Equinox Blessings

Here we are at the equinox, the time of equal day and equal night, where Mother Earth is in the balance with Father Sun.  Lunar and Solar, night and day, are balanced.  The equinox means different things for different people across the world, for some its the beginning of spring and the movement from darkness to light, for some it heralds the harvest of the year past and a time when we are moving into the deep rest of winter.  For some its the jewish new year, for some Mabon, for some Beltain.  But no matter what you believe or practice, for all it is a time of balance.

In my opinion celebrating the wheel of the year is key to understanding the nature and wisdom of the Feminine, the Great Mother of all.  When we live in accordance with the cycles of nature and walk with respect and presence for her in her cycles, we realign ourselves with the very fabric of life on this beautiful planet.  For many of us we have become disconnected from our feminine way of being which makes the equinox a most welcomed opportunity to come out of the linear mind of working hard all of the time, striving towards our goals and burning ourselves out.  We are being woo'd by the Mother of all creation to come back to balance and truly live our lives from the rhythms that nature intended for us to live.  I invite you dear reader to re align with the cycles of nature, and in doing so come back to balance with yourSelf too.   It doesn't matter if you are masculine or feminine, we are all children of Mother Earth and we all need to come back into alignment with the feminine aspect of Divine through the seasons & truly reconnect with and reclaim our sovereign domain.

Lets take a look for a moment at the wheel of the year and the main celebrations to see how they reflect the Sacred feminine to us:

Winter Solstice:  The seed of the Sun, carrying the consciousness of what we need to birth or create in this coming wheel of the year, is planted in the womb of Mother Earth, to develop within the darkness.  We are resting in the depth of winter, when the day's are shorter than the nights, when we are in the 'womb of mother' replenishing, resting, allowing our deeper darker side to be tended to.  Winter is a time of nourishment and rest, preparation for the year to come.  The solstice marks the shortest day when the sojourn towards the light has begun!  The archetype of the crone, or the wise woman is celebrated during the winter months.  I love working with Hecate who holds the lantern in the darkness and assists us through the shadow lands of the long night (sometimes this is the dark night of the soul).   This also reflects the dark moon turning new, and the time of our bleed.

Spring Equinox:  The first sign of growth appear above the surface of the Earth.  This is celebrated by acknowledging sacred marriage between the masculine (action/consciousness) & feminine (nurturing/nourishment/creation).  This is a time to reflect upon the seeds of consciousness that were planted during the winter months, to plan your inspired actions to nourish these seeds, tend your garden, and plan towards the harvest to come.  The spring reflects the archetype of the maiden/celestial virgin, I love working with Aphrodite who is the Goddess of Love, sensuality and beauty, she is magnetic and deeply feminine.   This is reflected in the waxing moon and the time of our follicular phase when the womb is being flooded with hormones to build the nest in preparation for ovulation.

Summer Solstice:  The celebration of fully grown blooming vegetation occurs, as we acknowledge the ripe fullness of Mother in the Summer months.  This is the time when we recognize and give thanks for the blessings of intentions manifest.  It's a time of engaging in inspired actions that support our dreams and goals as we tend the field with the energies of summer supporting us...  The summer solstice brings us to the point in the year where we recognize that we are preparing for the days to become shorter and eventually cooler when autumn comes, so we make the most of daylight hours and dance with the light of life!  We also know that we are about to descend once again into the womb of Mother Earth when winter comes, this time to transform and let go of all that is no longer needed to die.  The archetype that reflects summer is the Mother/Earth Empress, who is ripe and full and nourishing for her children.  I love working with Demeeter in this phase as she is the Earth empress and the mother of Persephone who spends half of her life in darkness in the underworld (autumn and winter) and half of her life in light (spring and summer) with her mother.  Demeeter holds space for us in our darkness and our light, teaching us how to do this for ourself creating sacred union within.  This time also reflects the time of ovulation & the full moon when we are ripe, magnetic, full of attraction and sweetness, like the fruit that grows in summer.

