Welcome back to the Stay Magic podcast! I'm Sara Walka, founder of The Sisters Enchanted. Today we're exploring the devil card in tarot and asking: Why do you keep choosing the cage when you already hold the key?

The devil card freaks people out, but it's one of the most misunderstood cards in tarot. It's not about external evil, it's about the chains we voluntarily wear and the cages we return to, even when we're quietly suffocating.

The traditional imagery shows two figures loosely chained together. The key detail? Those chains are loose enough to slip off. They're not trapped, they're choosing to stay.

You already know you have the power to change. But knowing you have the key and actually using it are two very different things.

Why don't we use it? Because what's on the other side feels terrifying:

• Loss of identity
• Fear of judgment
• The unknown
• Comfort in the status quo

I had a challenging relationship with a family member who was emotionally detached and had hurt me before. I kept reaching out, trying to fix things, rechaining myself to that situation because I was afraid of what it would mean about me if I let it go.

I already had the key. I just had to choose to be free and face the discomfort of what happens next.

The devil card is about choosing to allow yourself to be free. It's about understanding why you're afraid to change and what you're getting from staying stuck.

Try this three-card spread:

1. What am I getting from staying?
2. What am I afraid I'll lose if I leave?
3. Who do I become when I finally walk away?
4. 
   

What would I do if I weren't afraid of being free?

This question breaks the spell. It cuts through the fear and reminds you that the cage is a choice and so is freedom.

Subscribe so you never miss an episode! Check the show notes for a free "Bad Boys of Tarot" spread PDF.

What would you do if you weren't afraid of being free?

Until next time, stay magic, Enchanted Sister. ✨

Keywords: Devil card tarot, fear of change, identity loss, breaking free, self-trust, midlife transformation, spiritual awakening, tarot spreads, witch wound

Connect: thesistersenchanted.com | @the_sisters_enchanted

Note: The Season of the Witch Replays will only be available until Nov. 1st.

Today on the final day of Season of the Witch we did our group liberation ritual where we cross the threshold of belonging together.

We gathered (over 200 of us!) in a virtual forested sanctuary to bring everything from this week full circle. And spoiler: it got emotional. Even our Capricorn moon team members teared up.

Here's what went down:

We cast our circle by welcoming all four seasons - the darkness and faith of winter, the relief and new beginnings of spring, the long hot days of summer, and the beauty in endings that autumn brings.

Sara shared reflection prompts for journaling or card pulling for:

1. Threshold of Seeing:

2. Threshold of Trusting:

3. Threshold of Timing:

4. Threshold of Presence:

5. Threshold of Belonging:

Anna pulled group cards using the Sasuraito Tarot (gorgeous deck alert), and they were SO on point:

The wisdom that emerged:

Just by being here - whether live or on replay - you make it easier for someone else to feel like they belong. That's medicine for the witch wound we all need.

Then we closed with: "I am not becoming powerful. I am remembering the power that was always mine. My season isn't waiting, it's here."

Team TSE got vulnerable too: Pati shared about her move to Mexico (crying all the way from LA to San Diego) and choosing to trust herself over waiting for the "right time." Naomi pulled the Six of Pentacles and got slapped in the face with the reminder that it's okay to receive, not just give. Anna keeps pulling the same shadow work themes but in different octaves - proof that when you do the work, it evolves with you.

The truth: Even when life is objectively good (roof over head, food on table, leisure time for rituals), we still get that "life eczema" feeling. That doesn't require fixing. That requires witnessing. That requires remembering we belong even when something feels itchy.

Looking at shadow isn't a call to fix it - it's recognizing the ecosystem. Like the damp, shaded forest floor where mushrooms grow and worms thrive. We need that decay for the whole forest to function. Your shadow is part of your ecosystem too.

Ready for more of this energy?

Join us in Enchanted Journey - our rolling membership where we practice together at new/full moons, host seasonal events (Halloween class-a-thon starts Monday!), gather for coffee chats, and hold space for each other's magic. We've got THREE enrollment options now to make it accessible. Plus our physical lunar planner ships in November for annual members. Check it our here.

Bonus: Current members get FREE access to our Salem, Massachusetts in-person event on April 15, 2026. (Tax day, get those done early!)

