Magic for the Autumn Equinox

a magical bushwalk shrouded in mist for the Autumn Equinox

& today is the New Moon in Aries when anything feels possible
Magic Days!

Autumn Equinox

Old and New Sticks Autumn Equinox 2016
(Hakea salicifolia)
Old Man Crow & I burn the Old Sticks with lists of stuff that needs to be let go and plant the New Sticks with good intent next to the guard dragon every Autumn Equinox
love how Magnolia grandiflora “Little Gem” looks like leather as it fades and the perfume is divine

Autumn Equinox

Old & New Sticks for the Autumn Equinox
the Old Sticks burned the things that need to be let go
the New Sticks planted with good intent next to the Guard Dragon

Autumn Equinox Ritual

on the Autumn Equinox Old Man Crow and I make lists of what we want to let go and encourage
then tie them onto sticks
the Old Stick on the left will be burnt and the New Stick on the right will be planted in the garden
next to the Guard Dragon later when Old Man Crow gets his lists & sticks together
it’s an honouring of our journey together

Autumn Equinox

On the March Equinox each year Old Man Crow and I make lists of what we want to release from our lives and then burn them with the old sticks. When the fire has gone out we plant the lists of our renewed intent tied to freshly feathered new sticks into the ground next to the guard dragon and watered with the doused ashes.
It’s a good way to honour our journey & then to top it off the mail arrived with Joshua Harker’s 3D printed “6 Primitives Chain” that I received for making a small contribtion to his second Kickstarter project Anatomica di Revolutis.
The quality of the 3D printing is excellent, each link is perfectly formed, the details in the 6 primitives are perfect with no deformation and the jump ring actually works! Here’s a link to lots of photos on Joshua’s website of the first piece i backed Crania Anatomica Filigree which is even more beautiful! The models are printed in nylon but the pieces can be cast in anything once the prototype is made. The possibilities of this process are very exciting, anything that can be drawn with a pencil or on a computer screen can be made into a 3D form!
& here it is looking totally at home on Old Man Crow’s medicine stick