Grimorum Arcanorum

When I was making this I was trying to come up with a name, and when I was a kid I always wanted to get my hands on the Grimoum Arcanorum, and since this is my blog for gathering useful witchblr spells and such, I figured why the fuck not steal that name.

[ms-m-astrologer]

2026 Gemini Crescent Moon

Monday, April 20, 17:32 UTC, 15°39’ Gemini

Sabian Symbol: a woman suffragist haranguing

The key phrase for the Crescent lunar phase is “gather and mobilize resources.”

Ugh! This is such a pisser: the phase matures before we are even halfway through a big effing 36-hour long void of course Gemini Moon. Makes me think that the “woman suffragist haranguing” is a big old nag, probably hollering out nothing substantive - just screaming because she can.

This void Moon lasts from 05:17 UTC on Monday, April 20 (4-20 maaaan), until 17:00 UTC on Tuesday, April 21. A lot of mental puttering, pointless errand running, distractions up the wazoo, and so forth. Grab yourself a crossword puzzle magazine, plan on a very meandering walk, line up some interesting fanfiction to read.

The Moon enters Cancer on Tuesday, April 21, at 17:00 UTC - everyone is going to heave a big sigh of relief, and then feel pressured to do something right this very minute. But don’t. In most cases, it isn’t really going to be that urgent. Better to identify and weigh up options, using more of our “gut” than we might ordinarily do, and then “gather and mobilize resources” once the Moon enters a nice Opportunity Period. Between Wednesday, April 22, 11:30 UTC, until Thursday, April 23, 19:41 UTC, we can “use this dynamic OP suitable for many things, including creativity, technology, romance, and family life.” Much better vibes for decision making, I’d say.

Once the Moon enters Leo (Thursday, April 23, 19:41 UTC), well, guess what? It’s time to act on our plans, with a powerful First Quarter Moon. Stay tuned.

[elvensilk]

march 21 2025, k'emk'emeláy

[broomsick]

The sea is a temple. The woods are a temple. Your own bedroom is a temple. The world is imbued with the spiritual. Worship is an act, not a place, and it can happen spontaneously, in reaction to the beauty of a moment.

[ampervadasz]

[bemusedlybespectacled]

I realize this is a cast iron gate but I’m choosing to believe it’s a magic protection ritual

[princecharmingtobe]

It IS a magic protection ritual, and it summons an iron gate to protect you from intruders. 

[rando-posts]

“I cast Iron Gate!”

[diary-of-a-teenage-blacksmith]

As a blacksmith I have been called a wizard by several small kids

[chabochi]

Petroglyphs of Sikachi-Alyan, Nanaian village

[nietp]

Deer friends thousands of years apart

[nietp]

Elk-figure from Åskollen, Drammen, Norway.

[nietp]

Petroglyph of Sikachi-Alyan under the snow

[1938rebecca]

not feeling your best?

very gentle yoga

you feel like shit (a self care guide)

disability accessible recipes

tips for baking with brain fog

stretches made more physically accessible

adjust your posture

the nine delights

different ways to rest

in-depth self care assessment

what to do when you've had a bad day

gentle ways to get back on track

how to feel your feelings

emotions & actions

[lailoken]

“Protection from (Bad) Witchcraft

Hartland and Wilkinson tell us in their ‘Folklore of Lancashire' that: ‘...according to a manuscript in Chetham's Library Manchester, Mother Bumby doth affirm... [that] the herb pimpernel is good to prevent witchcraft. The following lines must be used when it is gathered;

Herb pimpernel I have found

Growing upon Christ Jesus' ground;

The same gift the Lord Jesus gave unto thee,

When He shed bis blood upon the tree.

Arise up, pimpernel and go with me,

And God bless me,

And all that shall wear thee.

Amen.

Say this fifteen days together, twice a day; morning early fasting, and in the evening full.’

There is a reference to Mother Bumby in the play The Witch of Edmonton' written in 1621.

