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Self-Soothing & Security :: Cancer Full Moon
FULL MOON 0 DEGREES CANCER Saturday, December 22
9:49 a.m. PDT/12:49 p.m. EDT/5:49 p.m. UTC Sextile Uranus Square Chiron Full Moon Names: Oak Moon, Cold Moon, Long Night Moon Keywords & Themes: security, attachment wounds, safety, mother, moods, rhythms, needs and nurturing, family, ancestry, receptivity, home, caregiver, comfort, roots, emotional attunement Collective (un)Conscious: Nothing says “all the feels” or emotional rollercoaster quite like a Cancer full moon. This
She Writhes (and Writes)
Read my ode to feral female sexuality and the goddess Lilith in the Fetish Issue of Suspira Magazine. This issue explores "UNRAVELING THE INTERSECTION OF HORROR AND SEX, THE SECOND ISSUE OF SUSPIRA INVITES YOU INTO A PSYCHOSEXUAL FOREST OF THE BIZARRE TO DISCOVER THE PLEASURES OF YOUR OWN DREADS AND DESIRES." Images by Ellen Rogers and model with Moth and Rust Corrupt. Purchase it here.
Yule: Rebirth & Reflection
Many popular Christmas traditions evolved from Pagan and European Yule symbols such as the decorating with holly, candles, or mistletoe. Though the Yule log was the center of the celebration and was burned as a symbol of the rebirth of the Sun (or Son as Christianity would say :P ) Read more on the J. Southern Studio Esoteric Insights blog here.
Ode to 06
Today marks the 6 year anniversary of the death of one of my idols...Female 06. Often considered the "Angelina Jolie" of wolves at Yellowstone Park, she not only raised 13 pups, but left a legacy of beauty and fierceness. I first learned about her through an NPR story and have been in awe of her ever since. She was a late bloomer similar to myself who left the pack late, though when she did she had two brothers as her mates. Her ability to take down an entire elk by herself,
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