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Mercury Retrograde Dates for 2025 and 2026
What Is Mercury Retrograde and What Does It Mean for You?
Mercury Retrograde will begin once again on November 9, 2025, and end on November 29, 2025. These periods of the year are thought to significantly influence your mood and actions. Learn more and find the 2025 and 2026 Mercury Retrograde dates below. Discover what Mercury Retrograde means for communication, travel, technology, and how it might impact your daily life.
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What Is Mercury Retrograde?
Three to four times a year, the planet Mercury appears to reverse its course across the night sky.
2025 Samhain Newsletter
Linda E. Savage, Ph.D. DD is a minister of Spiritual Science and a member of the ESP Lab for nearly 40 years and a member of the board. She is a Licensed Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist and AASECT certified sex educator who brings the wisdom of her 35 years of experience treating couples and individuals. As the author of Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality, she blends current clinical knowledge and ancient wisdom and has created a companion CD of guided meditations: Maiden, Mother, Wise Woman: Reclaiming Our Sexuality. Dr. Savage is recognized as a leading seminar leader and speaker. She wrote for the Huffington Post as an expert blogger on Spiritual Sex.
Samhain Greetings my friends,
The time period between Oct 31st and November 2nd is one of the most widely celebrated ancient traditions that honors our ongoing connection with our ancestors. This includes those we knew in this lifetime, beloved great or great-great ancestors we’ve heard about, as well as ancestors from millennia ago. Samhain, meaning ‘summer’s end’ heralds the thinning of the veil between the seen and unseen worlds. Most of us have heard about or participated in the tradition of the Day of the Dead, celebrated in the US, Mexico, and South and Central America for a long time. It is a deeply significant celebration because folks can more easily connect to their loved ones who have passed.
Read More2025 Beltane Newsletter
Linda E. Savage, Ph.D. DD is a minister of Spiritual Science and a member of the ESP Lab for nearly 40 years and a member of the board. She is a Licensed Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist and AASECT certified sex educator who brings the wisdom of her 35 years of experience treating couples and individuals. As the author of Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality, she blends current clinical knowledge and ancient wisdom and has created a companion CD of guided meditations: Maiden, Mother, Wise Woman: Reclaiming Our Sexuality. Dr. Savage is recognized as a leading seminar leader and speaker. She wrote for the Huffington Post as an expert blogger on Spiritual Sex.
2025 Beltane Newsletter
Celebrate Life Force Energy on May Day,
May Day is the time when nature has truly come alive. Our ancestors joyfully embraced the fertility of Mother Earth; flowers bloom, offering their pollen to the bees. The Celtic name for this period is Beltane, which means bright or sacred fire. During the festival, great bonfires were lit and animals and fields were blessed in hopes for an abundant year.
Traditionally May Day began on the eve of May 1st and was celebrated with feasting, dancing, and merriment for two weeks. Beltane was a time when lovers ran off to the fields and woods together to honor the Great Goddess with ecstatic lovemaking. These Lovers knew that sexual energy was the most powerful connection to Spirit.
Read MoreMercury and Venus Retrograde Now–Wow!!
Mercury and Venus Retrograde Now–Wow!!
HEY NOW,
as Al Manning would say, illigitimi non carborundum, which was his pet phony Latin Phrase for “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” As I write this, VENUS is Retrograde… and the good news is we are plodding through it (Venus is retrograde from March 1 to April 12, 2025). We are making our way through these challenging times! Venus Retro only happens every year and a half, and since the goddess of LOVE affects all life, for her to go on vacation for six weeks is challenging. The tendency is for folks to be dissatisfied, emotional and want a change. The admonition is to “stay the course” and not make major changes.
Read More2025 Spring Equinox Newsletter
Linda E. Savage, Ph.D. DD is a minister of Spiritual Science and a member of the ESP Lab for nearly 40 years and a member of the board. She is a Licensed Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist and AASECT certified sex educator who brings the wisdom of her 35 years of experience treating couples and individuals. As the author of Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality, she blends current clinical knowledge and ancient wisdom and has created a companion CD of guided meditations: Maiden, Mother, Wise Woman: Reclaiming Our Sexuality. Dr. Savage is recognized as a leading seminar leader and speaker. She wrote for the Huffington Post as an expert blogger on Spiritual Sex.