Another more popular protection from curses is to make an equal armed cross of rowan wood, tied with red thread, and place it on a threshold door. There are many variants of this spell or charm, especially in Scotland where rowan wood and red thread are some of the most common ingredients in protection magic. Rowan berries are sometimes strung on red thread and worn as an amulet in the form of a necklace.

George Sinclair wrote in 1685 ‘...cut the Rouan-Tree between the two Beltan [Beltane] days. If any Man or Woman, Horse or Cow shall have a piece thereof upon them, no Devils or Fairy shall have the power to medle with them'.

The old folk song ‘The Laidley Worm’ illustrates the power of rowan wood:

...The spells were in vain; the hag returns To the Queen in sorronful mood Crying that witches have no power Where there is rowan-tree wood!

It is said you can protect your home from witchcraft by simply planting a rowan tree adjacent to your front door. Or, to be even more secure, you could grow the tree over the portal to be protected: ‘I have seen a rowan tree trained in the form of an arch over the byre door and in another case over the gate of the farm yard...' wrote Dr James Napier in 1860.

In northern Scotland, a branch of the rowan was placed over farmhouse doors, after having been waved while the words ‘Avaunt, Satan!’ were solemnly pronounced.

Rowan tree and red thread feature in the ancient Scottish rhyme that lists amulets to ward off warlocks:

Black-luggie, hammer-bead,

Rowan tree and red thread,

Put the warlocks to their speed.

In some versions of the rhyme, the second ingredient is lammer bead, possibly corrupted from 'amber bead', amber being another protection amulet favoured by witches. It has been suggested that ‘black-luggie' might refer to blackthorn. Blackthorn is the wood used for making ‘blasting rods', the wand that a witch traditionally would use to direct a curse.

Another version of this rhyme is:

Rowan, ash, and red thread,

Keep the devils frae their speed.

And to protect cattle from witchcraft: ‘bind into the cow's tail a small piece of mountain-ash (rowan).’

In Cornwall, the countryman that suspects one of his cattle has been overlooked (by the evil eye) ‘...runs to the nearest woods and brings home bunches of care [rowan], which he suspends over the [affected animal's] stall, and wreathes round her horns.’

Or in Lancashire: ‘...cattle must be protected from witchery by sprogs of wiggen [rowan] over or in the shippens [cowsheds].’

We can see that rowan wood is credited with special protection properties that reoccur time and time again, especially when used in conjunction with red thread. Indeed, simply carrying a piece of rowan wood secreted about you is said to be one of the best amulets to protect you from a witch's curse.

We have seen that by far the best known protection charm for cattle is attaching rowan to the creature, or to the beams of the cow shed, but there are other methods: ‘Hang the first shoe put on the foot of a stallion, on the byre door, no harm will come near the cows.’ Or, a spray or leaf of a four-leaf clover fixed to a cow should also do the trick.

If a shrewmouse has run over one of your cattle, or if it has been exposed to a glance of the evil eye: ‘gently stroke the affected animal with a twig from a "charmed" ash tree.' We are told that an ash tree can be charmed by burying a horseshoe under it.

To protect your house, tie a hag stone (a naturally holed stone) to your door key. A variant of this charm is to tie a hag stone, or string of hag stones to the inside of your front and back doors. Odd numbers of stones are always used in a string.”

—

The British Book of Spells & Charms:

A Compilation of Traditional Folk Magic

by Graham King

[caveofthemorbid]

Woodcut Print By Liv Rainey-Smith Appears In “Arcanum Bestiarum”, Robert Fitzgerald (Three Hands Press, MMXII)

[breelandwalker]

Secular Celebrations - Spring Equinox

Next on the calendar is the Vernal Equinox, which marks the beginning of spring and the start of the growing season. In the northern hemisphere, this usually happens right around March 20th to March 22nd, depending on the year, while in the Southern Hemisphere, this occurs around September 20th - 23rd.

