Any Witches here? Part 13

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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.

@queenrollo so am I although don't perform much lately, have moved to photographing mermaids instead. Your friend and I probably know each other - it's a small world :)

I am loving all of your words! Back in the studio today and will catch up properly this evening.

Aerwyna i was under the impression that we sought out the elements that were less prominent in our natal charts to help balance ourselves out? I might have missunderstood that. I need to have another look at my natal chart as I have not finished dissecting it.

Makes sense Hills, I find it fascinating how this manifests. For me the water connection feels so natural and intrinsic to who I am, like I was born with it. Whereas connecting with more grounded earth energy has been more of a learning over time if that makes sense. I love hearing how others relate to the elements too and look forward to hearing what you think when you’ve had chance to look more at your chart.

Am I the only person who hates it when you go to the woods or somewhere wild and there's a group of people making a racket?

I'm terrible at these charts. My grandmother had one made for me but it's in a rarely spoken language and mum doesn't know where it is anyway! I wouldn't mind getting someone to look at it.

speakout your moon photo is stunning.

LunaHeather

If you mean natal astrology charts then it is very easy to generate one in seconds- online and free.
All you need is your time and place of birth.
Lots of web sites- this is a good one
astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

[quote speakout]LunaHeather

If you mean natal astrology charts then it is very easy to generate one in seconds- online and free.
All you need is your time and place of birth.
Lots of web sites- this is a good one
astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php[/quote]
Sorry, i meant I don't retain the info, I don't know why!

Are your local woods quiet, speakout?

LunaHeather

I am surrounded by woods in all directions, one is a little busy at times, the grounds of an Abbey and acres of woodland, laid out with walkways- popular with dog walkers.
The other is by a river and although never busy I am likley to see at least one or two people at popular times on good weather days.
My wolf wood is my favourite, to the North of my house. It is at the back of an old church and is my favourite place. I have never seen or heard another person in my wolf wood in the years I have been visiting.
In poor weather all my local woods are almost empty.

speakout that sounds great

i must admit, I was prompted to ask because of another thread where a poster said she takes her kids to the woods and encourages them to holler and make noise.

I am not near any but the last two trips I made especially for a bit of forest bathing, one was ruined by groups playing loud music and another ruined by people I couldn't see, but could hear them playing drums and hollering. They were clearly walking around, I could tell from the noise.

I think it's awful that peaceful natural places are turning out this way. It might be bad luck but doesn't encourage me to buy a train ticket if that's what I get for my money.

The best route for peace would be to go to the Thames at night, I can get a bus for £1.50. But I have never considered that a safe option because... men.

I particularly love the bits of the Thames with steps leading to the water...of course they are sealed off but I like looking at them.

Unfortunately it could be a while as I have over extended myself this month and I am not sure where i can find the time to dedicate to that, or the other more practise specific things I would like to do.

In the meantime i stumbled across video s She is not my style of practise, and I don't always appreciated her style of video. However there was the start of an interesting thought pattern so it will be interesting where she takes it in the 2nd video. (which unfortunately has not been posted yet)

I know I have an entire quadrant empty on my chart and that my moon and rising are the same sign. Looking at my chart the only element that is not represented is water and yet although I have a fear of water, i do not have a lack of connect with it. I am lucky as I am drawn to all of the elements, but I am more cautious with water (tbf large bodies of water can trigger panic attacks on a bad day) I am always drawn to reveal it its power, and think nothing of a standing in the rain to embrace the energy and resulting in looking like a drowned rat much to the horror of people around me. I am interesting to work out where the water element falls in with this. But then I always have more questions than i can answer.

