Any Witches Here? Part 10.

[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.

Lovely idea about planting seeds.
The Caillaich has them beneath her cloak, grasped tight in her fist.
So dark here today, starting a little work, while the house is quiet.

Help queens! My crown has dislodged and I'm really struggling to put it back into place!
I'm not quite sure what has happened to my usual logical and reasoned persona over the past couple of days but I am suddenly filled with rage. My DC and DH are driving me insane and I want to scream and cry all at the same time!
It could be the comedown after Christmas, it could be my peri-menopausal hormones, it could be that I have been helping my dear friend through a messy break up and it has got me questioning my own marriage or it could be that I am just done with being the only person in my family / friendship group that is organised and cares about other people's feelings?
Normally at this time of year I am making exciting plans and setting intentions for the year ahead. Right now, I just want to crawl under a rock and hide. Please send positive thoughts and energy 🙏🏻

littleninja sorry things are tough.

When everyone is at home for a while energies can become strained like a full balloon- I feel this.

Take yourself off to find some outdoors space alone- even 20 minutes allows my emotions to stabiise. Find trees, a river, the sea, whatever you have close.

Try some calming or grounding meditation- lots of good stuff on you tube. Drink some calming tea- peppermint or chamomile. Go for a fast walk, or find a drop in yoga class.
Try cleansing your home too- throw open all the windows, hoover, smudge or cleanse with salt. Burn some incense, infuse some herbs or essential oils.
Try to encourage energies to change gears- within you and your environment.

You have my empathy littleninja, energy all over the place here too.

Wise advice from speakout and some river energy from me.

Sending love x

Littleninja so sorry you're feeling like this. This time of year creates a lot of stress for us all and I think it's very common to feel like this. When I was in a relationship, I always found too much time off and all being at home together can lead to tension, particularly when the weather's bad and you can't get outside as much.

Also, at the the end of the year we can become reflective and reevaluate our lives and consider whether we are in the right place and what we want to change going forward. I think the fact this is the end of a decade makes this energy particularly powerful.

My advice would be to not make any big decisions while you're energy is all over the place like this. Speakout has given you some great advice for ways to find a little bit of peace and calm. Try and get few the next few days until everyone goes back to work and school and back to normality. Use January to focus on self-care and be kind to yourself.
Sending love and healing energy your way, and also to Yashmis and anyone else who needs it ❤️

Such lovely, uplifting posts. I have felt like I’m drowning at times in the past week. Too many people, too much to do, feeling more and more exhausted. The energy seemed to shift a bit today though. Everyone around me is very stressed and it’s hard to be around it all the time. Everyone struggling with life issues and it feels like I have to hold it all whilst going under myself. Today there was a nice discussion amongst the family which felt good.
I am trying to decide what to do about a very difficult family member from whom I am estranged.
Looking forward to everyone having gone by the end of the week but also a bit sad.
I love the photos and the wisdom of this group. It feels like an oasis in a mad world.

Thank you for the good advice as always. You ladies are so intuitive and your kid words brought a tear to my eye (I told you I was feeling emotional!) it's comforting to know I'm not the only one feeling a heavy fog around me but I hope it lifts for you all quickly too.

I have done some grounding meditation and I've had a little time to myself which is helping slightly. I will try and get out for a blustery walk on my own today.

Is anyone making any New Years Resolutions?

However you are all choosing to welcome in the New Year tonight, I wish you all lots of fun celebrations and hope that you are granted protection and guidance throughout 2020.

littleninja

Glad you are feelng a little better. I hope your walk restores you.

I don't engage or mark New Year in any way, not a festival that is personally meaningful to me.
Although impossible to escape the energy of the collective population in terms of mood, and mass magical workings of new years resolutions.
My thoughts today are with the people and life forms of Australia, as gaia roars her pain.

I will be spending the day sorting out family, getting everyone fed and organised. DS flies to London this afternoon, so I have to take him to the airport.
OH is working a late shift- 4pm until 2am tomorrow morning, and DD will be out with a friend tonight, although only local, so will possibly both be back here to stay the night later.
I will be working a little, turning my energies to starting back next week, so probably making candles this evening, I'm starting to build up stocks and order supplies to give me a head start.

