Beltaine in Australia: A Fire Spell for Becoming

Art Witch Beltaine Altar with Australian Wildflowers

Hello Creative Alchemists,

Welcome. Beltaine is here, that point in the year where spring is at its peak and summer is just around the corner. Traditionally celebrated from October 31 to November 1, this year the exact midpoint between Ostara and Litha falls on November 8, 2025.

Down here in the Southern Hemisphere, we feel it differently, the days are longer, the air warmer, and the city is full of colour. In Naarm, the scent of jasmine still hangs on, while roses start to take over. The veil between worlds feels thinner, but instead of mystery, there’s a sense of life pushing forward.

This Beltaine is special for me, it marks the end of my Wheel of the Year series. From Samhain’s inward turn to now, we’ve gone through each season together, reflecting on how the cycle shows up in our lives and our art. I’m glad you’ve been with me for the ride.

A Brief History of Beltaine

In the Celtic lands, Beltaine signaled the beginning of summer, a celebration of fertility, abundance, and sacred union. Fires were kindled on hilltops across Ireland and Scotland to honour the sun’s growing strength. Cattle were driven between twin bonfires for protection and blessing, and couples leapt the flames together to seal love or ignite passion.

The festival’s name derives from “Bel” or “Belenus,” a god associated with the sun and healing, and “teine,” meaning fire. Beltaine was a time to welcome warmth, vitality, and creative life back into the world.

Beltaine Fire

In the Southern Hemisphere

Here in Australia, we mirror that energy at the opposite time of year, when our landscapes vibrate with life. While the Northern Hemisphere celebrates under May’s soft greens, ours burns gold. Wattles give way to bottlebrush, and the air begins to taste of summer storms. We light our symbolic fires not to chase away the cold, but to honour the rising sun within and around us.

Flowering Gum

Beltaine is not just a date on the wheel, it’s a feeling.

It’s the season when everything swells with potential. Ideas, projects, emotions, all of it wants to move, to bloom, to be expressed. It’s that restless creative pulse that won’t sit quietly anymore.

Beltaine feels like honey on skin, laughter spilling through open windows, music rising from studios and kitchens. It’s the confidence of colour and the audacity of joy. It’s life saying: go on, create anyway.

Other Cultural Celebrations and Observations

Celtic and European Traditions

In Ireland, May Day was the heart of Beltaine festivities, dancing the Maypole, weaving ribbons to honour the spiral of life. Flowers were gathered for crowns and doorways, symbols of fertility and renewal. Dew collected at dawn was said to bring beauty and healing.

In parts of Scotland, people made Bannocks (oat cakes) baked on open flames, offering the first piece to the spirits of nature for protection. In Wales, bonfires crowned the hills, and lovers slipped away into the woods to “go a-Maying.”

Maypole

Other Countries

Across Europe, echoes of Beltaine appear in spring festivals from Germany’s Walpurgisnacht (April 30) to the floral rites of Greece and Italy. Each holds that same heartbeat, celebrating the earth’s aliveness and the sacred marriage of opposites: sun and soil, body and spirit, creation and destruction.'

Walpurgisnacht fire dancing

Kulin Nations – Southeastern Australia, including Naarm

In the Kulin Nations’ seasonal calendar, this time of year is known as Buarth Gurru, the Season of Grass Flowering. The weather is warming, but the rains still visit. Kangaroo Grass begins to flower, and Buliyong (bats) swoop at dusk to feed on insects in the thickening air.

It’s a time of abundance and preparation, when the land hums with renewal. Country is alive, flowering, feeding, buzzing, reminding us that growth is not just about fire and sun, but also about the rhythms of rain and rest that sustain it.

You can learn more about the Kulin Nation seasonal cycle through the Royal Society of Victoria:

Seasons in the Sky

While the languages and practices vary across the five Kulin Nations, the rhythm of care for Country, seasonal observation, and reciprocity remain central. As we honour Beltaine, we can also acknowledge these deep, continuous relationships with land and season, holding both stories in our celebration.

A Fire Spell for Becoming

You don’t need a bonfire on a hilltop to honour Beltaine’s flame.

This simple ritual invites you to work with the element of fire in a gentle, accessible way, perfect for all levels of mobility and energy.

You’ll need:

• A candle (or electric tealight if open flame isn’t possible)

• A ribbon or thread in a colour that speaks to you

• A small object from your creative space—a paintbrush, pen, feather, bead, or charm

• A quiet moment and a willingness to listen

How to Begin:

• Set your space.

• Sit comfortably. Light your candle (or turn on your light). Take three slow breaths and feel your body soften.

Call the flame.

• Gaze into the light. Notice how it moves, never still, never rigid. Let it remind you of your own creative pulse: alive, changing, impossible to hold too tightly.

Weave intention.

• Hold your ribbon or thread and ask yourself, “What am I ready to bring into form?”

• As you tie knots or wrap it gently around your chosen object, whisper your intentions. Each knot seals a promise, to nurture your spark, to create from truth, to honour the fire within.

Close the circle.

• Place the ribbon near your candle or on your altar. Let it stay there through the Beltaine season as a quiet reminder that creation doesn’t need to be rushed, just tended.

Ribbons and Candle for a Fire Spell

Modern Ways to Celebrate

• Decorate your home or altar with flowers, candles, and symbols of union, sun and moon, red and white, flame and water.

• Dance, stretch, or move your body in any way that feels freeing.

• Write a love letter to your creative self, the part that dares to make beauty even when it hurts.

• Spend time in nature: touch bark, feel petals, notice the hum of bees.

• Make or gift something handmade, creativity shared is Beltaine’s truest magic.

•  Share a meal with loved ones or simply light a candle and whisper gratitude for warmth, colour, and connection.

Foods and Feasts

Traditionally, Beltaine feasts celebrated the abundance of the land, fresh dairy, honey, breads, fruits, and greens. Oatcakes, custards, and floral syrups featured heavily, symbolising sweetness and fertility.

Libations and Offerings

Mead, cider, and herbal wines were poured to honour the spirits of the land. Milk and honey were left at thresholds or under trees as offerings for protection and blessing.

A Note for Australia

Our seasons differ, and so do our harvests. Instead of apples or mead, we might offer local honey, native herbs, or seasonal fruit. Use what’s abundant around you, lemons, passionfruit, strawberries, or native flowers. Honouring Beltaine here is about celebrating our spring’s fullness, not copying another’s.

Simple Recipe:

Honey, Lemon & Wattleflower Shortbread - A little golden biscuit to capture Beltaine’s light.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

• ½ cup caster sugar

• 2 tbsp honey (local if you can)

• Zest of 1 lemon

• 2 cups plain flour

• 1 tbsp dried edible wattleflower or lavender

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a tray with baking paper.

2. Cream butter, sugar, honey, and lemon zest until light.

3. Fold through flour and wattleflower until a dough forms.

4. Roll into small rounds, flatten slightly, and bake 15–20 minutes or until golden.

5. Cool on a rack. Best enjoyed with sunlight and good company.

Honey, Lemon & Wattleflower Shortbread

Locally Inspired Feast Ideas

Celebrate the turning wheel with ingredients native or local to your region.

• Grilled peach and halloumi salad with native mint dressing

• Roast pumpkin with wattleseed dukkha

• Lemon myrtle panna cotta

• Native honey and rosemary spritz (sparkling water, honey syrup, rosemary, and lemon)

A gentle reminder:

This feast doesn’t have to be complicated or exhausting. It’s about savouring what’s in season and giving thanks for abundance, not perfection.

Art Journal Prompt

What within you is ready to bloom and what must be released so it can?

Create a page that honours both. Use warm colours, layered textures, and maybe even a touch of gold. Let your marks move like flame, fluid, untamed, alive.

Art Witch Desk with open Art Journal

Oracle Insights: The Flower Spread

For this Beltaine, try this gentle flower spread, a bloom of insight rooted in intention. Lay your cards in a flower shape, with one at the centre and one at the base as the stem.

You’ll pull 7 cards total.

• Card 1 – Stem / Root (placed below the flower):

What grounds me right now?

This is the base you’re growing from. Your current anchor, your stability, or the thing keeping you connected to yourself.

• Card 2 – Bottom Left Petal:

What unseen or inner force is quietly supporting my growth?

This is energy you might not be naming yet, but it’s there, feeding you.

• Card 3 – Bottom Right Petal:

What needs gentle care or protection as I grow?

This is where you’re still tender. It can point to a boundary you need, a pace you need to honour, or a part of you that doesn’t want to be pushed.

• Card 4 – Left Petal:

What lessons or experiences from the past are feeding this moment?

What you’ve already lived through that is now acting like compost.

• Card 5 – Right Petal:

What is currently in bloom?

What is already here, already alive, already happening — even if you’re downplaying it.

• Card 6 – Top Petal:

What is ready to open next?

Where this energy wants to go. The direction of growth.

• Card 7 – Centre of the Flower (final card placed in the middle):

What is at the heart of my becoming?

Core desire. Core truth. Core fire.

When you read the spread, notice the relationship between the stem and the petals. How well is what you’re grounded in, (Card 1), actually supporting what wants to bloom (Cards 5 and 6)? Does something in the Bottom Right Petal, (Card 3), the part that needs care, line up with what the Centre (Card 7) is asking for?

You can photograph or sketch your layout and paste it straight into your art journal. This becomes a seasonal self-portrait.

Beltaine Oracle Insights - Flower Spread

Playlist for the Season

Let the music carry that mix of witchy, warmth, sensuality, and creative release. Think soft guitar, earthy percussion, golden-hour moods, songs that make you want to move, paint, or simply exist in sunlight.

