Grimoire

Personally I am Kemetic and follow Aset, but the info here will be more general. I use “ancient Egypt” tag for the Kemetic stuff. No terfs no swerfs no racism no cultural appropriation. Witch is a gender neutral word.

[ms-m-astrologer]

The Week Ahead: August 10-16, 2026

Executive summary: we’re still in the shadow of the eclipse; the return of the marathon void Moons.

Lunar Phases

Wednesday, August 12, 17:37 UTC - New Moon/Solar Eclipse, 20°02’ Leo

The key phrase for the New lunar phase is usually “set a new intention for the month.” Except this particular New Moon (1) is an eclipse, (2) afyer which the Moon goes void of course right away. Think I’ll sit this one out, too.

Sunday, August 16, 05:28 UTC - Crescent Moon, 8°23’ Libra

The key phrase for the Crescent lunar phase is “gather and mobilize resources.” Diplomacy, graciousness; maybe a partner of some sort?

Void of Course Moon

Monday, August 10, 07:30 UTC (Cancer) - Tuesday, August 11, 08:38 UTC (Leo)

25 hours, 8 minutes

Wednesday, August 12, 17:37 UTC (Leo) - Thursday, August 15, 10:18 UTC (Virgo)

16 hours, 41 minutes

Thursday, August 13, 17:24 UTC (Virgo) - Saturday, August 15, 14:20 UTC (Libra)

44 hours, 56 minutes (🤬🖕🏻)

Retrograde/Direct/Etc.

Pre-retrograde shadow: Pallas/Aries (until Friday, August 14), Vesta/Aries

Retrograde: Pallas/Aries (starting Friday, August 14), Juno/Aquarius-Capricorn, Saturn/Aries, Chiron/Taurus, Neptune/Aries, Pluto/Aquarius, Eris/Aries

Post-retrograde shadow: nothing until September 17

Transiting Pallas stations retrograde on Friday, August 14, 11:42 UTC, at 22°38’ Aries. Our professional plans seem to go “on hold;” so do any creative projects (especially fiber arts).

Transiting Venus has her “greatest eastern elongation” on Saturday, August 15, 10:59 UTC, at 8°21’ Libra. It technically isn’t part of her Retrograde Zone (22° Libra - 8° Scorpio), but it’s like the Last Quarter lunar phase - we’re beginning to “turn away.” Not a good time at all to start anything involving art, beauty, love, or money.

Ingresses

Tuesday, August 11, 08:30 UTC - transiting Mars enters Cancer

The last time Mars was in Cancer, was during and after the 2024 US presidential election - we all seemed to build some “personal protections” as a constructive use of the energy. We can at least review (and where, necessary, shore up) those protections during the next couple or months (until September 28-29).

Tuesday, August 11, 14:44 UTC - transiting Juno retrogrades back into Capricorn

Juno’s affinity for social protocol does well in Capricorn. Unfortunately, the patriarchy (via Capricorn) tends to enforce its restrictions against those of us who are not white cishet male property owners. That bit needs work.

Wednesday, August 12, 14:54 UTC - transiting Ceres enters Cancer

Ceres loves being in Cancer. Which is a very good thing, because - thanks to her upcoming retrograde zone - she’s going to be here for the next several months.

Et Cetera

There are no Opportunity Periods this week. Considering that there’s a solar eclipse, as well as some distressingly, dismayingly long void of course Moons, that should not come as a surprise. It’s more of a week to be gotten through, than for setting goals. Ground and center; breathe; hydrate and take your vitamins.

[rynquestionmark]

—- Sekhmet reborn as Hathor

[antlering]

“The Egyptians had an intensely personal relationship with their gods whom they constantly approached with prayer, offerings, and requests for assistance. The deities were beneficent, sympathetic, and often responsive to the pleas of their devotees… Gods were revered, but they were also seen in practical terms as patient problem solvers and mediators who could be counted on for help as long as they were revered, maintained by offerings, and shown proper respect through prayer and veneration.”

— Pg. 76, Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt, Emily Teeter (via igamuinacra-merenptah)

[kemetic-cain]

Anubis moodboard. Dua Anpu.

[creature-wizard]

When it comes to magic, it's always important to remember that people throughout history had very different ways of looking at the world and different ways of reckoning how it worked.

It's not that there are never any similarities between old practices and modern ones, but magic is continually reinvented as people's understanding of the world changes. Many ideas people have today are particular to the modern era, and would have been extremely counterintuitive someone living hundreds or thousands of years ago.

