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Welcoming in the Year of the Fire Rooster 2017

1/27/2017

 
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Welcome in the
Year of the Fire Rooster,
commencing this year on
the New Moon of January, the 27th! 


So this past year of the Red Fire Monkey was a rather hellish humdinger, over all- but if you read my post last year welcoming that year in, you'll see that much of that surreal chaos was warned about, with tips for survival.
And hoo buddy, that was one bumpy ride.

But it's a brand new year! So let's get this rolling.

To follow this absolutely insane past year with the Year of the Fire Rooster is going to sometimes seem like salt in that scrape picked up from that playground fight. How we choose to respond to the wounds that may have been garnered in conflicts of this past year are a crucial window into how we will manage throughout this next year. Are we going to lick our wounds away from the eyes of the world, or are we going to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, pick out the rocks, face the bullies? There are many of us who will want to lick the wounds- and if so, do so- but do not dwell in this place too long. It is time for us to pull ourselves up by those bootstraps and get to it- no matter how big the hill is. Inaction in a Rooster year is like shooting oneself in the foot, looking at the other runners in a marathon, and courting big time regrets. Inaction in a Rooster year is missing out, big time.
Roosters dream large, and Rooster years bring massive change, and Rooster years reward the change-makers and game-changers. What I mean to say is...Rooster years are not years that reward apathy by any means. 


Playground and chicken yard are both places where Roosters like to crow, scratch, bluster and squawk, determine hierarchy, demand attention. But on the flip side, roosters provide warnings, keep a sharp eye out, regulate, keep things in order. Roosters also like to show off. Taking all of these different aspects into account will make for very interesting social climates. There's going to be an awful lot happening, and it is going to be loud and proud. Rooster Years tend to highlight things happening on the surface- so it will be important to keep an eye on the behind the scenes of what unfolds this year, so as not to lose focus and to keep balance. Keeping balance is a definite priority in Rooster years.

Same as with the past Year of the Fire Monkey, the Year of the Fire Rooster will not be boring. In fact, it may be overwhelming. As a result, Rooster years can bring about a rise in community and connection- because no one really wants to be overwhelmed alone. And communication is favored in Rooster years. There is a lot of talk-talk-talk with the Rooster. Some of it will be that squawk-squawk-squawk, but there is a lot of benefit to be had in being an active part of this activity and conversation. The Year of the Rooster is kind of like a huge dinner party (not quite the chaotic house party of last year) where much is learned in astonishingly intimate ways- and there will be plenty of inclinations and invitations to plunge into social networking of all kinds. Social activity is huge in Rooster years. Roosters also love adventure, so be willing to go with the flow on things because there are unseen treasures in Rooster years waiting to be had. Revolutions get an energetic level up.
Genius comes out of the woodwork in a big way. Inspiration is in the air.


In terms of finances and business, the Year of the Rooster is similar in ways to the preceding Monkey year in that big energy and big ideas are both incredibly favored. Again, we have another year that loves pushing the boundaries. Last year it was in terms of impulses and impetus, but now we see the that focus is more finely honed in terms of creative output and productivity. The seeds recently planted can now grow strong roots and vibrant shoots, if we work assuredly and with industry toward these goals. One of the big keywords for Rooster years is Industrious. It can take hard work to make big dreams bloom, but with perseverance, they can beyond the wildest dream. Rooster years also favor the resourceful. This is a fantastic year for the resurgence of inventive ways of sustainability. And the Rooster loves creative originality and productive practicality- this can be a great year in terms of innovation in the arts and sciences. 
One last note here: watch your impulse purchases, guard your resources.

