As Summer’s curtain goes down, a new performance hits Nature’s stage. Brilliant actors will begin taking the spotlight, wearing enchanting costumes in shifting shades of red, orange, gold, crimson, and aubergine. For us here in the alpine realms, we will not only feel the change, but also get to see it reflected quite vividly around us.

This transformative time is ignited by the Autumn Equinox of today (for those of you also in the Northern Hemisphere and tomorrow for some of you in other time zones), and depending on where you live, you may experience a wondrous landscape or at least a mystical dance of rich shadows cast by a new light.

Balance is the word that comes to mind when thinking of the Equinox – a balance between the light and dark of the year and of our experience…as within so without.

We’ve been feeling this shift for a while here, as late Summer has been mixed with hints of Autumn. The air has felt crisper, the light is already casting golden tones, and afternoons have brought back mysterious thunderstorm skies and moisture to the land.

Everything feels extra expansive, serene, rich, and comforting, even though I’ve been navigating big life changes that Astrid’s transition heralded.

She seems to have mirrored the change of seasons herself and with her departure, Summer has also faded away.

But Autumn Equinox is a time of celebration – just as I’ve shared September would be in terms of celebrating the life and gifts of Astrid. It brings us harvest time, extra gratitude focus, presence to the abundance of creative force in and around us, and a sacred honoring for the changing seasons of life.

As I, and all of us, go through our own unique and profound transitions, so, too, does our Earth Mother. Leaving behind the warmth and dazzling bosom of blooms, she embraces the mysterious darkness and elegant cloaks of fallen wisdom, making way for frosted shawls of wintry wonder.

The light of day will fast surrender to the dark of night so that we experience more connection to the rhythms of Earth and Cosmos in harmony. This is a celestial event of spirit in flesh, where deepening sacredness overflows from the cauldron of our hearts.

The Equinox brings equanimity within and without and of all opposites that light and dark might reflect to each of us. And when things stand with conscious awareness of this reflection, the sweet intricacy of every thread becomes as valued as the whole web of All That Is.

It is a most miraculous and beautiful thing to exist indeed.

Every day I feel immense gratitude for the air I breathe and the beauty all around me. I don’t take for granted that there are varying experiences across the globe and that what I am able to see, feel, and immerse in is an astounding gift. It is this very reason I share these gifts, so that they might touch, inspire, or bring some level of hope and belief in some way to whom ever needs it in the moment they see these windows or read my words.

I’ve shared in the grieving many have been and are going through, and I find that the expansive vistas and Nature’s constant creative energy in motion, helps me to bridge any illusion of separation and to transmute feelings into fertile opportunities. One needn’t only do this via Nature, as the nature of you is an access point where ever you are to shift gears and connect with the rhythms of harmony in motion.

I continue to find myself in surreal landscapes of my imagination come to life. I think it’s in part because no matter what happens, my inner child refuses to ever be cast away. It has taken years of nurturing her and making sure she knows how valued she and her voice is, but it’s been so worth the effort. Now she’s a force all her own and walking with my parts equally receiving my love, ensures I can stay the course when everything else might try to steer me otherwise.

So the vistas keep expanding before me, while my heart mirrors the same. Every ache breathed into so that my breath learns a new rhythm, and in turn pumps my heart to the edge between euphoria and fright.

It is then that I know and experience the coding for expanded consciousness and get a glimpse of the eternal creating Itself.

I’ve so been enjoying our recent hikes and the feeling lingering in the air. And it’s especially sweet to know Astrid is with me all the time. I always used to invite her to jump inside my heart and eyes so she could feel and see all that I was experiencing. Now, I don’t have to do that, as she IS right there with me. My dream of having her able to leap alongside me on the trails and in the meadows unfolds every day.

And she makes herself known in beautiful ways she knows will make me smile. There’s definitely been an uptick in what I call magickal experiences, sights, and finds.

She is, after all, a magick rabbit.