For example I picked up 2 oracle decks a while back. One because i wanted it, one because i was drawn to the art work. I started with the one I wanted. It currently has me in time out because apparently I am not in the right place for it atm, which is ok. I only recently felt drawn to work with the 2nd deck. It gave me some interesting answers to a simple body mind soul 3 card draw that pair interestingly with my annual draw card for this month. However, it never felt like i was done drawing cards, like i was supposed to pull more, like i was supposed to learn more. And that surprised and intrigues me as to why this was the feeling. Is it the nature of the deck. Is it the fact we are just on the journey of learning to play nice with each other. Or am I just in need of some mighty guidance and just need to sit the heck down and listen to it.

I suspect I am about to fall hard down the Norse Mythology route. It is brewing. And I am not sure if I am being drawn or pulled in that direction. And the ancient practises of not stirring things certain ways on the 23rd when the veil between worlds are thinner etc are to be relearnt etc. Superstitions and lore of olde, are interesting beasts that interplay in such wonderfully intriguing ways. Like the first footing being of a dark hair man - because a blonde hair man was likely to be trouble (ie an invader) etc. Word derivation might be another path I wonder at some point. Who knows. For now I need to focus on the mundane and the route of functioning life; and to get that to a place where indulging the need to disappear down a research worm hole will not be troublesome or stealing time from other things that more urgently require it.

Sorry that is long and rambling and I should probably sleep and come back tomorrow to attempted focus and proper catch up.

I hope that you may all find restful sleep and wake fresh and ready for the new day. night.

Luna i fucking hate the people clutter in my nature. Their noise, their mess, their lack of respect, their lack of ability to see what is just there in front of them. Makes me most grumpy. So i try to go out, to places where I am less likely to bump into them.

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@HillsBesideTheSea

Luna i fucking hate the people clutter in my nature. Their noise, their mess, their lack of respect, their lack of ability to see what is just there in front of them. Makes me most grumpy. So i try to go out, to places where I am less likely to bump into them.

Well, I thought getting a train out of town to woods, forest would help

It didn't and the poster who prompted me to remember it is quite typical, i think. I have no idea where people are actually quiet these days.

I think it depends on the people. City folks and those not used to just being doing appreciate the quiet. I have been in the hills, with kids playing in the streams and there be minimal noise. I have been on long ridge top walks where there have been a lot of walkers but there has been minimal noise, minimal trace left behind and pathways/nature repected and I have not felt like the nature has been full of people clutter. By the very nature modern society is noisey, messy, fast and chaotic. And unfortunately people have forgotten to slow down and be quiet and respectful.

(shall i hang up my 90 year old get off my lawn old lady hat now? )

Honestly though at the moment there are a lot of people who are trapped in small spaces, trying to do the impossible, be the impossible and survive the quiet frankly difficult times that we have been in and I can understand the need to let kids go and let out all that steam and noise and chaos that would not normally be so problematic if they did it in the home. So I stay a way from where I would bump into them, mutter dark words about consideration as they pass up and down the road making the house seem invaded by their noise clutter, and long for the day when they go back to their chaotic lives that they know how to deal with so that the peace and tranquillity that I enjoyed can be restored. Well that and making plans to get up are that arse crack of a sparrow to go be at peace with the nature.

Hills i have much more sympathy for noise at the moment because
I think it's an expression of fear, loathing, desperation etc

But traditionally quiet places have been spoiled for a while now IMHO. the last place I got real quiet was on a private section of land in Wales - I managed to pull some strings to get to walk on it. It was incredible. It looks like the owner might have to sell it now which is sad.

Sorry, I'm mostly saying this aloud because although I know it, to see a poster proudly say she takes her kids to the woods to make a noise really saddens me and angers me too.

I made the mistake of wondering in the school dinners allergy thread the other day. And promptly walked out with the rages. Sometimes i find that other people are my biggest problem and it is easy to just avoid them and their opinions.

My parents used to say the same thing about us as kids, they take us into the hills to run and shout and make some noise. But they were the same parents that used to tell us off for screaming and shouting and being noisy in the garden because it was inconsiderate on the neighbours. One persons level might not be the same as someone else iyswim.

