Alchemy Apothecary

03/17/2026

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️

03/01/2026

I’ve been a little quiet on this page lately and somehow it feels perfectly aligned with the energy we’re stepping into.

With the upcoming Blood Moon eclipse, there’s a powerful undercurrent of change moving through everything. Not just in my own life… but in the world around us. And while change can feel uncomfortable, even sudden, it isn’t always something to fear.

Eclipses have a way of clearing what’s stagnant and illuminating what we’ve been avoiding. They shift timelines. They close doors we didn’t realize were already loose on their hinges. Sometimes the universe moves pieces on the board without asking our permission but that doesn’t mean it’s moving against us.

I have a good feeling about what’s unfolding.

The sun is shining. Spring is approaching. The air feels different. Lighter. Charged. Full of possibility.

There is so much to look forward to.

Stay grounded. Stay open. Trust the unfolding.

Alchemy 🖤

THE VIRGO BLOOD MOON ECLIPSE. MARCH 3RD 2026. 🌑🩸
The Final Chapter. The Purge. The Reckoning.

This is not just a Full Moon.

This is a South Node Blood Moon Eclipse in Virgo. The last in a triad that began in March 2025.

This is the closing credits of a karmic storyline and you will feel it.

Eclipses do not ask politely.
They remove. They reveal. They accelerate.

But this one?

This one purifies.

Virgo. The Sacred Refiner.

Virgo is not about perfection.

Virgo is about discernment.

Under this Blood Moon, the light exposes
Where you overanalyse.
Where you micromanage.
Where anxiety has disguised itself as control.
Where your nervous system has been running your life.

This is South Node territory.

Old habits.
Old coping strategies.
Old mental loops.
Old health patterns.
Old martyr roles.

They rise now to be released.

This eclipse is not about becoming more.

It is about becoming cleaner.

Cleaner in thought.
Cleaner in body.
Cleaner in energetic boundaries.

What is draining you will become obvious.

What is misaligned will feel intolerable.

Mercury Retrograde in Pisces. The Mind Dissolves.

Virgo’s ruler, Mercury, is retrograde in Pisces during this eclipse.

The mind is not sharp right now.
It is porous.

Facts blur.
Old memories surface.
Dreams intensify.
The unconscious speaks.

You are being asked to reflect, not react.

If conversations feel confusing, wait.
If decisions feel foggy, pause.

Truth will surface but not through force.

Through surrender.

This is not a time to argue your case.
It is a time to listen to your deeper knowing.

The T-Square & Black Moon Lilith.
The Narrative Break.

This eclipse forms a T-square with Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius.

This is where it gets interesting.

Sagittarius rules belief systems.
Media.
Philosophy.
The stories we tell ourselves.

Virgo demands evidence.
Sagittarius demands meaning.

Where have you swallowed a narrative that isn’t yours?

Where have you believed something about yourself that was born from shame, trauma, or conditioning?

The “empty leg” of this T-square is Gemini.

Gemini rules the mind and information.

You are being asked to question EVERYTHING.

Not from paranoia.

From sovereignty.

Nessus & Ancestral Patterns.

Mercury retrograde is conjunct Nessus.

Nessus is ancestral shadow.

It speaks of inherited trauma.
Abuse dynamics.
Silence around pain.
Patterns that pass through bloodlines unnoticed.

This eclipse does not skim the surface.

It goes into the psychological basement.

You may suddenly see,
Why you tolerate what you tolerate.
Why you shrink in certain dynamics.
Why your body reacts before your mind does.

This is ancestral programming surfacing to be cleared.

Not dramatically.

Consciously.

You are not here to drag lineage pain forward.

You are here to transmute it.

Pallas Athena. Strategic Wisdom.

Pallas is active here too.

This is not chaos energy.

This is strategic spiritual warfare, the intelligent kind.

Not fighting.
Not proving.
Not reacting.

Observing.
Researching.
Responding with precision.

Virgo + Pallas says:

Be discerning with your time.
Be surgical with your energy.
Choose your battles wisely.

Do not waste your life force.

North Node in Pisces.
The Surrender Axis.

Opposite this Virgo South Node eclipse sits the North Node in Pisces.

Control versus trust.

Planning versus faith.

Perfection versus compassion.

You cannot think your way through this one.

You must feel your way through it.

Let go of the impossible standards.

Release the critic.

Forgive yourself for what you did not know.

When you stop gripping, something higher moves in.

The Blood Moon Moment.

Before sunrise.

The Moon disappears.

For 58 minutes and 19 seconds, she will glow deep copper red.

Totality.

This is the symbolic death phase.

And death, in astrology, means transformation.

Something is ending.

A mental identity.
A habit.
A dynamic.
A health pattern.
A storyline.

This particular Virgo–Pisces eclipse axis will not repeat in this form for nearly two decades.

This is a karmic clean out.

What To Do.

Do not manifest.

Do not force intentions.

Eclipses remove. They do not build.

Instead:
Rest.
Journal.
Detox gently.
Clean your space.
Observe your triggers.
Watch your dreams.

Virgo rules the body, hydrate, nourish, simplify.

Pisces rules spirit, pray, meditate, surrender.

And above all, do not criticise yourself through the purge.

Compassion is the medicine here.

This is initiation energy.

Saturn and Neptune hovering at zero degrees Aries speak of a new consciousness forming.

But first?

The system must clear.

You are not a victim of this eclipse.

You are a participant.

You chose to be here at this moment in history.

So I ask you?

Will you release what is outdated?

Will you question the narratives?

Will you purify the mind?

Will you trust the unseen?

The Moon will disappear.

But you will not.

You are being refined.

🩸🌑

Justine.
High Priestess. Medium. Astrologer.

02/14/2026

The Roots of Valentine’s Day ❤️🌹

Long before greeting cards and candy hearts, mid February was a sacred turning point.

In ancient Rome, this time of year marked fertility festivals and the slow return of warmth to the earth. Later, the story of Saint Valentine emerged a man said to have secretly performed marriages in defiance of an emperor. Love as devotion. Love as rebellion. Love as sacred vow.

By the Middle Ages, poets were writing about birds choosing their mates on St. Valentine’s Day. Courtly love, handwritten notes, quiet longing.

Like most traditions, Valentine’s Day is layered. Pagan roots. Christian martyr. Medieval romance. And yes modern commercialization.

But underneath all of it is something older than cards and roses… The honoring of love.

Romantic love.
Devotional love.
Friendship.
Family.
Self love.
The love that keeps us choosing each other again and again.

For me, this day isn’t about perfection or pressure. It’s about intention. Lighting a candle. Writing a note. Speaking something tender out loud. Calling love back into the center.

Because love in all its forms is still sacred.

02/08/2026

We had a fabulous Galentine’s Party today! Great people! Lots of laughs! Good food! Our candles and intention jars came out beautifully! Can’t wait until our next event! 💕

02/04/2026

Rooted in Truth:

Not everyone learns at the same pace and that’s not a flaw, it’s reality.

Some people are naturally intuitive. Some have spent years developing adjacent skills without a title for them. Some remember what others have to study.

Growth isn’t linear, and it isn’t owned by anyone.

Ethical practice isn’t about how long you’ve been doing something it’s about honesty, consent, and integrity.

If someone is clear about where they’re at, stays within their scope, and approaches their work with humility, it isn’t anyone else’s place to decide they’re “not ready.”

Gatekeeping doesn’t protect traditions. It protects egos.

💙 Alchemy Apothecary

02/04/2026

Behind every bottle, candle, and ritual is a real life.

I’m a mother, a wife, a protector by profession, and a lifelong lover of history, travel, and old wisdom. Alchemy Apothecary was born from the belief that care, intention, and presence still matter for ourselves and for each other.

This little illustration felt like a sweet reflection of that. 💕

02/01/2026

Imbolc honors Brigid keeper of the hearth, sacred flame, healing waters, and the forge of creation.

This is not the season of bloom.
It is the season of tending.

At Imbolc, the light has returned but only just. What exists now is fragile. It survives only through care, discipline, and devotion.

Traditionally, this was a time of purification and preparation. Homes were cleaned. Tools were repaired. The hearth was tended with intention.

Life stirred beneath the surface long before it could be seen. Provision came before proof.

Imbolc reminds us that creation is not sudden. It is shaped slowly through repetition, skill, and responsibility.

May Brigid bless the work you are willing to tend daily. May your hands be steady. May your fire be kept.

The light returns not to be admired, but to be held.

01/31/2026

Saturday morning crystal shopping. A few new favs along with a needed new selenite charging plate. 🥰

01/29/2026

Alchemy + Shadow Work

Shadow work is not about feeding darkness.
It is about transmutation.

It is the sacred act of meeting the parts of yourself that know when an energetic exchange has become harmful, draining, or unaligned.

As we deepen our practice, we learn that not everyone is meant to walk with us forever. Some connections teach their lesson and must be released not in anger, but in sovereignty.

Removing someone from your energetic field can be an act of devotion to your spirit. A boundary can be a blessing. An ending can be a spell of protection.

This is shadow work as alchemy… recognizing what no longer serves, withdrawing your energy with intention, and choosing peace over attachment.

Not every cord is meant to be healed. Some are meant to be severed with reverence.

💙 Alchemy Apothecary

01/27/2026

Rooted in truth… your practice is yours and no title is required to belong.

We’ve become strangely obsessed with asking, “What kind of practitioner are you?” As if spirituality is something you’re supposed to choose from a list.

The truth is your practice is not a box. It’s shaped by your life, your land, your ancestors, your seasons, your grief, your growth, and your lived experience. It changes as you change. And it was never meant to fit neatly under a single title.

Eclectic. Green. Hearth. Ancestral. Witch. Practitioner.
Spiritual but religious. Spiritual but not religious.

These are descriptions not requirements, and not limitations.

And maybe we also need to loosen our grip on the word witch itself. Not because it’s wrong but because it isn’t universal.

Not everyone resonates with that title, and no one should have to adopt it in order to explore spirituality, intuition, energy work, or healing. Asking “what kind of witch are you?” assumes a starting point that doesn’t fit everyone.

What if the better question is simply… How do you practice?

For me, Catholicism is part of that answer. Not as something I had to unlearn or abandon but as something that lives alongside my spiritual work.

I don’t practice in a strictly conventional way, and I don’t feel the need to explain or defend that. My beliefs are intertwined. Prayer, ritual, reverence, saints, ancestors, candlelight, intention, and devotion are not opposing forces in my life they inform one another.

I refuse the idea that we must choose between faith and spirituality in order to be taken seriously.

You don’t have to give up your roots to grow spiritually. You don’t have to abandon religion to explore energy, intuition, or Reiki.

Religion is spiritual. Spirituality is lived. And the two have always overlapped far more than modern gatekeeping allows.

You answer to no hierarchy, no trend, and no one else’s definition of what your spirituality should look like.

💙Alchemy Apothecary

01/25/2026

Let the snow be your pause.

In a world that feels loud and unrelenting, snow brings a rare kind of quiet.

Sound softens. Edges blur. Everything rests under a blanket of white.

Take a moment to notice it. The stillness. The gentleness. The way the world feels softer, even if just for now.

This isn’t retreat. It’s regulation.

Let the quiet reset your nervous system. Let this moment be enough.

💙 Alchemy Apothecary
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