The Gemini New Moon on Thursday, May 25 initiated a lunation that will carry us through Summer Solstice on June 20 - the height of the Sun’s brilliance and radiance. I find this time of year especially poignant, for as we approach the peak of light, we also approach a turning point. 

This is a time of increasing polarization, with growing fanaticism near and far. May our hearts not grow weary, nor our senses numbed  by all that we are seeing and hearing and feeling. May we instead let the light pour in and out through these broken fragments of our hearts. 

May we come together in our tender brokenness and hold each other as we cry. May we pray for healing, pray for those who are suffering, and pray for a shift in our trajectory. May this planet become a haven for the children and all of us.  

This earth walk is full of paradoxes. For every bit of light and substance there is a shadow. There are parts of us that act in service of the Soul with no concept of right/wrong. These parts are not afraid to break with expectations; they are not afraid to make “mistakes”. 

* The Guided Meditation for this week is a Blessing Practice. Available for Beauty, Love & Magic makers and dreamers on Patreon. You can do this sitting quietly, or moving about in the world. Make this a regular practice, modifying it as you go about your day and night, and experiencing the inner/outer transformations. Blessed Be.  

On the morning after the Scorpio Full Moon i stepped outside and found a dead baby bird just a few paces from my front door. This little one must have fallen from his nest in the cypress trees. His delicate pink skin barely had the fuzzy down that would have one day turned into feathers for flight. He was soon wrapped in a leaf and buried in the earth along with contemplations on meaning… 

* The Guided Meditation this week helps us cultivate kindness and compassion. The passage i quote from John O’Donohue is below. Available for the Beauty, Love & Magic makers for a small monthly donation via Patreon.

This Beltane season has been alive with honeybees buzzing about in friendly sort of ways, hitching rides on purses, lighting upon picnic blankets, and pausing to taste the flowers. The honeybee is a Beltane ally, reminding us to not only enjoy the sweetness of life, but to also do the good work. 

* The Guided Meditation this week brings us into connection with the magic and mystery of the honeybee. Available for Beauty, Love & Magic makers on Patreon. 

Through love, we become more vulnerable, powerful and compassionate in our thoughts and actions. Through love, we become vessels of creativity and Truth. Through love, we become conscious warriors because we know deep in our heart the value of life, from birth to death. Through love, we become. 

* It is in devotion to the Great Mystery that I share a taste of Beltane Magic. This musing is part of a Beltane Booklet (available when you subscribe to receive newsletters/updates on www.beautyloveandmagic.com) and gives homage to the Beauty, Love & Magic inherent in this powerful time of the year. 
* The Guided Meditation this week is a Beltane Blessing. You can find it and become a patron of Beauty Love & Magic on www.patreon.com/beautyloveandmagic

Spring is one of my favorite times of the year. In the past few weeks i have so deeply enjoyed the luscious greens from our wet winter  season, the sweet little buds peeking at the sun, and the vibrant blooms covering the hillsides. We, alongside nature, are celebrating the miracle of rebirth. 

Create within yourself a haven for surrender, an inner sanctum where you are free to move and live and breathe and speak and sing in any which way. Open to the Mystery of this embodied life. This Mystery is all around and within, inviting us into spaces that flicker with shadow and light, fire and ice, highs and lows. Herein lies the power to transform wounds, awaken latent powers, and discover true healing. 

* The Guided Meditation this week is for Peace. Peace Above. Peace Below. Peace within. Peace without. 

Dissolve the encrusted patterns of defense and reactivity - really, let them go. Activate your Truth with passion and courage. It might be messy. It might not. In any case, trust this: when you align with Love and live into your own Truth, Magic abounds. 

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