Really must head to bed, not most gracious or straight thinking. Sorry Popped a shoulder and bruised a knee (both will be fine) and just realised the pain levels are high enough to give a serious case of the grumps. Sorry about that. really sorry about that. May you find a quiet peaceful spot at some point. Sunrise is often a good time, as is the witching hour, or the golden hour. Will soon be bat season, can't wait to see them flying about again. Rook and wood piegeons are not quite the same thing...

hills "Sometimes i find that other people are my biggest problem and it is easy to just avoid them and their opinions."

Yes. I should get off MN.

Hope you feel better x

Sorry again about last night. I am so used to being in pain that i don't realise when the level creeps up too high until it is really affecting my mood. Sleep and pain killers have helped some, but I am going to try to do something soothing for the soul too. As anything with too much walking is going to be out (i had planned a 10mile odd walk) I think i might go destroy the kitchen in the process of making all the yummy treats. Bread is needed at the bare minimum and we are having home made quiche for tea thanks to an over tired oopsie last night that sees me with deforsted mushroom that were started when it needed to be the fresh ones I had bought. Music I think will be compulsory today. And I might see if I can get some washing out on the line, I fear there might be concrete making stuffs in the way though.

@hilariousnamehere thank you for lighting the candle! Such a lovely gesture. I hope you're feeling better, pain is very difficult to live alongside. I hope you had a fun time in the kitchen making bread and listening to music.

@Aerwyna thank you for your kind words. I really got a lot out of this: "there’s such wisdom in the shadows, both personally and societally". I prefer the light and seek it out wherever I can, but I am learning to be OK with the shadows. Even, like you say, see them as a place to find wisdom and strength and growth.

I enjoyed reading the natal chart chat. I haven't done much with mine since I discovered my moon was in Scorpio, which sounded something like a sentence so I quickly forgot about it all!

Is this shadow work? It has recently occurred to me that I have far too high expectations of myself, others and the world. Probably always, but especially right now when everything is in tatters.

So instead of fight it as is my natural tendency ("I will thrive!", lots of to do lists and commitments and then beating myself up when it doesn't all work out), I have practiced radical acceptance of the situation and placed barely any expectations on myself (beyond the basics like caring for my daughter!) and do you know what? I've had a surprisingly OK couple of days.

I hope you're all doing OK too! And I hope, with all of my heart, one day soon things will improve and I can get back to thriving instead. x

It can be shadow work, it is not always shadow work. Natal charts etc that i have looked at so far is not really shadow work, but i am deep in shadow work atm so that way i am drawn. I think two people can look at the same things and get totally different things out of it. I don't think that your moon is a bad thing, might be more challenging but not a bad thing. Look deeper there might be interesting random stuffs. And i am sure that the answers you seek will be different from the questions I am asking. also middle of the night insomnia youtube watching does bring up some really random things sometime

I have not got as fair as bread because the house has been cold today but I am making quiche and some mundane decluttering has be productive. unfrotunately all i can see is the to do list right now, but that is ok. The to do list is just an elephant and having a mundane focused month this month may mean next can be less mundane

What really upsets me is litter. The amount of absolute crap all over the place because people are too lazy to clean up after themselves is heartbreaking. I don’t like some noise but don’t mind others. I wouldn’t mind kids letting off steam. I don’t like swearing teenagers and house music in nature though. That makes me grind my teeth.
Kids need to have somewhere to run around and let off steam. If they feel like making a noise, as long as they aren’t screaming or crying, I’m fine with it. At one stage we had three kids in a very small house with no garden to speak of. We used to take them out at weekends where they would run for miles, chase pigeons and squirrels and shout a lot.

So pleased you’ve had a better couple of days moregarlic, mindset shifting is magic I think. When I read your post I thought of this Carl Rogers quote. Powerful energy work you’re doing

Also sharing a bit of river magic for anyone in need of it. Not pictured are the two ravens who were on either side of the river. Such magical creatures. But then I equally enjoyed an encounter with a curious Robin in lidl car park later on! Air energy for clarity.

