#WITCH

[whimsigothwitch]

Blessed new year, how was everyone’s Yule celebration?

[witchboychan]

Good morning to you as well friend :]

good morning to horror fans, fat bitches, people with psychosis, they/thems, people who can’t drive, trans women, witches, and single dads. the rest of you... you’re on your own

[thevixenwitch]

Witch tip: Buy crystals from rockhounds, not metaphysical shops. A rockhound is a lot more likely to charge you a fair rate based on actual value as opposed to a markup.

Side note, it’s usually good to check the actual going rate of stones to know if you may be getting ripped off. There is an insane stock to meet the incredible high demand for crystals, so there are plenty for everyone out there. Don’t feel rushed or pressured to buy anything.

Also, it’s a red flag if your provider doesn’t know where the crystals they’re selling were sourced. Same for most things one could find at a metaphysical shop, but the intense demand for crystals has created a pretty horrific market that relies on slave labor fairly often. The modern crystal market has been referred to as the new blood diamond trade for a reason!

Let’s all aim to be a bit more ethical with our consumption when we can, and acknowledge that having any kind of a collection is a privilege that we need to take some accountability for.

[the-clumsywitch]

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Awakening of Woe Mother by Iwo Widuliński

[igorlevchenko-blog]

Morrowind: Lady Mrkngth, Razak of House Bhadthumz

Commissioned by @brogley who introduced me to the idea of incorporating elements of high fashion into Dwemer design.

[leech-mother]

⋆˙𓍊₊ ⊹˚ 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 ˚⊹ ₊𓍊˙⋆

[aileenwasrightt]

Orange whimsigoth

[traegorn]

I was today years old when I first heard the term “witch wound”. I’ve tried reading multiple articles, and they all reference stuff that feels like misinformation to me, (e.g. generational trauma relating to the burning times). Is this a legit thing, or is this nonsense?

Oh, it's complete nonsense.

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

stupidanimals

[daily-spooky]

[keysatthecrossroad]

Hekáte, Kleidoukhos, Key keeper of the Cosmos,

Keep our secrets.

Hekáte, Lyko, Protectress of the devoted,

Keep us close.

Hekáte, Pyrophoros, Bearer of Torches,

Keep us illuminated.

Hail Hekáte, Queen of Witches!

[greenwitchcrafts]

January 2025 Witch Guide

New Moon: January 29th

First Quarter: January 6th

Full moon: January 13th

Last Quarter: January 21nd

Sabbats: None

January Wolf Moon

Also known as:  Bear Moon, Center Moon, Chaste Moon, Cold Moon, Disting Moon, Freeze Up Moon, Frost Exploding Moon, Goose Moon, Great Moon, Greetings Moon, Hard Moon  Ice Moon,  Moon of the Little Winter, Quiet Moon, Severe Moon, Spirt Moon & Snow Moon

Element: Air

Zodiac: Capricorn & Aquarius

Nature spirts: Brownies & Gnomes

Deities: Chang'e, Freya, Hera, Inanna & Saraswati

Animals: Coyote & fox

Birds: Blue Jay & pheasant

Trees:  Birch & Hazel

Herbs: Cones, holy thistle& marjoram

Flowers: Crocus & snowdrop

Scents: Mimosa & musk

Stones:  Chrysoprase, garnet, hematite, moonstone, onyx, jet, red tourmaline rose quartz & ruby

Issues, intentions & powers: Beginnings, healing, money, protection & strength

Energy: Breaking bad habits, creative expressiveness, energy working to the surface, forgiveness, freedom, friendships, future plans, hrowth, healing, problem solving, purification, responsibility & science

January’s full Moon came to be known as the Wolf Moon because wolves were more likely to be heard howling at this time. Though it was traditionally believed that wolves howled due to hunger during winter, we know today that isn’t accurate.

Howling & other wolf vocalizations are heard in the wintertime to locate pack members, reinforce social bonds, define territory & coordinate hunting. One study recorded spontaneous howls and responses happen most often between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. .