This is the time to start shaking off the winter and those cold weather blues. And as someone who is firmly on that Seasonal Affective Disorder train, believe me when I tell you that this is IMPORTANT. So when you think about what you’re going to do for the spring equinox, make sure you include self-care and a continuation of that cleaning kick you hopefully started back around Imbolc. Actually, every holiday observance should include a little bit of both of these things. Not just because they’re important, but because holidays are easy to remember, and even if you don’t always have time to fit these things into your schedule, it might be more feasible to work them into your holiday observances.

If the weather allows it, try cracking a window, even for a few minutes, and get some light and fresh air into your home. Even if it’s still chilly outside, sometimes it helps alleviate that dry, stuffy feeling we all get from being stuck inside with the heat on for months at a time. Open up those shades, let some sun in, turn on a sun lamp or one of those little antidepressant desk lights if you have one. Like the musical says, “Let the sunshine in.”

Or, if you can, get outside for a little while. Hopefully there will be a nice clear day that allows this. Look for signs of spring in your neighborhood - birds, flowers, buds on the trees, maybe some snowmelt if you live in a place that still has snow in late winter. If you have children, this might be a fun spring bingo type activity. The birds will be coming back, so scatter some seeds for them while you’re out and about. And speaking of snowmelt, melted snow and icicles can be used as a base for moonwater. Just make sure you select...er...CLEAN material to work with, and strain the meltwater through some paper towels before you store it for magical use.

You can also note the progress of seasonal changes in your journal or your planner, if you have one. This doesn’t always have a magical application, but it’s important to mental health to be able to track the passage of time through changes in your environment. If you have trouble with Seasonal Affective Disorder, or if you just hate winter, noting when the weather starts warming and the sun comes out and the early bulbs start to come up can be very encouraging.

Getting back to the subject of children’s activities, this is a great time for spring-related crafts, fingerpainting (you are NEVER too old for fingerpainting), and a discussion about why the seasons change and what it means in your household as far as traditions go. Your kids may be seeing their peers going on Easter egg hunts and getting baskets of candy, so if you’d like to do something similar but secular, maybe have a “signs of spring” scavenger hunt. If you want to decorate some eggs, go right ahead! Make some special witchy equinox eggs, why not.

If you want to make a special meal to celebrate the change in seasons, I suggest a breakfast. It’s the beginning of the yearly planting cycle, so why not mark it with the first meal of the day? Appropriate foods include bread, eggs, cheese, cured meats, preserves, sprouts, sweets, and pastries. So bust out that french toast casserole recipe, the good jams, and your best quiche lorraine and go to town!

Once you’ve recovered from the food coma, get cracking on that spring cleaning you started back on Imbolc. There’s always more to do! If you’ve finished decluttering one area, start on another. If you’ve finished one project, pick another one. Keep yourself motivated and moving as much as you can. If you’ve been meaning to start a new self care routine or exercise program, go for it. The world is waking up and coming back to life after a long winter’s nap; you can do the same.

Freshen up your household wards and protections while you’re tidying. This can be as simple as “cleaning with intent,” whereby you banish negativity or bad luck or sickness along with the dirt and grime, or as complex as a full casting to patch whatever needs patching, or anything in between. Get rid of any lingering stale energy from the winter. You’ll know best what needs to be done. It never hurts to have a freshly-cleansed home.

If you’re planning to plant a garden, the Vernal Equinox is a great time to start. Whether you’re buying seeds, filling starter trays, or just sketching out what you want to plant when the ground thaws, get a jump start on your green witchery. Housewares stores should begin stocking seeds around this time, or you can order free catalogs from places like Burpee, Seed Savers, or a local biodiversity co-op to help you plan.

Of course, not all of us have green thumbs. If you’d like a garden but can’t seem to keep your sprouts going, try putting together a succulent patch. These hardy little plants are easy to care for and harder to kill than the mutant offspring of a rabid zombie and the T-1000. (I can personally speak to this - I have two sprouts of aloe that are actively growing in trays that have no dirt or water in them. It’s a little bit freaky.)

