Autumn Equinox 2023
Join me for an in-person ceremony + a ritual for at-home
Hi everyone,
I love the Autumn Equinox. There is a quality to the light here in the Northeast: crisp, clear, angelic. It’s like the doorway to the spirit realm is so close, you can reach out your hand and touch it and feel the music of the otherworld on your palm.
If you’re Upstate: I’m facilitating a ceremony tomorrow in Red Hook, NY from 4-5:30pm!
Here is the link to sign up!
For everyone else, I wanted to share a little solo ritual I did three Equinoxes ago. It’s a wedding ceremony to marry your internal masculine & feminine parts. We all live in the patriarchy, and so we all have a split masculine-feminine in our psyche. I do believe as we internally mend this, we move to mending the collective imbalance as well.
I did this by the Kaaterskill Falls (one of NY state’s most beautiful waterfalls), and I swear my second child was a spiritual outcome of this ritual. So, WARNING YOU MIGHT GET PREGNANT! May you become pregnant with whatever possibility you are trying to welcome in …
A ritual to marry your internal masculine & feminine:
This ritual requires you role play between 3 different parties: officiant, masculine, and feminine. Just like with a real wedding, you are asked to do a lot of prep before formally marrying the parties.
Prep
Officiant prep: As officiant, you have been called to marry two people. Please choose a structure that speaks to you - from any faith you grew up with, or a simple humanist script, to lead the two parties in ceremony.
The Betrothed:
Vows: Before you do the ceremony, you must write your vows. This means sitting down and tuning into these individual parts of yourself. You can be free with the form: if your masculine wants to apologize to your feminine, or visa-versa, for any past behavior before vowing to do differently.. that’s cool. The goal is to let them speak to each other, and let them vow to relate to each other anew.
Outfits: Give them both beautiful outfits. You can moodboard this, or just do this in your mind. Regardless, dress them up with clothes that exemplify them. When you do the actual ceremony, your physical clothes should be in the role of the officiant, but you should be able to picture the two parties clearly in your mind.
Setting & decor
Where do you want to get married? This is a special occasion. Choose a beautiful location. Set up the ceremony with whatever objects you want to honor the occasion: flowers, candles, stones, etc.
The Ceremony
Call in your spirit guides / guardians. If you practice using directions, you can open the circle this way. If you don’t, simply welcome guides to come in and support the work of marrying these two parties.
Officiant: some version of, “dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to marry these two parts, my inner masculine and feminine, in sacred union. Please share your vows”.
Let one Betrothed speak. Imagine them in your head, and read out their vows.
Let the other Betrothed speak. Imagine them in your head, and read out their vows.
Officiant: “we ask for all (spirit guides) in attendance to bless this union. I now pronounce you husband and wife (*insert language of your choosing).”
Close the ceremony by thanking your spirit guides/guardians and dismissing them.
The Aftermath
Go eat something delicious! Go dancing! Listen to a great song! You did it!
To support this ceremony, I recommend working with the Flower Essence Shasta Daisy.
Blessings!
x
Saga