Late Autumn Wonders

Late Autumn is Sagittarius season
And its color is the midnight blue of a late autumn dusk.
Its Woodland Wonders animal totem is Arctic Tern

Freedom

Far across a churning endless sea

A single tern flies indefatigably

Toward a new life, miles and miles away.

This spectral bird invades my nightly dreams

And whispers in my ear that I am saved.

Sagittarius is ruled by the planet Jupiter: Stag energy

The characteristics of planet Jupiter are expansion, optimism, abundance, understanding, luck and growth

Also, curiosity leading to a love of learning, knowledge and self-improvement

Searching for guiding principles, inspiration to achieve goals, happiness and a noble spirit

Sagittarius’ element is Fire: American Bluejay energy
American Bluejay print by Walter A. Weber, 1933

Fire is the element that brings energy, enabling our actions

Sagittarius’ motto is “I SEE”

Patriarch

Father Eagle, golden eye, from his regal perch can spy the petty workings of our lives.

Even so, we feel his love as he circles high above watching everything that moves.

Soul protector, fear deflector, hope and courage resurrector, lifts our hearts if we but try.

Look up! look up! raise your eye to the beacon of the sky that tells our earthbound spirits….”FLY!”

Wisdom

She watches from a distant woodsy perch, not too close nor far, just to observe

her two young fledglings clumsily at work

practicing at learning how to hunt for any morsels they might find for lunch.

Simply watching, never nearing. Protective, but not interfering.

The legendary wisdom of the owl, perhaps exaggerated, still somehow

retains a grain of truth.

One thing I know, she’s expert at the art of letting go.