you in the dark of winter.     Affirmation for December   In the darkness of winter I stand and illuminate this place as a beacon for others to remember that the Light shall return.     Lights are everywhere…

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    November’s Cornucopia   According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a cornucopia is a goat horn overflowing with fruit and grain as a symbol of abundance: an inexhaustible source.   I automatically think of baskets woven as “horns of plenty” on tables and store displays as the American Thanksgiving holiday approaches.  I have to admit that as a pagan I love the idea of a goat horn being the symbol: a symbol that Gaia provides abundantly and unceasingly.  We know that in our heads and sometimes struggle to remember that in our hearts as the reality of day to day living unfolds.   Our affirmation is   I am part of Gaia’s…

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    October Book of Seasons   Samhain is here and at my house it is highly anticipated!  I love walking into a grocery store and seeing all of the new Halloween decorations out for sale!  Look at how so many people celebrate, albeit without knowing, our sacred turn of the year.  Pumpkins, skeletons, black cats and scarecrows peek from houses and businesses.  The fall harvest is in and the aromas of cinnamon brooms and pumpkin soup fill the house.  Can you tell I love this time of the year?  Let’s fill our hearths and hearts with the grounding abundance surrounding us.     Our affirmation is   My heart and hands…

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    September’s Book of Seasons   Yea!  Fall is finally here!  I adore the fall with its change in weather and amazing food in the farmer’s market.  Apples are everywhere as are pumpkins.  It is the sparkle of Samhain just around the corner that makes September so happily anticipated in my house!   Our affirmation for September is I find my balance and restore my energy.   The world is a constantly changing environment full of noise and all things artificial.  We who look to nature for grounding and spiritual wisdom can have a hard time locating sacred space.  I propose we consider the simple idea of using the power of…

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    August for our Book of Seasons   We are deep into the heart of summer if you are in the Northern Hemisphere.  August is full, ripe, and ready to harvest!  One of the things I love most about Mother Nature is that you can always count on her to be surprising.  The weather has been a constant conversation and if you grow anything edible the rain or heat or lack of has left its mark.  But now is time to gather and enjoy all of the fullness this season brings.   Affirmation for the month –   I breathe deep the abundance of life.     Each year I re-read…

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    Book of Seasons for July!   Strawberries and Sailboats!  Summer is at its height in the northern hemisphere.  Here in the “deep south” everything slows down to a crawl.  It is hot.  And it is humid.  And it is time to just be in the moment.  Gardens are lush and the sounds of nature are constant.  How I love listening to the birds as the sun rises and then the chattering of cicadas and tree frogs as they join the song.  I try to keep the windows open as long as possible in order to hear the hawk and the blue jay just a smidge longer.     Our affirmation…

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    I bask in the warmth of the Sun’s pure rays and receive all the gifts it bestows.   Ah, summer is upon us and the beautiful month of June brings our wheel of the year to Solstice!  The bounty of summer is all around us and it is a joy to move through the long days.   Flowers, fruit, birds and bugs flourish during June bringing their gifts to our senses.  It seems easy to feel gratitude at this time of year.  It is our turn to give to nature through gardening and bird care.  Whether planting a garden, tending to flowers, building bird houses and feeders or sitting outside…

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    May is here!  By now, most of us are blessed with the beauty of a fully blooming Earth.  Here in the deep South, we are enjoying “the yellow season”.  The pollen is so thick that it makes everything including the air itself, yellow!  Only rain can clear the air and we are blessed with rain this year.  The energy of life is contagious and before we exhaust ourselves let’s remember the source of this life.   The affirmation for May is   I rest in the arms of Mother Goddess.   Fully nestled within the beauty and bounty of Spring, I am, indeed, resting within the fragrant, colorful arms of…

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    April   This month in our Book of Seasons let’s focus on life joyously popping out all around us! We in the northern hemisphere are smack dab in the middle of Spring! Here in the southern states we are awash in yellow pollen.  Everywhere yellow!  A good rainfall cleanses the new leaves and colorful flowers so that they sparkle!  The air smells heavenly and baby animals and birds appear.   An affirmation for April could be –       I am bubbling over with Divine Life! Looking around at so much life returning to our world I, too, feel a stirring to bring forth something of great joy!  We give…

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    Book of Seasons           March Our next month in the Book of Seasons is March and the beginning of the turn of the wheel to Spring!  With the arrival of the equinox comes the perfect time to check in with our heart and breathe into the balance of the Earth.   The deep quiet of winter is at an end.  Before the quickening of life begins, take time to enjoy the momentary lull.  Soon the stirrings of new life will begin and our focus will be drawn outward. My affirmation for March is – My inner world is in perfect balance with my outer world. As a…