Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's time for another retrograde to start and this time, it's Uranus' turn to give us the optical illusion of moving backwards. Uranus will be retrograde in the sign of Gemini from 10th September 2026 until 8th February 2027. Uranus is associated with transformation, breaking through old limits and frameworks. Some may even say this planet has a similar energy to Mercury but less personally and more generally since Uranus is on

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!!! I wanted to explore my relationship with Tarot. Now, don't get me wrong as this particular divination method is steeped in history and tradition but I will happily admit to not being very traditional so I don't have many traditional Tarot decks in my personal collection. By traditional, I mean the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) kinds of decks. The 19 decks I have in my collection have their own themes and version of the same cards t

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! I've been doing a lot of thinking recently about different things that I want to have better relationships with, similar to the Food, Family, Money, Respect and Bodily Autonomy posts I've written before. I was inspired again and have a whole list of things I want to cover but this time, I'll be focusing on Confidence. As before, I am using my "A Curious Deck of Alice Playing Cards" which I'm happy to use again. So let's get int

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! A couple of years ago, I did a workshop with Wise Woman Witchery's Emily Morrison about writing a story using prompts and a tarot deck. I really enjoyed it and have tried to do a new version each year with a different deck each time too. While the prompts stay the same, the stories are all different and I love this! For this year's edition, I didn't know which deck to use as I've got 18 decks that I used semi-regularly. So I ga

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! I wanted to take a minute and talk about how I approach my Craft and how I practise it. This is because I know that witchcraft can be personalised and tailored to each practitioner's life, and I want to share my Craft. I have chronic health issues which can get in the way of what I want to do. But I don't put any pressure on myself to do any more than what I feel capable of. This does mean that sometimes, I can't do the spells

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's almost Lughnasadh!! This is the first of three harvest celebrations within the Wheel of the Year and is usually celebrated around 1st August in the northern hemisphere or 1st February in the southern hemisphere. It is named for a Celtic god of grain, craftsmanship and the sun. According to the medieval Irish tale Tochmarc Emire, which translates to “The Wooing of Emer” and is part of the Ulster Cycle of medieval Irish her

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! Another planetary body goes retrograde but this time, it's Chiron. Chiron will be retrograde from 3rd August 2026 until 6th January 2027. Chiron is a centaur, a comet and an asteroid at the same time. Comets have tails while asteroids don't so it depends on where Chiron is within its path around the sun. Currently, Chiron is more of an asteroid but will show as more of a comet in about 20 years. Mythologically, Chiron is the Gr

Merry Meet and welcome to you magickal souls!!!! Saturn is the next planet to turn retrograde and will do so from 26th July until 10th December this year. Retrograde is an optical illusion so when a planet is "seen" to turn retrograde, it is believed that the planet's energy becomes less obvious and more internal. Saturn is the planet associated with restrictions, limitations and obstacles or blockages. This may be due to the rings that surround this particular outer planet.

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's time to look back and review how the last three calendar months have been compared to the cards I pulled for them back in December. This time, I'll be reviewing April, May and June. April Energy: Ace of Rings This card seems to show the One Ring. The Ring of Power. The Ring that had to be destroyed to avoid dominion over all. This card is all about the start. The One Ring was created first, and all the Dwarven, Elven and N

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! Retrograde season is about to start, with four planetary bodies going retrograde before the end of July. In order, they are: Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Chiron. I'm going to focus on Mercury today. Mercury technically started this particular retrograde on 29th June and won't go direct again until 23rd July. Mercury is the planet associated with communication, which is why during the next few weeks a lot of people blame Mercury

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's time to consider Litha, which may be better known as Midsummer's Day, Alban Hefin and the Summer Solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is typically celebrated on 21st June and on 21st December in the Southern Hemisphere. This is when the Sun is at its strongest, causing the longest day of the year because of the Earth's axis and its tilt. This day is full of endless possibilites, abundant promise, and a time of fulfilme

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's time to recap what I've learned and experienced over this particular lunar cycle between the New Moon in Capricorn and the New Moon in Aquarius, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year. It was certainly an interesting cycle and I had a lot happen to me. I had to sort out some pre-surgery blood tests and booked them about 2 days before my actual surgery. Then I had to learn how to depend on other people to help me w

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's amost the end of this particular lunar cycle so it's time to cover the Waning Moon. This two-week time encompasses the Waning Gibbous Moon, Third (or Last) Quarter Moon, and the Waning Crescent Moon. Starting with the Waning Gibbous Moon, this is that first week after the Full Moon where the Moon is starting to decrease in size. It is the time to start to think about releasing what no longer serves us so that we can heal f

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's time for me to write about the halfway point between the New Moon in Capricorn and the New Moon in Aquarius: the Full Moon in Leo. This occurred on 1st Feb (approx.) and I pulled some cards for my own guidance, which I will explore further later on. The Full Moon always occurs in the opposite sign to the sign the Sun is in, so while the Full Moon was in Leo, the Sun was in Aquarius. It is the time when the Moon is opposite

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's time to look at the Moon's Waxing phase, which includes the First Quarter Moon. The Waxing phase is when the Moon's light and size are growing. It lasts about 2 weeks in between the New Moon and the Full Moon. Other phases of the Moon that occur during this time are: Waxing Crescent Moon, First Quarter Moon, and the Waxing Gibbous Moon. During these two weeks, the energies around us can appear to be more external as a lot

Merry Meet and welcome to you magickal souls!!!! I wanted to highlight the cycle of the Moon, the Lunar Cycle or Month so I have been doing research and intentionally pulling cards for certain phases of the Moon (4 to be specific). I'll be sharing what I experienced over the course of one lunar cycle as part of my next series of posts. I will admit that I used a few different resources to help me with my lunar practice, including the Wise Woman Witchery 2026 Daily Planner and

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! Not everyone will acknowledge the Dark Moon but for those that do, or those who want to learn about it, this is the time when the Moon is barely visible in the sky. It's that time between the Waning Crescent and the Waxing Crescent where there is nothing to see of the Moon. The Dark Moon can symbolise an ending, a cycle coming to completion while preparing for the next cycle. It can be likened to the season of Winter when the S

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! Beltane is almost upon us!!!! It is typically known as May Day, which is usually acknowledged on 1st May (as shown by a lot of the British folk celebrations). Some festivities will start at sunset on 31st April and continue until sunset on 1st May in the Northern Hemisphere while for the Southern Hemisphere it is closer to 31st October and 1st November. Some magickal practitioners will dispute the date when it should be celebra

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! It's time to think about the next planet to go retrograde which is Pluto! Pluto will be retrograde for about 5 months from 6th May to 16th October in the sign of Aquarius. Pluto is an outer planet, which means that its influence is less obvious and more internal within our communities (even on a global scale). It is the planet of transformation, change, evolution and personal power. Aquarius is the sign of the rebel, of bringin

Merry Meet and Welcome to you magickal souls!!!! I know I wrote about Bodily Autonomy as a twin flame last week, but I feel like Respect is tied into this and wanted it to have its own post. This is inspired by the Money As My Twin Flame workshop hosted by That Witch Karena At The Witch's Inn and the post I wrote about my experience. So here's what I explored about Respect as my twin flame: What would a better relationship with Respect do for me? Ace of Hearts When I first