This week's super moon is a time when the moon is much closer to the earth than average and appears brighter. According to astrologer Austin Coppock, its occurrence in the sign Taurus means we can harness its power for Earthy purposes like relaxation and stability. Later in the week Neptune is going to pass through the moon's south node and then station direct. In his article Threads, Coppock sees this as a time where storylines and narratives can fall apart.

I've been writing for Pagan Activist for almost two years, and in that time I've barely mentioned Paganism, other than to say that my awe at the cycles of life and death has informed the way I look at Gaia, Demeter, Persephone, and Artemis.

That's because I've always been suspicious of religious ethics. An obvious reason is that it's impossible to prove which, if any, gods are the right ones, so how can we be sure which religious ethics to follow? But Socrates explained the deeper reason better than I can.

To be an activist, very often, is to be angry.

An activist is a person with a sacred vision of the world that they are trying to manifest. That means living in a world that runs counter to what you hold most sacred. Otherwise, what are you acting for or against? And in my experience, activists aren't just working for a world that would be nice, but fighting for the world that they believe should be. That’s not always emotionally easy.