Our Islamic friends and relatives celebrate Hajj this week, the precursor to their New Year. Runic New Year also kicks off this week, and this year I encourage studying up on the Year of Aun, a Norse reconstructionist movement that is bringing back some great old traditions. Also this week we find ourselves partying with Ancient Egyptians during their amazing festival complex The Beautiful Reunion, dedicated to putting the material world (Ma'at) in order. This also leads up the New Years in the Ancient Egyptian world. New Sun, New Season, New energy! Did Spring feel sluggish? Start now! The Wheel turns, and there is always time to begin again.

Tarot: 3 of Cups

Witch Work: divination, renewing vows, political activism

LITHA - SUMMER SOLSTICE

Currently falling somewhere between June 18th and June 22nd each year, this Quarter Day marks the official end of Spring and start of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. What is it to work through the energy of Gemini, The Divine Twins and Cancer, the Universal Womb? We’ll come into alignment with these archetypes by studying the astronomy and the astrology of the times. And we will welcome the Sun into our lives by embracing our ability to radiate our personal power.

Immerse yourself in the ancient global folklore, symbols, and rituals of this Solar festival acknowledging the high point of the Sun’s Arc across the sky and discover how you can evoke this power in your own life and world.

But the work doesn't stop after one night! In this six week guide, we will look at the major Witch's Work for the season: Power, Transformation, Healing and Commitment and what that means for Pagans and their communities. We can utilize rituals, spellcrafting, meditations and journaling to ground ourselves in this work.

Grab a friend, a journal or some art supplies, maybe make a pot of tea and a snack, and settle in. I also encourage folks to create sacred space for themselves by lighting a candle and/or some incense. You might also want close at hand magical tools like Tarot and your natal chart.

These classes are offered freely to the collective thanks to the support of my illustrious Patrons. As a way of saying thank you, and for folks who would really like to dig in, those who subscribe to my Patreon at the Venus level or higher get access to a 20 page workbook and 7-8 week calendar, a copy of this video and tons more.

This week contains our last Waning Half Moon and last Balsamic Moon of Gemini, Beltane, and Spring. This week is encouraging review and consolidation of all we have experienced in this portion of our cycle around The Wheel. What needs to be embraced and carried forward? What needs to be modified or adjusted? What needs to be ended and left behind? Entities like The Muses, Orion, and Fortune help us with this appraisal. Entities like Suijin, Isis, and the Spirits of Holy Waters help us bath and purify ourselves to prepare for what comes next.

Tarot: Magician

Witchcraft: finishing up Beltane work, Divination for Summer

WE ARE GOING HARD THIS WEEK WITCHES! Soooo many Gemini and Sag oriented festivals this week. We are stepping into the rushing stream of energy that will carry us into Summer. Deities like Artemis, Bendis, Ochosi, Dano, and Jarlio oversee and guide our work, just to name a few. Our astrology is asking us to engage some tough and murky emotional terrain, but we are gifted with. some sweetness at the end of the week.

Tarot: 8 of Swords

Witch's Work: Protection Magick, offerings to Local Spirits

Adjustment is the name of the game this week. Don't get lost in the sauce, ask for help and guidance from Holy archetypes like Mary Mediatrix, Vesta, and St. Joan D'Arc, or clear thinking from the Goddess Mens. We step over another threshold into the last weeks of Beltane and Spring. Reach up and call down the lightning to empower your Works.

Witch Work: fecundity, divination, sensuality

Tarot: The Magician

Are you ready to FECUND? Because it's time. To. Plant!! Goddesses like Carna, St Sara la Kali, and Athena oversee our process this week. It's time to burst out of our shells and begin establishing ourselves on the physical plane.

Tarot: Lovers

Witch Work: Brewing, Flirting, Divination

Plant Helpers: Beans, Vines

Are you still reeling from the effects of that Scorpio eclipse? You're not alone. This week we get into the festivals that honor death in the midst of returning life, as well as the forces that over see the triumph of order over chaos, for better and worse.

Tarot: 6 of Pentacles

Witch's Work: None

BELTANE - MAY DAY / WITCH’S NIGHT - Wheel of the Year Series 2023

Topics covered in the lecture, generally:

Welcome back Heathens! Our work takes us through more gates of initiation and Pagan rites of awakening. Venus square Saturn this week may bring bummer information that needs to be integrated all the same. What are our values when in proximity to power?

Witchcraft: Initiations

Plant helper: Willow

Tarot Helper: The Tower

Holy Healing is on the agenda this week! A Heart-Clearing conversation may find you weepy but washed clean. There's a real "suck out the poison" type vibe to our work this work, so engage in that at whatever level is healthy for you. Deities like Kybele, Attis, and Asklepios are here to assist in shedding the skins that no longer serve us. Deities like Persephone, Ishtar, and Hathor are back from their Underworld Journey to remind us of who the f*ck we are.

Tarot: 3 of Wands

Magick: divination on our Work, Healing, preparing the Garden