🦋 WITCH CHALLENGE - Transformation Magick

[BryWisteria]

Merry meet,

Thank you once again to all those who joined in for the previous Witch Challenge - Altar Design

After exploring the world of altars, it’s time to flip things around - we’re turning a new page as we embrace the magick of change

The theme for this challenge honors the sabbat and is …

Transformation Magick
Embracing the power of change

What comes to mind when you hear the word “transformation”? Some may think of transformative magick as changing a frog into a prince, water into wine, or other forms of shapeshifting. These drastic physical changes can be done while lucid dreaming or astral projecting, but there are other - and just as powerful - transformations that can be done while staying within the laws of physics right here in the material world.

Transformation (sometimes called transmutation) is the art of changing something into something else. Some changes happen in the hands of the universe, such as the shifting seasons or the passage of time, but there are plenty of changes that we can control. And with magick, the list of things we have control over becomes ever longer. It doesn’t seem too powerful for most of us to change our clothes, but have you considered trying to change your emotions? Power over your mind gives you far greater control over your day-to-day experiences - taking a bad day, and turning it into a good one. What if you could alter the outcome of an important event, or transform a failure into a great success?

At its heart, magick is the power of change. Our spells are keys to unlocking new doors and revealing or creating new possibilities that better our lives. So how do you use your magick to create change? Let’s jump in!

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This challenge is about transformation and change - how you choose to take on this theme is up to you. So are you ready? Because it’s…

CHALLENGE TIME!

Image from Spells8: Magick with Moon Cycles

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The Magick of Change

Not sure where to begin? To help you get started exploring this theme, here are a few suggested spells and other ways in which a witch might approach this challenge.

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Embracing Transformation Through Life’s Cycles

Elemental Spell to Spark Change

Tarot Spell to Change Your Fate

Circe Goddess of Transformation and Animals

Cerridwen Goddess of Cauldrons and Transformation

Using a Horseshoe for Luck and Transformation

Celestial Changes: Planetary Retrogrades

Changing Year: Seasons of Magick

Create a Wish Box to Manifest Your Wish

Introduction to Chaos Magick

Fire Spell for a Fresh Start

Elemental Road Opener Spell to Unlock New Paths

Additional resources and related discussions:

• A simple how to change your energy using chaos magick
• Snowdrops: A Protective Herb of Spring, Transformation & Breaking Curses
• The Power of the Present: How Speaking Affirmations Can Change Your Life
• A spell for job change
• How to Meditate With Crystals: Simple Ways to Change Your Life
• Straif - Blackthorn || Learning Ogham
• Honoring Hel: A Spell for Transformation and Acceptance
• Changing your perspective of pain
• jabamiah angel of alchemy and transformation
• Spiritual Transformation - 9 Signs You're Evolving
• Change Your Language
• What Does The Moon Symbolize? Initiation, Cycles, Change

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…And More!

The suggestions above are just a few ideas to help kickstart your creativity. If you feel called to explore the challenge theme in another way, you are welcome to do so.

The Morrigan - Transformation Meditation

Video by @SilverBear shared in The Morrigan Transformation Meditation

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How to Join the Challenge

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Deadline

This challenge will close in 13 DAYS

To join in, please share your experience by:

Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00 AM EDT (Eastern US Time)
2026-05-05T11:00:00Z

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Prizes

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Image from Spells8: Hecate Devotional for the Goddess of the Crossroads

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Image from Spells8: Embracing Transformation Through Life’s Cycles

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Waxing and waning, it comes and it goes
Change is a constant that everyone knows
Against such a force, it’s futile to fight
But add in your magick and change becomes might

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Blessed be!

[BryWisteria]

Pick the Challenge Badge

The tradition continues! Let us know - which title do you like the most?

(Poll is anonymous)

• Bringer of Change
• Transformative Witch
• Evolving Eclectic
• Master of Cycles
• Metamorphosing Mage

The title with the most votes will be awarded to all challenge entrants. Thanks for helping us pick the challenge badge!

[Feathertip]

I love this Challenge! Looking forward to reading everyone’s entries and crafting my own.

Thank you, @BryWisteria !

[shanna5]

CHALLENGE ENTRY

I suppose I will be first!

I have been holding onto my youth. As a mother of three and wife, I have spent my entire life so far caring for others. This next chapter of my life is unfolding as my kids are all getting older. This change has some very clear pros! I can pretty much do whatever I want, whenever I want. I don’t have to worry too hard about childcare, only for overnight and only if the older two kids won’t be home. Its very freeing to be able to plan things without thinking about what to do with the kids.

