My Medicine Wheel

A while back Keith dug out a circle for me in the garden as I have always wanted to create my own Medicine Wheel. So over the last two weekends the edging went in and it is now filled with bark. I have marked out the 4 main directions, East, South, West and North and of course the Centre and have a stone or crystal at each one. The space feels good and it is somewhere to go and meditate being that much closer to nature. My good friend Els is coming to stay at the end of April and so I am going to ask her to join me in really dedicating this Wheel and harnessing the energies of the directions and welcoming in the gardens spirits. My cats, Fraser and Pinot are curious about it and walk round it so I hope to have some photos of the wheel and them as well to post soon.

Welcome to the beginning of Spring; Happy Oestara

Today is the Spring Equinox, the solar festival called Oestara. Growth is happening in Nature and the hours of night and day are equally balanced and the light will start to outstrip the dark with the sun growing in power. Days are starting to get warm although we can still get a frost.
It is time to plant seeds and this represents our goals and wishes for the coming months.

Today, have some spring flowers in your home and burn pastel coloured candles welcoming the rebirth and bringing light and growth into your life. Pagans celebrate this ancient festival by painting designs on eggs to symbol fertility, by using seed magic and feasting on hot cross buns and simnel cake.

Celtic Alder Month

Today marks the start of Celtic Alder Month and the Alder tree symbolises structure either our physical structure (our bones, joints, teeth), a building or our homes. The energy is fixed and grounded so can indicate inflexibility or a physical problem. It also represents our creative building blocks.

This is a good month to pamper yourself with a sauna or massage and connect with nature. Relax and enjoy the beauty of the countryside and allow flexibility in what you do and think whilst remaining true to your principles. Tap into your strong life force inside of you as in the red sap of the Alder and enjoy yourself.