November and December are always my hardest months. I should plan to go easy on myself then, but every year I struggle to anticipate the dip in my emotional and physical health. Part of my magic practice is tracking my own patterns and trying to accept and love myself for how i am so I can support myself in how I’m wanting to grow.
Our 2024 Ritual Play Planners went out two weeks ago to about 20 of our friends, and I’m just getting a chance to sit down with my reflections for Winter. The reason Cait and I wanted to make this planner was to help us understand our own cycles and how we move with the astrology and mythology of each season.
One thing i’m always looking at is how am I using my energy? Am I trying to move in too many directions at once? Am I leaving space to learn from my mistakes? What have I outgrown, what isn’t working?
And I’ve come to the conclusion that I would like to try and reshape how I use this substack. I originally visioned this as a place to have a writing practice, a place to talk about what I’m thinking about with my friends… I’ve loved having this writing practice but I find that more of my friends respond to me on Instagram, So I think i’ll be moving more of my ‘what I’m thinking about’ content back to Instagram (if you don’t follow me there, my handle is the same) and I want to use this space to try and write horoscopes centered around community and movement building.
In short: I’m going to try talking about astrology & resistance here a lot more.
As with everything I try, this is an experiment and we’ll see how it goes. I always joke that it takes me 3-5 years to really get to the meat of any project that’s really important to me. This will be going into my 4th year of giving readings and moving into/discovering what my work as a community witch is. I’m still trying new things and trying to find my footing in my calling, trying to hone my communication, and still ever deepening my relationship to the land, my ancestors, and my community.
I hope we can keep this conversation going,
all my love,
Grey