This page is going to be fairly ramble-y and self-centered. I can’t help it. It might also be boring, but I figured I’d add it in any way in case anyone was interested.

When I first was blessed with a Craft name (the one I was certain that I’d keep forever and ever), I chose the last name ‘Foxmoon’. Partially because I had toyed around with it for weeks but mostly because I liked it and it seemed to fit with my Patron. Fox was obviously for Inari, while the ‘moon’ was for my still vague hopes that a gentle lunar Deity would choose me. All of this was back in the mid 1990’s, I can look back on it fondly, and smile like an indulgent parent at how young I had been.

In reality, I have a goddess of fire and prostitutes, a trickster god who brings light and knowledge, and a goddess of war and vengeance. Irony much? I have no doubt that they are suited towards me and what I need to learn and how I need to grow… but I still remember being an awkward teenager and thinking that God and Goddess were beatific beings of love and gentleness. I’m wise enough now to know that would never work for me; I’ve always needed a good kick in the pants to get me where I’m going.

Now, getting back to Foxmoon. For me, that one little word wraps up my current situation and my childlike wish. It sounds gentle, it invokes (for me) the feeling of Inari, and it also reminds me that the night can be harmless or it can be cruel. Just because something looks peaceful doesn’t mean it is. From adopting this name came the brilliant lightening flash idea that if I ever had a store again, it would have that name. That’s still my goal – one day I’ll open a witchy shop/book store/tea house and call it Foxmoon Creations. I’m realistic enough to understand that this may never happen, but it’s something to work towards and strive to bring into being. I like have hope that this may someday come to pass.

Foxmoon also connects me to all things witchy and pagan. It helps to keep me connected to my roots, per se. It also reminds me what I want to work towards in my spirituality. Since that is mainly what these pages are about, I felt it was a good name for them.

Since gaining the Morrighan as a patron in 2007, I was sent back to beginning. From the small, still voice of Deity I learned that I need to either shit or get off the pot. I had to decide if I was going to move forward in my spirituality or if I was going to continue to stagnate or be distracted with other branches of paganism. So I went back to the classroom, I dusted off the old books and took a look at what I was doing. Without others to work with I had become lazy, I hadn’t moved forward at all. In a religion that lives and breathes and grows I had stopped doing all of those things.

But, you are probably thinking, does that have to do with the name Foxmoon? When I decided to use it for these pages and not for myself it was as a way to remind myself – this is where I came from. I need to remember that, I need to judge where I am by where I was; I need to keep going until my spirituality is right for me.

My brother (the middle one, Sean) asked that I teach him about Wicca. My mother knows all of the Wiccan holidays. My youngest brother is comfortable with Paganism but he’s not sure he wants or needs a spiritual practice. My husband had eschewed religion as not being for him. My grandmother tells me to follow my heart. I’m ready to start on the next chapter of my spiritual path. I know I’m going to want to share what I have learned and Foxmoon is the place to do it.