Year and a Day: Devotional Practice for the Witches’ New Year

As the Wheel of the Year turns into the heart of autumn, many nature based spiritual practitioners find themselves at a pivotal moment of reflection and renewal. Samhain, celebrated on October 31st – November 2nd (in the Northern Hemisphere), marks the end of the harvest season and the decent towards winter’s darkness—a time when the veil between the worlds of…

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Celebrating Samhain and the Witches’ New Year?

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  • Emergence Through Conscious Participation: Eclipse Editorial

    The past 6-months have been a wild ride for me! At that time, it’d been about 6-months since the last Lion’s Gate, at which point I had started the process of identifying as a leader, which also meant relinquishing fear-based control to make room for more sovereign embodiment. This was intensified at the eclipse portal…

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  • August 2026 Astrology Forecast: Preparing for the Harvest

    August arrives, quieter than July. On Saturday, July 25, the Sun conjoined Jupiter in Leo, offering one of the first defining moments of Leo season. The Sun’s life-giving vitality joined with Jupiter’s expansive vision, encouraging us to express ourselves with greater confidence, generosity, and creative sincerity. Then, on Friday, July 31, the Aquarius Full Moon…

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  • Lion’s Gate Portal: Using Cosmic Energy for Spiritual Transformation

    What if one day each year, the cosmos opens a doorway to illuminate your soul’s purpose and accelerate your spiritual transformation? The Lion’s Gate Portal, aligned with the heliacal rising of Sirius and the Sun in Leo, is that moment. Each year around August 8th, this sacred alignment stirs something deep within us. Known for…

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  • Harvest Reflections: Lammas Gratitude Rituals & Tarot Spread

    Late summer is a time when nature asks us to pause, breathe deeply, and take notice of the growth we’ve nurtured. The Wheel of the Year turns again, bringing us to Lammas or Lughnasadh, the first harvest. Across continents and throughout history, humanity has recognized that the pull of this season is to honor the…

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  • Lughnasadh & More First Harvests: Global Abundance Festivals

    As the summer sun ripens fields and fruit alike, we find ourselves at the threshold of something timeless: the first harvest, when the earth begins to offer back the fruits of our shared labor. Across cultures and continents, this moment has long inspired seasonal traditions that bring people together in gratitude, celebration, and awe. Whether…

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  • Have Your Own First Fruits Ceremony: A Lughnasadh Ritual

    The rhythm of the seasons becomes deeply comforting when we allow ourselves to flow with them and honor them. This is especially true as summer begins to soften and the first signs of harvest appear. The fruits are ripe, the fields are full, and the light carries a golden warmth that reminds us how much…

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  • A Harvest of Authenticity: Lammas & Full Moon Editorial

    Life has been busy lately. As the summer sun has warmed landscapes and enlivened energy, I’ve found myself traveling, socializing, and saying “yes” far more than I had expected to this season… And now, as the Aquarius Full Moon rises and Lammas approaches this weekend, I find myself coming down from this sort of high,…

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  • Craft a Corn Dolly for Lughnasadh: A Pagan Harvest Tradition

    There’s a special kind of joy that comes from working with our hands, especially when we’re crafting something rooted in tradition, beauty, and intention. As the first golden hints of harvest appear and the sun begins its slow descent, the Lughnasadh or Lammas Sabbat invites us to pause and celebrate what the earth has begun…

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  • Bake Lammas Bread: A Sacred Recipe for the First Harvest

    There’s something timeless about the act of baking bread. Perhaps it’s the feeling of our hands in the dough, the scent of grain rising with warmth, or the ancient alchemy of simple ingredients transforming into nourishment… And when we bake Lammas bread for Lughnasadh, this act becomes much more than an everyday task. It transforms…

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  • Leo Season: Exploring Fixed Fire in Hellenistic Astrology

    Mid-summer is a curious time. The solar year’s peak of light has already passed, yet the landscape still appears to be growing brighter. Gardens ripen, fields mature, and life expresses itself with remarkable confidence. Nature is no longer becoming, and instead is demonstrating what it has become. The days stretch long, golden, and assured. The…

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