Gifts from the Holy Well- January 2021
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Although we can’t see it yet, here in the Northern Hemisphere Mother Nature is beginning to quicken toward spring. Daylight is imperceptibly getting longer each day. Far beneath the snow, plants are rousing, deepening their roots, and stretching toward the earth’s surface, and I rejoice.
No matter the state of the world of humans, Mother Earth cares for all beings who share this amazing planet, and her cycles and seasons remind us that there is always hope. There is always a way. There is always something to celebrate.
The turn of the Wheel of the Year that I’ll celebrate next is Imbolc, a Celtic holiday whose name means “in the belly.” That term refers to the birthing of livestock, particularly lambs, that sometimes come early. Imbolc honors the subtle awakening of the earth, and the goddess Brigid (spelled many ways).
Brigid is the goddess of poetry, smithery, fire, sacred wells, healing, milk, and early lambing. So loved was she in Celtic lands that legends about her persist, such that some believe she is celebrated in Christianity as Saint Brigid.
Imbolc is a cross-quarter day, meaning that it falls halfway between Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. This year, the date for Imbolc is February 2. For me, Imbolc is a day of reflection, of planning, of preparing for the coming of spring. It’s a day to determine what metaphoric (and actual) seeds I want to plant in my life. It is a day to drink from the holy well of introspection and inspiration. I hope you’ll join me.
(The photo depicts the well cover at Chalice Well Garden in Glastonbury, UK)
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Animal Guide for the Month: Great Blue Heron
You know those moments in your life that you know are powerful lessons? And you know that the layers of the lesson will continue to unfold as you are able or ready to learn them? That’s what my “Great Blue Heron Moment” has been like over the years. The following is reprinted and adapted from my blog, February 2016:
At the time of this writing, I lived on a peninsula between two saltwater creeks, and it’s normal to see Great
Blue Herons flying overhead from one creek to another. It’s highly unusual, however, to have one glide into your back yard and stare at you through the window. And yet, that’s exactly what happened to me on a winter Sunday morning several years ago. This gigantic bird spent more than two hours in my yard, teaching me amazing lessons.
According to Carson and Sams, “Blue Heron medicine is about beginning the journey of self-realization, of knowing the self by discovering its gifts and facing its challenges, accepting all of the feelings and opinions without denying any emotion or thought.”
“Are you willing to dive into the watery depths of your own feelings and discover the role of your spiritual essence? Heron is now calling you to delve deeper, to know yourself, and to trust your path. Like the Phoenix, who rises from its own ashes, Heron emerges from the unseen worlds of Spirit into a new balanced sense-of-self in order to embrace its potential again and again,” Carson and Sams write.
Great Blue Heron, for me, also teaches about finding a balance between the unconscious and the conscious mind, of balancing mind-body-spirit. Heron has taught me it’s okay to be unconventional, to stand on my own power, to seek my own truth.
What brings you awareness in your life about your life’s journey? May you too, have a “Great Blue Heron” moment, in whatever way that comes to you, and may you acknowledge and accept that moment with joy.
Blessed be,
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JUST ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO:
Winter is both an introspection time and a creative time for me. Right now my nesting time is filled with hope – hope for a kind world, a healthy planet, new beginnings, new growth, bright sunlight, soft moonlight, and gentle winds.
I know I must sit with my feelings, and then create space for those things to come to fruition. I hope you’ll join me in what feels like the darkest time of winter to create space in your life for the promise of tomorrow.
Please know how grateful I am for my connection with you!
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