Autumn Equinox:  Its harvest time!!!! The seeds that were planted in winter have grown, they have been tended, celebrated, enjoyed and now we fully celebrate and surrender to the period of rest that comes with the months to come.  We draw closer to the sexual fires of mother earth in the cauldron of her womb (fiery molten lava).  As we glean the wisdom of the past months and release the stories, the experiences and the left overs from the feasting of summer, as an offering of love we gift back to the cauldron of the great Mother, allowing her to transform the gifts and the pains, so that we can drink the broth of this wisdom during the winter months, letting it warm our hearts & grow our conscious awareness of Self and integrate with life once again.  This is the archetype of the enchantress/maga/medicine woman I love working with White Buffalo Woman in this time as she shows us how to walk prayerfully through life's transitions, giving thanks for the seasons past and gleaning the wisdom that has been gifted to us.  This is also the time of the waxing moon, and our luteal phase when the nest in our womb is releasing the hormones in preparation for the egg to be bled out during menstruation. 

Ways to celebrate the Autumn Equinox:

 

• Write a gratitude list for the things that have ocurred in the previous seasons from the winter to now
• Start a gratitude journal, gratitude for what has been today will create more of that for the days to come!
• Restore balance in your life, do a fall clean in your home, throw away the things you don't need, create space for more nourishment!!! 
• Begin something new, write a list of everything you have been wanting to do but have been too busy to do during summer.  From your list choose your top 3 and begin to take actions towards them every day
• Go for a drive/walk and take in all of the colours of the autumn that reflect the womb of mother in her reds, golds, browns, yellows.  While your there collect as many beautiful representations of autumn that you can to build an alter that represents your harvest.  Leaves, twigs, feathers, flowers, crystals, herbs, candles 
• Make a pumpkin soup and prepare a harvest feast to celebrate and give thanks to Mother Father creation for the gifts that have been bestown over the past cycles.
• Do a yoga practice or meditate to create balance in body mind 
• Reflect on the aspects of the Feminine that Autumn reveals and write down how they manifest in you
• Create a let go list, build a fire spend the night/day prayerfully tending to your inner fire's of passion and transformation.  When you are ready hold up your list to your guides, give thanks for the lessons therein, call the violet flame of transformation, give thanks for the completion of contracts and burn your list.  As the list burns watch all that no longer serves being transformed in the flames of the fierce and fiery Mother.

Ways to Celebrate Spring Equinox:

• Reflect on the journey you went on in your inner landscape during winter, write a list of the seeds that were planted in the soil of your subconscious mind.  Write down 4 main awarenesses that you had that changed the direction of your thinking/life.  Perhaps during winter you had ahaaaaa moments about the direction you do or don't want your life to go? Write them down.  Now is the time to do your visioning to follow through on an inspired action plan that will support you to follow through in the action supported with the energy of spring.
• Go for walks and observe the new life springing forth around you, take in the new smells and the flower buds, see the new growth as a reflection of you and your life blossoming with new beginnings as the new season flourishes, so are you flourishing.
• Plant a garden, or new pot plants to reflect the new life springing forth
• Buy yourself some flowers
• Create a spring alter
• Cook up a feast and gather with your favourite people
• Spring clean your home, yourself and your wardrobe
• Do a cleanse, start a mostly raw diet or go for a retreat somewhere amazing
• Spend time in the sun daily (sun smart sun time of course hehee)
• Buy a new journal to plan your light filled months of action and inspiration.  
• Plan your summer holiday, book the flight, the hotel, campsite or what ever it is
• Give yourself permission to dream the dreams that are in your heart and step into your zone of courage!!! 
• Write your intentions list
• Ponder on how Spring reflects the feminine, how she speaks to you uniquely and do something creative to express this.  Write a song, poem, paint, draw, decorate your house etc.

As we celebrate and embrace the equinox this year, no matter where you are on the globe, may you also celebrate and reclaim the seasons of your life past and present.  Every experience, every story can become nourishment for the garden of your life to grow.  As we allow the seasons to work their magic in and through us we are growing and glowing towards our unlimited nature.  For wombed ones still in their menses we go through these 4 seasons every month in our bodies, for all other feminine beings we go through these 4 seasons with each phase of the moon.  Each time we move through a phase, and we celebrate, let go, surrender and allow we reclaim all that we are and restore balance to our world.  

