Anjou Kiernan—named “One of the Magical Women You Should be Following on Instagram” by Refinery 29—guides you through the history of the holidays, their pagan roots, and how to merge these sacred cycles and celebrations with today's traditions and holidays.
Lavishly illustrated and photographed, The Ultimate Guide to The Witch’s Wheel of the Year illustrates spells and practices that will help you incorporate the old magick of the seasons into your modern life. Accompanying each turn of the Wheel as it cycles through the holidays of Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh, Mabon, and Samhain are:
- Feast recipes
- Fertility spells
- Protection amulets
- Home wards
- Divination rituals
- Prosperity charms
- And more
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TAROT WHEEL OF THE YEAR SPREAD
Predict the overall theme of your new year, as well as any important aspects of each month to come.
1) Cleanse and charge your tarot cards in the manner of your practice and perform any rituals you have developed to open your third eye.
2) After shuffling, draw twelve tarot cards, laying the first card down in the twelve o’clock position and continuing in a deosil (clockwise) direction around the circle. Each card will represent an important aspect of each month of the year, starting with January at the top, then February in the one o’clock position, and so on.
3) Now, draw a single card and place it in the center of the circle. This card will be the central theme of the new year.
4) If you like, take a photograph of your Wheel of the Year spread and journal about it in your grimoire, listing the card, its position and orientation, and what it means to you. Remember that tarot card readings merely reveal a probability and are always subject to free will. They do not dictate your life if you are willing to change your path.