Merry Meet Monday - Witchy News of the Week! (Mar 31 - Apr 6) 🌓

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!

[ Group Healing Session :handshake: ] ]

EEC April 2025

Wednesday, April 2 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.


[ [ Group Ritual :candle: ] ]

Thursday, April 3

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 - Apr 3) :quartz_crystal: Crystal Grid Ritual


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

Friday, April 4

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.


[ [ Moon Phase: First Quarter Moon :first_quarter_moon: ] ]

First-Quarter-Moon-Spells

Saturday, April 5

This week we will be blessed by the light of the First Quarter Moon. Note that the exact moment of peak illumination will depend on your location :telescope:

The Spells8 Moon Magick Guide to First Quarter Moon Magick notes that this moon phase is an excellent time to take action towards making your dreams become reality and bringing about positive growth. It is a great time for forward movement and healing :hugs:

Waxing-Moon-Spells-Rituals

This moon phase is part of the Waxing Cycle :arrow_double_up: For more information including history, meanings, and a collection of spells and rituals that work in harmony with this moon phase, check out the Waxing Moon Spell Page :first_quarter_moon:

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


[ [ 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: ] ]

Plant 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: WITCHY CHALLENGE - Powerful Plants :hyacinth:

This challenge will remain open until: Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00 AM EDT (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:

This month’s tarot challenge will run until Wednesday, April 30.


[ [ 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:

This challenge will remain open until Wednesday, April 30.


[ [ 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 :

Please note that this reading period will end on Wednesday, April 30.

Happy Reading! :books:


[ [ Energy Exchange Circle :hugs: ] ]

Spells8 Energy Exchange Circle

Do you have a little extra love and light to share with fellow Coven members? Or perhaps you’ve fallen on hard times and could use a boost of positive energy yourself?

The Energy Exchange Circle is hosted in the Energy Exchange 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:

This month’s Energy Exchange Circle will end on Wednesday, April 30.

Thanks for spreading the love!


[ [ Coven Member Birthdays :birthday: ] ]

coven birthdays

Come wish your fellow Coven members well on their special days! You can congratulate those with a birthday this month in the discussion:

If you wish to appear in this list, please set your birthday on your profile. Additionally, please note that the birthday list is housed in the private, Coven members-only A Sacred Space.

This month’s birthday discussion will remain open through Wednesday, April 30.


[ [ 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:

Please note that this divination discussion is housed in A Sacred Space and will remain open until Monday, June 30.


[ [ 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 test run of Magickal Studdy Buddies has ended - thank you to everyone who joined in! The new, long-term post for Study Buddies is now up. Please visit the new post to either continue or get started connecting with fellow magickal learners.


[ [ 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:

@antonia - @dakota4 - @kelly27 - @jessica48 - @monica4 - @jennie1 - @brittany35 - @cindy8 - @barbara7 - @shawna6 - @rebecca33 - @juleigh - @danielle31 - @jessica67 - @angela19 - @amethyst1 - @essi - @krystle1 - @melissa11 - @danyelle1 - @lisa59 - @tammy14 - @sierra7 - @melissa52 - @Renee_Cagle - @luna8 - @neva1 - @angela29 - @kelly32 - @jessica68 - @niomie - @amanda32 - @chloe5 - @nikita - @noe - @gavin1 - @gillian1 - @samantha50 - @cherietta

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: (on a three week streak!)

  • @georgia - for giving out the most hearts :heart: (on a two week streak!)

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:

:trophy: After a three-week streak of being featured in the weekly shout-outs, @dan3 has received a special badge for their contributions to the forum- woohoo! :confetti_ball::two_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! :index_pointing_at_the_viewer:

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:



A new month is blooming! May April bring you many blessings :bouquet:

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 :first_quarter_moon: :sparkles:

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Happy end of March and start of April! :bouquet:

Because the month ends on a Monday (and most of the activities run month-to-month), please bear with us - the new April activity discussions will be added to the MMM as they launch over the next few days. Thank you for your patience! :heart:

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Congratulations on the shout-outs! Wow, 2 and 3 week steaks! You both are unstoppable!!!