Where ever you are in the world, what every your doing this equinox, celebrate you.  I love you in your shadows and your light, and as Hecate holds the lantern up in the darkness the collective prayers of many are supporting you in your life... We are one tribe, many reflections, one woman many faces... You are so loved... As we reconnect to the Great Mother and reclaim all that has been fragmented may we fly together!!! 

If you are struggling and need help, I am available for online healing's & readings.  If you are looking to reclaim the parts of your feminine nature and really step into your I AM WOmAN, this is my juju!! I would love to assist you in really living and being in alignment with all that you are.  I'm offering free 15 min consults so we can see if we are a match for the transformation you seek.  Hit me up here

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THE LIONS GATE PORTAL OF MANIFESTATION

On the 8/8 every year, a cosmic gateway of ascension opens up to assist humanity in their journey to remember what we came to this planet to create, be, do and have.

This gateway is a manifestation portal where we have the opportunity to amplify our gifts, intentions and dream a new dream for earth and humanity.  What the????? Stay with me, get your head in star trek mode and come on a cosmic adventure with me for a moment.  

While the lions gateway is open we have a powerhouse of opportunity, combined with the eclipses the door is wide open to release that which is limiting so we can embody our unlimited, infinite light being self!!! 

Some of us are going through a really tough time, as the cosmic bodies have come together to create a massive boom of personal and collective expansion, change and growth.  This can be so full on!!!  We are all going through it, some are experiencing strong symptoms as a result of the eclipses and the accelerated growth that is upon us.  I hope this post bring nurturing to your heart, that as you read you are wrapped up in light and that the river of sacred feminine nourishment fills your heart beloved brothers and sisters… 

Through this cosmic gateway we are being fast tracked to where we need to be.... It seems that duality and the dance of consciousness (unity) is indeed a choice right now, it takes concerted focus to really say yes to let go of the old and bring in the new.  Courageous choice and focus on what we do want to create.  (Which is why we are offering ceremony so that we can collectively shift gears) ... Many of us are at a pivotal moment in our lives, we have the choice to step in and up into our gifts and shine or to continue to live the stories of the past & stay in limitation and the pain body.  These powerful waves of light (consciousness) are accelerating this process, so lets make the most of it... 

So what is the lions gate?  

On the lions gate the earth aligns with the galactic centre, and teams up with the star Sirius opening a bridge between the physical and the spiritual worlds here on earth.  Sirius is currently bathing the earth in power and opening us up to our highest potential through new streams of consciousness...  Showering us with the light codes of ascension, mastery, and evolution... Time to tap into our limitless nature !!!!

We are constantly creating our reality through the stream of consciousness that we are choosing in any given moment.  The thought stream we are choosing to engage with in and the stories we are telling ourselves become our point of attraction.  So be a thought ninger!! Kung fu thought master… Watch them, laugh at the ridiculous ones, acknowledge the painful ones and choose the ones that you wanna ride into the reality you wanna create…  For yourself and the collective...

Right now we are being bathed in the light of the sun (in leo), which rules the heart centre, which means we have the opportunity to really heal old wounds and step into forgiveness..... We are all unique expressions of the Divine in physical form & this lions gate portal is an invitation to meet ourselves in this sacred place, saying 'hell yes' to the Divine woman/man within, rising above the pain and allowing our hearts to heal and lead.   

Within each of us are hidden/latent gifts we have not yet recognized. Within each of us, our DNA holds keys to our unlimited and very powerful nature.  Did you know we actually have 12 strands of DNA?  We only use 3… Thats a whole lotta hidden potential right there!!! 

As the surge of light occurs on the lions gate between 8th and 12th August,  that which is laying dormant/asleep in our energy field will be activated and reawakened via the high frequencies being sent from the Gallactic core and the Sirius star system.   The ancient sites on the planet will be activated along with intentions/prayers (past present and future) that have been infused in the crystal grids on earth…  

There are many reasons why 8/8 is such a potent time of the year, every year…

In numerology

8 is ruled by Saturn & is the number of manifestation, success and harvest.  We have been planting seeds of intention in the fertile soil of our minds and through the inspired actions we take in our life.  Now is the time to harvest, to reap the rewards of our hard work, by fine tuning our frequency and aligning with our intentions!!! 

