As I write this blogpost, we’re in the energy of the new Leo Moon. In my tradition, this is a time for setting intentions for what we need, or would like, to bring into our lives. In a few days, it a time is set aside in the Northern Hemisphere to offer gratitude for the [...]
Imbolc asks us to wake up, to pay attention. Imbolc marks the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox and represents the quickening of Mother Earth, when life stirs deep within the land, bringing the promise of spring. Imbolc comes on February 2 this year, although in some places it is celebrated [...]
Occasionally, all the compartments that are my life coalesce into a pattern of connection – a pattern I hadn’t realized was developing. Such has been the case recently, and will continue into autumn. In the midst of the pandemic, my friend and artist Marybeth Bradbury has created a series of amazing paintings she calls “Martyrs [...]
In the early 1970s a coworker asked, “What do you believe?” I started writing a document attempting to answer this question, and I’m still writing it. As I learned and grew and changed, many of my beliefs grew and changed, while others remain steadfast to the lessons I learned as a very small child. How [...]
Is 2020 the year you promised you'd work more on your spiritual growth? Is this the year in which you want to tune in to yourself, and to the universal energy around you? If you're like me, you start January 1 each year with these intentions, and then reality hits - jobs, laundry, grocery shopping, [...]
The Full Flower Moon offers us an opportunity to look both within and without ourselves for answers, for comfort, and for energy and impetus to move forward toward being our authentic selves. Full at 5:11 pm eastern time today, Saturday, May 18, 2019, in the sign of Scorpio, this Flower Moon grants us the ability [...]
"When we truly grasp for the first time that the symbol of woman can be a vessel of the sacred, that it too can be an image of the Divine, our lives will begin to pivot," says author Sue Monk Kidd in The Dance of the Dissident Daughter. Clay bowls made by potter friends, wooden [...]
When I send birthday cards to friends, I often write, “May you learn next year’s lessons gently.” I forget that, while I think of time as linear, it’s really a circle, a wheel of evolution and revelation. I’ve also learned – and continue to learn – that requests we send out to the Universe often [...]
Because of Hurricane Florence, I've had to change the dates for my fall courses. I so hope you'll join me! All courses are taught over the telephone, so you can join from anywhere in the world! Details and registration information here: Monday October 1: How To Connect with your Spirit Guide and Animal Guide https://debbowen.com/product/how-to-connect-with-your-spirit-guides-and-animal-guides/ [...]
Learning about topics you've asked me to discuss is so easy! My courses are taught via teleconference, so all you do in dial in to the telephone number I give you when you register from wherever you are in the world. You listen to me and your classmates, and join in the conversation (or not) [...]
