#aussie witchcraft

[witchynyx]

2025 Witches Calendar

Seasonal Festivals: Southern Hemisphere

❤️ Lammas/Reflection: Feb 1 (traditional) / Feb 3 (astrological)

🩷 Autumn Equinox: March 20

💜 Samhain/ShadowFest: April 30 (traditional) / May 5 (astrological)

💙 Winter Solstice: June 21

💚 Imbolc/Quickening: August 1 (traditional) / August 7 (astrological)

🌿 Spring Equinox: September 23

💛 Beltane/Floralia: Nov 1 (traditional) / Nov 7 (astrological)

🧡 Summer Solstice: Dec 21

(Dates given are based on GMT+8 - Check the dates/times of the seasonal festivals in 15 different timezones)

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Seasonal Festivals: Northern Hemisphere

💚 Imbolc: Feb 1 (traditional) / Feb 3 (astrological)

🌿 Spring Equinox: March 20

💛 Beltane: May 1 (traditional) / May 5 (astrological)

🧡 Summer Solstice: June 21

❤️ Lammas: August 1 (traditional) / August 7 (astrological)

🩷 Autumn Equinox: September 22

💜 Samhain: Oct 31 (traditional) / Nov 7 (astrological)

💙 Winter Solstice: Dec 21

(Dates given are based on GMT - Check the dates/times of the seasonal festivals in 15 different timezones)

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New & Full Moons

🌑 December 31

🌕 January 14

🌑 January 29

🌕 February 12

🌑 February 28

🌕 March 14

🌑 March 29 - Super new moon

🌕 April 13 - Micro full moon

🌑 April 28 - Super new moon

🌕 May 13 - Micro full moon

🌑 May 27

🌕 June 11

🌑 June 25

🌕 July 11

🌑 July 25

🌕 August 9

🌑 August 23 - Black moon

🌕 September 8 - Total lunar eclipse

🌑 September 22

🌕 October 7

🌑 October 21

🌕 November 5 - Super full moon

🌑 November 20 - Micro new moon

🌕 December 5 - Super full moon

🌑 December 20

(Dates given are based on GMT+8 - Check the dates/times in your local timezone)

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About the Calendar Wheel

The image on this post is the calendar I made for 2025, based on my location in Boorloo (so-called Perth, Western Australia), on Wadjuk Noongar boodjar.

From the centre, outwards, you'll see:

The 6 Noongar seasons

The 8 seasonal festivals (I've used the common names for the cross-quarters, since I'll probably use this on my business socials)

The 12 months of the year

The 52-ish weeks of the year

The 365 days of the year

The new, full, and quarter moons for 2025

Depending where in the world you're from, you might also notice some things look a little different than you expect...

The wheel is arranged Southern Hemisphere sunwise. Because the sun skewing towards the equator at midday take it to the north, the sun's path over the course of each day appears to move counter-clockwise (because clocks were made based off northern hemisphere sundials).

The quarter-moon icons seem inverted, because we're viewing the moon from a different vantage point. Southern hemisphere moon phases look like:

🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒

Likewise some dates might seem a little off - Astrological events occur at the same instant, regardless of where in the world we are, but how we mark that instant on our calendar will depend on what timezone we're located in (and which side of midnight that timezone places us).

I'm located ~12hrs ahead of the Eastern United States, so a lot of the events above might be the date before for folks in earlier timezones (likewise for folks in Eastern Australia and New Zealand, a handful of events might be the date after if they're in the early a.m.)

[stormbornwitch]

So I made a community for Australian witches to join so we can talk about our practise in more specifics.

I would love to chat with other Aussie Witches!

- Marci

[witchynyx]

Note: depending on where in the world you are, check legalities of harvesting or collecting samples of native plants - eg in most Australian states it's illegal to harvest native plants without a permit, full-stop.

Bonus note: if you live somewhere (especially outside of Europe) with a lot of introduced weeds: get to know them and their history!

