Journal Musings

Today is the shortest day and longest night. The Winter Solstice. The pinnacle of Yule Tide.  Thank the Pagans for Christmas. It’s not all about babies in mangers. It’s much deeper than that. As you know, I am a lone witch. I don’t do full blown ceremonies with masses of people at Stonehenge. I like a more subtle, carefully planned little moments of magic in my own space. I’ve been asked what I actually do. I’m reluctant to share a step by step procedure of my evening, as it

Are you waxing or waning? I used to be very confused by this terminology, then one day it just made sense. A waxing moon in one that is ‘filling up’, as in becoming full. Depicted in your diary and calendar as a white circle. A full-up moon. Then, when it goes past that stage, it starts to wane. It loses its fullness, and will be shown as a more solid black circle. Dark, with a slither of light on the right hand side. There are many websites with the full cycle shown for each