03/01/2026
Dear Ones,
I want to wish you all blessings for the turn of the modern year into 2026 and hope that the space you find yourself in, is nurturing and without pressure to perform in the coming months.
The turn of the Celtic year really begins on the eve of Samhain, 31st October, when the welcoming in of the dark after harvest begins. The sunset was considered to be the end of the day and the approaching darkness the beginning of the next day. As the winter months began, this was considered the start of the next cycle before the sun returns later in the 'year'.
We may perceive spring time to be the beginning of the true year, however this can only begin after gestation, retreat and replenishment which is what the winter would allow for.
If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, you could choose to align yourself to the natural rhythms of the seasons and cycles of our Ancestors and consider these coming months of a continuation of this gestation stage.
A time for dreaming and imagining, but perhaps not of productivity and huge leaps forward.
When the spring time comes, as it always does, that will be the time to plant the new seeds that have been brought from the dreaming time into the material world.
In the Southern Hemisphere, we are in the middle of summer. The ground is scorched and the sun high in the sky. To live in rhythm with the land around me, I can honour my lineage and Ancestors by paying homage to the cycles they once lived, but to connect truly with the land I inhabit, I choose to align myself to the seasons I currently experience.
This is not a time for gestation for me, not a time for dreaming.
This is a time to water, tend to, and pay deep attention to life.
To discard what is spent, clear space, and give the inner work the sunlight it needs to flourish - directing fertile energy into the seeds that wish to see the light of day.
I also want to acknowledge that over the past months, I took on far too much. I adopted each download, each inspiration, as an action I must immediately take. From teaching, podcasts, radio and readings - I got caught up in service and production, and in doing so, little of it had the space to truly shine, consequently dimming the magical light at the heart of everything I do.
This period has taught me the importance of slowing, of tending deeply, and of giving the life I am cultivating the attention it deserves.
For this reason, I am stepping back from offering services and teaching for a while, to focus fully on writing. This is a conscious turn toward the work that needs sunlight and space to flourish. Without this space, the writing becomes something else that ends up on the 'some day' list, perhaps a space where my dreams go to die, something I can no longer allow to happen.
As part of this summer tending, my website will be coming down and the Wild Women page closed for the season. The email contact will remain active for anyone who wishes to reach me or hear about future developments, allowing this creative energy to be fully nurtured and directed. If our time together has naturally come to a close, you are welcome to unsubscribe at your discretion
I am deeply grateful for your trust, your presence, and your patience, and I carry all of it with me into this next stage of the mythic current of my life.
Thank you for being part of this journey with me.
Much love
Tracy Marie xx