I used to work as a bush care volunteer at my local botanical gardens at the same time as I was researching for my edition of Culpeper's Herbal and omg so many of the weeds (including a few invasive ones) were written about by Ol' Nicky! A lot were also discussed by Dioscorides and Pliny a good 1600yrs earlier!

So if you're feeling jealous that you can't just go out and wild-harvest herbs with a long history of use in Western medicine and magic... maybe start paying more attention to the weeds ���

Witchcraft Exercise - Dig Through The Ditches

While we may not all be able to go for a woodsy hike to connect with our local land spirits and find wild herbs, there is always some sort of ecosystem around us. Making that connection and identifying useful plants can be done just about anywhere.

First, identify your region and find a field guide to the local flora. You’ll want something small enough to carry that has color photographs and detailed descriptions. Peterson’s Field Guides makes very good ones for the U.S. Publishers and availability will vary according to location.

Next, take a stroll! Visit your local community park or green space, or just check out the roadside weeds growing nearest your home. There’s always something. If you don’t feel comfortable lingering in one place long enough to analyze the plants on-site, take some pictures on your phone. That way, you can identify and read about them later.

Take notes about the plants you find. What are their magical uses? Is there any folklore connected to them? Were they ever used in medicine? Where where they growing? What sort of feeling did the plant give you (if any)? How do they fit into the local biome? Is it a native species, an introduced one, or an invasive one?

If you happen to find something that might be useful in your craft, you can go back and collect a small sample, provided the plant is not endangered or likely to harm you and is growing in a public space. (State and national parks do not count as public spaces. They’re great for pictures and study, but please refrain from collecting plants there.) When in doubt, leave it be.

I wouldn’t advise using roadside plants for anything you plan to ingest, but they’re still great for spells, offerings, and the burning bowl. A good rinse-and-hang-dry is highly recommended to make sure your specimens are as clean as they can be.

Make sure you label your specimen bundles and any jars you use for storage to make later identification easier. You can press leaves and flowers and tape them into your witchbook, or include illustrations or photos with your notes.

All of this will help you learn about and connect with the land around you, even if you live in an urban or highly developed area. The energy is always around us. We just might need to be still a while and look a little harder to find it.

Happy Witching! 🌿

ADDENDUM:

There are also plant identification apps like PlantNet, Plantifier, LeafSnap, iNaturalist, and SmartPlant that you can install on your phone.

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For more tips and exercise for growing your practice, check out the masterlist here. 😊

[witchessupplybag]

[books-and-strawberry-tea]

So I started The Coven yesterday, I’m only up to chapter 11 but idk….i can’t tell if the story is just amping up or if it’s just not the book for me?? I’m not sure honestly. Gonna keep reading to find out.

[justyouraveragefangirl1967]

After multiple situations in life made me step back my store is up and running once more and ready for business! There’s plenty of things to look forward to, but for now we have deity readings, we’re working to include jewellery and deity candles in the future and handmade rune set;

[vampfuzz]

[moon-eyed-beetle]

Hey Australian witches, where do you source your Crystals and sea glass?

[sl0wdiver]

Right come on then ladies let's be having some medals

[witchynyx]

In response to the 2 Ingredient Microwave Bread (ie microwave damper), I bring you...

Single-Serve Damper!

I haven't tried the recipe linked above to compare them, but any Aussie is familiar with damper - a settler/bush bread, traditionally cooked on campfire coals. Fairly dense, very basic, super-simple.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup self-raising flour

1/4 cup milk

Large pinch of sea salt.

You can make it with just the flour and water, but it's nicer with milk (I believe any kind will work) and a lil salt.

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 200°C (~390°F).

Add flour + salt to a small-ish mixing bowl.

Slowly add milk, mixing in with a knife, until it's all incorporated.

Roll into a ball and score the top (optional: makes it easier to cut/divide once cooked). Brush the top with excess milk.

Place on baking paper on a baking tray and cook for 20min - if you tap on the bottom and it feels hollow, it's good to go!

Tips:

Enjoy with latherings of butter and/or honey/golden syrup. Or use for offerings.

It's a blank canvas! You can mix in herbs, nuts, seeds, fruit, or whatever fits your needs, mood, or intentions!

