Christmas Eve 2025 - When the Uno game battled on for two hours and Mistress Ventress decided that we were done! One of my favorite New Year traditions...or perhaps chores...is filling out the new calendar.  2023 was foxes.  2024's calendar theme was deer.  2025 was baby goats.  This year, I was able to get a Witches Calendar--a favorite of mine that I usually go for. This year's chore had me re-evaluating my Sacred Year--my holy days.   Paganism is a very DIY path, and being eclectic, very  DIY.  Lots of trials, errors, adopting, tossing, tweaking, and self evolution.  My spiritual path is very different than it was 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and even a year ago.  Which is good.  We're supposed to heal, question, and change.  We're supposed to evolve.  My Sacred Year has gone through many changes since I was a witchling. Wiccan to eclectic to spirit work to moon heavy to hearth focused to Hellenic to Norse to a mixture of...

Other than a cabbage detox, I ain't feeling all that different.  As an eclectic Pagan with different Pagan friends, even within my two groves, I experience a lot of New Years throughout the year.  By the time we get to the mainstream one, guess I'm New Yeared out.  The energy is just normal, although I did make an old family recipe for cabbage soup on the 31st, and yesterday we went to my BIL's for slaw dogs and games. I calculated my Personal Tarot Card of 2026: Temperance, which traditionally deals with balance and moderation. You can do yours: Birth Month + Birth Day + Year = ???? ? +?+?+? = Major Arcana Tarot Card 2026's Card of the Year for everyone is the Wheel of Fortune, which traditionally deals with fate, change, and cycles.  Be interesting to see how this all plays out. I attempted to do my 2026 Year Ahead divination reading for myself and when I got to April, my House Spirits possessed me and wrote out a message of omens and blessings.  Told me to st...

Book of Mirrors...Self Portrait... Lots of changes and goals met this year: I passed the Dedicant's Path I finished my Sacred Wheel series I left all of Meta I tried and left Substack I decided to delete my personal blog of 14 years, Book of Mirrors I made huge changes to Hearth Fox Oracle, and potentially will make even bigger changes for 2026 Fell in love with the movie Sinners After lots of research and talking to people, I fully accept my self diagnoses of Autism (but still plan on making it official) I'm finally not obsessed with political news Adopted a stray cat Got a library card Volunteered to lead 3 rituals for my online grove Listened to my body more than my ADHD and that "too much gene" that always wants to be busy Cut toxic relationships and rekindled old ones, despite the fears When I began to self loath, I looked at myself naked in the mirror and all of that self hate went away.  I thanked my body for attracting my husband and birthing my children, and ...

I love crocheting blankets in the winter, so cozy!  Well when it's actually cold; it was 65f yesterday, and today it's 19f but feels like 1f with the crazy winds.  I've been working on a High Day Healing Blanket series since 2023.  Midwinter (Feb1; kids helped with this one) Spring Equinox (IP) Summer Solstice (a friend helped with this one) Fall Equinox (IP) Winter Solstice (IP; using a log cabin square quilt design).     For Midspring (May1), I'm planning on making a bouquet blanket, and I'm learning how to make shapes, so I can make a beehive patchwork throw for Midsummer (Aug1).  I don't have anything planned yet for Midfall (Nov1)--maybe a big ole jack-o-lantern or something?  I still gotta finish a couple of these other ones first. Hail the Hearth, Home, and Family Kindreds.  🔥 Thank yall for the support! Face to the Sun. Trust in Joy. Follow the Bees... - Priestess Foxlyn

  Prayer Beads for Elen of the Ways, Reindeer, and Elk Dec 15, 2023 This post is about another one of my Spirit Guides and Deities:  Reindeer Woman/Mother and Elen of the Ways.  Like Hestia-Vesta, sometimes They appear as one entity or two, although I don't hyphenate Their names, because it's a lot, and RM-EW is just too vague.  Sometimes I do use Their names interchangeably, though. As I said in the Sacred Wheel post , I never really cared for reindeer, especially not Santa's reindeer.  I love antlered (and horned) creatures and reindeer were cool and all, but that was it.  It was like foxes ...until one became my guide.   In the famous story of Santa's reindeer bullied the odd and different Rudolf, until he proved himself useful to them, then they celebrated and became his friend--It's a fucked up story.  The bullies never got reprimanded.  It's a shitty lesson to teach to those of us who're different--that we have to be useful , to ha...

June 7, 2025: My spiritual practice has always been eclectic. I've tried to join specific spiritual paths and traditions but I can't just be on one type of pagan or magikal practitioner–rules that I respected and thus left those groups. I have Kindreds from all over the world, and mine have always said to research and study to understand and show respect, but overall, just do what I know. Be authentic. Do what feels right, don't force it. If they don't like what I'm doing, the Kindreds will let me know. I am mostly Kindred guided on my spiritual path. In fact, my eclectic nature is one of the reasons why it took me so long to join ADF. I don't do well with being told how to believe and how to practice by humans–what is and isn't allowed (no shade towards non-toxic healthy groups with their own rules). Spirituality is a personal practice–between you and your Spirit Family and Allies. Yet, I wanted community and was drawn to ADF. I was tired of being...

On the 17th, I performed the Reindeer Ritual with my virtual grove, which overall went really well.  On the 20th, my family and I did our Yule Eve stuff, and gave offerings to our Winter, Solar, and Hearth deities.  We thanked and said goodbye to Krampus and gave carrots and oatmeal to the Yule Goat and Tomte. Come Solstice morning, the kids tore through their stockings to see what the Yule Goat and Tomte brought them, and then we did our gift exchanges.  After a nap, I attended the Three Cranes Grove's Heliogenna, which honored the Hellenic Sun, Helios.   Rev. Dangler fire scrying for the omen.   Which was a message about rekindling our fires so we can help others do the same within our communities. In the evening, after a feast of hearty beef stew and chicken nuggets (for the picky eaters), it was time for the family's favorite ritual--Reindeer Mother.  Usually we make sun masks and dance with our jingle wands to raise energy, and even make rein...

  Back: Oracle cards, various offerings, and the Tree. Middle: LED Lantern Reping Elen of the Ways, Green Monster Reping Nature Spirits, Mother Holle, Reindeer Figurine, Frigg, Hestia-Vesta, Reindeer Mother with the Sun in Her Antlers (the sun repping the Solar Goddesses), a Fox Figurine, White Flame, a Tomte, and Yule Goat. Front: Kuksa Offering Cup, the Well, the Flame, Elen of the Ways Prayer Beads, White-Tailed Deer Antler Wand Repping the Deer Goddesses, and a Jingle Wand. All sitting on a gold shimmery altar cloth. Dec 17, 2025 Yesterday I finished my script and rehearsed it multiple times, as I do every public and family ritual.  It flowed pretty well.  It was a longer ritual because of the Working and the unpredictability of the Omen, but when I rehearsed it was roughly 45 minutes to an hour long. I was feeling pretty darn excited about this.  This is the family favorite and one of my more important yearly rituals since 2017-18, when Reindeer Mother entered m...