There have been so many faery tree and sky portals, awe-inspiring landscapes, and even a double rainbow after quite a special hike connecting with her through ever single tiny to large marvel before my eyes.

We have a lot of secret hikes and areas we like to explore, especially so when things quiet down, as we tend to have places all to ourselves.

Recently we did this special nine mile hike that takes us through quite a mysterious forest where things go very quiet and oftentimes, the light disappears so as to cast shadows or call attention with laser focus.

We always feel watched and the air feels thick with the stuff faery tales are made of.

I had forgotten that I wore some forest faery necklaces that included a magick mushroom pendant until I started realizing the astounding amounts of mushrooms I kept discovering.

That made me reach to my neck, clasp my mini mushroom between my fingers, and then call out to Dave saying, “Oh my gosh! I’ve never seen so many mushroom varieties, but guess what? I’m wearing my magick mushroom!” And of course that ended with a bunch of faery giggles from me and a laugh from Dave.

I literally saw several hundreds from tiny to giant and all different kinds and colors. I’ve been seeing a lot in general, but this hike was covered in micro forests of them. It was so fun for me each time I found another, and another.

This is my constant state of being with everything I see in my days. They never get old and I never tire of anything others might find mundane. Each time is like the first or that Christmas morning opening a present and seeing what Santa left in your stocking.

I told Dave when we first got out of the car and headed to the trailhead that we were going to see and experience a lot of magickal things. And we did! Including this large beauty – a caterpillar type I’ve not seen, just two minutes into the hike.

It wiggled its way across the trail and I, of course helped pick it up and get it across so that nobody would step on it. But look at the vibrant chartreuse and that electric blue tail. Evidence of life transitions in motion.

And then the mushroom madness began.

Wild mushrooms emerging are one of the signs of Autumn and with our moisture-rich seasons we have been enjoying lush forests and a most prolific mushroom year.

And that’s been so fun for my faery heart to experience. Including that magick Amanita Muscaria that Astrid manifested for me.

Every single mushroom is a window into another world, with a story only each immortal child of the forest can tell.

Ancient wisdom, faery circles, expansive consciousness, deep transmutation…which book would you like to open the pages to?

This hike took us over creeks and experiencing dancing waterfalls, until reaching the stunning lake we had all to ourselves for a picnic lunch.

Butterflies floated upon the air and across my face – white ones appearing quite often and following us on the trail.

There were still a few lingering flowers here and there, although Autumn briskness has helped to put the Summer super bloom to sleep. But I did manage to find one cluster of sweet faery flowers next to the creek where two waterfalls were. They tickled my heart.

The micro magick seamlessly weaves itself into the macro mystery all around me on a daily basis.

We’ve enjoyed some of our last beach days, which have been awesomely serene since no one hardly goes at this time of year.

Even our favorite thirty-seven mile bike ride was extra fun due to the beautiful weather, quiet, and changing light of day. I found a butterfly transitioning that took a ride with me on my bike for many miles. I then lovingly released her to a safe spot overlooking the lake – I thought it the perfect place to make that shift.

And while we’re mostly having quiet days to ourselves, we have had a couple of friend outings and even a great Meetup hike where we explored a new part of a trail we haven’t before.

These kinds of follow-your-heart-in-the-moment decisions lead to beautiful and meaningful things.

And all of these extra expansive landscapes have been reflecting to me my own expansion into how I will be experiencing things from here forth. As I mentioned, Astrid is everywhere and that curtain between realities is nearly fully lifted.

What she’s telling me is that now it’s time to experience everything seamlessly and consistently. Not just at certain times, but in ALL times as the every day way of life and even without boundaries created for others who may not experience things the same. Astrid tells me to go fully into the Unseen, but to bring it back with me instead of leaving it there. She says the time for the Unseens to be seen is here and to walk always in that knowing and out loud.

Astrid knows I love the in between and that was her special time in the liminal hours too. And the more I anchor that in between, the more the concept of realities will shift and there will not just be the knowing of no separation, but the actual and literal experience of it that can be shared with others…spirit and flesh as One. This will be an opportunity for all in the coming years of change.

