Any Witches Here? Part 9.

[speakout]

Or Wiccans. or Pagans? Or anyone who is interested in a magical path or feels some magical stirrings.

A place for support, learning, swapping ideas and magical inspiration.

RosaWaiting

I have picked the three of wands for you. You are near to the culmination of your efforts, but stay focussed, and don't forget the bigger picture.

VioletCharlotte

You pick it the Empress- it seems the embodiment of your beautiful energy! A reminder that we are all divine and to remember to continue the self care that nurtures us.

VioletCharlotte

Good morning sisters,

I can smell the autumn here too this morning! Wonderful. 🍂

speakout what a generous gift you are giving. I’m enjoying seeing the cards you turn and agree that the empress is a beautiful representation of Violet’s energy.

I meant to say that I loved reading about Bettys Glastonbury visit (I love starchild too!) and Elphame’s workshop. And thank you for the beautiful tree image betty

Rosa it’s really good to see that march happening in honour of our sisters.

Wishing everyone a magical day 💫

speakout thank you so much! It is indeed the last part of some personal development so that’s very clear.

Good morning sisters

Speakout thank you 🙏 interesting your turned the empress for me, I've been getting all sorts of messages recently connected to the divine feminine and I'm aware of some work I need to do, so that's very relevant ❤️

Morning all.
For me, the appearance of rosebay willow herb heralds Autumn, and I heard my garden robin singing his Autumn song during last week. FitzsFool, your description of the subtle changes is spot on!

Although I love Autumn, the disappearance of the swifts, which happens shortly after Lughnasadh, always saddens me. I so miss that joyful shrieking as they zoom about the sky!
I have had 3 swifts nests this year, one in the roof and two in the boxes I put up. I am going to save up to get some more, ready for next spring. If anyone else feels like it, please do consider getting some; swifts are in decline (like so many of our birds, alas)

Speakout, I am very much enjoying you reading, what deck is that?

Blessings and magic to all...🧙‍♀️

queenrollo

I have picked the five of pentacles for you. Sometimes things are tough, but you need to hang in there, light is at the end of the tunnel. You may be too weary to see it but it is approaching. Have faith that all will be well.

Giggorata

Hi, the deck is Everyday Witch Tarot by Deborah Blake and Elisabeth Alba, I bought it this year and quickly became my favourite and go to deck, it has such a lovely female and playful energy.

I think quite a few of us on this thread have bought it, and love it too.

speakout Thank you. That definitely resonates at the moment!

Hello everyone, just a flying visit to see how you are all doing?
Speakout I am really enjoying your readings.

This morning is definitely a hint of autumn here and yesterday we went to a kite festival and the beach (can't resist getting my sore leg submerged in the waves!) but in the evening there was such a noticeable difference in the light.

Wishing you all a magical week, Thursday and Friday are my big audit so it's very full on for me and I'm still not anywhere near 100% so this could be a problem.

It's a windy but warm day here, just perfect .
DD has just texted me to say she has bought tickets for us to see The Crucible performed by Scottish Ballet tonight at the Edinburgh Festival- so that should be interesting. She is a ballet teacher and I am a witch so of great interest to both of us!

Many blessings for the new week to you all.

Can't wait for the full moon, we seem to be having some pretty awesome ones this year.

When I've looked at websites, they base reading results on the Rider Waite deck, so the images aren't the same. So I look intently at a card, I'll see what words / messages come to me.

Have any of you used any of the apps for readings.

Many blessings for the new week to you all.

Can't wait for the full moon, we seem to be having some pretty awesome ones this year.

When I've looked at websites, they base reading results on the Rider Waite deck, so the images aren't the same. So I look intently at a card, I'll see what words / messages come to me.

Have any of you used any of the apps for readings.

Hello everyone
This fell off my watched threads after whatever happened this morning.

loyaul hope you are okay.

speakout I love ballet, that sounds great.

I was very tired all day today and have a scratchy throat, hope that doesn’t become a thing. Still no autumnal feel in London but we don’t usually get that till October really. I love time going quickly. To me it means life is good, if that makes sense.

