Our stories are the lifeblood of the planet.

The ancient myths surrounding the Winter Solstice no longer feel as potent to me because we are entering into a new paradigm, which feels liquid, like we are standing on shfting sands.

In last year’s Winter Solstice ritual I recounted the myth of the Japanese Shinto goddess Amaterasu.

A recap:

Amaterasu shines so brightly at birth that her parents place her in the sky to bring light to humanity and all of creation. While away in the sky in her role as light bringer, her brother (the storm god) goes into her private quarters and destroys everything in it. As a final gesture of complete disrespect he defecates on the floor. When Amaterasu sees what has happened she withdraws into a cave, removing light from the world. Everything on the planet begins to die away. All creatures are starving.

The deities gather and try in vain to persuade Amaterasu to come out of the cave. She refuses and remains in mourning.

The deities hatch a new plan: they install mirrors at the mouth of the cave and beckon her once more to come out and see the beauty she is missing. She refuses again.

Finally Uzume, a Japanese rendition of the Greek Baubo and mythological proof of the healing properties of humor, begins to make lewd jokes and baudy gestures. The deities’ laughter is so uproarious that Amaterasu’s curiosity gets the best of her. She peeks her head out of the cave opening.

Upon seeing her own brightness and beauty reflected back to her she emerges and returns light and life back to the world.

Amaterasu’s myth represents a “coming out” story. 2012 has been a year of coming out for me. I simply decided to be seen; the transformed me coming into being. I outed myself as a mermaid. Big stuff for me, since I’ve spent a lot of my life hiding my inner self.

Each of us has a unique connection to the myths and stories that shape our lives.

What did 2012 mean to you? What stood out as the defining story of your life?

At this Winter Solstice, I’m at a loss for a story. I’m spending the next 10 days meditating on it … and writing. I’m one of those who writes through the muck to find clarity. It’s my process. I’ll also be walking the labyrinth to continue to unfurl. But, I do know somewhere deep inside me there is a connection to the galactic story that embraces us all.

Perhaps 2013 will continue the theme of “coming out” for me, who knows?

So far the words that have emerged for this year (as core desired feelings based on my Desire Map*) feel delicious:

overflowing, unfettered, steeped, ambrosial, deeply rooted and otherworldly

Not quite a fleshed out story, but a really exciting preview into what my psyche is brewing up.

What is brewing under the surface for you?

Wishing you + your loved ones a magnetic and healing Solstice.

With great love + deep respect,

Kris

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Learn it Live: Summer Solstice 2012: Activate Fantasy + Joy

Here’s what I cover in the workshop:

Get Grounded and Connected:
- Drum to clear any stagnant energy and to clear the space.
- Welcome the 5 directions.
- Connect heart to heart.
- Sun and moon energy balance and integration meditation.
- Simple visualization exercise to recalibrate our energy and emotional
vibrations around prosperity, health, vitality, relationships and self-love.

Journaling
- Writing prompts to go deeper into psyche and get the joy + fantasy juices flowing.

Visioning
- Summer Solstice Vision Journey: Connecting with the heart’s passions.

Re-Membering a Peak Experience
- Write your story for the Summer Season

$12 for the recording and eBook. It’s on Learn it Live for you to use and enjoy!

A poem in honor of Walpurgisnacht 2012 (otherwise known as Beltaine Eve)

We are searching for ourselves everywhere.
In each other’s words and deeds.
The eye’s of the other mirror our old self.
The dead self. Throw it in the fire.
Tonight.
Give yourself permission to shine.

We can never see the unchanging one,
for that which is eternal is never in the same place, or same time.

I’m leaping into my new skin and it feels too loose and too tight.
I need to forget the past and the future.
I start feeding the fire of now.
With my dead words and deeds. Thoughts of the future are cadavers waiting for cremation.

This is where I am.
I am.
Now.

Goddess Ostara

Yesterday, I woke up with a searing migraine for the second day in a row. Cancelled my morning appointment and just stayed in bed. Seemed like the perfect start to a Mercury-in-Retrograde day. Finally, I got up to get some cereal for me and the little Goddess.

Our long-time friend Wolfgang and annual houseguest, from Berlin, was sitting in the kitchen drinking his coffee. He bid me good morning and I replied with a grimace, a complaint and hands to my head. He said something along the lines of “You Americans are so…” and I mockingly put up my fists to give him a black eye.

We both laughed. He smiled and said, “That wasn’t the usual reaction one gets from somebody with a bad headache.”

He was right. His insult snapped me out of my migraine. I could feel a dull throbbing behind my left eye, but that was it. I was 95% cured.

It was a miracle! And, reminded me of a scene from the film Moonstruck when Cher slaps Nicolas Cage and tells him to “Snap out of it!”

A good jolt turns our perspective/our mind upside down and can help us move on with our day, remembering to be grateful for the bounty in our lives. What we focus on truly does amplify. When I took the focus off of my aching head, the pain decreased. And, I finished my daily work. In fact, I received three inquiries from new clients! All because I took the day off. (Sometimes being lazy does have it’s rewards!)

Always amazes me. When we strive the least, we have the biggest openings.

Spring Equinox, also known as Eoster or Ostara, will be celebrated on March 21. It’s the seasonal moment to focus on the green and flowery landscape around us as well as the beauty reflected in the sun’s growing light. The qualities to explore and express are those associated with the East: beginnings, new growth, courage, faith and patience. This is a time to also sow seeds that will sprout in Beltane, the peak of Mama Gaia’s spring.

Wishing you and yours a lovely Ostara!

Please enjoy this Spring Equinox video with narration by Glenys Livingstone, author of PaGaian Cosmology.

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