June 6, 2020 Full moon blessings, everybody! Happy Strawberry Moon/Mother's Moon. I'm planning on creating a section for the esbats (it will probably be under the Wheel of the Year section). Last night's ritual was nice and relaxing, since for me it was less about building energy and casting spells and more about spending time in my sacred space by moon and candle light and sitting with the Goddess, and giving offerings of smoke. I've been connecting with the goddesses Hekate and Diana lately. In the past few months I have been studying Hekate and Diana in the context of Greek and Roman worship and more recently I've been delving into their mythos (namely Diana's mythos) as part of Aradia's story and the Stregarian Diana. Raven Grimassi was one of the first Pagan/Wicca/Witchcraft authors I'd read so it's interesting that I'm becoming interested in his tradition of the craft. I've also been studying stregoneria/traditional Italian witchcraft. I'd always known about it on a surface level but never got into studying it too deeply, and as my relationships with Hekate, Diana, and even Cernunnos grow, I feel more pulled to study these traditions. I've also been studying the history of Wicca and important figures in the Wicca (and subsequent branches of Wicca and witchcraft traditions) because I think it's a fascinating history and crucial to our understanding of what it means to be a witch in the modern age. To learn about the history of and other aspects of Wicca, I highly recommend the Youtube channel Oathbound Secrets. Some day I will add pages about different Wiccan and Witchcraft traditions and their founders.

June 2, 2020 Last night before bed, my partner pointed out a MASSIVE spider that had taken up space in our bedroom. In the past I have let spiders live and they ended up laying several eggs and "infesting" our shower. Yikes. So since then we've maintained protocol of either taking spiders outside or, if they were too fast, killing them. Well, this little guy was FAST. But we couldn't kill him. The spider disappeared and we went to sleep. Fast forward to this morning. I am doing my daily devotional in my altar room. I rearranged my altar and put three different oracle decks on it that I feel best reflect my spirituality right now. After casting a circle, I draw some cards. Well, guess which card I pulled from my Wisdom of Avalon Oracle? The freaking spider! Lol! Anyway, this card is about creativity, and using creative gifts as an expression of ones connection to the divine. Obviously this message is amplified by last nights visitation. I also drew Jewel of the Sea from the Enchanted Oracle, which is a card about recognizing beauty (usually inner/personal beauty, but considering the surrounding cards, I would also consider this to be about artistic beauty and weaving a beautiful life).
I've been wanting to connect with my Blessed Be cards to, which I sort of see as affirmation-type cards, or more specfically "gratitude" cards. I drew a card from the Blessed Be deck and got A Blessing on a Resolution. I'm not really sure what to think of it, but I guess we will see.

June 1, 2020 Hello June! A new month, and thus, a time to turn the page on our witchy calendar. June is the month of the Summer Solstice where I am (in the Northern Hemisphere). I feel reguvinated at the start of a new month, ready to set and fulfill new goals. So far I've been working on drawing and colouring more, and I started working on my physical Book of Shadows again. :) I also started some pages for my internet Book of Shadows here.

May 31, 2020 I woke up bright and early at 6AM today, ready and full of energy to do some chores around the house.
I also organized the tarot basket in my living room, weeding through the decks to decide which ones I want to keep out on the coffee table. I decided to keep the Crystal Visions tarot be Jennifer Galasso and the Fairy Wisdom Oracle by Amy and Nancy Brown. Both decks have a very cozy feeling, and both are pretty "Faerie" themed decks. I decided they could use a cleanse though, so I grabbed the box of HEM Sage incense sticks from my altar room, lit a candle and the incense and started cleansing the cards. I even put them back in order to help "reset" the energy.
For my daily draw today, I pulled the Five of Cups - positive focus! Sure, there may be some disappointment, but there are wonderful things to look toward and look forward to.

May 30, 2020 I just made this website today. I used to design and make websites when I was a kid. I forgot how fun it can be! :)