Dancing With The Moon

I stepped out onto the patio tonight and was very pleased to see the most enchanting sight. Just coming up over the hill, was the beautiful moon. Although the moon will not be completely full until tomorrow. I stood there gazing upon her, loving the way the moonlight spilled out over the landscape bathing everything in a soft glowing light.  Hello mother moon . . .

The full moon this month is known as Fruit Moon, and even though the days are slowly growing shorter and the nights longer there is something so magical and joyful about the beginning of the harvest season. I love the heady smell of freshly plowed earth and the golden fields of  grain that are now ready for the harvest and I especially love the fresh vegetables and delicious fruits at our local Farmer’s Market.

The great wheel of change is moving forward into the autumn season, the great exhalation of the earth mother, a time of gratitude and celebration as we harvest the fruits of our labor. Celebrate and open your eyes to the magic of the season.

 

The Summer Day

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

~ Mary Oliver

 

“Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us.” – Rose Arizmendi

Full Moon in Sagittarius

Magic Moon – Digital painting

Tonight the full moon is in Sagittarius and I hope the clouds clear away enough to catch a glimpse of the moon.

It’ been raining all day and I have been catching up on some work which needed to be done asap.  I did find some spare time to whip out a small digital painting and it has been posted on my art blog.

Now it’s time to put on my Domestic Goddess hat and make dinner!

quotes for the day;

“If you can see your path laid out
in front of you step by step, you know
it’s not your path. Your own path you
make with every step you take. That’s
why it’s your path.” – Joseph Campbell

” When you see the earth from the moon, you don’t see any divisions there of nations or states. This might be the symbol, really, for the new mythology to come. That is the country that we are going to be celebrating. And those are the people that we are one with.” – Joseph Campbell

Everyday Goddessing is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi

Mercury Retrograde

Mercury goes retrograde today, and will remain so until May 30th.

The best way to get through a retrograde is to remind yourself to relax and let go of any expectations you may have and just go with the flow.

This weekend the full moon will be in Scorpio. Here’s a little something to soothe and inspire.

“Mercury retrograde isn’t bad; it just takes some planning to cooperate with the energies. It’s meant to be spent assimilating experiences, reviewing the past, and redoing, in general. As a matter of fact, if you really want to get the most out of Mercury retrograde, confine your activities as much as possible to those that have “re” attached to the beginning of the word. Reschedule appointments, repair vehicles, return to the past, rewrite documents and agreements, and so forth.” – Steven Forrest

Full Moon

Today’s full moon occurs at 10:37 pm EDT.

Here are some ways to celebrate the full moon

• Spend the evening at the seashore and watch the moonlight dance on the ocean waves.
• Take a walk as the full moon lights up the sky.
• Invite your friends to a full moon party in your backyard and serve moon shaped foods to celebrate the occasion.
• Fill the bath tub with hot water and add rose petals. Enjoy a nice relaxing rose petal bath.
• Offer a water blessing to a friend or loved one in honor of the full moon. Place spring water or sea water in a bowl and capture the reflection of the moonlight in the water. Use this water to bless loved ones, friends and family.

“When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator”.
– Mahatma Gandhi

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi