This is so lovely, Julie! Thank you for all this great info. Your Yule altar is beautiful! I love that we get a glimpse of your ritual space that way. The Deer Mother is one that's near and dear to my heart, one of my personal deities so your card pulls feel especially fitting. I haven't exactly decided what I'm doing for solstice yet. I guess I'd better get that figured out! 😁
This is my second reply. I had to come back and tell you.... I just literally did my Yule reading with my Cailleach deck, and I got the Deer Mother AGAIN!. I am so filled with gratitude for the grace of this. Something that Jane Brideson wrote regarding this card, “I am your pathway to wild places, your solace, grief and savage spirit.” That really hit home. Jenna, just needed to share this, I knew you would understand...
Full body chills, Julie! 💕💕💕 I LOVE what Jane Brideson wrote. (I think I need to get that deck.) This is no coincidence. I am going to sit at my altar right now and connect with Deer Mother. Thank you for sharing this!
Hey Jenna, I love this Sabbat. So glad to be able to focus more on it this year than Christmas. YES, the Deer Mother has been very strong with me this year! I did not know much about her till I started receiving all this information. She now has come to hold a very special place in my heart. Not too surprising since one of my totems is the doe. Hoping and wishing you a blessed YULE! May your being be joyous and filled with song!
Love this piece. I love this particular season - the best way to put it is that it's so liminal. Its the only time of the year when I feel I can truly disappear into my own cave; my hibernation of sorts. Still waiitng on guidance for next year. It will appear :)
Thanks Shobaa! Yes it is liminal, and why I really enjoy and sink into this time of the year. It calls to me to be quiet, and listen. I love what you said, "disappear into my own cave." Yep, I relate. May your hibernation and rest be rejuvenating and insightful. And may your guidance for the coming year arrive in a poignant and deeply meaningful way.
Love how thoroughly you expand into this day through the lenses of the moon earth and traditions. It is feeling like a very sweet time of celebrating holy days, holy moments. Life is suspended in a moment of stillness, and within it, we dance and give praise 🤍
Thanks Marija! These days do feel sacred, holy! How nice to celebrate these last days of the year with natures cycles, to rest in the dark and also have fun with community & family in celebration. I have really switched around what I am doing this year, so nice to focus on relaxation and not get caught up in the consumer perspective.
Many blessings to you Marija, may your days be filled with depth, connection and home. Much love!
Thank you for sharing your Yule rituals with us. I was not able to find the space and time to honor it in ritual. I was deep in the dark, working on letting go. I tried to keep grace, for both myself and others, as a guide when energy and emotions felt too big.
Thank you for holding space for me and my family. Imagining you with the Deer Mother, honoring the dark and light, I just added my intentions and stopped feeling sorry for myself my day was not what I planned.
I know Marie, so many other things to consider! Life shows up as it is, no matter the date or time. This is your Yule, in this way. Sending you love and a big bear hug! Know you are held in the grace of this time, you are honoring it by the fact that you are honoring your family. Be well, be safe and give yourself time to rest. May the joy of this Yule and season time find its way in you. Maybe in unexpected ways, but joy none the less.
While the Sun is high in the sky for me this eve, it is low for you. Both are powerful liminal points - the rising and the falling (or the falling and the rising). Both a reminder to honour the dark and light within, to honour the passing of one phase into another, to honour the gifts that are felt in the darkness (or the light) and that can be taken into the next 6months for sacred heart medicine.
I am taking the light and the brightness with me now into the next 6 months where and when the darkness will begin to overtake my landscape. I am taking the joy of sunshine and the warming of friendships, I am taking passions and creativity, and warming and illumination into my next 6 months.
I feel as though it is a reminder for me to REMEMBER THE BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT LIFE CHANGINGLY AMAZING THINGS that occurred over the past 6 months and to hold them closely and to let them fill me when things get dark...
The light feels very sacred this year. More than normal.
Yule blessings to you too Sam! I love what you said, "The light feels very sacred this year. More than normal." That feels true to me as well. There is a gentleness to it that I have not felt before. A fuller opening that is bringing us into the heart of grace in a way that was unavailable before. Has a sweetness to it, a nurturance. I feel held. And I am more surrendered than I have ever been. So maybe it is a combo of both. Opening to life, and life opens! Life opens and I give myself to it!
I too am enjoying the light and dark dance. Entering more into being with both, rather than chasing one over the other. Present with the liminal of what they generate together as one ebbs and the other flows. How this shifts back and forth, a magnetic majestic grace!
Love to you Sam, Happy Solstice. May the light and dark gift you with their wisdom. May the ongoing cycles of life touch you in magical ways.
Thank you for this Julie, there is so much to absorb. I love learning more about these traditions and the roots of their origin. I have been going inwards and listening to those messages of death and rebirth, planting the seeds of opportunity. I will sit with those questions that hold deep meaning. I love the cards, I am sharing a fireside fable in a few days, which these match perfectly. I love the beautiful synchronicity of that. 💫🙏
Thanks Louise. I love writing about the Sabbats, they are very dear to my practice and heart. Especially Yule. Wishing you a blessed Yule and holiday time! May it be filled with love, peace of heart and ease!
Hey frankie, Are you referring to the Wisdom of the Cailleach deck? I do believe it is currently out of print. But I do know the artist/author does do reruns/reprints of the deck. She has done several since I purchased the deck. Try contacting Jane Brideson through Facebook.