Thank you for being here. You crossed five thresholds with us this week. Your season isn't waiting—it's here.

Stay magic. ✨

Ever caught yourself dimming your light, second-guessing your voice, or performing for approval - again? That's witch wound energy, and the moon holds your key to healing it.

In this final episode of The Witch Wound Series, we explore how lunar rhythms offer you constant opportunities to check in with your feeling body, release what's keeping you small, and reclaim your power in real-time. If seasonal cycles are your big-picture healing work, the moon is your day-to-day shadow work practice - a monthly reset to reconnect with who you really are beneath all the "I must" and "I should" conditioning.

You'll discover:

This is your permission slip to stop performing, stop fitting in, and start belonging - unconditionally. Your magic was never meant to be hidden.

Ready to heal the witch wound and reclaim your sacred space in this world? Join our Enchanted Journey membership during our annual autumn sale (only once per year!) for a community built around seasonal and lunar rhythms. Link in show notes. Plus, subscribe to our Stay Magic newsletter for weekly witchy wisdom at thesistersenchanted.com.

eywords: healing witch wound, lunar rhythms, moon rituals, reclaim your power, shadow work, witchy woman

Note: The Season of the Witch replay episodes will only be available until Nov. 1st.

Today on Day 4 of Season of the Witch, where we're talking about the separation between you and your magic - and spoiler alert: it's just a lack of presence.

Remember that scene in Hook where Robin Williams finally sees the food during the food fight? That "there you are" moment when he remembers he's Peter Pan? That's what we're going for this week. You don't need to buy a bunch of stuff or get it perfectly right. Your magic is already here.

Here's what we covered:

We crossed four thresholds this week:

1. Seeing (Monday) - witnessing where your energy leaks

2. Trusting (Tuesday) - becoming your own true love's kiss

3. Timing (Wednesday) - finding your natural rhythm

4. Presence (today) - discovering magic in your everyday life

Through today's visualization, you will explore your actual home - the kitchen counter that glows, the plant that sparkles, the throw blanket emanating warmth you never noticed before, the kitchen table that's magnetic with memory and love.

Magic isn't something you do - it's your ability to create energy.

Your practice today:

The ancestors we connect with during this season of the witch? They got no special treatment for deprioritizing themselves. We're not about that. We're looking for the magic that's already here.

You only need your own permission to create your magical practice.

Join us Sunday for the final Group Liberation Ritual! We'll cross the threshold of belonging and remind ourselves we don't need to fit in to belong. You need to be registered for Season of the Witch to get the Zoom link delivered to your inbox. Register here.

Plus - our Enchanted Journey annual enrollment is open through Sunday! Join our buffet-style membership with clubs (tarot, astrology, crafting, book club), co-witching at new/full moons, coffee chats, seasonal events, and our physical lunar planner. We've got an in-person event in Salem, Massachusetts on April 15th too. And we're creating a threshold rituals book together next year that you can hold in your hands with YOUR name in it. Join here.

Go make some magic in your daily life. We promise it's better when you do.

Stay magic. ✨

*Note: The Season of the Witch Replay episodes will only be available until Nov. 1st.

Today on Day 3 of Season of the Witch, we're talking about rhythm - and how to find yours when life refuses to give you any.

Here's the truth: we're all swimming upstream against our own energy. Doing things just to be busy. Doing things because we've always done them. Saying yes when our whole body screams no. And then wondering why we feel like square pegs in round holes all the time.

Here's what we covered:

We explored the lunar phases (that waxing/waning cycle) and the wheel of the year (those eight Sabbaths marking the seasons). Both follow the same pattern: growing energy → release moment → reflection energy → back to the beginning. New moon to full moon. Winter solstice to summer solstice.

But here's the kicker: none of us can actually live fully aligned with these rhythms. You can't just hibernate from Samhain through Yule like nature intended. You've got graduations, weddings, holidays, 12-hour nursing shifts, kids' taekwondo, grandparents' appointments - life keeps happening regardless of what the moon or sun is doing.

So what do we do?

