Jenny Heston

Welcome to December, What’s Your Theme Going to Be for 2023?

Inspiration, The Cold Moon and Solstice is almost here!

Happy Magickal, Miraculous, Meaningful, Majestic, Musical, Manifesting Monday!

Can you believe we are in December already? I have to say that for me it felt like 2022 just whizzed by! And here we are on the first Monday of December, closing out the year and stepping into all sorts of celebrations and expectations lol.

To help us all navigate and set strong intentions for 2023 I am opening up spots for Opening Up The Door on 2023. Your Personal Theme card reading for 2023.

This reading is designed to support and empower you for the year ahead as we dive deep and explore the themes and energy of your theme card. It shows what 2023 will bring to you personally, energetically and how to embrace and embody it all year long.

Many of you found this super helpful last year and have requested it again.

So voila, here it is!

Also, many of you have emailed and asked if there is going to be a Book of Winter Solstice. Yes, yes there is.

Too often, we go through winter out of alignment with the seasonal energy: we’re working against it, and it’s creating a lot of dis-ease in our spirits. It depletes you.

This is why The Book of Winter Solstice was created. To offer a different, deeper and more meaningful way to engage with all that our society and our soul needs.

I will be sending out an email mid week with all of the info, so that you have it in time for this gorgeous Solstice.

Okay, so with our move into December the energy has changed and the theme is “GET INSPIRED.”

As Lena explains – “December is a big month and not entirely all beauty and fun, as we are still under sluggish influences keeping us focused internally, filtering and weeding out the debris of old emotional baggage, relationships that don’t support us, habits that don’t serve us, and responsibilities that are not ours. The good news is that we are very slowly moving out of the intense grind of the past several months that for many of us has been very challenging.

The most important area of growth and focus this month is around the reflection of what inspires you and whether you have what inspires you active in your life at this time or not.

We have some powerful points of change with the full moon and the solstice times that will hold your feet to the fire in this process of observation making it one not so easily ignored.

Whatever is not inspiring will become painfully obvious and you will have opportunities to make choices, decisions and adjustments. There are a lot of aspects to inspiration that will be affected this month beginning with the personal self.

Are you inspired by who you are? Self-esteem issues are on the table and there will be many chances to forgive the past and reset one’s relationship to self.”

So let me ask, What Inspires You?

On Wednesday, December 8th we welcome in the Cold Moon, the last Full Moon of 2022! December’s long dark nights and cold frigid days bring the Moon’s annual cycle full circle.

The Cold Moon’s spiritual meaning indicates now is an ideal time to start visualising what you want to bring into your life. (Which ties in for the energy of this month of Get Inspired).

Once 2022’s Full Moon of December arrives, we’ve completed an entire trip around the sun. Now is a beautiful moment to focus on all the good things headed your way!

You’ve been working so hard and have some serious gumption, trust that the universe will help bring your intentions and dreams to fruition. The Cold Moon encourages you to follow your greatest passions and spiritual joys.

It’s a time for introspection and soul-searching, a chance to recharge and reconnect. This is a magical season full of transformation and deep internal work.

It may seem counterproductive to pause, rest, and reflect. Especially in our Western Culture that is all about the parties and celebrating right now.

However, remember your worth isn’t defined by your productivity.

Use the Cold Moon as a symbolic guide to “freeze and hibernate” as well. Slow down and be fully present in activities that truly bring you joy and pleasure. To help you delve deeper into this energy I have some lovely Journal Prompts for you to play with as well as a super easy Ritual.

Before you know it, Spring will be here, so enjoy these quiet moments of rest and solitude.

So with all of that chuntering on, let’s crack on with the reading. When I went to the guides and cards and asked who wanted to show and shine – the deck that came out loud and proud this week is Love Your Inner Goddess Oracle. Perfect! As we could all do with loving ourselves a wee bit more and being a tad more gentle and kind whilst we navigate these delicious times.

Now if these guides are new to you, please let me introduce them – “These guides have come to help you awaken and express your divine feminine spirit, to live from your heart, to empower your true self – and to discover your sacred rebel within, to say no to the voices of fear and hate and become a voice for love, truth and spirit on the earth.

Living as a soul, with truth, takes real courage in this world. We are often taught to follow the rules and be a good boy or girl – and that if we do this, everything will be OK. Your inner goddess thinks that is a bunch of nonsense.

