A NEW ALTAR

This altar has been a long time in the creation!

Normally I create a new altar for each Wheel of the Year festival... intuitively gathering items from around my home and from nature, to create something of beauty - an offering if you will.

Every six weeks I dismantle the last festival's altar and allow the new one to come forth. But I was away at the Solstice, then caught up in Christmas, socialising between Christmas and New Year and away again at New Year.... So this is my Winter Solstice altar... two full weeks late... just about catching the new moon, rather than the full moon! But better late than never. The messages I was with at the Solstice... Darkness into Light, Wisdom, Simplicity, Presence, Joy, Awakening... are all represented here in the starry cloth, the angel cards, the owl, the simplicity of the altar... It won't be long until Imbolc and a new altar... but I'm glad to be with this one for a while.

It's in a place I'll see it every day, reminding me to stay in the dark, to rest, to turn inwards towards my own wisdom, to be present, to find joy in simplicity, to look towards the awakening of the year, but not to rush it. #ministry #altar #wheeloftheyear #Solstice #imbolc #womenscircle #newmoon #fullmoon #ceremony #creativity #Nature #earth #connection #festival's #thresholds #rhythms #invitation