25th Day of the Seventh Lunar Cycle

"I'm one with the Goddess and open
to Her Wisdom."


25th Day of the Seventh Lunar Cycle
Ruled by Medusa
Lunar Tree Cycle ~ Duir/Oak
Moon Phase: Last Quarter
Moon rises: 12:52AM EDT
Moon sets: 1:43PM EDT
Moon in Aries v/c 1:01PM EDT
Moon enters the Fixed Earth Sign
of Taurus at 1:53PM EDTCeridwen's Cycle of the Moon
Solar Question for the Day: "What
broken or fragmentary parts of your
life need mending?"
Lunar Meditation: The strength and
beauty of the little things.
"People see the Goddess everyday,
they just don't recognize Her."
-- Anon.
July 8th, 2007



"Fragments of fire,
darting white flames:
weave stars into my dreams.

Dancing white flames,
star-insects, fire-fragments:
weave stars across my dreams.

Flitting white fires,
dashing little fireflies:
waft your star-torch over my dreams.
-- Ojibwa firefly song

Nature presents herself to us in such variety. In winter, trees make stark silhouettes against a leaden sky; in spring, soft colors draw the eye; in fall, the vivid hues of dying leaves delight us.
And summer? Summer is a festival for all our senses. The sound of insects humming and buzzing, the blaze of color in flowers and leaves, the feel of warm breezes on our skin, the taste and smell of fresh food - we are lavished with beauty by our mother during the summer season.
Summer nights have their own special beauties. Whether we experience the opalescent white nights of the subarctic or the humid heaviness of the south, we feel our senses stirred. And our souls as well, for our bodies and souls are not separate but deeply interconnected. Summer nights stir memories, both lovely and frightening. The glimmer of fireflies lights our way to deep inner connection and peace, if we only let it.
[Source: "The Goddess Companion" by Patricia Monaghan]


Irritations

"I went in the hill and I got it.
I sat on a knoll and I sought it.
And if I would get it I would leave it.
Since I did not get, I took it with me."
[A thorn in the foot.]
-- Scots Gaelic riddle

There is no surefire way to avoid irritations, no magic formula that will ease them out of our way. They arrive without warning to plague us, and we have to get on and deal with them. Some of the tiresomeness can be alleviated, however. If we see many of our irritations as reminders of neglected areas of our life. The laws of cause and effect set in train a whole series of actions, similarly, undone actions have effect upon our lives. The things we neglect return to plague us from the overdue car service, to the dental examination we keep meaning to have, from our failure to reply to an important letter, to the long silence we have meted out to a close relative. Breakdowns, aching jaws, lost opportunities, aggrieved friends, and irate family members suddenly loom large in our schedule, neatly overturning everything we had planned.
The universe has its own way of getting our attention and making us attend to what is important.
Sometimes little irritations that go unattended become larger ones. A thorn in the foot can be removed, but if gangrene sets in, the whole leg may have to be removed. The little irritations may bite and worry us, but they certainly do not take kindly to compromise or neglect.

"Review the irritations that you have currently; trace back their root cause, where possible, and find
any connections between your negligence and their arrival. Act swiftly and appropriately if particular
irritations seems to recur frequently."
[Source: "The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year" by Caitlin Matthews]