For example, a lot of people today think that spells are all about your personal energy and intention. And I don't think there's anything inherently bad in that perception. But it's not one that would've been shared by people who believed acts we might term magic were brought about by spirits you built relationships with. They understood that the power came from something outside of themselves.

Could we speculate that both practices might somehow be working by the same mechanism, regardless of the practitioner's beliefs? Sure, we could. I tend to think that most of what we consider magic works by focusing our minds toward particular goals. But that doesn't mean someone who was working with spirits (or believed they were working with spirits) in the past was actually doing psychology under a different name, and claiming such would be a complete misrepresentation of what the practitioner believed and what they intended to do.

It's easy to get caught up in claims that modern practices totally existed in the past under different names, because it feels validating to think that the things we believe and do were approved by people in the past. But we have to remember that the past was a different world, and it's genuinely unrealistic to expect ourselves to see and do things the same way they did all the time, especially with something as subjective as magic.

[aesethewitch]

Beware the Soulra Tarot spam in the tags. After scouring all immediately available details about it, the app (which hasn't yet released) is going to be a generative AI garbage pit that's going to steal your data (including your name, age, birthday, location, full astro chart, gender, sexuality, and the information of anyone else you put in) and "share it" with advertisers.

The accounts are bot-controlled. Report them as bot spam and block them.

[psychotic-gerard]

me, every single time i see people (especially women) talking about the divine feminine energy, or the sacredness of the womb or whatever it is now:

[image description: a two-panel photo of a person dialling a number and then placing the phone to their ear. the contact is saved as ‘Ursula K. Le Guin’ /end ID]

context is this quote by her:

But I didn’t and still don’t like making a cult of women’s knowledge, preening ourselves on knowing things men don’t know, women’s deep irrational wisdom, women’s instinctive knowledge of Nature, and so on. All that all too often merely reinforces the masculinist idea of women as primitive and inferior – women’s knowledge as elementary, primitive, always down below at the dark roots, while men get to cultivate and own the flowers and crops that come up into the light. But why should women keep talking baby talk while men get to grow up? Why should women feel blindly while men get to think?

[nothingimportantanywhere]

Also shout out to Angela Carter:

“If women allow themselves to be consoled for their culturally determined lack of access to the modes of intellectual debate by the invocation of hypothetical great goddesses, they are simply flattering themselves into submission (a technique often used on them by men). All the mythic versions of women, from the myth of the redeeming purity of the virgin to that of the healing, reconciliatory mother, are consolatory nonsenses; and consolatory nonsense seems to me a fair definition of myth, anyway. Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths gives women emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.” ― Angela Carter, The Sadeian Woman: And the Ideology of Pornography

[buggeeart]

Hathor doodles!

[rynquestionmark]

—- Sekhmet reborn as Hathor

[breelandwalker]

Strawberry Moon - June 29 2026

Grab your baskets and your moon jars, witches - it’s time for the Strawberry Moon!

🍓 Strawberry Moon 

The Strawberry Moon is the name given to the full moon which occurs in the month of June in the Northern Hemisphere. The name is taken from the ripening of those little red heart-shaped berries we find in so many summertime treats. Strawberries are typically ready to harvest beginning around the summer solstice, though this will vary depending on variety, planting times, and local weather. (Sadly, much like April's Pink Moon, the Strawberry Moon does not turn red or pink to match the berries.)

Other European names for this moon include Honey Moon, Rose Moon, and Mead Moon. North American Indigenous names for the June moon include Blooming Moon (Anishinaabe), Green Corn Moon (Cherokee), and Hatching Moon (Cree).

This year’s Strawberry Moon will reach peak illumination at 7:56 EDT on June 29th.

🍓 What Does It Mean For Witches? 

Full moons are excellent times for bringing wishes to fulfillment and plans to fruition, all the more so under one named after a popular berry. This is an optimal time to make things happen!

Your intuition may be stronger than usual during this time, so pay attention to those little inklings and gut feelings that won’t be ignored. They might be telling you something important. Dreams may also be more vivid, though not necessarily more accurate or revealing.

This is a time to explore things that catch your attention or pique your curiosity, and to let yourself be open to new ideas and new opportunities.

🍓 What Witchy Things Can We Do? 

With a the moon ripening in the sky and the summer solstice nearly upon us, it’s time to prepare for a full bloom. Here’s hoping you’ve been nurturing those plans and seeds of growth you planted in the spring, because they’re about to start flowering and the way is clear to sow the next stage of your plans. What they will be and what new prospects the summer will bring is entirely up to you.

The full moon is always a good time to look ahead to the future. Think on the plans you have in process and let yourself dream of how things might turn out. If you’re inclined to journaling, make a note of how things are going so far and how you hope they’ll turn out. Pick your favorite divination method and do a reading for the month ahead. (Make sure you write that down too so you can check back later!)

This is a great time to go berry-picking or flower-gathering, so check your area for pick-your-own farms or farmer’s markets with local produce. Have a picnic with friends or just enjoy a quiet afternoon with your own thoughts and a few favorite treats. Make a jar of sun tea or a sweet and summery berry salad. If you’re partial to strawberries, indulge that sweet tooth!

Strawberries are also excellent ingredient in spells for love, beauty, fertility, and emotional healing. Create a charm for self-love or perhaps to attract a summer romance. Enchant your favorite makeup or skin care products with a glamour of confidence. Just as expectant mothers once carried strawberry leaves as a folk remedy for pregnancy pains, you can carry a clutch of them in your pocket to help heal a broken heart or assuage the pain of grief. A packet of strawberry leaves is also a potent good-luck charm. Snack on strawberries to bring fertile abundance into your life, whether you’re looking for creativity or opportunity or perhaps hoping to grow your family this year.

Charge your crystals and spell jars and moon water under the light of Strawberry Moon to catch the energy of blooming flowers, ripening fruit, wishes coming true, and carefully-laid plans realized. (If you’re planning to use it for any consumables, please make sure you’re using fresh, potable drinking water rather than rain or runoff.)

Spend a little time reflecting on how your year has gone thus far. Try to focus on the things that have improved and how you’ve grown as a person and in your life journey. Reflect on your accomplishments and what you plan to do next. Take a moment to be unashamedly proud of yourself for everything you’ve done and for making it this far despite everything life throws at you.

Happy Strawberry Moon, witches! 🌕🍓

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

2026 Witches’ Calendar

Bree’s Lunar Calendar Series

Bree’s Secular Celebrations Series

June 2026 Strawberry Moon, The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

June’s Strawberry Full Moon 2026: Magic, Chaos, and Romanticizing Life, The Peculiar Brunette.

Everyday Moon Magic: Spells & Rituals for Abundant Living, Dorothy Morrison.

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[tenofsticks]

Hey witches, just had this discussion. If the full moon is on the 31st, but is at 1:50 am, it's actually more accurate to make observations on the night of the 30th than on the night of the 31st.

Also, in my practice, this isn't Solomonic magic, just go out when the moon looks real big, that's good.

[space-queen]

correct - in this case, you want to work with the moon as it is applying to aspect the sun, not after.

[space-queen]

once in a blue moon // may 31st

on may 31st, we have a full moon in sagittarius [♐︎] which is both a micromoon and a calendrical blue moon - "calendrical" being defined as "the second full moon to take place within a single calendar month." this event only occurs once every ~30 months or so!

"once in a blue moon," most recently in our history, is defined as "very rare" and that's the definition we will utilize for this post.

did you know that the phrase "once in a blue moon" did not originally mean "rare?" in fact, that definition has only been popular within the last 25 years according to this article at skyandtelescope - the author does a deep dive on the various definitions of "blue moon" throughout the years. check it out.

commonly, the elusive blue moon is associated with wishes, manifestation, dreams, divination, illumination, achievement, and focus as well as reflection, reinvention, and reminiscence. micromoons further support the correlation between this lunation and pinpoint focus. personally, i feel that blue moons can also correspond with abundance and excess considering their presence as an extra full moon in a month's time.

magical ideas:

wear blue colored clothing or jewelry

burn blue candles

spells for wishes or dreams

spells for "once in a blue moon" or rare opportunities

spells for renewal or for situations where dedication and focus are required

spells for gain or for removing what is overly or unnecessarily excessive

spells for spiritual enlightenment or to illuminate the truth and unveil secrets

dreamwork, divination, and exercises to improve intuition

meditation

blue moon altar:

a celestial themed or blue altar cloth

star maps

the moon's magic square or kamea / lunar sigils

lunar imagery including the moon tarot card

pearls, seashells, beach sand, ocean imagery

blue / deep purple flowers (lavender, lotus, blue water lily, indigo, etc.)

