Imbolc. Half way point between Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Spring is upon us. Or at least it is beginning its awakening. This celebration of hope and promise of spring shows up and is celebrated in different ways. In the United States, we don’t look to Brigid, we turn our attention to a groundhog… Continue reading Bridg-ing the Seasons: An Imbolc Cocktail
Category: Holy Days
A Reading to Close a Rough Week
Hello friends! How is it going? Have you been enjoying Laura’s series on the alchemy of cocktails so far? I’m so lucky to have such an excellent witch in my circle. Let’s get right into it. There’s a new moon tomorrow. Usually the new moon is the time we set our intentions, revisit our expectations… Continue reading A Reading to Close a Rough Week
A Good Hecate Night to All
First, despite knowing that Monday is Nov. 16, I somehow decided that the new moon in Scorpio would be happening on Sunday, despite also knowing that it was the 14th? So that ritual didn’t end up happening on time. Second, I learned about Hecate’s Day on Instagram this weekend, so here we are! On the… Continue reading A Good Hecate Night to All
Why A Whole Decade?
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a blessed Samhain and thoroughly enjoyed the full moon. On Friday night, the Long-Distance Uncoven cranked up tunes to cleanse our respective spaces, then chatted about our process doing the full moon ritual written by The Light For All, whose work we follow and are constantly sending… Continue reading Why A Whole Decade?
OSTARA IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
Ed. note: “Uncoven” is, to the best of our knowledge, a word coined by the excellent witches of the Hex Rated Podcast, and we use it in the same spirit: a group of witches who work and learn together, but do not adhere to any specific hierarchy or traditional coven rules. Except the ones we… Continue reading OSTARA IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
Imbolc – What Will You Plant for 2020?
Full disclosure: I had never heard of Imbolc before I started researching this piece. I tend to focus my practice on non-Gaelic holidays simply because those are where my background is. But it turns out that every place on the map celebrates the beginning of spring, and Imbolc is today, so let’s kick. this. off.… Continue reading Imbolc – What Will You Plant for 2020?