Parting the Mists

Wintertime, traditionally, is a time to rest after working hard to bring in the harvest or to gather enough food and fuel from the land to get through the cold season. It is a time to gather in a warm spot, tell stories, work on needlecraft and small handcrafts, and reduce travels. The modern world has put a kink in this cycle, but sometimes our soul still needs it. Consider taking a little quiet time for yourself (and not begrudge it as many have lately) or to cut some things from your life

Blessings! Typically, I do not post on the weekend, but I may this weekend for the Samhain holy day.

Winter – The Sacredness of Pausing

Lightly I step, for

the earth fall asleep

A lullaby to rest and pause

The soul’s secrets to keep

Death is frightening even though it is inescapable. However, as we move into winter, we know it signals a literal and metaphysical death. In some parts of the planet, the extreme weather means snow and ice buries all life and the ground lies fallow and still. 

In winter, the earth slows down and there is less light and often more wet weather. Many plants die back, many animals are less active and traditionally it was a leaner and more difficult time for those who worked on the land for their living. Winter often brought with it the end of a life cycle – a figurative or literal death.

Should the Winter card appear to you, it’s time to let what no longer serves you die away. Where it seems natural and right to let things that have been bothering you for some time die back, take real action to change those things. Anything that is superfluous, “extra,“ and burdensome – release it.

The Halloween Oracle by author Stacey Demarco and artist Jimmy Manton