Merry Meet Monday - Witchy News of the Week (Jun 23 - 29) 🌑

Welcome to your weekly update about what’s happening in both the forum and the witchy world at large :newspaper_roll:

Here’s the news for this week :eyes:



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Upcoming Events :spiral_calendar:

Mark your calendars so you don’t miss out on these upcoming events and occasions!


[ [ Moon Phase: New Moon :new_moon: ] ]

New-Moon-Spells

→ Wednesday, June 25

This week we will be blessed by the presence of a New Moon. The exact time of the peak of this moon phase will depend on your location :telescope:

While many witches see the New Moon as a time of rest and reflection, others choose to cast magick spells specific to this phase of the moon cycle.

New-Moon-Manifestations

You can learn more about the symbolism, traditions, and best-suited spellwork for this moon phase in the New Moon Rituals Guide :new_moon:

Ready for More Moon Magick? You can find complementary spells and rituals for tonight’s moon on the Spells8 Lunar Spell Page :astrology_moon:


[ [ Group Ritual :candle: ] ]

→ Thursday, June 26

You’re invited to a group ritual meditation- this activity and discussion is open to all active Coven members :tea: The ritual has step-by-step instructions that you can join in on your own schedule at any time during the day.

Group rituals are held on Thursday in A Sacred Space and remain open over the weekend. Feel free to check out last week’s group ritual to get an idea about what to expect.

UPDATE: This week’s group ritual post is here:

(Group Ritual - June 26) :white_heart: Ritual to Welcome Back the Moon


[ Group Healing Session :handshake: ] ]

EEC June 2025

→ Thursday, June 26 at 2:00 pm ET

Join a group healing circle to support those who are going through hard times this month. Microphones and cameras will be turned off during this one-hour open space, and coven members are welcome to come and go as they please.

For more information about the Energy Exchange Circle, please see the section below in Ongoing Activities or visit the Energy Exchange.


[ [ Weekend Divination - Free Readings :flower_playing_cards: ] ]

→ Friday, June 27

Have a question on your mind? Seeking some guidance on how to best approach a problem? :thinking: This is your chance to find some answers, as the talented @MeganB is kindly offering free readings via tarot and oracle cards! :raised_hands:

Look for the post in the Energy Exchange on Friday- free readings will be available throughout the weekend and will close on Sunday. You can check out the previous Weekend Divination to know what to expect.


[ [ Additional Events of Interest :mag: ] ]

Other Events - MMM

Other interesting events this week include:

Stay on top of witchy news by printing or downloading the 2025 Pagan Holiday Calendar . You can also add the Spells8 Forum Events Calendar to your digital calendar :spiral_calendar:



Ongoing Activities :raised_hands:

These activities are open to enjoy whenever you’d like- feel free to participate anytime before their deadlines!


[ [ Witchy Challenge :trophy: ] ]

Spirit Magick Challenge

Join your coven as we explore an area of magick! Challenges are open to everyone and all are warmly encouraged to participate in a way that reflects their unique magickal practice.

Are you ready? Join the current challenge here:

This challenge will remain open until: Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00 AM ET (Eastern US Time)


[ [ Tarot Month Challenge :flower_playing_cards: ] ]

Tarot Challenge

Improve your tarot (or oracle) skills and deepen your connection with your deck in this month-long exploration of the cards! Check back each day for a new daily prompt to work on with your deck.

Visit the Tarot Challenge here:


[ [ Lenormand Challenge :joker: ] ]

Lenormand Challenge

Have you used Lenormand cards before? Explore a fascinating method of divination in this month-long exploration of the cards! Check back each day for a new daily prompt to work on with your deck.

Visit the Lenormand Challenge here:


[ [ Self-Care Month Challenge :heart: ] ]

Self-Care Challenge

Self-care is important, but can be hard to do on your own - for accountability and companionship, come join the Month of Self-Care! Everyone is welcome to come share a daily update and check in with the coven.

Visit the Self-Care Challenge here:


[ [ Spells8 Book Club :books: ] ]

Calling all book lovers! The Spells8 book club is now in session!

