Oooffff, heavy energy is in the air. I first felt it on the 12th, and it's steadily being getting heavier and heavier. Cleanse and ground, yall. Check your protections. Redo them if you need to. Take care of yourselves and look out for your neighbors and communities. I took a cleansing shower to rid myself of some of this heavy energy. In my bathroom I have a large plastic cup dedicated to shower cleansings. I add a pinch of Pink Himalayan Salt and 4 pinches of epsom salt to the cup. Pink for self love and healing and 4 pinches of regular epsom salt for cleansing and the Kindreds Three and the Spirits. I add warm water, swirling the mixture clockwise, and I wait for any Deities to come forward. Majority of the time it's Shiva the Destroyer and Óðinn. Sometimes it may be Eir, Hekate, Sunna, Sister Moon, or an Earth Mother, which for me has been Jörð. Tonight it was Shiva and Óðinn. Holding the cup up, I asked for Blessings over the water. May it cleanse me of all unwanted ...

 While working on a post for Freyja yesterday, I ended up channeling Her: " Too much posturing. Not enough practicing. Witchcraft is not a competition. It's not about likes and followers. It's about doing the fucking work and making changes. Why do you think so many witches of the past were alone--can't focus if you're squabbling like hens over the last scrap of food. Build your communities, but don't forget what a witch is supposed to do. Otherwise what's the point? " Too many hypocrites policing each other, all in the name of "respect". More like Control. All I see is ego and excuses. Most of these so-call witches couldn't rid themselves of a basic troublesome entity. Too focused on themselves and how they appear to others. You are one of my S eiðkonas and Völvas, others opinions on that matter be damned . " The other day, I was behind a motorcyclist all decked out in protection. They were aware of their surroundings...

 On Tuesday night we had a strong violent storm blow through.  Hard heavy rain that might have been hail--I couldn't tell because it was too dark.  Normally, when I'm aware of severe storms heading towards us, I petition the Storm and Home Kindreds for protection.  But on Tuesday, I was focused on photo albums.  It wasn't until the hard rain and loud thunder hit that I realized what kind of storm we were dealing with.   I gave offerings and then I faced the strong storm slamming our trailer.  I quickly grounded and centered myself and locked in.  Hands up, I felt the shield around our home, and I also tapped into the storms energy.   I galdred the runes of Thurisaz, Othala, and Algiz.  Thor, Home, Protection.   Then I said, " Kindreds and Spirits with our best interests at heart, I ask for protection over my family, our guest, our pets, and our home from this storm.  As it is asked, as it is willed. So shall it b...

Rabbit Rabbit!   Blessed Full Moon!  Blessed Midwinter/Imbolc!       For both events, I'm going to pull a card from Moonology and Seasons of the Witch: Imbolc! Sister Moon, what's your message? "Stay inside, stay warm.  No reason to go anywhere." I've drawn, New Moon in Taurus - Prosperity lies ahead.  Outside of paychecks and saving on gas or possible wreckage just from staying indoors.  Perhaps a surprise settlement check. The Deer Mother and Winter Hag Cailleach say, through the Imbolc deck:   "Does well to listen." I pulled, Black Bear - "Your existence is the resistance.  All you must do is accept the power awaiting your arrival."  Personal Power.  Combat fear and hate with compassion.  Protect yourself, too. I feel Cailleach hitting on something that I saw on Bluesky--a witch calling for people to not only curse ICE but also their children.  Generational curses, which always annoy me.  It's like those...

 Back in 2018-ish, I was apart of a circle of witches called the Sisters of the Moon Circle.  Local and in-person.  We met monthly for classes, rituals, and friendship.  During a Fall Equinox ritual honoring Dionysus and Arachne, I taught my sisters how to make protection wards using popsicle sticks and white yarn.  The sticks were the frames and the yarn represented spider's web.   The ritual was inspired by a poem where Arachne's spiders protected Dionysus's grapes from pests.  So I taught them how to make dreamcatcher-like protection wards.  At the time, we raised energy through movement to charge our spider web wards.  To only let in/out the good and the needed, and for the webbing to capture the bad and unnecessary--from us and from others.  We asked Arachne to bless our wards with spiders to consume the nasty energy, and to cleanse the webs when needed.   I've kept mine through the years.  I use my web ward for ...

  Nov 11, 2025 -   Message from Freyja: " Honor your Angrboða--your anger, your grief, your "negative" human emotions--too.  They don't make you less grateful. " I just went through a really rough patch--October through November 12th.  Yes, even us clergy folk experience cycles of good and bad, ebb and flow.  No curses, no divine punishments, no whatever.  Sometimes shit just happens to good people. I was feelin okay, taking everything in stride.  Accepting everything, because what else was I going to do?  Anger and sorrow weren't going to solve anything.  Just accept the shit and figure out the next steps.  Around the 14th, I got hit with depression that just hung around, but the intensity didn't really change until the end of the month, of course.  That low point lasted until Tuesday, because it was just one thing after another.  A little bit a hope that was just crushed by more BS.  A little miracle suddenly squashed b...