This is so lovely, Julie! Thank you for all this great info. Your Yule altar is beautiful! I love that we get a glimpse of your ritual space that way. The Deer Mother is one that's near and dear to my heart, one of my personal deities so your card pulls feel especially fitting. I haven't exactly decided what I'm doing for solstice yet. I guess I'd better get that figured out! 😁
This is my second reply. I had to come back and tell you.... I just literally did my Yule reading with my Cailleach deck, and I got the Deer Mother AGAIN!. I am so filled with gratitude for the grace of this. Something that Jane Brideson wrote regarding this card, “I am your pathway to wild places, your solace, grief and savage spirit.” That really hit home. Jenna, just needed to share this, I knew you would understand...
Full body chills, Julie! 💕💕💕 I LOVE what Jane Brideson wrote. (I think I need to get that deck.) This is no coincidence. I am going to sit at my altar right now and connect with Deer Mother. Thank you for sharing this!
Hey Jenna, I love this Sabbat. So glad to be able to focus more on it this year than Christmas. YES, the Deer Mother has been very strong with me this year! I did not know much about her till I started receiving all this information. She now has come to hold a very special place in my heart. Not too surprising since one of my totems is the doe. Hoping and wishing you a blessed YULE! May your being be joyous and filled with song!
Love this piece. I love this particular season - the best way to put it is that it's so liminal. Its the only time of the year when I feel I can truly disappear into my own cave; my hibernation of sorts. Still waiitng on guidance for next year. It will appear :)
Thanks Shobaa! Yes it is liminal, and why I really enjoy and sink into this time of the year. It calls to me to be quiet, and listen. I love what you said, "disappear into my own cave." Yep, I relate. May your hibernation and rest be rejuvenating and insightful. And may your guidance for the coming year arrive in a poignant and deeply meaningful way.
Love how thoroughly you expand into this day through the lenses of the moon earth and traditions. It is feeling like a very sweet time of celebrating holy days, holy moments. Life is suspended in a moment of stillness, and within it, we dance and give praise 🤍
Thanks Marija! These days do feel sacred, holy! How nice to celebrate these last days of the year with natures cycles, to rest in the dark and also have fun with community & family in celebration. I have really switched around what I am doing this year, so nice to focus on relaxation and not get caught up in the consumer perspective.
Many blessings to you Marija, may your days be filled with depth, connection and home. Much love!
Thank you for sharing your Yule rituals with us. I was not able to find the space and time to honor it in ritual. I was deep in the dark, working on letting go. I tried to keep grace, for both myself and others, as a guide when energy and emotions felt too big.
Thank you for holding space for me and my family. Imagining you with the Deer Mother, honoring the dark and light, I just added my intentions and stopped feeling sorry for myself my day was not what I planned.
Much love and appreciation to you Julie. 💓
I know Marie, so many other things to consider! Life shows up as it is, no matter the date or time. This is your Yule, in this way. Sending you love and a big bear hug! Know you are held in the grace of this time, you are honoring it by the fact that you are honoring your family. Be well, be safe and give yourself time to rest. May the joy of this Yule and season time find its way in you. Maybe in unexpected ways, but joy none the less.
Jule Blessings to you Julie.
While the Sun is high in the sky for me this eve, it is low for you. Both are powerful liminal points - the rising and the falling (or the falling and the rising). Both a reminder to honour the dark and light within, to honour the passing of one phase into another, to honour the gifts that are felt in the darkness (or the light) and that can be taken into the next 6months for sacred heart medicine.
I am taking the light and the brightness with me now into the next 6 months where and when the darkness will begin to overtake my landscape. I am taking the joy of sunshine and the warming of friendships, I am taking passions and creativity, and warming and illumination into my next 6 months.
I feel as though it is a reminder for me to REMEMBER THE BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT LIFE CHANGINGLY AMAZING THINGS that occurred over the past 6 months and to hold them closely and to let them fill me when things get dark...
The light feels very sacred this year. More than normal.
Thank you for sharing your Yule Time with me.
Happy Solstice to you.
In blessings and friendship.
Yule blessings to you too Sam! I love what you said, "The light feels very sacred this year. More than normal." That feels true to me as well. There is a gentleness to it that I have not felt before. A fuller opening that is bringing us into the heart of grace in a way that was unavailable before. Has a sweetness to it, a nurturance. I feel held. And I am more surrendered than I have ever been. So maybe it is a combo of both. Opening to life, and life opens! Life opens and I give myself to it!
I too am enjoying the light and dark dance. Entering more into being with both, rather than chasing one over the other. Present with the liminal of what they generate together as one ebbs and the other flows. How this shifts back and forth, a magnetic majestic grace!
Love to you Sam, Happy Solstice. May the light and dark gift you with their wisdom. May the ongoing cycles of life touch you in magical ways.
Thank you Julie for this beautiful reminder. Yule Blessings ❤️
Blessings of Yule to you to Rebecca. May the dark of this time keep you cozy and snug, and may the coming light bring clarity to what needs revealing.
Thank you Julie. May it bring the same for you as well. Blessed Be💜
Thank you for this Julie, there is so much to absorb. I love learning more about these traditions and the roots of their origin. I have been going inwards and listening to those messages of death and rebirth, planting the seeds of opportunity. I will sit with those questions that hold deep meaning. I love the cards, I am sharing a fireside fable in a few days, which these match perfectly. I love the beautiful synchronicity of that. 💫🙏
Thanks Louise. I love writing about the Sabbats, they are very dear to my practice and heart. Especially Yule. Wishing you a blessed Yule and holiday time! May it be filled with love, peace of heart and ease!
I’m very interested in this deck but only foundation in Etsy for almost $400🤨 Could you advise me in where I can purchase it? Thank you!!
Hey frankie, Are you referring to the Wisdom of the Cailleach deck? I do believe it is currently out of print. But I do know the artist/author does do reruns/reprints of the deck. She has done several since I purchased the deck. Try contacting Jane Brideson through Facebook.
Yes! Sorry, I wasn’t specific... I did copy but not paste. Julie, I really like your Substack. Thank you!