[delilah2040]

So I’m pretty sure someone has placed a hex on me, I’ve had a lot of back to back bad luck, like especially in cases of love. (I’ve been ghosted like 7 times now in less than two years) the guy i was casually seeing ended things with me on the same day we had to put down my dog (I hadn’t told him abt that yet) and I’ve been sick every two weeks FOR two weeks since the end of 2021 🤡

If anyone has any advice on how to break this hex, if it IS a hex at all and how to draw more balanced luck, I’d REALLY appreciate that

[the-aranea-chronicles]

⥉ Welcome to my blog! ⥉

⥉ About the Author ⥉

Call me Aranea or Ara, a 23 yr old Aussie gal who is ever so slowly working on her novels. Not picky on what pronouns you use for me. I've been writing since I was 14, and been on and off tumblr just as long.

Working part time, and studying a few courses. Also practice witchcraft. Own a German Pointer named Millie (who has her own tag (#millie))

Current interests: Dragon Age, Dragons Dogma, Mass Effect, Skulduggery Pleasant, and Vampyr. I also play the Sims 4, so might even post some of my characters that way.

Favourite genres: Fantasy, horror, paranormal, science fiction, and historical.

Other platforms: AO3

Personal tag: #ara rambles

⥉ About This Blog ⥉

Open to asks about my OCs, world lore, or just wanting to drop in and have a chat!

Mainly using this blog to share lore, snippets of my novels, things that amuse me and worldbuilding.

Current Novel WIPs:

Monstrum (Which, yes, is loosely based on my fanfic under the same name) A God who never wanted to be a God, sea elves, sapphic dwarven Goddess, polyamory is pretty much the norm, cursed tome that exploded a temple, MC works out he's a transman... What more could you want? Oh wait, there's one more thing: son of God who died multiple times and came back wrong each time, is currently possessing MC's meant-to-be-dead mother! Oops.

Quondam

Takes place centuries before Monstrum, when The Maker was only a sorcerer who wanted a better world... and now deals with the consequences of taking over as Sovereign of the World. Surely she can change her world without destroying it?

[Un-named]

Crash landing on a unknown planet, memories wiped... The A.I. with corrupted data, known as Thio, calls them Viator, but is that their name? Or a title? The only thing Viator knows is that they were thrown into a black hole... and now have a ship to fix, and to find civilisation.

⥉ DNI ⥉

Pro-contact paras, anti-lgbtq, anti-otherkin/therian

My OC tags:

Monstrum: #laianna/aurélien | #opal | #vesper | #adara | #amara | #hermia | #aranea | #ghilain (pronounced gee-layn)

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[chappellroansdreamgirl]

welcome to asteria's disaster-blog...

asteria , aussie (aww-zzie) , or 'steri. 🏩 | seventeen 🌷 , he/him pronouns | high-femme lesbian (i<3mybutch) 🩷 | no.1 abby anderson and sevika fan. 👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏼👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 | glamour witch. 💕 | fierce defender of butches. | pnw | donate to a pretty femme in need

GET TO KNOW ME.

my interests↓

- glee - stardew valley - leaf/rock collecting

- witchcraft - arts & crafts - pinterest-boarding

asteria whore lore:

i've been writing trashy fanfiction since i was like... seven. and i still do it, it's just not trashy and not on wattpad. my first fanfiction i wrote was an oc-filled descendants fanfic full of racial stereotypes... i'm healed now, guys...

NAVIGATION.

more coming soon ^.^

[witchessupplybag]

My new Etsy listing is out! And will be doing a valentines special for this reading!

[books-and-strawberry-tea]

Downloaded a bunch of new books this week🥰

I’m so excited 🥰🥰

[honeyjarstar]

. ⛧...star; you can also call me chrysie!! they/she, lesbian, aussie, non-theistic witchcraft practising satanist. 18+ minors DNI!! this will be a weird little hub for all my horny posting, writing and all that nonsense.

I’m here for ghost mostly, there are other things i like that may appear as well... ⛧.

more to be added... ⛧.