We create our own energetic rhythm wheel. Through the threshold of timing visualization, you explored:

1. When you feel most energized (that "throw it at me, I'm good" energy)

2. When you lose track of time because you're so engrossed

3. When your energy naturally wants to plant seeds versus release

4. When you're just done for the day

Then you mapped it on your own circle.

To be a witch is to create energy, not respond to it.

When you align with your natural rhythm instead of fighting it, you stop:

1. Feeling like a failure for not keeping up

2. Shutting down your voice again and again

3. Doing emotional labor for everyone else's schedule

4. Losing yourself in daily monotony

This is how you reclaim your season. You become a season keeper for yourself.

Your turn: Map your own energetic rhythm wheel. Notice where your energy naturally flows. See what your rhythm is actually creating for you right now.

Join the conversation! Share your rhythm discoveries in our YouTube Community space and connect with fellow Enchanted Sisters navigating their own cycles.

Want the full Season of the Witch experience? Register here to get all replays, your workbook, the potion quest (unlock your custom meditation!), and more delivered to your inbox.

Plus - our annual Enchanted Journey membership is open this week only, and we've got an in-person event in Salem, Massachusetts happening in April! Check it out here.

Tomorrow: Day 4, our final session before Sunday's wrap-up.

Stay magic. ✨

*Note: The Season of the Witch Replay episodes will only be available until Nov. 1st.

Today on Day 2 of Season of the Witch, we talked about the witch wound and becoming your own true love's kiss.

Here's the thing about the witch wound: we're all perpetuating it without even realizing it. That energetic battle where women fight each other for scraps of worthiness? It's alive and well. We've got community members here from 28 to 82, all in different seasons of life, all dealing with the same impossible standards: look good, be good, act good, speak well, do all the things. And it's never enough.

The witch wound shows up when you tell yourself:

1. "Be quiet" (your voice doesn't matter)

2. "I don't want to bother them" (your needs are inconvenient)

3. "Just stay safe" (different is dangerous)

4. "I have to earn my belonging" (you're only worthy if you prove it)

The counter spell? You become your own true love's kiss.

Through today's threshold of trusting visualization, you will step into a playground where you can safely explore your identity and ask: What do I know that I'm pretending not to know?

Then we got creative with three embodiment options - art journaling, elemental grids, or tarot spreads - because your energy is the foundation of your witchery practice. No amount of crystals will help if you're still running on curse stories.

New stories to practice: My voice matters. My needs are valid. My difference is my gift. I belong because I exist.

Perfect timing with the new moon moving into Scorpio - that burning down and rising up energy.

Join the conversation! Share which embodiment practice you chose in our YouTube Community space and connect with your fellow Enchanted Sisters.

Want the full experience? Register for Season of the Witch to get all replays, your workbook, the potion quest, and the special meditation. Plus - our annual Enchanted Journey membership registration is open this week only.

Tomorrow: finding your rhythm (because sometimes life just be lifein').

Today on Day 1 of Season of the Witch, we broke out of that eight of swords cage and reclaimed our rhythm.

This liminal space we're in right now - between summer and winter, between what was and what's coming - is the perfect time to finally see your energy. Not just feel the results of it everywhere in your life, but actually witness where it's going and where it's leaking away without your permission.

We're talking about the sacral curse: that pattern where you downplay your desires, minimize your needs, and push aside what brings you pleasure because you want to be a "good person." And the good girl algorithm: automatically saying yes without checking in with your body first, tying your worth to how much you can do for others, and basically running on autopilot.

Here's the truth the trees are teaching us right now: there are no bonus points for holding on to dead leaves. Your grandmother, your great-aunt, all the women who came before you? They didn't get extra life points for running themselves ragged. And neither will you.

Through a guided visualization, you'll cross the threshold of seeing - discovering where your energy goes throughout your day, what happens when you say yes but mean no, and how your energy responds to disappointing someone. Then we get creative (because breaking the sacral curse requires creation, not just consumption) and make the first page of your Season of the Witch grimoire.

You can reprogram your energetic algorithm at any point in time. This is where we start.

Join the conversation! Head to our YouTube Community space to join in the conversation and connect with your fellow Enchanted Sisters.

Want all the goods? Register for Season of the Witch to get pre-event extras, daily replays, your workbook, and the potion quest activity delivered straight to your inbox.

