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03/20/2026

Today marks the spring equinox. Day and night are equal. Light and dark in balance, even if just for a moment. From here, the light continues to grow. This is the shift. The point where things begin to move forward again. Not all at once, not loudly, but steadily.

Growth doesn’t always look dramatic in the beginning. A lot of it is still happening beneath the surface. This is a time to work with that.

To move toward what you want to build. To follow what’s starting to open. To trust that what’s been slowly forming is ready to take shape.

You don’t have to rush it.

Just meet it where it is.

03/19/2026

Thistle & Thorn Thursday
Black pepper.
This is one of those ingredients that’s so common people forget what it actually does. It creates movement..Heat, irritation, pressure…the kind that makes things shift whether they want to or not.
It’s good for banishing, adding force to protection work, breaking up stagnant situations or creating enough disruption that something can’t stay comfortable where it is.
This is not a “soothing” ingredient. It’s a corrective one.
If something won’t leave on its own, this is the kind of thing that helps it along.

03/18/2026

Working Witch Wednesday

You don’t need an elaborate ritual to work with the new moon.

If you’re tired, busy, overwhelmed, or just don’t have the energy, you can still show up for it in a simple way.

Light a candle.

Sit for a minute.

Think about what you’re ready to move toward and what you’re ready to leave behind.

You don’t even have to write it down if you don’t want to.

Just be intentional for a moment.

That’s enough.

The new moon isn’t about doing the most. It’s about setting something into motion, even if it’s small.

Consistency matters more than complexity.

03/18/2026

The New Moon in Pisces is here 🖤🌑

Happening at the very end of Pisces, this lunation is closing out the entire zodiac cycle just before the Spring Equinox and Aries season begin.

This is not your typical “set intentions and go” New Moon.

This one is about release. Completion. Integration.

With both the Sun and Moon in Pisces, everything is pulled into the emotional and subconscious layers. You may feel more sensitive, more reflective, more aware of what isn’t sitting right anymore.

Mercury in Pisces is making things feel a little foggy, like you’re understanding things emotionally before you can fully explain them. And with Saturn also in Pisces, there’s a deeper layer here asking you to get honest with yourself about your healing, your boundaries, and what you’re actually ready to let go of.

This is the space right before everything begins again.

The Equinox is in two days. Aries season is about to reset the energy and bring movement back in. But right now, we’re still in the in-between.

So if things feel slow, unclear, emotional, or heavy… that’s not a problem. That’s the point.

Pisces dissolves what isn’t aligned anymore.

Let it.

03/17/2026

Tools & Traditions Tuesday - Four Leaf Clovers

Four leaf clovers have always been seen as lucky, but not in the way people usually think about it.

Most clover grows with three leaves. That fourth leaf is rare. Something that appears unexpectedly. Because of that, it’s been tied to luck, but more in the sense of alignment than chance. Being in the right place at the right time and actually noticing what others walk past.

In folk belief, four leaf clovers were sometimes carried for protection, used to sharpen awareness, or believed to help someone see what isn’t immediately visible.

Not luck as in winning.

Luck as in seeing.

And right now, things are starting to show up again. 💚

03/16/2026

Materia Monday

Hepatica (Hepatica americana)
also called Liverleaf

Hepatica is one of the first flowers to appear on the forest floor each spring.

Hepatica blooms before the trees leaf out, pushing up through last year’s leaves while the woods are still waking up. Unlike many spring flowers, its leaves actually stay green through the winter beneath the snow, storing energy so it can bloom as soon as the season begins to turn.

The three-lobed leaves resemble the shape of a human liver, which is how the plant got the old name liverleaf. In early European and American folk herbal traditions this resemblance led to the belief that hepatica could treat liver disorders and diseases of the blood.

This idea came from a system known as the Doctrine of Signatures, where people believed the appearance of a plant revealed its purpose in the body.

In magical and symbolic practice, plants that appear this early in the year are often associated with renewal, resilience, and the quiet return of life after winter. Hepatica’s ability to survive beneath snow and leaf litter makes it a symbol of endurance and hidden strength.