8 is the number of the mystic, enabling us to merge our material world (saturn) with our deep Spiritual values with integrity and focus.  It is where the material and the Spiritual merge to create success in ‘the new paradigm way’.  Bye Bye dodgy system there is a new dawn emerging!!!! 

Saturn in it’s shadows can connect us to a feeling of being stuck, of lack, sorrow, victimhood, poor me, what’s the point, the world is fucked yadayadaaaa story land.

In its light Saturn bestows strength and clarity, the ability to make integrous decisions by zoning out and seeing the ‘big picture’ from ’non attachment’ this is not hippy jargon, it means  disengaging from emotional drama and seeing what is really going on.  At this time in history (herstory ~ mother earth) we all need to make choices that consider the big picture for sustainability and longevity of mother Gaia.

In astrology

the 8th house is ruled by scorpio and mars and is the house of sex baby!!!! The 8th house is where we learn though relationships, where the school of hard knocks and blissful union projectiles us forward in our evolution.  The 8th house dynamics teach us how to water and nourish ourselves in relationships to support us on our journey through life, sometimes through the contrary (which is why this time is really intense for many) 

Birth, death and rebirth is scorpio’s thing, through sex and relationships.  All relationships ultimately lead us to the rebirth of our own soul, if we will allow the ‘death’ to occur….. Sometimes ‘breaking up’ is breaking all that doesn’t work… Life is made up of cycles and cycles of mini deaths and rebirths, as we learn to surrender to the let go, the rebirth of ourselves becomes the sweet nectar, the sunrise after the dark night when you look out over the landscape with a sigh and say ‘Holy shit what a ride that was!’  Ultimately leading us to that oh so victorious moment when we can look the one who hurt us in the eye and say “Thank you so much for this experience, you are the best thing that ever happened to me, I am now my own most intimate investment. I love you I forgive you, please forgive me”.

The 8th house also governs ‘shared resources’, collective projects, unity consciousness, community, inter dependance, inheritance, co-creation, support from others.  As well as shared societal pressures, idea’s, laws and concepts.  Its about how we relate within this paradigm as it currently stands.

There are many of us right now who are experiencing the restrictions of this current monetary ‘system’, the laws of the land, the crown, the state etc.  The positive thing that is coming through is that we are collectively waking up to the fact that the system as it currently stands is not sustainable.  As these light waves come through during August, we have the opportunity to collectively dream the new paradigm into being.  Our bodies are the conduits of this light, we are literally portals of creation.  Instead of bitching, moaning or being a victim to the current system I invite you to join with those of us who dare to dream something different into the world.  Be a sacred rebel my friend, a renegade of light!!!   ???

As we choose to birth conscious communities, rad businesses, fun exciting gatherings that empower us and lift our frequency.  As we reach out and help those in need, to forgive and heal our inner demons.  As we choose to entertain this powerful mind with constructive, progressive, solutions based thoughts.  As we open ourselves to choose the activities, jobs, and people that opens our heart to the ‘fuck yeah’ factor.  We are choosing something different, we are citizens of the earth, not citizens of the law, and we can choose what ever the fuck we want in this free universe!  With love… And integrity… And unity…And kindness… And no matter who you are, or what you may have done in your life, All are invited...

Rituals are highlighted in the 8th house.  

Some questions to ask are:

“What quality of day to day rituals am I engaging in?”

“Am I contributing through my habits or being a parasite?”

“What value code do I really live by? and “Are my actions backing up my value code?”

“Am I choosing to feed the stories of the past & indulge my pain body?”

Or

“Am I weaving the story of todays opportunities, acknowledging the story of the past, acknowledging the pain body for what it has taught me & moving forward.  "Am I making a conscious choice to really truly open up to the potent opportunity that is before me to create from my thoughts today, to let go of the past and be present here and now today?”

How we live today is what really matters, because today creates tomorrow.  This doesn’t mean being a puritan and abstaining from evil eating only apples and judging the world who doesn’t live like you.  How are you REALLY living in your thought life?  Do you wish the best for all of humanity?  Is there a war going on in there?

This is just my opinion, but seriously, who cares if you eat apples all day if your standing in judgment?  

