Mercury Retrograde, the planets aligning, and a Full Wolf Moon in Leo? Plus, a Nor'easter bearing down on New England as we speak? It's gonna be a heck of a ride this weekend (GO PATS!). I found this little tidbit about the upcoming full moon, and thought I'd share it here. Be sure to check... Continue Reading →
WW – Free Tarot card reading for January
First one for the new year! Here is a free Tarot card reading for January. I did a couple of these posts last year, and people really seemed to enjoy them (you can check them out here and here). I'm planning to do one a month for the foreseeable future. If you want to catch... Continue Reading →
WW – Dark Capricorn Moon
This coming Saturday night, the Dark Capricorn Moon (aka, the New Moon in Capricorn) arrives. Here are a couple of snippets from two of the websites I refer to when creating my graphics - From Cafe Astrology - With this potent Capricorn energy, we have the chance to create some serious order in our lives.... Continue Reading →
WW – New Years Magic and Mercury Retro
My last post of the 2014 happened to be a Witchy Wednesday one about our New Years traditions. In a magical bit of symmetry, my last post of 2015 is a Witchy Wednesday about New Years magic, but with a little Mercury Retrograde spin at the end. Bread Magic This year, I'm hoping to combine... Continue Reading →
WW – Full Cold Moon in Cancer
The time of the Full Cold Moon in Cancer is almost upon us! Last month when I wrote about the Full Mourning Moon in Gemini, I quoted an article by Sara Coughlin over at the relatively non-pagan site, Refinery29. I figured I'd take a peek and see if she'd written anything for this full moon,... Continue Reading →
WW – Yule aka Winter Solstice
I had such high hopes for Yule this year. Even though I'm still recovering from surgery, I thought I'd be far enough along at this point to plan a family meal, set up a simple ritual, and sit back to enjoy celebrating the return of the sun. However, my body had other plans - no... Continue Reading →
WW – Dark Sagittarius Moon
On Friday, December 11th, the Dark Sagittarius Moon occurs. Since my astrology skills are still rusty, I turned to a couple of websites for information to create my graphic. I figured I'd share the most helpful bits below - A simple overview, from YOGANONYMOUS New moons generally turn our attention to new beginning since they... Continue Reading →
WW – Free Tarot Reading, 12-2
Back by popular demand! Here is another free Tarot reading, 12-2 version (for December 2nd - I have to think of a clever way to differentiate the names of my posts). Here is a picture of the three cards I drew, from my Universal Waite Tarot Deck. Pick the one that resonates with you, then... Continue Reading →
WW – Full Mourning Moon in Gemini
Tonight is the depressingly titled, but very seasonally appropriate Full Mourning Moon in Gemini. I found the best explanation of this particular moon at an unexpectedly place - Refinery29 (yeah, the fashion and style website - I was wicked surprised too!). The article is called, Why You Should Care About Tomorrow's Full Moon by Sara... Continue Reading →
Witchy Wednesday – Dark Moon Release Spell
It's somewhat ironic, in an Alanis Morissette kinda way, that as a writer, I had a hard time writing a Dark Moon Release spell. When I first started studying Wicca, all the books (yes, back in the dark days before the interwebz was a thing) had beautiful, poetic spells that I felt needed to be... Continue Reading →
WW – Dark Scorpio Moon
A week from today, Wednesday November 11th at 12:47pm EST the Dark Scorpio Moon arrives (also known as the New Moon in Scorpio). According to the site, Cafe Astrology, the Dark Scorpio Moon is a good time for - taxes, accounting, intimacy issues, psychological examinations, research, self-examination, getting rid of old things. I plan to... Continue Reading →
WW – Samhain (Witch’s New Year) approaches
It's almost here! Samhain, the most magical and witchy day of the Wheel of the Year arrives on October 31st. Yes, the same day as Halloween (which I'll talk about for this Friday's Fandom post), but for witches and many pagans, this is the end of the old year, and the beginning of the new.... Continue Reading →