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Friday, 28 November 2025

She's a star


The Goddess of light travels across the Milky Way. She brings healing, recognition, enlightenment, inner wisdom, awareness and strength. As her hair sparkles, and her robes shimmer, we're faced with only mystery. There is only so much we can understand about her. She slides gracefully across the icy floor that moves and dances in multicolours. This dazzling star is a reminder of who we are and what our place is. Look up and there she is.

She is Eir, the daughter of the sky, sending us warmth by her magical touch. She sooths and heals, by giving knowledge in the arts of medicine. With her, this Valkyrie has the healing powers and she can restore someone sick to full health. She gives a special brew of herbs and flowers. 

She is Asteria, the lady of starlight and comets. Her mystique is of charm, beauty and wonder. The shining golden girl of the night can bring positivity and hope in the darkness. She is nocturnal and works in divination but she's helpful, kind and gentle. She can assist with dreams and even visits on land. 

She is Arianrhod, who belongs to the divine travelling quest, as she rides over the vast sky. She's the goddess of the silver wheel, justice and cycles. She leaves but will always return again and again. She's been here before. She might help those reincarnate or pick up on their missing past lives. She can ease pain and represents the changes. Her throne is in her palace of Caer Sidi located in constellation Corona Borealis

As her light moves and we witness her appearance, she touches using her magic wand and gives gifts. She's the sparkling princess Stella who flies on opaque wings, and returns to Earth bringing gifts. In fairytales she's the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella", the girl in "The Stars in the Sky". The late guest fairy who undoes a harmful curse caused by the wicked. She lifts evil and helps the Sleeping Beauty live by giving her long sleep instead of death. 

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Sunday, 23 November 2025

Tess


It's been a recent observation that roses can bloom late in the year during November. Often these are certain hybrids and climbing rose plants

There is Tess of the d'Urbervilles an English rose that is different to many other roses. A David Austin creation, this flower is deep red in colour and fragrant. As the DA daughter she stands proud, twirling around gracefully and favouring walls, pillars and lattices. She enters a stage of sleep during winter months, needing a blanket of mulch at the base to keep her roots warm, secured with ribbons and strapped in just in case of storms. Any bits of dryness and damage can be pruned as it cleanses the rose, a bit like trimming off hair split-ends. To care during winter, give her little water, don't prune or fertilise until spring.

There is even a book Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

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Monday, 17 November 2025

Sharing this

 There is a beautiful poem dedicated to the month of November by Elizabeth Coatsworth. This graphic came from The Kitchen Garden Witch and includes this same poem. I wanted to bring it here. 



It's very nice and fits in too. 

Love from Storm Valkyrie 🌹

Monday, 3 November 2025

Interstellar visitor

 


A significant event in the sky has been happening this year. In June 2025 an interstellar object approached our solar system. This was given the name 3I Atlas, and is officially classed as a comet. While many comets have passed, this particular "comet" is different. Firstly it comes from another star system. An interstellar comet is actually a very new or rare guest appearance. 

It's speed is extremely fast as it's travelling up to 60km per second. The object is the size of a city but larger than Mount Everest. It's hyperbola and doesn't have a solar orbit. This object is metallic with nickel emissions, iron and carbon dioxide. Scientists such as Avi Loeb believes 3I Atlas could be artificial. He said that the interstellar comet might be a spaceship from an alien star!  

The object from interstellar space has many people interested. There are some fantastic ideas about what it could be, and there's mundane explanations about it too. Some believe it's a UFO, while others think it's just a natural piece of rock. The comet has passed planets and journeyed around our sun. It's a glowing white comet that altered colours and appears even rainbow! It's even sent a signal to our moon, and in response, the moon answered the call. This is definitely exciting!

We have just experienced a deep interstellar shining comet dancing into our neighbourhood star system, while then checking on the planets. The only other known recorded interstellar objects we've had come to our solar system has been 1I/Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. This doesn't mean there wasn't any before, but we've now got the technology to find it. 3I Atlas is here for Yule

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