She wants so much more for you. She wants you to live a beautiful divine destiny. She will show you how to be a loving rebel, breaking the rules that go against your heart and soul, changing the game and playing from the heart. She’ll show you how to live the life that is meant only for you. You are meant to stir up healing change and be a voice for what is wise, loving and true.

There are issues in our own lives and the world that need to change, that need to be healed. Your inner goddess knows how to bring about healing change with love, playfulness, courage and dignity. She is a fearless minx who will help you dance, love, storm and laugh your way into a more beautiful world, created from the heart.“

Seriously, the perfect guides for this time. Woosah!

So gorgeous one, breathe. Just breathe, BE and allow yourself to relax, your mind to calm, your breath to slow and ask your wise inner self – what do I need to know this week. Then when you are ready, pick the card or cards that tug at your heartstrings – don’t let your mind pick!

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go have a gander shall we?

YOU ARE THE LIGHT

You are going through a spiritual initiation. This is happening because you are ready for it, even if it doesn’t always feel that way. The way to pass this test is to rely on the light within you. Don’t let fear or doubt make you distrust the path ahead.

Don’t let fear or doubt make you distrust the path ahead. Don’t give in to despair or believe that things will not work out. You are learning to trust that the Universe knows what it is doing. There are great and beautiful things meant for you, and no matter what appears to be right now, they will come to you in the perfect way and at the perfect time.

Light is powerful. Some people don’t understand this. The fear in their hearts makes them cynical. That fear stops them from seeing what is true. In the absence of truth, they hold on to their judgements instead. They scoff at what they don’t understand. Be careful of allowing such people to influence you.

It’s not wise to take advice from people who are investing in creating pain. You can have compassion for them, but you must not underestimate how their negativity can taint your trust in the Universe. When we feel the light within us, when we trust in it, we are able to move beyond the fear and negativity that exists in this world. You have it within you to be that light.

The only thing that can trap you is the choice to believe in the negative and give in to the fear.

That’s not you, so don’t choose that for yourself. Don’t listen to people who would cause you to question the light. The light within you is the real you.

Be at peace, beautiful one, for the positive power of the light in you is stronger than any darkness. Keep your faith in the light. All will be well.

MERMAID SOUL

Deep within, you know what excites and inspires you. Your job isn’t to decide whether that inspiration is practical, realistic or even possible. Human beings have been shown throughout history that the ideas which they once scoffed at as being ridiculous or impossible to achieve can become the realities that they rely upon and take for granted as a natural part of their daily lives not long afterwards.

You too shall move from doubt to wondering how you ever lived without this passion, idea or inspiration of yours. Let the Universe show off its creative flair for the unexpected and inspirational through you. Do not give up on what truly moves and inspires your heart, for soon enough it will be part of your world.

You are a rare creature, not entirely of this world. You need to swim in deeper waters of mystery and meaning. In those deep places, you can commune with the sacred and be nourished by that which is real and yet cannot be explained. To deny this and remain on the surface of things will not satisfy your soul. It would be like eating stale biscuits, when what you really hunger for is succulent fruit, sweet with juice.

You crave mystery and magic the way most other people crave control and certainty. These yearnings of yours are not immature or escapist. They are the voice of your inner mermaid, rising up from your oceanic soul.

Her siren song is the voice of your true desires. You are connected to worlds beyond this physical reality, the worlds of spirit, healing, intuition, meditation and creativity.

When you are in touch with her you will embody your feminine freedom and spiritual independence. You will live your life according to what fills you up, living from that inner place where you feel at home, the realm of your soul.

PEACOCK PRIESTESS

Daily life can get us down before we even realise what is happening. Trying to do it all can push us beyond our limits, draining our energy and stealing our joy.

One moment, we are on top of the world; the next moment, we wonder what happened and why we cannot rally our spirit. If we do not learn how to rest, exhaustion, crankiness and illness eventually force our hand. It takes longer to break down and recover – and is much more painful – than it is to learn to rest as part of our lifestyle.

Rest is not only a way to prevent unnecessary suffering, it also has its own value. When we are in restful quiet, we can hear our inner voice and the guidance of spirit much more clearly. We can feel gratitude and take delight in what brings us pleasure. Rest is part of how we live well.