Politically, we will see a continuation of the breakdown that came with this past Monkey year- we are in a process it seems of continual recovery as we continue to navigate an unpredictable political climate, that grows a bit less unpredictable, to much of our horror. The Rooster year brings with it the potential for heightened political violence and bloodshed. Abuse of power may be rewarded in the higher levels of government, instead of pilloried. As the Rooster tends towards hierarchal order, we will witness struggles in this process within the current systems of government for the next year. There will be intense power conflicts and power plays, and they will be loud. Again, the surface focus will be on surface events, the attention will be on the squawkers- but much will be happening at the ground level. So so much. This is a year where those on the ground level, through that industrious perseverance, can continue working on dismantling failing systems, while also preparing the fields for a whole new world. The ethics of unions create much strength from within for this hard work. We can create this whole new world, but it must be together.
And it must be a focused, resilient together.

If you are coming into this New Year filled with trepidation in these trying times, this is beyond understandable. But keep that brazen fire glowing inside your heart and spirit.
You are so not alone.

I have those resounding famous powerful words spoken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his inauguration speech- which happened right in the beginning of the Year of the Rooster 1933, mind you- in my head:
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"...let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is...fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

Indeed. INDEED. 

Rooster years brighten our brave.
And never forget- Roosters herald the New Dawn.
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All the love,
Nuit Moore 

​on Facebook: Nuit Moore, The Scarlet Shakti



SCARLET SOLIDARITY: A Call to All Menstruating Marchers at the Women's March on Washington

1/14/2017

 
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 My name is Nuit Moore,
and I've been a Patriarchy smashing,
misogyny battling, eco-feminist for 25 years.
That's right- I'm one of those "Nasty Women".
My path of activism is steeped deeply in the blood of women- the blood of the millions of victims of countless and relentless crimes against females, for being female, for thousands of years. Steeped in the blood spilled in the witch hunts, the genital mutilations, the rapes and stone cold murders of girls and women- blood spilled in crimes of deep misogyny and disease. Also, the precious blood of my foremothers who fought for my rights.

But my path of activism is steeped not just in this blood, but also the life-giving precious blood of women. The blood that forms the bed that human beings are brought into life from. Blood of the womb. Moon blood. Menstrual blood.
And a big part of my personal work has been in the fight to liberate menstruation from the many prisons of this patriarchal paradigm that have not just assaulted, desecrated, and punished our wombs, but that have vilified and demonized our life-giving blood through taboos, oppression, shaming, and many other forms both insidious and blatant. 
As a result of all of these aspects that drive me to do what I can to help subvert this destructive paradigm, I am participating in the Women's March on Washington this coming Saturday, January 21st in solidarity with what is estimated to be 200,000 others, as well as countless other thousands participating in satellite marches across the United States. 

And I realised today that I will be menstruating as I march.
I will be the literal embodiment of Patriarchy's worst nightmare. 
A Kali, a Lilith, a Medusa, a Scarlet Woman.

And then I began to wonder...how many others will be menstruating as well?
And how powerful of a statement it would be to find some form of expression of this menstrual solidarity? Powerful as hell. Powerful.
You want to grab this pussy, do you??
WELL, BUDDY. HERE WE ARE.

When I heard the (not my) President-elect's comment reference Megyn Kelly's question to him regarding his misogynistic language concerning women back in August 2015 during the first Republican presidential debate as her having "blood coming out of her wherever",
I knew immediately what he was implying- no matter what bullshit spin anyone wants to put on it. Women aren't stupid. We've been subjected to this form of disempowerment and degradation all of our lives- along such lines of period 'jokes' and disparaging comments about being 'on the rag' whenever she is angry or upset, or in instances when she has the audacity to dare challenge a man. And it's not just demeaning. It's abusive. These attempts at invalidation and intimidation are straight up gaslighting, which is a component of domestic violence. And now we have an incoming (not my) President who excels in this abusive technique, among others. I fully agree with Gloria Steinem- it's like America herself is now put in a position of escaping and surviving a domestic violence situation.
​The scary part is that that's not an exaggeration.

