Blessed Scorpio Season & Happy Full Moon In Taurus

The dark side of the astrological wheel of the year is upon us. We are officially in Scorpio season, the season of revealing taboos, allowing the most misunderstood parts of us to have space, and acknowledging our scariest and most divine desires.

If you haven’t already, check out a Bonus Episode that was released last week all about the lessons of Scorpio season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-9br6qHH7A&t=11s

In profound timing, this week we bring you a powerful episode with Tonya Gonzalez, a seasoned tarot reader. Tonya brings us through her story of being a young single mother and school librarian, to traveling the world educating people of all walks of life about the powerful mysteries of the Tarot. Today, Tonya has two decades of experience as a tarot educator, life coach and sensuality expert under her belt.

This episode is called Love is Love because Tonya has an ability to remind everyone she meets how powerful a spell love can be, no matter who you are or how you identify. Let this episode be a balm for tired, confused ears. Let it take us home to ourselves. Let it reminds us that at the very core of everything, there is a current of love that cannot be mistaken or forgotten.

We discuss the mysterious history of Tarot, the principles of divine masculinity and divine femininity, and how important it is to listen to your own internal guidance.

To discover Tonya’s work, visit:

www.tonyargonzalez.com

www.tarotlifecoach.com

follow Tonya on instagram @browngirlswhotarot

find Tonya on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TarotLifeCoach/

To learn more about Anna Joy’s work visit:

www.thequeerwitch.com

www.annajoyhealing.com

On instagram @thequeerwitch, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thequeerwitch/ and join our Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/thequeerwitch/

To support The Queer Witch Podcast financially and ensure it remains a free community resource, go to www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch or make a one-time donation at www.thequeerwitch.com

Bonus Episode! Venus Rx in Scorpio - Astro Update

Listen to the replay of Anna Joy’s Facebook Live video on 10/19/18 about the astrology of the moment and a recap of the astrology of 2018.

We discuss:

Venus in Scorpio

Mars retrograde through Capricorn and Aquarius

Jupiter in Scorpio

The Leo Eclipses of summer 2018

Specifically with Venus in Scorpio, we are looking at what we hold space for. At the very end, two tarot cards are pulled to describe the energy of the Mars & Venus transits.

To follow The Queer Witch on Facebook:

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To watch this as a video on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-9br6qHH7A

To get your Scorpio/Taurus spiritual bath, go to www.annajoyhealing.com/links

Metafiction and Metaphysics?

Join host Anna Joy for a solo episode where they nerd out about the various scientific evidences there is for witchcraft being a real phenomenon and not make believe.

First, we discuss Anna Joy’s life directly before she discovered she was a witch: she was a creative writing student highly interested in the genre of metafiction.

We discuss such authors as:

Sheila Heti

Ben Lerner

James Joyce

David Foster Wallace

Jean Luis Borges

And get into why and how metafiction catapulted Anna Joy into realizing she was a REAL ACTUAL WITH WITH MAGICKAL POWERS HOLY SHIT!

Then we get into all kinds of fun and interesting scientific lessons, such as Dr. Masaru Emoto’s water experiments (read all about that here: http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html) and the documentary Memory Hackers and the subject of neuroplasticity (watch the documentary here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpX3VZMuyM)

Ultimately, the thesis of this episode is that we all have control over our own actions and that’s basically what witchcraft is. This episode was presided over by Hecate, the goddess of the crossroads, choice and witchcraft.

Visit www.annajoyhealing.com/science to get a special pdf download that includes practical guidance on how to integrate the lessons we covered in today’s episode as well as a special tarot spread made by Hecate herself!

Other episodes referred to in this podcast:

The Firebrand Witch:

https://www.annajoyhealing.com/podcast/20

Queer Desire & Manifestation: https://www.annajoyhealing.com/podcast/podcast21

Wheel of the Year with Maeanna Welti: https://www.annajoyhealing.com/podcast/podcast22

To support the Queer Witch Podcast, visit www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch to pledge monthly or visit www.thequeerwitch.com to make a one-time donation

Follow us on instagram @thequeerwitch

Join our Facebook community called The Queer Witch Community

Metafiction and Metaphysics?

Join host Anna Joy for a solo episode where they nerd out about the various scientific evidences there is for witchcraft being a real phenomenon and not make believe.

First, we discuss Anna Joy’s life directly before she discovered she was a witch: she was a creative writing student highly interested in the genre of metafiction.

