Sacred Connections

02/26/2026

For the First workshop in our series we will be celebrating the Spring Equinox!
Main goddess we well be talking about are Persephone and her mother Demeter. (We will be addressing a few others as well)

Hawkspirit will also be bringing us some fun things to be done during this season.
Come learn, celebrate and help take part in dressing our altar for the season with Cathy and Hawkspirit.

More information can be found on the Facebook Event Post below.

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02/26/2026

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02/22/2026

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02/10/2026

Venus moves into Pisces today, where the field of attraction shifts from the conscious into something more diffuse and numinous. Venus is in exaltation here, operating beyond preference or logic and instead responding to emotional truth, surrender, and spiritual coherence. Beauty is perceived through feeling rather than form, and our values are shaped by compassion, devotion, and veiled truth. The heart becomes more receptive, more impressionable, and more willing to merge with something larger than itself.

In relationships, Venus in Pisces draws us into the pre-verbal realm of connection. Bonding happens through shared emotion, intuition, and unspoken understanding. Romanticism flourishes, often idealized and sometimes unrealistic, but undeniably magical and tender. This is love as empathy, where intimacy is created by meeting another person in their vulnerability without needing to define or contain it.

This ingress is especially potent with Mercury also in Pisces, creating a subtle dance between love and language throughout the month of February. When Venus and Mercury align, they form an artist’s conjunction that translates feeling into image, sound, and mood. Words become suggestive rather than precise, charged with symbolism and emotional nuance. Communication leans toward the poetic and intuitive, favoring music, art, and even silence over rigid explanation. Thought and affection blur together, making it easier to express love creatively, even when clarity feels out of reach.

To work with this energy in relationships, the invitation is to attune rather than manage. Listen for what is being felt beneath what is being said, and let compassion lead interactions. Allow space for ambiguity without rushing to define outcomes or intentions. This is a time to nurture connection through shared artistic expression, imagination, and gentleness. Venus in Pisces reminds us that love does not always need structure to be real, and that deep bonds can form when we allow ourselves to soften and stay open to the current.

- Robert Pacitti (CRA Team)

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This Feb. Newsletter discusses:
⭐ Saturn moving into Aries
⭐ The exact Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Aries - from a Relational perspective!

02/01/2026

February 1-2, Imbolc

Imbolc is a pagan holiday, that is sometimes referred to as Candlemas or Oimelc. The celebration of Imbolc originates from the Celts. Imbolc symbolizes the halfway point between the winter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara).

The word "imbolc" means "in the belly of the Mother," because the seeds of spring are beginning to stir in the belly of Mother Earth. The term "oimelc" means ewe's milk. Around this time of year, many herd animals give birth to their first offspring of the year, or are heavily pregnant. As a result, they are producing milk. This creation of life’s milk is a part of the symbolic hope for spring.

This holiday also celebrates Brigid, the Celtic fire and fertility goddess. Over the years, Brigid was adopted by Christianity as St. Brigid. Brigid (or Bridget) is the patron saint of Irish nuns, newborns, midwives, dairy maids and cattle. The stories of St. Brigid and the goddess Brigid are very similar. Both are associated with milk, fire, the home, and babies.

The Celts used to make a doll of the Goddess Brigid from oat or wheat straw. They would make a dress for the doll and put it in a basket with a white flower bedding. Young girls would carry the dolls door to door, and gifts are given from each household. In addition, on the day of Imbolc, people lit bonfires and held a feast to honor Brigid.

To celebrate Imbolc, some modern day pagans focus on celebrating Brigid. They do this by setting up an altar with the symbols of Brigid, like a corn husk doll, white flowers, a bowl of milk, and candles.

Other pagans aim their rituals towards the cycles of the season. Some people do house cleaning rituals as a part of getting ready for spring. Other families find a pile of snow, gather some musical instruments, and chant to drive away the winter. An example of one such chant is:

Old man winter, it's time to go!
Take with you these piles of snow!
Melt, snow, melt!
Spring will soon return!
A flame, a fire, all the warmth it brings,
melt the snow, cold be gone, welcome back the spring!

02/01/2026

Blessings of Imbolc to all! Here in the US East Coast, we are still in deep winter. Most years at Imbolc, we tap our maple trees and the temperatures start to go above freezing,, and Imbolc is a celebration of the flow! But this year, winter is sustaining and the trees may not get tapped for many more weeks as we continue to be in this very bitter cold period. The cold has its own blessings and nourishment, and the fire in the hearth keeps us warm. May we take time to reflect on the darkness and cold, and bring forth the world we want to create. Peace to all beings.

09/23/2025

From Robert of Deep Earth Astrology

September 22, 2025 ~ Mars Enters Scorpio

Mars in Scorpio brings an intensity to relationships that is impossible to ignore. Connections often move beyond the surface, digging into hidden motivations and unspoken desires. Trust, loyalty, and emotional depth become non-negotiable, and conflicts may take on a transformative quality that seeks absolution through passion and reconciliation.

While Mars is often associated with the sign of Aries, it is also the traditional ruler of Scorpio. In relationships, its expression here is more subtle and strategic than in Aries. Where Aries reveals Mars as the warrior who pursues openly, Mars in Scorpio emerges as the archetypal spy, navigating intimacy through insight and emotional perception.

In relationships, Mars in Scorpio fuels sensuality, magnetism, and passion, creating bonds that feel destined. Physical intimacy becomes more than an act and opens a pathway into emotional merging, where attraction carries a sense of inevitability. This placement seeks a partner willing to share everything, body and soul, in a union that can feel both healing and consuming.

When Mars in Scorpio squares Pluto in Aquarius, relationships may face tension between personal intensity and collective ideals. The bond can feel pressured by external change or evolving visions, yet the positive reception between Mars in Scorpio and Pluto, the modern ruler of this sign, allows this tension to become fuel for growth. In love, this often appears as challenges that ultimately deepen intimacy and create a stronger and more purposeful connection.

Overall, Mars in Scorpio in relationships is about depth, devotion, and transformation. It compels partners to face vulnerability and desire with honesty while demanding authenticity and loyalty. Love under this influence is never light or casual but a journey into passion that seeks to renew and empower both people involved.

~ Robert Pacitti

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09/23/2025

The Fall equinox is traditionally regarded as a time of reaping the harvest and also a time of balance between the dark half and the light half of the year. As is customary this time of year, I've been reflecting a lot on balance, and this idea of a balancing act. What I find interesting

09/22/2025

From the creator and author of Tarot of Trees, TreeLore Oracle, Plant Spirit Oracle and more.

Wishing everyone a blessed fall equinox. This is certainly a time of challenges and many of us feel lost in an increasingly unbalanced world. Equinox is the time of balance between light and dark, and it is a good time to seek balance in our lives. The salmon of wisdom, guardian of the west and sacred guide of the fall eqinox, reminds us to lean into our intuition and embrace the wisdom of nature to seek balance, resilience, and strength.