by Jessie Cross | Nov 21, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Thanksgiving
A Simple, Meaningful Craft for Wishes, Blessings, and Family Rituals Every Thanksgiving, we gather around the table with gratitude, stories, and simple rituals that help us feel rooted in the season. But in a year when everyone is craving more meaning, more...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 21, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Thanksgiving
A Simple, Heart-Centered Thanksgiving Ritual with Leaves of Gratitude Thanksgiving holds a very particular kind of magic. It’s the one holiday that invites everyone (regardless of belief, background, or spiritual path) to gather around food, warmth, and...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 18, 2025 | Hearth Magic, Kitchen Witchery
How to weave warmth, spirit, and intention into every winter loaf The Winter Solstice marks the turning point of the year. It’s the longest night before the light returns. Across centuries and cultures, people have celebrated this threshold moment with fire,...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 17, 2025 | Capricorn Season, Sagittarius Season, Shadow Work, Winter Solstice (Yule)
The Quiet Power of the Turning Year December arrives like a hush between heartbeats. It’s the liminal space where endings and beginnings blur. The air itself seems to shimmer with paradox. It’s cold yet radiant, still yet expectant. Nature retreats, the...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 16, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Ritual, Thanksgiving
A Simple Ritual to Turn Thanks into Magic There’s something sacred about this time of year. The quiet before winter, the gathering of hearts around food and fire, the collective exhale of another cycle nearly completed. As the leaves fall and the air turns crisp, we...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 15, 2025 | Gratitude Practices, Thanksgiving
Reclaiming the Spirit of Thanksgiving Every November, the world tells us to “be thankful.” Gratitude lists fill our feeds, and reminders of abundance echo through the season. But beyond the social scripts and store-bought pies, gratitude is one of the most potent...
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 Magic
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 10, 2025 | Journal Prompts, Mercury Retrograde
Try These Reflective Prompts to Help Transform Cosmic Chaos into Clarity Three or four times a year, Mercury (the planet of communication, thought, and travel) appears to reverse its motion across the sky. To astrologers and sensitives alike, this cosmic illusion is...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 7, 2025 | Elemental Magic, 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....