We discuss such authors as:

Sheila Heti

Ben Lerner

James Joyce

David Foster Wallace

Jean Luis Borges

And get into why and how metafiction catapulted Anna Joy into realizing she was a REAL ACTUAL WITH WITH MAGICKAL POWERS HOLY SHIT!

Then we get into all kinds of fun and interesting scientific lessons, such as Dr. Masaru Emoto’s water experiements (read all about that here: http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html) and the documentary Memory Hackers and the subject of neuroplasticity (watch the documentary here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpX3VZMuyM)

Ultimately, the thesis of this episode is that we all have control over our own actions and that’s basically what witchcraft is. This episode was presided over by Hecate, the goddess of the crossroads, choice and witchcraft.

Visit www.annajoyhealing.com/science to get a special pdf download that includes practical guidance on how to integrate the lessons we covered in today’s episode as well as a special tarot spread made by Hecate herself!

Other episodes referred to in this podcast:

The Firebrand Witch:

https://www.annajoyhealing.com/podcast/20

Queer Desire & Manifestation: https://www.annajoyhealing.com/podcast/podcast21

Wheel of the Year with Maeanna Welti: https://www.annajoyhealing.com/podcast/podcast22

To support the Queer Witch Podcast, visit www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch to pledge monthly or visit www.thequeerwitch.com to make a one-time donation

Follow us on instagram @thequeerwitch

Join our Facebook community called The Queer Witch Community

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thequeerwitch/

Tune in next week for an interview with Tonya Gonzalez aka @browngirlswhotarot

As we draw closer to Halloween, aka Samhain, aka the time when the veil between the spirit and the living worlds are connected, it is a perfect time to welcome Maeanna Welti, author of the Healing Wheel Samhain-to-Samhain workbook, to The Queer Witch Podcast.

This episode is a must-listen for any queer witch out there who has ever felt like maybe being a human is a bit of a drag. Maeanna gives really incredible insight on the special, magickal, spiritual powers we have not in spite of, but BECAUSE of our human forms. This is wheel of the year work, witches!

In this interview, we discuss:

-Spherical versus Linear; an approach to gender as well as time. Exspherience the difference!

-The bright side of being trapped in a human body. Human magick, such as time magick, the wheel of the year, and other forms of magick that are unique to humans, bringing spiritual experiences to the material realm.

-the bright star above and the dark star below, a grounding exercise

-what wheel of the year work is, and how working with the temporal changes in your location can intensify you magick, plus some sneak peeks from the Healing Wheel workbook about the year ahead and what to pay attention to!

To find Maeanna and her workbook, visit:

www.maeannawelti.com

ig: @queenmaeanna

To support the podcast, visit:

www.thequeerwitch.com

patreon.com/thequeerwitch

@thequeerwitch

Climate change! Capitalism! Millennials! What is apocalyptic witchcraft and how can we use this pre-apocalyptic foreboding to make our lives more joyful and present rather than succumb to immobility and paralysis?

This week Anna Joy talks with dear friend, astrology peer, and hot-take-haver, the Firebrand Witch

We get into:

-Apocalypse, cyborgs, the Internet

-12th house witches, death, rebirth and integration.

-A deep and thorough investigation into upcoming astrology, including: Pluto stationing direct on Sept 30 and a review of Jupiter in Scorpio over the past year as we prepare for Jupiter moving into Sag on Nov 8

-inter-generational astrology, the link between the Millennial generation and the ones that come before and after.

This episode is basically Jupiter energy personified. You will laugh. You will laugh some more. You will hear us talk really fast and excitedly. We are pals, and we could probably talk excitedly for like 3 hours about any astrology subject.

To find more from The Firebrand Witch:

www.thefirebrandwitch.com

IG: @thefirebrandwitch

To find more from Anna Joy:

www.annajoyhealing.com

IG: @thequeerwitch

To financially support The Queer Witch Podcast and ensure it remains a free community resource, visit www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

This week is all about Tarot. First, Anna Joy introduces a new segment (complete with a jingle by Molly @thefirebrandwitch) called “Dispelling New Age Bullshit” and gives a historically accurate response to the commonly held myths about the Tarot deck, where it originated, and who came first: playing cards or the Tarot.

