I love this time of year. In fall I come alive. I feel the expectant crackling energy of the coming rejuvenating dark seasons pulsing through me. Being that I am a devotee of Persephone, I know that it’s time to follow the cyclical path of her descent to the Underworld to face my inner self on a level that is deeply healing — like sleeping under the nite sky and having the best dreams.

The summer season was very hard on me. I was injured and felt depressingly stuck in all areas of my life because I couldn’t react in my normal ways that convince me that I am okay and coping. I became despondent. I know I am not alone falling into that state of mind, but I want to dream something else now. In witchy Pagan terminology INTENT is a key. You gotta ask yourself — what do you want now at this stage in life?

We are living in a time of accelerated energy and intensified struggles for power expressing itself as internal and external conflicts that will change us but that can be exhausting. The evolutionary energies are amplified — turned up to 11 –and tossing our outer collective culture and our inner core of personal consciousness like angry waves in a quantum storm that require mindful navigation.

We are experiencing a cosmic power struggle of different states of consciousness vying for our sacred attention. The old Saturnian model of hierarchal authoritarian power battles the Uranian energies of evolutionary progress. Our microcosmic inner discontent, fears, and struggles mirror the cultural macrocosm of the power dynamic violently playing out in our lifetimes.

My injury of my right shoulder — the temporary limitation of my sword arm and my idea of its power that reinforces my ego idea of myself as a warrior forced me to stop pushing myself. I hated that necessary change because it bucked against my illusionary artifacts of control. So I had to admit, whining the entire time, that I need face my pain and addictions. I had to take another hard hard look at myself. Crap.

Within this cauldron of energic turmoil there is tremendous power if we focus on the quantum potential of the present moment – where all the power of our choice is grounded. Demons of past and fear-based projections of the future are distractions that eclipse us to the truth of the potency of choice that exists only in the cauldron of time and space that is right now. It is here that can weave a new spell of intention.

Blessings to all sentient beings at this time of the sacred Fall Equinox and our seasonal healing descent into our inner worlds. Work your power wisely! Blessed be.