Peacock Priestess reminds you that you can see taking rest as an act of love and a way to be a good role model. Don’t allow guilt or shame to stop you from taking delight in your downtime. What kind of rest you need will vary. It could be a long nap, painting, listening to music, writing poetry or practising meditation, a bath with candles, visiting a temple or church to sit quietly , working in your garden, playing with animals or going for a walk and being in nature, soaking up her beautiful healing energy.

There are many ways to rest. Try some. Find out what you enjoy.

If you feel impatient for something to happen – or worried that you are not accomplishing all that you want to achieve quickly enough – then take heart.

The Universe is working with you, not against you, to bring your dreams to life. Even times when not much seems to be happening are a part of this creative process, balancing out other times when energy becomes active and intense.

What will be most helpful for you and your dreams right now is to rest. During that pleasurable rest, behind the scenes, some spiritual magic is going to be created.

WARRIOR GODDESS

This is not a time to play it safe, nor is it time to allow another to take the lead in your life. You need to believe in yourself and trust that the instincts guiding you are correct. If you need to take action, do it. Speak up: say yes; say no. Trust your inner truth completely.

Be bold.

The Universe will answer your boldest actions with affirmation, and you’ll move through the consequences of your actions with grace and courage, ending up exactly where you are meant to be.

You are ready. Life has been preparing you. Your experiences have made you stronger and wiser. You have spirit and you have courage. Believe in yourself! You are a Warrior Goddess, and empowered, divine woman.

Trust that your foundations are strong. Put your faith in the Universe. It has been your life coach and guide all along, helping you build up your inner resources, encouraging you to realise the power that has always been within you.

The Universe believes in you.

When you feel it is time to take a step, take it with confidence. When you ask for help from the Universe, ask with boldness and total confidence that your prayers will be answered in the best possible way. You have the right to require that your personal space be respected. You have divine permission and encouragement to claim your rightful place in the world. You are meant to say no to behaviour that is dishonest, manipulative and bullying.

The warrior goddess uses her sacred anger to set a boundary and speak her truth, not to attack another. She uses her inner fire to live with integrity, even if the right choices for her seem hard or frightening at the time. She knows that the Universe has her back, so she is willing to be true to herself no matter what.

She places integrity above all else. She knows that compromising her self-respect to win a battle will end up losing her the war.

Awesome!

Wowzer, these are delicious guides for the energy of December, the Cold Moon and Solstice. How did you feel about the cards that picked you? How are you feeling about 2023? Remember to gift yourself one of the spots for finding out your personal theme for 2023. Try out the journal prompts for this last Full Moon and take some time to do the Forgiveness Ritual (it’s very powerful). Wishing you a stupendous week filled with sparkly lights, inspiration and cosy soxs. See you next week for the second to last reading of this year!

How Big are Your Balls? Lol. Welcoming The Dark, Creativity, Intuition and the glorious Winter Solstice is coming!

Jenny Heston · 3:33 pm ·

Happy Magickal, Merry, Mystical, Marvellous, Magnanimous, Manifesting Monday!

How are you? If you celebrated Thanksgiving I hope it was relaxing, fun and made your heart sparkle.

Here the air has literally changed and I can smell that early winter smell mixed with wood smoke from cosy fireplaces.

As I go for my big yomps with Danu the wise (and highly energetic) therapy doggo I’ve noticed that people are putting up tons of sparkly lights – I so LOVE sparkly lights!

When I moved here a couple of years ago I noticed that people decorated their outdoor trees with HUGE, I mean HUGE Big Balls! Which was a “new to me” thing, (Thus very quickly I experienced Big Ball Envy!) So I thought – I need me some BIG BALLS! Bright, shiny, sparkly and eye-catching lolol.

I put this thought out there to friends and random strangers and lo and behold I manifested gorgeous gold crescent moons with a single star on them, big glorious gold balls and …….. Drum roll please! BIG BLUE BALLS!

(Trust me, some days I have the humour of a 10 year old boy!) Yup, huge, mammoth BIG BLUE SHINY BALLS! Snort!

I have since added more big balls so we now have gold, red, and blue balls. Thus, on Sunday when we had a glorious sunny day for a change I got out the ladder and bedecked the heck out of the tree in front of the house and a couple of wee Garry Oaks on the boulevard. It looks quite cheerful, sparkly and makes me smile.

