Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The tragic events of the past few days leave me stunned. I’ve never understood hating another for the color of their skin, or anything else for that matter. Somehow, our government decided that we could all have access to assault…
The Golden Tarot: A Not So New Deck
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Golden Tarot was commissioned in 1451 by Francesco Sforza on the tenth anniversary of his marriage to Bianca Maria Visconti, a cousin in my ancestry. I didn’t know this until I received the deck today, but I looked…
The Intrinsic Value of the Crone
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I grew up as a witchling and empath in a family that didn’t understand me but certainly defined themselves by my achievements. It wasn’t so much about my success, but how that success made them look. The expectations I learned to…
The Planning of a Spell
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I take days to plan a spell. Unless I don’t have the luxury to do so of course. But I like to think about what I wish to accomplish and to be certain of my motivation for doing it in…
Daily Tarot: Illusion Versus Truth
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Hierophant, the 10 of Swords, and the 6 of Cups make up today’s tarot influences. Swords is an interesting suit. It begins with the Ace as we manifest ideas from consciousness and ends with ten swords sticking in our…
Thoth Tarot: The Empress As Guide
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The reading begins with the Mother Aspect of The Empress. Love, happiness, beauty, pleasure, sexuality all reflect the abundance brought forth by this third card of the Major Arcana. She is elegant and gracious with a receptive presence. The Empress…
Liver Cleanse Tea
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. My knee was hurting this morning so I decided to make a tea to help with that. Years ago, when my rheumatoid arthritis was severe, I fell, tearing my inner meniscus on my left knee. Many years earlier, I had…
Strength and Success ~ Daily Tarot for June 30, 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Today’s tarot spread uses the Morgan-Greer tarot deck. I love the deck and I’m inspired by it’s colorfulness and energy. There are always differences in how each card is depicted in various decks and sometimes it affects how I see the card….
Aligning With Goddess Presence: A Runecasting
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I cast the runes this evening to look at elemental influences for the coming month. With Raidho as significator, Nauthiz begins the casting in the position of Spirit. Moving deocil, Laguz is positioned at Elemental Water, Jera at Elemental Fire,…
Empathy and the Empath
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. It was suggested to me by someone that empaths naturally express empathy, so if the person doesn’t feel much empathy, then he or she couldn’t possibly be an empath. I responded with, it depends on what you consider empathy. From…
Boundaries and Energy Vampires
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I’ve been experiencing some vampiric energy of late from several people. One individual in question is silly and somewhat hypomanic, inappropriate and down right irritating. The energy from this person is frenetic and just when it seems that our…
Elemental Beginnings – A Tarot Reading
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Looking at this tarot reading, beginnings seem to be in store. Coming off the the Full Strawberry Moon as well as the Summer Solstice, new beginnings are definitely in order. I drew three cards last night, Death, The High Priestess,…
Witch as Reality, Not as Religion
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. For some witches, the practice of witchcraft is as much a religious practice as a personal reality. Others take issue with the word religious and would say it’s a spiritual practice. For witches such as myself, it’s simply a reality. But…
A New Rune Set and a Visit With Abraham-Hicks
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Yesterday, Jerry and I attended an Abraham-Hicks workshop. It was the first time we’ve seen Esther Hicks in person and she is just lovely. Naturally funny, when she was present, she kept all of us laughing. She’s the embodiment…
A Cursin’ and a Healin’
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. To suggest that a witch can’t heal if she can’t curse is an interesting idea. As a Reiki Master and herbalist, of course I disagree. As a witch, I always thought witches were more versatile than that. And I’m not exactly…