Closing the Circle

Beltaine reminds us that creativity is a living fire; it needs tending but not taming. As the wheel turns and this series comes full circle, may your own fire burn steady and kind.

Thank you for travelling through the seasons with me, from the dark of Samhain, the heat of Litha, to this bright, blossoming edge of summer. May your art, your heart, and your magic continue to grow wild.

Until next turn,

Some of the images used in this post are AI generated and were created by me to support accessibility and my creative process as a disabled artist.

Scorpio Season in the Studio: Creative Alchemy & Transformation

Abstract mixed-media: layered textures of paint, thread, and paper forming a circular mandala or spiral. One half is dark and moody (Scorpio), the other warm and luminous (Beltaine). Symbols of the moon, sun, and water subtly appear in the design.

Hello creative alchemists,

Welcome to the Libra New Moon edition of The Art Witch Journal and to a full turn of the wheel.

A year ago, I began this journey beneath the same sky, not knowing where it would lead. What began as a simple act of staying connected to my art through the cycles has become something deeper, a practice of creative alchemy, ritual, and remembering.

This edition feels like both a return and a renewal, a gentle invitation to begin again, with all the wisdom this past year has offered.

Cuppa & Catch Up: Reflections on a Year of Creative Alchemy

It’s hard to believe it’s been a full year since I began this blog. My very first post was published on the Libra New Moon and now, here we are again, circling back to where it all began.

In the early days, I shared new and full moon reflections, but as we descended into the darker half of the year, I slowed my rhythm. I began focusing on the new moon, creating deeper, more intentional editions and so, The Art Witch Journal was born. The full moon updates continued over on Facebook through my Cycles of Craft deep dives, where I explored the planetary movements and their influence on our creative and spiritual cycles.

This year also saw the birth of my Art Witch Musings, a seven-part series exploring my practice of Art Witchery: where art becomes ritual, resistance, and spiritual inquiry. Across each chapter, I journeyed through liminal spaces, symbolism, disability, alchemy, dreamwork, and the unseen currents that shape my creative process. It has become part memoir, part manifesto, and part spell for becoming.

I began this project after being discharged from hospital, as a way to continue my art practice when I could no longer pursue my studies. It became my way of staying connected, of working out what art looked like for me now, in this new body and new life. That’s still something I’m discovering.

Lately though, I’ve felt a disconnection from my art and my spirituality, a kind of creative numbness, so I’m tracing my way back to what once ignited that spark. I’m returning to the magical space where the occult, the esoteric, and creativity intertwine. I want to reconnect with the sense of wonder I felt at art school, when art and spirit spoke the same language.

I’m revisiting the artists who first inspired me: Hilma af Klint, Georgiana Houghton, Rosaleen Norton. I’m delving back into the teachings of Helena Blavatsky and Annie Besant, exploring the worlds of Occult and Symbolist Art. It feels like a return to my creative roots and, perhaps, the beginning of something new.

As this cycle around the sun comes to a close (my birthday is next month!), I’ve been reflecting on how much I’ve outgrown my old life. My body works differently now, and I’m learning how to fit into the world again, how a disabled artist, and Witch, shows up. First for myself, and then for the world. I’ve been exploring ways to infuse my everyday life with magic again, finding the small rituals that help me feel connected, grounded, and whole.

Alongside all this deep contemplation, I’ve also started venturing out more, which has been huge for me. I’ve begun using community transport for appointments, a big step toward reclaiming my independence. I’ve been learning how to navigate public transport and taxis with my electric wheelchair and adjusting to this new rhythm of movement.

I even attended an art workshop at the local community house, my first in quite a while, and it felt wonderful to spend time creating with others again. I’ve also made two trips to the NGV this month: first for the Kimono exhibition, and later to see the French Impressionists. That second trip was especially special, I took the train in, met friends, saw beautiful art, and went out for dinner before meeting my driver to come home.

I also had my first hydrotherapy session in months, I’d forgotten how much this Scorpio needs the water. In the pool, I feel free again; the water holds me, allowing movement that my body can’t manage on land.

Closer to home, our community garden is thriving. I love rolling down to pick something fresh for dinner or grabbing a handful of herbs to make a cuppa. These small moments bring so much joy and connection to my days.

I also have some exciting news, my new piece “Suspended” has been accepted into this year’s Summer Show! I can’t wait to share more about it soon. The work explores the theme of coercive control, and I’ve launched a petition calling on the Victorian Government to make it a criminal offence. I’d love your support in signing and sharing it.

It’s been a big month, and an even bigger year. I still feel like I’m in this liminal in-between space, unsure exactly what my next steps look like. But for the first time in a long while, I feel ready to start finding out.

What does that mean for The Art Witch Journal and my other offerings? I’m not quite sure yet. I can feel change is in the air and I’d love for you to come along on the journey with me.

Art Witch Musings: The Alchemy of Creation and the Turning of the Wheel

Chapter Seven

The artwork is not the beginning. It is the residue of a long alchemical process; the ashes left behind after something invisible has burned itself into being. By the time a piece reaches the wall, it has already lived a thousand quiet lives. It has been dreamt, dissolved, forgotten, reimagined, layered, and reborn. It carries every fragment of the journey that brought it here. In this sense, the finished work is not a product. It’s a record. A relic. A witness. The visible evidence of an unseen pilgrimage. What the viewer sees is only the surface; beneath it lies the compost of emotion, intuition, and ritual that shaped it into form.

I’ve always felt that art-making is a kind of conjuring, a process of calling something from the invisible into the material world. But what comes through is not always what I expect. The act of creation often feels like holding open a doorway, letting something ancient and wordless speak through pigment, thread, texture, and symbol. I do not control it. I collaborate with it.

Each work begins as a whisper: a colour that won’t leave me alone, a recurring dream, a line of poetry, a symbol that keeps reappearing in my periphery. These small obsessions become anchors. They draw me in. They ask to be made visible. I move through the process like ritual, slowly, deliberately, with reverence. Materials are chosen intuitively. I let them speak. Sometimes a piece demands to be rough, unpolished, unfinished. Other times it calls for precision and layering, as though each mark is sealing a spell. What matters most is that I listen. That I allow the piece to tell me when it’s ready, or when it needs more time in the dark. In truth, the artwork and I transform together. Every creation reshapes me, as surely as I shape it. We meet in the middle, me, the maker, and the work, the mirror. Between us lies the threshold where meaning is born.

When the piece finally leaves the studio, it carries with it the imprint of all that it has absorbed: my thoughts, my body, my breath, my pain, my tenderness, my resistance, my devotion. It carries the energy of the symbols, the moon cycles, the dreams, the spells, the long nights of listening. To stand before the work is to stand before the echo of all that unseen labour. I think of each piece as a kind of altar, something that holds space for what words cannot contain. They are offerings to the collective, to the invisible, to the great mystery that animates all creative life. They are portals through which others might glimpse what I have glimpsed. There is humility in this process.

Once the work is finished, it no longer belongs to me. It belongs to the world, to whoever meets it with open eyes. It continues to evolve in the gaze of others; in the energy of spaces, it inhabits. Like any living thing, it changes with time, light, and perception.

This is the strange paradox of being an artist-witch: the making is intimate, solitary, inward, but the result is an act of offering, a reaching outward. What was once private becomes public. What was once alchemy becomes artifact. To release the work is both loss and liberation, but that is the nature of cycles. Creation, transformation, release, rest. The wheel turns again. The artwork is not the end of the journey, but a threshold into the next one. Each finished piece is a seed for what comes after, a signal from the unseen that the conversation continues. So, it does.

Even now, as I sit with words instead of paint, the winter that wrapped around me like a cloak, I can feel the next work stirring beneath the surface. It waits in the silence, patient and knowing. When the time is right, it will emerge, carrying with it everything I’ve learned, everything I’ve shed, everything I’ve dreamed. When it does, I will meet it once again at the threshold, maker, medium, witness, ready to begin the ritual anew.

Epilogue:

The Turning of the Wheel, every cycle ends where it began, in the quiet. The threshold that opened months ago now begins to close, not with finality, but with a deep exhale. The words, the art, the slow revelations of this season have all been part of one long conversation with the unseen. Now, as winter loosens her hold, I can feel the faint hum of something shifting beneath the surface. This work, these chapters, this unfolding, has been an act of devotion. A listening. A mapping of the unseen landscapes that shape both art and life. Each piece of writing has been a spell of its own, a reflection of the cycles that govern not just the natural world, but the creative one too.

As I look back across this body of work, I see it for what it truly is: a record of becoming. Each chapter carried a piece of my voice, a fragment of my practice, a seed of my transformation. They form a constellation of moments that speak to the rhythm of living and creating in alignment with something larger than myself. Now, the energy begins to turn again. I can feel it in my bones, in that subtle stirring that comes before a new season, before a new chapter of life and art. I don’t yet know what form it will take, and that’s the beauty of it. Mystery is a necessary companion to creation. The unknown is fertile ground.

So, I close this cycle with gratitude, for the stillness that held me, for the magic that revealed itself through the quiet, for the way art continues to find me even in the dark. The wheel turns. The next season waits. And I, once again, stand at the threshold.

An Art Witches Studio

Little Witchy Things: Everyday Rituals for Balance, Renewal & Transformation

The Alchemy of the In-Between

This cycle invites us to linger at the threshold, that liminal space between endings and beginnings where art, intuition, and transformation quietly converse. Creation doesn’t always arrive as a burst of inspiration; sometimes it hums beneath the surface, asking only that we listen. The following practices are ways to honour that quiet alchemy, to nurture your connection with the unseen as it moves through your daily life.

