Beth McDonald Consulting

05/05/2026

Aloha, Y’all –
Am delighted to announce this interview with CanvasRebel just broke. It does a great job of exploring and explaining my work – especially the subtle nuances of weaving the traditional and the non-traditional. Enjoy!

We were lucky to catch up with Beth recently and have shared our conversation below. Beth, appreciate you joining us today. Let’s jump into

05/03/2026

04/19/2026

Aries New Moon 2026: Fire, Focus, and Finding Your Strength

Welcome to the Aries New Moon 2026. The Aries New Moon is always a special one because Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Yes, all New Moons are new beginnings. But Aries placement as the first of the twelve signs of the zodiac makes any Aries New Moon a particularly poignant and powerful new beginning. Especially for those with an Aries Sun or with strong Aries in their birth charts. But this year, with all the other astrological factors adding emphasis (no planets retrograde, the Year of the Fire Horse, the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, the five outer planets shifting from one sign to another), there is a lot more power available to you. Use it.

The 2026 Aries New Moon was yesterday, April 17th at 4:52 a.m. Pacific Time. I am also mindful that we are now in the second fiscal quarter of the year. And by the reckoning of the Wheel of the Year, we are about halfway in between the second and the third of the three planting festivals, Ostara (the Spring Equinox) and Beltane. In order to create the life you want in the world you want, you will need a lot of strength and courage – consistently. Ask your Gods, guides, guardians, angels, archangels, and ancestors to help you take the bold and decisive action you need in order to achieve the goals, intentions, and resolutions you set at the New Year.

And if you get stuck, call me.
We'll figure it out.



Season

04/05/2026

Michael Meade says: “In old traditions those who acted as elders were considered to have one foot in daily life and the other foot in the otherworld. Elders acted as a bridge between the visible world and the unseen realms of spirit and soul. A person in touch with the otherworld stands out because something normally invisible can be seen through them.

"The old word for having a foot in each world is ‘weird.’ The original sense of weird involved both fate and destiny. Becoming weird enough to be wise requires that a person learn to accommodate the strange way they are shaped within and aimed at the world.

"An old idea suggests that those seeking for an elder should look for someone weird enough to be wise. For just as there can be no general wisdom, there are no 'normal’ elders. Normal bespeaks the 'norms’ that society uses to regulate people, whereas an awakened destiny always involves connections to the weird and the warp of life.

"In Norse mythology, as in Shakespeare, the Fates appear as the Weird Sisters who hold time and the timeless together.

"Those who would become truly wise must become weird enough to be in touch with timeless things and abnormal enough to follow the guidance of the unseen. Elders are supposed to be weird, not simply 'weirdoes,’ but strange and unusual in meaningful ways.

"Elders are supposed to be more in touch with the otherworld, but not out of touch with the struggles in this world. Elders have one foot firmly in the ground of survival and another in the realm of great imagination. This double-minded stance serves to help the living community and even helps the species survive.”

– Michael Meade, “Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of the Soul”
Image: "The Vision of Hermes Trismegistus,"
Johfra Bosschart

03/23/2026

Discovering Your Intuition: Awakening Your Unique Divinity

An Evening with Beth McDonald at the Carpinteria Woman’s Club

Everybody has innate, God-given psychic abilities. There are many types, and they go by many names. Regardless of which specific skills are yours, regardless of the strength of your skills, of your awareness of them, or of your comfort with them, you can learn to understand them better and use them more confidently. You don’t have to become a professional intuitive – you can simply use them to become more efficient and effective, more grounded and comfortable in your daily life, more whole and connected to spirit.

Discovering yours is a special sort of homecoming: it is the privilege of a lifetime. This class will help you to identify and understand your unique combination of intuitive skills. You will learn how to cultivate and develop them through a regular practice of stillness, mindfulness, deep listening, and a working Faith. You will begin the process of strengthening your inner voice, and accessing your subconscious wisdom to improve decision-making and well-being. These invaluable tools will help you create the personal power, peace, and prosperity in life that you’re looking for.

03/15/2026

Hi everyone, hope you’re doing well. I’m reaching out to ask for support for this GoFundMe. This cause is important and whether you can donate or simply share the fundraiser, every little bit helps and is greatly appreciated. Here’s the link:

03/15/2026

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02/23/2026

Okay kids – it’s that time again.

We are in-between a pair of eclipses, and well into the Mercury Retrograde prelude period.

Mercury retrogrades on Wednesday, February 25th at 22 degrees Pisces.

You know the drill.

Assume nothing.
Ask questions.
Ask more questions.
Focus on communicating more effectively.
Check your spam folders.
Back up your hard drive.
Make hard copies or duplicates of any and all important documents, and distribute them to all pertinent humans and organizations.
Assume nothing.
Ask questions.
Ask more questions.
Check your account balances.
Beware of weird emails and texts.
Check in on vulnerable family members, friends, neighbors, clients, colleagues, etc.
Assume nothing.
Ask questions.
Ask more questions.
Check in on those you have not heard from in a while.
Reach out to/reconnect with family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, etc., just because.
Double-check appointments, dates, and deadlines.
Assume nothing.
Ask questions.
Ask more questions.

And if you get stuck, call me.

We’ll figure it out.

02/18/2026

Had the great good fortune to be mentioned in an article about Santa Barbara in this month's issue of Rage Magazine. Many, many thanks to Visit Santa Barbra for setting this up. Check out the bottom of page 10 and the top of page 11:

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01/26/2026

This. Now.