La Bona Dea's Journal of Everyday Magic

Letting Go and Calling In Some people say superstitions are ridiculous and that there is no such thing as back luck on Friday the 13th. I would agree; there is no bad luck on Friday the 13, but it is, however, a magical day! There are 13 moons in a year’s cycle and Friday is […]

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars Revelations 12:1 At the last Dark Moon I gave away fears and I’ve been haunted by fear since then! A run in with the IRS; working on a […]

Today I painted my toe nails a lovely autumn orange… Just the color needed to step into creativity! I find my head buzzing with ideas and crafts; symbols call to be recognized. Autumn is a time of letting go and to release yourself from the past. Moving forward is what life is about, even on […]

Photo courtesy of: http://irastrange.livejournal.com/ I had professor recently say, “When you understand someone’s difficult behavior, you can at least feel bad for them that that is the way they are, and be glad you are not them, but the the greater question is if they seem like they are trying too hard, why are they […]

The dark moon is here. The end of the year is drawing near… and as I look back, flipping through the days in reverse, some of it, not all of it, but some of it, now makes sense. The growing pains I have experienced I see mirrored around me… great loss that made way for […]

About two years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Sylvia Brown. At that meeting she told me that my Guardian Angel’s name is Cynthia. Okay, that was pretty benign and kind of anti-climactic, but, okay. Come to find out, the name Cynthia is a version of the mythic goddesses Artemis and Diana. Wow, they […]

She rolls through the sky, her wheel spinning; Lady Luck, Fortuna, Habondia. These are the sacred names for the Goddess who crosses the sky with overflowing abundance strewn about from her cornucopia. We open our hands and hearts to receive at this plentiful time of year. As the wheel of time moves forward and around, […]

Today I saw an Orange Butterfly… it’s done, the magic’s begun!

Deep within, in that dark cozy place, Intention begins to wake and alerts us to her presence.  Like a little baby waking from her nap, “Here I am, don’t forget about me, you are of me and I of you! Listen to my cries to be nurtured and given those attentions I need to fully […]

This is my test run and first post on this site. This website has been created with a labor of love. My passion to share the joys of the Goddess led me right to my amazing son who created this website. He made it easy to use, (he knows his mom in not tech-savvy) so […]