But along with that freedom, I am sacrificing my sense of purpose. I have always been an attentive mom. I have always had hobbies and friends. But the main goal was always to ensure that the kids are taken care of first. Without that as my main goal…ALWAYS, what do I even do? I have hobbies still and have gotten a few more as the kids needed less and less. But I also feel like I am just filling that void with more ‘stuff’. This website has helped me a lot. I am slowly starting to realize that my purpose is just to be. I don’t have to be serving others to be applicable or purposeful. I am realizing that my company is valuable. My conversation is the purpose. My wisdom is a bonus! Hahaha! Apparently I am a slow learner, because I am constantly reminding myself that I don’t have to be useful all of the time. Just being me is enough. I am enough.
I suppose I am holding on to, not my youth, but the feeling of purpose I had as the Mother. As I head into my Crone Era (the terminology is killing me) I am eager to settle into my old lady hobbies and going to bed early. But I am a little afraid of losing the old me. Fortunately, I have the strongest, funniest, most carting women in my family! I have a great mom and a few aunts that I can watch and ask for guidance as I “Level Up”. But I am still figuring out who I am becoming. I am trying to treat myself kindly and not rush the process. I am learning patience through gardening and gaining inner peace with every meditation you guys post here! For me, the meditation has been the key to unlocking myself. I feel like people are losing the ability to quiet their minds and just be. I was just peacefully looking out the window yesterday and my husband said “What are you doing?” I was like “I am not ‘doing’ anything”. But that made me wonder if people struggle so much now because they are constantly entertained. We have our electronics, socials, 10,000 books on one device, plus computers at work all day. Damn!! When do our brains catch a break? Does anyone even just sit and think anymore. Remember back before people had cell phones? If I were staring out of the window in 1993, my husband would have sat next to me and enjoyed the view and quiet. But now, he wonders if there is something bothering me. I digress, but it is an interesting topic to think about while looking out of the window!

Honestly, I am not sure what the future holds or who I will be when I am done evolving. (Are we ever done?) I am eager to meet her and I am trying to be kinder to this version of myself.

[Feathertip]

What a beautiful entry, @shanna5 ! So full of truths. We all transform throughout our lives, and as someone who is also at the Crone stage (and proud of it!), your words really resonate with me.

I don’t think you’re going to lose the “old you” because that’s what has made you into who you are today. It’s a mindset, not task-related (does any mother miss changing diapers?). I don’t!

@shanna5

I feel like people are losing the ability to quiet their minds and just be.

Hang on to this, and you’ll be fine. You have a lot of wisdom already. Blessings!

[shanna5]

I wish I could hug you! I’m sending one to you now through the breeze! Thank you so much for your kind words! It is new for me. I was thoroughly addicted to the Facebook or instagram reels. I was using them as a way to escape my brain after I lost my sister. I suppose as far as addictions go, I got off easy. But I just thought one day about what I would regret. Probably some video sparked the one thought that crept in. But I saw what my life was and it made me embarrassed. And wasteful!! Here I am a perfectly healthy 42 (at the time) with no real health issues and I’m just SITTING HERE! I knew then that things had to change. I kept that embarrassed feeling with me. I would let it out whenever I grabbed my phone, to remind me not to mindlessly scroll. Now this is the only social media I do of any kind. Oh, I guess my Bird buddy feeder!! Thank you so much!

[Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth]

@shanna5

When do our brains catch a break? Does anyone even just sit and think anymore. Remember back before people had cell phones?

I feel you on this one! While sitting in the mammogram waiting room today in a pink hospital gown that barely fit lol, I just let my mind go for once (my daughter had my phone in the other waiting room) and let me tell you, I had the best therapy session with myself! I need to do that more often!

[Feathertip]

@shanna5

I wish I could hug you! I’m sending one to you now through the breeze! Thank you so much for your kind words!

Thank you for the hug, I think I caught it in the breeze!

@shanna5

I was using them as a way to escape my brain after I lost my sister.

I’m so, so sorry to hear this; I didn’t know. Condolences for your loss, and yes it sounds like these were escape mechanisms for you.

@shanna5

Now this is the only social media I do of any kind. Oh, I guess my Bird buddy feeder!!

Oh, but the Bird buddy isn’t social media, I think it’s a reality break!

[Feathertip]

I’m glad you’re on the other side of that exam, Sis. Sounds like you turned it into a positive time!

[julie8]

Challenge Entry - Transformation

Evolution! How we evolve and develop overtime.

