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Horoscopes: Full Moon in Libra – 12 April 2015 The Full Moon in Libra occurs April 12, 2025, bringing a vibe that’s all about balance, relationships, harmony, and beauty. Libra is ruled by Venus, the planet of love and aesthetics, so when the M…

A full moon means #horoscopes!

Spellbook Saturday: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt After being rather underwhelmed by last week’s feature, Hungerstone, I was quite engrossed in today’s #spellbooksaturday feature… Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt★ ★…

After being rather underwhelmed by a couple recent reads, I was quite engrossed in today’s #spellbooksaturday feature…

"Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt
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Horoscopes: New Moon in Aries – 29 March 2025 Holy guacamole, March has been an astrologically intense month! Wrapping up with a solar eclipse and the new moon in Aries, this moon cycle ignites us with bold, fiery, and generative energy. Aries…

Holy guacamole, March has been an astrologically intense month! Wrapping up with a solar eclipse & the new moon in Aries, this moon cycle ignites us with bold, fiery, & generative energy... 🔥

#horoscopes

Botanicals 101: Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) While the majority of my Botanicals 101 posts are about herbs I use in my own products, today’s feature is too good not to share! Beyond its ornamental appeal, Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla vulga…

Today I'm discussing an herb for women's wellness on the Grimoire... 🌿 #herbalism #apothecary

Horoscopes: Full Moon & Lunar Eclipse in Virgo – 14 March 2025 The Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 14*, 2025, will bring a powerful energy of healing, organization, and discernment that is sure to impact the coming months. “While there is much ta…

The #FullMoon & #LunarEclipse in Virgo on March 14, 2025, will bring a powerful energy of healing, organization, & discernment that is sure to impact the coming months.

It’s also #PiDay, as in π, but why not pie, too? I’m always in favor of dessert! 🥧

Read on for #horoscopes!

The Folklore Files: Cats & the Fae In honor of my cats’s* upcoming birthday on March 15th, I thought I’d share a special installment in The Folklore Files… Cats have been revered and feared throughout history, ofte…

Felines & the Fae... a contentious combo! 😼 #folklore #mythology #cats

Horoscopes: New Moon in Pisces – 27 February 2025 Falling on the penultimate day of February, the new moon in Pisces brings a magical, dreamy, and deeply spiritual energy, offering a beautiful opportunity to set intentions related to creativity, i…

Falling on the penultimate day of February, the new moon in Pisces brings a magical, dreamy, & deeply spiritual energy, offering a beautiful opportunity to set intentions related to creativity, intuition, healing, & spiritual growth. #horoscopes

Tending the Hedge with Bethany Though too often rare, I think many of us can remember a time when you meet someone and instantly hit it off— it’s like you’ve known them for ages. I had the absolute joy of giving…

Hearing Bethany discuss her work, I was enthralled. Her passion for her craft is contagious, & her clear dedication to uplifting the voices of others makes her a perfect example of the Tending the Hedge ethos of “magical stewardship,” living & working with intention.

Spellbook Saturday: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer Once upon a time I had the absolute joy of seeing Robin Wall Kimmerer speak at a fundraiser for an environmental nonprofit. Though I had yet to read her bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass, I would late…

"...wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency."
#spellbooksaturday #booksky #readmorebooks

Botanicals 101: Roses (Rosa spp.) Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I offer you, dear reader, a rose! Well, a botanicals 101 feature on the rose… ;) Roses (Rosa spp.), especially the damask rose (Rosa damascena) and wil…

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I offer you, dear reader, a rose! Roses are not just known for their aesthetic beauty but also for their therapeutic benefits, and have long been steeped in #folklore, symbolizing love, mystery, and even the supernatural across cultures. 🌹

Horoscopes: Full Moon in Leo – 12 February 2025 The full moon in Leo on February 12th brings an energy of bold expression, creativity, and emotional illumination. Leo, ruled by the Sun, is associated with confidence, self-expression, and the hea…

Full Moon in Leo #horoscopes are up! Embrace authenticity, step into the spotlight, & #hexthepatriarchy!

NEA to prioritize Declaration of Independence in grants funding A grant program for underserved communities has been halted.

This is how fascist propaganda is made. See also: Leni Riefenstahl, et al. #resist

If you’re using a period tracking app, STOP. I thought that it goes without saying, but just in case: if you’re using a period tracking app, STOP. With the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022, the increasing restrictions facing state by s…

If you’re using a period tracking app, STOP. With the likelihood that tr*mp will fulfill the far right goals outlined by Project 2025, things are not looking great for #reprorights. One tiny thing we can do to not make it easier for them to control our bodies? Stop using period tracking apps!