Sources:

http://www.wopc.co.uk/history/

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/extrasensory-perceptions/tarot-card6.htm

Then we move into a wonderful interview with Casey Wait, creator of the Flower People Tarot, a nonbinary Tarot deck. We discuss Casey’s upbringing within Christianity, what inspired them to create their own decks, some stories about the swords suit, the Ace of Cups, and other specific Tarot cards that Casey has found prominent during their deck design and in living life. We also get into the importance of avoiding cultural appropriation within Tarot, and nerd out a little bit on some history (what do you think inspired the new segment?)

If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. In this episode, you will hear about a new offer for Patrons called the Queer Witch Newsletter, which will help you take your practice from Talk to Walk.

Find out more at www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

To get in touch with Casey and follow the Flower People Tarot, find them on instagram @cwaitwaitwait or visit their website http://caseywait.com/

To learn more about Anna Joy’s work as a Tarot reader, Reiki Master-Teacher and Astrologer, visit www.annajoyhealing.com/services

Find the podcast at @thequeerwitch on instagram.

Do you ever feel confused about what you really want? Is it hard for you to tell the difference between anxiety and psychic information? Do you have natural psychic sensitivities that are difficult for you to control?

Then this episode was made lovingly, painstakingly, just for you, Queer Witch.

Anna Joy decided to dedicate an episode of The Queer Witch Podcast to one of her most common suggestion for one-on-one clients: Psychic Development.

When you’ve been raised since childhood to hide what makes you different, to fit into the crowd, and not to say things that make people uncomfortable, it’s hard to admit you’re queer. And it’s also hard to admit you’ve got extrasensory abilities.

But when we step into healing from queerphobia, misogyny, and capitalist suppositions of what our value is, when we step onto the path of reclaiming our authenticity, we run head first into another devalued and suppressed aspect of our identities: psychic ability.

Anna Joy shares what psychic development is and why it’s so important for the path of a Queer Witch working to reclaim their identity and experience from oppressive forces. She shares her own experience with psychic development and how it was surprisingly helpful for her journey with OCD & anxiety, plus the caveats of why psychic development may not have gone well for you before.

Then Anna Joy does some education on basic psychic development, including what the “Clairs” are and the difference between the conscious and unconscious mind. You will learn what the different psychic languages are, why embodiment is so essential for true psychic mastery, and a few different easy, safe techniques you can use to practice your own psychic development from a queer framework.

Plus, Anna Joy offers a free PDF download of a step-by-step process she created called “Entity Convos,” which is a safe and effective way to build your psychic skills as well as develop relationships to helpful spirits and entities. That download can be found at www.annajoyhealing.com/entityconvos

So, take a listen and figure out today how to tell the difference between an anxious thought and spirit tapping you on the shoulder!

To learn more about Anna Joy & her work as a healer visit www.annajoyhealing.com

To support the Queer Witch Podcast and ensure it remains a free resource, visit www.patreon.com/annajoy

find us on instagram at @thequeerwitch

This week is all about SECURING THAT BAG. Making your money work for you and your anti-oppression work. Becoming profitable in a way that makes you feel MORE authentic rather than less so. This episode is a must listen for all recovering crust punks, guilty privileged people and witchy entrepreneurs.

Matthew VanHorn, this week’s guest, delivers and inspiring and highkey mindblowing interview about his work at LGBTQ Entrepreneur, a company he founded with his partner Caleb Arring (who runs a podcast called Beyond Gender) that is dedicated to helping LGBTQ folks develop their business goals, processes and mindset. How do they do that? You guessed it- by helping their clients STEP FULLY INTO THEIR BADASS AUTHENTIC SELVES!

In this episode you will discover:

-How to get over your fear of being fabulous

-using Queer Magick as a replacement for booze & drugs

- The notion of “Queerness” as “accepting of taboo desires”

-Creating success from a collective paradigm and giving up the myth of “Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps” - Who made those bootstraps anyway?!

-How a fear of asking for help is the same as a fear of intimacy

-The Strength card in the Tarot as a lesson in the vulnerability it takes for us to be authentic in our queer selves.

-Matthew teaches us how to breathe and flow through the discomfort of vulnerability.

-Anna Joy & Matthew discuss why making money as a queer person is so important for combating systems of injustice, how social justice can motivate you to overcome your money blocks rather than solidify them, and how to build an ethical business model that gives back to the community rather than take away from it.

