Witch What?

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December is a time for reflection, celebration, and looking ahead. For witches, it’s about wrapping up the year, honoring what’s passed, and preparing for what’s next. The Winter Solstice marks the return of the light as the days slowly start to grow longer again, making it a powerful time for renewal and setting intentions. This month is about finding balance between rest and connection, spending time with loved ones, welcoming the stillness of winter, and creating your own cozy amtosphere through magick. December is perfect for cozying up, practicing gratitude, and preparing for the energy the new year will bring.

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Celebrations:

Brumalia: November 24 - December 24

Krampusnacht: December 5 or 6

Saint Nicholas Day: December 6

Saturnalia: December 17

Feast of Epone: December 18

Winter Solstice: December 21

Dies Natalis Solis Invictis: December 25

Christmas: December 25

Yule/Yuletide: December 21 - January 1

New Year's Eve: December 31

Planets:

Jupiter, Saturn

Flowers:

Holly, Poinsettia, Narcissus, Christmas Cactus, Daffodil

Herbs/Plants:

Fir, Ivy, Mistletoe, Cinammon, Bayberry, Frankincense, Myrrh, Cedar, Pine, Cedarwood, Juniper, Oregano

Tarot Cards:

The Star, The World, Three of Cups, Six of Pentacles

Fruits:

Orange. Grapefruit, Pomenegrate, Clementine, Cranberry, Mandarin, Nuts, Lemon

Vegetables:

Potato, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Turnips, Cabbage, Onion

Deities:

Dionysus, Cernunnos, Freyja, Odin, Demeter, Baldr, Amaterasu, Horus, Beira, The Moirae, the Njorns, Athena, Hecate, Hathor

Colors:

Red, Blue, Green, Gold, White, Silver

Runes:

Isa, Jera, Sowilo, Dagaz

Crystals:

Turqoise, Garnet, Clear Quartz, Ruby, Bloodstone, Moss Agate, Blue Zircon, Serpentine

Animals:

Stag, Deer, Robin, Wren, Snowy Owl, Bear, Wolf

Trees:

Oak, Pine

Symbols:

Yule log, Poinsettia, Santa Claus, Christmas Tree, Wreath, Pinecones, Bells, Snowflakes

Magical Powers:

Rebirth, Generosity, Transition from darkness to light, Peace, Ancestral work, Introspection, Relaxation, Reflextion, connection with loved ones

ACTIVITIES TO DO

🎄 Chill by the fireplace

🎄 Drink hot cocoa

🎄 Bake sweet goodies

🎄 Celebrate the holidays with the people you love

🎄 Bake a Yule log

🎄 Do a total clean-up of your home

🎄 Buy gifts for the people you love

🎄 Listen to Christmas carols

🎄 Finish your work as soon as possible so you can have more time to rest

🎄 Watch cozy Christmas movies

🎄 If there’s snow, practice snow magick, play in the snow, or make snow angels

🎄 Dance to Celtic Yule music

🎄 Decorate your home

🎄 Make yourself lots of teas

🎄 Create your Yule altar or a Yule magick jar

🎄 Eat lots of citrus—they’re very healthy and perfect for the season

🎄 Wear comfy clothes

🎄 Light candles around your house (be safe tho!)

🎄 Spend time with your favorite people or pets

🎄 Buy yourself gifts because you’ve had a full year, and you deserve it

🎄 Take a walk in nature

🎄 Learn rune divination

🎄 Honor the sun and embrace the darkest days of the season. With the Winter Solstice, the light returns to bless the Earth ♡

🎄 Learn about the history of Yule, Christmas, Hanukkah or other holidays.

🎄 Prepare a feast

🎄 Decorate your home and garden

🎄 Set up a Yule or Christmas tree

🎄 Write all the things you accomplished this year

🎄 Make a vision board with the things you want to attract next year

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I bought a spoon ring last month with a daffodil on it and I completely forgot it was a corresponding flower for December.

I've been steady in my craft as of late. I've been trying to help others on their journey through witchcraft. I'm still an advid Aphrodite devotee. I also boiled it down to discovering Hermes is a deity of mine as well.

I know I don't give this blog enough love as I probably should, but it is good to hop on here every once in a while. I love you all and remember:

Hermes, draw near, and to my pray'r incline, angel of Jove [Zeus], and Maia's son divine;

Studious of contests, ruler of mankind, with heart almighty, and a prudent mind.

Celestial messenger, of various skill, whose pow'rful arts could watchful Argus kill:

With winged feet, 'tis thine thro' air to course, O friend of man, and prophet of discourse:

Great life-supporter, to rejoice is thine, in arts gymnastic, and in fraud divine:

With pow'r endu'd all language to explain, of care the loos'ner, and the source of gain.

Whose hand contains of blameless peace the rod, Corucian, blessed, profitable God;

Of various speech, whose aid in works we find, and in necessities to mortals kind:

Dire weapon of the tongue, which men revere, be present, Hermes, and thy suppliant hear;

Assist my works, conclude my life with peace, give graceful speech, and me memory's increase.

Oh Hermes, God of liars and thieves.

Please protect everyone from trickery

Including me.

We're getting it all situated.

We learned at 12 or 13 that if a man kidnaps you from your mother and makes you live in purgatory, then that means it's totally love.