To All of the Mercury Retrograde Rituals I’ve Loved Before

Unless you’ve been hiding with your head in the sand, you are likely aware that Mercury, our planet of communication, technology, and travel, goes retrograde at 10° Aquarius this Friday. I wrote about the specifics of this retrograde here and … Continued

Simple Yule Magic and a Year in Review

With the dawning of December, this blog turned 1. One year of magic, learning to write about it and sharing it with a greater audience. This is something that my guides demanded of me, but also something that I knew … Continued

Bayberry Candles – American Folk Magic

If you’ve been around for a while, you may have picked up that I have been looking to localize my craft. I have found that a lot of modern magic is very Eurocentric which doesn’t make a whole lot of … Continued

How to create a simple spell to help manage the energy of the Venus retrograde

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Is it the most wonderful time of the year, or is Venus about to go retrograde?!? Here we are again, facing off with the prospect of yet another personal planet retrograde. Venus, our planet of love, money, and what feels … Continued

Simple Candle Magic for Eclipse Season 2021

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Last week, I wrote about how to properly decipher the energies of an eclipsed moon so that you can work with it magically. This week, I want to continue this discussion by sharing with you a simple, bare-bones candle ritual … Continued

Demystifying the magic of working with eclipse energy

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We are fast approaching eclipse season and I am already beginning to see the warnings show up across the witch universe. I assume that people who warn others against doing magic during the lunar and solar eclipses mean well but … Continued

Celebrating the Autumnal Equinox, 2021

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Happy Autumnal Equinox and Harvest Moon from my cottage to yours! Autumn is my favorite time of year and not even because it’s the Season of the Witch. I’m naturally quite enamored with times of change and there is nothing … Continued

How to Celebrate the Pisces Full Moon like a Pisces

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This is stolen lovingly (with permission) from my coven mate Gray who is has a Sun-Moon conjunction in Pisces. Like anything from the mouth of a Pisces, this list should be taken quite literally or as wibbly-wobbly as you wish, … Continued

Taking back Friday the 13th with a simple luck spell

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Magic, at its core, lies in its simplicity firstly, and then, and only then, in its complexity. As a group, we ascribe things with meaning and it is so. We do not believe any differently because we do not know … Continued