Begin by noticing what is shifting within you. Libra season asks for balance, while Scorpio teaches us to surrender. Between them lies a subtle point of transformation, a moment to breathe before the next becoming. You might mark this by creating a small altar or workspace that mirrors that balance: light and dark objects side by side, soft and textured materials sharing space. Let it be a reflection of your own in-between state, a visual echo of your unfolding.

You can also tend your creative flame through acts of gentle devotion. Before you begin any creative work, pause to acknowledge the unseen labour already woven into your art, the ideas dreamt, the emotions composted, the invisible threads that brought you here. A simple bow of the head, a hand over your heart, or the lighting of a candle is enough. These small recognitions anchor your practice in reverence.

As the Sun moves into Scorpio, allow water to become your teacher. Creativity, like emotion, needs movement to stay alive. Stir a bowl of water clockwise before beginning your work, imagining it awakening your inner current. When you’re finished, pour it out under the sky in gratitude. This act reminds you that release is as sacred as creation, that every piece, every season, must one day flow back to the source.

Around Beltaine, when the air warms and the earth hums with new life, invite pleasure back into your process. Choose materials that delight your senses, colours you love, textures that feel alive beneath your fingers. Let joy be your offering to the fire of creation. Beltaine reminds us, that art, too, is an act of desire, a way of saying yes to being here, in this body, on this earth.

Finally, as the Taurus Full Moon rounds the cycle, return to your body. Rest your hands on your lap, close your eyes, and feel the quiet pulse of your own life. This is where all creation begins, not in striving, but in remembering that you are part of the rhythm. Let this be your ritual of renewal: a moment of stillness that says, I am ready for what comes next.

Artist of the Season: Claude Cahun – Transformation, Identity & Creative Rebellion

Claude Cahun (1894 – 1954)

Born Lucy Schwob on October 25, 1894, in Nantes, France, Claude Cahun was an artist, writer, and performer whose work blurred the boundaries between identity and illusion, masculine and feminine, self and shadow. She adopted the gender-neutral name Claude Cahun in her early twenties, signalling a lifelong rejection of fixed categories. From the beginning, her life and art were acts of transformation, a quality that makes her an ideal muse for Scorpio season, a time of shedding skins and revealing deeper truths.

Cahun grew up in an intellectual Jewish family connected to the publishing world, her uncle was the Symbolist writer Marcel Schwob, and her father ran a newspaper. As a teenager she began writing essays that questioned social norms and photographed herself in theatrical guises: a boy, a saint, a doll, a dandy. These early images foreshadowed the themes that would define her life’s work, metamorphosis, defiance, and the search for an authentic self beneath imposed identities.

In 1909 she met Suzanne Malherbe, who became both her life partner and artistic collaborator. Malherbe later adopted the pseudonym Marcel Moore, and together they formed one of the most fascinating creative partnerships of the twentieth century. Their bond transcended the boundaries of romance, art, and activism, an alchemical fusion of two souls devoted to freedom of expression. The pair moved to Paris in the early 1920s, immersing themselves in avant-garde circles that included André Breton, Man Ray, and other Surrealists and Dadaists. Although never fully embraced by those male-dominated movements, Cahun shared their fascination with the unconscious and the dream world, yet her approach was distinctly personal and political.

Her photographic self-portraits, produced mainly between the 1910s and 1930s, are now considered precursors to contemporary performance and conceptual art. In them, Cahun stages herself as multiple beings, androgynous, masked, vulnerable, confrontational, challenging the viewer’s gaze and dismantling the certainty of gender. Each image is a ritual of transformation, an invocation of the inner and outer selves in dialogue. Her written works, including Aveux non Avenus (“Disavowals,” 1930), blend autobiography, manifesto, and prose-poetry, rejecting the idea of a singular, stable identity.

In the 1930s, Cahun and Moore left Paris for Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, seeking a quieter life. Then, when the Nazis occupied the island during World War II, the two women turned their creativity into resistance. Using pseudonyms, they produced and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, surrealist collages of text and image meant to demoralise the occupiers. Arrested in 1944, they were sentenced to death, but the war ended before the sentence was carried out. Their courage and subversive imagination exemplify Scorpio’s shadow-side strength: fearless, strategic, and transformative even in the face of destruction.

After the war, Cahun’s health declined, and she died in 1954. For decades her work was largely forgotten, overshadowed by the Surrealists she had influenced but never fully joined. It wasn’t until the 1980s that her photographs were rediscovered and celebrated for their radical exploration of identity and resistance. Today, Claude Cahun stands as a visionary figure whose work bridges art and activism, ritual and rebellion, a forerunner of queer and feminist art who made her own life a spell of transformation.

Claude Cahun feels like the perfect companion for this Scorpio season, an artist who understood transformation not as metaphor, but as lived truth. Through her lens, identity became ritual; self-portraiture became an act of rebellion. Scorpio teaches us to strip away illusion and confront what lies beneath, and Cahun embodied that descent with fearless devotion.

Her work invites us to ask: Who am I beneath the masks I wear? In her shifting forms, we glimpse a kind of creative alchemy, the courage to dissolve and re-emerge, again and again, truer each time. As the wheel turns and we emerge into the light half of the year, Cahun reminds us that the process of becoming visible often begins in the shadows.

Art Journal Prompt: The Threshold Between Worlds – Exploring Change & Becoming

The Threshold Between Worlds

This cycle invites you to explore the spaces between, between endings and beginnings, shadow and light, seen and unseen.

In your art journal, create a page that reflects your own threshold moment.

• What are you shedding?

• What are you stepping toward?

Use mixed media to layer these ideas, perhaps collage two contrasting images or colours to represent what was and what is emerging.

Write a single sentence or phrase that feels like your guiding spell for this next chapter.

Art Witch Desk and open Journal

Cycles of Craft: Libra New Moon to Taurus Full Moon – Astrology for Creative Flow

As the Libra New Moon rises on October 21st, we begin a new creative cycle under the sign of balance, beauty, and renewal. This is the Moon that asks us to soften into harmony, to find equilibrium between giving and receiving, doing and being. It’s a tender reminder that artistry, like life, flourishes when we move from a place of grace and inner peace.

That same night, the Orionid meteor shower lights the sky as Mercury and Mars meet in conjunction, igniting sparks of communication and action. Words become wands, thoughts become catalysts, and ideas rush forward with clarity and urgency. This is a moment to speak your truth, to write, paint, or craft from instinct, but also to pause before reacting. The stars are alive with movement; choose yours with intention.

By October 22nd, the Sun slips into Scorpio, guiding us deeper into the realm of shadow and transformation. Here, creation becomes alchemy, a descent into the underworld of feeling, mystery, and magic. Scorpio season asks for honesty and depth: to shed old skins, to honour what’s dying away, and to create from the raw, untamed parts of ourselves.

As Beltaine approaches, here in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrated on October 31st but astronomically falling on November 8th, the earth hums with life. It is a festival of passion, pleasure, and creative fire, the dance of desire made manifest. This turning of the Wheel celebrates fertility and the blooming of ideas sown in earlier months. It is an invitation to move, to make, and to celebrate the joy of being alive in your body and your craft.

On November 4th, Mars enters Sagittarius, shifting our creative flame from introspection to exploration. After Scorpio’s depth, this transit brings expansion and vision, a wild spark that seeks adventure and truth. Follow curiosity wherever it leads; it may guide you to new mediums, fresh inspiration, or unexpected collaborations.

Finally, the Full Moon in Taurus on November 6th steadies the pulse of all this change. Grounded and sensuous, this lunar light invites us to slow down and savour what we’ve cultivated. Taurus reminds us that art, like the body, needs care and consistency. Celebrate what has bloomed, your progress, your persistence, and the quiet beauty of your becoming.

We have a busy couple of weeks in the sky coming up, make sure you’re following me over on facebook for more in-depth reports.                                                                            

A circular seasonal collage representing the journey from the Libra New Moon to the Taurus Full Moon. Half the image glows with warm Beltaine light, flowers, sunlight, and creative fire, while the other half rests in Scorpio’s mystery, dark water, moonlight, and shadow. Subtle symbols of balance, transformation, and renewal appear around the circle: the moon phases, stars, and botanical motifs. Soft, ethereal, and textured, blending earthy tones with gold, rose, and indigo.

Scorpio Season in the Studio: Witchy, Sultry, Moody Tunes for Creative Transformation

The vibe for this month’s playlist, Scorpio Season in the Studio, a potion of old and new to keep the creative cauldron simmering. Expect witchy, sultry, moody textures and a heartbeat you can work to: Fleetwood Mac’s steady spellcraft, Patti Smith’s raw incantations, Lorde’s lunar pop, Florence + The Machine’s fever-dream swell, and more shadows-and-spark in between. It’s music for thresholds and late night making, a soundtrack to slip you into deep focus, soft rebellion, and slow-burn devotion while the season does its alchemy.

Closing the Circle & the Cycle: Reflections on Transformation & the Turning Year

As we close this Libra New Moon edition of The Art Witch Journal, the wheel continues to turn. The air carries the first whispers of Scorpio’s depth, and the earth begins to warm with Beltaine’s promise. It’s a season of balance tipping into transformation, a reminder that endings are never endings at all, only doorways to new beginnings.

