Ded Moroz, translated to (Grand)father Frost, or Old Man Frost, is a legendary Slavic character that makes his rounds every New Year’s Eve.
Source: The Snow Maiden of Slavic Folklore: Magical Characters of Winter from Russia
“Watching this once is not enough. Darshan has produced a masterful portrayal of the Hebrew aleph bet that will have you wondering about the references and wanting to find poster-versions of the artwork.
Darshan are Shir Yaakov Feit and Eden Perstein – both musicians on their own who come together for the Darshan project.”
Read more: WATCH: The most psychedelic Hebrew lesson you’ll ever see | The Jewish Standard http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/watch-the-most-psychedelic-hebrew-lesson-youll-ever-see/#ixzz3u4qbA234
Source: Today’s transits – December 8, 2015 – Tuesday
Mercury is finishing traverse of Sagittarius and will enter Capricorn tomorrow evening (tropical zodiac).
Time to speak out – express your wisdom.
All positions at noon, Mountain Time, USA
(Lights)
Moon Scorpio @ 15 deg.
Sun Sagittarius @ 16 deg.
(Rocky Midgets)
Mercury Sagittarius @ 28 deg.
Venus Scorpio @ 04 deg.
Mars Libra @ 15 deg.
(Gas Giants)
Jupiter Virgo @ 21 deg.
Saturn Sagittarius @ 08 deg.
Uranus Aries @ 16 deg. (Retrograde until December 25, 2015)
Neptune Pisces @ 07 deg.
(Ice World)
Pluto Capricorn @ 14 deg.
“You’re different. Not “normal”.
You don’t fit their boxes; their definitions, expectations, labels, tags and examples. You broke the mold.
You’re the untamed one. You’ve become the one they talk about, whisper about, the one gone wild. You’re the one that got away.
You’re the one they don’t recognize, the piece that doesn’t fit, the one that wasn’t made using a cookie cutter. Every nickname, assumption and association doesn’t even stick anymore you’re so Teflon coated.
You could conform. You could start to settle for the shallow and the superficial. But your soul would never let you; your heart demanding the beat of a different drum which marks each step along this path.
YOUR path.
From http://thegoddesscircle.net/
There came a time when you put it all out there. When you sacrificed the masks and just sort of let it all hang out for the world to see and said it didn’t matter anymore who saw you. And if everyone runs, it’s less people to write Christmas cards to.
This can be a lonely place. This can be a place where you start to doubt everything. Every move, every breath and every heartbeat on this road that has led you to stand exactly where you are. But there is something here to, besides the unending shroud of night.
There is a treasure that is found in the catacombs of loneliness, a concealed jewel that offers eternal promise. There at the center of all that you are lying in the heart of darkness it has the potential to offer you everything that you could ever want. If you crack it open and exhume the shining jewel inside, you see the value. You see the truth at last.
Once you dust it off on your shirt and see the shine, everything makes sense.
This once buried wonder offers us the key to everything that we are, all the gifts and medicine that is hidden within our spirit.
Here in the silence of the world it lies, bathed in shadow and silenced to all ears but you. And you really need to sit and listen. Which is why you’re alone. Can you imagine trying to discover the truth of all that was you in a loud screaming room? Every voice around you competing for the stage?
The longing of loneliness is the birthing chamber for the light of your true self, all of the old falling away what doesn’t fit. This nest of desire deep within is a transformational catalyst that rises like the Phoenix once everything else has fallen away. This is a place of divine alchemy.
Some moments of lonely clarity last a moment, some last for what seems like eternity. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel; and that light is you.
The gift of loneliness is one that is afforded to us to gain clarity to see. And once you grab the truth of this gem, of the medicine and gift of all that you were born to be and walk out of the tunnel, you will never be alone again.”
© Ara
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”
― Frida Kahlo
If you’ve been naughty this year you might want to stay indoors tonight.
~ Krampus
“According to folklore, Krampus purportedly shows up in towns the night before December 6, known as Krampusnacht, or Krampus Night. Krampus, in Tyrol also called Tuifl, is a demon-like creature represented by a fearsome, hand-carved wooden mask with animal horns, a suit made from sheep or goat skin and large cow bells attached to the waist that the wearer rings by running or shaking his hips up and down. Krampus has been a part of Central European, alpine folklore going back at least a millennium, and since the 17th-century Krampus traditionally accompanies St. Nicholas and angels on the evening of December 5 to visit households to reward children that have been good while reprimanding those who have not.”
Text and pic: metro.co.uk
Photo: a participant dressed as the Krampus creature during “Krampus night” in Neustift im Stubaital
Tomorrow night is Krampus night!