Someone in a forum posted a video about the forever ongoing topic of cursing and hexing.  If you've been in the online communities for a long time, you're probably aware of how these conversations go.   SHAME SHAME SHAME 3FOLDLAW HARMNONE SHAME SHAME HOLIER-THAN-THOU SHAME SHAME SHAME YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING YOU AREN'T ARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS DARK MAGIK BLACK MAGIK IS EVIL SHAME SHAME SHAME  NOT A REAL WITCH SHAME SHAME SHAME  ALL CURSORS ARE IGNORNANT OF CONSEQUENCES SHAME SHAME SHAME It's basically a controversial topic that's always going to get super fighty and dramatic--it's a Cauldron of Shit Stirring topic.  I typically stay out of those conversations and fights.  I was in them a lot when I was younger, but eventually I grew up and left those trolly ass, controlling forums.   How someone practices doesn't affect you.  A lot of the Harm None/3 Fold Law folks are giant hypocrites anyway--at least from my exp...

Happy Halloween / Samhain / Beltane! -------------------- Another time I dealt with troublesome entities--it wasn't just the entity, in fact, the entity was more of a weapon. I was contacted by an pagan family having problems with an entity that they couldn't remove.  This energy was affecting the son more than the rest of the family--the son was more sensitive to spirits than the rest.  He was having bad thoughts.  The family also informed me that the grown son was also seeing a mental health professional and they were aware of his negative thoughts, but not the possible spiritual side of it, too.   I and my student went to the home.  At first, I headed for a downstairs unit, because I felt strange energy from it.  But I was redirected to a unit upstairs.   Again, I introduced myself and student to the House Spirits, explaining who we were and why we were there.  I asked for permission to do what I needed to do.  Once given, I set...

Here's a story about the first time I went to someone's home to banish an "Astral Nasty". Before I was a priestess (and before Covid), I was contacted by a student, whose relative had a spirit problem.  Everything this spiritual relative was trying wasn't working.  They even brought in another relative who is a witch--it helped a little bit, but the entity was still in the home, still causing problems.   I did meet with the relative in a public location so we could talk about their problems, things they've tried, and so on.  They told me their family deity was Selene.  I did some divination with Selene to see what our next steps should be in dealing with this entity AND protecting the family. The morning of the banishment, said entity paid me a visit and tried to force entry into my home, but it wasn't able to get through my wards.  I wasn't scared--I was protected by my Kindred and my magiks.  Growing up in abuse, I'm used to tactics like this fr...

 A week or so ago, a Druid asked if I ever experienced truly terrifying entities, such as demons.  Now, in all of my years of spirit work, I have yet to meet any real demons or devils.  Not to say those types don't exist, but I haven't met them yet--from those who I know who have, they say that the demons ain't how the Christians paint them to be.   That tracks. I personally believe in all entities, because they're real to someone, and it's not my job to decide what's real and what's not.  There's still a lot that I don't know about the worlds and all the beings in it.  So I try to not make assumptions.   I've met spirits who made the claim of demon, but they thought that I was a regular person who was afraid of those words.  Weren't they in for a rude surprise!  Turns out they were just a human spirit in a  cheap Walmart devil costume.   Remember, spirits can lie.  Sometimes they lie about what they are to scare...

 This is what my Wheel of the Year looks like (my Sacred Year actually has more holy days than 8): Midwinter - Feb 1st  -  https://hearthfoxoracle.blogspot.com/p/my-sacred-wheel-midwinter.html Spring Equinox / First Day of Spring  - March 20-23 -  https://hearthfoxoracle.blogspot.com/p/my-sacred-wheel-spring-equinox.html Midspring - May 1st -  https://hearthfoxoracle.blogspot.com/2025/04/my-sacred-wheel-midspring.html Summer Solstice / First Day of Summer - June 20-23 -   https://hearthfoxoracle.blogspot.com/2025/06/my-sacred-wheel-summer-solstice.html Midsummer - August 1st  -  https://hearthfoxoracle.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-sacred-wheel-midsummer.html Fall Equinox / First Day of Fall- September 20-23 -   https://hearthfoxoracle.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-sacred-wheel-fall-equinox.html Midfall - November 1st  -  https://hearthfoxoracle.blogspot.com/2025/10/my-sacred-wheel-midfall.html Winter Solstice / First Day of Winter - ...

Not that its needed, but I just wanted to say that I'm not ignoring what's happening in our country.  I stay informed through trusted sources.  I just want this space to be politics free...for the most part.  Minus times when I feel compelled to post messages or spells or whatever.   It's not good for mental health to be in a constant state of fear, anger, and sadness. As my deities have told me time and time again, I need to focus on myself, my loved ones, and local for now.  I need to rest, heal, and study--I need to get stronger, so that when the time is right, I'm ready.  It's not that I don't care, I do.  And months ago, when the Gods told me to not do anything, I didn't want to listen.   But there are many people who are fighting and helping.  People with far more knowledge, experience, energy, resources, and connections than I have.  People from all walks of life.  They are fighting against the fascists, despite wha...