So when a rather crotchety person walked by and said “You’re putting Xmas decorations up already?” I just grinned and said “these are my Solstice balls, and I like my balls big!”

Okay enough of those shenanigans!

Can you feel it? The change in the season, the change in the energy?

We are in the glorious late Fall and early Winter energy where we are being invited to go into the dark, to go inward, to ponder, perk, plan and prepare!

Winter Solstice is just around the corner and I am so thrilled as it is one of my most favourite times of year. I will be putting together a glorious package on rituals, energy and ways of celebrating the Winter Solstice, so make sure you are on the email list.

However, the bottom line is very much about – into the dark we go to nourish, replenish and rejuvenate.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been finding with the shorter days and longer nights that my Creativity has been going through the roof. I’ve been knitting, doing macrame, making wee mushrooms out of clay, writing tons and tons and it has felt so nourishing and satisfying. It’s also increased my intuition 10 fold (which has been most interesting).

As when we allow Creativity to flow through us (without any attachment to perfection on the end result), it allows our Intuition to flow alongside and that’s when Magick happens!

What is something you have thought about making or creating but have held off due to overthinking and trying to make it perfect? I dare you to try it this week. Set aside some time in the evenings to just play!

Okay, let’s crack on with the reading. Are you ready?

When I asked my guides who wanted to come and play this week they picked the gorgeous Wild Wisdom Faeries.

Now if these guides are new to you, please let me introduce them as not to, would be rather rude!

It is time. It is that Once Upon a Time again. Time to return to our relationship with the wild places, the wild ones, the faeries and our wildish selves. For as we do, miracles of healing will occur. Just as faeries cleanse and purify the water, the air, the earth, the fire and the spirit, when we reweave our sacred alliance with the faery realms, we too begin to heal. From our sadness. Our loneliness. From our souls that cry out for the poetry that is the soul of the world.

If you yearn to shine once again, if you wish to reclaim the wildish self who lives at the heart of you, who knows how to be well, to be happy, to be whole…..if you wish to clear illness, guilt, and untruths from your life and truly, deeply heal and transform, then these guides are your keys to the faery realm, and there you will be reborn.

Perfect guides for the energy shift that is happening and as we move closer to Solstice when the Fae come to dance.

Okay dear one, take a moment. Breathe yourself back into your body. Allow your heart to beam like a glorious magnet and pull all the pieces of yourself back that you may have left scattered throughout the day.

Then when you are ready I invite you to see in your minds eye a warm, welcoming darkness that wraps itself around you like a soothing weighted blanket.

Your body and mind relax and from this place your Creativity surges bringing with it your own delicious Intuition. Breathe that in. Then when you are ready, pick the card or cards that whisper to you, tickle the edges.

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go have a look shall we?

CHILD OF THE MOON

It is time to allow the cycles of time, the tides and the flow of life herself, and even the power of the moon’s cleansing light to help you to forgive someone. For if you are suffering right now, it must be due to a feeling of resentment or dislike that remains within you.

There is nothing that forgiveness and her power cannot heal. But how to do this, when life seems to flood us with memories of incidents that have wounded us?

It’s time to conduct a forgiveness ceremony as sincerely as you can in order not to recreate a situation that has previously hurt you. While you are still vibrating to the energy of the past, it cannot help but repeat itself, even if the echoes do grow fainter.

You can attain enlightenment – a lessening of the burdens, a reduction in grief, a return of good cheer and optimism – through forgiveness.

By forgiving those who have hurt or persecuted us, we allow ourselves to be free.

Ask the faeries to assist you, to help you find the opportunities to exercise your forgiveness muscles. Ask them to help you clear under moonlight, and watch them clear and brush from you all the debris that causes you pain. Just volunteer for this. Just all it to happen. Just be willing, be open to it.

You will know you have forgiven when reminders of the person or situation no longer cause you distress. You will see the blessings and the lesson, and you will not allow this to take place again because forgiveness frees us from the shackles of pain that tie us to the past and to people we have long left behind.

When we do not forgive, we are, energetically and quite literally, dragging them around behind us. And it is that weight that can hold us back from our true potential.

ONCE WAS INNOCENT

Once you did not know. You did not know the truth that your heart belongs to nature, that you were born innocent and you shall die wise, and that this is the true natural law. Once you did not know. But now you do. And now you do know, you must decide what to do.