Congratulations on the special badge!!! What an amazing accomplishment :tada:

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Congratulations @dan3 and @georgia! Thank you for what you do for the community!

No worries, Bry! It’s weird when the month is broken up like that.

I’m still riding the high that my leg is unwrapped! But I go to the doctor today to find out information on a new problem, so yeah, fun. But my new windows may be in this week.

I’m not holding my breath until they actually come, since I’ve heard this forever, but they are supposed to be unloading all their stuff in an room upstairs today so I’m crossing my fingers.

Hope everyone has a good week! Be careful tomorrow for pranks!

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Agreed, it does some funky things with the weekly activity schedules! Thanks for your understanding :hugs: :heart:

Good luck at the doctor’s today and with the windows - here’s to hoping it all works out positively for you! :pray:

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Congratulations :tada::tada::tada: @dan3 and @georgia

I hope everything goes well at the doctor’s @Amethyst

We understand and thank you for all you do @BryWisteria

Have a wonderful week everyone :blush:

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Thanks! I hope I get some good news from the doctor, but he’s one of those with a bad bedside manner. Very good doctor, but yeah. Hopefully, I’ll deal with a PA.

Thanks, love!

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@amanda6 Thank you, and wishing the same to you - have a wonderful week! :heart:

@Amethyst Uh-oh! Hopefully you catch him in a good mood (or get a good PA!) and it all goes well :pray: :blush:

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Wow! Way to go @dan3 and @georgia ! You are both amazing!!!

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Congratulations!

Thank you @Artemisia, @Amethyst, @amanda6, @Mystique

@Amethyst I pray the window replacement is better than another April Fools joke! Otherwise, you gotta take care of yourself so you can quit going to doctors a while!

I have begun reading Nancy Drew mysteries. Enjoyed them as a kid when I didn’t feel well because it only took 3 hours to read one, and they pulled me out of myself awhile. If they can hold me still a while, I may have a chance to heal a bit more before I start the next round of attempting to clean away germs.

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Yay! Nice job! There are a lot of things to love on Spells8 and you are showing it. We all appreciate recognition - thank you!

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Wow - you guys are on fire! Congratulations on your awesomeness!

Congratulations on your special badge dan3, very well-deserved!

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I got the doctor and he was in a good mood! Well,he was until he realized that the CT Scan I did hadn’t been sent to him. So I have to go back in June. Whomp-whomp.

The window people were carrying in things today when I got home! They’re actually here! So it’s looking hopeful!

But the doctors was a bust. They didn’t send the test results to the doctor. Fun.

I never got into Nancy Drew, but I loved the Three Investigators! It was like a junior Hitchcock thing. I doubt anyone remembers them any more.

Good luck with cleaning!

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Thank you @dan3, @jayne!

Ah! Downloadable on

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I’m looking forward to reading them! Thanks for the tip @Amethyst

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Aw I remember Nancy Drew I read that Babysitters Club and Harry Potter growing up

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Oh, WOW! :star_struck: That is such a great find! Thanks for sharing this. Don’t know when I’ll read it but just having it is like having a bit of my childhood back. No one ever picked the Three Investigators at the book fairs so I always was able to snatch one if they had it. This is great, thank you so much!

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It looks like the Internet Archive has mentions of the books, but they cannot be downloaded as yet. This may be due to copyright issues. Try here? Many are in languages other than English.

Mod Edit: Link removed, as the content is copyrighted

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Happy April everyone!
I hav been popping in a little bit but am still in the midst of moving and organizing. I miss ya’ll. I promise to partake more once I am done.

Did watch three ofmy favorite movies from the 90’s this week.

I also twisted my ankle… it seems i maybe going to fast… I have been working working on going slower since then…

Book of life

The Crow Google Search

Nadja Google Search

Shout-outs from this past week go to:

@dan3- for sharing the most posts :writing_hand: (on a three week streak!)

@georgia - for giving out the most hearts :heart: (on a two-week streak!)

Congratulations @dan3 and @georgia !! You are fabulous, fantastic witches!
@ Georgia I love nacy drew! Enjoy, Have you watched any of thr new onces on the CW? I love them.

@Amanda6 I loved the babysitter club books and sweet valley high…

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Thank you :heart:

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