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Sedona Calendar of Retreats, Inspiring Circles in Nature, Celestial Events 2023

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Painting “Cathedral Morning” by Cody DeLong of Jerome, Arizona

CALENDAR  2023:

Sedona Retreats Sunset, Full – New Moon Circles Ceremonies and Programs Celestial Events Hopi & Navajo programs

Auspicious and inspiring times for ceremony and circles:

  • Full Moons and New Moons each month have energetic effects.
  • Solstices and equinoxes are the major seasonal turning points. The mid-season times (half-way between, i.e. May Day) are also subtle turning points in the cycle of the year.
  • Celestial events–comets, meteors, eclipses
  • Holidays, sunset, dawn

 

 

For those who prefer to expand horizons from your  home base: These programs and retreats can be modified as personalized on-line programs for 1 or more people.

2023  

to be updated soon

JANUARY

  • Watch for the Quadrantids after midnight and before dawn on January 3. The moon will be new, making for great meteor-observing conditions.
  • Jan. 6: Full Moon
  • January 5 or 6: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
  • Jan. 16  Martin Luther King Holiday
  •  January 21: New Moon: 1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours

FEBRUARY

MARCH

  • March 5 – 7: Mystic Vision Retreat, full moon, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
  • March 7:  Full Moon
  • March 7 or 8: Full Moon Inspiration & Ceremony Circle
  • March 18 – 19: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshopMarch 21: New Moon

March 20: Spring begins with the Vernal Equinox
Vernal Equinox on March 20, 8:33 am;
Sunrise – 06:32 AM; Sunset – 06:40 PM

  • March 21: New Moon.  
  • 1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours

APRIL

  • April 9: Easter
  • April 9 – 11: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program 
  • April 5: full moon
  • April 4 or 5 Full Moon Inspiration & Ceremony Circle
  • April 16 – 17: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  • April 19: New Moon — 1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • April 22:  Earth Day outdoor program, 6 hours
    • April 22, after moonset.April’s shooting stars – lasts from about April 16 to 25. About 10 to 15 meteors per hour can be expected around the shower’s peak, in a dark sky. This year, the best time to watch may be the hour or two between moonset and dawn.
  • April 24-25: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program
  • April 26 – 29: Mystic Vision Retreat, full moon, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills

MAY

  • April 29 – May 6 : Sedona Vision Quest Retreat 8 days, or April 29 – May 5 can do the 6 day: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic core skills training  Retreat
  • May 4: Beltane, spring cross-quarter day, half way to summer
    • May 5, 2021: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower.  The most  meteors will likely rain down in the hour or two before dawn on May 5.  The broad peak to this shower means that some meteors may fly for a few days before and after the predicted optimal date.
  • May 7 – 8: Power Animals, Allies of our Soul outdoor workshop
  • May 5: Full Moon
  • May 4 or 5: Full Moon Circle
  • May 7 – 8: Power Animals Allies of our Soul 2-day outdoor workshop
  • May 14: Mother’s Day
  • May 19: New Moon–1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • May 22 – 23: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  • May 29:  Memorial Day holiday; inspiring programs in May

JUNE

June 21: Summer begins with the Summer Solstice

June 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25: 6 – 8:30 pm Solstice Doorway Energies special program: Peak of Light Drum Activation Ceremony & Mystic Nature Shamanic Insight Experiences

  • 2-day Hopi Spirit Journey weekends in June can be arranged as Independent Travel Journey or special group program (not yet known if Hopi will be open)

JULY

  • July 1 – 3: Mystic Vision Retreat, full moon, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
  • July 3: Full Moon
  • July 2 or 3: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
  • July 4: Independence Day inspiring programs
  • July 9 – 11: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program
    • Late July, 2021: Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower At this shower’s peak on or near July 29-30. the rather faint Delta Aquariid meteors will fall most abundantly in the pre-dawn hours. The moon will be extremely new during this time, making for nice and dark observing conditions. Like the Eta Aquariids in May, the Delta Aquariid meteor shower in July favors the Southern Hemisphere and tropical latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s well viewed from latitudes like the southern U.S.

AUGUST 

  • Aug. 1: Full Moon
  • Aug 1:  Full Moon Inspiration & Ceremony Circle 
  • Aug. 6: Lammas, summer cross-quarter day, half way to fall. Lughnasadh – Celtic mid-summer festival  celebrated the wedding of the Sun god Lugh to the Earth goddess, causing the ripening of crops.
  • Aug. 6 – 8: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program   
    • Aug. 11-12: Peak of Perseid Meteor Shower The full moon will be up all night long, illuminating your sky. However, although the predicted peak falls during the night of August 11-12, it has a long range: from July 14 to September 1. So, you can start watching for these meteors in early August morning hours, when the moon is waxing and will set before the night is over. You can also look after the peak in August, after sunset, as the moon rises later and later each night.
  • Aug. 12 – 13: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  •  Aug. 18: New Moon Aug. 28-30 Power Animals, Allies of our Soul outdoor workshop
  • Aug. 16:  New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)–
  • 1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours


  • Aug. 21 – 22: Power Animals Allies of our Soul 2-day outdoor workshop
  • Aug. 30: Full Moon
  • Aug. 29 or 30: Full Moon Inspiration & Ceremony Circle

SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER – NOVEMBER RETREAT For those seeking a deeper spiritual program, either of these retreats can be scheduled during this beautiful autumn season of September, October, and early November: —Expand Horizons, 6 day (or part 1 and 2, three days each) –Sedona Vision Quest Retreat, 8 days:  Sept. 17-24 or at a date that works best for you.

