Hope you all have been enjoying the energy of this beautiful New Moon and its deeply immersive phase in Taurus today. Enjoy nature, take beautiful care of yourself, express your love and nourish your spirit, mind and body!
A New Moon suggestion for May – Spring cleanse your home and bless your yard.
This is the perfect time to clear out all the old energies of Winter, any discontent or discord that may have built up along with the dust. After you clean your house, take or make a beautiful smoke/smudge stick, with feather fan if you have one and a plate or shell to catch any embers. Set your intention to offer this beautiful, sacred ceremony and ask the elements to dance with you through your home, bringing light and peace to every corner. Thank the ancestors who gave us this practice and honor them with an offering of oil, a flower or something to express your love.
Begin at the front of the house and work in a clockwise direction, making sure to keep your smudge amply lit for maximum coverage, and smudge from top to bottom, reaching every corner, under everything (use the fan or your hand) and over and around furniture. Bring healing intention to each room and thank your home for sheltering and protecting you. Give thanks for spaces of rest, relaxation, food preparation, celebration and personal cleanliness. Pay especial attention to the areas where you transcend body and go into the world of dreams, express physical love and union. Each activity is sacred, each space is alive with the intention of the activities, words and memories in them.
Once you have completed your full round (don’t forget the basement and send intention up through the attic to the roof) make a second round with a spray bottle of filtered or distilled water with sea salt and spray gently into each corner to reach anything you may have missed. Follow the same route. Feel the joy of life and light in your work and in the spaces you are working with.
Finally, sound sets the energy. If you have a bowl, bell or drum, once again move through the house in the same clockwise order. Ring, sing, play, dance. Bless each corner, each space and each activity that will take place there.
When working with your land outside, the sage and water are not necessary as the winds and sun cleanse all the time. Circle your property using your sound instrument, make your prayers, thank the ancestors of your land and ask their blessing. Thank the Sun and the Winds and the Rains and the Earth. Bless the land and make an offering of tobacco or construct what we call an “imperma-sculpture” out of natural items you find in your yard to honor the outside space and all the nature spirits who live there, all the animals and birds and insects who comprise the balance of nature around you and the beautiful elements who come together to create life and beauty in the land around you.
Happy Spring!
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