SOLSTICE BLESSINGS

Photo of Achintya Devi by Sophia Billikopft

Blessed Solstice! The Sun moves into Cancer at 8:32 pm PDT on June 20th to open this powerful Solar Gate.

We are also honouring Juneteenth, a national holiday in the US, commemorating the end of slavery! Blessed Emanicipation Day!!

Solstice comes from the Latin term solstitium, “meaning sun stands still”, as it appears to do just that for a few days. In the northern hemisphere, we celebrate Summer Solstice with the longest hours of daylight and the sun at its highest point, while those of us in the southern hemisphere celebrate Winter Solstice with the longest hours of darkness and the sun at its lowest point. United, we hold the both the light and the dark and the full spectrum in between. 

The Solstice portal is open 3 days before and after this Holy Sabbat of purification, exaltation and celebration.

Honour the potent Solstice energy with joy as we embrace the Wild Sacred Light of the Sun itself, the Light within all Beings and the Love that shines within us, that is who we truly are. This is also a time for you to celebrate for all that is ripe in your life, whether this is related to an attitude of gratitude, completing a job well done or for embodying empowering qualities.

In this 26,000 cycle turning of the Ages, the Solstice Cancer Sun has been rising at the intersection of where the Ecliptic (plane of the solar system) crosses the Milky Way (plane of the galaxy) in the middle of what is called the Sacred Hoop of Stars (Rigel, Capella, the Pleiades, Sirius, Pollux, Castor,and Procyon) since 1962 and will continue to until 2030. This is also known as the Silver or Cancer Gate where souls pass through to incarnate, signifying a great shift in our human consciousness.

During this Solstice portal, welcome the Sun’s rays to penetrate your every cell, for indeed you are being asked to hold the Mantle of Truth, Wisdom and Love as a multi-dimensional being. One is who is made of Star Dust and Sun Light.

At this time of Illumination, may you remember that your inner fires are here to support you in moving through any fears that keep you from your truth. You are being ushered into the next activation of your incarnation as both spirit and matter, which is the power and Blessing of Light itself. Orientate yourself towards the Sun to make clear and honest choices about your greatest dreams, to shed limited beliefs and unworthiness, and bask in the magnificence of these powerful Light Codes.

Blessed Be for all that is being illuminated and amplified at this Holy time of Embodied Awakening!

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Do you live in the Southern Hemisphere and are celebrating Winter Solstice?

I offer you this REKINDLE Winter Solstice Ritual that was recorded live on location along the Nile River in Egypt.

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Summer Solstice Ritual Suggestions

• Rise to Greet the Sun: Greet the Sun for Sunrise on the longest day of the year as an act of exalted devotion to the Full Light of your Awareness. If in the southern hemisphere, greet the Sunset to honour the shortest day or Light and Rebirth of another cycle.

• Gratitude Speak: Speak aloud or write in your journal 20 things you are grateful for. If writing, place in the sunlight for amplification. This practice brings to light more experiences for you to be grateful for.

• Honey Medicine: Eat a spoonful of golden honey in the sunlight, taste the sweetness of all of your life's blessings and recent accomplishments while feeling into trust, that all be provided for, for your life's dreams.

• Elemental Fire Divination: Sunbathe, create a bonfire or light candles in you home to activate the wild and sacred medicine of Fire / the Sun and let the warmth of the rays and flames seep into your cells. Let the mind go and gaze into light to receive guidance and messaged available only at this time.

• Solar Water: Place water in the Solstice Sun and let the solar codes infuse it for 20 minutes to 2 hours. Then drink in with celebration and honour. You may wish to keep in the fridge for a few days to come to keep ingesting this powerful solar elixir of nourishment.

• Commune: Gather in an intentional way with loved ones and do any of the above together and create your own. Now can be a powerful time to be with the energy of the collective.

JOIN US FOR OUR LITHA CEREMONY JUNE 21, 2022

Register by June 20

Join in our Live Ceremony (or replay), to evoke the Astrological, Elemental, Mythological and Archetypal Wisdom of Summer Solstice and deepen with an Invocation and embodied Litha Rite.

Welcome healing light into your body and spirit, amplify your radiance, and allow your sacred desires to flourish.

INCLUDES

• LIVE CEREMONY + REPLAY

• LITHA ALTAR CREATION & SPELL GUIDE

• LITHA PLAYLIST

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Strawberry Super Moon in Sagittarius

Photo by Mariana Shulze of Achintya & Ameya

This Full Moon in Sagittarius takes place on June 14th at 4:52 am PST + Venus is conjunct the North Node in Taurus at 11:11 pm PST.