SEE RETREATS OVERVIEW PAGE HERE

SEPTEMBER

  • Sept. 3 – 4: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing
  • Sept. 5: Labor Day holiday Labor Day Weekend events including Sept. 3 Mystic Vision and Ceremony special program
  • Sept. 14:  New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)–
  • 1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • Sept. 15 – 22 Sedona Fall Equinox Vision Quest Retreat or
  • Sept. 15 – 20 Expand Horizons, 6 day (or part 1 or 2, three days each)
  • Sept. 22: Native American Day

September 23: Fall begins with the Autumnal Equinox; special program:
Sept. Sept. 22, 23, 24, or 25, 4:30 – 7 pm
Sunset Fall Equinox Time of Change Ceremony: Drum Re-balancing Ceremony & Mystic Nature Shamanic Insight Experiences

OCTOBER Oct. 2023 date to be determined Navajo-Canyon de Chelly Vision Circles in Nature + Hopi Spirit Circle: Sedona mystic vision 1 day program & ceremony outdoor seminar followed by 3-day Full Moon Canyon de Chelly/Navajo and Hopi Spirit Journey with inspirational circles & solo vision time on the rim of Canyon de Chelly

  • Oct. 8: Draconids Meteor Shower The full moon will drown many Draconid meteors. More Draconids are likely to fly in the evening hours than in the morning hours after midnight.
  • Oct. 12: Columbus Day Holiday
  • Oct.14: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)==
  • 1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • Oct. 27: Full Moon
    Oct. 27 or 28    : Full Moon Mystic Insights & Ceremony Circle
  • Oct. 21, 2021: Orionids Meteor Shower Best viewing in the hours before dawn on October 21. On a dark, moonless night, the Orionids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 20 meteors per hour. More meteors tend to fly after midnight, and the Orionids are typically at their best in the wee hours before dawn. These fast-moving meteors occasionally leave persistent trains.
  • Oct. 21 – 23: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program   
  • Oct. 29, 30 or 31: Sunset Halloween program

NOVEMBER

  • Nov. 1 -2: Power Animals Allies of our Soul 2-day outdoor workshop
  • Nov. 4 – 6: Mystic Vision Retreat, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
  • Nov. 7:  Samhain, half way to winter
  • Nov. 13:  New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)–1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • Nov. 27: full moon
  • Nov. 26 or 27  Full Moon Mystic Insights & Ceremony Circle
  • Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day weekend inspiring programs
  • Nov 11 – 13: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1 or 2, 3-day program
  • Nov.19 – 20: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  • Nov. 23: Thanksgiving 
  • 23, 24 or 25:  special  Thanksgiving energies circle from Ancestral Peoples living earth perspective weekend events

DECEMBER

  • Dec. 12: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
    • Dec. 13-14, 2021: Geminids In 2021, the peak night of the shower must endure many hours of moonlight from the waxing gibbous moon, though the moon will set in the wee hours before dawn, providing dark skies in the wee morning hours. Watch the usually reliable and prolific Geminid meteor shower from mid-evening
  • Dec. 25: Christmas
  • Dec. 26 Full Moon Mystic Insights & Ceremony Circle
  • Dec. 13 until dawn December 14, with some of the brighter Geminids likely to overcome the moonlight.

December 21: Winter begins with the Winter Solstice

  • Dec. 25:  Christmas
  • Dec. 31-Jan. 2, 2023:  New Year’s Eve and day outdoor, small group programs and ceremonies:
    • Dec. 31: noon – 2:30 pm New Year’s Eve day:  Clear the old and make way for 2022 with 4 Pathways series of Primal Nature Energy Insight Journeys, Activation Ceremonies, drum circle at a Verde River site in Cottonwood.

2024

JANUARY

    • Jan. 1, 1:30 – 3:00 pm New Year’s Visioning 2022 & Ceremony at a Sedona red cliff vista site.
    • January 2, 10 am – noon New Year’s Visioning 2022 & Ceremony  special outdoor program  and connection with spirit of place at an ancestral sacred spring site south of Sedona.
  • Source for Meteor Showers: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide/

Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects, non-profit:

Hopi Youth Farm Group orchard planting project. Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects

Hopi Holiday Gifting Project–we invite your participation in this and other projects such as orchard planting, Hopi home repair and cross-cultural educational programs in the Verde Valley. See Hopi project video—Ancient Ways Co-Exist With Today