This cycle invites us to move slowly, to trust the unseen process of becoming. Whether you’re resting, dreaming, or creating, know that your art and your life are always in motion, even in stillness. Honour the quiet stages of your journey. Let your rituals be gentle, your intentions soft, and your creativity guided by curiosity rather than certainty.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll share more reflections and updates over on my facbook page with Cycles of Craft, where we’ll explore Scorpio season, Mars in Sagittarius, and the grounding magic of the Taurus Full Moon. Little Witchy Things will be continuing over on the socials too. I am experimenting with Substack at the moment so I will continue to share things over there but will keep you posted on the Instagram when I do this. You can also get 25% off over at my Redbubble Store too, there’s still time to grab something in time for Halloween.

Until next time, may your art be your ritual, your rest your devotion, and your days woven with quiet magic.

 A Note on the Imagery

Some of the images in this journal are created using AI-assisted tools. As a disabled artist living with chronic health conditions, I use AI as part of my creative process, a way to visualise ideas that my body can’t always physically bring to life. It allows me to keep imagining, storytelling, and sharing my vision when traditional studio work isn’t always possible. Every image is still part of my craft, guided by my words, intuition, and artistic direction, another form of creative alchemy that helps me stay connected to my art and community.

A Seasonal Threshold in Melbourne/Naarm

A garden path in Spring

Hello creative alchemists,

Welcome to this Special Edition of the Art Witch Journal for the Spring Equinox.
Here in the Southern Hemisphere, the wheel of the year turns on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 at 4:19 am AEST.

In Melbourne/Naarm, we feel this shift deeply. The air softens, blossoms spill from branches, and there’s a hum of renewal in the streets and gardens. Wattles have already had their golden blaze, magpies are swooping to protect their young, and the air carries both warmth and the occasional crispness of winter’s retreat. The days are growing longer, the mornings a little brighter, and we find ourselves naturally leaning toward balance, hope, and new beginnings.

The Spring Equinox/Ostara: Balance of Light and Dark

The Spring Equinox is one of the eight Sabbaths on the Wheel of the Year, celebrated when day and night are equal in length. In the Celtic and Northern Hemisphere traditions, this is Ostara, named after the goddess of spring and dawn, Eostre. She was honoured as the bringer of fertility, rebirth, and growth, often associated with hares, eggs, and blossoms.

This is a threshold moment, light begins to overcome the darkness, the fertile ground is ready for planting, and communities historically gathered to sow seeds, bless fields, and celebrate the earth’s renewal. Bonfires were lit, feasts were shared, and rituals often honoured both sky and soil in equal measure.

For us in the Southern Hemisphere, the dates are reversed, but the energy remains the same. Our equinox falls in September, just as the first flush of true spring makes itself known, despite the fact we mark our seasons by the calendar. Trees unfurl fresh green leaves, bees return to blossoms, and the world feels infused with possibility. It is not just a seasonal marker, but a call to balance our own inner light and shadow.

Not Just a Date, Feeling the Energy of the Equinox

The equinox is more than a calendar point; it is a feeling that resonates through body and spirit. The ground feels alive with hidden energy, as though every root, bud, and creature is stretching awake. We may feel restless or inspired, ready to shake off the inwardness of winter. Creativity often stirs here, a desire to begin, to plant new projects, to craft with fresh intention.

It is also about balance, a reminder that light cannot exist without shadow, that rest is as essential as growth, and that our inner cycles mirror the earth’s. This feeling, soft yet powerful, asks us to pause and acknowledge where balance needs tending in our own lives.

Global Equinox Celebrations and Traditions

Across the world, cultures have long marked the Spring Equinox with rituals of renewal, joy, and reverence for balance. Though traditions differ, the themes remain universal: rebirth, fertility, and harmony.

Persia & Central Asia – Nowruz

Nowruz, meaning “new day,” has been celebrated for over 3,000 years as the Persian New Year. Families prepare a Haft-Seen table with seven symbolic items, garlic for health, apples for beauty, vinegar for patience, and wheatgrass for rebirth, among others. Bonfires are lit, people leap over flames to cleanse away the old year, and communities come together for feasting and music. Nowruz embodies the essence of the equinox: leaving behind darkness and stepping into the light of renewal.

India & Nepal – Holi

The festival of Holi often coincides with this season, painting the world in bright colour. It celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, love over division. Participants throw powders of vivid pink, yellow, and blue, drench each other in water, and dance in the streets. Holi is joyous chaos, a breaking down of barriers, reminding us that renewal comes not just in quiet planting but also in exuberant celebration.

Mexico – Ancient Solar Alignments

In Mexico, the equinox was sacred to the Maya and Aztec civilizations. At Chichén Itzá, the pyramid of Kukulcán transforms into a living serpent at sunset, the shadow forming the body of the feathered god as it appears to slither down the steps. Thousands still gather to witness this awe-inspiring moment, a breathtaking reminder of ancient astronomical knowledge and reverence for cosmic cycles.

England – Stonehenge

At Stonehenge, the rising sun aligns perfectly with the ancient stones, and modern-day Druids, Pagans, and earth-lovers gather in celebration. Some drum and dance, others meditate quietly, honouring balance in ways both personal and communal. This timeless monument links us back to ancestors who also watched the skies and marked the turning wheel.

Kulin Nation – Poorneet (Tadpole Season)

Here on the lands of the Kulin Nation, in southeastern Australia, the six-season calendar guides life more closely than imported European models. Around the equinox begins Poorneet, or Tadpole Season. As tadpoles appear in the waterways, life surges with fertility and transformation. This attunement to subtle shifts in Country reminds us that balance is not abstract, it is living knowledge, deeply woven into the land itself.

Across cultures, the message is the same: when light and dark stand equal, the earth is whispering an invitation to honour renewal, balance, and connection.

 A Simple Spell for Balance and Renewal

This spell is designed to be gentle, adaptable, and accessible for all levels of mobility.

• Light a candle (white or green if possible).

• Hold a small bowl of water.

• Whisper into the water what you wish to grow this season, intentions, dreams, healing.

• Pour the water into the earth or a pot plant, allowing your words to root and flourish.

Here, fire and water meet, intention and action merge. Even the smallest gesture becomes a potent act of planting balance within and around you.

Modern Ways to Celebrate the Spring Equinox

• Create a seasonal altar with blossoms, eggs, seeds, or stones representing balance.
  
  

• Take a mindful walk and notice spring’s return, new buds, birdcalls, the changing light.
  
  

• Plant seeds for herbs, flowers, or vegetables, aligning with your own intentions.
  
  

• Journal: What balance do I need? What is awakening in me?
  
  

• Share a seasonal meal with loved ones, the act of breaking bread is itself ritual.
  
  

• Clean and refresh your space, symbolically clearing winter’s heaviness.
  
  

• Bring fresh flowers or greenery indoors to honour life’s return.

Seasonal Altar

Spring Equinox Foods, Feasts, and Offerings

Equinox foods often centre around fertility and growth: fresh greens, eggs, dairy, honey, sprouts, and seeds. In ritual, offerings of mead, herbal teas, or fresh juices are common.

A Note for Australia

Here, our native flora and produce can also be woven into the feast. Wattleseed adds a nutty depth to baking. Finger limes sparkle like citrus jewels. Lemon myrtle lends brightness to desserts and teas. Using local ingredients honours both land and season, weaving old tradition into new context.

Simple Recipe – Lemon Myrtle Shortbread

• 1 cup butter (softened)

• ½ cup sugar

• 2 cups plain flour

• 1–2 tsp dried lemon myrtle leaves (ground)

Cream butter and sugar, fold in flour and lemon myrtle. Chill, cut into rounds, and bake at 160°C until golden. Fragrant and simple, these biscuits are a sweet offering for the season.

Locally Inspired Feast Ideas

A feast need not be complex. Try roasted vegetables dusted with wattleseed dukkah, fresh salads brightened with finger limes, or a platter of seasonal fruits, cheeses, and warm bread. What matters is not perfection but joyful celebration.

An Australian inspired Equinox Feast

 Art Journal Prompt for Spring Equinox Creativity

“What seeds are you planting this spring, in your art, your spirit, your life?”

Explore this visually: draw or collage seeds bursting into shoots, paint spirals of light and shadow, or layer pressed flowers and natural textures. Work with a colour palette of greens, yellows, and pastels to capture spring’s vibrancy. This page becomes a map of your own renewal.

Art Journal

Oracle Insights – 3-Card Spread for Balance and Growth

This spread invites equinox clarity:

1. Where am I finding balance?

2. What seed needs planting?

3. What energy will help me grow?

Light a candle, shuffle your deck, and draw three cards. Take notes in your journal, noticing how imagery and intuition weave with the season’s themes. Allow this reading to set the tone for the weeks ahead.

Oracle Card Reading

Spring Playlist for Ritual and Creativity

Every threshold deserves a soundtrack. This curated Spring Playlist offers songs for ritual, creativity, and daily life, weaving mood, energy, and inspiration. Whether you listen while journaling, cooking, or simply daydreaming by the window, let the music carry you deeper into spring’s unfolding.

Closing the Circle: Living the Energy of Equinox

The Spring Equinox is not just a fleeting moment; it is a season of unfolding. Balance honoured today can ripple into the weeks ahead, reminding us that growth and stillness, light and shadow, action and rest all belong to the cycle.

Wishing you balance, renewal, and creative unfolding this equinox.

Disclaimer on AI Images

Some images in this blog are AI-assisted, a tool I use to help manage energy and time due to chronic illness and disability. All written content and original art remain my own.