Choose fun, put down the apple, go out and live and as the Aussies would say “be a good cunt”… Its your frequency that counts, its the kindness we show, walking in compassion for our brothers and sisters, helping a hand, being mindful of our consumerism, the rubbish we are producing, in our homes, our business’s and our thoughts and words.  Its choosing unity consciousness rather than separation and the ‘them vs us’ ‘him vs her’ ‘us and them’ mentality… Its being a contributor not a taker…  

In the tarot

8 is the Strength card, which speaks of using the wellspring of our hearts' strength to walk in the mastery of our passions and desires.   This is not about deprivation of life's goodness, passion and lust, this is about being in mastery of life’s juiciness and activating our will, connecting to our values to engage in actions that truly nourish us, our loved ones and the collective.  Taming the wild beast, with love, compassion and presence. Then you will find that you were free all along!  The cage door was wide open the whole time.. 

Animal Medicine of 8

And finally, 8 is Spider medicine, yeah that’s totally weird hey?!  Not really, plants hold a frequency that create the medicine, so do animals… The spider weaves its webs Divine, guided by intuition, connection, patience and creativity.  Each thread that Spider spins is intricately woven with intention and focus to connect one strand to the next knowing that the weaving of the desires and dreams happens in the darkness of the night.  This is symbolic of the darkness, the ‘underworld’ of our light Self, our shadows and the shitty aspects of our humanity that don’t feel so comfortable.  It is the hardest moments of soul pain in the darkest hours that ‘death to what doesn’t work occurs.  Projecting us forward into what we truly need on a soul level.  By embracing our imperfections (shadow nature) we can begin to weave the webs that create the nest for our soul to rest and to be fed.  Just like Spider in her web.  

The Spider is feminine in nature and many indigenous cultures refer to her as such.  She reflects the ‘creatress of life’… She connects us all to our sacred feminine energy through her lessons, which is what our earth and her inhabitants so desperately need right now.  To surround ourselves with individuals who walk in integrity with the sacred aspect of the feminine. 

As a collective our thoughts and prayers are the threads of the Spider, together they are weaving the mandala of what we are co creating.  As we connect our hearts to the heart of the Sun, the Moon, the Galactic Centre, the Planetary bodies, to Supreme Creator, we are weaving the mandala of light across the planet.  

In this month of manifestation, we have the opportunity to weave this sacred web of unity.  To engage in a lifestyle of positive rituals and conscious choices.  Breathing in the Strength of the Sun and the Sacred Warrior Masculine who brings light and consciousness to all of creation.  (Learn more about the Sun here) By allowing our sensuous nature to weave the web of life through our Sacred Feminine wisdom of the womb, to bring life through our words and intentions.  This place where Consciousness and Creation meet and dance the dance of the Divine, we experience sacred union within and without as feminine and masculine unite in the cosmic revolution of light.  Then maybe, we will come out of the amnesia and separation we have been in and remember that we are indeed one and we are in this together… 

Ways to support yourself in the eclipse season & lions gate:

• Drink LOADS of water

• Swim or take showers to cleanse your energy body
• Smudge yourself before you wreck yourself ploise!?!
• Be in nature
• Meditate and practice yoga/other energy modalities 
• Surround yourself with high vibe people, animals, activities
• Reach out and get some healing
• Journal heaps!!! 

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Thanks for reading... Be a thought ninger!!!! 

Sending you love

Jade xxxx 

Womb healing circle

Sisters I'm so excited to invite you to our August Red Tent Circles....

Recently we have been exploring the 'Magic of Menstruation' in workshop.  Which is just the beginning of diving into the mysteries of the womb and the infinite well of beauty & power that resides in our feminine body temple.  

For our red tent circle on the waning moon in August, we are preparing for the solar eclipse by reclaiming our womb as a place of creativity, as a portal of light and receptivity for what needs to birth on the planet.  Our South american grandmothers have handed down this very simple  "Rite of the Womb" ceremony, that has proven to clear old energies and wounding from the womb..

"My womb is not a place of fear & pain, it is a place of life, love & creation"

As we enter our virtual red tent we have the opportunity to transform and heal, to re connect to ourselves as a portal of life, creation and light.  To take back what has been stolen through pain and shame and to perhaps hear the voice of our womb for the first time or in a whole new way.