This Sagittarius Super Full Moon is vibrating with potent energy and is significant for your personal dreams and our collectively destiny. Feel into your deepest dreams and ideals (the target), by activating your devotional embodiment practices (the arrow), held with the wisdom and truth in your heart (the bow). 

This Sagittarius super moon is also called the Strawberry, Rose, Honey or Mead Moon varying in names from different traditions.

Making clear and honest choices towards our greatest dreams is highlighted right now. The blue flame of the Sagittarius moon invites us into deeper Presence so that we can explore important paths/options/choices to support our direction from our bodies intuitive guidance, rather than solely from the logical mind.  

This is also a time of celebration for all that is ripe in your life, whether this is related to an attitude of gratitude, completing a job well done or for embodying uplifting qualities, symbolized by the Strawberry / Honey Moon. Therefore, it is important to honour yourself in some way and remain in a state of contentment. Go on and celebrate yourself and this amazing life!

With Venus conjunct the North Node in Taurus (one of her home signs), this is where the Goddess of Love, Beauty and Abundance meets Destiny, the future. And, with this happening at 11:11 pm PST, the Master Number of Angelic Presence is with us.

This is a time where a new version of the 'bigger picture' of your life may emerge and you may experience revelations to weave and connect the dots in the mythical sense for the path you walk.

With any of your rituals (suggestions listed below) offer your most sincerest prayers for yourself, for the world and all sentient Beings. Your Destiny is written, and as the author of your life, you are writing it now. Trust the Great Mystery and trust in yourself.

Strawberry / Honey Moon Attributes

• Tarot: The Moon

• Herbs: Meadowsweet, Vervain, Parsley, Skullcap

• Colors: Orange, Pink, Golden-green

• Stones: Topaz, Agate, Fluorite, Pearl

• Animals: Honey Bee, Butterfly, Frog, Peacock

• Goddesses: Butterfly Maiden, Cerridwen, Ishtar

• Medicine: Contentment, Celebration, Litha/Summer Solstice, Portal of light, Decision making, Strengthen and reward positive qualities of oneself

 

Ritual Suggestions

• Gratitude Speak: Speak aloud to the Full Moon, or write in your journal 11 things you are grateful for. If writing, place in the moonlight overnight. This practice brings to light more experiences for you to be grateful for. 

• Strawberry Honey Medicine: Eat strawberries or a spoonful of honey in the moonlight, taste the sweetness of all of your life's blessings and recent accomplishments while feeling into trust, that all be provided for, for your life's dreams.

• Dream Illumination & Sacred Release Journal: What dreams is your soul illuminating for you at this time? What sacred desires are being called into the light? What visions do you have for yourself? How can you clarify and define your dreams? Why are they meaningful and full of purpose? What is between you and your dreams? What is stopping you from living them (focusing on your own patterns, thought forms, behaviors, beliefs)? Burn this paper now for sacred release in a fire or with candles outside in the full moon light. Dance / speak/ move/ sound it out. After this and you feel more space within you, write down and speak aloud to the moon how you now choose to commit and devote yourself to your dreams. How you can take action, receive support and rest into the divine timing of these dreams.

• Devotional Heart: How does your heart want to be expressed/nurtured at this time? What embodiment practices inspire you right now? Dance, yoga, walking, chi gong, archery? Activities that bring you out of your mind and into your body are where it's at when done with the intention of celebrating and honouring yourself and your growing dreams. Trying doing them in the moonlight.

• Elemental Nourishment: Sagittarius Moon is an ideal time for you to get in the Natural World and the Elements. Visit your favorite tree, park, river, ocean or lake etc... Let the wild and sacred medicine of nature seep into your body and your breath. Let the mind go and rest into Earth and practice the art of spaciousness by simply Being. 

• Commune: Gather in an intentional way with loved ones and do any of the above together and create your own. Now can be a powerful time to be with the energy of the collective.

• Remember: Put out your gem stones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal and activation. Place an apple and glass of water in the moonlight and have it for a 'Moon Wisdom' breakfast the next morning.

Full Moon rituals can be done the day before, of and after the actual full moon. This is the 3 day potency period. Blessings to you in this wondrous and magical time.

Share with us what's coming forward for you at this Full Moon time in our Goddess Rising Facebook Group What are you grateful for? What blessings are you counting? What embodiment practices are you incorporating into your life at this time?

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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Litha Summer Solstice Ceremony

June 21, 2022

(online)

Join us in our Wheel of The Year Temple for the upcoming Litha Sabbat Ceremony either Live or with the Recording.