For those who are more inclined to crafty activities, you can create a fairy garden with a couple of flowerpots, some moss or lichen, and whimsical miniature decorations like fairy gardens.

You can also bring fresh flowers into your home. Give yourself a bouquet or a potted plant for a splash of color and scent. Swap that wintry pine bunting for early blooms like forsythia, dogwood, pussy willow, and cherry blossoms. Some traditions call for a bonfire in March or April, on which the old bunting will be burned, but obviously, please only do this if you’re using actual pine boughs, not plastic and silk.

And silk flowers ARE valid seasonal decorations for the witchy home, by the by. If you don’t have access to fresh foliage or can’t keep houseplants for whatever reason, go with silk ones. They can stay up for months on your walls or on your altar with just a little dusting, and provide ambience and magical symbolism with comparatively little effort. Plus, you can save them from year to year to be reused. I have a set of seasonal garlands that I hang over my altar that is entirely composed of silk flowers and leaves, and they provide a really nice aesthetic without too much worry about dead flowers or crumbling leaves catching on fire from the candles.

We experienced the promise of spring on Imbolc, and now we see that promise fulfilled at the vernal equinox. Sketch out your goals for the upcoming season. Think about the positive changes you wish to make and how you intend to grow. Meditate on the importance of keeping promises, both to yourself and to others, and on making only those promises you know you can keep.

And remember - you’ll reap what you sow later in the year, so sow ever so carefully.

-from Hex Positive, Ep. 011 - Secular Celebrations (Nov 01, 2020)

Other Posts In This Series:

Imbolc

Spring Equinox

Beltane

Midsummer

Lughnasadh

Autumn Equinox

Samhain

Yule

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[slewfootwitch]

Historical folk magic involves a lot of spells and charms that do not fit the life most of us live now. Until you consider that you can use charms to keep prey from escaping your hunt for a multitude of non-hunting related living targets.

[suterraintales]

Could you give an example or two?

[slewfootwitch]

Sure. Though I'm not sure whether you mean examples of how folk magic charms aren't exactly designed for the concerns of the modern practitioner or examples of ways folk charms which are for one purpose can be remade for another. Not to worry, though, I can give you both.

Bearing in mind that, just because they're not relevant to most lives today doesn't mean they're not relevant to any. I, myself, grew up in a farming family, so I am only a generation separated from their usefulness. But a large body of folk magic is focused on farm life and hunting. Of course, we love our farmers and sustenance hunters, but they do make up about 2% and 6% of the United States population respectively. The numbers for farming are much larger in other areas, but I am speaking on my own experience in participation and contact with bioregional traditional magic and folk magic communities in areas of Europe and the United States. Assuming that there is no overlap between the hunters and the farmers, that makes those bodies of charms useful (in their unmodified form) to about 8% of us living in the US and about 5.4% of the population in broad Europe.