I notice the sky beginning to lighten, although not sunrise until 8.43 this morning, looks to be a clear cold day.
Hopefully I can get some time to walk in the woods today too.

Have you noticed how the steps of a queen are slow and mindful. Taking time to perform mundane acts helps to focus the mind and slow unwanted chatter.
I am off to get ready and do my facial routine. Help the divine know that we care.

Have a magical day everyone.

Good morning everyone.

Littleninja I hope you slept well and feeling a little more peaceful today, and hope the blustery walk did it's magic.

I've been thinking about NYE. Like Speakout, I don't celebrate it any of the usual ways. I prefer to spend the evening quietly at home. Normally I like to take the Christmas decorations down and clean the house, then smudge thoroughly. During the evening I sometimes do a tarot spread and ask for direction for the year ahead, and sometimes I'll do a little ritual where I'll write down anything I want to leave behind and I'll burn it in the garden.

This year I'm not really feeling the pull to do any of this. I'm still very much in winter hibernation mode and feeling quite content at the moment. My DC are both out for the evening, I'll probably do some gentle yoga and have a relaxing shower with essential oils, then relax on the sofa with my book. I may do a tarot spread, will see how I feel.

Love to you all ❤️

VioletCharlotte

Sounds like a perfect evening!

Just back from Tesco, some good bargains on fruit and veg, all discounted heavily- 1Kg vine tomatoes for 20p, I bought loads, may make a sauce for freezing later - although I love tomatoes, so a fair amount will be eaten fresh. Bought lots of stir fry veg too. Just the antidote to chocolate!

That sounds perfect Speakout. I love tomato's too, but can't eat too many unfortunately as I have a condition which means I need to be careful with anything acidic ☹️

I changed my mind and decided to take the decs down and give the house a good clean. I'm glad I did, the energy seems so much lighter now. I opened all the windows to fill the house with fresh air and cleaned all the floors. A tip I was given recently was to add a few drops of essential oils to the pad on the steam mop. Makes the house smell gorgeous!

I'm going to pop out and buy a new house plant in a bit and maybe a new candle.

VioletCharlotte that sounds lovely.
I would love to take the trees down, but DD insists they have to stay until tomorrow, so one more day.

I have taken down all the other things ( she hasn't noticed) and been cleaning and opening windows.
DS has gone to the airport- OH has taken him on his way to work, so stripped his bed, covers are washing as we speak.

Been feeling very unsettled all day - in fact for a few days-partly these Australian bushfires, but just a feeling of ideas coalescing in my mind, regarding power, politics, divinity, the earth, feminism, pagan paths.
To see how all these destructive forces have come about in the earth through the imbalance of male/female energy.
And the systems that have created and support the idea of male supremacy. I feel a small rage in me at those organisations that continue to prop up this imbalance and the puppets that are sold ideas of redemption.

But for tonight- I will be candle making, and cooking this for myself- www.maangchi.com/recipe/dubu-jorim I put in some green peppers for some added crunch- it is so delicious.

My mother is at home and wants McDonalds chicken nuggets and chips- her favourite meal- so I will pop out and get that for her . She won't eat the tofu unfortunately.
So just to drpo DD off at her friends house at 6pm and I can settle down for the night.

Speakout if DS1 was here, I'm sure he'd be objecting to the decorations coming down too.I'm taking advantage of him being out!

I can relate to how you're feeling. I've been up and down and quite unsettled too. There's so much uncertainty in the world, and the Australian bush fires are devastating. I'm finding all the 'What were you doing NYE 2010/1999' posts on here and other social media unsettling too, so avoiding them as much as possible.

For tonight, let's burn our candles, cook delicious food, nurture one another and put love and healing out to our sisters all over the world ❤️

I'm finding all the 'What were you doing NYE 2010/1999' posts on here and other social media unsettling too, so avoiding them as much as possible.

Yes, DD has just asked me to bring down a big suitcase of old photos from the attic- her and her friends are diing some 2010/2020 photo thing.

