Solstice Herb Farm

02/21/2026

🐐 GOAT MILK SOAPS 🐐

Our fresh and fun goat milk soaps offer a seasonal array of our most beloved scents. We use only goat milk in these soaps. The base is the same luxurious formula that we use for all of our plant-based soaps so you know you can count on the same high quality that you've come to know and love in our soaps.

So what's the difference? Goat milk in soap creates a rich, creamy lather that feels moisturizing and emollient. Is it better than our artisan botanical soap? Well....we'll let you be the judge of that! (We'll keep making our usual plant-based soaps every month!) 😉

02/19/2026

📢Shop announcement 📢

We will *likely* be closing early at 3p for the next few days as I've been dealing with an injured back and simply don't have the physical capacity to function for a full day. I'm trying to give myself as much rest as possible so this doesn't drag on much longer. We hope to have coverage so we can stay open during my absence but that's not always possible. 💛SF

Pic for funsies! 😆

02/19/2026

Today's the day! 🥳 The market returns downtown to its new home at the pop-up park across from City Tap. While you won't find Solstice there as a vendor (not this week anyway), our OG market fam can easily visit our downtown retail boutique just 2 blocks from the market's new location. Pop on over on your way to buy your veggies, meat, dairy, and baked goods. I'm planning to pop up there myself after I close the shop at 5p!

See y'all soon! 😘

Today is the day! Our first market downtown! Rain or shine, we will be there, 3-6pm. See you soon!

02/17/2026

A beautiful example of the botanical wisdom behind our collections this year. Not all of our collections align precisely with those shown here, but there is most certainly overlap. Which months are you most looking forward to experiencing? 💚💐💚

02/17/2026

One lonely cluster of daffys arising from the most hardpacked area of the yard. 💛✨️💛

02/17/2026

Whew! Who's ready for this wild ride upon the Fire Horse? 🔥🐴

Happy New Year of the Fire Horse! 🐎
All my life, I have been in deep love with horses,
drawn to the quiet intelligence that reads the world without words,
to the effortless grace that flows through their bodies like living water,
to the untamed spirit that gallops across the horizon
and reminds me that the soul remembers wings it has forgotten.
They are older than time, these creatures,
carrying the pulse of earth and wind,
the memory of stars mirrored in their eyes.
To be near them is to feel the heartbeat of the wild,
to watch them is to witness poetry in motion,
to feel them is to touch a spark of something infinite.

February 17th starts the year of the Fire Horse according to the Chinese zodiac. In the tradition of the Chinese zodiac, each year carries the spirit of an animal woven together with one of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. There is something powerful about the Fire Horse!

The Horse itself is movement, independence, vitality, wind in the mane and dust rising from the earth. It does not walk when it can run.
When Fire joins the Horse, the symbolism intensifies. Fire is passion, illumination, courage, volatility, charisma. It is the hearth and the lightning strike. It warms and it transforms. Combined with the Horse’s restless freedom, the Fire Horse becomes a symbol of fierce individuality — a year that does not tolerate stagnation.
This energy often brings:
A desire for bold action rather than cautious waiting
Sudden inspiration and creative surges
Strong emotions rising to the surface
A push toward independence and authenticity
Less patience for compromise or confinement

It is a year that asks: Where have you been holding yourself back?
The Horse dislikes fences. Fire burns through old wood. On a collective level, Fire Horse energy can accelerate events. Things that were quietly smoldering may ignite. Projects move quickly. Relationships intensify. Truths that were avoided may demand expression. It can feel exhilarating — and at times overwhelming. Spiritually, Fire Horse years invite us to:
Trust instinct over excessive analysis
Act with courage but not recklessness
Channel passion into creation rather than conflict
Remember that fire needs tending — not suppression, not wild abandonment
There is also an important nuance: the Horse represents the heart in many Eastern symbolic systems. Fire, too, is associated with the heart. So this is heart-upon-heart energy — amplified feeling, amplified expression.
For everyone, especially — who moves between thought and poetry, science and spirit — this could be a year of bold creative flame. Not careful crafting only, but brave declarations.
And yet, Fire must be balanced with breath. The deeper invitation of the Fire Horse is not simply to run, but to run toward what is true.

February 17th may feel like a subtle shift. Perhaps a little more electricity in the air. Perhaps an urge to rearrange something in your life that no longer fits.
Let it be a year where:
You trust your instincts.You speak with heat when necessary.You create with wild devotion.And you remember that even the fiercest horse returns to drink water under the stars.

