Under The Mermaid Moon

The Pink Moon The April full moon is also called The Sprouting Grass Moon, The Seed Moon, and my favorite,The Pink Moon. This year, 2015, The Pink Moon occurs on Saturday, April 4, along with a partial eclipse! What a magickal event!  The April Pink Moon also has a partial eclipse this year! ☾ The Pink Moon in Spring represents new beginnings and fresh starts, so be brave and start a new project, change something in your life that isn’t working in your favor and get a fresh start, or just celebrate change. ☾ The Spring Pink Moon is a great time to plant magickal flowers and herbs in your garden such as moonflowers, sunflowers and lavender.  Spring lavender in my garden The Pink Moon this year is also on the same weekend as Easter Sunday, or, if you celebrate according to Mother Earth and the Goddesses, Ostara (aka Eostar or Eostre), The Goddess of Spring and the pagan celebration of spring and re-birth. ☾   For more moon lore, moon quotes and how to st

It’s Spring and magick is in the garden! Time for longer days and warm, light evenings that welcome fairies to come and visit your garden in the moonlight while you sleep. Here are a few lovely things blooming in my garden right now and the story of their magick! Apple Tree and Apple Tree Blossoms The Magickal Apple Tree is also known as The Witch Tree and the tree bark is often used to  make magick wands. A lovely blossom from my Apple Tree Apple Blossoms represent beauty and goodness. These are some lovely white blossoms from my apple tree. The "Apple of Discord" with the Greek words "To the Fairest" written on it. Of course, when speaking of the apple as a symbol of beauty, we must remember the“Apple of Discord” from the Greek myth “The Judgement of Paris”. As the story goes, Eris, the Goddess of Discord, was upset because she was not invited to a wedding party given by Zeus. To cause trouble, which is what she was best at, she th