As for examples of how these can be repurposed as non-farming and non-hunting charms: - There is a nineteenth century Swedish charm that attempts to summon three entities to bless one's gun sight for hunting. I won't include the entities because 18th and 19th century Swedish practitioners loved their Latin and Hebrew pseudo babble and, frankly, only one of them appears to be an actual name while the others appear to be the result of a bad cipher. [I am still waiting to hear back from Kabballah guy about this charm.] The spoken charm translates to "I, [nomen nescio], conjure and beseech you [entities] that you do not let this animal run, flee, or fold from my shot" (Gårdbäck). I have used this for baneful work with witch bullets by adapting the charm to something like "Spirits of Blood and Hunt and Prey, I do conjure and beseech you that you do not let [nomen nescio] run, flee or fold from my shot." It has seemed to work very well. - There is another 19th century Swedish charm used to "shame a rifle". In its original context, this would have been useful to someone breaking into a home, trespassing on property, or just wanting to cause someone a rough winter. But it can also be adapted for use as protection against a specific hex you're aware is being cast, for example if you've dreamt or divined it, or someone has threatened harm against you. The original charm translates as "Come Devil and all the evil spirits that are in the abyss, And withhold stone and fire from the gunpowder in the name of Evil" (Gårdbäck). It can be reworked into shaming a curse by saying "Come Devil and all the evil spirits of the abyss! Withhold life and power from curse as you would withhold stone and fire from gunpowder. Shame the book, the dagger, the candle, oh Devil, as you can shame all weapons in the name of Evil." - A final charm is an agricultural warding remedy for when there is a suspected hex on one's seeds and land that is causing them to go "a little bad". It is translated as "Take 3 spoons of sulfur, 3 spoons of salt, 3 spoons of sewing needles; put them in the center of the field, them no one has the ability to take power from the growth. Bury the same outside the seed barn" (Johnson). This can be used in a witch bottle to protect one's garden or in a witch bottle to protect any form of prosperity from magical interference.

Gårdbäck, J. B. (2015). Trolldom: Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magic Tradition. Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology (YIPPIE).

Johnson, T. K. (2019). Svartkonstböcker: A Compendium of the Swedish Black Art Book Tradition. Revelore Press.

[lesorciercanadien]

And that’s peecisely what us folk practitioners do!!!! Thank you for explaining your take on these :)

[ms-m-astrologer]

April 2026 Good Days

These are the days in April during which (1) the Moon is in a particular sign, and (2) making a flowing aspect to the ruler of that sign. (Almost always a trine or sextile, sometimes a conjunction).

Mercury:

Sunday, April 19, 16:18 UTC - Monday, April 20, 04:19 UTC

Good for short trips and running errands, chitchat, hanging out with siblings &/or neighbors, gossip, taking tests, and reading and writing (but nothing too ponderous).

Venus:

Friday, April 17, 15:58 UTC - Sunday, April 19, 06:44 UTC

Glorious for hanging out peacefully with loved ones (or alone!), cooking and baking, working in the yard/garden, and all other Venus-type activities.

Mars:

Friday, April 3, 12:11 UTC - Sunday, April 5, 17:07 UTC

Extended time for being thorough and getting to the bottom of things. It’s a little more purposeful than Mars energy usually is. Spring cleaning maybe?

Jupiter:

Monday, April 13, 08:55 UTC - Tuesday, April 14, 15:23 UTC

Peaceful and content. Good for cultivating positive attitudes, working on boundaries, and hanging out with and treasuring our family.

Saturn:

Friday, April 10, 23:55 UTC - Saturday, April 11, 13:15 UTC.

Getting a little more comfortable (if that’s possible) with Saturn in its “new” sign, Aries. We respond especially well to the solitude/independence piece, under this influence.

[faggot-of-the-cosmos-deactivate]

You, yeah you. Go work with random spirits in your backyard. Yeah yeahh working with gods is fun but yk that dead deer might want a friend.

[elvthron]

It changes completely to have a ritual inside your house or outside, especially in an ancient temple.

Connections with the deities can happen anywhere: in silence, in nature, in a room or even in the middle of everyday life.

But feeling that connection in an ancient temple was something different. The air still carried echoes of old rituals and sacrifices once offered to the chthonic goddesses and it felt as if their presence lingered quietly between the stones.

