Wordsmithing Magic from the Crossroads

Winter

wheel of fortune from 2025 to 2026

Still Smouldering Are Our Candles’ Wicks, As We Prepare for 2026

New Year’s is a time of very old magic, and all forms of manifesting, spells, and rituals are amplified at this turning. Beginning with the traditions of New Year’s Eve, I offer my annual suggestions for making sure you are attuned to the beautiful opportunities of this magical threshold.

angel with rainbow wings, Watercolor Illustration

Throw Open the Gates of Dawn! On This Day, the Light is Born!

Light the final candle on your Solstice wreath! Ring the bells! The long, slow descent of the Sun has ended, and the ancient promise of rebirth is come. Life and Light now return. This is the day of Solstice – Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and Happy Summer Solstice below the equator!

watercolor of two red candles in a snowy scene

Let’s Join Hearts, Me and You – Tonight We Welcome Candle Two

Tonight, those who are counting down only to Christmas, as well as all who are counting down to Solstice now join together. United at last, from every continent around the globe, we are simultaneously all in the eternal Circle, in our own liminal moment, as evening sweeps across the Earth.

single candle lit amongst evergreens

Welcome To Our 21st Year! Tonight We Begin Our Solstice Countdown!

Tonight (Nov. 23), we begin the 21st celebration of the annual Advent Sun Wreath Ceremony. Join us! Tell your friends. Our hurting world needs us, and this is how you may answer Her call. May our prayers be beautifully blessed as we gather across time zones and geography, for in our hearts we are united.

my Brighid altar

Our Flame Will Never Fail. Blessed Imbolc.

Although there are many reasons for our hearts to be heavy, let us trust the timing of Nature! Imbolc is our holy time of healing, hope, and renewal. The curtain rises on a bright new year, and the changing of the age. Come celebrate with me.

Almost always, the
dedicated, creative minority
has made the world better.

~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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