Tomorrow is BOTH a Full Moon…and International Women’s Day. Can you imagine how powerful the energies of the day might be? So why not take advantage of such and do a ritual to raise and send out that energy on behalf of women everywhere? To do so can be especially important at a time when [...]
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Full Moon Esbat Ritual
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Divination, Empowerment, Healing, Magick, Paganism, Poetry/Prose, Ritual, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Wednesday March 7 2012 | 2 Comments »
Finding Your Own Year Card…and What It Means (read this first!)
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Divination, Empowerment, Magick, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality, tagged divination, major arcana, tarot on Friday January 13 2012 | 4 Comments »
Another blast from the past – now that we have started a new year, it’s time to find our year cards for 2012. What’s yours??? With this post, Ocean explains more about how to find your own Year Card. At the end of the post are links to additional posts that will explain the interpretations [...]
The Yule Series
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Beasts and Animals, Divination, Food, Herbs, Irish/Celtic, Magick, Nature, Paganism, Ritual, Sabbats, Spirituality, The Yule Series, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Sunday December 25 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My readers who have been following the Crossroads for awhile might recall that in the past, to celebrate the Winter Solstice, I did a month’s worth of posts entitled “The Yule Series” in which I shared information about various aspects of the season’s holiday celebrations – such topics as the meaning of solstice, the return [...]
Armchair Witches
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Divination, Empowerment, Ethics, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Friday April 22 2011 | 2 Comments »
Merry Meet! As I talk to some of my Crossroads readers and get to know you better, I am struck by the excitement that many of you feel about coming into the Craft; the joy and peace at finding a religion that expresses how you feel and what you believe. And yet, there is also [...]
March 2011′s Full Moon – “From Void Virgo to Lofty Libra”
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Divination, Nature, Paganism, Ritual, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Saturday March 19 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s take a look at March 2011′s Full Moon, which will occur on Saturday, March 19th. The moon will be at full stage at 1:10 in the afternoon Central Time. photo taken by fellow Deaf Professional Ken Arcia of San Francisco Thanks, Ken! Here we have a moon that’s on the cusp – in the [...]
A Grand Trine of Air
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Divination, Magick, Nature, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Friday March 11 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am not an astrologer, but I am fortunate to know a few people who are skilled in Astrology. One such individual is Anthony Barreiro, who lives in San Francisco, California. He recently shared some information about the upcoming grand trine of Saturn, Venus, and the Moon in the air signs. I’ve received his kind [...]
Finding Your Own Year Card…and What It Means (read this first!)
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Divination, Empowerment, Magick, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Wednesday January 26 2011 | 16 Comments »
With this post, Ocean explains more about how to find your own Year Card. At the end of the post are links to additional posts that will explain the interpretations of the various cards, so that you can look up your own Year Card and discover what it means… Merry Meet, Crossroads Readers! I thought [...]
Finding Your Year Card…and What It Means (Cards 1 – 11)
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Divination, Empowerment, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Wednesday January 26 2011 | 3 Comments »
In this post Ocean lists the first eleven of the 22 cards of the Major Arcana used as your Year Cards, and gives a brief explanation of the meaning of each card. Be sure to first read “Finding Your Year Card…” as you will need to do the calculation first to determine which is your [...]
Finding Your Year Card…and What It Means (Cards 12 – 22)
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Divination, Empowerment, Magick, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Wednesday January 26 2011 | 1 Comment »
In this post Ocean lists the final eleven cards (12 – 22) of the Major Arcana, used in determining your Year Card…and gives a brief explanation of the meaning of each of these cards. Be sure to first read the “Finding Your Year Card…” post to learn how to do the calculation necessary…then look up [...]
“Sacrifice” – The Sacred Circle Tarot
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Divination, Empowerment, Irish/Celtic, Paganism, Photography, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Monday January 24 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is the second in my series of posts examining my Year Card for 2011 and the role it has to play in my life throughout this year. My favorite tarot deck is the Sacred Circle Tarot, created by Anna Franklin and Paul Mason. This deck is different from many others in that it replaces [...]
My Year Card for 2011
Posted in Archives #3 A Deaf Pagan Shares, Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Art & Literature, Astrology, Deaf/Pagan Relations, Divination, Magick, Paganism, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Thursday January 20 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is the first in a series of posts I plan to write about Tarot Year Cards, and particularly my own year card for 2011 – which happens to be The Hanged Man. While working with my tarot cards one evening earlier this month, I decided to employ a divination method which I learned from [...]
January’s Full Moon 2011 – “Full Steam and Mixed Moods”
Posted in Archives #4 Pagan Thoughts and Writings, Astrology, Divination, Nature, Photography, Spirituality, witchcraft, Women's Spirituality on Monday January 17 2011 | Leave a Comment »
January’s Full Moon, which will occur on Wednesday the 19th, is often known as the Wolf Moon, since Native American tribes would often hear packs of hungry wolves baying at the moon on a January night. Aptly, it is also known as the Cold Moon, an appropriate name as most of us crawl under the [...]
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