Author: keely

  • Planetary Parade

    In the predawn hours on thus particular Wednesday, August 28th, the planets Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn were aligned in their orbits around the Sun with the Earth as an observer in a planetary parade. During this time, I was lying in bed, drifting somewhere between sleep and waking, unaware that the planets…

  • Crown for a Sacred Space

    My friend tells me she doesn’t like women’s circles, they aren’t for her.  I am surprised by this, as she seems exactly like the type that you might find at one.  “I don’t want to be doing this ‘the Goddess in me recognizes the Goddess in you’ shit when I know deep down that those…

  • Thunder Moon

    (written for the first full moon following Hurricane Beryl) Thunder Moon, you call to usWe call upon your energy They can’t say they didn’t warn usThat July would bring the stormsSo we would learn from this upheavalAnd prepare to be reborn Now the storm is behind usAnd we focus on rebuildingThe cleansing made space forReflections…

  • Hecate and the Summer Solstice Strawberry Moon

    Maiden, Mother, Crone. Each of these symbolizes both a separate stage in the female life cycle and a phase of the Moon. In this weekend, I touched the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone in backwards order, reminding me of the triple-headed Goddess Hecate. Hecate stands at the three thresholds, at the place of intersections,…