“In ancient times, a dark, hairy, horned beast was said to show up at the door… The Krampus could be heard in the night by the sound of his echoing cloven hooves and his rattling iron chains. The strangest part was that he was in league with Santa Claus.
The unnerving beast was no demon, however. He was the mythical Krampus, companion to Saint Nicholas (known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, etc.) While Saint Nicholas now has the reputation of loving all children and visiting them at Christmastime, judging their character and giving gifts to the ‘nice’ ones and lumps of coal to the ‘naughty’ ones, Krampus plays the dangerous sidekick.”
Source: Santa’s Horned Helper: The Fearsome Legend of Krampus, Christmas Punisher
SCHLADMING, AUSTRIA – NOVEMBER 22, 2014
Villa Vizcaya, Miami
We’ve just had an astrological foreshadowing of 2016. The first square between Saturn in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces occurred on Thursday, underlined by Mercury’s conjunction with Saturn.
What does this mean? Our dreams receive a giant-reality-check-makeover.
All of this was further highlighted by Wednesday’s full Moon in Gemini.
Geminis, Virgos and Sagittarians REALLY felt the pressure to find clarity and the path forward. This is just the beginning! If we’re able to integrate this aspect we can find huge rewards down the road.
Saturn is the reality check. It is structure, discipline, maturity, time and timing. We reap what we have sown. Neptune is the planet of Magick and Belief. It’s the most spiritual and visionary of planets. It can awaken our consciousness or plunge us into escapist fantasies. The choice is ours.
When Saturn travels through Sagittarius, it brings a serious tone to our faith and inner truth. We need to follow a structure in order to experience freedom, walk our talk and apply ourselves with disciplined practice. Sagittarians around the world are becoming responsible in a new way.
Neptune is the visionary, and it’s natural home is Pisces. This dissolves our boundaries bringing vision, creativity, spirituality and music. There is no more separateness… we are all ONE. To quote Empowering Astrology: “Neptune does not entirely belong to our solar system. The view of life it teaches us originally belongs to other parts of the Milky Way.”
Neptune also brings the desire to escape reality.. leading us to drugs and distraction to escape the brutal realities of the world.
What happens when these two planets meet in a square? It’s an opportunity to structure our dreams – to make them real! This often happens through hard work which can be difficult for mystical types. As I said above the rewards are huge.
The other side is that illusions are shredded. People fall off their pedestals because their flaws become obvious. Are you playing out old, outworn patterns? Still going after the same people or situations that end up disappointing you? Time to snap out of it! If you’re lost in a fantasy or lying to yourself, the bubble will be burst in the upcoming months..
We’re in an interesting week astrologically. We’ll have a Gemini Full Moon tomorrow at 3 degrees and this one will oppose Saturn and square Neptune. We have some major things to figure out and commit to — things that must be in alignment with our hearts, our souls, and our higher good.
From Mystic Medusa: “This has been building all year, since last Xmas Eve actually, when Saturn first got into Sagittarius. A dream that you thought was sustainable and that was happening turns out to be based on quicksand.
A person you thought was your companion or staunch ally on the journey takes a side path away from you and you find out something dirty about them whilst you’re trudging onward. But there is no point berating them or even whining. They can’t hear you – your paths diverged a while back but you’re only now seeing it with Saturn Neptune.”
Isis
Isis is a goddess who is a totally timeless expression of the Divine Feminine; she is as relevant today as she was in ancient times. Devoted to empowering others, Isis supports the awakening of humanity as we head into a new World Age. She brings value and respect to the roles of wife and mother, is the patron of magic, nature, and healing, and is considered a protector of the dead. As a matter of fact, the singer Rihanna recently had a very large tattoo done below her breasts of Isis with her wings outstretched as a tribute to her late grandmother. It is said that Isis stretches her wings over the foot of the casket to protect the dead…
Deborah King – read more here.
“There are a million words one could write about all this but my point tonight is that i saw this and was once again perplexed/furious at the appropriation of this word/term by a group that would be better known by the increasingly used Daesh. Click that link to get why it’s important.
Meanwhile, Isis as well as being a powerful witch and shaman, one of the original Goddesses and associated with possibly the most powerful soul-mating saga ever, is an asteroid – number 42, if you care to look yours up on Astrodienst.
She is currently at 15 Libra, lined up nicely (see Horoscopes for more on this) for the Venus/Mars bingle with Uranus/Pluto over the next month and opposite Uranus right now.
