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Venus-Aphrodite

The month of April was dedicated to the goddess Venus in Ancient Rome, and their word for April, Aprilis, came from the verb aperire, “to open”. The Fasti Praenestini, the Roman calendar, described Aprilis as the time when “fruits and flowers and animals and seas and lands do open”. When I think of the goddess […]

Phases of the Moon

Tomorrow, April 5th, is the New Moon – a time for a fresh start, a new beginning. April 19th is the Full Moon, the Pink Moon, also known as Hare Moon, Egg Moon, and Paschal Moon.

Grow a witchy garden

Against a dark sky all flowers look like fireworks. There is something strange about them, at once vivid and secret, like flowers traced in fire in the phantasmal garden of a witch.” – G.K. Chesterton What flowers should you grow in your witch’s garden, amongst the herbs for your potions and your outdoor altar? Foxglove, […]

Spring Equinox: Renewal

March 20th is the Vernal Equinox, which, in the U.S., heralds the beginning of spring. I, for one, am more than ready for spring and its warmer weather, budding trees, flowers, and showers. The earth is waking up, stretching, and greeting the dawn. Spring is a time of renewal. Everything is fresh. The world is […]

Vernal Equinox & Full Worm Moon Altar

This Wednesday, March 20th, is the Vernal Equinox and it is time to renew our altars for spring. Clear away any symbols of winter and really go big with symbols of spring: eggs, snakes, flowers, lambs, hares and rabbits, butterflies, lady bugs, pastel colors, live plants, pastel gems and minerals, symbols of balance (the vernal […]

Triskelion

Today, Google is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with the triskelion, the triple spiral. I wrote about the triskelion in the Winter Solstice issue of Hag Stone Journal: Newgrange, in Ireland, is a Neolithic monument aligned with the winter solstice sunrise, and is even older than Stonehenge. Bones, grave goods, and votive offerings have been found […]