Imbolc in Australia: A Seed Spell for New Beginnings

Silver Wattle

Honouring the slow return of light, hope, and new beginnings

Hello creative alchemists,

Imbolc arrives in the Southern Hemisphere around August 1st, with the exact cross-quarter moment in 2025 falling on August 7th at 10:14am AEST. It’s a gentle turning of the wheel, a quiet whisper that the light is returning, even if the chill still lingers.

Here in Melbourne/Naarm, Imbolc feels different from the snowy landscapes where its Celtic roots first took hold. Instead of snowdrops, we watch wattles bloom. Instead of frozen earth, we see the first bees stir and listen to magpies’ herald longer days. It’s a season of slow renewal, a moment to pause, breathe, and plant seeds, literal and metaphorical.

A Brief History of Imbolc

Before it was candlelight and wheel-of-the-year graphics, Imbolc was a deeply practical, seasonal moment. It’s one of the four Celtic cross-quarter festivals, traditionally celebrated around February 1st in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the midway point between Winter Solstice (Yule) and Spring Equinox (Ostara).

Imbolc is thought to derive from the Old Irish word i mbolg, meaning “in the belly”, referring to the pregnancy of ewes and the return of milk, a vital turning point in an agrarian society. After the harsh scarcity of winter, milk meant nourishment. It meant survival.

It was a festival of purification, hope, and fertility. Sacred wells were visited. The hearth was ritually cleaned. Fires were lit in honour of Brigid, goddess of healing, poetry, midwifery, fertility, and smithcraft. People would craft Brigid’s crosses from rushes or straw and place them in their homes for protection and blessing.

As Christianity spread, Brigid was syncretised into Saint Brigid, and Imbolc became Candlemas, still a fire festival in its own way, with candles blessed and carried in procession to honour the light.

Today, many of us, witches, pagans, artists, animists, and nature lovers celebrate Imbolc as a gentle threshold. A seasonal pivot. A quiet reminder that spring is coming, even if we can’t quite see it yet.

In the Southern Hemisphere, we observe Imbolc around August 1st, or, astrologically, when the sun reaches 15° Leo (August 7th in 2025). While the traditional symbols like snowdrops and frozen earth may not apply here, the deeper themes still resonate:
✨ Renewal
✨ New life stirring
✨ Hope
✨ Light returning
✨ The spark of inspiration after a long dark

Imbolc is not just a date on the wheel, it’s a feeling.
The shift in the air. The urge to clear out the cobwebs. The sudden itch to create, clean, plan, or simply move after months of stillness. It’s the first birdsong. The blooming of wattle. The moment you realise you’re ready to begin again, softly.

Imbolc Altar with a Candle and Brigid’s Cross

Other Cultures at the Turning Point

Imbolc isn’t the only moment that honours the slow return of light. Across time and place, many cultures have marked this in-between season, when winter still lingers, but spring begins to stir beneath the surface.

Candlemas (Christian Europe – Feb 2)

Originally linked to Roman and Celtic traditions, Candlemas became a Christian festival of light. Candles were blessed and lit to symbolise the return of the sun. Rural communities would observe weather omens to predict how long winter might last, just like the old Imbolc weather lore.

Setsubun (Japan – early Feb)

Held just before the Japanese beginning of spring (Risshun), Setsubun is all about cleansing away the old season. People throw roasted soybeans while chanting, “Out with demons! In with good fortune!” A beautiful ritual of release and renewal.

Lambing Season (Celtic/agrarian traditions)

In many parts of Europe, late winter meant the return of lambs and the first milk, a literal and spiritual sign that life was returning to the land. This is the origin of the word Imbolc (“in the belly” or “milk of the ewes”).

Guling Season - Kulin Nations – Southeastern Australia, including Naarm

According to the Kulin seasonal calendar, Guling marks the pre-spring season.
Signs include:

• Silver wattles blooming

• Eels returning to the rivers

• An increase in insect and bird activity

These natural cues echo Imbolc’s message: light is returning, slowly but surely.

As someone living and working on Wurundjeri Country, I honour the wisdom of this land and its traditional custodians. Imbolc might be a Celtic word, but the cycle of renewal belongs to all places, and here, it speaks through wattles, waterways, and local birdsong.

The Seed Spell: A Simple Imbolc Ritual for Here and Now

This year, I wanted a ritual that felt real. Not aspirational, not perfect, just honest. Something small, gentle, and accessible. A spell for those of us who are time poor, chronically ill, tired, or quietly holding things together. A ritual that meets us in the mess and the mundane.

There’s a neglected communal patch in my apartment complex, dry, grey, lifeless. The kind of space that gets overlooked. I’ve ordered a little collection of beneficial bug flower and herb seeds, mostly blue-toned blooms and lavender, all low-maintenance, pollinator-friendly, and cheerful. For Imbolc I am going to take theses seeds down to this sad little courtyard and scatter the seeds. As I scatter the seeds I will softly say to myself – “For colour, for joy,
for beauty to grow,
may this little patch
of earth softly glow.”

That’s it. That’s the spell.

A Simple Imbolc Ritual: The Seed Spell

You can try this too, adapt it to your energy, your body, your space. This one’s for everyone; however you identify. Witch, Muggle, Artist….

You’ll need:

• A small packet of wildflower, herb, or native seeds

• A patch of earth (a verge, a pot, a planter box, a crack in the pavement)

• A warm drink and a quiet moment

Step 1. Ground yourself.
Take a breath. Feel the air on your skin. Sip something warm. Notice the subtle shift in season.

Step 2. Hold your seeds.
Feel the weight of them in your hand. These are small spells. Tiny sparks of possibility.

Step 3. Whisper a wish.
Something simple and true:
“For colour, for joy,
for beauty to grow,
may this little patch
of earth softly glow.”

Step 4. Scatter your seeds.
No fanfare. Just quiet magic. A gentle offering to the land.

Step 5. Let it go.
No pressure to check or track or perfect. Let nature take it from here. Trust the slow unfolding.

Modern Ways to Celebrate Imbolc

Imbolc doesn’t have to be elaborate, expensive, or historically “accurate.” In fact, the most powerful rituals are the ones that fit your life, your energy, and your space, especially if you’re time-poor, living with disability or chronic illness, or working within an urban/suburban setting.

Here are some gentle, modern ways to mark the season, whether you’re a practicing witch, a creative muggle, or simply someone feeling the stirrings of spring:

Light a candle

Symbolic and simple. Light a candle (real or battery-powered) to honour the return of light. Let it represent hope, warmth, creativity, or whatever you want to cultivate.

Plant a seed (literally or metaphorically)

Whether you scatter wildflowers in a courtyard (like I’m doing), pop herbs into a balcony pot, or jot down a creative idea in your journal, this is a beautiful time to plant something small and trust it will grow.

Clear a corner

You don’t need to deep-clean the whole house. Just choose one small area, your altar, your bedside table, your studio windowsill, and clear away what no longer serves. Imbolc is all about making space for the new.

Make a list of gentle intentions

Not goals. Not resolutions. Just a few quiet wishes for the season ahead. Think: “tend my nervous system,” “create something for joy, not outcome,” or “let myself rest without guilt.”

Make something with your hands

Paint, collage, stitch, scribble, even just for five minutes. Imbolc is ruled by Brigid, patron of the arts and inspiration. You don’t need a plan, just begin.

Work with milk (or a nourishing substitute)

In traditional Imbolc lore, milk symbolised life returning. Honour that by drinking a favourite warm beverage, cooking something creamy, or offering a splash to the earth as a quiet libation.

Honour the land you’re on

Here in Naarm/Melbourne, Imbolc aligns with Guling season in the Kulin calendar, when wattles bloom, eels return, and insects reappear. Noticing and honouring these local rhythms is a ritual in itself.

Rest — seriously

Imbolc is the start of the return, not the sprint toward spring. If all you do is light a candle and take a breath, that’s enough. You are part of the turning wheel, even in stillness.

Foods and Feasts for Imbolc

Imbolc marks the slow return of nourishment and abundance after winter’s lean months. Traditionally, it was a celebration of the first milk from ewes and the promise of new life. Food at Imbolc tends to be simple, hearty, and comforting, the kind of fare that feeds body and soul alike.

Here are some classic and contemporary ideas for your Imbolc table:

Dairy & Creaminess

Milk, butter, cream, cheese, yoghurt, these were symbols of fertility and nourishment. In colder climates, fresh dairy was a precious gift, signaling the lambing season and renewed life.

Modern idea:

• A creamy porridge with honey and cinnamon

• Warm milk infused with herbs (like chamomile or lavender)

• A cheese platter with rustic bread and seasonal fruit

Breads and Grains

Bread, oatcakes, and porridge have long been staples. Grains symbolise the cycles of planting and harvest, even before the actual sowing began.

Modern idea:

• Freshly baked bread or scones (easier if store-bought!)

• Warm oatmeal or muesli with nuts and seeds

• Buckwheat pancakes or flatbreads with herbs

Sweetness from the Earth

Honey, root vegetables, and seasonal fruits connect us to the land’s slow sweetness emerging from winter.

Modern idea:

• Roasted pumpkin or sweet potato drizzled with honey

• Carrot and beetroot salad with a lemon dressing

• Herbal teas sweetened with local honey

Fresh Herbs & Wild Greens

Brigid is associated with healing and herbal knowledge, so fresh herbs, greens, and plants are perfect additions.

Modern idea:

• A simple salad with nasturtium flowers, parsley, and lemon

• Herb-infused butter or oils

• A small bunch of fresh herbs tied with a ribbon as a table decoration or blessing

Simple, Slow-Cooked Foods

As Imbolc honours hearth and home, slow-cooked stews or soups warm the body and spirit.

