The Crone Goddess has a message for you

(But it's not something everyone is ready to hear)

Good morning, my lovely.

Over here in Snowdonia, it’s been an autumnal week I don’t think I’ll ever forget. Just look at these colours (in the pic below)! 🥰

But beyond those colours, the Crone goddess is waiting in her cloak of cold and night.

I briefly mentioned the Crone goddess in my Great Mother post a few weeks ago. Her dark and crackling energy has been with us since shortly after the festival of Mabon when the autumnal weather began to hit us hard. Now, as we enter mid-October, we must accept that the light of the year has fallen away and the Crone goddess is with us until the Imbolc fires are lit.

We are fully in the domain of the Crone, her shadow long in the waning sun.

Today, we’ll be asking:

• Who is the Crone goddess?

• How can we work with her power during the darkest season?

• What is the Crone goddess’ message to us as we surrender to the night?

NOTE: For me, the Crone always arrives in the form of Cerridwen, the Celtic old-witch goddess of the woods. While Cerridwen is one particular Crone goddess from one particular culture, she has many similarities with Baba Yaga of Russia and Hecate of Greek mythology. Today, I’ll be focusing on Cerridwen, but another Crone goddess might want to step forward for you in your own practice.

Let us bend a softly whorled ear to the forest floor. The Crone’s message is waiting.