Celebrate the Spring Equinox, the time of green fire,
This year in the Northern Hemisphere, March 20th is the Spring Equinox when day and night will be equal in length at the equator. Also known as Ostara or Eostre (the origin of the name Easter) light and dark will be perfectly balanced. It is also the New Year for Persians as well as the Earth Honoring spiritual traditions that follow the ancient ways.
In these ancient traditions the Vernal Equinox is considered the time of Green Fire. It refers not only to sap rising, but also to the electrical energy pulsing through the growing plants. This is not a metaphor. My electrician husband told me that green fire is literally electrical, just like our nervous systems.
Read More2025 Imbolc newsletter
Linda E. Savage, Ph.D. DD is a minister of Spiritual Science and a member of the ESP Lab for nearly 40 years and a member of the board. She is a Licensed Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist and AASECT certified sex educator who brings the wisdom of her 35 years of experience treating couples and individuals. As the author of Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality, she blends current clinical knowledge and ancient wisdom and has created a companion CD of guided meditations: Maiden, Mother, Wise Woman: Reclaiming Our Sexuality. Dr. Savage is recognized as a leading seminar leader and speaker. She wrote for the Huffington Post as an expert blogger on Spiritual Sex.
Embrace Hope my friends,
Imbolc is the time of hope for new life and the return of the light.
In the US, most people think of February 2nd as Groundhog Day, the portent of how many more weeks of winter are in store. However, for thousands of years, Imbolc, meaning “in the belly” was a sign of hope that the ewes were pregnant and there would be lambs born in the spring. People also noticed that the days were gradually lengthening.
Hope is one of the most important emotions that allow us to feel alive and attract the possibilities that lead to feeling that we do have agency. When hope is purposely destroyed, we lose the will to live.
Read MoreTrusting Divine Love
In this article I am using the three-letter word GOD to describe a conscious awareness that includes everyone and everything in all creation. Many refer to GOD as the Creator, Great Spirit, Universe, Zero Point, Source, the Divine, and other similar terms. If you are uncomfortable with the term GOD, you may substitute whatever term you are comfortable with.
In recent years, the world has witnessed an unprecedented wave of political conflict, social unrest, and disheartening news. With daily updates that sow anxiety and concern, it’s easy to fall into despair and hopelessness. But what if, instead of being burdened by these worries, we turned to a deeper understanding of our faith? If we truly believed in and trusted GOD—recognizing GOD as love itself and knowing that GOD always has our highest good in mind—we could find profound peace even amidst chaos.
Read MoreWinter Spiritual Practices
Winter Spiritual Practices
Winter, especially close to the solstice, is not only a time of celebration but also an opportunity for spiritual reflection and connection. Here are some special winter solstice related spiritual practices that focus on personal growth, mindfulness, and connecting with others that you might consider:
1. Mindful Gratitude:
Gratitude Journaling: Take time each day leading up to the solstice to write down things you are grateful for, focusing on the positive aspects of your life and the year you’ve had.
Acts of Kindness: Perform simple acts of kindness for others, such as volunteering, helping a neighbor, or writing uplifting notes to friends and family.
2. Reflection and Intent Setting:
Year-End Reflection: Spend some quiet time reflecting on the past year.
Yuletide Blessings
Linda E. Savage, Ph.D. DD is a minister of Spiritual Science and a member of the ESP Lab for nearly 40 years and a member of the board. She is a Licensed Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist and AASECT certified sex educator who brings the wisdom of her 35 years of experience treating couples and individuals. As the author of Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality, she blends current clinical knowledge and ancient wisdom and has created a companion CD of guided meditations: Maiden, Mother, Wise Woman: Reclaiming Our Sexuality. Dr. Savage is recognized as a leading seminar leader and speaker. She wrote for the Huffington Post as an expert blogger on Spiritual Sex.
Yuletide Blessings to all my wonderful friends,
This newsletter brings my heartfelt wishes for a truly meaningful holiday season and an abundant New Year.
In the Northern Hemisphere, December 21st is the time of the longest night.
The Winter Solstice is universally honored with lights the world over.
People have burned Yule logs and oil lamps, candles and bonfires. Currently
electric lights are strung around our homes. My mother told me as a child that
these traditions reassured us that days of longer sunlight would be returning.
Yet there is much to appreciate about darkness. Indigenous wisdom holds that darkness is simply the other side of light and there is great creative power in the dark void.
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