✍️ Rivers in the Ocean

02/16/2026

Are you at a threshold? 🚪🙋‍♀️

02/16/2026

Hahaha! Lots of familiar scents in the og comments! What's your throwback signature scent?

02/16/2026

💚 BRIGID’S CLOAK 💚

The Celtic Goddess Brigid is a radiant presence associated with spring and fertility. Brigid is linked to the Sun, representing her role as a bringer of light, warmth, and growth. Her energy is particularly potent during Imbolc (Feb 1st), a festival marking the first inklings of spring and celebrating her influence over the return of light and life. There is a legend about Brigid's cloak wherein Brigid uses her magick to grow her cloak so large that it covers enough land for her to build her temple at Kildare. There is an Irish tradition is called the Brat Bhríde, meaning, yes, you guessed it, ‘Brigid's Cloak’. The "cloak" is a little piece of cloth or ribbon you leave on your windowsill, beside your door, or in your garden for Brigid to bless as she travels by with her coven of holy women and her white cow with red ears, a Celtic symbol of the Otherworld and of the Goddess. It is believed that this ritual will ward off illness for both the human and animal world for the year ahead and can be used for any healing petition from Brigid.

Our Brigid's Cloak bars carry such a sweet and fresh vibe! A spring green base with delicate swirls of gold, green, and white (a butterfly swirl!) for subtle contrast. We've topped each bar with dried calendula blossoms, pressed daisies, and a sprinkling of smaller white florals. The aromatic palette is a fragrant buzz of sweet sticky honey, fresh peaches, rose petals, and grounding sandalwood and light musk. Sweetly floral without being cloying. We've added raw local honey and real buttermilk to the base for an extra creamy bubblicious treat that will feel like silk on your skin. (Butter, milk and honey are traditional associations and offerings for Brigid. We have infused this soap with layers of Brigid symbolism.)

This one has been gaining lots of attention in our shop! Available in 2 sizes!

02/16/2026

Day Blessing
May the morning meet you
with warmth and clarity.
May your steps feel
guided, even in small tasks.
May your heart stay
open and unafraid,
your words carry kindness
without effort.
May strength rise in you
like steady sunlight,
and may something beautiful
surprise you before the day is done.

✍️ Rivers in the Ocean

02/16/2026

The Fire Horse is here....

Good night, beloved witches and keepers of the old wheel...

Gather close, as our ancestors did when the year turned,
and let me tell you a tale
about the Snake and the Horse.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲

There was once a year ruled by the Wood Snake...
a creature of wisdom, patience, and hidden fire.

The Snake taught us to move slowly,
to shed what no longer fit,
to coil inward and conserve our strength.

She whispered: 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯.
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬.

And for a full cycle of the moon,
we learned her lessons well.

We released old skin.
We let go of what was too small to contain us.
We moved with intention, not haste.
We honored the shedding, the molting, the sacred work of becoming.

But now...
NOW
the Snake's year is ending.

These are her final days.
February 15, 16...

And the Snake asks one last thing of us:

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱.

Finish the shedding.
Release the final piece of old skin still clinging to you.
Tie up the loose ends.
Honor what this year taught you...
the patience, the wisdom, the slow transformation
before the energy shifts entirely.

Because on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵,
everything changes.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲

February 17th, 2026, is no ordinary day.

It is the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿,
the day the Snake steps down
and the 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 gallops in.

But it is also something more.

On this exact day,
the 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 rises in Aquarius,
and a 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗲 carves a ring of fire across the Antarctic sky.

The spiritual communities are calling it the 𝗘𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹.

And they're not wrong.

This is a convergence of endings and beginnings
like we haven't seen in 60 years.

The last time the Fire Horse ruled
was 1966...
a year of revolution, upheaval, cultural transformation.

And now it returns.
With fire. With speed. With 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺.

The eclipse...
that ring of light around the darkened sun...
is the universe drawing a cosmic circle,
a boundary between what was and what will be.

The Snake whispers her last wisdom.
The Horse stamps her hooves, impatient to run.
And the moon slides across the sun,
marking the moment of turning.

This is Threshold Magick on a cosmic scale.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲

Let me tell you about the Horse.

She is not patient like the Snake.
She does not move slowly.
She does not wait for permission.

The Horse is 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲...
the blazing sun at its peak,
the energy of courage, action, visibility.

She is speed and spirit,
movement and 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺.

