There’s a full moon rising on Tuesday June 14th and it’s set to be one of the most significant lunar events of 2022. Gaze into the moon and see what Fate has in store for you! The moon rules over the subtle, subconscious and intuitive aspects of the self and its wax and wane reflect…
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A Handy Cut-Out-And-Keep Charm Against Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues with the virus mutating and forming different strains, we need to find new methods of protection. We’re become accustomed to signing off emails with Stay Safe instead of Best Wishes or even Love, but if you really want to stay safe, you need to do more than just wear a…
Drink the Rainbow for the Holi Festival
Did someone shoot you in the face with a gun full of green water today? Or startle you with a pink powder shower? You should be pleased! It’s just time for Holi – the festival of colours, new beginnings, the repayment of debts and the ending of conflicts. This Hindu festival is celebrated at the…
The Thirteenth Sign ⛎
1970 was a big year. The first episode of soap opera All My Children was broadcast. Black Sabbath‘s eponymous debut album was released. The Beatles split up. Apollo 13 was launched.The first Glastonbury Festival was held. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both joined the 27 Club in death. I was born, which important fact I think…
Today the Gates of Hell open for Hungry Ghosts
The Hungry Ghost festival is held during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar, on the first night of the full Corn Moon. This is when the gates of Hell open and Hungry Ghosts are freed from the lower realms to roam the earth, where they seek food and amusement. These Ghosts are believed to…
Bunny Chow & Pinch Punch
Saying “Pinch punch” and spitefully poking somebody or just saying “White rabbits!” before midday on every 1st of the month is a popular folk tradition whose origins have become hazy with the passing of time. Almost nobody remembers now that the “pinch punch” was a symbolic blow to cast out evil spirits from people around…
A Flaming FĂŞte With Flowers
Midsummer bonfire Flowers of flame flare out bright Live on as embers As the Sun passes over the Tropic of Cancer and hangs directly overhead, we celebrate with flowers which represent the Earth’s energies, water to represent the water sign Cancer, and fire which represents the Sun.  While the mystical hordes gather at Stonehenge…
You’re Always After Me Lucky Leprechaun
Top of the morning to you! For St Patrick’s Day this year, let’s locate a leprechaun. Before you start arguing that you only find leprechauns in Ireland, consider that there are more Irish natives living in New York City than there are in Ireland. Naturally leprechauns will have emigrated along with the people and their…
Lock Love Away or Keep a Secret
If you keep your eyes peeled, you can find examples of everyday transcendence from our physical reality on a street corner, down an alleyway, or through a door left open which has previously to now, always been found closed. Â By instinct we are drawn to examples of sympathetic magic, where objects found or created form…
Black Magic, or Supper at the Crossroads
November 16th is the Night of Hecate, which begins at sunset. Her ability to see into the Underworld, or the “Otherwhere” of the sleeping and the dead makes her sympathetic to those who would generally be shunned out of fear and misunderstanding.  Other gods or goddesses might not feel at home roaming city streets at…
The New City Witches Cocktail Coven 