By Dr. Demeter | With gratitude to astrologer Jaime Lee Goldstein for illuminating the cosmic timing of this moment
This week, as astrologer Jaime Lee Goldstein describes, the two brightest planets Venus and Jupiter, draw near to the brightest star Sirius! Such a conjunction, seen by ancient eyes, was not just an astronomical event; it was an opening, a moment of high magic. The benefic planets joined the “Wishing Star” in a rare, exalted union which was a signal to seed what must endure, what must be blessed, what must be healed.
At Magical Farm, I feel this “high magic” most keenly in the soil and across the farms glow. The paddocks hold the happy ducks, geese and chickens, laughter of my children, those who have convened here in joyful moments, the soft night-steps of wallabies. Here, the farm is not only a livelihood but a hearth, a place to hold family, community, and the prayers I carry for the wider world.
Yarrow basket at Magical Farm Photography by Ness Vandebourgh Photography
Rudolf Steiner spoke of imagination as the first stage of spiritual knowing, and in the Michaelic path, imagination becomes courage: the will to picture a better world and bring it into form. In biodynamics, this is lived daily, stirring the preparations, planting to the moon, tending soil as a living being, each act a quiet magic in service to the whole.
In this rare alignment, I sense a vision wanting to be planted:
Fields alive with bees and wildflowers, from my farm, across Tasmania, Australia and the world
Economies that serve the people places and planet
Governance as a weaving of many voices and traditions
A political will that bends toward beauty, justice, and reciprocity
A living Gaia where soil, sea, and sky are cherished kin
A High Magic Practice for August 11 and 12th…!
At dawn, face the eastern sky. If you can see Venus and Jupiter, greet them; if not, close your eyes and feel their light entering you. Sirius will be near, carrying the higher heart’s purpose.
Hold a seed, from your own land if possible and feel it as a vessel for your intention.
Speak one clear sentence for your home, for your community, and for the earth. Keep it as distilled as the seed itself.
Plant it in the soil. If you can, stir water in a figure-eight to awaken its life forces before you pour it over the planted seed.
A Collective Circle
I invite all who read this to join me, wherever you are in planting your own intention at this rare conjunction. Imagine our seeds, scattered across continents, joined by a filament of light running from Sirius through Venus and Jupiter into the soil of the Earth. This is high magic: intimate, domestic, and cosmic all at once.
The ancients knew that the brightest lights in the sky speak also to the brightest visions within us. This is high magic for the world we are willing to tend together.