Once you’ve experienced the magick of life, watched the moonlight woven into jewels, water offer herself to the thirsty roots of trees for drink and heard the birds speak one with the other. Now you know of this magick, what will you do? Pretend to live as before? Endlessly go though the days, the next so much the same as the day before that it feels you are endlessly reworking ever so slightly the same time between sunrise and sunset?

Now you know. What will you do?

If you are courageous, you can now become who you truly are on every level, including the magickal level. When you accept this part of who you are, and accept that this magick you have experienced is natural and good, you will grow stronger, more fearless, more calm, more effective and you will draw to you the people who can echo back to you these truths you have found.

You will no longer mind not fitting into a realm you always feared living in, and you will know you can find your own path, tangled and wooded as it may be. You can no longer deny what you have seen, heard, felt and touched and been touched by. You know magick is true and real. And that wonderment is your path, from this time forth.

So what to do? Seek advice and consult people who have had similar experiences. Surround yourself with knowledge, and know that the innocence is not lost, and that your beliefs are not naive. Your wisdom is not telling your truth, and acknowledging your experience.

Choose, let your blood sing and your heart will open. And you will be in wonderment evermore.

I wonder, too. What will you choose?

GREENMANS DOOR

The faery know that there are times when the door to their realm is firmly, well, shut. They choose when and to whom the door will open. And while they may not look like they are on guard, the beautiful faery maiden swinging oh so casually on the handle, and the Greenman of the wood – literally – behind her will not let any pass unless they have shown they are good and wild at heart.

But what the faery also knows, and what you are about to learn, is a great secret. For there are eight great doors to Faery every 13 moons, and they are as old as Mother Earth herself, and are powerful portals to other dimensions and worlds. Each of these great doorways and portals occurs throughout what witches call the Wheel of the Year, and they run from sundown to sundown the following day.

These eight special times have long been covered, or changed, or smothered by other lore. But now you know their true magicks, you too can experience the door opening. And if you are wondering when the next time is, it’s the Winter Solstice. These doorways, once walked through, can assist you in detaching from harmful thoughts, relationships and behaviours. Walking through these doorways HEALS.

You are about to pass through a potential doorway of time, thus you will soon have access to other dimensions and realities, including that of the faery.

It is time to consider becoming a walker between the worlds, to dance in the liminal space and the field of infinite possibilities. To draw back the veil and to part the mists.

To do so will bring healing, change and powerful magicks into your current reality. Ask the Greenman and the faery maiden for permission to enter and make an offering. Then prepare for deep, beautiful, abiding change.

Make an offering, place your hand on the door, and push ever so gently. Then she will open.

Wow! What glorious cards – how did you feel about the ones you picked? Well delicious lovely I wish you a stupendous week, may you take time to go inwards and allow your own unique creativity to come and play. Over the next bit we will be exploring the Winter Solstice, and a few other delightful nuggets to support you as we move through this last month of 2022. Many of you have asked if I am opening up spots for a personalised reading as a Solstice special. I will let you know next week. Sending you huge hugs and squeezes, and remember – You are a glorious Creative being with big balls! Lol. Have a great week!

Cold Moon Forgiveness Ritual.

Jenny Heston · 4:44 am ·

“Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offence up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.”

One of the most powerful things we can do for ourselves is to Forgive.

Cold Moon Forgiveness Ritual

Part of releasing any lingering negative energy from this year is practicing forgiveness. This can be difficult if you’ve not been given an apology.

However, it’s essential to your emotional well-being to find a way to move on from this pain.

This anger can weigh you down and fill you with resentment. Life is too short to spend your days filled with that bitterness.

You may need to forgive yourself as well. Do you cringe at how you acted or something you said in the past? This can be a small act or one so large you find yourself unable to move forward.

Remember the words of Maya Angelou, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

Do not leave space for shame, anxiety, doubt, or unproductive thoughts.

Practicing this forgiveness ritual under December’s Full Cold Moon is a beautiful way to close the year and start fresh for the next.

If you feel inclined, light a candle.

Spend time sitting quietly, focusing on your pain with your eyes closed. Once you feel ready, imagine a butterfly floating toward you.