So going back to my realisation, I felt the strong need to write this as a call to my other badass sisters who will also be menstruating while marching. And although I am calling on marchers who will be literally menstruating, I invite those sisters who want to symbolically show solidarity to join this call as well.
I am calling on you in our scarlet solidarity.
I am calling on you to show this system of oppression, to show this incoming 'leadership',
to show the country and the world that we will not accept being vilified, degraded, or oppressed for being female.
For our rights to the autonomy of our wombs, of our bodies, our health care options.
For the rights of all to be free from all systems of oppression.
For being bloody over injustice. For being bloody done with inequality. For bloody all.
Because our blood is POWERFUL.
Because women are POWERFUL, and beyond when we stand together.

So, what is it I am envisioning along with this call?

I am envisioning raised fists with red tied to them- sashes, bracelets, yarn. 
I am envisioning red paint on faces, primal streaks, red moons on the forehead.
I am envisioning among the many awesome pink pussyhats of the Pussyhat Project
bright sashes and scarves, bursts of scarlet red,
like handmaids in revolt,
like Hester Prynne getting her vengeance on a big scale. 
Hell Yes.

Because yes, I dare to have both a vagina and a voice, because I demand equal rights, because I demand reproductive freedom, because I demand environmental responsibility, because I challenge injustice, because I do not step down from forms of bigotry like sexism, racism, homophobia, religious persecution, or any form of systematic oppression, because I will continue to smash the Patriarchy every chance I get- and because I do not support a leader who embodies so overwhelmingly all of the tyranny of this Patriarchy, and to encapsulate it all- because I am an American- I will be marching in Washington. #whyImarch

And because I know that menstrual shaming is part of the misogyny and oppression I am marching against, I will be marching wearing my blood, and wearing a burst of scarlet red. It is beyond time to reclaim, proclaim, and show the world that we reject the shame. I hope my other menstruating (literally or symbolically) sisters called to this call will join me.

"Blood coming out of her wherever."
Oh, we'll give you blood coming out of her 'wherever', alright.

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SCARLET SOLIDARITY
One of the many reasons #whyImarch
#womensmarchonwashington #equalitynow

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Scarlet Shakti Womanifesto

1/5/2017

 
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​The amount of hate I receive is correlated to the love I receive. 
It enhances the equation, the purgation, enchants the cremation...
And I'll tell you why. 
I'
m a difficult, complex, passionate, berserker genius of a woman. 
Gold dusted blood red carnal carnage widow bled witch.
I'm a bitch. I'm a high priestess. I'm a hungry wanton Lilith. 
I'm fire and I'm fucking ash. My confessions combustible.
I don't have to show you an inch of skin, only my eyes- 
that's where I show you my vulnerable parts. Precious.
My parts like angels tossed in hellfire. Burns the eyes.
My losses form on you like scabs you want to own. 
You can't own them, but you can learn from them- 
my scabs and my wounds are high mileage. 
My life comprises tomes. 
My lips speak of shadowy places you get wet from wishing for.
My keys are blood stained. My hands are blood stained. 
My heart is blood stained. 
You wish to go further? Really? Kali fangs. Butchering floor.
Every spurn shows me my strength. 
I don't have to do a thing to rule.
I don't have to do a thing.
All my lace black sears the linings of my mythos.
Every shriek, every orgasm, every stage dive, 
every howl, every ecstasy, every birth, every death.
Tucked in my thigh highs, held in my velvet hands.
Every heartbeat, every breath.
Give me your disdain, your disapproval, your buried envy.
It glistens my already glimmering phoenix wings.
Give.
Me.
I don't have to do a thing to rule.
I don't have to do a thing.
And if you think you can take me down,
you'll be buried before I reclaim my crown.
-Nuit Moore
Nuit Moore, The Scarlet Shakti

August 13th~Festival of Hekate

8/13/2016

 
Pictureimage: Nuit Moore performing a Hekate ceremonial performance with Ishtar Noir Ritual Theater and Tribal/Fire Dance
Blessings on this August 13th,
​Festival of Hekate!