other lunar herbs such as mugwort, jasmine, anise, and lemon balm

crystals such as labradorite, selenite, iolite, black moonstone, dumortierite, blue quartz, blue aventurine, sodalite, blue lace agate, azurite, kyanite, etc.

libations of butterfly pea flower tea, moon milk, honey, blueberry wine / mead, other blue colored beverages, etc.

food offerings of blueberries, melon, cucumber, mooncakes, crescent rolls, etc.

considerations:

what might you need to revisit and reevaluate? relationships, career choices, maybe even that old project you put down and never saw again?

what are some things in your life that deserve a "second chance?"

have you been given any second chances recently? how did you respond?

what do you have too much of? what can you afford to let go?

what would you like to manifest in the time between this blue moon and the next one in a few years?

have you been given any "rare" opportunities lately?

what secrets need to be unveiled? how can you illuminate the truth?

what are you overly focused on right now? is it conducive to your wellbeing or interests?

where have you lost focus and what can you do to get it back?

the moon micromoon magic

♡ luna // space-queen

[noah-wyles]

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

[fluoritegalaxy]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[monarobot]

🤞🏼

[the-hermit-at-midnight]

"Witches' Night" is here!

May Day Eve (Apr 30) is Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgis Night) across parts of Europe.

Known as "the other Halloween", it's a time when witches and evil spirits take to the skies for a little mischief.

[heatherwitch]

Housewarming Magic

For when you’ve moved into a new living situation or are ready for a new start <3

Finding your home/moving:

House hunting crystals

Spell jar to find a house

Spell for your dream house

House hunting prayer to Hestia

Spell for securing a home/property purchase

Property locater spell for house-hunting

Moving witch tips

Moving magic for a happy home

Moving house cleansing ritual

The witch’s moving checklist

Cleansing:

A deep room cleanse

To absorb negative energy from a room

Magical spring cleaning tips

Summer house cleansing

Witchy cleaners

Clean house powder

Home cleansing tips

Thoroughly clearing spaces

Crystals to cleanse the home

Cleansing your space without smoke

Low energy cleaning + cleansing

Warding + Protection:

A crash course on warding

To ward the home

Threshold magic 101

Protect my home spell

Home protection steam spell

Simple home protection jar spell

Room/home protection

Protection oil for windows and doors

The ritual of house and heart

Sharehouse peace witch’s ladder

Wall of fire property & house protection spell

Protection (wind) chimes

The Rowan cross

Protecting the property

Check out the sigils below!

Sigils:

For a magical and happy home

Find a home that will bring you happiness

My new home suits me well

I find a good place to live

I have found a safe place to rent in my price range

Sospidonum

This space is full of life, light, and bright energy

My home is safe

This home is safe for all

This home is a safe and healthy environment

My house is protected from unwanted influences

My home is protected

I live well on my own

Witchin’ it up:

Happy home spell jar

Home sweet home spell jar

Hestia’s house blessing

Fire spell hospitality blessing

House to home spell

Laundry magic

Mundane magic: Laundry edition

Pleasing household spirits

House witch’s chores

When a bad guest leaves

Building a magical home

The magical home

Herbal home blessing

Vesta’s happy home tarot spread

Odds and ends:

Magic, and power, in homemaking

The history and creation of witch bottles

Bringing nature inside

Cottage witch tips

Hearth witch tips

The basics of kitchen and cottage witchcraft

You may also like:

Bedridden witch: garden / stale energy / kitchen edition

Spells for job seekers

Travel witchery

Updated October of 2025. Please inform me of broken links via ask-box. Click original post to check for updates!

[willownroots]

Stop letting ai into occult spaces. Theres no reason for it. Ai is bad. Its bad for media literacy and the enviornment (its quite literally fucking up our water sources). How can u claim to be a witch/practitioner and single handedly be apart of a larger problem.

[bluemorfedbutterfly]

I think pagans are very strong people. The lack of pagan representation, lack of temples, communities and overall acceptance of our religion hurts deeply. There is a reason why many people, including me, take big breaks from paganism. It is indeed very hard to stay consistent. The amount of doubts all of us are having when doing a certain practices is unimaginable, but we try, sometimes fail and try again. What I wanted to say is that no matter if you step away or feel like you are failing what you are doing is important . It keeps our religions alive and going. No matter how oppressed we are, we will not yield and we will continue to believe.