I was recently provided with a wonderful gift of traveling to the hub of the Glastonbury zodiac wheel in England, immediately following our Pisces alchemical journey, and before our hub ceremony in Victoria on March 18th. This is the end of our first round of the zodiac wheel and the third year for those members in Glastonbury. In fact our journey began after a similar visit to Glastonbury just one year ago.

Anthony Thorley very kindly hosted me in his home, just outside beautiful Bath, a few miles north of the Glastonbury zodiac. He is a brilliant man and one of the foremost experts in the world on landscape zodiacs. He is currently researching his PhD in the subject. We spent four hours in wonderful discussion and I came to realize that the connection between the alchemical journeys in Glastonbury and Victoria were remarkably similar with incredible similarities in the nature of our workshops and the synchronicities taking place. Check out Anthony's website and take a look at the magnificent Chakra Garden that his partner Celia Gunn has created on their beautiful property. www.earthskywalk.com

Anthony had arranged for two other members of the Glastonbury team to meet us for our pilgrimage into the hub of the wheel the following morning. Yuri Leitch, who is a fantastic artist, dedicated to the work of Katharine Maltwood, and an expert on the extended ley lines that run through the heart of the zodiac in Parkwood. www.yurileitch.co.uk

Also with us was John Wadsworth who is the Glastonbury Zodiac astrologer, known worldwide for his insights, and is a beautiful warm-hearted man. www.kairosastrology.co.uk

 Their work on the Glastonbury zodiac can be found at www.thealchemicaljourney.co.uk  

What a gift for me to spend time with these so talented men of great integrity. When we arrived at the hub, they noted that something was different. After passing through the gates to the farmer's fields around Parkwood, they were aghast to realize that in the fields around the woodland had been installed thousands of solar panels on the landscape. Yuri exclaimed, "My God! They are concentrating the rays of the sun in the centre of our zodiac-amazing! He was right! What an incredible decision. Who makes these decisions?

We entered into Parkwood and made our way through the undergrowth, eventually emerging at a really simple and energetically fired up medicine wheel. I noticed that the three locals moved to stand on the larger stones marking the Cardinal directions-one in each position. The North was left open and so I quietly made my way there. As I arrived it felt as though an energy locked in and we were ready. What were we going to do I wondered. What followed was a really simple, flowing, easy discussion about Katharine Maltwood, ley lines, landscape zodiacs, astrology and life. It was great! I largely remained quiet and soaked it all in. I had taken with me a rock from our hub in Camrose Park, a piece of emerald which connects into the heart of the zodiac and a stone from Zia's medicine bundle. I buried the stones at the base of the nearby Guardian tree and collected three stones from within the Parkwood enclosure to bring back with me. The entire experience was magical and gave me lots of reassurance and validation that we are perfectly on track with the work that we are doing in our own zodiac.

I returned from this journey full of vibrant energy in the anticipation of the visit to our own hub on March 18th. We chose this date because it was the closest Sunday to the equinox but it had far more wide reaching significance, as demonstrated in the new TV series, Touch. I strongly recommend watching the show which is on global at 9 PM on Thursdays. It is about an autistic boy who cannot be touched and doesn't speak, but communicates with people who need to connect with each other. He does so through number patterns. In the preview show aired a few weeks ago, the number that he obsessed over was "318". His father, played by Kiefer Sutherland, eventually realizes that this sequence relates to 3:18 PM on 3/18 or March 18-our hub day!

We had a wonderful turnout of thirty-six people joining in for the day. We met at the intersection of three roads which created a five pointed star; Camrose, Crown and Salsbury Way. This five-pointed star reminds us that when we walk the landscape, we are actually walking the stars in the heavens under our feet on our sacred pilgrimage. Cam-rose means the Rose at the heart of the zodiac disk, spinning around the polar axis like a cam-shaft. Crown reminds us we are untangling the Crown of Thorns of the material world and setting ourselves free through the Crown of Initiation. Salsbury Way reminds us that we are walking the ley line grids of the planet as Salisbury in England connects the ley line that runs through Stonehenge to the Michael/Mary line that runs through Glastonbury. This five-pointed star is where our zodiac ley lines intersect at the hub of the wheel.

So our pilgrims head off on a sacred walk through the landscape along Salsbury Way, heading to four locations representing the four elements. We begin at Playfair Park, which represents the fire element and will soon be ablaze with color; red, pink and orange fire blossoms. Here we opened sacred space to the six directions and use the fire energy to ignite the first impulse of our journey through the fire signs of Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

Now we head off to Kings Pond on Queensbury at the North end of Cedar Hill golf course and are greeted by hundreds of quacking ducks. This really is a happy place where humans, animals and birds come together as one. This is the stopping point for our water signs of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. The final opportunity to go into deep reflection while gazing into the still water of the pond and eking out the final remnants of dross deeply buried within.

We had a surprise side visit along the way to the "Nut House" on Tracksell Avenue. A unique, incredibly creative house, that has to be seen to be believed, both inside and out. It is like a fairytale fantasy land, and we were honored to have the opportunity to go inside and take a peek where the owner Steve Milroy of Wonderworks has done an absolutely amazing job. www.wonderworksvictoria.com 

Now refreshed we returned to our pilgrimage and began our ascent up to the air signs at the top of Summit Park, where remarkably we notice the mural there has been painted by the owner of the "Nut House", where we had just been! He has a brilliant gift! Here we feel the cool fresh breeze on our skin as we tune in to the air elements of mental acuity, balance and freedom through Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

We now take all of the energies gathered during our walk and ground them into the earth at the rocky outcrop of Peacock Park. It is here that the Bald Eagle comes to pay us a close flyby visit. We intentionally ground the energies through the soles of our feet and the earth signs of Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn. We bring all of our resources in service to Mother Earth.

We are slowly but surely spiraling back into the hub of the zodiac at Camrose Park, as we make our way along Crown Crescent. As we arrive the Merlin falcon is hovering over the sacred mound of our hub in the landscape-wings spread wide like Christ on the cross. We have arrived at our final destination!

When scouting for the hub, the Merlin falcon gave Mary Dowds and Zia Cole the confirmation they needed that this was the spot. The original Merlin of the Roundtable in Glastonbury is buried in the hub of the Glastonbury zodiac according to some legends. Here we have our Merlin falcon who resides in a tree in our hub.

This tree then became the focus of our final ceremony. All members of the group linked hands around the tree as Zia placed the final Lemurian seed crystal in the ground, linking in with those buried in each of the twelve sun sign effigy sacred spots, during each of our workshops. This activity integrated and activated all thirteen crystals and their respective sun sign structures. It was a very sacred moment that could be felt pulsing through the group. It also felt as though we were linking in with the other landscape zodiacs across the globe at this powerful moment.

All that was left to do was celebrate a wonderful day at the climax of a magnificent year. Sian and Nancy kindly offered for us to do so, close by at Sian's home where we enjoyed treats, hot drinks and heartfelt discussion.

We will be continuing on our journey by seeking permission to engage in a second round of great adventure and pilgrimage through the landscape by addressing the "Questing Dog" on April 1st!