LADY OF SERPENTS AND ROSES - IMAGE PROPERTY OF SANCTUM OF THE ROSE Here we are poised upon the tail end of the Year of the Serpent and what an incredible year it has been; and as hard as it's been for many of us, it has been also been completely life changing. Whilst we still have a month of this energy before Fire Horse kicks in, I can already feel the shifts and the flames of transitions flowing especially now as we flow with the waning crescent moon into Dark. And the mess

Triple Headed Hekate - Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorvm aliarvmqve gentivm literis commentarij’, published 1575. Hekate - Ἑκάτη - interpreted often to mean the distant goddess or she who works from afar, is ancient liminal queen of thresholds, key bearing mistress of the crossroads and governess of Earth - Sky and Sea. She has become one of the most popular goddesses of modern times, though when I began working with her nearly 20 years ago it was not the case, I kn

NEPHTHYS BY HRANA JANTO NEPHTHYS - NEBET-HET Egyptian goddess of mourning and funerary rites, of death and protection and rebirth. She is often depicted with her sister Aset (goddess Isis) standing at the head and foot of the sarcophagi. Together they are often seen as darkness and light: "Ascend and descend, descend with Nephthys, sink into the darkness with the Night-Bark. Ascend and descend. Ascendant with Isis, rise with the Day-Bark." Pyramid Text Utterance 222 line 210.

NYX ART BY RICHARD HESCOX Nyx was born of the primordial chaos that existed before creation coming into being with her brother Erebus (Darkness) she is the embodiment of the night, the dark veil that obscures the light (Aether) and the counterpart to Hemera (Day) who in turn disperses the night as together they create the dance of darkness and light. She is the blessed darkness sprinkled with stars, and the cyclical Moon. Mother of the velvet void of unlimited potential, tha

My Path has always been, one foot in the shadows, one foot in the light, a crossroads space, is that you too? As a pagan priestess, intuitive witch, holistic therapist, death walker and ceremonialist, I see and experience various realms, this is one of the reasons that the half moon is so resonant to my practices. Commencing on 26th January I am offering an online Immersion through 7 lives via Google Meet: A JOURNEY OF LIMINALITY – CHOICE & INTEGRATION. WITH THE FIRST & LAST

Image property of Sanctum of the Rose THE FIRST FULL MOON OF 2026. Read down for Correspondences, water ritual ideas and other musings. The first Full Moon of 2026 flows home into Cancer, brimming with watery depths as she tugs at the ebb and flow of our emotional landscape. There is a deep sense of rawness as we adjust to all that has unfolded over the last 12 months and what is still to be released is now illuminated as we ride the tail end of the Serpent year until mid Feb

Images are the property of Sanctum of the Rose. Whilst 2026 has arrived and it IS an opportunity to embrace a threshold of change, it is but a calendar year turning. We still have the Astrological year in play until Aries arrives. We still have the serpent year in play until mid Feb. And if you follow the Southern Wheel then we still have until Samhain to complete the cycle. Each lunar month of Moons we have the opportunity to honour the cycles of change. Each day we have sun

The Power of Water. Image by Witnessing Her and is the property of Sanctum of the Rose. As we enter a new calendar year, and a new numerological cycle you may be feeling the need to cleanse your home, your magickal space, yourself, your tools and for me personally water is one of my favourite mediums to do this. Water is aligned to emotions, intuition, flow, ancestors and the Moon, it is a conduit for scrying, for releasing, for dissolution and deeply connected to cycles. It

PHOTO MEMORIES OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY 2025 - IMAGES PROPERTY OF SANCTUM OF THE ROSE. This year has been one of huge highs and lows of joy and grief and big transitions for me personally and I know for many of you too. In 2025 I fulfilled a childhood dream of travelling to Storybook Romania , the home of stunning scenery, Dracula myths, Vlad the Impaler, fascinating folklore and warm hearted and generous people, it didn't disappoint. From bustling vibrant cities, to

Sunset over the river Summer Solstice 2024. Image - Sanctum of the Rose Every year I share my simple Summer Solstice ceremony, if you choose to use it to connect, i'd love to hear from you. If you share it please credit me. Summer Solstice Tradtional Wheel Date Southern Hemisphere - 21st December. Exact 2025: 22nd at 2.03am AEDT. SUMMER SOLSTICE CONNECTION - MY GIFT TO YOU: May this simple ceremony support your solar connections during the Longest Day of the Year. You may u

PART OF AN ALTAR TO RA BY SANCTUM OF THE ROSE Amon - Amun - Amun-Ra - Re - Ra - A powerful force of connection for any solar work including the vitality of the Summer Solstice Energies. All these deities and aspects become inseparable as history flows through pharaonic timelines over some 3,000 years. In the Pyramid Texts he is seen as the primeval creative force aligned to the element of Air with Amenet (Amentet/Amonet/Amaunet) his feminine counterpart, hence his associatio

Basking in the Solstice Sun last year - 2024 by the water with my magickal sisters. The Wheel has turned passed Beltane for those of us that dwell here the Southern Hemisphere and now the blooming seasons pulls us towards Summer Solstice and the longest day of the Year. Many call this time Mid Summer, though the light may slowly start to reduce from here, the heat does not where I dwell anyway, the middle of Summer can so often endure until late in January, depending on the m

"This is the time when sweet desire weds wild delight. The Maiden of Spring and the Lord of the Waxing Year meet in the greening fields and rejoice together under the warm sun. The shaft of life is twined in a spiral web and all of nature is renewed. We meet in the time of flowering, to dance the dance of life." Starhawk Images from Beltane past and prepartion for this Years Summer Rose. All pics by Sanctum of the Rose. As the Southern Hemisphere Wheel turns we flow now towar

Serqet, Tomb of Nefertari, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons   Scorpio Season - honouring Goddess Serqe t ( Srqt) .   Scorpio Solar Season is now unfolding, for me associated with Scorpion headed Egyptian Goddess Serket - She who: "Causes the throat (or mouth) to Breathe" , alluding to her associations with bites and stings, with poison and venom and her alignment to healing, protection and toxicity. A reminder that the difference between healing and harm is often in the dos

My Journey with Hekate began nearly 20 years ago, she came to me in a vision as I sat beside a frog pond at dusk back in 2006, her ancient husky voice whispering in my mind as she called me home to the deep well within and urged me to seek my own internal flame. I had returned home to Australia after 11 years in the UK, called back to nurse my father who was dying of terminal cancer and to support my family through a time of deep transitions as we all struggled to come to te

Photography Sanctum of the Rose by Witnessing Her There are so many ways to undertake a Journey, it can be an external physical excursion...

Sapanta - The Merry Cemetery - Maramures A journey through the timeless lands of Storybook Romania and a lesson in the beauty of...

Medousa Online Container 7th June - 6th September. Read down for more. Beloved Medousa (Medusa), Μέδουσα (Greek) = guard and protect...

Surrendering to water with the support of Rose - Photo of me by Light and Life of Sounds. Property of Sanctum of the Rose. Pisces Dark...

Don't you love a good rabbit hole, a descent into the spiraling trail of knowledge and connections that leads to wonderful insights that...