Have had the courage to admit to myself that I don't actually like looking at old photographs!

Feeling it here too and relating to all you’re saying. It’s very comforting to sit quietly in our witches kitchen and listen to the chat- an oasis of sanity!

I’ve been distracting myself, absorbed in clear out mode- to the untrained eye it might look like chaos in my house right now- but I know exactly what I’m doing!

Also made myself a protection charm- the old fashioned witch bottle kind. There was some resistance and it didn’t want to be sealed up but I got there in the end.

speakout that tofu looks delicious. I think I’m going to try that recipe 🙏

Violet

For tonight, let's burn our candles, cook delicious food, nurture one another and put love and healing out to our sisters all over the world ❤️

YES!! You have lifted my heart with these words. I’m with you x

Yes, I am with You violet and YashmisCrone too.

A beautiful sentiment violet.

May be a little later, DDs friends is now coming here for dinner after work, and I will be driving them to a pub in a village a few miles away after that.
So meal will be expanded a little, some veg and noodle stir fry and rice. DDs friend is vegan, so the meal I had planned will be good for her.
My mother will have to forgoe her McDonald's chicken nuggets though, I am not prepared to cook for 4 people, drive to Mcdonald's for a takeway then do taxi service for DD and friend.
Mother will have to eat what I have prepared.

Ds is airborn at the moment, was in good spirits as he left, and we exchanged some lighthearted text messages while he was waiting in the airport.

Just need some space in my evening to join my wise sisters and join in the healing.

Agree with Speakout my mind's been floating along similar pathways, there does seem to be an awful lot going on in the world right now and a lot of it isn't pleasant. I'm sure everything will work out fine eventually, it's just the upheaval of the transitions to get to that stage which are like nothing we've encountered before, they seem to be so much more enormous than in previous years and changes that we have no apparent control over are happening so quickly.

May 2020 be a year where we can all strep out of the chaos and grow in love and sisterhood in our kitchen with the aga, beanbags, cushions and magic teapot, our small sanctuary for shelter and nurture

Or even step out of the chaos ...

I previewed that post before I sent it [tctblush]

... can't even get the emoticons right ...

Tea anyone?

BlankTimes

Yes please, peppermint, quite strong. I amglad I am not the only one that feels this way.
Some major upheavals ahead in order to save ourselves.
The goddess rising!

Blanktimes lemon and ginger for me please ☕️

Yashmis I find sorting out the house therapeutic too. As you say, it's a good distraction and everything feels so much better afterwards.

Speakout young adult DC seem to have extremely fluid plans don't they? DS1 has just called to say he's in a completely different city to where I thought he was! It does make me smile.

I've felt goddess energy around me quite a bit the last few days, strong but nurturing feminine energy, enveloping me like a warm hug at times when I've needed it most.

Love and light, all! We have a quick dinner, a nice fire in the grate and some incense. I’ve been for a jog round the park, done some studying and reflected on the year behind us. NYE doesn’t mean much spiritually for me as the real new year was 1st November. Peace to you all and let’s hope for brighter things ahead.

Lovely, thank you BlankTimes, I’m on the pukka ‘peace’ tea ☕️

Thank you all for your wise and powerful words, I’m feeling very grateful for you all 🙏

I’ve brought my latest ice ‘globe’ to our gathering, with healing energy as the ice melts and intention released.

Here’s to us queens

The goddess rising Yes!!

Beautiful ice globe Yashmis

I saw this post on Facebook earlier and it reminded me of all of us on this thread. Hold your heads up high and wear those crowns with pride sisters!

Good morning wise sisters.

Thankfully no fireworks late here last night I fell asleep instead to an owl singing to me from the trees.
YashmisCrone thankyou for bringing the ice globe to us last night, such a thoughtful thing to do.
VioletCharlotte I love that. Here's to a year of the queen.

I am about to take a herbal bath and make a slow start to the day. Hopefully get the trees down and decorations packed away.

More candle making today- love tea lights with rose and violet, and some smudge sprays. So hopefully the kitchen will be infused with some magic.

Sending everyone some magic to weave into your day.