"Three times she raised her arms
to stars and sky,
And three times wheeled about
and three times splashed
Her hair with moonlit water from a brook.
Three times she screamed,
then fell upon her knees
To pray 'O night, night, night!
Whose darkness holds
All mysteries in shade, O flame-lit stars,
Whose golden rays with Luna floating near
Are like the fires of day- and you, O Hekate,
Who know untold desires that work our will
And art the Mistress of our secret spells."

-Ovid/Metamorphoses


☽ Hekate is invoked often as Dadouchos (torch-bearer), as well as Phosphorus and Purphoros, bearer of both light and fire. Being a chthonic goddess, yet bearing the keys to all realms, Hekate serves as the Illuminator, two torches in hand as She roams the darkness of the night, and within the shadow of the subconscious. As Triformis, She stands at the three-fold crossroads, triple-sighted in past, present, and future, and of the triple moon.
Protectress and guardian, Her devotees appeased their Underworld Queen through the ritual practice of Deipnon, suppers for Hekate left as an offering to Her at the New Moon, usually at the crossroads. These offerings were thought to protect Her devotees from restless, wandering spirits as well as during night travel, and were also consumed by the poor and homeless outcasts of ancient Greece, who often dwelled in the caves and in the subterranean levels sacred to Her.☾ 
-Nuit Moore

"Then earth began to bellow, trees to dance
And howling dogs in glimmering light advance
Ere Hekate came."
-Aeneid
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#hekate #hecate #festivalofhekate #goddessmysteries #witchcraft #nuitmoore

Menstrual Activism is Multifaceted Activism

5/17/2016

 
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Menstrual Activism is Multifaceted Activism!

~It is environmental activism, because to say NO to mainstream menstrual products is saying NO to polluting the landfills, our oceans and water sources, water and sewer treatment plants, and the atmosphere (when these products are incinerated) with the estimated 20 BILLION (yes, you read that correctly) of these so-called "disposables" t
hat are added to our environmental waste every year.

-It is economic activism, because in 2014, women spent over $3 billion dollars buying these mainstream products- money that went directly to corporations that do not have our health in their best interests- only profit. Menstrual activism encourages not only the use of  menstrual products that are organic, reusable, and sustainable,  but also supports the network of awesome small businesses (most of them women-owned businesses) that provide these alternatives to women. Because these are also reusable alternatives,  
women spend less on these products, which saves a considerable amount both in the pocket and in the waste disposed- especially over a menstruating lifetime.

~It is health activism, because to say NO to those corporate produced menstrual products means saying NO to products that are not properly regulated by any health or safety agency, using chemicals associated with their manufacture that have been proven to be harmful and toxic to the body. It is understanding that the rise in gynecological issues over the last 50 years correlates with the rise in use of these products and making the connection there. Because it is a very powerful, radical act to take control of our health choices and our body autonomy, especially as a population that constantly has to battle for even the most basic rights to do so. Which is part of the next activist aspect-

~It is civil rights/women's rights activism, because to say NO to the societal message that menstruation is something to be repressed, supressed, vilified and deemed shameful or disgusting is to say NO to society's message that the female body is also something to be repressed, suppressed, vilified, and deemed shameful or a commodity, and connects this mindset to how we as women view and experience our female bodies and our female cycles. It is realising that how we experience our body is tied in to how we experience our cycle, and the impact of that experience on how we express ourselves. It is recognizing that menstrual shaming and degredation is an insidious attack of the female body and psyche.

~It is social activism, because when we can come to a new consciousness of menstruation, an interconnected consciousness, it creates a healing that radiates out into the world in myriad ways. Menstrual activism demands a discussion on the systematic oppression of females, and through education, changes the way in which our society and world thinks about menstruation. It fosters understanding and support and empowerment, not just in our female circles, but in our human circles, however defined. It is a deeply liberating and healing process for both women and men. To imagine a world in which both our daughters and our sons are taught that menstruation is a natural process of the female body-
​and an inherent part of the source of all life, the process that creates life,
then it is truly a step to creating a nourishing, healing world that honors life,
instead of a world that glorifies the destructive opposite.