With the sun reaching its zenith and longest hours of daylight, we come to the pinnacle of Midsummer on the Wheel of the Year.

With the Solar Gods and Goddesses of Litha, you are invited to balance fire and water in your life, welcome healing light into your body and spirit, amplify your radiance, and allow your sacred desires to flourish.

Begin with our Seasonal Altar Creation & Spell Guide and Playlist. Then join in our Live Ceremony (or replay), to evoke the Astrological, Elemental, Mythological and Archetypal Wisdom of Summer Solstice and deepen with an Invocation and embodied Litha Rite.

Join us as we evoke Solar Magick together!

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LUNAR BELTANE ~ Super Flower Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio

The Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse is from 8:29 - 9:53pm PDT on Sunday, May 15th, with the peak totality at 9:11pm and the exact Scorpio Full Moon at 9:14pm PDT.

Find your local time here.

This Full Moon in Scorpio is the climax and completion of our Beltane Portal! Can you feel the shifting of energies within? Can you sense an amplification of your sixth sense, a feeling of between the worlds?

A potent activation on the spiral of life is happening and continues to build with the light of the moon. With the Taurus Sun and Scorpio Moon, this is a time of celebrating your fertile dreams and honouring your sensual nature.

And, as it’s a total lunar eclipse, it is a potent time of ending, transformation and releasing of deep emotions. Hidden treasures and tribulations connected to destiny, courage, sensuality and sexuality are illuminated. Through shadow and light, this can reveal some of your greatest powers and also wounds for revelation, healing and empowerment.

Gratitude, Self-Love, Embodiment Practices and Pleasure Rituals to nourish your body and consciousness are especially important right. You and we are being invited into deeper layers of excavation, emotional exploration, and embodiment of your presence, power, including the Beltane themed erotic innocence and sexual expression.

This Moon is also known as the Wesak Moon in Buddhist Tradition. It was the Full moon in May that the Buddha was born, later experienced enlightenment and then finally passed on from the body (YES, all on the Full Moon of May). It is said that it is during this time that we have the blessing and opportunity of Great Awakening. And so it is.

Flower Moon Attributes

• Tarot: The Lovers

• Herbs: Elder, Mint, Rose, Mugwort, Thyme

• Colors: Green, Brown, Pink

• Stones: Emerald, Malachite, Amber, Carnelian, Moonstone

• Animals: Cats, Lynx, Leopard, Swan, Dove

• Goddesses: Maia, Venus, Aphrodite, Artemis, Bast, Astarte

• Moon Medicine: Creation, Love, Intuition, Divine Connection, Connection with Nature, Sexuality, Sensuality Beltane

Eclipse Ritual Suggestion

• Lunar Beltane Fire Ritual: Get into Nature. Take off your shoes. Breathe in the air and remember that your cycles mimic Hers. Give any of your limiting beliefs, fears and completions to the Fire (either by building one, or with candles). With movement and voice, write them down and burn them. This is an act of purification and activation and a releasing of any heavy weight or burdens you may be carrying, ready to be transformed. Anchor into the felt sense of Trust an inner knowing within you by consciously focalizing on your breath. Add movement, dance or sound if you feel inspired.

• This is NOT a full moon to charge your gem stones: Save this for the next full moon!

• This is NOT a time for making big decisions or for drastic changes. Let yourself be slow and welcome in Divine Grace coupled with your Inner Compass.

Full Moon rituals can be done the day before, of, and after the actual full moon. This is the 3-day potency period. Blessings to you in this wondrous and magical time. Flower Moon Attributes adopted by DJ Conway.

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Lunar Beltane Magick Playlist

This Playlist can accompany any of your Lunar Beltane Rituals or enjoy as you ride through the total lunar eclipse while driving, dancing or making love to life!

Thank you to all the incredible musicians and artists! This playlist from last year has extended from 3 hours and 33 minutes to 5+ hours!

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Libra Pink Full Moon

The Full Moon in Libra is exact on Saturday, April 16th at 11:55 am PDT.

This Full Moon in April, known as the Pink Moon named by Native American Tribes after the pink wildflowers which bloom in early spring, represents new beginnings. It is also called Gaia's Moon from the Farmer's Almanac, referring to all of Nature coming to life after winter. This is a time of celebrating all that has been released from last season and all that is now coming into bloom.

Ruled by Venus, the Libra Full Moon amplifies our desire to create Beauty and enjoy heartfelt connections. It is a powerful gateway for creating healing and transformation in how we relate and connect to our selves, each other and life, and how we can choose to create balance, justice and harmony in our inner and outer worlds. In addition, it is helpful to remember to practice Self-love, have compassion for others, and honour your boundaries.