If you look at enough images of her you can see how she was transmuted into the Hebrew Lilith and/or the Celtic Morrigan – winged women, the both of them. And sundry demons of course – don’t forget that even the name for Venus as Morning Star (Venus Lucifer – Lucifer means light-bearer) got massively warped.”
From Mystic Medusa
Great sentiment about love that’s been circulating around this week! We had a New Moon in Scorpio on Wednesday, and this article is a reflection of the emotional depth and commitment reflected in this sign. check it out:
“Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her)” by Brian Reeves
I spent 5 years hurting a good woman by staying with her but never fully choosing her.
I did want to be with this one. I really wanted to choose her. She was an exquisite woman, brilliant and funny and sexy and sensual. She could make my whole body laugh with her quick, dark wit and short-circuit my brain with her exotic beauty. Waking up every morning with her snuggled in my arms was my happy place. I loved her wildly.
Unfortunately, as happens with many young couples, our ignorance of how to do love well quickly created stressful challenges in our relationship. Before long, once my early morning blissful reverie gave way to the strained, immature ways of our everyday life together, I would often wonder if there was another woman out there who was easier to love, and who could love me better.
As the months passed and that thought reverberated more and more through my head, I chose her less and less. Every day, for five years, I chose her a little less.
I stayed with her. I just stopped choosing her. We both suffered.
Choosing her would have meant focusing every day on the gifts she was bringing into my life that I could be grateful for: her laughter, beauty, sensuality, playfulness, companionship, and so … much … more.
Sadly, I often found it nearly impossible to embrace – or even see – what was so wildly wonderful about her.
I was too focused on the anger, insecurities, demands, and other aspects of her strong personality that grated on me. The more I focused on her worst, the more I saw of it, and the more I mirrored it back to her by offering my own worst behavior. Naturally, this only magnified the strain on our relationship … which still made me choose her even less.
Thus did our nasty death spiral play itself out over five years.
She fought hard to make me choose her. That’s a fool’s task. You can’t make someone choose you, even when they might love you.
To be fair, she didn’t fully choose me, either. The rage-fueled invective she often hurled at me was evidence enough of that.
I realize now, however, that she was often angry because she didn’t feel safe with me. She felt me not choosing her every day, in my words and my actions, and she was afraid I would abandon her.
Actually, I did abandon her.
By not fully choosing her every day for five years, by focusing on what bothered me rather than what I adored about her, I deserted her.
Like a precious fragrant flower I brought proudly into my home but then failed to water, I left her alone in countless ways to wither in the dry hot heat of our intimate relationship.
I’ll never not choose another woman I love again.
It’s torture for everyone.
If you’re in relationship, I invite you to ask yourself this question:
“Why am I choosing my partner today?”
If you can’t find a satisfying answer, dig deeper and find one. It could be as simple as noticing that in your deepest heart’s truth, “I just do.”
If you can’t find it today, ask yourself again tomorrow. We all have disconnected days.
But if too many days go by and you just can’t connect with why you’re choosing your partner, and your relationship is rife with stress, let them go. Create the opening for another human being to show up and see them with fresh eyes and a yearning heart that will enthusiastically choose them every day.
Your loved one deserves to be enthusiastically chosen. Every day.
You do, too.
Choose wisely. ॐ”
Hecate, Queen of the Witches
Full Moon October 27th, @3°44′ Taurus @5:04am Pacific
Halloween brings Scorpio Sun season, and the full Moon is the peak experience. The Moon is exalted in Taurus (expresses itself strongly) so feelings and situations can arise regarding women, emotion, sensuality, pleasure and culmination. Taurus is very committed to it’s partner, Scorpio is too but feels it emotionally.
From Mystic Medusa: “So it’s a Full Moon in Taurus, yes. So opposite the Sun in Scorpio – that alone can dredge up some grotty gunk from the bottom of anyone’s psyche even as you deal with infinite practical, Taurus-type issues. Will you ever seriously chill again? Get sex with someone sane? Perfect your nutrition? Etc.
But it is the square made by the Sun and Moon to Witch-Queen Hecate – in Aquarius since April and until December 29 – that make this Full Moon ultra-weird. Like you’re doing the muck raking, fine, it’s a Full Moon and giving yourself a stern talking-to re the practical crap but then WHAM – an electric-feeling, wild zap of an insight.
You could even call it a connect that you wouldn’t usually make, a slightly supernatural vibe. Halloween – which has devolved from the Pagan Samhain to yet another industrialized food touting faux festival – or a Full Moon involving the Goddess of Sorcery, Crossroads, Magic and the Moon...amongst many other aspects.”
Thoughts? Sorry and also…Feelings?
Rose Lyon Astrology and Tarot 