The Witch Way Spellcast

Endings and Beginnings - Virgo Full Moon Eclipse / Kelly Haavaldsrud Interview

Hey all, happy full moon in Virgo - ECLIPSE! Turn around... Bright Eyes... Hope you're all doing well out there. This moon is asking us to clear out what is no longer working for us - ideal for Spring Cleaning and Royal Flushing! The advice is to retreat into one's "cave" to do the necessary reflections and meditations, which is appropriate since BOTH Venus and Mercury are heading into Retrobats Town. Take it easy and be kind to yourself.
My special guest is sake sommelier, photographer and tour guide Kelly Haavaldsrud! She is the quintessential Virgo. Super organized, intelligent and salubrious. You can check her out on Instagram. We sat down to talk about many things and sang a wee Stevie Nicks number together. By the way, we are doing a show together on May 3 at Lighthouse, Kokubunji. Do come on down if you're around! 
Cover song - "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac

Hearts and Minds - Leo Full Moon

Hey all, hope you're surviving out there in the Wilderness. It's a Leo Full Moon which is one for the Cat People among us. Big hearts and big hair vibes win the day. If you're a grumpy cat, that's OK too. So am I. Take a nap and get some cuddles. I have not one, but two tarot cards from "The Light and Shadow Tarot" and hopefully the insights will benefit us all.
Original Song: "Highest Height"

Serpent Dreaming - Aquarius New Moon

Happy Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake! Hope you are all well and surviving on Gaia as we enter into 2025. It's a big time for upheaval, but it's like the shedding of a skin. Painful, but necessary. 
I'm joined by my Partner in Time, Dandelion Jackson for a segment called "Aspirations and Celebrations" - and we shoot the breeze on various things from Rainbow Serpents to Pilgrimages.... you can check out our "Jillgrimage to Yamagata" video series here on YT.
旧正月おめでとうございます！
Original song: "Year of the Snake"

Saggy Days and Gemmy Nights - Gemini Full Moon

Hola amigas and welcome to the last Spellcast of 2024! Thanks for being on this journey with me - here's to more spellcasting in the new year. This full moon is full of Trickster vibes, but also very motivating as Jupiter is jumpin' alongside Luna and the two of them are having a right laff at us - and probably at themselves too. Wishing you all a magical Solstice! 
Original song: "Royal Jelly" - by Sorcha and The Sinners (2012)

Self Value in the Manifest Reality - Taurus Full Moon

Time to check in with our superpowers - our Five Senses. There's also that special one we have in our throats - that superpower called Voice. It's a Taurus Full Moon conjunct Uranus, which calls for the weird turning pro, radical pro-noia and fierce creativity.  Make some art, sing a song, get a massage and treat your magical spacesuit to a nice massage or culinary feast. Taurus loves Beauty, and since its ruler is Venus, She is requiring some love and affection right now. There's a spell for money in this episode, a bit of a heads up from the Goddess Tarot, and a song to keep your spirits up.
Original Song "Light in the Darkness" 

Samhain Scorpio New Moon - An Invitation

Hallo Weeeeeenies! Greetings all ye Wise and Wyrd Sister Witches... can you smell that? Yes, that is the sweet smell of apple cinnamon tea, autumnal leaves decaying, fizzing faeries frolicking in the gloaming... and the smell of success. I invite you, dear listener, to join me on a journey... it is not for the feint of heart, but Halloween just HAPPENS to fall on a Scorpio New Moon, so I thought I'd put the call out and see if any of you would like to do some magical "housekeeping" with me... We have a very feisty tarot card from the Thoth Crowley Harris deck to assist us in our work, and there's a poignant song for you as well. 
Original song: "The Burning Times"

Golden Brain - Aries Full Supermoon

It's Ramalama moon time and you know what THAT means - yep, it's all systems GO. No rest for the wicked! We are now into the second half of the year, what with "Belloween" upon us again, and we all may be feeling a little frazzled. Aries rules the head, hence the "Golden Brain" reference. There's a cool little meditation in this month's spellcast that you can try if your brain is ramrodding itself like mine is right now... Also, there's a serene little oracle card from the "Literary Witches Oracle" to help us cool our jets, and a Sorcha song to cap it all off... must be the season of the witch!
Original Song: "Wolves"

Treading Water - Pisces Full Moon Eclipse

Greetings Fish Folk! It's a Pisces Full Moon eclipse which is making us all feel a bit slippery, sensitive and maybe even a bit sooky. But that's OK. "Be like Water" as Mr Lee once uttered... swim, float, tread water. The landscape may have inexorably changed, but maybe it's all for the best. This month I consult the Emily Dickinson deck and the tarot card, fittingly, is the "Brother of Cups". I hope the spellcast gives you some consolation and comfort. We're all going through this thing called Life together! 
Original song: "House on the Hill" (from the "Shells, Rocks and Bones" EP 2020)

Mind Your Own Mind - Aquarius Full Moon + Yukiko Tamura interview

Hey there my magical mates, on this month's spellcast I talk at length about the Aquarius Full Moon upgrades with not one, but TWO T-squares happening all up in the heavens, not to mention Mercury Retrograde conjunct the SUN. It's all good as long as you keep your eyes on the prize and your mind like a steel trap. I had a lovely chat with local Tokyo majo (witch) Yukiko Tamura who is a master yoga instructor and designer of beautiful artisanal bags, clothes and textiles. Her exhibition "mun mun" runs from September 2-9 in Gallery Okariya in Ginza.  Check out her designs here!Original song: "Boiling Bitter Wine" (Hymns for Her 2016)

Capicornia Full Moon - Don't Let it Get Your Goat

Hey kids, it's the second full moon of the goat and this horny beast is asking us if we are indeed, the GOAT. I am pleased to bring you yet another WWSC and in this episode we talk about Capricorn's tetchy conjunction with Lord of the Underworld Pluto - there's a whole lotta rattling bones to succor! Merc is about to Jerk us around again, but fortunately there's a feisty goddess who's got our back from Doreen Virtue's "Goddess Oracle" deck. Also, I'm debuting my wee song baby "Strangerland" for the first time! 
Original song: "Strangerland"