The Full Moon will rise in the same alignment to where the Sun rose at Equinox. This initiates (Sun in Aries) the Venusian Libra Rose Moon to act as a reflector and transmitter to illuminate yet again the Equinox mysteries. Thus, this Full Moon amplifies the energy of the Sacred Marriage / Cosmic Egg activated by the Serpent of Fire (with Libra ruled by Venus, reflected in the Moon and Aries ruled by Mars, reflected in the Sun) for the integrated relationship of the masculine and feminine, seen and unseen, above and below, within and without. We honour these energetics of Divine Union / Life / Death / Rebirth and Resurrection as portrayed through the lives of Inanna & Damuzi, Isis & Osiris, and Mary Magdalene & Yeshua.

Painting by Emily Balivet

The Sacred Mysteries of the Grail are alive!

The powerful energy present now with this Full Moon and into Easter weekend is imbued with potent energy for co-creating with Gaia. To Recalibrate, Rebirth and Renew. For Self within and as a Living Prayer for the Whole. This Libra Full Moon also amplifies the energetics of partnership and relationship. Remember to practice Self-love, compassion for other, and honour your boundaries.

GAIA MOON ATTRIBUTES

• Tarot: The Magician

• Herbs: Basil, Chives, Dragon’s blood, Geranium

• Colors: Crimson Red, Fushia & Gold

• Stones: Ruby, Garnet, Rose quartz

• Animals: Bear, Wolf, Hawk

• Goddesses: Hathor, Ceres, Ishtar, Venus, Bast

• Medicine: energy into creating and producing; change; self-reliance; tempering emotional flare-ups; receptivity

FULL MOON INQUIRY

Feel into the relationship you have with yourself, with your heart, your dreams, with Beloveds, with your global family and with the Earth. 

• What are you grateful for in these relationships?

• What lessons and insights do you bring with you from this lunation? 

• What needs to be amplified and what needs still needs to be composted, shifted, transformed?  

• How can you bring beauty to all situations and relationships?

• How can you accept and integrate both the light and the dark? 

 

RITUAL SUGGESTIONS

• Authentic Inquiry Journaling: Bring your pen in hand to paper and let your heart answer these potent questions: What truth, power and wisdom have I left behind or hidden away that is now ready to come into the light? What is resurrecting within me that will create balance in my life? What relationship dynamics am I holding on to that may feel safe, but is truly not serving? What do I consciously choose to release and create with love? What am I changing? What am I celebrating? What is the deep unwavering truth of who I am? What do I truly desire? What is shaking loose within me? What does my soul/heart need right now?

• Sacred Meditation: Visualize a golden glow around your body and opening rose petals at your womb space, and mind. Extend this glow to all encompass all of you. Receive this rejuvenation and then extend it out to your loved ones and the world for Beauty and Healing.

• Make Love: To life, to your garden, to yourself, to your creative arts, to your Beloved, including but not limited to sex, infused with sensitivity, open-heartedness, and passion.

• Remember: Put out your gemstones and jewels outside under the moonlight or in a window (in water if you can) for cleansing, renewal, and activation.

• Commune: Gather is an intentional way with loved ones and do any of the above together and create your own. Now is a time to be with the energy of the collective.

Full Moon Blessings, Achintya Devi

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REGISTRATION OPENING SOON

Beltane Ceremony (online)

May 6, 2022

Join us in our Wheel of The Year Temple for the upcoming Beltane Sabbat Ceremony. Registration will open soon.

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Full Moon in Virgo

The Virgo Full Moon is exact on Friday, March 18th at 12:17 am PDT / 3:17 am EDT and it is a Worm Moon.

We are in the transition phase on the Wheel of the Year from one season towards another. If you are in the northern hemisphere, what do you take with you from winter's wisdom into spring? What do you leave behind? If you are in the southern hemisphere, what do you take with you from summer's joy into autumn? What do you leave behind? 

This Full Moon in Virgo assists in releasing what no longer serves you and can align you with the Priestess and Medicine Woman within, as Virgo is the Divine Feminine and the 'Virgin'. In this Full Moon, we are called again to illuminate Self Sovereignty. 

The word 'virgin' is derived from Virgo and originally meant 'whole unto oneself, a free woman - independent, autonomous, untied.'

• What does it mean to be sovereign unto oneself?

• What does it feel like to be in our full power?

At this Full Moon, we are asked to explore with a mystical lens (Pisces Sun) the ways in which we give our power away and how we can reclaim it. The moon reflects to us the importance of activating our inner discernment, wisdom, and intuition to ground our visions and dreams to Earth. This is energy of embodying your Wise Woman / Sage / Priestess Self.

