by Jessie Cross | Nov 13, 2025 | Hearth Magic, Kitchen Witchery, Winter Solstice (Yule)
The Longest Night and the Sacred Hearth As the wheel of the year turns toward its darkest night, we gather around the fire. Or in modern times, often it’s the glowing warmth of our stoves. The Winter Solstice, known as Yule in many pagan and folk traditions,...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 12, 2025 | Elemental
When the flames burn too high (or too low) here’s how to help regain your sacred equilibrium. Fire is the spark of life itself. It’s the warmth in your belly, the glow in your heart, the light in your eyes when you speak with conviction. It governs metabolism...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 11, 2025 | Hearth Magic
When Warmth Becomes a Spell As winter deepens and the night air turns crystalline, something ancient stirs in the soul’s hearth. We reach instinctively for the blanket, the candle, the cup of tea. It’s not just for comfort, but for connection. In the Nordic...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 11, 2025 | Hearth Magic, Ritual
When the Fire Grows Dim There comes a season when even the brightest souls feel their embers fade. You may not notice it at first…the quiet erosion of enthusiasm, the coolness settling into your creative core. The world grows darker, the air more still, and...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 7, 2025 | Elemental, Kitchen Witchery
Simmer pot recipes to stir intention, scent the season, and shift the energy in your home The house is quiet. A pot bubbles softly on the stove, filling the air with the scent of orange peel, clove, and cedar. Steam curls upward like incense, rising through the...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 6, 2025 | Full Moon Meanings, Lunar
Ritual aftercare, energy reset, and the sacred pause between cycles The Afterglow of a Full Moon When the full moon fades, it leaves more than just shadows behind. Every lunar peak amplifies emotion, memory, and intention, stirring tides both within and around us. The...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 6, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Moon of Release and Readiness As the November Full Beaver Moon rises, its pale light casts a mirror over the emotional terrain you’ve been navigating since Samhain. This is the moon of preparation and completion. It’s a time to shore up your inner dam, clear...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 6, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
Learning to Tune into Your Dreams The full moon has always stirred the waters of the subconscious. Ancient peoples called it the “mirror of the night,” reflecting the unseen tides of emotion and memory that move beneath our waking life. During November’s Beaver...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 5, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Quiet Power of the Beaver Moon The Beaver Moon, November’s full moon, glows with a quiet kind of power. It’s patient, grounded, and deeply intuitive. Named for the season when beavers finalize their dams before winter, this moon marks a turning point between...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 5, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Moon of Building and Letting Go November’s Beaver Moon rises as the rivers begin to freeze and the land grows quiet. Named for the season when beavers complete their lodges and retreat into warmth, this full moon reminds us to do the same. To finish what...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 3, 2025 | Ritual, The Descent, Winter Solstice (Yule)
Practical rituals, mindset shifts, and magical practices to align with the dark half of the year The weeks between Samhain and Yule form a liminal bridge. They’re not quite the end, not quite the beginning. The harvest has been gathered. The veil has thinned....
by Jessie Cross | Nov 3, 2025 | Elemental, The Descent
From the last embers of Samhain to the first fires of Yule, November belongs to the element of Fire. The air in November holds a particular kind of stillness. It’s dense, cool, and faintly scented with woodsmoke. Across much of the Northern Hemisphere, chimneys...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 2, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon, The Descent
The Many Names of November’s Full Moon The full moon of November goes by many names. Most commonly, it’s called the Beaver Moon, a name rooted in survival. It harkens back to when Indigenous peoples and early settlers set traps and gathered pelts before the rivers...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 2, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Weight of the November Moon Every full moon has a pulse—a frequency that ripples through your emotions and body. But the November Full Moon, traditionally called the Beaver Moon, carries a unique density. It doesn’t shimmer like August’s Sturgeon Moon or spark...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 2, 2025 | Grounding, Ritual, The Descent
The Quiet Enchantment of November November is a spell whispered in shades of gray and gold. The last of the leaves tumble down, the air smells of smoke and soil, and the world begins to soften under longer nights. This isn’t a month of grand gestures. It’s a...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 1, 2025 | Full Moon Meanings, Grounding, Lunar, November: Beaver Moon, Shadow Work, The Descent
A Portal for Grief, Shadow Work, Grounding, and Renewal The November Full Moon, known traditionally as the Beaver Moon, rises as a luminous threshold between autumn’s fading warmth and winter’s inward stillness. Spiritually, this moon invites you to slow down, feel...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 1, 2025 | Grounding, Samhain, The Descent
The Morning After the Mystery: Ritual decompression, energy integration, and spiritual aftercare Samhain’s candles have burned low, the offerings are cold, but…you still feel it. The air hums with leftover magic, dreams may feel strange, and your body wants...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 31, 2025 | Samhain, Shadow Work
Samhain is the hinge of the year—the place where one door soft-closes and another opens quietly. Crops are in. The light is thinning. The veil is thin enough to hear what you may have been too busy to notice. This isn’t just an ending. It’s a threshold. In the...