Thank you wormwood for being a gentle intermediary in this communion, and thanks for your divinatory essence helping to open the way toward the deities of the underworld. 🤍

[ginandjack]

Working on a gin tincture (as an anointing tincture, not for consumption) out of Lee Morgan's Standing Without Falling

[thegodwhocums]

would totally hear more about how you plan to use it, if you feel like sharing! (no pressure)

[ginandjack]

So, a lot of folks talk about the trap of witchcraft 101 and never advancing, right? I think that's partially the wrong take. Sure, there are an absolute glut of book with zero variation. And that can't be avoided. But! In any practice, going back to your basics, your foundations is such important work. It's what you return to during stress ir faklow times. It's what reinvigorstes you. So, if you've been at this a while, like i have, every so often you come across an author or point of view who's basics are just left or right of center of what you do, and that is a good thing! It has good implications. That creates elasticity and helps you play and learn. Oh, I've got a 3 soul model, well this is a 4 spirit courts/powers model. Relearn all your basic breathing and meditation and energy work with a different scaffolding of support. Learn these new techniques, even if you dont keep them as part of yourregular practice, you're growing and can speak on the process with a broader knowledge base. Do the same thing but new. Which is what happens when you read a book from someone from a specific trad viewpoint that's similar but not the same, which is clearly the case for me.

So, to your original question: Morgan has us create this as a self-anointing tincture. It's very lunar. You take one moon to make it, and it rests until the next moon, when it's used to catch the moon's reflection, anointing your entire nude body, and then you meditate nude, in the light of the moon, covered in the potentially skin sensitizing ingredients in the fetal position on the ground. I know that sounds like a lot, but it's another one of those: are you dedicated? Can you get out of your own societal conditioning? Do you trust yourself? Do you want to connect enough to do the scary or uncomfortable thing? Moments that still somehow get to us all. Like when people learn the Lord's prayer backwards in Huson's Mastering Witchcraft.

There's more reasoning to it that I'm glossing over because I do think folks should consider reading the book, and I'm not about to give it all away. But for obvious reasons (blizzard of 26) I waited till this most recent full moon to make it and will finish this in April.

(Had this really dope realization that each item in this tincture makes for a representative of the other things he's writing about in that chapter AND that this is a great base for also anointing stainless steel since there's almost no oils to tarnish it, mostly just alcohol and herbs. So it is connective, protective, and multi-use, even if it's primary use is moon juice lol.)

[windvexer]

The Wise and Subtle Arte of Reading Cards, full document

Ebook - The Wise and Subtle Arte of Reading Cards

Binder Margins - The Wise and Subtle Arte of Reading Cards

Original version as I copy-pasted it from the archive website

Quickref guide, 1 page front and back

If anyone has input on the slur disclaimer, I am open to input and replacing or altering my disclaimer for something more suitable.

If you notice any errors in formatting or other issues, please reach out. I can fix the files. File versions are just dated to help keep track if there are changes.

These documents are here because this information has mostly disappeared from the internet. Save resources you value.

I did not write this document. I did not change its contents beyond mild reorganization and formatting. The original that I worked from is posted so you can compare changes if you would like to.

[ms-m-astrologer]

Transiting Juno enters retrograde zone

Timeline (current events in bold)

Saturday, March 14, 2026, 11:24 UTC - transiting Juno enters pre-retrograde shadow, 25°40’ Capricorn

Sunday, March 29, 08:49 UTC - transiting Juno enters Aquarius

Friday, June 5, 21:55 UTC - transiting Juno stations retrograde, 11°00’ Aquarius

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

Thursday, September 17, 01:10 UTC - transiting Juno stations direct, 25°40’ Capricorn

Saturday, October 24, 02:40 UTC - transiting Juno re-enters Aquarius

Monday, November 30, 05:35 UTC - transiting Juno exits post-retrograde shadow, 11°00’ Aquarius

=+*+=+*+=+*+=

Sabian symbol: a water sprite

Caveat - this probably won’t have much of a personal impact on you unless Juno is prominent in your birth chart (closely in aspect to the Sun, the Moon, &/or an angle); or making retrograde zone aspects to the Sun, the Moon, &/or an angle.

Damn - what a time for the Lady Asteroid of “the Powerless,” to enter her latest retrograde zone - right when Felon47, “BiBi,” and their pals seem determined to destroy everything. Capricorn can be noble and generous and righteous (hello, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) - but Capricorn is also the sign of patriarchy, and (snark on) those capitalist corporate patriarchs have done such a good job running things over the past 12,000 years. (Snark off.)

