Creating Your Wildcrafted Magical Apothecary

By Dana Driscoll

Throughout the year, including on warmer days in the deepest winter months, you will find me out on the land: scattering seeds; planting and harvesting; communing with the plants, trees, and mushrooms; and working nature magic. With baskets overflowing with abundant herbs, nuts, seeds, and mushrooms, I take only what I need, leaning into the abundant plants, and harvest with permission and gratitude. I leave offerings, scatter seeds, and weave magic and flute songs. I often have other people with me–friends, herbal apprentices, visitors, cats, geese. We honor the land while we harvest the plants that heal, soothe, and help us connect with the sacred.

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From Harvest to Hearth: Herbs for the Autumnal Equinox

By Beth Schreibman Gehring

A small above ground fire pit set in a lush garden

The autumnal equinox, which falls on September the 22nd, is a spoke in the wheel of the year — the brief pause when day and night are perfectly balanced, before the tipping into the darker half of the seasons. In the old calendars, it was a time of harvest and gratitude, a season of preparing pantries and hearts for the coming winter.

Across cultures, this threshold was marked with festivals. The Celts observed Mabon, a harvest rite of thanksgiving where fruits, nuts, squashes, and grains were gathered in and shared with kin and community. Herbs such as sage and thyme flavored the loaves and stews, while rosemary was woven into wreaths to bless the home. It was a season of pausing, giving thanks, and carrying the abundance of the fields inward. Continue Reading …

Setting Up and Using Your Home Herbal Apothecary

By Dana Driscoll

A growing number of people are taking an interest in herbal medicine. Why learn herbalism now? For many, it is a way to deeply learn and lean into the nature right outside their door. Further, learning how to identify, prepare, preserve, and use medicinal plants helps you take health into your own hands. A lot of people who live in the US (especially in rural areas) recognize that healthcare is more costly and more difficult to access: it is harder than ever to keep a family doctor or get specialist care, and it is so costly that a lot of people can’t afford visits, tests, or medicines.

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Astrorisa Moon Forecast: Welcoming the 999 Portal

Welcoming the 999 Portal

The 999 portal on September 9, 2025, is a potent numerological event that can be greatly enhanced by understanding its alignment with astrology. The numerological themes of endings, completion, and new beginnings are reflected and amplified by the specific planetary transits occurring today.
The Sun is in Virgo.
The Moon is in Aries.
Mars is in Libra.
Saturn is retrograded in Pisces.
Jupiter is in Gemini.

The combination of these aspects creates a dynamic day for the 999 portal. The impulsive fire of the Aries Moon and the grounded nature of the Virgo Sun create a potent push-pull. You may feel a powerful urge to take immediate action, but the Virgo energy reminds you to do so with careful planning and intention.

With Saturn in Pisces and Mars in Libra, the day is highly focused on a spiritual and relational clearing. It’s a day for releasing karmic baggage and making decisions about relationships that are no longer in alignment with your true purpose.

Jupiter in Gemini encourages mental and social expansion. This transit suggests that as you close out old chapters, your new beginnings will be fueled by new ideas, learning, and communication. The 999 portal could bring about the end of old thought patterns and the beginning of a new intellectual journey, encouraging you to share your newfound wisdom with others.

The overall message of the astrological transits on September 9, 2025, is one of purposeful action. This is not a day for passive waiting. It is a day to consciously and mindfully participate in the end of one cycle and the beginning of another, using the practical and communicative energies available to build a more authentic and purposeful life.

“To Know Your Truest Self, Follow the Moon.”

Iya Omitonade ~Bisi Ade

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