For more information about this session of Book Club and to submit your book, please head over to the current thread in Activities :


[ [ Energy Exchange Circle :hugs: ] ]

Spells8 Energy Exchange Circle

The Energy Exchange Circle is hosted in the Energy Exchange and is the place to connect and share love with fellow Coven members going through hard times. To do a good deed and show that you care, consider leaving a note of support in the current thread:


[ [ Coven Member Birthdays :birthday: ] ]

coven birthdays

Let’s celebrate! Here is a space to honor coven members on their birthdays. If you wish to appear in this list, please set your birthday on your profile.

Come wish your fellow coven members well on their special days:


[ [ Your Daily Draw :tarot_card: ] ]

Daily Single Draws - for MMM

Looking for a bit of higher guidance to help you out today? This collection of daily oracle card (as well as tarot and rune) readings is available for you to access and read thanks to the generosity of the Coven :pray:

To enjoy a daily message or to share your own, visit:


[ [ Magickal Study Buddies :books: ] ]

Study Buddies

Ready to bring your studies to the next level? Work together with a buddy! Magickal study buddies are fellow practitioners who are studying the same areas of the Craft as you. Connect with others to boost motivation, gain inspiration, stay accountable, and (hopefully!) make new friends with similar magickal interests :mage:

The Magickal Study Buddies discussion will remain open indefinitely for connecting with fellow magickal learners. Happy studies! :woman_mage:


[ [ A Spell A Day :sparkles: ] ]

Spell A Day - Crystal Galaxy

Want to add some magick to your day, but not sure what to cast? The Spell-A-Day has you covered!

Over the years, a vast archive of magickal spells, resources, information and more has been collected from around Spells8. Every day, one spell that taps into the energy of the day is brought out of the library and put on display for all to see and enjoy.

There is a new spell post every day, so stop by A Sacred Space > Spell-A-Day whenever you visit the forum to see the recommended daily spell!



New Members :wave:

Merry meet to the new members who have joined the Spells8 Forum over the past week!

:infinite_roots: Welcome to the Forum and the Infinite Roots Coven! :infinite_roots:

@chelsea20 - @angela31 - @Gen - @doris - @christin - @amillia - @savitri - @ana9 - @thomas7 - @leticia - @melissa60 - @IdaMay - @jeanine2 - @keegan - @danielle36 - @bobbie2 - @margarita2 - @llewelyn - @jessica37 - @Mary_Long - @susie1 - @francisco1 - @caroline5 - @reba - @angela32 - @Mimi13 - @samantha52 - @StevieB - @melissa62 - @taylor17 - @Astrid_Schein_Bender - @kayla32 - @jamie33 - @amanda88 - @nacole - @monica5 - @wendy10 - @heather66 - @buddy - @diane5 - @adrieanna

If you haven’t done so already, please get started by creating a new topic in the Introductions category. Feel free to share a bit about who you are and your journey into practicing magick, or simply say a quick hello- we’d love to meet you! :wave: :heart:

Wishing you a very warm welcome to the forum! :hugs:



Special Shout-Outs :loudspeaker:

Forum Super Stars

Each week, those who share the most posts and give the most hearts receive a shout-out and thank you for their contributions.

Shout-outs from this past week go to:

  • @dan3 - for sharing the most posts :writing_hand:

  • @Mystique - for giving out the most hearts :heart:

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom through posts and your love through hearts- your time here helping the coven is greatly appreciated :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Click here to learn more about Activity Shout-Out Rewards

Anyone who earns a shout-out for three weeks in a row is awarded the special MMM badge (and will not be counted in Activity shout-outs again for a two-month rest period- this is so that others will have a chance to earn the badge too!) .

The legends who have won the MMM badge 5 times will no longer be counted- they have earned their place in the Forum Hall of Fame ! :trophy:

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And Thank YOU!

We’d also like to say a very big thank you to all members of Spells8 :infinite_roots:

Your contributions and presence here help to make this a welcoming and supportive place for solitary witches all around the world. Thanks for being a part- Spells8 can’t exist without you! :hugs::sparkling_heart:



Did you have a nice solstice? Will you be working any magick or resting for the new moon? :mage:

Whether it’s magickal or mundane, feel free to share your plans for the week, chat about upcoming spellwork, or give a shout-out to your fellow coven members in the comments below.

Blessed be :new_moon: :sparkles:

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Congratulations to @dan3 and @Mystique! Thank you for sharing all that you have with the community! Y’all are awesome!