Water Witching: The Controversial Tradition of Dowsing As I mentioned back in October, we are currently looking for lands for the future home of Hedge Witch Farms— a rather consuming process, as there is so much to research! (Never did I imagine I&#821…

As we work with our real estate agent, it feels there is a daunting amount of paperwork & endless financial & legal jargon. Maybe it was due to this near-coma-inducing state I found myself in as I reviewed docs that a contingency caught my attention: Witching.

Maybe You Should Shout Fire in a Crowded Theater (If It's On Fire): The Coup Continues Rebecca Solnit Rebecca Solnit 05 Feb 2025 — 8 min read Yesterday the Associated Press ran a story with this sentence in it: "Last week, regional managers for the General Services Administration, or GSA, received a message from the agency’s Washington headquarters to begin terminating leases on all of the roughly 7,500 federal offices nationwide, according to an email shared with The Associated Press by a GSA employee." That sentence came a little after after the opening sentence which declared that Musk and Trump were moving "to cut down on office space." So far as I can tell this means largely eliminating the federal government--for example the federal government has in my region (California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, some Pacific US territories) 170 government-owned buildings and leased space in 827 buildings. Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine. And the story, which seemed clear to me if not the AP, clarifies that Musk's apparent goal isn't to reduce the size of the federal government; it's to eliminate it. Especially if you relate it to all the other stories out there about what Musk is doing, though there's often a notion in mainstream journalism that connecting things to other things is editorializing, that the audience should be delivered facts stripped of context in the name of objectivity.

"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...

New pricing will go into effect on March 1 In the weeks since tr*mp’s inauguration we’ve been inundated with bad news, and I don’t know an empathetic person who isn’t overwhelmed. (I’d recommend reading Emily A…

Reading about tr*mp’s tariffs, I felt a recurring anxiety pop up: how is my business going to survive this admin? No, this isn't my primary fear, so many actual human beings won’t survive/will be harmed by this tyrant. But I’m worried about my business too— I’m an excellent multitasker. #solopreneur

Chaos is the cheapest ingredient in a revolution.

It takes zero effort to destroy things. To sabatoge, throw a temper tantrum, & burn it all down.

Chaos agents are weak & have too vapid of an ideology to build a functional system.

Revolutionaries who come only with chaos, come with nothing.

I don't understand *not* crying! It's so cathartic! 😭🖤

this is your sign ✨💕🪽☁️ to get a library card 😇🌈📚💓

Can’t wait to read it! 📖🖤

Horoscopes: New Moon in Aquarius – 29 January 2025 The 29th sees the first new moon of 2025, falling under the sign of Aquarius. New Moons mark a time of new beginnings and setting intentions, while Aquarius adds themes of abstract and progressive …

The 29th sees the first #newmoon of 2025, falling under the sign of #Aquarius. New Moons mark a time of new beginnings & setting intentions, while Aquarius adds themes of abstract & progressive thought, & connection with a larger community. What is this moon cycle bringing up for you? #horoscopes

Having to deal with my student loans payments right at the same time as everything the current admin is doing to the Dept of Edu feels pretty ƒu¢king Orwellian. #latestagecapitalism

As a fellow art history major & current herbalist witch, I feel like the AH to occult pipeline is a real thing! 😂

No One Should Be Surprised That Celtic Britain Was Women-Centric The clues have been there all along

Going to start citing this when conservatives talk about returning to simpler times. 😈

Feeling Hopeless? Here's How We Fight Back We can do this. We have to.

That’s what we’ve been doing at abortioneveryday.com, and I know it’s what so many of you have been up to out there in the world.

We really can do this. We have to.

As we gear up for the next four years, I’ve pulled together a few AED pieces that might help 👇

I keep seeing pundits parsing their words, saying things like “holding his arm at an angle from his body,” unwilling to call Muskrat’s n*zi salute exactly what it was, & I’m reminded of the Maya Angelou quote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

When women’s needlework becomes an act of subversive protest | Aeon Essays Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest

Reflecting on this essay as I work on a quilt for our home... 🪡

Meta is a hellscape & I’m bidding adieu When I started Hedge Witch Botanicals in 2018, living in a deeply conservative and rural community, Instagram provided a means to connect with both potential customers and fellow witchy folks. It h…

I’m going off meta platforms! Here’s why:

#eattherich