Spinning The Wheel

Witches! We are smack-dab in the middle of this Sabbat-Season, and this week is more of the same - Harvest, Ancestors, Wisdom work. We are passing through the holy days of the Eleusinian Mysteries, witnessing the transformation of Kore/Persephone from a Maiden of Flowers to The Queen of the Dead. And Her mother, Demeter, changing from Mother of Life, to Crone and Wisdom Keeper. Mourning ancestral...

WITCH'S THANKSGIVING SECOND HARVEST The Wheel of the Year continues to turn for Pagans with the Quarter Sabbat MABON, also known as Fall Equinox. The high point of the Sun's arc over The Wheel is done and with that completion, we see the fullness of The Harvest come to fruition at Mabon. We have reached Fall Equinox, the Quarter-Day festival marking the half way point between Summer and Wi...

Witches! This is our last New Moon of Summer and Lughnasadh. This lunar cycle will carry us into Fall and Mabon, and eclipse season as well. New Moon in Virgo and Mercury stations direct, just before we cross the Threshold and enter the Other half of the year. The Dark face of the Unknowable Goddess provides a slice of the void for us to get our Hermit on as we head into The Dark. Tarot Hermit/Mag...

Witches! Another week offering recalibration, reorientation, and reconfiguration before we head off into the Dark Half of the Year. This portion of our Virgo journey is overseen by Great Goddesses like Yemoja, Aset/Isis, Mother Earth, The Holy Sophia, Gauri, and Venus Genitrix to name a few. How does what you know affect what you create in the world? How do you embody knowledge? What is the differ...

Witches! The Goddess is alive and magick is afoot!! This week we travel through multiple Holy Days dedicated to Goddesses as embodiment of Mother, Producer, Gateway, Threshold. We have a beautiful Super Full Blue Moon to guide us as we approach the transition point of Summer to Fall and from the Light to the Dark half of the year. And just a lil astro to assist in any adjustments as we continue th...

Witches! This is a great week for looking at the long view and setting the blueprint, or "fixing" the year into the shape you want. Of course we're gonna take a 3 week detour (re:organizing) with Mercury RX, but if we can reach out with the assistance of deities like Fortuna, Minerva, and Thoth, we can ask for exactly what we need to build or sustain our works. TAROT The Hermit / The...

Are you ready to step into your Power? Me neither, but here we are, being handed the brass ring, the silver scepter, the golden crown. Lughnasadh Season challenges us to accept our badassery and then further challenges us to wield that badassery for the greatest good. Our astrology this week takes us through some highs and lows and delivers us at a Mercury RX and the beginning of Virgo season. It&...

This Week's Witch's Work takes us through a harrowing path around the lip of the Underworld as celebrations past and present invite back the Blessed Dead, our Holy Ancestors. Horus and Set oversee our travels through the Light and the Dark. Our Moons this week ask us to think about where we put our resources and what we get out of that exchange, and a deep nostalgic dive into the past and...

Happy Lughnasadh Witches! How auspicious that we have a Full Moon on Lammas this year, perfect for backyard parties, firepits by the water's edge, and all manner of night-time romps and adventures. This week celebrates the fire, power, and passion of many pantheons, as we hum with buzzing brilliance in the heart of Summer. Be ablaze, my Heathens, this is our golden time to shine. Tarot: 6 of W...

LUGHNASADH -THE FIRST HARVEST The Wheel of the Year continues to turn for Pagans with the great Cross-Quarter Sabbat Lughnasadh, also known as Lammas. Named for the Irish God Lugh, this holiday marks the 1/2 way point between Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox. Lugh is a Storm and Sun God with skills like crafting, fighting, musical artistry, and sorcery, and he wins the gift of agriculture for the...

Witches! Just a shorty this week to cover our astrology as we will be discussing the holy days and other magicks of this week and season in the upcoming Lughnasadh class July 26 2023 6pm pst . We are still dancing (fighting? both?) with the Pluto/Nodal square and tensions may be running high. Remember, after the drama we have the drama hangover. Don't write checks your soul can't cash. Tar...

My Good Heathens, Witches, and Pagans. The astrology of this week is wild af. This week is asking us to get supremely clear on our values, our relationship to responsibilities, and our relationship to Power and power structures. We may see some funky stuff go down in community, let's try our best not to fuel antagonistic dynamics that are bent on destruction and promoting negativity. This is a...