-Nuit Moore 

artwork by Clio

The Magdalene & the Red Egg

3/25/2016

 
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​There are various religio-mystical mythos associated with the image of Mary Magdalene holding the Red Egg; all are associated with resurrection and renewal, which is the essence of the mysteries of the Goddess.
 

Although commonly associated with Christianity, and with Christ having risen from the tomb, this is iconography and mythos with far more ancient matriarchal roots and messages. This vehicle of life, the egg- genesis itself- red like the life-giving blood, the holy blood, declares the miracle of rebirth on high- for the tomb is also the womb.

During this time of renewal and regeneration, I assert that this iconography represents the Magdalene standing in her full power as priestess,
a representative of the Divine Feminine, of the Goddess. 
By offering the Red Egg, the Magdalene is offering her sacra- that which is found in the Holy Grail, the Lap of Life- her egg and her womb blood,
her fertility and her release, her light and shadow,
​her power of womb and tomb, birth-death-rebirth. 

In full possession of this most powerful of matriarchal symbols, the Magdalene expresses the essence of the mysteries, the source of all life. 

-Nuit Moore
#magdalene #themagdalene #redegg #resurrection #thegoddess #divinefeminine #mythos #nuitmoore #thescarletshakti #priestess #goddessmysteries 

Happy Year of the Red Fire Monkey! 2016

2/7/2016

 
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Welcome in the
Year of the Red Fire Monkey,
commencing this year on
the New Moon of February,
this February 8th! 






​This is going to be a much different kind of year than the Year of the Green Wood Sheep that we are saying our farewells to. With this past Year of the Sheep, we had an energetic directive towards practicality and rootedness, on substance and foundation. Focus was definitely on ways to find balance, and we were given many opportunities to get stripped down to the bare bones on things and discover what it is in our lives and environments that support our foundations, our security in many forms, our sense of authenticity, and our true purpose. Very Sheepy elements, mind you.


So to follow this with the the Year of the Monkey- and the Red Fire Monkey, at that- is going to often feel like we've gotten out of bed to suddenly find ourselves in some John Waters-esque carnival landscape of unpredictable commotion and consequence. A total gyroscope. Like Dorothy stepping out into the technicolor Oz suddenly surrounded by wackety wacks. But it's a rich, ripe field for finding out what areas still need work. Or in keeping with the carnival theme, a House of Mirrors that can give us a chance to practice our skills while moving through moments of illusion and mass confusion. For things are so very often not what they seem in Monkey years. Monkeys are tricksters, make no mistake. But tricksters break it down where it needs to be broken, and offer wisdom and rebirth energy as the blessings. Try to avoid fooling yourself or dancing with denial in these years- this kind of thing is not favored by the trickster Monkey.  Monkey years are also often hard lesson years for the gullible and too-trusting, and could result in deception, theft, and losses, or in very painful experiences- some absolutely humiliating. 

But hey, the upside of all of this is that Monkey years are also definitely not boring ones, and often bring lots (scratch that- make that LOADS) of opportunities to shake things up and have some fun. Monkey years embody capriciousness in a huge, huge way. And so Monkey years remind us, often uncomfortably, that to make solid plans is so very often futile- and that the best way to go down a rushing river of unpredictable commotion is to just flow with it. It can be exhausting during Monkey years to struggle against the big force- focusing rather on our individual personal choices to *try* and determine our direction in the middle of this big energy may prove to be the better course of action.
And try to be open to letting your hair down.  Monkey Years are like huge house parties where everything is happening at once- little bursty supernovas all over- and as it can be with big wild house parties, sometimes there's celebration and sometimes there's calamity.
You really just have no way of truly knowing what's just around the corner at this party! 


In terms of finances and business, Monkey years can be highly unpredictable. To the point of roulette wheel status often. For some it will be incredibly lucky- luck is a strong element in Monkey years. For some, not so much- but the biggest allies for courting good fortune in Monkey years are qualities belonging to the Monkey itself: inventiveness, creativity, skill, cleverness, originality, independence, intelligence, enthusiasm, and a huge sense of humor. Mad skills in adaptability will also take one a long way in making the most of this year with flying colors. Monkey years in business favor those who take risks, brilliant impulses-
but try not to be too rash. Fortune may favor the bold, but not necessarily the rashly brash.