  • According to the Wolf Conversation Center, gray wolves “inhabited most of the available land in the Northern Hemisphere.” Habitat destruction & persecution by humans have reduced their range by about a third worldwide & 90% in the lower 48 states.

Other celebrations:

• Hogmanay: December 31st- January 1st-

Christmas was not celebrated as a festival and virtually banned in Scotland for around 400 years. So it was, right up until the 1950s that many Scots worked over Christmas & celebrated their winter solstice holiday at New Year, when family & friends would gather for a party and to exchange presents which came to be known as hogmanays.  

Customs vary throughout Scotland & usually include gift-giving & visiting the homes of friends & neighbors. Another common Hogmanay tradition is to clean the house. Some believe that beginning the New Year with an unclean house may bring bad luck. Traditionally, this would include taking out the ashes from the coal fire. 

• Particular attention is given to the first-foot(is the first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day and is seen as a bringer of good fortune for the coming year bearing coal to ensure the house remains warm in the coming months  & should traditionally be a tall, dark-haired man.)

• Compitalia/ Feast of Lades: January 3-5-

Was an annual festival in honor of the Lares Compitales, household deities of the crossroads, to whom sacrifices were offered at the places where two or more ways met. Dionysius said that Servius Tullius founded the festival, which he describes as it was celebrated in his time. Dionysius relates that the sacrifices consisted of honey-cakes (Ancient Greek: πέλανοι) presented by the inhabitants of each house; & that the people who assisted as ministering servants at the festival were not free men, but slaves because the Lares took pleasure in the service of slaves. He further adds that the Compitalia were celebrated a few days after the Saturnalia with great splendor & that the slaves on this occasion had full liberty to do as they pleased.

During the celebration of the festival, each family placed the statue of the underworld goddess Mania at the door of their house. They also hung up at their doors figures of wool representing men & women, accompanying them with humble requests that the Lares & Mania would be contented with those figures, and spare the people of the house.

• Lunar New Year: January 29th-

The Lunar new year (Commonly referred as Chinese New Year) is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture marking the end of winter & the beginning of the spring season, observances traditionally take place from New Year's Eve, the evening preceding the first day of the year to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The new year starts on the new moon nearest the midpoint between the winter solstice & the spring equinox, sometime between January 21 and February 20.

• This holiday has ancient roots in China as an agricultural society. It was the occasion to celebrate the harvest & worship the gods & ask for good harvests in times to come

Each culture celebrates the Lunar New Year differently with various foods and traditions that symbolize prosperity, abundance & togetherness. In preparation for the Lunar New Year, houses are thoroughly cleaned to rid them of inauspicious spirits, which might have collected during the old year. Cleaning is also meant to open space for good will and good luck.

Some households hold rituals to offer food & paper icons to ancestors. Others post red paper and banners inscribed with calligraphy messages of good health and fortune in front of & inside, homes. Elders give out red envelopes containing money to children. Foods made from glutinous rice are commonly eaten, as these foods represent togetherness. Other foods symbolize prosperity, abundance & good luck.

The origins of the Lunar New Year festival are thousands of years old & are steeped in legends. One legend is that of Nian, a hideous beast believed to feast on human flesh on New Year's day. Because Nian feared the color red, loud noises & fire, red paper decorations were pasted to doors, lanterns were burned all night, and firecrackers were lit to frighten the beast away.

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

Wikipedia

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Encyclopedia britannica

Llewellyn 2025 magical almanac Practical magic for everyday living

https://www.edinburghfestivalcity.com/festivals/edinburghs-hogmanay

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Astral Wind by Maéna Paillet

[sassypainterangel]

i got shadows. I’m taking that as a witch, to mean the nasty parts of people that they dont see. So yea.

I try to help

but somehow permit someone’s

murdering compulsions

to come out, out of hiding,

where they stowed them away

so safe. secure.

I taste the copper of violence

hot on my tongue.

Its addicting, fermented grudges

turn into deep

wine-red blood, and I drink

freely.

You discover that you have control over a certain thing, as determined by spinning this wheel. We're talking full-on magical girl/superhero/supervillain/your label of choice control.