The first of this week is busy for me. Today I’m getting re-certified for the program that gives me Sally. I don’t think there will be any problems, but I now worry about the current government will take that program away in the future.

I don’t know what I’d do without Sally. I mean, she cooks for me, extra on the weekends so I don’t have to worry about cooking for myself or eating bad stuff all weekend, she takes out my trash and does my laundry.

But most importantly, over the years she’s become my friend. And while I accept that if her Mom ever gets bad enough to need help, she’d quit and do it herself, I don’t want the government to take her from me! I’d cling to her legs like something out of a cartoon! The crying would be awful! LOL!

After that, I’m getting Home Health for my leg again! Yay! I’ve been fighting with insurance to get this done since last Wednesday. So I’m glad for that. But still, a full day.

Then tomorrow I’ve got to be at the hospital around 5:30 am, and I’ll be admitted for Outpatient Surgery for my right hand. I didn’t really start worrying until yesterday, but now I’m starting to. But I’m sure it’ll go fine.

But yeah, it’s gonna be a fun week. Plus, I just realized this morning that while I’ve worried about texting, typing, showering, and using my rollator with my hand, there are other, more personal things, that I hadn’t considered. :flushed_face: Yeah. That’s gonna be fun too.

Oh well, at least I’m getting my right hand fixed first. At least I won’t have to worry about that for too long.

Wish me luck! And have a good week everyone!

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Congratulations @dan3 and @Mystique you’re fabulous woohoo :tada::tada::tada:

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Congrats to @dan3 and @Mystique! You’ve each been so kind and informative to me as I’ve settled in here. :partying_face:

@Amethyst: oh, I’m sorry about your hand - here’s hoping the outpatient surgery goes flawlessly and you’re back to yourself soon! :folded_hands:

I hope your recertification for Sally goes smoothly, too. Sounds like she’s been a blessing. :raising_hands:

Wishing you- and the whole coven - a wonderful week. Blessed be! :heart: :feather:

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Great job!

I vote for rest.

That cannot be replaced. May you be able to keep Sally as long as you need her, and may the relationship be mutual.

Good luck with the hand operation. May it go well and heal quickly.

Last night, I had a late knock on my door. An elderly neighbor lost her keys. Her husband is in the hospital and won’t be home any time soon, though they keep in touch. She was scared. I promised to pray for her and attempt assistance. We searched her apartment from top to bottom. His daughter (not hers) came to pick her up to spend the night somewhere safer. When I got home, I realized it wasn’t the keys she needed. What she needed was someone to spend time with her. It is always good to request “or something better” when casting for someone else because we don’t always know what is really needed.

Just thought I’d share that.

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Congratulations @dan3 and @Mystique :purple_heart: :sparkles:

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Congratulations to @dan3 and @Mystique for the shout outs! Well done, both of you!

@Amethyst I hope all goes well with the certification , and also with the surgery.

I will be doing some healing magic over the new moon, for my sister who is going through a rough time emotionally at the moment.

I will also be doing aNew Moon in Cancer tarot spread, from Ripe Avocado Witch.

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Congratulations @dan3 and @Mystique and thank you for all you do for the coven.

Good luck on your hand surgery @Amethyst. Sending love and light your way!

@georgia you are a true blessing to your elderly neighbor. I’m happy you were there when she needed you.

@jayne sometimes emotional is worse then physical. I hope your sister gets better soon!

It’s back to work tonight for me. I can’t believe June is almost over!

I hope everyone has a beautiful, magickal week!

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Thanks, muchly! I’ve got most things handled, I’m just worried about a few things now. None of them about the surgery really, but a few things I need to do for myself that I’m sure is going to be fun to do. LOL!

I talked to them about my worry today, and they said they really doubted that the program will be canceled. Too many voters depend on it. I hope that’s true and some idiot doesn’t get a wild hair up their butt. :tangerine:

Thank you, dear heart! I’m sure it’ll go well.

I’m glad you were able to be with her until her stepdaughter was able to get there.

Thanks muchly! Certification and Home Health went well, now I just have to get through tomorrow.

Thank you, love! I appreciate it!

This month has flown by!

