06: Gemini Season: Hermes, Magic and Mischief, with Laura Tempest Zakroff

Hello friends I'm back home in New Mexico after my Australian tour, enjoying the mellow beauty of Autumn, and preparing to celebrate my 60th birthday on Samhain! In this episode of Darkness and Light, we welcome Scorpio Season and the glorious Taurus Full Moon, exploring the mysteries of sex, death, transformation and renewal, and the beautiful polarity of Samhain and Beltane. As the Wheel of the Year turns, we delve into the ancient Celtic traditions of Samhain, the mysteries of the Ot...

Hello friends and welcome to Episode 15 of Darkness and Light! I’m still on tour, so this is a special ‘on the road’ episode. It’s a little looser than my usual ones, and I’m using my traveling mic, and trying to contend with lots of background noise, but I still really hope that you enjoy how it turned out. In this episode I tell the story of one of my favourite myths: The Descent of Inanna, the ancient Sumerian Goddess. I think this works really nicely with our upcoming Libra Dark Moo...

Hello friends In this episode of Darkness and Light, we celebrate the Aries Full Moon — exploring Cardinal Fire, the spark of new beginnings, and the balance between Aries and Libra, self and other. And because Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, this episode is a little special, with a guided Full Moon ritual to help us focus our intentions and harness that fiery Aries energy. Along the way, we explore the energy of courage, independence, enthusiasm and action, guided by the mythology of ...

HESTIA OF THE HEARTH and the VIRGO DARK MOON The Sacred Art of Tending What Matters Hello friends In this episode of Darkness and Light, we enter the quiet, focused realm of the Virgo Dark Moon — exploring Mutable Earth, ritual, attention, and the sacred art of tending what matters. As the final Dark Moon before the Equinox, this is a time to come back to centre: to notice what needs our attention, what is worth tending, and what we are ready to let fall away. Guided by Hestia, Greek Go...

EPISODE 12: POSEIDON AND THE PISCES FULL MOON Hello friends, and welcome to Episode 12! This episode lands right on the Pisces Full Moon, which is extra powerful because it's a Lunar Eclipse! We're diving deep into the beautiful, mysterious Mutable Waters of Pisces, with the mighty Greek god Poseidon as our guide. Together, we explore the ocean as a living symbol of Piscean energy: ever-changing, powerful, emotional, mysterious, and impossible to fully control. We journey with Poseidon ...