Our practice this month centres on self-devotion, safety, and grounding. Each morning rest in stillness, breathe, and ask: “What will help me feel safe and connected today?” Light a candle, affirm your inner safety, and write one grounding act of self-devotion. In the evening return with gratitude, then release your note to light, wind, water, or earth with your own words.

How often do you notice the sky’s signs—the rising stars, the moon’s path, the first orchids? Ancient wayfinders read tides, winds, and birds to map their world through deep attention and story. I’ve traced my own invisible maps: watching Orion’s Belt signal spring, feeling the desert’s spirit at age five, sharing wonder with my granddaughter under “eyes in the sky.” Today, wayfinding means trusting intuition, imagination, and heart alongside nature’s guidance.

As part of your gratitude practice reflect on your dream for your descendants. Write it out and place it on the altar. This is surely one of the best ways of offering gratitude to those who have gone before us — by tending the well being of the future of the lineage. Under the light of the full moon, or by candle light, say out loud the things you are thankful for, perhaps naming the ancestors, and then read them your dream for the descendants. Let them bear witness to your d