Plus - our annual Enchanted Journey membership registration is open this week only with special savings and a free planner.

See you on the other side of this threshold. Stay magic. ✨

Ever feel like you need to be "on" all the time - constantly creating, constantly producing, constantly proving your worth? That exhaustion you're feeling? It's the witch wound, and it's time to heal it.

In this third episode of our Witch Wound series on Stay Magic, Sara explores how disconnecting from nature's seasonal rhythms keeps us stuck in impossible standards. This isn't just about celebrating sabbats - it's about remembering that you ARE nature, and your energy, creativity, and power all have seasons.

You'll discover:

• How winter (rest), spring (emergence), summer (visibility), and autumn (release) create a healing cycle
• The connection between imposter syndrome and living against your natural rhythms
• What the "glass cliff" phenomenon reveals about how women are set up as scapegoats
• Why honoring your season is often the most powerful thing you can do

This is your reminder that you don't need to be on all the time to be magical. If you've ever felt like you're drowning in the constant pressure to perform, produce, and prove yourself, this episode is your permission slip to honor the season you're actually in.

Ready to align with your natural power? Join our Enchanted Journey membership where we work with both solar and lunar rhythms in community and grab our weekly Stay Magic newsletter for more witchy wisdom.

healing witch wound, seasonal living, reclaim your power, shadow work for women, witchy woman, midlife transformation

Ever find yourself shrinking back in groups, even ones where you should feel at home? Maybe you're posting less in online communities or keeping your wins quiet because you don't want to be "too much"? That's the witch wound at work, and it's time to talk about it.

In this episode of Stay Magic, Sara explores how the witch wound wasn't created in isolation and it sure as hell can't be healed there either. This is about the difference between fitting in (exhausting) and truly belonging (transformative), and why so many spiritual women are accidentally deepening their witch wound by choosing invisibility over community.

You'll discover:

• • Why the witch wound was literally created in community and what that means for your healing journey today
• • The Stanford study that revealed how professional women practice "intentional invisibility" to avoid conflict (and how this keeps you small)

• The crucial difference between belonging and fitting in, and why trying to fit in actually widens your witch wound

• How being witnessed and celebrated (not validated) is essential medicine for reclaiming your power as a witchy woman

• Three signs you're self-excluding from community and what to do about it instead

This is your permission slip to stop hiding the parts of you that feel too witchy, too powerful, or too much. Because here's the truth: your magic isn't meant to be whispered in the shadows. It's meant to be shared, witnessed, and celebrated in community.

Ready to heal your witch wound with other women who get it? Join our Enchanted Journey membership where we practice witnessing, celebration, and sacred belonging consistently. Or grab our free Stay Magic newsletter for weekly witchy wisdom delivered straight to your inbox. Links in show notes.

witch wound healing, reclaim your power, witchy woman community, belonging vs fitting in, spiritual women, shadow work, midlife transformation

Ever catch yourself over-explaining your decisions, hiding your tarot deck when company comes over, or feeling guilty for wanting more? That's the witch wound talking, and it's time we called it out.

In this first episode of a powerful four-part series on Stay Magic, we're diving into what the witch wound actually is (spoiler: it has nothing to do with historical witchcraft and everything to do with power, visibility, and being "too much"). This is about the fear that's been passed down through generations, the one that tells women to stay small, stay quiet, and definitely don't take up too much space.

You'll discover:

Here's the truth: the witch wound isn't your fault, but healing it is in your hands. If you've ever felt like you need to hide your magic, tone down your gifts, or apologize for your optimism, your intensity, or your toned abs at sixty, this episode is your permission slip to stop shrinking.

This is part one of four episodes exploring the witch wound, belonging, and why nature's rhythms matter for your healing. We're going deep, going wide, and bringing the sass.

Ready to reclaim your power and heal with your sisters? Check out our Enchanted Journey membership for a community that gathers around seasonal rhythms.

Subscribe so you don't miss the next three episodes in this series.

Get our weekly Stay Magic newsletter for weekly magical goodness delivered in your inbox every Sunday and to keep up to date with what is going on at The Sisters Enchanted.

witch wound healing, reclaim your power, witchy woman podcast, midlife transformation, shadow work for women