Modern idea:

• A lentil or vegetable stew with root vegetables and warming spices

• A pot of golden pumpkin soup

• Lentil dal or dhal, rich with turmeric and ginger

Seasonal and Symbolic Treats

Some traditions include special cakes or pastries, sometimes shaped like Brigid’s cross or decorated with seasonal symbols.

Modern idea:

• A simple honey cake

• Herb-infused biscuits or cookies

• A small tart with seasonal fruit

Libations and Offerings

Milk or cream can also be used as a libation, a small offering to the earth or spirits to honour the cycle of giving and receiving. If you prefer non-dairy, a splash of water, herbal tea, or diluted juice works beautifully too.

A Note for Australia

 Since our seasons are flipped and local ingredients vary, feel free to honour native plants and seasonal produce, wattleseed, finger limes, lemon myrtle, bush tomatoes, or macadamias can all be part of a truly local Imbolc feast.

Simple Imbolc Damper Recipe

Traditional Australian bush bread, perfect for celebrating Imbolc with a nod to the land

Ingredients:

• 2 cups self-raising flour (or plain flour + 2 tsp baking powder)

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 cup milk (or plant-based alternative)

• 2 tbsp melted butter or oil

• Optional: 1 tbsp honey for a touch of sweetness

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F) and line a baking tray with baking paper.

2. In a bowl, mix the flour and salt.

3. Add the melted butter and honey (if using).

4. Slowly add the milk and stir until it forms a soft dough. It should be slightly sticky but manageable.

5. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead a few times—don’t overwork it!

6. Shape the dough into a round loaf and place it on the tray.

7. Score a cross on top with a knife (optional but traditional).

8. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden and cooked through (a skewer inserted should come out clean).

9. Let cool slightly before tearing apart and enjoying.

Locally Inspired Imbolc Feast Ideas

Celebrating the turning wheel with native ingredients and seasonal produce

• Damper fresh from the oven, served with native lemon myrtle butter or wattleseed honey

• Roasted golden pumpkin with a sprinkle of lemon myrtle and a drizzle of olive oil

• Fresh wild greens salad with peppery warrigal greens or dandelion leaves, tossed with a simple lemon and olive oil dressing

• A warming lentil and root vegetable stew with bush tomatoes or native pepper berries for a gentle kick

• Herbal tea brewed with lemon myrtle, wattleseed, or peppermint, served warm to soothe the body

• Sweet treat: Honey and macadamia nut biscuits or a simple lemon myrtle shortbread

A gentle reminder:
This feast doesn’t have to be complicated or exhausting. The spirit of Imbolc is about nourishment, renewal, and gentle beginnings. It’s perfect for small gatherings, solo rituals, or sharing with neighbours if you feel so moved.

Imbolc Art Journal Prompt: Seeds of Light

As the wheel turns and the light slowly returns, take a quiet moment to connect with the seeds stirring within you, ideas, dreams, parts of yourself waiting to grow.

Materials:
Your favourite art supplies, paints, pens, collage scraps, whatever calls to you today.

Prompt:

• Begin by drawing or painting a seed, a bulb, or a flame, something small but full of potential.

• Around it, create symbols or images that represent what you want to nurture this season. These can be feelings, intentions, relationships, or creative projects.

• Reflect on:

• What needs gentle tending right now?

• What light can you bring to your own inner winter?

• How can you hold space for slow growth and rest?

There’s no need to finish or perfect this page. Let it be a soft place you can return to throughout the season.

Oracle Insights: Imbolc 3-Card Spread

Here’s a gentle, intuitive DIY 3-card Oracle Spread called “Imbolc Insights”, perfect for connecting with Imbolc’s themes of renewal, light, and gentle beginnings.

How to Use:

Shuffle your deck with the intention of seeking guidance for this turning season, what you need to know or focus on as the light returns.

Card 1: The Seed

What new potential is quietly growing beneath the surface? What is ready to be planted, even if it’s just an idea or feeling?

Card 2: The Flame

What inner light do you need to nurture right now? What will keep your spark alive through the slow unfolding?

Card 3: The Harvest

What gifts or lessons will come from this season’s tending? How can you prepare to receive what is growing?

Spend a few moments journaling or simply sitting with the cards. What whispers or images arise? How can you carry this wisdom gently with you through the turning wheel?

Late Winter Studio Sounds

As Imbolc whispers the return of light, my studio fills with a gentle hum, a soundtrack for slow creativity and quiet tending.

This playlist is my companion for those soft, still days when energy is low but inspiration lingers just beneath the surface. It’s a blend of warm acoustics, ambient textures, and subtle rhythms, perfect for mixed media, journaling, or simply breathing with the season.

Whether you’re lighting a candle, scattering seeds, or simply resting, may these sounds hold space for your creative flame to flicker and grow.

Listen here:

Thank you for joining me in this gentle turning of the wheel. May your Imbolc be full of small sparks, slow growth, and deep nourishment—inside and out.

Bright blessings,

Seasonal Musings - Winter Solstice Edition

An open art journal sits open on a desk with a Yule Log, eucalyptus leaves, candles, a cup of tea and other art witch items.

Hello creative alchemists,

Welcome to the longest night of the year. The Winter Solstice is here, a sacred turning point on the Wheel of the Year, a threshold between shadow and light, endings and beginnings.

There’s a stillness in the air that feels different. Ancient. This is a time when the earth whispers its old stories and invites us to rest, reflect, and root into the quiet before the slow return of the sun.

So, grab a cuppa, or perhaps a cheeky mulled wine and let’s sink into the solstice magic together.

A Brief History of Yule & the Longest Night

Before Christmas, there was Yule.

Yule is an ancient midwinter festival celebrated by Germanic and Norse peoples, falling on or near the Winter Solstice. The word Yule is thought to stem from jól, a term that predates Christianity by centuries. It marked the rebirth of the sun after the darkest, longest night of the year.

In pagan mythology, particularly within Wiccan and Celtic-inspired traditions, this moment is when the Great Mother Goddess gives birth to the Sun God, bringing light back into the world. It’s a celebration of hope, renewal, and the slow but certain return of warmth and life. The Crone phase of the Goddess makes way for the Maiden once more, the cycle begins again.

This sacred story of light reborn in darkness can be seen echoed in many cultures, including Christianity, where the birth of the Son of God is celebrated close to the solstice. Pagan Sun God—Christian Son of God. The symbolism is strikingly similar.

Yule Traditions You Might Recognise:

•              The Yule Log: Traditionally a whole tree or log burned over several nights, symbolising warmth, protection, and prosperity. Ashes were often kept for luck or used in charms throughout the year.

•              Evergreens & Holly: Trees and greenery symbolised life that persists through winter’s death. Holly was thought to house the spirits of nature and offer protection.

•              Mistletoe: A sacred plant in Druidic tradition, associated with healing, fertility, and the divine.

•              Feasting, Storytelling & Singing: Joyful acts to banish the cold and call in abundance for the season ahead.

•              Gift Giving: Originally offerings to spirits, gods, or loved ones as tokens of hope and blessings for the return of light. Over time, this evolved into the more commercial gift-giving we associate with modern Christmas.

As Christianity spread through Europe, many Yule customs were absorbed into Christmas celebrations, trees, feasts, carols, gift-giving. The deeper, cyclical rhythms of nature-based spirituality were woven into a new tapestry, but the original threads still shimmer underneath.

Other Midwinter Celebrations Around the World

While the Northern Hemisphere’s Winter Solstice is often at the centre of Western narratives, cultures across the globe have long honoured this seasonal turning.

•              Yalda Night (Iran): Originally Zoroastrian festival, celebrated throughout Central Asia celebrating the rebirth of the sun and the victory of light over darkness. Families gather to read poetry (especially Hafez), eat pomegranates, watermelon and nuts, and stay awake into the night.

•              Shab-e Chelleh (Middle East): Another name for Yalda in Iran and surrounding regions, honouring endurance, love, and the turning of the cosmic tide.

•              Dongzhi Festival (China): A time for family reunions and the making of glutinous rice balls called tangyuan, symbolising unity and balance. The solstice marks the yin phase transitioning back toward yang.

•              Soyal (Zuni and Hopi Tribes, USA): A ceremonial dance festival held to welcome the sun back from its long journey. It includes purification rituals, storytelling, and blessings for the new year.

Across time and culture, the themes remain consistent: rebirth, light returning, rest, gathering, and hope.

A traditional Yalda table set for winter solstice. The scene includes an open pomegranate, a bowl of mixed nuts and dried fruits, and slices of watermelon. A book of Hafez’s poetry lies nearby, with candles casting a warm glow over the richly patterned tablecloth. The atmosphere is cosy, festive, and filled with Persian cultural elements.

Ways to Celebrate – Witchy & Otherwise

Whether you identify as an art witch or simply love the invitation of a slower season, here are some gentle and magical ways to mark the Solstice in your own rhythm:

For the Art Witches

•              Create a Winter Solstice altar using natural materials: pinecones, quartz, candles, cinnamon, evergreen sprigs, and dried orange slices.

•              Make a symbolic Yule Log from a small branch. Decorate it with ribbon, runes, or sigils for protection and creativity. Burn it (safely) or display it on your altar.

•              Paint your own Sun God/Goddess—as they rise from the dark. Use golds, deep indigos, and symbolic elements like antlers, spirals, or flame.

•              Craft a wheel of the year for your art journal, or collage seasonal imagery to track your inner and outer cycles.