Where the Snake said 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯,
the Horse says 𝘎𝘖. 𝘕𝘖𝘞. 𝘍𝘈𝘚𝘛.

She is the gallop.
The leap.
The charge forward into open territory.

And when you add 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 to the Horse...

You get double yang.
Double heat.
Double 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆.

The Fire Horse appears only once every 60 years.

She is rare. She is powerful.
She is 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

This is a year that refuses stagnation.
A year that burns away hesitation.
A year that demands you stop planning
and start 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴.

But here's what the old stories also teach:

Ahh... Fire Horse years are NOT gentle.

They bring upheaval, change, disruption.
They ask you to be brave, bold, authentic.
They reward action and punish hesitation.

This is the energy of the 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴...
but remember, beloved,
the phoenix must 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 first.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵

So what does the Snake-to-Horse transition teach us?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂:
✤ Patience and strategic thinking
✤ Shedding what no longer serves
✤ Moving with intention, not impulse
✤ Trusting the process of slow transformation
✤ Honoring the hidden work that happens in darkness

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂:
✤ Bold, decisive action
✤ Speed and forward momentum
✤ Visibility and authenticity
✤ Courage to leap before you're "ready"
✤ Trust in your instincts and ability to adapt mid-gallop

The Snake prepared you.
Now the Horse asks you to 𝘂𝘀𝗲 what you learned.

The Snake said: 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬.
The Horse says: 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀

Now,
we are in the 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱...
the space between Snake and Horse,
the final days before the turning.

Here's what the witch knows to do:

1️⃣ Honor the Snake's lessons.

What did this past year teach you?
What did you release?
What skin did you shed?

Write it down.
Speak it aloud.
Acknowledge the transformation that happened...
even if it was painful,
even if it's not "done" yet.

The Snake deserves your gratitude.

2️⃣ Finish what you started.

What's still incomplete?
What project, what healing, what release
is 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 done but not quite?

These next days are your chance
to tie up loose ends,
to complete the shedding,
to finish the Snake year's work
before the Horse demands you gallop forward.

3️⃣ Prepare your threshold.

On 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵, the energy shifts hard.

Remember, this is not a gentle transition.
This is an eclipse. A new moon. A Fire Horse.

So prepare:
✤ Cleanse your space (smoke, salt, sound)
✤ Set your intentions for the Horse year
✤ Write down what you're ready to 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻
✤ Light candles (red for fire, gold for the Horse)
✤ Stand at your doorway and speak your readiness

4️⃣ Work with the Eclipse Portal energy.

The eclipse on February 17th is an 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗲...
a ring of fire in the sky.

Even if you can't see it physically (it's only visible in Antarctica),
the energy is 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹.

This is portal energy.
This is transformation magnified.

At the moment of the new moon/eclipse (7:01 AM EST),
light a candle and speak what you're calling in:

𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺,
𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳,
𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦,
𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺.
𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴,
𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺. 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵'𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺

So here we are, beloved,
standing between the Snake and the Horse,
between patience and action,
between preparation and 𝗚𝗢.

The Snake whispers: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺.
The Horse stamps her hooves: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭?

This is the teaching of the turning.

You needed the Snake year
to do the invisible work,
to transform in the dark,
to shed what you weren't.

And now you need the Horse year
to 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲,
to move with the fire you've been building,
to gallop toward what's calling you.

The eclipse portal on February 17th
is your cosmic starting gate.

The ring of fire in the sky
is your signal.

And when the Fire Horse begins to run..
ahh...
𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Boldly... (yet not recklessly).

Without hesitation... (yet not without preparation).

The Snake taught you wisdom.
The Horse will teach you courage.

And together...
Together they'll teach you how to transform
𝗮𝗻𝗱 how to claim what you've become.

So finish strong, witch.
Honor the Snake.
Prepare for the Horse.

Because on February 17th,
when the new moon rises
and the ring of fire appears in the sky
and the Horse begins her gallop...

You're going to be ready.

🐍 ➝ 🔥 ➝ 🐴

With one foot in wisdom and one in the stirrup,
Blessed turning, beloved.
The Snake bows. The Horse is coming.
~Baba

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𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗮 🐍 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.
𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗮 🐴 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲.

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Alas... this post got too long and I almost forgot...

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It includes:
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✤ Space to write your Fire Horse intentions
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The Snake bows. The Horse is coming.
And I want to make sure you're ready to gallop.