Spring Equinox 2019
Divine Khepera When I wrote this it was Vernal Equinox 2019. The Earth is definitely ready to burst anew with sunshine and smells, pollen and movement here in the Northern California Coast. I have recently been reflecting on the image of the sun and the moon, their cyclical movement of time and experience as it is was also a full moon in Virgo and Sun in Pisces. The Egyptian Kheperi's image is forefront in my thoughts. Kheperi in Egyptian literally means: He who is coming to Be" The divine beetle traveling diligently to embed her eggs into the cow's dung and precisely rolling the dung upon the earth into a perfect orb is strikingly and astoundingly profound. No wonder the ancient Egyptians held such esteem towards all living beings. As most Indigenous communities, the attitude towards living beings on the Earth was reverent and sacred knowledge was imbued through interaction with the experience or observation. Through the past (dung) we understand ourselves i