A cosy armchair draped with a soft throw rug sits beside a small altar table. A grey cat is curled up peacefully on the arm of the chair. On the table, a steaming glass of mulled wine, candles, eucalyptus leaves, and a few crystals create a warm, witchy solstice setting. The lighting is soft and golden, evoking a calm winter evening.

For the Muggles (and low-spoons witches)

•              Brew a warm cider or spiced tea. Add cinnamon or clove and stir in an intention.

•              Watch the sunrise the morning after solstice to welcome the light back.

•              Light a single candle and sit in darkness for a few moments—notice what emerges in the quiet.

•              Bake traditional winter treats (shortbread, gingerbread, or anything warm and buttery).

•   Call a friend or loved one. Connection is a spell too.

Winter Studio Tunes

If you’re looking to set the perfect vibe while you slow down and honour the Solstice, I’ve put together a Winter Studio Tunes playlist—full of warm, gentle, and soulful tracks to accompany your ritual, journaling, or simply resting. You can find it linked in the blog to help create your own sacred soundtrack for this quiet turning of the year.

Art Journal Prompt – "A Light in the Dark"

In the deep dark of winter, what light do you tend within?

Reflect on the parts of yourself that are ready to emerge or be reborn. What quiet truth is beginning to glow again after a long dormancy?

Use imagery of spirals, candles, seeds, or fire. Consider journaling or illustrating the inner flame that guides you through your own winter.

Optional: Try a before-and-after page, one side for what you’re releasing in the darkness, the other for what you’re gently calling back into the light.

An open art journal rests on a cream-coloured desk, showing a creative response to the prompt “A Light in the Dark.” The pages feature painted spiral shapes, soft brushstrokes in gold and indigo, and handwritten reflections. Surrounding the journal are a lit candle, a cup of tea, and a few crystals, creating a peaceful and introspective solstice atmosphere.

Oracle Insights – Solstice Reading

Take a pause and shuffle your favourite oracle or tarot deck. Ask the solstice to speak through your cards. Then pull:

1.           The Darkness: What is being invited to fall away or be composted?

2.           The Stillness: What wisdom or rest is here in the pause?

3.           The Light's Return: What is beginning to rise again in me?

Write down your impressions or sketch the card imagery into your journal. If you don’t have a deck, pull symbols from nature, use your intuition to draw three abstract shapes or colours, or flip to three random pages in a book and let those be your guidance.

Three oracle cards are laid out in a horizontal row on a cream-coloured desk, each turned face-up as part of a Winter Solstice spread. Around the cards are crystals, a lit candle, dried herbs, and an open art journal with handwritten notes and symbols. A warm mug of tea sits nearby. The scene feels quiet, intuitive, and ritualistic—an art witch’s sacred moment of reflection.

Closing the Circle

As the wheel turns and the light slowly returns, may you find rest in the stillness and inspiration in the dark. Winter invites us to honour the quiet, tend our inner flame, and listen deeply to what’s ready to emerge.

The next instalment of the Monthly Musings – Art Witch Journal will be out next week, where I’ll be sharing more reflections from the studio, an art journal prompt for the new moon, and the next chapter of my long-form artist essay.

In the meantime, don’t forget to check my Facebook page for the upcoming Cycles of Craft update as we move through the Solstice portal and into Cancer Season—a time of deep feeling, nourishment, and inner sanctuary.

You can also visit my Redbubble shop to explore my art prints and designs, or follow along on Instagram @angefosterart for more updates from the studio.

Wishing you a gentle and magical Solstice,

A note on images:

As a disabled artist, I sometimes use AI-generated images to help illustrate my blog and social media content. Creating and photographing styled scenes myself isn’t always physically possible, especially on low-spoon days. These images are a supportive tool that helps me share my vision and storytelling when my body needs rest. Wherever I can, I bring my own art and handmade magic into the mix too. Thank you for understanding and holding space for access in creative practice.

Mabon: Welcoming the Autumn Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere

An Art Witch’s Mabon Altar

As the wheel turns and we step into the autumn equinox, or Mabon, we find ourselves in a moment of balance. Day and night are equal, a fleeting pause before the darkness slowly begins to overtake the light. Here in the Southern Hemisphere, autumn doesn’t always look like the classic imagery of crisp air and golden leaves, our climate and landscapes tell a different story. But the shift is still felt deep in our bones. The days become shorter, the air carries a different weight, and our bodies and minds begin adjusting to the seasonal transition.

The Energetics of Autumn

Autumn has always been a season of preparation. For our ancestors, this time was about gathering the final harvest, preserving food, and ensuring survival through the colder months. While we no longer need to store grains or cure meats for winter, we still experience a deep instinct to prepare. But instead of stacking firewood or preserving fruit, we turn inward, taking stock of where we are, what we need, and how we want to approach the coming months.

Physically, we may feel a pull to slow down. The pace of summer’s outward energy starts to wane, replaced by a need for warmth, comfort, and introspection. Emotionally, this can be a time of reflection, an opportunity to process what we’ve experienced and decide what we’re ready to release. Our creativity can shift too, moving from expansive, high-energy projects to more intimate, detail-focused work.

Creativity in the Cooler Months

For me, autumn and winter are deeply tied to my art journal practice. As the weather cools, I find comfort in working on individual pages, layering textures, words, and colours that reflect my inner world. There’s something about the ritual of journaling that feels particularly potent in the colder months. Art witchery and art magick thrive in this space, where creativity meets personal ceremony. This is the time to embrace the intimacy of creating just for yourself, without the pressure to share or produce for an audience.

Autumn Studio Tunes Playlist

As I settle into the slower pace of autumn, my studio is filled with the sounds that help me get into the zone. Music is such an integral part of my creative process, and in the cooler months, I find myself gravitating toward mellow, soulful tunes that nurture my introspective energy.

I've curated a special Autumn Studio Tunes playlist on Spotify to share with you, these tracks have been my go-to for getting into a creative flow this season. Feel free to follow and press play while you read, journal, or work on your own creative projects.

What’s on your playlist for this season? Let me know on the socials!

Art Witchery & Art Magick

This brings me to something I want to introduce more into my work: #LittleWitchyThings and #ArtWitchTips, simple ways to weave magick into your art practice. You may have seen some of these I have already started to share over on the socials. But what exactly is an Art Witch, and what is Art Magick?

An Art Witch is someone who blends creative practice with intuitive and spiritual work. Art becomes a form of spellcraft, a way to connect with unseen energies, process emotions, and manifest intentions. Art Magick is about infusing your work with meaning, whether it’s through symbolism, intentional colour choices, or the physical rituals you bring into your creative space.

Rituals for the Studio

You don’t need elaborate tools or complex ceremonies to bring ritual into your creative practice. Simple things can shift the energy of your space and deepen your connection to your work:

• Light a candle to set an intention for your creative session.

• Burn incense or diffuse essential oils that align with the mood you want to cultivate.

• Make an intention-infused cup of tea—stirring in energy for focus, clarity, or inspiration.

• Use sigils or symbols in your art to encode meaning and intention.

• Create a small seasonal altar in your studio with natural elements that reflect the time of year.

Closing the Cycle: Mabon to Samhain

As we finish this phase of #CyclesOfCraft, we now step into the next, Mabon to Samhain (March 20 to April 30). This period deepens the themes of transition and release. It’s a time to honour what we’ve created, reflect on what we’ve learned, and prepare for the darker half of the year.

Over the next six weeks, I’ll be exploring ways to bring more ritual into my creative practice, leaning into the slowness of the season, and allowing my art to hold space for the shifts happening internally. Whether you’re a painter, writer, crafter, or journal keeper, I invite you to do the same, find the magick in the process and let your creativity be a sanctuary.

#CyclesOfCraft

Mabon Art Journal Prompt

Mabon is a time of balance and gratitude, a moment to pause and honour both what we’ve gained and what we are ready to release. As we shift towards the darker half of the year, let’s reflect on this seasonal transition.

Prompt: What are you harvesting in your life right now? What lessons, experiences, or creative projects have come to fruition? As the wheel turns, what are you ready to let go of to make space for new growth?

You can explore this prompt through words, colours, symbols, or imagery that represents this seasonal shift for you.

Free Mabon Colouring Page

To celebrate the season, I’ve created a free Mabon colouring page with an Australian twist! Featuring a wombat, an Australian raven, and native botanicals, this piece is a way to honour the unique beauty of our autumn here in the Southern Hemisphere. You can download it here. and use it as a mindful creative ritual during this time of transition.

Mabon Colouring Page

Mabon Sale – 25% Off in My Redbubble Store!

As we welcome the shift in seasons, I’m offering 25% off everything in my Redbubble store for a limited time! This is the perfect opportunity to grab prints, stickers, and other art-inspired goodies infused with the magick of the seasons. Head over to my store to check it out!

How do you experience autumn? Do you find your creativity shifting with the season? Let’s chat in, and keep over on the socials, and keep an eye out for more #LittleWitchyThings and #ArtWitchTips coming soon!

25% off Sale storewide at my redbubble store

Lammas: Honouring the First Harvest & Our Creative Cycles

Lammas - The First Harvest Festival

As we step into Lammas, the first of the harvest festivals, we reach a moment of reflection and gratitude for the creative seeds we’ve planted and nurtured over these past months. This is the time to honour both our artistic and personal growth, as well as the shifting cycles of the natural world.

The History of Lammas

Lammas, or Lughnasadh, is an ancient festival marking the first harvest of grain. Traditionally celebrated on February 1st–2nd in the Southern Hemisphere, it acknowledges the bounty of the land and the hard work that has gone into bringing the harvest to fruition. However, astrologically, Lammas falls halfway between the Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox, which in 2025 is on February 4th. Named after the Celtic god Lugh, a deity of craftsmanship and skill, this sabbat invites us to celebrate our own creative talents and recognize how far we’ve come on our journey.

