Harvest Moon
After spending the afternoon thoroughly cleaning and rearranging the porch room, I took a two sprigs of rosemary, a few fresh cut flowers from the north garden, 13 colored stones, a couple of faeries, one a small blue candle, one small round mirror, and managed to create a beautiful Harvest Moon altar. This full moon, I was honoring Baubo, Goddess of salacious humor and female sexuality, and Badbh, that great Celtic War Goddess who will be walking about Samhain.
I found myself amazed at the colorful beauty of the bouquet of fresh cut flowers, and vowed to have more of those available in the future. What a joy it was to look at that bouquet, and inhale its aroma. Look at me! The big bold painted daisies and maroon cosmos flower scream. While the tiny zinnias, yellow lantana, and pink and orange miniature roses clamor more quietly for attention, making this beautiful little bouquet a reminder to me that sometimes life calls for bold colorful action, while other times a more subtle approach may be best. I also found myself strangely struck by the fact that it was my own hands first tilling earth, then carefully tending the plants that helped produce this beautiful little bouquet. It was humbling to think these hands had helped create so much colorful beauty. It made me understand on a very profound level what the magick of gardening is truly all about. I hope the Goddesses I was honoring were pleased with the little bouquet of natural home grown beauty I offered them.
Partial cloud cover resulted in a moon that played peek-a-boo that October eve. The photos I took all turned out a little blurry, disappointing me at first. But then I realized perhaps the slight blurring wasn’t so bad since it gave a slight surreal look to the image that was sync with how the entire evening felt at times. With Samhain approaching, and the veil between and betwixt getting thinner with each passing night, I could truly feel the Magick in the air as I sat with palms up at times, soaking in the energy all around me. I’m just glad my best friend Moon Magick and I got to share this beautiful harvest moon via cell phone, and picture exchanges made via or computers. It was wonderful to exchange ideas and photos as we absorbed the Magick afoot, and allowed that energy to inspire us in several ways. We are the kind of Witchy Women who will take the lessons learned during that beautiful evening, and the energies we absorbed to be colorfully bold those times circumstances demands it. And to be charmingly subtle when circumstances call for a softer approach. But most of all, we will remember the thoughts and images we shared that evening that strengthened the already unbreakable bonds of friendship between us.
Blessed be to all reading these words,
Beyond Blonde