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Witchspace Update

Thanks to community support, I am finally making this post. Thanks y'all.

Getting into the habit of blogging is proving obviously more difficult than expected.

My dear friends got married last month, and for their honeymoon they travelled all around New England. One of their stops was Salem, MA, and they very thoughtfully and lovingly brought me back some wonderfully witchy gifts (see photos). I'm so excited for the new year so I can start using the datebook, and excited to explore the beautifully illustrated divination book soon as well. Not to mention the lovely art and stickers as well. I'm very blessed to have a few very supportive friends when it comes to my journey with my craft.

2 other witches and I got together to celebrate the most recent New Moon, and it was a great night of laughs, relationship-building, craft, and communion. Unfortunately I've been sick as of late so I wasn't able to gather with them for the Full Moon, but hopefully we'll get to do it again soon.

Had a lovely birthday this week.

Got tattooed yesterday with a dear, dear friend as a generous birthday gift in a safe, cool, queer space by a safe, cool, great-energy, they/them, queer, fellow witch, and extremely talented tattoo artist.

This morning I did a reading for that dear friend, my first for someone other than myself since I re-committed to my tarot, and it was so clear, specific, and positive.

Just went to search for a New Moon playlist for tonight, and found I had ALREADY made a TAURUS New Moon playlist last year that I had completely forgotten about.

I guess this is a bit of like a random update post? I've made much more progress on my book of shadows, now over 200 pages and 42,000 words. I have finished preliminary entries/descriptions of the Major Arcana, and the Wands and Cups suits of the Lesser/Minor Arcana of the Tarot. I've also added sections for fictional witches (TV and movie representatives of witches) and deities. Though I am not anticipating getting into deity work myself, a base-level study of deities from different cultures/practices is something I feel will be handy for when I encounter witches that do deity work, or are devotees.

Tonight is a sort of societal coming out for me as I am attending my first ever "witchy" event at a coffee shop, after-hours. It is an event for the Autumn Equinox, with some magical vendors, a tarot reader, some workshops, and some festive treats and drinks. This event is also in the town I am hoping to move to within the next 6-8 months. I'm going to be brave and attend this event by myself- so fingers crossed it goes well and the community is cool.

Also- "Agatha All Along"?! What a witchin' good time of a show. And The Ballad? It's absolutely been on repeat for me since it dropped on Spotify. I'm so excited to get to look forward to this show each week through October. The timing of this is pretty kismet as I've been ramping up my studies- it'll be a fun yet topical reprieve for me.

MBL GLH GR MEL

The Spades Witch

MBL GLH GR MEL

The Spades Witch

Survived driving when a DUST STORM hit (we have never had one of those in my area before)

Some gracious redditor drew our D&D party for free and funzies, and one of our party members surprised us with it

WoT got cancelled 🙃

Went to a drag show during pride/pride themed show for the first time

D20: Cloudward, Ho!

So many gorgeous Full Moons

Chicago day trip with friends to the Shedd Aquarium for the first (and last) time

New music from KATSEYE, Conan Gray, The Last Dinner Party, and Florence + the Machine

Started casually/openly dating someone

Worlds Beyond Number book 1 completion

Watched all 3 seasons of The Gilded Age

Wicked: For Good

Halloween with friends as The Muppets

Tattoo touchups with my friend by a rad artist in a rad new shop

Got 2+ years of hair growth buzzed off

Did some spellwork that was shockingly loud

Restarted my Animal Crossing island... twice

My coven imploded due to the other two members making irreconcilable choices harmful toward someone we all know, and hiding it from me

Started therapy at a new practice with a new therapist (First time having a queer therapist which is refreshing)

Started going on solo movie dates again

Cried in the theater at Eternity and sobbed in the theater at Hamnet

Saw Northern Lights for the first time and got some great pictures of them from my own backyard

So many good, clear nights of bright, beautiful, star-filled skies

Heated Rivalry has done and is still doing a number on me for more reasons than we have time for here but especially for unexpected representation and relatability to Shane

Ditched Sp*tify

My car got backed into by my dad with a tractor, she's currently in the shop which is all fine but annoying

Bought my first ever long cardigan/duster and having flowy fabric to flow around in is such a qol improvement- who knew

Stumbled into doing some surprisingly very cathartic ancestor work

Antique mall visits

Started the process of setting up a new psych eval because the "depression and anxiety" diagnosis from 10 years ago is very obviously not the only thing that's going on

Bought some cheap dresses

Got a fight picked with me by a grandparent over the phone on Christmas because apparently me not wanting to see my uncle who got caught in possession of ch*ld p********** isn't an easy reality for people to grasp (which is so f*cking weird)

I should be debt-free by May 2026 due to my progress this year. One step closer to living alone (on a very tight budget but still)

Realized I'm non-binary but also don't have a clear pronoun preference yet so trying to figure that out

Made several smaller purchases throughout to show love to my inner child

Discovered the scent of pine incense reminds me of church (not good or bad I don't think)

Tried apple ginger vodka which is very tasty with apple cider

Been listening to songs on repeat a lot more often and for a lot longer durations of time