Hello and Hail from PNW

[leo]

Hi there,

Welcome to the group. Sorry for your loss but sounds like it opened a new door in your life.

Leo.

[Kitty-Koobie-Kat]

Oh my goodness I can’t believe how long it’s been since I was on the forum! I feel so bad that I missed out on seeing all of y’all’s lovely introductions and greetings. But I’m reading them now and they make me feel very warm and fuzzy inside. Everyone is so kind here and I feel like I can be myself for once. Though I’m still trying to figure out who that is. I’m 33 years old and I’ve always been interested in witchcraft since a young age but I was raised Catholic and never really felt like that was my true path. To be honest I haven’t been on the forum because I’ve been spending all my time on doing the lessons because I want to learn everything I possibly can about the craft. Right now I don’t have any deities that I feel connected to but I’m currently learning about them on the aforementioned lessons part of the website, but as interesting as it is I’m not feeling a pull towards any of them so far. What I do really enjoy is gardening and growing herbs in my greenhouse. I’ve recently discovered that I have a green thumb and I’m about to start community college January I think to study horticulture. I still need to choose my courses and figure out the financial aid stuff and it’s a bit overwhelming to be honest with you guys but I’m hoping with some support from my husband and you lovely folks here plus of course witchcraft as well help me be strong and not back down like I have in the past. I just lost my mother a few years ago to lung cancer. We found out about it in March of 2023 And she passed away 3 months later. It was very aggressive And by the time she found out about it it had already metastasized to her brain ( I believe that’s how you use the term metastasize anyways I could be spelling it wrong or not even using it right but I’m sure everybody knows what I mean). After that I had a very difficult time believing in a higher power of any kind and lost faith in myself and in life basically. I still don’t think I’ve completely mourned her quite yet but the first spell that I’m attempting to do is the farewell spell I found on here because it resonated with me so much but on a lighter note I really enjoy working with herbs and learning their corresponding meanings as well as crystals and candles And of course I can’t forget the moon!! I’ve always been drawn to the Moon and always felt something greater than myself while staring at it being in its light. I’m a night owl through and through, always have been and it’s gotten me into a little bit of trouble from time to time with jobs that required me to be awake at 6:00 a.m. in the morning. I’m a scatter brain and definitely have a a case of add I would say ADHD but I lack the hyperactivity because I am quite drained a lot of the time and fatigued which I’m sure is something a doctor should look at but I have a fear of going to the doctor because of my mom’s diagnosis ive been terrified to go myself and get some terrible news. I’m just a worry wart I guess but tragedy has a way of doing that I guess. Long-winded but I guess what I’m trying to say is that to deal with all of what I mentioned I truly feel like witchcraft is my calling. I’m learning tarot cards right now as well but there’s just so much to learn about and I want to learn about all of it but retaining it is something else entirely LOL but I’ve begun my book of shadows and book of mirrors with help from the book of Shadow print out pages on here but instead of printing them I like to copy them by hand into my BOS. I’m sure there’s much more that I’m forgetting to mention and things that I didn’t quite word the way I truly feel in my heart but I’ll get better with time on doing that I suppose. I plan to be more active on the forum from now on after seeing how many people so graciously greeted me and welcomed me I am feeling much more comfortable with posting more and getting to know each and every one of you. So thank you, y’all are the best! Hope everyone’s Monday is not so mondayish LOL oh yeah I forgot to mention I love love love love love cats and I know in my heart that my cats are my familiars and I’ve always felt that way even before I realized that I did if that makes any sense lol I’m a cat person and they take to me quite quickly when they won’t go near anybody else and it’s always made me feel a sort of kinship with them, feral cats especially take to me. And the husband calls me a deer whisperer LOL because I love to go walking on nature trails and no over exaggeration here I promise you every time I go for a walk a deer pops out of the woods right in front of me at least a yard or so away and since it happened has happened three times at the same trail system that I like to go to and the last time it happened it was a buck and it was almost as if he was following me I ran into him three different times along the trail and he was not afraid of me in the least and neither were the others that I have run into while walking there actually. Not to mention there’s like a gang of them in my neighborhood that always crossed my path while I’m on my way home at night I always slow down and I just get this feeling that they’re there and I’ll turn the corner and there they are and they all stop and stare at me ( I probably look like a weirdo to other people in my neighborhood) when I stop and roll down my window and say hi to them after about 30 seconds of them looking at me they’ll walk off not even run just walk off leisurely towards wherever it is that they go every night,pretty much. And I live in a pretty well-developed neighborhood, it’s not like it’s out in the country in the woods LOL anyways I just wanted to add that bit in there maybe somebody can help me gain some knowledge as to what that could mean for me, if anything at all, any little bit of information or knowledge is what I live for. Bye for now!

[WilaEve]

Welcome Blaine! Wow, toy arm to have a lot to offer with all your knowledge. I hope to learn anything about tarot from you. I feel like it is always the women in our lives that brings us to this path and it just won’t stop calling until we answer. Looks like you wanted to find solid ground as well. I hope you find family and friends here at Spells8 and the coven. Blessed be!