I’m a witch.

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, and have undertaken my own personal research about what this means for me, particularly over the past couple of years.

What does the word ‘witch’ mean to you?

We are being called to gather our spirit for the wintertime. To gather our spirit by calling back the threads of our past experiences and future projections. Bringing them back into ourselves to conserve energy, to focus on our inner world and to wait for the next chapter.

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, we feel the growing of darkness as we travel towards the Winter Solstice in December.

As the days grow shorter and the darkness stretches its cool air around us, we are invited to descend deeper into the darkness.

The greatest expressions of humanity are the purest qualities of the human soul - love, peace, generosity, wisdom, joy.

When we see the soul in action in this way, we see the inner light of a person grow bright.

And this light inspires others.

Did you catch a moonbeam?

Did you feel her shine into the deepest parts of your heart and life?

Now, we are alight in places where the light had not reached before, and there’s no going back.

It was only a matter of weeks ago that I was in a group discussing the Kintsugi pottery of Japan - the beauty of cracked and broken pots and crockery lovingly restored to something more beautiful than they were before.

This full moon is both the illumination of our broken or vulnerable places, and the opportunity to shine a light between the cracks. What we have thought of in the past as our shadow, becomes our greatest asset and unique offering to the world.

As we sit on the cusp of July 16th’s full moon and solar eclipse, we may be feeling both anticipation and apprehension.

There have been many changes happening in our lives, and the full moon and eclipse is like the gateway to the next stage. What do we find as we stand upon the threshold?

When there is an influx of light, and especially at times of the full moon, we can become a bit ungrounded.

We can enjoy floating in the light, feeling the bliss of inspiration, dreaming and drifting, and we may experience disturbed sleep. All of these things can pull us out of the deep softness of our bodies.

When energy is shifting within and around us, when we are re-organising our internal selves to accommodate new insights, understandings and new ways of being, it is important that we are fully inhabiting our bodies.

Your way is paved with light…

January’s full wolf moon - just after 5am UK time on Monday 21st - is howling with light.

Can you hear it? There is no missing it, even in the darkness.

There is so much being illuminated by this full moon, calling our inner light to break out of the darkness that feels centuries old.