Urban Rock Witchery

Just an exmo trans-girl’s embracing of her yearning for connection with nature

[exmowitchcraft]

A week ago I had a difficult memory come up for me - I walked into a situation that I wasn’t prepared for and it was an incredibly ouchy day. This happened over a year and a half ago, but I hadn’t been willing to touch it.

Cue my new tool I’ve been working on: meditation trance to speak with Little Me. Did it in my circle a month ago and it allowed me to connect with my inner child and hold her during some hard relationship feelings that definitely connect to my attachment issues.

Anyway…

I sat on my partners bed a week ago and did it again - this time I walked through the entire day’s events and paused each time Little Me needed to have an emotion or question. There was real crying and a feeling of moving through.

I ended the session imagining her sitting by me on the bed, facing the window. It was so peaceful. An image came to mind for a sketch I would need to do.

Days later…

I was sitting and feeling hopeless for a variety of reasons. My partner suggested that I imagine what my Old Crone self would say to me. As I thought about it, I began to revisit the window sketch in my brain and added my Old Crone putting a hand on me as I sat with Little Me.

When I am struggling with future predictions and hopelessness, I now put my hand on my chest to speak to Little Me and envision Old Crone putting a hand on my back side and saying “It’s okay. You make it through”

[liberalsarecool]

Freedom FROM religion is mandatory.

[purrple-iris]

currently dealing with the combination of being a witch with vivid dreams who over analyzes everything and thinks everything is a sign

[breelandwalker]

Protip? Make an omen chart. Make a personal list of what should show up, in what way, and what it means when it does. Then put that out into the universe like you're making a presentation. Ask for signs when you need to see them and keep records when things do appear.

Give foresight defined channels to reach you and a clear lens through which to focus the signs, and it'll be much easier to discern what is and is not a sign. (Definitely helped me with my anxiety!)

[gremlininho]

[exmowitchcraft]

I don’t 😤

[thepoisonroom]

loudly going "YOU'RE GOOD YOU'RE GOOD" to myself to ward off the memory of every embarrassing thing i've ever done

[elmerseason-deactivated-deactiv]

[0gl1tch0]

I actually learned a fun therapy trick for this!

The statute of limitations on arson is 6 years.

So whenever I remember an embarrassing or shameful thing I’ve done, I ask myself if it was worse than arson. If it wasn’t, and it was 6 or more years ago, I forgive myself.

Also just the comedic shock of going “well, that was a stupid and mean thing I said, but 6 years is the statute of limitations on arson” helps.

[islaymonsters]

Rule number one: Don't piss off the witch..

[be-bhinn]

Use witchcraft WITH modern medicine, not INSTEAD of it.

[hiiighpriestess913]

Y’all I’m being so serious when I say this: go to the library for witchcraft reasons.

You can usually find books on witchcraft, yes, but there’s also field guides on local foraging and wildlife, cookbooks, books that teach you how to craft and DIY, books about environmental protection and stewardship, books on how to use herbs medicinally, books about other religions, cultures, and spiritual practices. My favorite local library even has a seed swapping program and fantastic resources to research your own family history!

Go to the library for witchcraft. Please. :) <3

[goth-queen]

[glitterandwitchcraft]

If you need help grounding yourself and feeling the magic you once felt before, go outside. Feel the wind. The sun. Listen to the birds and the leaves. Just escape life for a moment and listen to the earth.

[exmowitchcraft]

Was feeling rather melancholy about the moon the last week - she was never up in the sky when I was looking and I’d started to wonder if I was crazy. I started being cross with her.

I checked the moon app I use and found she was nearly following the sun during the day - too close to be seen over the brightness.

The next night she finally was up after sunset for a bit.

Tonight she did the same and more.

My partner told me the moon was a perfect goddess for me - always changing. As an AuDHD person, I’m both offended and in agreement with her assessment

Love you my lady moon. Glad to see you again.

[remanence-of-love]

[goth-queen]

[plant-folk]

The full rotation of the Moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

[wilwheaton]

It’s so beautiful and amazing that we live at a moment in time when we can see the entire moon, and not just the side that’s tidally-locked toward the Earth.

[gothiccharmschool]

@netherworldpost Atty, my darling! A post featuring your beloved!

[exmowitchcraft]

Such a cool way to see the moon!

[exmowitchcraft]

She disappeared for several nights - always up later than I’d been or hidden behind storms. She shed her brightness without me, only to return with a beautiful smile on her lips. I greeted her lovingly the last two nights and thanked her for her return to her place in the heavens

*please excuse my blurry iPhone photo - she deserves so much better *

[exmowitchcraft]

Imbolc Dedication Ceremony

On this night in a candlelit pentacle,

I dedicate myself to the four elements and my lady, the Moon.

I pledge to follow the path that honors myself and feels right. To follow my connection to crystals and energy work.

I commit to learning and syncing more with the earth and sky - their seasons and cycles. To developing more understanding of many things.

I. AM. A. WITCH.

[a-path-by-the-moon]