A New Column Is Coming To The Semi Woo Blog! I look forward to writing more about my cannabis use and the insights I’ve gained. My intention is to normalize cannabis use, highlight its many benefits, heal the trauma surrounding it and reclaim it as the people’s plant. Thank you for reading!
Happy New Moon in Aquarius!! This new moon is doing a lot as it heralds the start of the Lunar New Year in the Chinese Calendar and of Imbolc or St. Brigid’s Day a Gaelic Pagan festival. If you’re like me, the Gregorian calendar New Year on January 1 came all too fast. This moment gives us the opportunity to reset and renew our intentions with fresh energy.
In a short amount of time we’ve created destruction, stigma, shame and chaos around a common, hearty and useful plant.
Where did we go wrong?
Honoring one of my greatest teachers and guides
October 11 1926- January 22, 2022
Happy Full Wolf Moon in Cancer! Our emotions and inner landscape will take center stage in this Water sign as the sensitive, sentimental energies of Cancer flow in. Wise teachers Venus and Mercury Retrograde will support any hunger to be introspective around things like relationships (especially around boundaries), communication, Love and values. Read below for more moon insights!
Happy New Moon in Capricorn and Happy New Year (Gregorian calendar style)!! I wonder if the calendar making folks knew what they were doing when they drew up plans to start the calendar year in the sign of Capricorn, the eldest Earth sign with a trademark organized, focused, can-do energy. If grinding is the only thing on your mind tho, you might miss out on some of the other powerful influences of this time. Read Below for more New Moon insight.
Happy Full Cold Moon in Gemini! It’s the last full moon of 2021 and one that should arrive with mental relief from the astrological upheaval we just survived. Flip the switch into Thrive: Gemini has a buzzy social, optimistic, communicative energy that will be a breath of fresh Air.
Ancient, Ancestral, Affordable, Universal Healthcare right here. I've been seeing Fire Cider pop up here and there, a sure sign to pay attention and lean in.
Happy New Moon Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius!! Ok it’s kind of the same news but a different spirit: Yes this moon phase carries an intensity and an edge that we’ve experienced over the last few moons, but Sag energy loves a little kerfuffle, a little wrench thrown into the mix to create something new and it delights in seeing the jolly big picture.
Happy Full Lunar Eclipse Beaver Moon in Taurus!!! We are in Earthy, grounded Taurus but things still feel very much upended and pressurized under Scorpio’s deep emotional waters. Plus, just for funsies, mix in a rare, slow moving partial lunar eclipse. Yeah, iiiit’s a moment!
Keep reading for more moon insights….
Happy SUPER New Moon in Scorpio!! New Moons bring us the opportunity to start anew and this being a SUPER moon in a powerful Water sign you might find your emotional intelligence being tested and your intuition begging to lead. Embrace the chaos, the drama, the passion but don’t let it burn your bridges, fields and villages, that’s a misuse of powerful energy! Use the force on your very own path as a torch forward or a mighty wand capable of blazing a solid new trail.
But it isn’t culture. It’s a traumatic retention that has lost its context over time…
Happy Full Hunter's Moon in Aries!!
The mighty wind of a potent Mercury Retrograde is now fading but the feels and intensity may not soon diminish
Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool...Before tipping into despair, know that Aries is a mighty fire sign known for its bravery, stamina and adept ability in forging paths and creating new worlds and energies. YOU CAN DO THI
And aim high while you’re at it!
Today I offer deep gratitude and acknowledge the land of the Coast Salish tribes, including the Duwamish and Muckleshoot tribes, who’s ancestral lands I live on, work on, hold ceremony, am held by, cultivate, enjoy and today call Burien. Ajo & Ase
Throwback to my first meditation at MNDFL circa 2015 in West Village NYC
Happy New Moon in Libra!! New Moons bring an opportunity for a fresh new start or a retooling/revamp of what you already have going on. In Libra this can look like a true effort to redefine what balance looks like in YOUR life (not someone else's!), intrigued??
BIPOC Weekend Meditation is BACK!! Every Saturday at 10am PST on Zoom (and it’s FREE!)
Happy Full Harvest Moon in Pisces, Last Day of Summer & Autumnal Equinox!!! It’s a beautiful, bittersweet moment in the year when Summer turns to Fall. As a mirror of this transitory/liminal time you may feel pulled in all sorts of different directions. That’s ok! Check the insights below on how to harness this energy…
Happy New Moon in Virgo! This down-to-Earth sign couldn’t come at a better time, we can all certainly use a surge of grounding, can-do energy. The combination of planetary alignments and retrogrades above our head promises passion and prowess in planning our futures, heads up! Shift the gaze from misery to hope and your compass will return.
Happy Full Sturgeon Blue Moon in Aquarius! The second Aquarius Full Moon in a row...The last Full Moon highlighted the wild, feral roars of Leo, and it has been Fire season indeed, literally, astrologically and spiritually! This Full Moon finds us smack dab on the cusp of down-to-Earth Virgo so expect and lean into a big beautiful release.