I’ll be lighting my 8pm candle with an intention of peace and balance as we look forward to the balance of the equinox

Aerwyna
Wise words as always , your 8pm candle energy is gratefully received.
I love hearing about your bird magic!

I have come to know a few of my dear sisters well on this thread, well enough to know that many of us- including me- have hard challenges in life.
Often there are circumstances that we cannot easily change. It seems at times that we have no control, are powerless.
But even in difficult situations we have more control that we realise.
We can control our responses , our own actions. To some extent - as the three of Swords Tarot shows us- we can decide how deep those wounds will be.
Anger can be a useful emotion if used for a productive purpose. But if left to simmer it will burn a hole.

As Aerwyna says it is about balance, about recognising our stress points , questioning ourselves.as a way to self knowledge.

I am having a relaxing evening after a glorious sunny spring day.
I had to reluctantly cut back a monster rosemary bush- it must be 6 foot across and very vigorous.
I am having some wooden steps replaced in my garden next week, and the rosemary partially blocks the gate and totally blocks the path. So would have made it difficult for the joiner to get access to the work. I had to chop 60% of it down. Sad, but I hope it will grow back.
Time to put up my Ostara tree this weekend too, hopefully I will have time towards the end of the week.
Wishing everyone a restorative sleep.

Often there are circumstances that we cannot easily change. It seems at times that we have no control, are powerless.
But even in difficult situations we have more control that we realise.
We can control our responses , our own actions. To some extent - as the three of Swords Tarot shows us- we can decide how deep those wounds will be.
Anger can be a useful emotion if used for a productive purpose. But if left to simmer it will burn a hole.

This really resonates for me speakout, thank you. I think what you say is very empowering. Like many of us, I’ve been tested to put these concepts into practice of late, whilst feeling helpless, fearful and overwhelmed. The three of swords analogy makes so much sense to me in this context, if I hadn’t done the self knowledge part as I went along I think the wounds would have been much deeper and longer lasting. I think the radical acceptance that you’ve been practicing moregarlic is part of the same alchemy, very powerful

I know some of you will have seen this powm, but so powerful I wanted to share.

Unmasking a Myth
when they want to
control you
they do not come
with shackles
made of iron
they come instead
with cages made
of shame and story
like the one
about the woman
who earned crisis
for her curiosity
so tempted by a life
of wisdom and independence
she caused the downfall
of all civilization
women are dangerous
says the shame story of Eve
they cannot
be trusted and
should not
trust themselves
give a woman
free choice and
she’ll eat the fruit
tempt the man
enrage the god
she’ll destroy us all
with her mad desire
to know
to discover
to understand
her self
her world
her maker
give a woman any freedom
and she’ll follow
her curiosity
shape her
own story
seek truth beyond
the dictates
of order and obedience
she will wreck
your carefully controlled mandates
your reign of tightness
she will unmake
your holy wars
of right and wrong
and infuse the realm with
choice and instinct
empathy outranking rules
creativity eclipsing war
sovereignty subsuming
blind servitude
when you want to know
like Eve
when you have a taste
for truth
and a hunger for wisdom
you have to question
the stories
test the facts
rattle the cage
who profits from you
believing a lie?
who benefits because you
believe you are both
cause and curse?
they have tried
to burn you
with their shame
strip you
violate you
shrink you
silence you
but they could not break
your phoenix spirit
its fierce heat
will melt old regimes
and enflame a generation
who will not settle
for smallness
for submission
for shame
sink your self into
the feathered
red sleeve
of your ancestors
and rise, woman
rise again
for you are
Persephone’s Daughter
Lilith’s lover
Eve’s heir
find the truth
eat the fruit
unmask the myth
let it burn
poem©Angi Sullins - www.AngiSullins.com
art©Yuri Klapoukh