Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. You don’t look like a Crone, a friend on social media said. I smiled, knowing he missed the point entirely. As the Goddess has three aspects, so does a woman. We begin as a Maiden, emerging into the Mother phase…
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Strong In Spirit, Dark Forces Never See Us Coming ~ Rune and Tarot for 21 Nov 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Five cups adorn the tips of the downward pointing pentagram. Instead of cups running over the two remaining lilies have nothing left. Crowley calls this card, Disappointment. The 5 of Cups reflects Mars in Scorpio suggesting our disappointment is significant. We…
A Protection Spell..Because Evidently We Need One
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. So I thought I’d post a protection spell and illustrate how I created it. Witches use elemental correspondences along with moon phase, day and time to craft a spell. The idea is to align energies to increase the intention of…
All Doors Open, All Options Available ~ Dark Moon/Samhain runecasting
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. It’s foggy, cold, and raining on the high desert so it’s doubtful I’ll head outside for a Dark Moon ritual, but I wanted to cast the runes regardless. In Scorpio, this new moon promises to be intense and transforming so…
A New Moon in Scorpio ~ Finding Sacred Space
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Tomorrow’s New Moon transits in Scorpio (9° Sco 25′ 29″) in the Ninth House. Emotions will be heightened and we take pleasure at the beauty that surrounds us. But as emotions run high during this time we should stay aligned…
The Challenges of Empathic Awareness
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I recently read a somewhat bleak piece on life as an empath. Although empathic awareness can be overwhelming at times, even when we understand what we’re experiencing, it doesn’t have to ruin our lives. As if an empath is so emotionally…
The Enduring Cycle of Bees
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. We finally pulled the last honey super off the original hive and gave them a pollen cake and a candy board to help them through the winter. We had already done this for the Warre’ and the long hives. Temperatures…
The Power of a Queen
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. A witch is drawn to places of power whether it be the mountains, the desert, or the ocean. We’re a curious bunch, and we notice all sorts of things when wandering about. One of the things we notice are rocks, particularly if…
Finding That Still Point
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Energy swirls into manifestation. Everything amounts to thought in motion. Some view that as a spiral, some a vortex, but however you view it, energy moves. The universe and all within it is a projection of collective thought or consciousness….
Reaching For The Stars ~ Tarot for 3 October 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Star, the 3 of Cups, and the 10 of Pentacles are present in today’s three-card reading. The elements of Water and Earth along with one card from the Major Arcana are represented suggesting that our emotional and physical presence…
A Year of Initiation
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. We’ve had three 999 days this month where the date reduced to 999. Today, 9/27/2016 is the last of those days. 999 reduces to 27 which reduces to 9, the number of endings and beginnings, completeness and revelation. And since…
Another Batch of Cannabis Oil
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. It’s time again to make some cannabis oil. It’s that thick, sludgy resinous oil made from cannabis that saves lives. I know because it saved mine. I originally used a method described by Rick Simpson, but then I found an…
Align First, Then Proceed – A Runecasting
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Laguz, Ansuz, and Perthro are the runes I cast today. Jupiter is in Libra and we have a triplicity at work with the numerology coming down to 9, 9, 9. Completion, and the beginning of something new are in order…
Jupiter in Libra: Inner and Outer Expansion
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Jupiter has an expansive effect on us. In my chart, Jupiter is transiting Libra at 0° Lib 02′ and is beginning a journey that will last for approximately one year. The struggle of the last few years will give way to…
Building Anew – Tarot for 5 Sep 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I’ve been using the DruidCraft Tarot for some time and I love the way the creators of the cards blend witchcraft with Druidism. It has an old world feel to it that I like as well. I’ve always been reluctant…
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