Just Witchy's Blog
Meet our Readers: Raven's Dawn
Michael Bradshaw
In this week's installment in our Meet our Readers series of where we give everyone a chance to get to know our readers better Raven's Dawn goes over her methods. When people come in to have a reading with you, what can they expect? My primary tool is working with the runes. The way I describe runes to people, because a lot of them have never had a rune reading, is they are basically an ancient lettering system, but unlike our alphabet, where each letter has a sound where the runes each represent ideas, concepts and natural forces. I have been working with them for...
Meet Our Readers: Salem Dragon
Michael Bradshaw
In our latest installment in our series of interviews where we give everyone a chance to get to know our readers better Salem Dragon goes over his methods. You have been doing readings at the shop for a few months now, when people come in to see you. What kind of readings do you offer? Here at the shop I mainly do Tarot, Oracle, Bones and a personalized method using skeleton keys. When you are doing Tarot and Oracle readings do you have specific decks that you like to use? I rotate which decks I use, but the decks I...
Walkthrough of our new booking system.
Michael Bradshaw
We recently launched a new system to allow everyone the ability to book appointments with our readers and healers as well as sign up for classes directly through our website. The links for the readers can be found here here: https://justwitchys.com/pages/our-family-of-readers Our Schedule for classes can be found here: https://justwitchys.com/apps/bookthatapp/calendar Readings/Healings Lets walk through appointments first. Click on the link for our readers page. Here we have a list of all of our readers where you can see their pictures as well as a short bio. All the way to the right, there will be a link to book an appointment with the reader or...
Beltane
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Beltane is the pagan sabbat traditionally celebrated April 30th through May 1st. This spring-time holiday is one of fertility, rebirth, new life, and prosperity. Ritual fires called balefires or Bone-Fires are lit on the night of April 30th and often include the 9 sacred woods (see below) and herbs in order to help bring about cleansing, fertility, protection, and healing to the earth in the coming year. The ashes from these sacred pyres are often collected and sprinkled around one’s property for additional protection and prosperity. The most famous part of this holiday is the May Pole, which is used...
Ostara
Rose Phillips
Ostara is about balance. It is the perfect balance on the journey through the Wheel of the Year. Night and day are in perfect equilibrium. Ostara, Eostre, Eastre is named after the Germanic and Anglo Saxon Goddess of Spring and Dawn. She is often honored during the Equinox with festivals to celebrate fertility, growth, new beginnings, fertility, transition, renewal and rebirth. Her name means "to shine". "Great goddess, you have freed yourself from the icy prison of winter. With your blessing I free myself as well, from anything that no longer serves me. Now is the greening, when the...