You reach out towards it and lift your hand so it can land on your fingertip. Allow the butterfly to take your frustrations from you and notice it leaving your body.

As the butterfly flies away, feel your resentment and pain going with it.

Spend a few more moments enjoying the lightness and joy filling your heart.

And if you can get outside and see the moon, perfect. If not, that’s totally okay as well.

It’s the Intention.

December Cold Moon Journal Prompts

Jenny Heston · 3:33 pm ·

December’s long dark nights and cold frigid days bring the Moon’s annual cycle full circle.

The Cold Moon’s spiritual meaning indicates now is an ideal time to start visualising what you want to bring into your life. (Which ties in for the energy of this month of Get Inspired).

Once 2022’s Full Moon of December arrives, we’ve completed an entire trip around the sun. Now is a beautiful moment to focus on all the good things headed your way!

Cold Moon Spiritual Journal Prompts

Create a to-do list for this Winter holiday that captures your inner child. What would you like to do to bring more holiday magic to the season?
How do you avoid shallow consumerism this time of year and connect to the magic of nature and spirit instead?
What obstacles in your life can you start viewing as opportunities?
The main spiritual focus during Winter Solstice is honoring the afterlife, celebrating the slow return of the sun, and banishing negative energy. How can you incorporate this into your life right now?
Write about a moment this last year that made you feel stronger and what actions you wanted to take after.

Then when you have taken the time with the prompts and breathed into them, try the Forgiveness Ritual.

Thanksgiving, New moon in Sagittarius, Ritual and a Blessing.

Jenny Heston · 4:44 am ·

Happy Magickal, Marvellous, Magnificent, Merry, Mad Monday delicious lovely!

Okay, we have lots to talk about this week and a ritual to learn, so make a cuppa come snuggle up and let’s natter!

To all my amazing American friends, Thanksgiving is coming up this week and I hope you take time to just BE, Play, be Thankful and Feel. For some people family holiday celebrations can trigger all sorts of stuff, some great and some rather challenging. So remember to breathe, set the intention (we talk about that in the ritual section) of enjoying yourself even if Uncle Tom is being a twat!

Okay, I do have to ask – what’s with the Black Friday Sale thing? I appreciate a good deal, but I once went to a Nordstrom on Black Friday and it was insane! In fact I had a little old lady elbow me in the ribs as she shoved past me as she obviously thought I was going for the perfume or whatever it was that she wanted! Totally terrified me and have never gone to a Black Friday sale in person again.

With that being said I do wish you all a marvellous Thanksgiving filled with family, gorgeous food, connection, joy and big laughter and remember Gratitude!

We have a glorious New Moon on Wednesday and I will say I love New Moon time as it allows us to plant the seeds of intention, desire and focus. This New Moon is in Sagittarius and brings opportunities to start over, to reach further, and to rework areas of our lives that have grown stale or become unwelcome.

As Forever shares: “Take a breath and allow the revitalising energy of the Sagittarius 2022 New Moon to filter through each cell of your being.

Allow each New Moon breath to wash away the stagnancy of the past. Any hurts, any pains, feel them being carried on the wind of your exhale.

The Sagittarius New Moon comes like a breath of fresh air after all the strong cosmic energies of the months passed. Peaking on November 23, the New Moon represents the start of a new lunar cycle, and within this new lunar cycle holds the promise of new beginnings, new adventures, and new awakening moments.

Resetting your life often involves consciously choosing to do things differently. It involves setting new habits, approaching things differently, and telling yourself a new story. Take all the pains and struggles of the past, and use them as fuel to write your happy ending.

Write down your next chapter. Fill it with whatever you desire and how you wish things to pan out. Write it for the next week, the next six months, or the coming year. You deserve a happy ending, so don’t allow any voices of self-doubt to mess with your story!”

Take a moment to honour your lunar journey and think about all you have achieved and all you have accomplished. Whatever has come, you have made it through, whatever has been is now in the past, and as we welcome the dark Sagittarius Moon, it is time for us to turn our attention to the next chapter.

Remember that the sign of Sagittarius is ruled by the Centaur aiming its arrow into the sky. The Centaur is half-horse, half-man and is a natural healer. It holds a wisdom that it has inherited across many lifetimes and across many realms of the galaxy. This wisdom allows it to aim its arrow in the direction that always supports its highest growth.

