A messy new moon in Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter that is still retrograde in Taurus until the end of the year.
The lunation is still close to mischievous Mars and squaring confusing, somehow deceitful Neptune.
Venus is in Scorpio, where she’s not very comfortable and ruling Jupiter in Taurus. Venus is trying to purify the…
This full moon, happening on November 26 / 27, feels like a frustrated culmination, or a confusing manifestation.
The visual looks like a walk in a dark and foggy forest with an inability to see where to step next. Find your way with the use of your inner senses.
The energies and theme of the November’s New Moon are about death, liberation and a rebirth of different ways from the ones we knew previously. The Journey of the Lotus is our metaphor: From the seed planted in the mud (New Moon) to growth in murky yet rich and stagnant waters to the blooming of…
Community, as I came to understand it, was not just a physical place or a group of people tied by geography or blood. It was a state of being, a shared sense of purpose, and a web of relationships that nurtured and supported growth. It was a place where individual healing and growth could be…
As shamans commonly express, the plants were the ones who told them. They know the poisonous plants as well as the antidotes, which usually grow near the latter. They know what part of the plant to use, when, where and how to use it, the period of time to take it and in combination with…
When someone “loses it”, as we commonly say, there is always a reason and this reason falls into the unknown. It is usually a crisis. We don’t know what to do with this family member, friend or partner. This unknown has not been preached in holy places. It has been feared, banished and expelled as…
I feel the stillness,
I smell the scent,
Death is here.
Welcome my dear.
Another experience on the path of medicine had started. In the southern mountains of Mexico, several leaves of freshly picked Niños Santos (Derrumbes: Landslide and San Isidro Mushrooms) have been served and welcomed with love to accompany me and a dear friend in a medicine space. Another exploration with one intention: medicine to mediate, gentleness…