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Congratulations on the shout-outs :tada: and thank you for sharing so much of your wisdom and love with the forum! :pink_heart:


Very busy week for me, had my mammogram this morning and tomorrow I meet with my orthopedic surgeon to review my knee MRI and discuss surgical/nonsurgical options. Newt has a follow-up appointment to see if he needs eye surgery again.

On my way home from the airport on Sunday (after being stuck in traffic for 2 hours), as I was pulling onto my street, a saw a man bent over on the side of the road. He weakly waves and I hit the brakes and jumped out of my car. It was 2pm and 94° and he was in trouble. I asked how I could help, if there was someone he could call (his phone had died) and he asked me to drive him home. I cleared out the passanger side seat and found a bottle of water. He was probably on his seventies and clearly had heat exhaustion. He was able to give me directions to his house and while he got out of the car, I knocked on the door to let his wife know I’d brought him home. There were lots of hugs and I told them both he should take a cool shower or bath and drink lots of water and if he stopped sweating, got pale and starting vomiting, to call for help. I’m thankful I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I know how fast heat can sneak up on you and how dangerous it can be having heat stroke myself.

It’s been an incredibly emotionally draining and physically tiring 5 days.

Wishing everyone a safe (be careful during this extreme heat wave!!!) and productive week!

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So am I! This is good that you were there for him! Can we get everybody to start doing good deeds again? Covid put a stop to it all, and such helping hands are so desperately needed in the world! They spread positivity.

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You are a true hero! Thank you for doing that for him and his family.

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Thank everyone! Congrats @dan3 ! I’m so glad you joined our coven! I have learned so much from you already in your short time with us. Look forwarded to learning and growing more.

I’m taking care of me this week with one exception. I’m taking my aunt to the store today for a few groceries. She don’t drive and my uncle had hip surgery and can’t drive. Other than that, staying in my tiny apartment and getting it ready for yearly inspection coming up Thursday.

Have a blessed week everyone! :purple_heart::purple_heart::purple_heart:

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I’m a bit late to this, but I hope your recertification goes well :pink_heart:

That’s today - I’m thinking of you during your procedure! :consecrate_spell:

That sounds absolutely exhausting :people_hugging: I hope you find some time to rest and relax!


I don’t have much going on for myself this week. My child is out of school for the Summer, I have Accepted Student Night this work for next year’s school term…what else… :thinking: Oh! I have to record my podcast tomorrow :laughing: It never fails that I seem to record it later and later in the month… oops!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

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You have the words right out out my mouth!

@Mystique - Your awesome :sparkles: star and greatness always shows up and were beyond Blessed to have your contribution all the time! May you be blessed by the radiance of the Sun and warmth!

@dan3
Hey dan another awesome star :sparkles:your light is infectious and you are the man! I hope :folded_hands: you know that!!!

For me I’m workingon my shadow work and letting go of resentment! My plants are doing great


I ditched work today my dog had surgery cause of a faxtail and he is healed so I saw the look in his eyes before I went to work. I am glad I walked a couple miles and got lost in the woods :wood:
I spent some time in nature grounding myself it’s mystical when you see dragonflys, cats, squirrels, pheasants, and birds!!


Anyhow im looking forward to the
:first_quarter_moon_face::new_moon: :last_quarter_moon_face:tomorrow!!! :scream:

I’m so happy for you Amethyst I know how long you’ve been struggling with that leg and you know what I’m sending you healing and love and you know what I’m praying that the government doesn’t take any benefits away! It’s inhumane! I’m glad you found someone to help you deserve it wholeheartedly! Don’t give in to that because they want us to be in fear and I’m not going to allow them that headspace anymore cause we really don’t know what goes on behind those stores and you know what they’re gonna do what they’re gonna do! I had anxiety yesterday because I heard about what happened and you know what I learned from my mistake to give it too much of my time and headspace and they would love that to happen and siphon my energy! I put a bubble over my body and I’m protecting myself!
Jeannie

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Hey y’all! I’m home and doing well. I just can’t hardly type, my hand is numb still. I’ll catch up tomorrow! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Yay! Glad you are through the surgery and back home again. May the healing begin!

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Glad you’re home and the surgery went well! Try to get some rest and take care of yourself :pink_heart:

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Congrats my beautiful people :partying_face::heart:

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