Sara and Dan included a Spiritual Handfasting in their Wedding Ceremony with Marilyn Verschuure at the Mooloola River Park in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in glorious Queensland.

Angela Holds David's Hands in Her Hands for the Blessing of the Hands on Palm Beach on the Gold Coast in glorious Queensland.

Often the ritual of 'Handfasting' is performed, whereby the couple's hands are bound by a natural woven thread, fibre or cloth, and just before the 'Giving of Rings' the binding is slipped off with the knot still intact, signifying the fact they will always be 'bound together in marriage'. (Many couples who have a civil ceremony today, just incorporate Handfasting into their ceremony without any of the other traditions.)

Julie and Aurelio celebrate their 20 year Wedding Anniversary with a Handfasting Renewal of Vows with Marilyn Verschuure at the romantic hinterland Ruffles Lodge on the Gold Coast.

Here is a beautiful Handfasting verse:
Now you are bound one to the other
With a tie not easy to break.
Take the time of binding
Before the final vows are made
To learn what you need to know -
To grow in wisdom and love.
That your marriage/union will be strong
That your love will last
In this life and beyond.

Heather reads the Handfasting Poem to Penny & Angela at their Broadbeach Commitment on the Central Gold Coast.

A Full Moon is an auspicious time for a Handfasting

Know that it is here that you begin your journey of life shared, bound together by the vows of this handfasting rite. Many are the years that you will share, and countless the moons to watch.

The handfasting of Gordon and Fatima was held on the Winter Solistice and auspicious time to celebrate a wedding as it heralds th Spring with new life and new beginnings.

Penny and Angela's had their Handfasting Commitment on the beach at Broadbeach with family and friends on the central Gold Coast.

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Know that it is here that you begin your journey of life shared, bound together by the vows of this handfasting rite. Many are the years that you will share, and countless the moons to watch.

Most couples choose to include in their ceremony a very special moment to share with their guests, making their ceremony truly unique and memorable.

The red, black and silver handfasting cord was hand woven by the Women Shaman of the Island of the Moon in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. The Blue cord was very significant as it belonged to Fatima’s Spiritual Mentor.

Handfasting Ceremony in Their Wedding Represents Gordon and Fatimas Eternal Bond in their Spiritual and Sacred Conscious Marriage.

Sean Holds Gemma's Hands in His Hands for the Blessing of the Hands for their Wedding at the elegant Santai Resort Casuarina Beach in Northern NSW.

Dan Holds Sara's Hands in the Infinity Hand Hold for their Wedding at Mooloolaba and had their reception at Underwaterworld.

Red Cord is dedicated in the Handfasting Wedding Ceremony of Jenny and Charles - Blessed be this union with the gifts of the South and the elements of Fire, for energy, passion, creativity and warmth of a loving home. From the Fire within you generates light, which you will share with one another in even the darkest of times.

Peter and Stephanie, jumped the besom (broom) as a symbol of their passage across the threshold into married life.

Handfasting is conducted in a circle it has no beginning and no end, it is eternal.The circle is a universal emblem of wholeness and completion. It symbolises continuity, eternity,completion and speechlessness. As it represents what is complete and unbroken, it also stands for everlasting love. The circle is often aligned with the cardinal points of the compass -north, south, east and west.

Penny and Angela celebrated their Commitment with a 6 Cord Handfasting using the Guatemalan Handfasting Cords representing the 4 Elements and the Planets and their Astrological signs.

Guatemalan Handfasting Cords

SOLSTICE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Auspicious wedding dates to be married on or near
SUMMER SOLSTICE: The first day of the Season of Summer. On this day DECEMBER 22 the Sun is farthest south and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the shortest of the year.
WINTER SOLSTICE: The first day of the Season of Winter. On this day JUNE 21 the Sun is farthest north and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the longest of the year.
EQUINOX
Two times of the year when night and day are about the same length. The Sun is crossing the Equator (an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth) and it is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
SPRING EQUINOX: The first day of the Season of Spring - and the beginning of a long period of sunlight at the Pole.In the southern hemisphere: SEPTEMBER 22 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving southward).
AUTUMN EQUINOX: The first day of the Season of Autumn - and the beginning of a long period of darkness at the Pole. In the southern hemisphere: MARCH 20 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving northward).