Link to Anna Joy’s episode of Beyond Gender Podcast

http://www.beyondgenderpod.com/ep-046-anna-joy/

Find Matthew & Caleb’s work & Weekend Events at:

www.lgbtqentrepreneur.com

PLUS! Podcast Listeners get Early Access to a Virtual Psychic Faire with Anna Joy! Anna is now booking for a 2-day mini virtual psychic faire: August 5th & August 17th. These are $25, 20-minute readings. You have the choice between a mini-astrology reading focusing on current transits or a mini tarot reading. A perfect way to get some insight and stability to integrate the lessons and information coming forth with this eclipse gateway.

Step into Leo season at full brightness with a mini reading!

As part of this mini psychic faire Anna Joy will also be recording a collective Astrology and Tarot reading all about this Mercury Rx, which will be available to subscribers on every tier of patreon. If you become a patron before August 17th, you will have access to that.

To book your mini reading: www.annajoyhealing.com/psychicfaire

To become a member of the Queer Witch Patreon: www.patreon.com/annajoy

Tune in after the break on August 22nd for an interview with Christopher Penczak, author of such pagan tomes as Inner Temple of Witchcraft, Gay Witchcraft and City Magick.

https://christopherpenczak.com/

In this solo episode, Anna Joy shares another chapter of her personal ancestral healing journey, but first, an in-depth discussion of this Friday’s Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius and what it means for us as Queer Witches.

The lesson of the Blood Moon: stepping into our own unique, attractive and badass authenticity as an essential path towards the healing we deserve as individuals and as a community. Because if you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you going to love the people around you?

Then, Anna Joy takes this Blood Moon awareness and uses it to focus on her experiences learning about, rejecting, and later re-learning about her ancestral heritage as an Irish-American and what role Celtic paganism has played in her spiritual journey. She uses this tale as a case study for how we can step further into our authentic paths as Queer Witches by examining our own cultural heritage, and use that authenticity as a tool to disassemble systems of oppression, both internalized and externalized.

Thank you so much for listening to and supporting the Queer Witch Podcast. As a special thank you, Anna Joy is letting Queer Witch listeners in on an upcoming offering. Be the first to know by listening all the way to the end.

Documentary: White Shamans & Plastic Medicine Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19JAMhAzXms

To support the podcast go to:

www.patreon.com/annajoy or www.thequeerwitch.com to for a one-time donation

Find @wildmysticwoman on instagram to learn more about her #meandwhitesupremacy challenge

Find Anna Joy on instagram @annajoyhealing and The Queer Witch Podcast @thequeerwitchpodcast

www.annajoyhealing.com for more about Anna Joy’s services.

This week Anna Joy talks to Corinna of Rise Up! Good Witch

“Corinna Rosella is a self-proclaimed 'good magic witch' living in humboldt county, california. she uses wildcrafted and garden grown herbs to make magical plant medicine, and uses 8 years of in-depth tarot insight to tell folks stories about their barriers and setbacks. The tarot is an old ancient way of applying human archetypes to human conditions, and offers us powerful tools in making the changes we need. “ -www.riseupgoodwitch.com

We talk about:

-Chiron in Aries and Corinna remembering how trauma and mental illness displaced a childhood alignment with witchcraft as she moved into teenage and and young adulthood

-how Rise Up! Good Witch came at the end of 20 years of trying to control and suppress her empathic abilities and downplay her quirky qualities, when memories of childhood potion making began bubblin up

-empathy/mediumship

-how Corinna’s punk background sort of prevented her from getting into the witch subculture for a while

-being a non-woo social justice witch and how it can be hard to identify with spiritual communities who aren’t

-why the phrase “low-vibration” doesn’t mean shit

-how trying to be “less intense” and not talk about “low vibrational” stuff led Corinna down a difficult path and how much better she feels being a weirdo witch!!

-mental health stigma in new age communities

-How being unabashedly queer is not only magickal, but anti-capitalist!

-Acknowledging our cishet-passing privilege

-Chiron in taurus and we chat about our natal charts

-Challenging ourselves to do better and investigate internalized systems of oppression as collective self-care

-How opposing and dismantling colonialism and white supremacy makes the world a healthier place for everyone

Corinna’s podcast, the Rise Up! Good Witch Podcast can be found at https://www.riseupgoodwitch.com/podcast/

Work with Corinna:

https://www.riseupgoodwitch.com/

Corinna’s Instagram is @Riseupgoodwitch

The Queer Witch Podcast Patreon:

Www.patreon.com/annajoy

The Queer Witch Podcast is on Instagram @thequeerwitchpodcast and Anna Joy is @annajoyhealing