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A waning moon illuminates the soft spoken loud message of the season. Skeletons decorate yards. The witches of the mythic fearsome ride brooms in the shadows of trees. Silhouettes of black cats stare at you from a window lit up by candles. Pumpkins on doorsteps not yet rotten. Dried leaves leave trees and land on

When an Aries Full Moon shines its light, we find ourselves sparking something new, while old pieces scatter in the winds, following the impulse to begin while shedding a belonging that no longer fits, venturing out of the cemetery of rejections, into unfamiliar territories.  Where have you been wanting to go but have been sitting

What gives you power? What reminds you that you are capable, that you are able to create more than you think you can? The 9th day of Navaratri celebrates the giver of power, the form of the goddess who blesses the world, who shares from her deep well of abundance. This is the night of

The story of Mahagauri – the form of Parvat celebrated on the 8th day of Navaratri – is in some ways more disturbing, upsetting, and more difficult to handle than all the stories about destroying demons.  Maha in Sanskrit means Great. The word Gauri means Bright. Navaratri is a Hindu holiday that celebrates the power

All the demons escape upon her arrival. The ghosts disappear. The toxicity evaporates. When Kalaratri – the form of the goddess celebrated on the 7th day of Navaratri – shows up, the shaming, the minimizing, the oppression, the bigotry, the hatred, the tyranny, and all the demonic forces that we battle and struggle with soften. 

Katyayani is a fierce lion rider, driving the energy in us that is both wild and regal, untamed and in charge. Symbolically speaking, the lion invites us to remember that we are a paradox, that we are never not an animal, and that we are also a sovereign being. The lion embodies the ferocious strength