Under the Sagittarius New Moon, we can all tap into this energy with ease.

We can all tap into the intuitive wisdom that lives within and know the right way to direct our arrow. The Sagittarius New Moon is also abundant and has the power to bring new opportunities or new information to the surface… if we pause, and tune into our own innate wisdom, we will always know which direction to aim our arrow.

Allow the dark night sky to be your container for rebirth. Allow it to be a chance to press the reset button on an area of your life.

Enjoy the November New Moon for all that it offers and all that it brings. This is the perfect time to offer up gratitude, forgiveness and write your happy ending.

I invite you to work with a different, more visual process for this lunar month. Have you ever worked with a Moon Bowl? I have been doing this practice or ritual for the last few years and I love it.

To find out what you need to do come explore the Moon Bowl with me.

The other week a few people talked to me about Ritual and what I found interesting was their thought that it was highly complex, time consuming and that you needed multiple “special” tools for it. Hmmmm, I don’t agree with that. Sure you can make it that way if you would like, and there are certainly times that you really want to make it super duper special, but for the day to day it doesn’t have to be that way.

So let me share with you how I view and interpret the word “Ritual” and what it means to me.

To me a ritual is an intention made manifest, it’s that place of connection with the Divine, Universe, God/Goddess or however you chose to name it. In other words, a ritual takes an idea, thought or emotion and gives it a physical form in the world.

So for example when I invite or suggest that perhaps at certain times there are things that you might want to write down, release and burn – guess what? That’s a ritual. When you offer a Blessing or a Prayer before eating a meal – that’s a ritual. When you sit down at New Moon and write your wishes/intentions out, guess what? That’s a ritual. All it took was a brief moment of time, paper, pen and something to light a candle or the paper with. When you gather stones for your Moon Bowl. That’s a ritual.

To me ritual allows your body, your cells, your essence to understand your intention. Does that make sense? So what makes a mundane activity into a ritual is your consciousness while doing it. If you are smudging yourself or home, what is your intention? If you are having a salt water scrub shower or bath, what is your intention? When you light a candle every day when you walk in the door, what is your intention?

Remember energy follows intention and attention follows energy and actions follow attention.

Thus, a ritual can be a celebration such as the upcoming Thanksgiving in the States or it can be a practice which can be repeated daily, monthly or yearly.

When ritual becomes a practice this allows us to go deeper, to explore all the various nuances and of course as we all know – repetition leads to mastery (think of that daily meditation, exercise, journaling etc). I guess I am saying that ritual is easy. Set the intention, let the energy follow it, then the attention, but the key piece is bringing it into the physcial!

Try it this Thanksgiving (if you are in the States). When you are sitting down to dinner offer up a Blessing, a Prayer, some words. I found a lovely one from Danielle LaPorte that you might like. It’s called Light and Resilience – a holiday or anytime prayer.

Okay, enough chuntering on. When I went to the cards and asked who wanted to guide, The gorgeous Faery Blessing cards were most adamant! How positively perfect! Now if these cards are new to you (which they probably are), please let me introduce them (as it’s rather rude not to!) “Faeries are present in every droplet of water, every blade of grass – they are everywhere there is a trace of nature – thus every field, flower, and forest is theirs. They inhabit the wild rainforests and the old castles; they dance within standing stones and burial mounds; they are on the top of mountains and within the grove deep in the valley; and they appear in the cracks in the pavement and beneath the cities in the old, tangled tree roots. Faeries are part of this world, and they were here before we were born into this world, and they know us better than we know ourselves. The blessings of the faeries can bring us back into relationship with ourselves, back into relationship with the elements, so that we can become more at home within the world, while creating a personal world which supports our dreams, our wishes, and our purpose. ”

Okay dear heart let’s take a breath shall we? Breathe in life and prana through your nose and exhale out worries through your mouth. Allow your shoulders to drop, your jaw to relax and to just BE here in this moment (as this is the only one you are guaranteed).

I invite you (no matter where you live) to harness the energy of Thanksgiving and really give thanks for all the pieces that make up your most delicious self (yes, even the ones you judge harshly).

Give thanks for all the various people, places and things that you are thankful for – they could be present day, past day or future day. List them all in your mind one at a time and as you bring them into your consciousness, smile and blow them a kiss (yes, seriously blow them a kiss).

