Sophia Bonnie Wodin

In one of the traditions I follow there is a saying, “Intention is everything!”   I have long felt that intention is a great start, but when it comes to manifestation, following through on a realistic intention is what gets the work done. However, an intention well-formed is the first step to successfully stepping into change. This week’s combination of Spring Equinox and the new moon brings with it an eclipse as well as a strong astrological configuration.   While I am no astrologer, I do like to pay attention to what others who are in ‘the know’ think about what the planets are doing. And yes, I do believe that how the planets are lined up and how they relate to each other have a strong impact on what happens on our plane of existence. So let’s take it piece by piece…… First, Friday (March 20 th ) is a New Moon.   That it happens to fall on the Vernal (Spring) Equinox is pretty powerful all by itself.   These events are potent support for new beginnings.   The

I have written in these pages before about how the landscape that surrounds us holds us, or not, and mirrors our minds and our hearts.   There is a very deep way in which the physical landscape wriggles its way into the landscape of our soul and opens some doors while it shuts others.   Such is the experience I had over the past short time….. I’ve been traveling to places I hadn’t imagined going, Vancouver Island and its neighbours.   What a joy to be in a new place for the first time in so many years, and a place that was as utterly foreign as it now feels familiar.   Towering snow-covered mountains and crashing seas under uncharacteristically (I am told) clear blue skies greeted us when we had prepared for raging storms the majesty of which was not to be missed.   What has made it feel so like a cloak that was easily donned?   I think it has been the diversity of the landscape.   The outer landscape, that is.   Not just the physical landscape, but also the ways it keeps chan