A Circle of Stones: Journeys and Meditations for Modern Celts - Erynn Rowan Laurie 1995

Endless Sky

The boundless sky overarches all our lives, defining the dome of the heavens. It holds the patterns of the stars that reveal mysteries dancing through the night, and the sun and moon in their eternal circling. The Tuatha Dé Danann sailed through this realm in their boats on the winds, and the sky is the center from which all the winds have their origin.

Is tu grian nan neamha,

Is tu gile nan speura,

Is tu reul agus ceuma

Nam faontrach.

(Scottish Gaelic source: Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol III, Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh 1972.)

Thou art the sun of the heavens,

Thou art the moon of the skies,

Thou art the star and the path

Of the wanderers.

is too GREE-an nahn NEV-a,

is too GEE-la nahn SPAYR-a,

is too rail AH-gus KAY-ma

nam FOON-trawk

Moving Meditations for the Endless Sky

Learn the names of the stars and constellations

Find out how to read the clouds to predict the weather

Study astrology

Learn about local species of birds

Lie on your back and watch the clouds or the stars

Discover when the next meteor shower is due and watch for the falling stars

Do rituals to mark the solar and lunar cycles

Construct a sundial

Put out a bird feeder or bath

Affirmations for the Endless Sky

Today I know that I am made of the stuff of stars.