Because of this, it can be worked with in magic related to:

renewal and new beginnings
endurance through difficult seasons
slow, patient growth
reconnecting with the natural cycles of the land

Sometimes the first signs of change in the world are also the quietest ones that have been blooming unseen.der

03/16/2026

The power and energy you feel here is intense.
These hills are so ancient and alive. Kentucky will always have my heart 🖤 This was my ‘Sacred Space Sunday’.

03/15/2026

Coming soon…

03/14/2026

Shadow Work Saturday
Shadow work and working with the infernal divine often intersect more than people realize.

Many infernal spirits are connected to parts of human nature that were historically pushed into the shadows. Desire. Ambition. Anger. Independence. Power.

For centuries those traits were labeled dangerous, sinful, or something to suppress.

Shadow work asks us to view these things differently. Instead of asking how to remove those parts of ourselves, it asks why they were forced into hiding in the first place.

Working with the infernal can sometimes bring those buried aspects of the self to the surface. Not to overwhelm you, but to help you understand them.

Working with the internals isn’t ‘scary’, it’s a way to explore archetypes that can help us explore the darker corners of ourselves.

03/12/2026

Thistle & Thorn Thursday- Greenbrier

Greenbrier, sometimes called catbrier, is a thorned vine that grows throughout the American South and Appalachia.

If you’ve ever walked through it, you know how it behaves. The vines twist, climb, and catch onto anything that passes through them. Once it grabs you, it doesn’t let go easily.

Because of this, thorned vines like greenbrier became associated with protection and boundary work in some Southern folk traditions. Pieces of the vine might be used along fences, property lines, or near entry points to reinforce the idea that the space was guarded.

The symbolism is straightforward. Some plants cleanse. Some plants attract. And some plants exist to make crossing the boundary difficult.
Greenbrier is one of those plants.

03/11/2026

Witchy Wednesday- Garlic Braids

In Sicilian folk culture, garlic has long been used as a form of protection.
Beyond its role in cooking, garlic was believed to guard the home against harmful influences, including the malocchio (evil eye). Because of this, it was common to hang garlic (usually a strand/braid) near entrances, in kitchens, or around the home as a protective measure.

The strong scent of garlic was thought to repel negative forces and unwanted attention. In many households, braids or clusters of garlic would be hung near the doorway so that the protection was placed at the threshold, the point where energy enters and leaves the home.

Garlic also appears in protective practices across other parts of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, where it has been used to ward off illness, curses, and malicious spirits.

Like many forms of folk magic, these practices were simple and practical. Protection was often woven into daily life through the objects people already used and trusted. Garlic hanging in the home is one of those traditions.

03/10/2026

Tools & Traditions Tuesday- The Evil Eye

The belief in the ‘evil eye’ is something that shows up in traditions across the world dating back to antiquity. Many of these cultures never had contact with each other which is why the fact that it is seen so often is pretty fascinating.

At it’s core ‘the evil eye’ is the idea that jealousy, envy or intense attention can create imbalance and/or misfortune for the person being ‘looked’ at.

In southern Italy and Sicily, the evil eye is called ‘il malocchio’ meaning ‘the bad eye’ or ‘the evil eye’. Folk practices developed to diagnose and remove it, often using oil, water, prayers, or eggs. Protective charms like the cornicello (horn) or mano fico (hand/fig hand) were also commonly worn to guard against it.

In Greece, the evil eye is the ‘mati’. There prayers, blue charms and/or ritual cleansing are used to remove it’s effects or protect against it.

In Turkey and parts of the Middle East, we see the now familiar blue Nazar amulet which is meant to reflect the harmful gaze away from it’s wearer.

Similar beliefs also exist in North Africa, the Balkans, parts of Latin America and many other cultures that all have their own traditions to protect against it.

Regardless of where we look, the underlying theme is the same: attention is powerful and not always in a positive way. When we think about folk magic, we can notice that these beliefs and traditions grew out of ways to resolve every day issues and keep people safe from unseen forces they didn’t understand or that were beyond their control.
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