February 2012

Wordless Wednesday: Pay It Forward

by Beth on February 29, 2012

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When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.   ~ Audre Lorde (American Poet, Teacher and Activist. 1934-1992) For only the third time in my Card of the Week, Strength comes to visit us. The [...]

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Goddess Sundays: Parvati, Part 2

by Beth on February 26, 2012

Through the beauty of a woman – the best way to give content to the Absolute. ~  Saundarya Lahari If you recall from last Sunday, here is our story of the Great Goddess Parvati so far… The God Shiva has withdrawn from the worlds of Gods and humans, heartbroken by the death of His beloved, [...]

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Gratitude and Prayers for Mary Oliver

by Beth on February 25, 2012

The Humpbacks by Mary Oliver There is, all around us, this country of original fire. You know what I mean. The sky, after all, stops at nothing, so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away. Off Stellwagen off the Cape, the humpbacks rise. [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Winter Giving Way

by Beth on February 22, 2012

 

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Blessings of the New Moon in Pisces

by Beth on February 21, 2012

For today’s New Moon, I am sharing this wonderful post from the terrific astrologer, Dana Gerhardt. No way I could begin to say it better.  May your rites be blessed! ~ Beth Pisces New Moon:  Call and Response by Dana Gerhardt Intro: It’s another New Moon: when the magically minded make wishes and astrologers attempt [...]

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A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.   ~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter (American business speaker and consultant ) This magical week of the New Moon in Pisces, Losar (the Tibetan New Year), and the climax of Carnival, [...]

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Happy Birthday, Pisces!

by Beth on February 19, 2012

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.  We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. ~ Albert Einstein, Pisces Sun and Midheaven The Sun moves into the sign of Pisces today! Sun Sign of Pisces Pisces is ruled by the fish, [...]

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Goddess Sundays: Parvati

by Beth on February 19, 2012

Banded with a tinkling girdle Heavy with breasts like the frontal lobes of young elephants. Slender of waist, With face like the full moon of autumn…    ~ traditional Hymn of Praises to Parvati Tonight, millions of Hindus around the world will be celebrating Maha Shivaratri, The Night Of Lord Shiva, the great God of [...]

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Saturday Thoughts for Artists from Rilke

by Beth on February 18, 2012

“After all, works of art are always the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, to where no one can go any further. “The further one goes, the more private, the more personal, the more singular an experience becomes, and the thing one [...]

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