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  2024:

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.


2024  

JANUARY

  • Dec 26-Jan 16: Quadrantids 
  • January 11: 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 (can do either or both programs)
  • Jan. 14 Martin Luther King Holiday
  • Jan. 25: Full Moon
  • January 24 or 25: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle

FEBRUARY


MARCH


APRIL

  • April 8: New Moon
  • 1-day Activate Intuitive Knowings program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • April 6 – 8: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program 
    •  April 15 – 29: Lyrid Meteor Shower. Late evening April 21 until dawn April 22 will be best. In a dark sky with no moon, you might see 10 to 15 Lyrids per hour. The Lyrids are known for uncommon surges that can sometimes bring rates of up to 100 per hour!
    • April 15 – May 27: Eta Aquariids meteor shower. In the southern half of the U.S., you might see 10 to 20 meteors per hour under a dark sky, with no moon, when the radiant is high in the sky. 
  • April 13 – 14: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  • April 19: 
  • 22:  Earth Day outdoor program
  • April 23: full moon
  • April 22 or 23 Full Moon Inspiration & Ceremony Circle
  • April 20 – 22: 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 4 – 5: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  • May 7: New Moon–
    1-day 1-day Activate Intuitive Knowings program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • May 7 – 8: Power Animals, Allies of our Soul outdoor workshop
  • May 23: Full Moon
  • May 22 or 23: Full Moon Circle
  • May 12: Mother’s Day

  • 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
    • May 29 to June 17: Arietids Meteor Shower.  There’s a predicted peak on June 7, 2024. Watch for them in the sunrise direction in the dark hour before dawn breaks.

JUNE

  • June 1 – 6: June 1 – 6 or 7 : Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day  Retreat 

  • June 6: New Moon
  • June 4, 5 or 6: 1-day special program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • June 16: Father’s Day

June 20: Summer begins with the Summer Solstice

  • June 21: Full Moon
  • June 19, 20 or 21: Full Moon Circle

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


  • June 15- 22: Summer Solstice Full Moon Vision Quest Retreat 

  • 1-day Hopi Independent Travel Journey can be arranged  during the summer and fall months

JULY

  • July 4: Independence Day inspiring programs
  • July 5: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)–
  • 1-day special 1-day Activate Intuitive Knowings program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
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  • July 6 – 7: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  • July 21: Full Moon
  • July 20 or 21: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
  • July 19 – 21: 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. 4: New Moon
  • Aug 3 or 4 or 5: 1-day 1-day Activate Intuitive Knowings program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
    • Aug. 6: Lammas, summer cross-quarter day, half way to fall. Celtic mid-summer festival  celebrated the wedding of the Sun god Lugh to the Earth goddess, causing the ripening of crops.
  • Aug. 17 – 19: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program   
    • Aug. 11-12: Peak of Perseid Meteor Shower The super 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. 10 – 11: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
  • Aug. 18 or 19:  Super Full Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)–
  • 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 October, and early November: Expand Horizons, 6 day (or part 1 and 2, three days each) –Sedona Vision Quest Retreat, 8 days:  at a date that works best for you.

  • 1-day Hopi Independent Travel Journey can be arranged  during the summer and fall months

SEE RETREATS OVERVIEW PAGE HERE


SEPTEMBER

  • Aug 30 – Sept. 1: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing
  • Sept. 2: Labor Day holiday Labor Day Weekend events including Sept. 2:  New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)–1-day special 1-day Activate Intuitive Knowings program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • Sept. 7 – 9: Mystic Vision Retreat, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
  •  or
  • Sept. 13 – 17 Expand Horizons, 6 day (or part 1 or 2, three days each)
  • Sept. 16 or 17 (lunar eclipse) or 18: Full Moon Inspiration and Ceremony Circle
  • Sept. 17: Super Full Moon
  • Sept. 22: Native American Day

September 22: Fall begins with the Autumnal Equinox; special program:
Sept. Sept. 20 or 21 or 22 or  23, or 24, 4:30 – 7 pm
Sunset Fall Equinox Time of Change Ceremony:
Drum Re-balancing Ceremony &
Mystic Nature Shamanic Insight Experiences


  • Sept. 13 -18: Expand Horizons: Modern Day Mystic Immersive Insight Retreat (or at a date that works for you) 
  • Sept. 21 – 28: Sedona Fall Equinox Vision Quest Retreat
  • arranged for groups with their own transportation

  • Hopi Fall Spirit Journey: 1 more more days arranged for groups with their own transportation or for independent traveler.

OCTOBER    

  • Oct. 2: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
    1-day Activate Intuitive Knowings program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours

    • 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. 14: Columbus Day Holiday
    • 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. 5 7: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program   
  • Oct. 17: Full Moon
    Oct. 16 or 17
    : Full Moon Mystic Insights & Ceremony Circle
  • Oct 15 – 17: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2
  • Oct. 29, 30 or 31: Sunset Halloween program

NOVEMBER


Nov. 10 or 11:  11-11 Sedona: Greater Potentials sunset Inspiration Circle: Shamanic Insight Experiences ~ Nature Signs ~ Guided Meditation ~ Activation Ceremony


  • 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. 15: full moon
  • Nov. 14 or 15  Super Full Moon Mystic Insights & Ceremony Circle
  • 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
  • Nov. 30:  New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)

 


DECEMBER

      • 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. 21: Winter Solstice
  • Dec. 25: Christmas
  • Dec. 15 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. 30:
    New Moon  (or day before or after)
    1-day Activate Intuitive Knowings program with morning New Moon Intuitions & Signs in Nature Mystic Insight Circle, 3 hours + Sunset Activation Ceremony, 1.5 hours
  • 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 2025 with 4 Pathways series of Primal Nature Energy Insight Journeys, Activation Ceremonies, drum circle at a Verde River site in Cottonwood.

2025

JANUARY

    • Jan. 1, 1:30 – 3:00 pm New Year’s Visioning 2025 & Ceremony at a Sedona red cliff vista site.
    • January 2, 10 am – noon New Year’s Visioning 2025 & 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/


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