Our second Moon Circle session focuses on the Sacral Chakra and the Yoruba deity Oshun.

Sacral Chakra: Svadhistana

Element: Water

Concerns: sensuality, pleasure, relationship, intuition, creativity, and joy

Health and wellness issues: gonads, ovaries, kidney/bladder, intestines, liver

Herbs: fennel, coriander, damiana

Essential Oils: orange, ylang ylang, jasmine

Sound: VAM

Planets: Mercury, Venus, Moon

Tree of Life Sephirot: Yesod

Rune: Fehu

Tarot: All Cups, The Moon, The High Priestess

Stones: Carnelian, Moonstone, Orange Tourmaline, Amber

Other deities and mythical beings: Freya, Aphrodite/Venus, Dionysus, Inanna, Hathor, Ostara, Eros, Kama, Erzulie Freda

FOR THOSE TAKING THE MOON CIRCLE CLASS IN PERSON, OR WANTING TO FOLLOW ALONG FROM HOME, HERE ARE THIS MONTH’S LINKS.

Links to Music We Used in Ritual:

• “Oshun Chant” by Women of the Calabash
• “Homage to My Hips” by Lucille Clifton
• “River” by Ibeyi
• “I Be Your Water” by Sweet Honey in the Rock
• “Sacral Chakra” by Beautiful Chorus
• “River” by Bishop Briggs

Deep Listening Questions:

• Is it possible, or desirable, for sensuality to be connected with all, or many, of our actions?
• Can the sensual be consistently felt in our daily lives?
• Are healthy sexuality and relationship an integral part of your spirituality? Why/why not?
• How does paganism deal with healthy sexuality in ways that may be different from other religions?
• Is there a time when you have trusted your gut instincts over intellectual knowledge? If so, what happened?
• What do you do just to play?
• How do you incorporate creativity into your life?
• Do you think that joy is connected to creativity?
• When you were growing up, did your family encourage you to be a kid, or were you encouraged to be serious and responsible? How does that influence your life now?
• Finish this sentence: I am beautiful when. . .  List as many things as you can think of.

HOMEWORK

Homework is “pick your level.”

Small level:

• Flight Attendant with Active Sacral Chakra video
• Sacral Chakra Coloring Page

Medium level, all of the above plus:

• The Archetype of Oshun and the Divine Feminine video
• How to Open Your Sacral Chakra video
• Sacral Chakra Healing Meditation

Large level, all of the above plus:

pages 91 to 110 in The Living Temple of Witchcraft: Volume One, The Descent of the Goddess