Politically, Monkey years continue the theme of the previous year in that we still are witnessing a suddenly very interesting and unpredictable political climate, one that will continue being strongly influenced by the highlights on values and social justice from the previous Sheep year.
 However, there is a higher risk for political and social calamity than we've had in the previous year. Political parties that are weakened from within may experience further and deeper process of breakdown and division, because in Monkey years the individuality of politicians is usually more prominent than the core values of the overall party. Things can also break down in communication between governing forces and political parties- for as the monkey is so fond of doing, there may be the human equivalent of screaming and throwing lots of poo around. It could be quite a sight ( in the United States, for example- with what is absolutely going to be a historic and quite unusual election year this year). American election years due to their 4 year cycle often fall in Monkey years- and we can look back to the previous Monkey election years of 1992, 1980, and 1968 to see the bigger scope of how the politics of Monkey years can be filled with truly huge changes, often driven by the core Monkey elements of big personalities, tricksters, risk-takers and change-makers. Huge changes which are often made even more flammable because of the focus on social justice issues during the previous Sheep year.

To close out with a concept that is true to Monkey form- this is a year that strongly favors uninhibition. It is a great year to express oneself as freely and authentically as one can-
​and the freer and truer you are to yourself, the better. I suddenly had that Cat Stevens song from the absolutely wonderful 1971 cult classic 'Harold and Maude' pop into my head:


'Well, if you want to sing out, sing out 
And if you want to be free, be free 
'Cause there's a million things to be 
You know that there are 

And if you want to live high, live high 
And if you want to live low, live low 
'Cause there's a million ways to go 
You know that there are 
 
You can do what you want 
The opportunity's on 
And if you can find a new way 
You can do it today 
You can make it all true 
And you can make it undo 
you see ah ah ah 
its easy ah ah ah 
You only need to know 

Well if you want to say yes, say yes 
And if you want to say no, say no 
'Cause there's a million ways to go 
You know that there are 

And if you want to be me, be me 
And if you want to be you, be you 
'Cause there's a million things to do 
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are.'

That's about the best advice for Monkey years that can be given, methinks!


All the love,

Nuit Moore 

​on Facebook: Nuit Moore, The Scarlet Shakti

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Yoni Steaming~Bajos: Women's Sacred Herbal Arts

2/5/2016

 
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​Yoni Steams, known in Spanish as Bajos, is an ancient practice that is seeing a revival as women are more and more getting in touch with a more holistic connection to their bodies. 


Yoni Steams are awesome, and very beneficial for women- and they are an effective organic treatment that women can do in the comfort of their own homes. 

Yoni Steams are effective because the soft tissues of a woman's vagina are extremely porous and quickly absorb the vapors of the steam. The heat of the steam stimulates circulation and blood flow to the pelvic area, and combined with the medicinal benefits of the herbs, will nourish, tone, and cleanse the vaginal tissues and whole pelvic region.

Yoni steams can benefit a variety of issues including: fibroids, PCOS, eliminary system stagnation, pelvic pain, menstrual cramps, heavy bleeding, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, dry vaginal tissues, fertility and is also excellent for postpartum and uterine healing. Yoni Steams done once or twice monthly also serve as a wonderful uterine and vaginal toner.

Do not do a yoni steam if pregnant, menstruating, if there is infection present, and in the case of postpartum steams, wait about a week into the postpartum period once bleeding has stopped and no infections are present.