The 'Rite Of The Womb' has been handed to us at this potent time in history (herstory) when we so desperately are needing it.  The purpose of this "rite of the womb" is to remember our birth right.  We have the ability to create, to embody joy, power and love... This is who we are!!! We are creativity, embodiment, power and love!!!

The womb is our very own personal cauldron with the ability to transform all energy, no matter what it is, no matter what your story is or has been. Whether we are still bleeding or not, have a womb or not anymore.  If we want to fall pregnant or not.  This rite invites love into the very core of our being, and this invitation is for everyone.  

Over time and countless lifetimes of trauma we have been distracted from this.  

Its time to claim it back.  

In our very sacred container of the red tent, it would be such an honour to go there with you.

Let us release pain and fear from our womb from generations and timelines of abuse and beyond, for all of our relations.   It's time to replace the pain in our wombs with the qualities and possibilities of creation that is our true inheritance ..

The 'witch' wounding that ocurred between 1500 - 1800 has created a massive suppression and wounding in our place of our creativity & receptivity.  It was a gross misperception on behalf of religion.  

Women using herbs as medicine and healing their communities and families through their intuitive wisdom & guidance was deemed 'witchcraft' and has caused massive trauma in woman for being powerful, spiritually guided and intuitive.  Many women have shut down their personal cauldrons, demonized and painted black their womanhood in order to 'fit' in society and survive.   Your womb is your cauldron, it is medicine for life, for our communities, for the earth and most of all for ourselves.  It is time to claim it back!!!! 

This womb space is revered in many cultures, whether its called The tan tien, the Hara,  the emporer/ empress, womb space, spirit, centre of our being,  “gut feeling”, intuition- whatever you want to call it, this the seat of our sacredness.  Of our consciousness.

Our womb is the gateway to life.  Being a spiritual and emotional organ that actually moves with how we feel, it is time to honour her and release anything that needs to be released NOW.

On this potent eclipse month as we anchor our light pillars , it is essential we reclaim our cauldrons, our power, our right to be here, to take up space and OCCUPY OUR WOMBS!  It's time to release all that is not serving us ..  To give ourselves permission to really come into alignment with our Divine essence, and because we are womban, our womb wisdom is intrinsically linked to this transformation...

So, beautiful sisters, find some time to drop more and as much as you can from now until our circle - This  months red tent circle reflection is to tune into your womb  and ask her

Photo from Mystic Mumma  http://www.mysticmamma.com/

What it is she needs to release?

What does she need to let go of?

Are there any old lovers in there?

Mother wound, shame?

Guilt?

Maybe she’s singing and humming to you and just appreciates the attention - its all valid.

We are rebirthing ourselves as we prepare for the total eclipse in leo June 21, as we focus this month to let go of everything that is old, that no longer serves, we invite you to journey deep into your wombanhood and allow her to rebirth, to let go, to truly reclaim all that has been forgotten or stolen & be free so we can sit more comfortably, unapologetically and majestically in our sacred seat at the centre of our being ness. The lioness. The queen that you are.  Find a comfortable place and tune in with one hand on your heart and one hand on your womb and breathe deeply and really drop into this space. Feel the hand on your belly rising as you inhale and with each exhale dropping deeper.. 

We will perform the rite together as we share and pass the talking stick around the circle.  To prepare for our ritual please take a bath with your amazing oils and prayer, engage in any other way you honour and  love yourself through this powerful portal, where we embody love, power and wisdom like never before.

Watch this short video on this rite being performed. Its roots from the mayan grandmothers, they saw it was time for this to be shared with the world, and where possible shared with more sisters. Lets share together and…Pass it on... Invite your friends...

A lot will come up here, so please remember to keep our shares brief so we can all share equally in our sacred 90 minute circle.  Having said that please explore this further in your own time if that feels right. Enjoy watching and receiving this ladies. Check out www.riteofhewomb.com as well if you want to explore this more.

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Click here to join us in circle

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We look forward to sharing and healing together

Jade & Simi xxx 

If you didn't get to the 'Magic of Menstruation' workshop you can Access it here

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