January New Moon

A brief note, I am going through a personal trial and keeping my topics objective is difficult. Please take the information as you find it useful while composing your BoS.

The Moon of Birch is when decisions are made as to what spiritual seeds you will plant this year.

The Tree itself is one of the few trees native to Iceland with Runes of its own. Birch means protection, exorcism, purification and new beginnings, also cleansing of past and for vision quests.  Through these aspects we learn a lot as the seasons start to lead towards that transition.

Summer is a fond memory and autumn’s splendor has turned dull brown and gray. The hardest part of winter lies ahead even though the days are lengthening with the promise of spring and renewal. But now it is winter. This is the time of year when many animals hibernate. For us, winter is the time for turning inward to take stock of our spiritual journey during the previous twelve months and to prepare for the year ahead so that we will emerge with spring’s life-force knowing where we have been and where we intend to travel. Now is the time to deepen your winter journey—your self-work. This night is the time to seek the place within you that is pure being, where you are both student and teacher. Learn to listen to your inner voice however it may reveal itself to you. It becomes easier to hear that voice as snow covers the ground and our world becomes a little quieter. Winter brings the power of silence. The light in our homes becomes a little softer as we may favor candles over electric bulbs on some evenings.


Power of Words

Take some time to write a few things that you want to give up on paper. Then on a separate piece write a goal or desire. Then go out doors and dig a hole about 9 inches. Place the first piece of paper in the hole and then light it on fire (what you are giving up). After it burns to Ashes, place a bulb (Tulip, Dahlia, Lilly etc) on the cooled ashes, then place your desire or goal paper in the hole with it. Cover it with soil, then snow if you have the stuff, (Bulbs actually need a hard freeze in order to grow).

"The night is dark, the world is still,
Seeds rest beneath snow-covered hills.
Waiting for spring, I turn within."

As the bulb grows to blossom and bloom the goal you set for yourself will too.