Hello, my name is Tamara Trejo, most people call me Tammy. I live in Half Moon Bay. I am happily married and have two sons and a granddaughter. I believe that creativity is a gateway to spirituality.
As a circle leader, I facilitate women in discovering their superpower kinship to the divine feminine. I am filled with joy when witnessing a woman embody the divinity of a sacred archetype.
At sunrise on the first Vernal Equinox, after my mother’s death, I gathered in a women’s circle at Ixchell’s temple on Isla Mujeres to honor the Mayan healing Goddess Ixchell. As my circle sister blew the conch trumpet, I felt my sleeping kundalini serpent awaken and move through my core, clearing my chakras. My intuitive third eye was wide open. In that moment, I felt a deep knowing that when I returned home, I would gather women for divine feminine circles of personal enlightenment and creativity.
The first gathering of the Moon Mothers was a Crone ceremony in my backyard in October 2009. Our tribe and gatherings continue to grow as we explore and connect to ancient feminine mythology from all civilizations.
Through creativity and sacred feminine circles, we become keenly aware of our mystical talents and strengthen our gifts as we embody our divine feminine selves.
I hope one day you can join us.
We, as the keepers of an ancient tradition passed down to us by our ancestral grandmothers, embody the bridge to the Divine Feminine. We are the powerful chain links that connect history to the present, and we serve as a connection to the women of the future. As wisdom keepers, we are the peacemakers, warriors, protectors of the weak, and healers. We are both the keepers and creators of ritual, and we express our divinity through art. With the full illumination of the moon, we gather together to honor our ancestral grandmothers, tap into their wisdom, and reaffirm our identity as women.
There’s a special energy that is palpable when women gather in circle, especially during a full moon. With clear minds and open hearts, we come together in ceremony to honor the divine feminine goddesses, to strengthen the essence of our spirit, and to embody our own divinity. Deep within our DNA, we carry the memories of matriarchal societies that thrived on a foundation of love and compassion. On a cellular level, we understand that by embracing the divine feminine and returning to a matriarchal civilization, we can help to heal and save the world.
Our ancestral grandmothers hail from diverse cultures across the globe. They have passed down the keys to their matriarchal cultures, sharing their wisdom of herbal medicine, song, dance, and ritual. These remarkable women were intimately connected with the energy of the Mother Moon and Earth, attuned to the changing seasons and the wisdom of animals. They held great reverence for caring for infants, children, and the elderly.
As I gather women in a circle, I can hear the whispers of these ancestral grandmothers, their wisdom beckoning us forward. I honor and express gratitude to all my ancestral grandmothers who had their inherent goddess essence silenced and almost erased during their time. Miraculously, their goddess birthright has survived through the generations to this present moment. Today, women in America can stand proudly in their divine light, free from fear of persecution, and join together in feminine circles under the full moon.
Each full moon, we Moon Mothers dedicate our ceremony to one of the thirteen divine feminine energies. We honor goddess archetypes, animal spirits, or pure potentiality that resonate with the energy of the current season. Throughout our gatherings, we engage in traditional rituals, each infused with meaning and intention.
We always begin with our traditional opening ceremony. One of the women reads the seven-direction invocation, which serves to ground us in space and time. As each energy of the seven directions is mentioned, one woman blows the feminine conch trumpet, punctuating the invocation.
To enhance our energetic presence, we light smudge sticks. As the smoke clears away any negative energy attached to our auras, each woman receives and gives words of encouragement and well wishes.
Next, we gather in a circle, joining hands, and call in the ancestors and absent souls we wish to energetically join our circle. This act further strengthens our energetic connection and intention.
The birthday ritual is a key part of our opening ceremony. We pay tribute to the women born in the current month by inviting them to stand in the center of our circle. As the outer circle of women holds hands and moves in a counterclockwise direction (considered feminine), we chant “sh la ma sh la beta,” symbolizing blessings for the individual and her soul’s dwelling place. After completing three circles around the birthday woman, each of us offers words of encouragement or wishes for a year filled with abundance, joy, and bliss. To sustain the positive energy, the birthday ladies reciprocates with handmade gifts, while some may share songs or recite poetry. It’s a unique tradition where, on their birthday, the moon mothers become the gift givers.
Every woman in our circle has a voice. After the main ritual of the ceremony, we gather for what we call “circle speak.” In our sacred circle, inspired by our ancestral grandmothers, we sit in a circle and pass a talking stick. Our talking stick, a seed pod gifted to me by a Mayan shaman from Tulum, Mexico, represents our connection to Mother Earth and the goddess spirit. One by one, each woman holds the talking stick and speaks her highest truth, sharing her strengths with the tribe. As she speaks, I witness the light of the goddess ignite within her. When she passes the talking stick, it’s as though she is passing the illuminated end of a rope light, illuminating the voice of the next woman. As the talking stick makes its way around the circle, our tribe becomes a radiant source of light. We always close our circle after nightfall, guided by the gentle glow of the moon and the shining brilliance of the awakened goddess spirit within each of our circle sisters.
At the end of each ceremony, we form a standing circle and release the ancestors and absent souls we called into the circle. Our closing ceremony typically involves a brief song, dance, or vibrational Om before we call down the moon and bid farewell to our tribe.
If you are new to leading a full moon ceremony and need some guidance, feel free to contact me for an explanation of the thirteen energies we dedicate our ceremonies to, along with our traditional rituals.
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