Good evening all. Just popping in to for a quick cuppa before bed. I've enjoyed the first day of my week off. I had some reiki healing this afternoon. I don't often have healing, but I was reminded recently about the importance of self care. I'm hoping for a good nights sleep tonight! It will be interesting to see what surfaces over the next few days.

I went to a new tarot group tonight which was great fun! It's always good to spend time with like minded people, and for me it was all about the opportunity to have new people to practise on.

PrincessModwena what deck are you using? It's helpful to have a high level understanding of what the cards mean, but your intuition is the important bit.

Speakout hope your enjoyed your evening, sounds very interesting! And how lovely of your DD to book the tickets for you both ❤️

Loyaul sending you strength and positivity to help you get through your busy few days. Your trip to the beach sounds perfect. I'm going to get to the coast later this week's.

Rosa I'm about an hour from London and agree it's not feeling autumnal just yet. Sorry to hear you're not feeling well. My DS has had a cough and scratchy throat too. Hope you feel better in the morning. Have you got some honey?

Another one in for an evening cuppa

So pleased to hear you’re nurturing yourself Violet, your divine being deserves excellent self care 💜

speakout I hope you’ve had a good evening. What a wonderful gift from your DD. I love the ballet- a fairly recent discovery for me. I imagine it’s been a thought provoking, moving experience.

Loyaul I hope you’re bearing up amongst it all, lovely to see you here today and wonderful to hear of your beach day- the waves sound like just the thing for your sore leg.

Modwena I haven’t used any tarot apps, there’s so many ways to access these things these days- mind boggling!

Hope you feel better soon Rosa

I’ve been struggling to maintain my energy levels- all over the place tbh! Can’t really work out what it’s about apart from an accumulation of the usual- self care is a priority right now. It was interesting to read this this evening though. Describes how I’ve been feeling very well. I’m hoping it’s just my being sensitive to energy and that the chaos I’m experiencing will soon pass, opening up a new phase 🤞

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Hi everyone! I hope you don't mind me popping in again? I briefly introduced myself in the last thread and have since really enjoyed reading through all of your thoughts, experiences and wisdom. As I said before, I don't consider myself a witch but I enjoy being connected to nature and am a big believer in the power of the universe and oneness.

Anyway - the reason I dipped out is that I found out, much to my delight, that I'm pregnant with my first! And while I'm overjoyed, the first trimester was...challenging. I felt nauseous and was totally zapped of all energy, it felt impossible to do all the things that usually bring me joy and I felt so out of touch with myself. But I'm in the second trimester now and feeling much more normal again, so I thought I'd pop in for a cuppa and some inspiration. For those of you that have given birth, how did you find the journey? What helped in pregnancy, birth and early motherhood? I can already feel that this is such a period of transformation.

@queenrollo I find that the thought of de-cluttering can feel a bit overwhelming, and often that thought alone stops me in my tracks. What I've found really useful is picking one small project at a time and doing that really thoroughly. If you keep going, it adds up over time.

@speakout absolutely love the idea of having "civvies" - brilliant . I work from home and am trying to integrate comfy clothes with publicly acceptable clothes - so far I'm finding dungarees, loose shirts and cardigans to be a winner. And a proper pair of well made slippers makes all the difference too! Interesting about your hand washing, I have an instinctive need to do that too. I used to think it was to do with being out with the dog (and picking up after him), but I get the urge after nipping into town to run errands alone too.

@StumpyinSomerset I've been feeling like autumn is in the air lately too (I'm in Cornwall). And then I thought to myself "calm down and enjoy the rest of summer!!", but I'm already excited about crunchy autumn leaves, oatly hot chocolate and...I can't even help myself....decorating the Christmas tree.

@speakout how was the ballet? What a lovely, thought DD you have.

purplefig Congratulations! Cant help on the journey I'm afraid. Both mine were sheer hell from start to finish both times and I've effectively blocked them from my memory!!

I notice some comments on autumn - it's been feeling that way here for a week or two now.

I've just about recovered from Saturday nights Lammas ritual - Sunday was a complete washout, and Monday not much better!

Nothing much in the way of plans this week - I'm taking it off.

purple congratulations!

Elphame Lammas sounds good.

