While better studying my personal patterns,both here at Witchy Thyme and in my personal life I am learning new things about how I work in the big old witchy woo world. I am realizing that there are times that I don’t feel very connected to my magic making and it got me thinking that I am probably not alone in this very frustrating feeling. While I know logically, this is a silly ideal as we are made of stars and magic is every where…feelings aren’t always about logic,sometimes you are meant to have sit with them and listen.
July through September are pure chaos for a mom of five, witchy or muggle, it really doesn’t matter. The idea of pulling tarot, studying,intention and other witchy activities simply feel like too much. September brings with it the season of the witch,my favorite time of year, but what am I doing?
- Making meal plans
- Attending after school activities
- Serving on PTA boards
- Making sure kids get to camp
- Filling out a million forms
- Assisting with several fundraiser
- Making doctors appointments
- Trying to make sure the house kind of looks clean
- Over the summer trying to make sure the kids have fun
- Homework and projects galore
This list could truly go on, but that would get boring real quick, I think you get the idea. It just simply does not feel like a very magical time of year for sure. Here is the thing though,it is actually magical as fuck! Food, herbs, and flowers are all growing. There is an abundance of things to both forage and harvest. The natural cycle of life here on earth keeps on going and I don’t know what is more magical. I spend a fair amount of time outdoors, my entire home is infused with magic edge to edge. We all know that there is magic in the mundane and all things!
So here is what I have concluded, we all have our ebbs and flows. I don’t think they should be fought as it is as natural as any other cycle. This is in part an issue with mindset more than anything else. It is easy to not have a magical mind set when your body and mind are trying to survive things like that list above. If you are like me and it bothers you, ask your self why. For myself it bothers me because magic making is pretty close to self care in my world. If I made a little more effort in that magical mindset department, maybe I wouldn’t go 3-4 months of the year literally just surviving.
Since we are now mid October and I feel my magical cup filling again,I am going to make a plan to conquer the feelings I don’t like, most likely on Samhain as part of a ritual. Something real simple,to prevent myself from getting caught up in all the muggle life stuff, but effective enough to feel like I haven’t lost my metaphorical marbles come next summer!
I would love to hear if you experience similar feelings and patterns through out the year. If so,I hope you will join me in doing a ritual to help spread the magic year round in your life too! I will share my ritual here or in the WitchyThyme House Elves group over on Facebook closet to Samhain.