Until now she says I needed the physical companionship of my soul family in rabbit body…walking side by side with me in the flesh.

And now, while I could as a choice have that, there isn’t the same need. The evolution I’ve experienced with each of my rabbit partners has brought me closer and closer to the truth I was searching for and remembering about myself. And that is here now. Although I have vision of the future, there is a freshly integrated path to root that is needed in this very moment without worry of future how’s or chains to past woes.

This is also why I’ve come to be able to navigate transitions and grief in more seamless ways, as was evident in the evolution of each of my rabbits’ choice of death and how I’ve processed and integrated each time. I’ve become well-versed in transitions for all areas of life due to my time spent in between.

In fact, Astrid is the one who encouraged me, due to my strength in this and what so many are going through, saying it’s time for me to open a window right now to the house I was nurturing within.

And so, I have a new offering called Life Transition Support between now and end of the year that I’ll be opening to just 5 people, as I’m in the midst of my own transitions and this is the only amount of time and space I have available alongside my projects. So for those of you who have asked, this is a rare offering – the kind that only comes if I receive a strong message I can’t deny. And Astrid definitely is a wise messenger.

And because I do regulate my time and have balance at the forefront of my experience, I closed the Monthly Energy Support to anyone new, in place of these.

You can read about these new sessions for every area of life changes experienced, here: Life Transition Support.

Astrid says, and I agree, as I’ve been experiencing it, that dichotomies of who I am and the worlds I dip in and out of, are now fully woven together with a golden thread of harmonious union.

And THAT is the expansive consciousness I can walk in now always. It’s available to us all, in fact.

For those of you who have been moving in and out of worlds and realities, you will find that fluidity will replace light switches, making experiences merge rather than flip in and out and on and off. An invitation to the nature of reality and of you is extended. The choice is yours to rsvp yes, no, or a curious maybe.

So as I shared before about magick rabbits, “even if you don’t see them by my side, I assure you they are there – always and in all ways.”

My reality may not be what others experience – more so now than ever – but that is the beauty of our uniqueness. We each get to have our own experience of reality.

And today my reality asks for a sewing of that knowing into the heart of this Equinox portal. I plan to have a sacred little ritual of spreading some of Astrid’s ashes in the garden today, doing some energy work, and anchoring in with a good nature immersive hike. I’m also readying my bulbs for Autumn planting and organizing project plans and preparing some new releases.

AND, some of my crystals including the last two Astrid helped choose and ready, waiting for their new homes – found at Crystals and Crystal Skulls – will continue enjoying some garden Equinox time. Can’t wait to share the new stuff we’ve been cooking up for you skull lovers or curiosity seekers interested in what the heck these are all about.

Miss Rhodonite is loving the shades of blooms that match the colors of her huge heart and love energy. She’s connected to our skull collective here and that might become more of interest when the new is revealed.

And the enchanting blue agate portal is feeling the faery love alongside his garden friends and mini blue and lavender blossoms.

I’ve so enjoyed wrapping up packages sent off to our friends bringing home some of the beauties in celebratory papers for Astrid with extra special gifties tucked inside.

All of these Equinox events being shared with Astrid and my other friends BY my side and no longer on the OTHER side.

It’s perfect that International Rabbit Day falls on September 23rd this year, which is also the Equinox in other parts of the world still. It will be a beautiful way to end out this month of Astrid’s rebirth celebration, which now feels to also be another layer of my own with the new transmutation of experiences. And speaking of rabbits, I’ll have a few ready-to-ship ornaments up beginning of next week at Magick Rabbit Ornaments along with another sample custom order.

October is always a rich and full month, as there are many special things associated with it, including some bunny related and some Dave and me related.

It’s also a beautiful time when the colors of leaves and land will be in high gear.

But for now, I celebrate the beauty and simplicity of this moment and day, grateful that I have experienced the things I have and the wide range of emotions available, as they enrich the reason for being here and give rise to unfolding hope.