I think this week’s mantra needs to be - one thing at a time. I’ve taken on a big project. Busy most of the day...now for one cup of tea

Good afternoon sisters, just having a few quiet moments while dinner cooks in the oven.
purplefig lovely to see you again and a huge congratulations. I would keep an open mind about your pregnancy and birth journey ( although the hard bit comes later!)
Thers is so much advice around, so much of it conflicting, and what works for one woman may neot be the best for another.
Question and challenge everything, epecially the "rules". But that is my attidute for life anyway, Follow your instinct. If it feels right or wrong is probably is. For you.
YashmisCrone that is such an interesting article about solar flares, I have been feeling out of sorts lately, with huge spikes in anxiety, especially in the mornings- and that is not really like me.

The ballet was amazing, very powerful, very dramatic, the story of the Salem witch trials. Wonderful musical score too with live orchestra. It was a thought provoking evening.

Good evening,

Just settling with a peppermint tea whilst I await my crumble baking. I was separately gifted rhubarb and cooking apples today so it felt like the only reasonable response to me! Shades of autumn for me in the process- food is magic isn’t it!

Congratulations purplefig, and it’s lovely to see you again. I’d echo speakout’s wise words about pregnancy/birth advice- sage advice in following your instincts and good practice for the future as a parent.

One thing I learnt was that any plans I made for how I might do things needed not to be held too rigidly. It really is a time when your body knows best. I do remember consuming vast amounts of camomile tea and ginger biscuits for nausea!

Sounds like you really got into the swing of things for Lammas Elphame! It’s one of my favourite markers in the year.

Sounds exciting Rosa! One thing at a time sounds like an excellent mantra for pacing yourself. I read that despite the stereotype about us women and our multitasking, no one can actually do more than one thing at once. The myth comes from the way many of us learn to switch very quickly between tasks- indicative of the multiple responsibilities we often have.

That does sound amazing speakout- very impactful. I love it when there’s a live orchestra too. A truly immersive experience.

I’ve also been having the morning anxiety spikes- unlike me as well. Fascinating how we’re so influenced by the universe and comforting to hold on to the fact that it will pass!

Wishing everyone a peaceful evening 💫

speakout glad you enjoyed it, music sounds great on the trailer too. I wonder if it will come to London?

Forgot to say, thank you to those asking about the sore throat, which is fine today.

Re multitasking, I actually told my boss, ages ago, that I was going to avoid it where possible. We had worked with another organisation and some staff had an out of office on their email saying “I only check email at 11am and 4pm, phone if urgent”. I can’t stretch to that, but it was thought provoking. They told us that 9 times out of 10, people didn’t phone!

We have air in London tonight, which is lovely. I am pondering a countryside break. Mum has been ill, but is much better. I would like somewhere I’d feel safe having a night time walk but as a tourist, it’s quite hard to know where that might be.

Hello sisters. I haven’t posted in a while but am with you all in spirit. Like many of you I have been struggling with energy recently - can’t remember the last time I felt so exhausted and emotionally drained. Your posts and news are really helping to keep me grounded, but I’ve been struggling to keep my shields in place and my chin up! I found this beautiful poem on twitter about the small kindnesses of strangers working like ‘fleeting temples’, the sacredness in our social interactions - and I am hanging onto it at the moment. It reminded me of our discussion of ‘everyday’ witchcraft and how the smallest action can be a blessing, an intention, a piece of manifestation magic. I am trying hard to answer this year’s traumas with as much kindness as I can.

Congratulations purplefig that’s wonderful news! I hope you’re continuing to feel better as things progress, what an exciting time. A new baby is so special - new life, and so much happiness and love surrounding it.

Yashmis I haven’t had much luck getting my ‘giant beanstalk’ cuttings to take root, but got some new rooting gel today and will keep you posted! Quite enjoying the experimenting but sorry it’s taking me a while.. In the meantime, I could dry some gorgeous sweetpea petals for you (I have a fab tried and true method for doing this in seconds) and post them as a stopgap.. PM me and let me know what you’d prefer!!

Finally I also found this on Instagram and thought it offered some interesting perspective on energy shifts.. 11th August is marked in my diary..

Popping in for swiftly gulped tea to say hello to everyone.

@Meadowlight - could you share how to dry your sweetpea petals? they are my favourite if fleeting part of my summer garden.