I think that’s going to be a main lesson over the next 10+ months, that “patriarchy” as currently practiced is used up. It (ab)uses people and things to meet its own twisted ends. It’s destructive, it’s designed to keep most people down and dependent, and it’s in essence unfair.

How that may play out through Juno’s different “areas:” (I’m kind of deliberately putting a negative spin on them; this is a retrograde zone, and we all have work to do.)

All one-to-one relationships - there’s a need to control the partner, to be the boss, in peer/equal relationships. (I remember my high school history teacher telling his classes that in his marriage, he had 51% of the vote.)

Protocol and social ritual - insisting that we have to go through certain channels &/or jump through particular hoops, in a particular way. Following the rules; insisting on “the letter of the law” instead of the intention. Using “manners” to exclude people.

The powerless (women, battered wives, abused children, minorities, disabled, victims) - not dissimilar to the above; there’s more of a need to control and dominate, than to really help. (Thinking of Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: “Are there no prisons?… And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation? … The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?”)

The atmosphere (weather, climate, storms) - one example here in the US: Felon47 (and his muskrat friend) cut millions of dollars and positions from the National Weather Service (NWS). One result occurred in my home state of Michigan, which was struck by tornadoes on March 6. Residents had little to no warning, thanks to those massive NWS cuts, and four people lost their lives.

Right now, as Juno makes her “first pass” through this little swath of Zodiac, is the time to observe and take notes. Look at what’s up with you natal Juno - then consider where she’s currently traveling in your birth chart, which house and what aspects she’ll make.

Juno makes only one non-lunar aspect between now and her ingress into Aquarius: on Monday, March 23, she’s trine Uranus/Taurus at 28°25’. This shows a strong desire to make life more equitable. We want to respect others’ individuality. But, and this is a doozy of a “but” - Juno and Uranus will be trine twice more, but in different signs (Juno/Aquarius and Uranus/Gemini). The emphasis and expression switch from Earth signs (concrete, tangible results) to Air signs (theory).

Additonally, Juno will also tangle three times with Saturn/Aries, Neptune/Aries, and Pluto/Aquarius. That shows there will be a lot going on. It’s like time marching on, and Juno is trying to catch up.

[satsuti]

i think it’s very important to first and foremost listen to your spirits when it comes to what tools, plants and trees to work with. don’t rush into getting every single thing you see mentioned in a book because it might not be right for the spirits of your tradition (whether that’s a real tradition or a spiritual one that never has been recorded, trust me when I say that spirits have their way of doing and teaching things). find your own correspondences, be patient and listen, listen, listen.

there’s this idea within tradcraft circles that some types of wood or herbs are extra ”witchy” and - while not entirely untrue - it doesn’t mean they are the only ones you can or should work with. who knows, they might not even be the right fit for your needs or your practice at the moment. so basically… you can use other wood than blackthorn for a blasting rod. there are multiple doors and pathways leading us to the same place, so to speak.

[satsuti]

example: back when i was getting ready to make a wand i had some different trees in mind but spirits butted in and told me to use flight rowan, which i admittedly hadn’t really thought about. i obeyed and later found out that rowan was the main wood used by wise ones and witches in sweden. then much later i got a dream to pick the berries of a blackthorn in my area. i did and used the berries in a liquor infusion, which i then used to coat my rowan wand with. so it became a two-in-one type of thing, extra potent, because i had listened.

another example is when i expected the elder mother to come forth (probably because she’s so widely talked about in witchcraft) but instead the birch appeared as the ‘mother.’ i then i got to know that birch was one of the first trees able to grow in europe after the ice age, so she definitely is mother. also the berkanan rune. however, i have recently been getting dreams of the elder mother and instructions about what to do with different parts of her. i fully believe this wouldn’t have happened if i hadn’t listened and gotten the blessing from the birch mother first.