Earth
The outward work of the month is done and it is time to anchor all that has passed. We are beginning a new moon cycle. In the energy of the dark moon we send the lessons of the previous moon cycle into the soil of our being in the Northerly landscape. We return to the dreamtime of the dark moon in the winter of the month tending to our roots and bones.
Please listen to this Dark Earth transmission
Holding the tension of opposites
The moon goes Dark in Gemini ~ go quiet, listen. What can you perceive here? Can you soften into deep receiving of the light codes? Acknowledge that soon we will begin to gently descend - we are nearing the crescendo of the year - but for now stay here and notice. Where am I on my path? Can I receive in the full bloom of mother energies? Can I flow in the pollination of possibility? Can I honour each part of the cycle fully to receive the potent gifts of each part? The fullness and wholeness of the journey? How does it feel to have the seeds I have planted bring opportunities?
As we peak to the full outward expansion of Litha at Summer Solstice - this is the final dark moon this side of the sacred pause
What lies in the fertile darkness waiting for spaciousness to arrive?
What has not yet been planted and needs to be?
What needs reinforcement or fertiliser?
Use this dark moon time to spark the seeds of change with all that has come to light
What are you spell-ing? Lean into the Mercurial realms of thought and invite new ways of expressing your needs and truth. We are the weavers and the web - what dreams are we weaving into being?
In this twin Solar / Lunar Gemini energy I invite you into the practice of Womb Steaming but instead of using dry herbs - try to use the native plant kin that are growing near you (provided you know what you are using and why). Concoct a Simple or Potion (single herb or mixture) and allow the impending full bloom of the mother be a soothing vapour for your womb, heart and mind. Vapour or steam and the aerial parts of the plants correspond in herbalism to the Air element that we are so deeply connected to in Gemini. I am likely to use Mugwort, Lemon balm and Mother wort - but I will see what allies want to come forward at this time to support my healing and welcome their magic with an open heart. The beauty is in being receptive to your own powers of healing and opening a conversation with the native land healers that come forward with their gifts
Litha is observed in the ancient Celtic calendar astrologically when the Sun is at 0o degrees Cancer - usually landing between 19th and 23rd June depending. This year it is on 20th June. Cancer is the expression of the Mother in her full bloom. The height of Solar energy and the peak as well as the corresponding moment of shift over and down
At Litha we honour full fecund fertility
What is your relationship to being fully seen and fully receiving? How can you practice this as the art of the creative Muse in full expression
Go well as we take the rising path towards the Sacred pause of the land
Our next Community Moon Call is Tuesday 27th May at 7:30pm on the usual Zoom log in details
Next Steps on the pathway
As the moon waxes we will move into AIR