I blend my Shakti Goddess Herbal Yoni Steams here in my temple, with organic herbs, and loving intent. I have been a practitioner of the Wise Woman tradition for over 20 years, and my offerings are the result of my passion and my path. Your Shakti Goddess Herbal Yoni Steam will come in a drawstring muslin cotton bag with instructions for use.
One ounce equals one steam.
​(I also have 3 ounce bags in my shop): www.shaktistudios.etsy.com

Blessings! <3

Nuit Moore


Herbs have been an effective form of medicine since early civilization. Herbals are not regulated by the Food & Drug Administration and so any herbal treatment or product on the market has not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition. As always, consult a health practitioner before using herbals. In the case of pregnancy, lactation, pre-existing medical conditions, or contraindications with other medications, please make sure to clear with a health practitioner before use. User assumes all risk. Thank you!

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Imbolc ~ Brigid's Holy Fire, Holy Flow

1/26/2016

 
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BLESSED IMBOLC! 
Winter and I have a complex relationship with each other. I am aware and welcoming of the gifts of Winter, very aware. And I have grown to love the gifts of Winter. Yet I sometimes struggle with the dark shade of the bitter cold…remembering the lush green that has now become dull browns and grays or covered in the blankets of snow.
I find myself turning inward, as is natural, aware of the slumbering dormant seeds nestled in my darkness. I truly become The Hermit, in my cave, with my lanterns in the dark.

I struggle sometimes with this deep-in-the-cauldron time, but I do my best to keep in mind the Wheel has not stopped, it is constantly turning. I remind myself that it is only a matter of time until I will be able to first sense the curving turn towards Spring…until about a moon cycle before the frogs start their first round of singing. This is when I find the first breath of rebirth returned to me, this is when I find myself getting out and tramping about- enjoying the waning frost on the air, the wet, wet fertility of the ground, enjoying the mild chill of the surfaces of rocks and trees as I press my warm hands on them. The creek breaks through her frozen stagnation, begins once again to sing, her song still lone in the blessed silence of the just barely slumbering woods.
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This hinge-time I personally find begins right around early February, at the time of the ancient Gaelic holy day of Imbolc, celebrated on February 1st/2nd. This is the holy day and feast day of Brigid -both Goddess and Saint- of fire, smithycraft, the hearth, healing, fertility, divination, poetry and inspiration. It is about this time that I pen my best poems, receiving the touch of Brigid on my brow swiftly and vibrantly. Potent regeneration is definitely afoot, and things begin to send up their fertile shoots in many different manifestations. I find this time to be an absolute miracle and one that never loses it’s magick for me. It is a wet time, wet with fecundity; a time of sweet thaw, of birth fluids and mother’s milk, of rain’s benediction, of bubbling cauldron and blessed brews, of poetry and ideas fluent, of the stirring flow of life in all forms. Although Brigid is a Goddess of Fire, She is also the Saint of the Holy Wells, and the holy flow of the mother’s milk of the moist Earth.

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image by AngieLantham http://www.celticmystery.co.uk/
I await the arrival of this time as I write this, and it is ever so close. Already I feel the pull, the cord, and the anticipation of the calling song of those wonderful frogs and that shimmery creek, heralds of fertility. I have made it through another dark winter; I am
womb-warm and safe, and well-fed. My winter-dreaming, visits from my guardians.
My seeds send forth the auric patterns of the shoots, the roots, the tendrils and the blossoms that are to emerge in this waxing, this growing. Oh, to be blessed such as this.
I am grateful beyond measure.

The fire-tender, the bard and the poet, the muse, the smithy of words and the elements,
the midwife, the cool hand of the healer, the water witch, the seer, the herbalist,
the wise woman and the cunning man, rootfolk and sproutstalk… bless, bless, bless!
May you find yourself abundant in your blessings, may you find yourself restored and renewed. Take in deep life-loving breath, inspire inspiration. Hail the Holy Brigid!

-Nuit Moore
Nuit Moore, The Scarlet Shakti
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art by Helena Nelson-Reed http://www.helenanelsonreed.com/

go to her, flow to her, bow to her

12/30/2015

 
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Hekua OYA
Mother of Nine
Wild Woman Wind
La Reine of Rains
Powerful Yansa
I Bow to You

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