Earth

28.2.25

Venus day blessings journey kin

Hail & Welcome!

Thank you for finding your way onto this path

It is such a privilege to be the journey keeper here and I do not take this service lightly!

Let’s begin by taking a moment to call ourselves fully present and give thanks to the spirit of place - anchoring our awareness to our place in the cosmology of everything

Let’s then orient our star stuff …

ORIENTATION & SIGNIFICANT TRANSITS

28th February 2025 ~ New moon in Piscies

Lunar year of the Wood Snake (Air serpent)

Venus Retrograde 1st March - 12th April

Mercury Retrograde 14th March - 7th April

Pluto in Aquarius (19 more years)

Season: Piscies

Energy: Mutable

Element: Water

Elemental Themes: Cleansing & Renewal. Endings and beginnings

Women’s wheel: Threshold crone to emerging maiden

Mother Earth: Rooting to Rise

ASTROLOGY

Notice that the zodiac turns in a wheel with twelve signs which also group in threes as the Seasons

Cardinal ~ Initiator energy

Fixed ~ Immoveable power

Mutable ~ Impermanence

Beginning of the Zodiacal Year: SPRING Cardinal - Aries, fixed - Taurus, mutable - Gemini; SUMMER Cardinal - Cancer, fixed - Leo, mutable - Virgo; AUTUMN Cardinal - Libra, fixed - Scorpio, Mutable - Sagittarius; WINTER Cardinal - Capricorn, fixed - Aquarius, Mutable - Piscies - End of the Zodiacal Year

Of course as with trying to map anything in nature - we fall short - there are no straight lines, only a flowing current of overlapping and ever unfolding energies

We will navigate Piscies Season together before we are fully ready to move into the quickening newness of Aries and Spring Equinox motion. By holding the ‘thresh hold’ together we support one another to acknowledge the importance of this piece of the journey. This portal of rebirth is most often the bit we want to escape from. Piscies is very adept at pulling on our escapist tendencies - ensnaring us in our addictive patterns. So be wary of this shadow aspect of Piscies and see it for what it is - a chance to call out any victimhood, give it an elder hug and find a way that those feelings can be acknowledged but not drown out your brilliance before it has a chance to be birthed. Dream into that part of you that wants to hide behind excuses and unworthiness - re-vision how it might look at this powerful juncture of the year

In the wheel of the zodiac we are initiating the mystery school with the archetype of the Mystic

There are many maps that make up the journey - they overlay and intersect in ways that you will experience throughout this journey. The only navigating compass needed is the one that resides within ~ and with that a willingness to wander off the beaten track and into the mystery. Being lost is often only a state of perspective and one that can change your trajectory if you learn to trust that the journey path will be revealed as you step forward. This is a dance between agency, will and surrender

For our very distant ancestors the dark moon was understood as a time of in-sight, gradually as time went on, we learnt to fear the absence of the moons light in the darkness. It is in the dark moon we practice harnessing our own light in the darkness. We call on our inner re-source and we meet the fear with our inner light

Without the reflection of the moon we are left in present darkness to earth in our temple bodies - there is no light shone elsewhere to distract us

For some, this experience may touch a deeply primal and ancestral fear point in our bodies. A subtle shift into darkness with no discernable navigation point, leaving us potentially adrift. By all means float in the Piscean dream time - just make sure you have a well stocked vessel. The dark moon of the crones winter time asking us to stop seeking or looking up and out and trust that we will find our way home when we listen to our bodies call

Beginning our journey together, and any journey, it is important that we are resourced for what lies ahead. The journey guided with emphasis on our moon mother is a journey of the subtle sub conscious realms. The Sun, the centre, the bold I am energy, is mirrored an reflected by the diffuse quality of the moon’s reflection - who am I?

The Moon is always full and so it is like ourselves vital to remember that the quality of the reflection is always going to change depending on the clarity of the reflector. Seeing ourselves through a partial lens will never give a full picture. It is useful to remember what lens we are peering through

Confucius, an ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher is credited with the quote “Wherever you go, there you are” and on this journey I want us to set the intention that we are looking to meet and integrate all of ourselves and each other with compassion and love. That is to integrate the full spectrum of ourselves. To honour the emotional body. Piscies is a deeply emotional and sensitive sign so it is worth remembering that as we meet the body of water we are travelling within

A very brief word about working with guides, guardians and spirit guides - in support of our work we need to be asking for guidance from benevolent ancestors and trusted allies - if a new guide comes in, it is wise to challenge them three times to confirm that they are in fact who they seem to be

As we become the women that the earth needs we need to focus on anchoring the light from within. There are many traditions and practices that would have us drawing light down/from elsewhere - this can create issues. I would encourage you to consider that beautiful light inside you and how you tend it to enable it to emanate outwards

In the way of the priestess we must discern when to walk openly and when to cloak ourselves - I would encourage you to feel into what your own cloak of protection for your journey would look and feel like - what would it be made of

As we begin our tender emergence we are somewhat vulnerable in the burgeoning maiden Spring energies. To really take part in the rebirth cycle it is necessary to de-armour our hearts and see into our own purity - to play with this vulnerability. This is where the closed online container can really support us. To practice, play and feel in a safe place. To sit in circle in an unrecorded call that is Sub Rosa (under the rose - held as secret and sacred witnessing)

Our great grandmother earth can support us in very Earthy and practical ways if we are finding working with the spirit realm some what challenging. As we journey we will work with the brilliance, strength and resource provided by the plant kin

RITUAL

Do you see that you are capable of so much ~ that was never in doubt ~ but in order for you to sustain this work of loving and giving, being and creating, you must honour and feed the soil that will produce. Without considered ground work, the foundations can not support strong, healthy and abundant growth

Intentionally carve out some time to pause - to really stop and marvel upon all the processes that are currently happening silently under the soil of your skin

Turn off your phone

Lie down

Place your hands on your body

As if you were outside discovering a new piece of land - Allow your eyes and hands to come into contact with different surfaces in your own nature playground. Allow the exchange of energies be felt. Notice not only the textures, but intuit the feelings of the living landscape that is you

Give thanks for your body and consider some ways that you can show your gratitude - consider perhaps how you are going to nourish this precious earth temple with fuel for the work ahead. Your precious energy deserves to be created from a powerful source of a healing nature

SACRED ADORNMENT

Warm some natural body oil - you could consider infusing some bay and rosemary oil for their warming and protective qualities but work with what you have for now - create a post shower, bath, sea or river dip ritual where you adorn your body with warm oil maintaining an attitude of thanks for supporting you through the winter months and supporting your skin to receive warmth. Consider you are preparing your skin for the emergence of Spring, preparing before shedding the winter layer. The energy of this year is serpentine and mercurial

PISCIES JOURNAL REFLECTIONS

What does my selkie skin need? As part earth walker and part water creature - am I well hydrated?

How can I stay present with my needs whilst honouring the other energies that wish to merge with me?

What dreams need to be tended to?

(What am I working towards activating, enriching and earthing)

PRACTICE

Bare earth walking

Take a walk in some dewy or wet grass - initially just for a minute. Connect to the sensations that arise and stay present. Feel the activation of fire that builds your circulation from the ground up

As often as possible - place your hands and feet on the earth - enjoy the transference of energies as you allow yourself to connect back in with the great and true grid of the earth mother - with the soil that contains enzymes to support your equilibrium