Wordsmithing Magic from the Crossroads

Magical Timing

Fire festival in Ireland

Magic is Afoot – Blessed May Eve!

Now gather round and prepare for this most holy and joyful sacred celebration! Tonight is May Eve, also known as Walpurgis Night. There is powerful, Earthy magic flowing in all things at this cross-quarter between Spring and Summer, when we celebrate burgeoning life and Nature’s wild, unrestrained beauty. Rejoice!

my Brighid altar

Our Flame Will Never Fail. Blessed Imbolc.

Although there are many reasons for our hearts to be heavy, let us trust the timing of Nature! Imbolc is our holy time of healing, hope, and renewal. The curtain rises on a bright new year, and the changing of the age. Come celebrate with me.

Waite-Smith Tarot Hermit for 2025

Welcoming 2025: The Tarot Year of the Hermit

Every year’s numerology corresponds to a Major Arcana card, setting the global agenda and also offering guidance for each of us personally. 2025 is a nine year, meaning it is under the protection and inspiration of the Hermit card. Find out more about what this means and how it can be useful for you.

All five lit advent candles

Joy to the World! The Shining Christmas Candle

For everyone who is lighting candles counting down to Christmas, it’s time to light your final candle, either tonight, or tomorrow morning, depending on your preferences and perhaps traditions.

all 5 candles on an Advent wreath

Joy to the World, The Light Is Born! Merry Yule!

Rejoice, for the magical gifts of Winter Solstice are here! Probably the oldest known sacred celebration on Earth, we’re still going strong. So join with us in merry measure, and visit my blog for lore and Yuletide treasure.

Watercolor of Gaia and four candles

The Final Sun Day Before Solstice: Candle Four

By bone and stone, seed and flower, from the darkest caves to the highest mountaintops, this holy evening we now light our Advent wreath’s candles of Joy for the sweet Earth and coming birth.

If we do not lay out
ourselves in the service of
mankind, whom
should we serve?

~ Abigail Adams

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