I Be That Very Witch

  Well, at this point, I've had a pot of coffee, and the weight of the cloud is still "there", so let's just say that caffeine isn't the solution. But neither is whining about it, so I'm going to share a little something something about what I'm doing to work through my current depressive episode.  I shall call this, "Divulging from the Deep". I'm sure we've all seen depression described as many things - heaviness, darkness, sadness, loss of interest...my depression is like a void.  I also refer to my vagina as a void (her name is "The Abyss"), but my vagina is way more fun than my depression.  Ask my husband. My depression slithers in slowly...serpentine...seductively.  It whispers to me about how exhausted I must be.  That I've been working so hard; I must be sleepy.  It's been such a long week...I should just cancel existing for a while.  Don't worry about creating content or a selfie - don't worry about Snapc...

I mentioned Lilith in my last blog post, and a dear friend of mine became very enthusiastic about my sharing a bit about the most misconstrued and demonized woman in human recollection. The story goes that, Lilith was created in the Garden of Eden, of the same clay as Adam.  Created alongside him. Independent of him, yet equal to him.  The same building blocks. And yet, Adam thought that she was lesser.  Things fell apart for the couple when Adam tried to make her subvert to him, and she refused - I can't blame the woman; I hate missionary sex, too.  Imagine that - the first butthurt male ego in creationism.  Very fragility. From that point on, Lilith was transformed by men's words into a demon.  A night hag.  A monster who steals babies and seduces men's souls in their sleep.  A serpent. Geez, patriarchy.  That's quite the punitive action taken for a woman who set a boundary and said, "no". Geez, patriarchy.  It sickens me to see nothin...

No, I'm not. But I don't keep track of the Sabbats...and so I am often caught by witchy friends saying, "Happy Mabon/Imbolc/Beltane, etc".  So, I say that I'm a shitty witch.  I know the equinoxes and the solstices, and I track the phases of the moon, because I feel  her shifts.  I feel when a planet is in retrograde, and I feel when certain planets move through the zodiac in my birth chart, because I've tuned in to myself, somewhat.   I've always been terrible for dates, though. So, here's a quick review of the Wiccan Wheel of the Year, and why I don't remember any of it. This is the simplest one I found with dates. They can look like this. Shitty Witch Breakdown : The wheel is split into 8 annual events.   4 of them, we commonly know as "the first day of spring/summer/fall/winter".  These are the equinoxes and solstices. Ostara - Spring or Vernal Equinox Litha - Summer Solstice Mabon - Fall or Autumnal Equinox Yule - Winter Solstice...