Hello Heathens. This week's astro is taking on a funky journey through memories and difficult stories from our past. How can you show up for yourself when it feel like the Universe is picking on you? How do we move when the poison and the medicine come from the same root? Mythic figures like Castor and Pollux remind us of the power of friendship, closeness, and sacrificing glory for love, for...

Witches! Our first Full Moon of Summer is here! This is a very potent time for ethical harvesting and protection magicks. But at the deep heart of our Witch's Work this week is wrangling our connections to Power and Ancestors. Family. Baggage much? Yeah, it's true for everyone that family can bring up wonderful and funky stuff all at the same time. This is a week for utilizing our Passion...

Our Islamic friends and relatives celebrate Hajj this week, the precursor to their New Year. Runic New Year also kicks off this week, and this year I encourage studying up on the Year of Aun, a Norse reconstructionist movement that is bringing back some great old traditions. Also this week we find ourselves partying with Ancient Egyptians during their amazing festival complex The Beautiful Reunion...

LITHA - SUMMER SOLSTICE The Wheel of the Year continues to spin with the arrival of our next Sabbat, Litha, also known as Midsummer, or Summer Solstice. Litha celebrates the high point of the Sun's journey through the year. For folks in the Northern Hemisphere, we see this in long days filled with heat and light, and short nights, filled with heat and stars. And importantly for Witches and Pag...

This week contains our last Waning Half Moon and last Balsamic Moon of Gemini, Beltane, and Spring. This week is encouraging review and consolidation of all we have experienced in this portion of our cycle around The Wheel. What needs to be embraced and carried forward? What needs to be modified or adjusted? What needs to be ended and left behind? Entities like The Muses, Orion, and Fortune help u...

WE ARE GOING HARD THIS WEEK WITCHES! Soooo many Gemini and Sag oriented festivals this week. We are stepping into the rushing stream of energy that will carry us into Summer. Deities like Artemis, Bendis, Ochosi, Dano, and Jarlio oversee and guide our work, just to name a few. Our astrology is asking us to engage some tough and murky emotional terrain, but we are gifted with. some sweetness at the...

Adjustment is the name of the game this week. Don't get lost in the sauce, ask for help and guidance from Holy archetypes like Mary Mediatrix, Vesta, and St. Joan D'Arc, or clear thinking from the Goddess Mens. We step over another threshold into the last weeks of Beltane and Spring. Reach up and call down the lightning to empower your Works. Witch Work: fecundity, divination, sensuality T...

Are you ready to FECUND? Because it's time. To. Plant!! Goddesses like Carna, St Sara la Kali, and Athena oversee our process this week. It's time to burst out of our shells and begin establishing ourselves on the physical plane. Tarot: Lovers Witch Work: Brewing, Flirting, Divination Plant Helpers: Beans, Vines

Are you still reeling from the effects of that Scorpio eclipse? You're not alone. This week we get into the festivals that honor death in the midst of returning life, as well as the forces that over see the triumph of order over chaos, for better and worse. Tarot: 6 of Pentacles Witch's Work: None

BELTANE - MAY DAY / WITCH’S NIGHT - Wheel of the Year Series 2023 Spellbound The 2023 Wheel of the Year Cycle continues with Beltane, also known as May Day or Walpurgisnacht in some traditions. For many Pagans, this marks the return of The Green Man – a lusty and puckish side of The God. This Cross-Quarter Day is a popular Fire Festival ushering in the deep heart of Spring, and for some places, Su...

Welcome back Heathens! Our work takes us through more gates of initiation and Pagan rites of awakening. Venus square Saturn this week may bring bummer information that needs to be integrated all the same. What are our values when in proximity to power? Witchcraft: Initiations Plant helper: Willow Tarot Helper: The Tower

Holy Healing is on the agenda this week! A Heart-Clearing conversation may find you weepy but washed clean. There's a real "suck out the poison" type vibe to our work this work, so engage in that at whatever level is healthy for you. Deities like Kybele, Attis, and Asklepios are here to assist in shedding the skins that no longer serve us. Deities like Persephone, Ishtar, and Hathor...

OSTARA - SPRING EQUINOX - Wheel of the Year Series 2023 Into The Light  Uncover the deep history of this grand resurrection festival honoring  the returning life of the Awakening Earth and the Increasing Sun, witnessed in religions and cultures all over the world. For Pagans, this marks the return of The Maiden - a playful and curious side of The Goddess.  The Spring Equinox has bee...