Celebrating Lammas in the Southern Hemisphere

Living in the Southern Hemisphere, our experience of the Wheel of the Year is different from the Northern Hemisphere traditions often found in mainstream paganism. Here, Lammas coincides with the height of summer’s warmth beginning to wane, the first golden hints of autumn approaching, and a deep gratitude for the abundance that sustains us. It’s a time to slow down, reflect on what we’ve cultivated, and prepare for the shifting season ahead.

Ways to celebrate:

• Set up a Lammas altar: Decorate with sunflowers, Banksia flowers, and other seasonal flora. Include native fruits such as finger limes and Kakadu plums for an Australian touch.

• Colours of the season: Gold, orange, deep red, and earthy browns.

• Crystals for Lammas: Carnelian (passion and creativity), Citrine (abundance), Tiger’s Eye (grounding and strength).

• Herbs to work with: Native Australian bush herbs such as Lemon Myrtle (clarity and healing), Wattle (resilience and renewal), and Eucalyptus (cleansing and protection), along with traditional herbs like Rosemary (protection and remembrance), Basil (prosperity), and Chamomile (calm and success).

• Rituals & Offerings: Bake damper infused with native bush herbs as an offering of gratitude, create art inspired by the themes of harvest and transition, or write a list of your creative accomplishments since the Spring Equinox, when we planted the seeds of what we wanted to manifest.

A Lammas Altar.

Personal & Creative Reflections

Lammas invites us to reflect on our creative cycle, beginning back at the Spring Equinox when we set intentions, through Beltane where we ignited new ideas and passions, the Summer Solstice where we basked in their full light, and now at Lammas, where we harvest the wisdom gained along the way.

For me, this journey has been deeply tied to The Unseen Woman and the experience of exhibiting her at the Merri Bek Summer Show. This piece spoke to the visibility and invisibility of women’s lives—a theme that continues to weave itself through my work. Alongside this, I’ve expanded my practice, exploring watercolours more deeply and now beginning to experiment with Procreate and digital art.

Opening my Redbubble shop was a big step. This has been an exciting new way to share my art, allowing people to bring small pieces of my work into their daily lives.

I’ve also taken a significant step by preparing to apply for my first grant, a means to continue delving into the themes of the visible and invisible. These explorations remind me that our art, much like the cycles of nature, is constantly evolving, layering upon itself as we learn, shift, and grow.

I would love to hear some of your accomplishments during this cycle, please share with me over on the socials.

Honouring Women’s Stories: A Defiant Act of Feminism

One of the most powerful aspects of this cycle was taking part in the 101 Women Project, where we honoured the women killed by gendered violence in 2024. This work felt like an act of defiance, a reclamation of space for those whose voices were silenced. The ongoing cycle of remembrance, resistance, and renewal is more important than ever. We must fight for the rights that our grandmothers and mothers fought so hard for us to have. We cannot give up. We cannot let these rights be taken from us.

As Lammas teaches us, our work—whether creative, activist, or personal—is never in vain; it is part of a larger, ongoing cycle of remembrance, resistance, and renewal.

Embracing Texture & Layers: Experimenting for Creativa

Looking ahead, I am preparing for the Creativa exhibition with Collective 24, where I am focusing on layers and textures—both literal and metaphorical. This new exploration ties back to the very essence of Lammas: layering experiences, building upon past efforts, and refining our craft as we move forward.

Playing with Texture and Layers

Introducing #ArtWitchTips & #WitchyLittleThings

As part of the next phase of #CyclesOfCraft, I’m excited to introduce #ArtWitchTips and #WitchyLittleThings—practical, everyday tips for art witches. These will be small, actionable ways to bring magic into your creative practice, aligning your craft with the seasons, lunar cycles, and personal intentions. Stay tuned for more magical creativity!

#ArtWitchTips and #WitchyLittleThings

Lammas Art Journal Prompt

Lammas is a time of harvest, gratitude, and reflection. As we honour the first fruits of our labour, it’s also a time to ask: What have you created, nurtured, or learned since the Spring Equinox? What are you proud of? What do you wish to carry forward into the next season?

Art Journal Prompt: Create a page celebrating your personal harvest. Use warm, golden tones, layered textures, and symbols of abundance. Incorporate elements that represent your own creative journey—whether it’s words, images, or patterns that tell your story.

A Lammas Art Journal Page.

Additional Creative Offerings

As a special offering for this sabbat, I am releasing a free downloadable colouring page that aligns with the themes of Lammas. This is a small gift of creativity and reflection, an invitation to slow down and engage with the energy of the season through art.

Free Colouring Page for Lammas

Looking Ahead to Mabon & Aligning Art with the Season

As we move toward Mabon, the Autumn Equinox, we begin shifting our focus from outward expression to inward reflection. Just as the trees prepare to shed their leaves, we can ask ourselves: What do we need to release? What do we want to carry with us into the darker months ahead? How can we align our creative practice with the energy of this turning season?

Lammas is our moment to pause, celebrate, and express gratitude—not just for what we’ve created, but for the journey itself. The cycle continues, and with it, the ever-unfolding story of our craft, our art, and our lives.

#CyclesOfCraft is an ongoing exploration of creativity, nature, and the rhythms that shape us. As we embrace the harvest of Lammas, we prepare for the next season of change. What are you harvesting in your own life and creative practice right now? Let’s honour it together.

Super Full Moon in Aries: Boldness, Release & Progress

As we reach the Super Full Moon in Aries on 17 October, I’m leaning into the themes of boldness, initiative, and celebrating progress. This cycle has been full of breakthroughs and some personal challenges, but I’ve learned that courage shows up in many ways.

The full moon is also a time of release. With the sun in Libra and the moon in Aries, we are called to find balance between harmony and action, between peace and boldness. Consider what no longer serves you and is holding you back from embracing your true self. For me, I’m releasing the fear of not being “enough” in my work, my health, and my personal life. It’s been weighing me down, and now is the time to let go. What fears or doubts can you release to make room for new growth? Let go of indecision, self-doubt, or the need for approval from others so you can step confidently into your power.

I invite you to join me in this release and share what you're letting go of on social media—tag me so we can support each other through this phase of transformation!

Studio Update

I’m excited to share that the piece I was working on during the last cycle has been accepted into the Merri Bek Summer Show at the Counihan Gallery in Brunswick. The theme of the exhibition is (Be)Longing, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it. The opening is on 9 November at 2 pm, which also happens to be my birthday! I won’t share too much about the work yet—more details to come later.

In the Make, Create, Express course, I’ve been working on a few abstract pieces, and you can check out my process reels over on Instagram. Meanwhile, in my other course, The Art of Individuation, this week’s lecture, "An Opening in the Hedgerow: Women’s Mysticism in the Christian Late Middle Ages," has sparked something deep in me. It’s drawn me back to an idea I’ve been nurturing for a while—exploring the yoni as a hedgerow, both rich in symbolism.

The yoni is a Sanskrit term representing the physical womb, vagina, and vulva, literally being the source of life. It is also a symbol of the divine feminine, associated with creation, birth, and rebirth. The hedgerow, traditionally a physical boundary between fields, also holds spiritual meaning. It is seen as a liminal space—a boundary not just between the physical world but between realms, representing an opening to the other side, to the divine. These ideas are deeply connected for me, and I can feel the beginnings of a new body of work forming. I’ll keep you updated as this unfolds.

Studio sessions are not complete without some tunes. Check out this month’s playlist. What have you been listening to? Jump over to the socials and let me know what you would add.

Living with Disability

This cycle has been tough on my health. Managing pain and the emotional strain has taken its toll, but I’ve been focusing on summoning courage in my art and rehabilitation. On the days when my body struggles, I’ve been quietly working on some website updates and playing with graphic design to create a more cohesive look for my blog and socials. It’s slow progress, but it’s something I can manage when energy is low.

Artist Date

I had a much-needed artist date this week when I visited my hometown, with a dear friend, to see the incredible Kate Miller-Heidke, supported by the beautiful Georgia Mooney. The experience was nostalgic, full of old memories, and even better, I reconnected with an old friend—an unexpected but lovely surprise.

Artist of the Season: Rosaleen Norton

This season’s featured artist is Rosaleen Norton, famously known as the Witch of Kings Cross. Norton, an Australian artist and occultist, challenged societal norms through her visionary art and mystical practices. Her work, heavily influenced by esotericism and paganism, explored the supernatural, often depicting gods, demons, and mythological creatures. As one of the earliest “Art Witches,” Norton fused her spirituality with her artistic expression, carving a path for those who seek to combine magic and art. Her defiance of conventional morality and fearless embrace of the taboo make her an inspiration for this full moon's themes of boldness and release. You should definitely look into her life and artwork; you can start here. There is also a wonderful bio pic you can watch; you can find the details here.

Looking Ahead

As the Southern Hemisphere wheel turns towards Beltaine, I’m looking forward to celebrating at a Fairy Ball. The theme is Gods and Goddesses, and I’ve been putting my creative energy into making a costume. If you’re still celebrating Samhain or Halloween, remember there’s still time to order from my Crow Series and get it before the end of the month! Order you journal here. If you would like to order postcards or the Limited-Edition Framed Prints email me.

Here’s to stepping into the boldness of the full moon, releasing what holds us back, and celebrating our progress, no matter how small.

Rosaleen Norton image links:

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