As Virgo is ruled by Mercury, you have a profound invitation and opportunity to reclaim your Sovereign Power by speaking your Truth, communicating the unspoken, listening to the voice of your dreams, and following your soul calling. With the energy of the Priestess illuminated within you, deep truths can be revealed to speak what is alive and necessary. Once you speak your truth, you free yourself!

This Full Moon is a powerful Threshold moment.  You are standing at the crossroads about to step into something new and/or that has been a dream that can now become a reality.  Something in your life is asking you to make a commitment that seems edgy or exciting or real or scary.  You have the invitation to walk through this Threshold and expand into your Diamond brilliance by taking responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and Divine mission. At this time, you are being summoned to live as a Priestess.

Step forth, Dear One, to ask for what you need, express your heart with authenticity, and celebrate the power of your emotions, wisdom, value and intuition. Now is the time to create and design your human experience from a grounded place of focused intention, service and beauty woven with mystery, the non-linear, and the magical. There is great insight and healing when we pay attention to both our dreams and the signs right in front of us! 

This is our Moon Medicine. 

MOON RITUAL SUGGESTIONS

• Embrace The Heart: This can be a very intense part of the lunar cycle. Be patient with all the emotions you are feeling at this time. Breathe into them. Give them a safe resting place and a healthy funnel of expression. Be gentle with yourself.

• Seva: Practice selfless service by doing something for someone else (maybe even a stranger) that would brighten their day.

• Express Yourself: Whether through voice or movement, sing, speak and move from a place of your authentic heart to engage with the current expression of your own body & soul.

• Gratitude: Now is a beautiful time to reach out and share with others what you are most grateful for about them. Gratitude can also be expressed to oneself and to the Great Mystery with reverence for all our blessings at this time.

• Intentional Design: Take the reins of your schedule and create some order. Design or arrange your home space to represent your essence.

• Moon Prayers: With the full moon light, write down or speak your prayers for yourself, loved ones and the planet. The full radiant moon amplifies your word.

• Moon Priestess: Make time for quiet and stillness as the moon rises. Meditate in the full moon light and open yourself to receive intuitive guidance and support.

• Reclaiming Sovereignty: In your journal, write down all the ways that you are currently blaming outside circumstances or people for your own discomfort or unhappiness. Take personal accountability by writing down all the choices, attitudes and actions (including non-actions) that are keeping you from living your full potential. Write down all that you are ready to release and all that you are calling forth for your present life to move forward aligned to your heart desires and to get your own needs met. Commit to two action steps to make this real for yourself. Now then, get to it. Welcome to Self Sovereignty.

• Speak In First Person: Practice speaking from your own personal experience, beginning with 'I', instead of saying 'you'. Example: Instead of saying, "When you went into the ocean, you could hear the whales," you would say, "When I went into the ocean, I could hear the whales." This draws energy back into yourself, creates more power in your speech and opens clarity in your body intelligence.

• Organize & Release To Beautify: Let go of physical objects that are not supporting your joy. Declutter. Clean. Organize your home space (in and out). This moving of energy supports clearing and cleansing on all levels and welcomes the full moon Light to activate you and your loved ones.

• Remember: Put out your gem stones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal and activation.

• Commune: Gather is an intentional way to share with loved ones. Do any of the above together and create your own. Now is a time to be with the energy of the collective.

Let's activate our Priestessing in the World.
Let's ignite the pathways of Communication through our Heart’s Fires.
Let's come together, Sister to Sister to Sister, joining for sacred Celebration.

With BIG Full Moon Love,
Achintya

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Join us in Global Sistershood!

Ostara Spring Equinox Ceremony

Saturday, March 19th

As Earth dances around the Sun, she transforms from birth to death to rebirth, creating the Wheel of The Year. As her daughters, we too, can live and embody the wisdom of this sacred cycle. Cultivating connection with Gaia’s seasonal rhythms offers inspiration, meaningful purpose, relationship to self and others, belonging and stability through change.

In our Ceremony, we will evoke the Astrological, Elemental, Mythological and Archetypal Wisdom of spring equinox and then deepen with an Ostara Invocation and Rite. We will then connect in sisterhood for nourishing reflection and empowerment.Come celebrate in Ceremony and Sisterhood! Ostara is the beginning of the astrological new year with the Sun entering the astrological sign of Aries

Spring Equinox Ceremony Includes

~ Ostara Altar Creation & Spell Guide
~ Live Spring Equinox Ceremony + Replay
~ Ostara Playlist

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