Morning Light

Once a month I hear cardigan and act like it’s the first time I’ve experienced music

Blessed Solstice ❄

Completely peaceful and love filled protest, continue the fight for black lives

Quick Guide to Celebrating the Sabbats 🌻

LITHA

🧀Fruit & veg, herbed bread, cheese, honey cakes, chicken, pork, sunflower seeds, lemonade, ice tea.

🍋Lemon, orange, cinnamon, rose oils.

🔮Moonstone, tigers eye, amethyst, flourite, agate. {Or any crystals in warm colours}.

🌞See the sun rise & set, eat outdoors, make or buy a sun catcher, bake a sweet cake, let sunlight cleanse your rooms, clear cobwebs, wear a flower crown, make honey/sugar scrub, wear warm tones.

🎬Peter Pan, Fairy Tale, Ferngully, Stardust, Tinkerbell, Maleficent.

LAMMAS

🌽Multi grain bread, corn on the cob, bbq meats, fried chicken, potatoes, soup, rice, nuts, black current juice, beer, peppermint tea.

🌹Rose, chamomile, passion fruit, all spice oils/scents.

🔮Citrine, clear quartz, tigers eye.

📖Finish a project, make a bread to share, enjoy nature, take care of plants, decorate or craft, acknowledge what you are grateful for, journal future hopes.

🎬Parent Trap, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Cheaper by the Dozen.

MABON

🍇Pies, nuts, smoked or roast poultry [bbq chicken with smoky bbq sauce], soup, corn, apples, plums, grapes, cinnamon donuts, caramel popcorn, peanut butter, butterscotch.

🌲Sage, pine, cinnamon oils/scents.

🔮Amethyst, clear quartz, citrine, yellow agate.

🌾Make scented pinecones, spend time under the stars, donate food or goods [RSPCA], burn bad habits, visit the deceased, harvest take care of plants, bask in nature, meditate.

🎬Open Season, Brother Bear, Spirit, Pocahontas, Brave.

SAMHAIN

🎃Pumpkins, toffee apples, ginger bread, chai, nutmeg or cinnamon spiced foods, hazelnuts, sweets.

🌰Nutmeg, cinnamon scents.

🔮Obsidian, onyx, bloodstone, amber, fossils.

🕯Cook a family recipe, light a fire, remember & honour the deceased.

🎬Hocus Pocus, Addams Family, Monsters Inc, Little Vampire, Corpse Bride, Casper, Hansel Gretel Witch Hunters, Underworld, Van Helsing.

YULE

🍪Cookies, fruit cake, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea.

🕎Cedar, frankincense, myrrh oils.

🔮Bloodstone, citrine, clear quartz.

❄Give or volunteer, bake shortbread or sugar cookies, share a meal with loved ones.

🎬Santa Clause, Rise of the Guardians, 101 Dalmatians, Frozen, Snow White Winters War, Narnia.

IMBOLC

🍩Poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, bread butter pudding, scones, muffins, garlic, onions.

☕Vanilla, cinnamon oil.

🔮Amethyst, bloodstone, onyx.

🕯Light white candles, plant seeds, bless your pets, declutter & clean your living space, bake orange and poppy seed muffins or cake.

🎬Mr Poppers Penguins, Happy Feet, Balto, Ice Age, Mirror Mirror.

OSTARA

🍌Roast ham & pineapple, eggs, milk, seeds & nuts, banana bread, chocolate milk, green vegetables.

🌹Jasmine, light florals, sweet garden, wild flowers.

🔮Amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.

🌹Light candles, plant seeds, share a roast ham with loved ones, bake banana bread, finish spring cleaning, lay tumbled stones in your garden bed, take deep breaths [inhale new energy & exhale old energies], wear spring colours whites & florals, collect wildflowers or buy flowers that call to you & research what they mean, walk through nature.

🎬Epic, Strange Magic, The Secret Garden, Spiderwick, A Bugs Life, Barbie Fairies.

BELTANE

🍞Breads, cakes, honey, leafy greens, fruit & veg, seafood, iced tea, lemonade, milk.

🌼Florals, sweet garden, honeysuckle, jasmine, rose.

🔮Amber, citrine, moonstone, red jasper, rose quartz.

🌼Wear a flower crown or flowers in your hair, dress in red or white, make a bonfire & roast marshmallows, garden, take a walk, spend time in nature, pick fresh flowers to decorate.

🎬Moana, Arthur Trilogy, Avatar, Jungle Book, Tinkerbell, Barbie.

HOW I CELEBRATE ALL SABBATS OR ESBATS

☾Sage cleanse the house, light candles, diffuse oils.

☾Clean sheets/bedding/pillowcases/towels.

☾Eat at least one traditional food.

☾Watch a relevant movie.

☾Take notes in my BOS of how I celebrated the Sabbat to look back on next year.

☾Charge my crystals & tarot decks in the full moonlight.

☾Do a tarot reading relevant to the Sabbat.

☾Spend time outside with my dogs 🐶

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Grasp

Inspired by the Pillars of Creation star cluster

✨Bubble tea recipe! ✨

(Mostly so i have it written somewhere and i can reference it if people ask me about it ‘cause i suck at remembering doses and such...)

Stuff you need:

Tapioca balls (can find on amazon)

Prefered tea (i use English breakfast)

Milk (optional if you prefer to go without)

A bowl

Somewhere to boil the bubbles

Somewhere to boil the tea water (can be the same as above or just use a microwave)

Large straws (i use a metallic washable one but you can use any large straw, also can find on amazon)

A mug or similar to drink the bubble tea in

Now on to the actual recipe:

1. Take out about 2 small handfuls of tapioca balls per mug you wanna make (can be more or less depending on how much bubbles you want/prefer)

2. Take to boil a small pot with water and 2 teaspoons of sugar in it. When it’s boiling drop the bubbles in it and let them cook for about 2-3 minutes

3. While they boil, take about 3 spoonfuls of their water and put them in a small bowl. Mix it with about 1 and a half/ 2 teaspoong of honey until they form a sort of liquid sweetener

4. Strain the bubbles (be careful, they’re veeery squishy and will totally slip through larger holes) and drop them in the bowl with the honey. Mix them a bit and then let them sit in there for a while, both to cool off and get their shiny black appearance and to suck up all the sugary goodness

5. While they sit in there, make some tea! You can use the same pot to boil some water, i’m lazy so i just stick a mug full of water in the microwave and then pour it in the glass jar i use for bubble tea. People usually suggest black tea for bubble tea but tbh? Experiment all you want, that’s half the fun

6. When the tea is ready pick up the tapioca balls with a spoon and drop them in the mug you choose. You can also just pour the whole thing in the tea if you like your bubble tea hella hella sweet

7. (Optional, add the milk) Mix the whole thing and congrats! You just made bubble tea at home!

I can’t even express the type of crises I’m having about Taylor swift rn

Winter Solstice Party

Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions on throwing a Yule party. I don’t think any of my friends are pagan/witchy, but they know I am; I’ve had small solstice parties in the past and everyone had a good time. When I’m looking for inspo I only see really outdated or gimmicky ideas. I know that Christmas is very derivative of Yule so there is a lot of crossover, but if anyone knows subtle winter solstice ideas I’d appreciate it!

Some ideas:

I ordered bulk whole sale crystals and incense to put together little bags for everyone

Decorating in white, green, red and gold

Cooking and baking a few dishes

Garlands and candles