February Full Moon Altar: The Sacred Spiral of Life

This month's full moon altar celebrates a powerful spiritual symbol rather than a goddess per se. The Sacred Spiral of Life is found in multiple spiritual traditions, including that of the Divine Feminine. So many things in "life, the universe and everything" feature a spiral shape, it almost seems to be one of Nature's common "factory settings" --

My February altar reflects as many spiral items as I could gather from around my home --

I've had the batik spiral altar cloth for many years. My large gold spiral decor accent piece was purchased in a local flower and gift shop.

My Rare One painted this spiral Serpent of Wisdom on a river rock about a dozen years ago. She graciously loaned it to me for this altar.

I found this mother-of-pearl spiral shell in a Winnipeg curio shop about 30 years ago. I have always loved it! It was featured on a previous altar as well.

At the centre of the altar is a spiral arrangement of Goddess Prayer Beads which my sister beaded for me a few years ago. The different coloured beads represent the three aspects of the Divine Feminine -- Maiden (white), Mother (red) and Crone (black). The beads are anchored at either end with women's spirituality symbols -- a gemstone pentacle inside a crescent moon at the beginning of the beads (Alpha) and a labrys double-headed axe at the end (Omega).

I include the next photo simply because I think it is an interesting light-and-shadow shot.

And to finish this post, here's one of my favourite internet photos of a Sacred Spiral expressed in stained glass and spiritual architecture -- stunning, isn't it?

[Photos # 7 to 11 © Debra She Who Seeks, January 2023; all others courtesy of the internet]

P.S. If you're keen for more info about those Goddess Prayer Beads, their symbolism and how they're used, I wrote a series of posts about them a few years ago, found here, here, here and here.