See the kiss leaving your hand and turning into a gorgeous gold butterfly that flies off to that person or part of yourself and gently lands on their right cheek and brushes them softly with your blessing, thanks and appreciation.

If you want a bit more support, there is a super quick visualisation that ties into Blowing a Kiss.

Then when you are ready, pick the card or cards that call to you.

Did you remember to pick?

Shall we go have a look?

A BLESSING FROM THE EVER-YOUNG

The Faery gift of joyous energy that flows all the days of your life, whether you be young, or an elder with many years behind you.

Let the gift of the ever-young be yours this day, friend. The blessing of vitality that runs through the veins, the ability to move freely and joyfully, the sense that there are many years before you, and that your energy is flowing, strong and sweet, in veins and heart and brain and limbs.

It is not that we deny ageing, the faeries say, for we are ancient, yet we are ever-young too. It is possible to be an elder, to grow older a little each day, yet be vital, full of the flow of life, able to be who you are without infirmity or fatigue or aches and troubles. These may come and go, but with this blessing, this pure gift comes to you.

Let the faeries assist you and move through your energy field, clearing all that troubles the parts of you, so that your sum becomes youthful and vibrant and glowing with your own natural energy, once again.

For you, human child, were loved when you were small, and now that you are growing older, the fae love you still, and will lend to you an energy that belongs to the whole world, and which must not be denied to you.

Faery blessings of the ever-young to you, friend.

BLESSED BE.

A BLESSING OF RAPTURE

The Faery gift of the sweetest, most intense Joy and Gratitude.

The gift of Rapture is yours. It is the gift from the fae of a moment that makes you draw your breath in and pause, wondering at the beauty and the ecstasy of existence. This moment of pure, unadulterated wonder will open your heart wide and bring a deep joy to your world.

It will fill you with the certainty that to be alive is to be blessed, that to feel this deeply is a gift, that to be able to share the wonder of existence and natural raptures is an inspiration to all who encounter you.

It is as if your eyes now can see more clearly, your heart has opened a little wider, your whole being is leaning into the experience of life and is committed to the wonder in everything.

You feel more connected, more joyful, more patient, and yet more active than before. You feel a part of a great story, and you know now how glorious life can be. This energy will flow into you, through you, and into the world, becoming a part of your contribution to the planet – and the faeries are glad that you have finally touched the ecstasy of life and know of the beauty of life.

Even when the moment passes, you will be left with the knowledge of the wonder, and so life will be ever-changed, in magickal ways.

BLESSED BE

A BLESSING OF A SAFE PLACE IN THE WORLD

The Faery gift of a Sanctuary, a space in which to feel completely supported and loved.

The Faeries know what it is like to find the safe places in the world – for theirs are under siege, and have been for such a long time. The faeries know how to find the little home in the forest or the garden that is growing wild, the roots of old trees and the hollows beneath the sacred hills.

In these places, they have grown stronger and stayed safe, and they now transfer to you a part of this gift. You will now find places and spaces within the world where you will feel free to be completely yourself, where you, too, can grow strong and bright again, and need have no fear.

Let there be a shelter and a sanctuary for you and your soul, where you can learn what it is you are meant to do next, and where there is no harsh word spoken, only guidance that can help ease us all into the next stage of our lives.

Let the safe spaces become our homes and our workplaces, our friendships and our schools. Let the world become a safer space, and let the natural world shelter you with her turnings and showings of the changes about you.

Make not a fortress of this space you find, but let it begin to grow in your heart, so that wherever you go, others feel safe with you, and the world changes, in small but bright and beautiful ways, all as a result of this blessing of the faeries.

Blessings of a sanctuary, a safe space to you, friend.

Well delicious lovely, wishing you a fantabulous week. Play with Ritual, play with the energy of the New Moon (so gorgeous) and no matter if you are in the States or somewhere else give Thanks and Bless everything that is in your life. In my morning practice I always say “ I bless everything I have and I bless my increasing good and good fortune” and then I start listing them. So I might say “I bless my bed and the cosiness of it and I bless my increasing good and good fortune, I bless the sun filtering through the autumn leaves and I bless my increasing good and good fortune.” Yes? Give it a try and really think of everyone and everything that could do with a blessing. Sending you big hugs and squeezes and butterfly kisses! See you next week.