I agree with @shanna5 but I am down the track a bit further as I have been an empty nester for about 20 years. Both my boys left home around 17/18 to go to college then onward and upward from there. The first few years was a big transition between missing my sons and having lots of extra time on my hands. So, work became my substitute along with studies. Now I wonder how I ever fitted in motherhood!

Lately, I have been re-assessing myself and am wanting to undertake a “Transformation” of myself as I move into the next phase of my life with again more time on my hands. “RETIREMENT” If we didn’t have our own business this would have already happened. So, I have stepped back to a 3-day week and very soon back to a 2-day week and work from home for our outside investment and development activities.

I don’t want to be seen as a lazy, slobby old lady and want to be active, bright and interesting especially for my granddaughters. So, I am looking at my health checks and keeping up with them regularly, keeping up with my hair appointments and my very bright copper red hair colour. My hair is now quite long at the request of my 2 mini hairdressers who love playing hairdresser with my hair. Hair has a big impact on our appearance and how we feel about ourselves. I am cutting back on my evening wine during the week and learning more control. I want to introduce more activity into my life especially with daily yoga and my far infra-red sauna. I have installed a magnesium swimming pool which is awesome for around 6 months of the year. I bought an E-Bike (a Fat Boy) and want to ride it around the country roads and along the esplanade by the beach.

Personal transformation in my appearance is also on my agenda. I have started sewing again after many years absent and have joined a few online sewing groups where we do Design Your Wardrobe each season and focus on what we want to sew for that coming season. I can make the clothes that I want to wear that show more of my personality and not the work Julz – mum Julz I am moving on from. I also looking at my image and follow a lovely lady “Imogen Lamport” and her personal development courses.

I am practicing better daily habits and tossing out the old habits that no longer serve me. I see transformation as a positive thing helping us move through the various stages of our lives.

You never lose your old self, just improvement like a chrysalis evolving into a butterfly!

[Ostara]

I’m a 59 year old mother of four and grandmother of 9, and just like you, I always put my kids first. That’s what being a mom is about. I used to have little panic attacks when I would think about my kids growing up, because my whole identity was being a mother of little ones. As your kids get older, you and the kids will evolve and it will continue for the rest of your lives. You will always want what’s best for your children because it doesn’t stop when they turn 18. The evolution will happen so slowly that you probably won’t notice.

It’s not bad being a crone. I feel like I’m 25 most of the time. It’s funny, I work with teenage girls and they always want to borrow my clothes and shoes. I would’ve never asked my mother or grandmother to borrow their clothes, unless I was dressing up as an old lady for Halloween.

You will always have a sense of purpose and you won’t lose yourself. The grandkids will keep young!

[Water]

Challenge Entry: Transforming magic.

At first, I wasn’t sure that this would actually fit here, but I think it might. Soooo, I have a friend that confided that she and her husband are having trouble, she admitted that a lot of the trouble was on her end. As I was asking her questions, and the more she confided, I thought maybe a focus spell jar could help her. I offered and she was excited about the possibilities for her own “charm” to manifest what she wants. Not that I will cast a spell, but I would create a “shimmer jar” for her to focus her needs and desires to help her be successful with her marriage and her focus on a few things she’s having issues with. In essance, she gets to do the work to transform her relationship and herself, all I will do is build the charm. I hope that makes sense.

I came up with this: ( am giving her a print out of each ingredient)

Herbs:
Rose for love
Calendula for healing, positive energy and joy
Hyssop for blessings
Cinnamon for prosperity
Nettle for protection
Mugwort for healing
Witchbane for deep protection
Jasmine to kindle passion
Lavender for protection, peace, calm, protective energy and love
Sage: cleansing, purification, and protection

Baby oil for longevity
Glitter/Mica for shimmer

Crystals:
Citrine to boost confidence, ignite creativity and clear negative energy, prosperity and joy
Rose quartz, love, self love, romance, friendship
Moonstone: His stone : divine feminine energy, intuition, and new beginnings, promote inner peace, soothing life transitions
Amythyst: Her stone: master healer, spiritual clarity, calm energy, protection, and intuitive development stabilizer, reduce anxiety
Kunzite: self-love, divine love, emotion, clearing emotional blocks
Rhodonite: heal heartbreak, nurture self-love, compassion and grounding, process emotional wounds, reduce stress, promote forgiveness
Green Aventurine: emotional healing, growth, confidence, anchors positive energy
Garnet: boost energy, enhance willpower, deepen love, strengthen commitment, fights negativity
Sunstone: joy, abundance, leadership, and vitality, cultivate personal power, confidence, and optimism, while clearing negative energy and boosting motivation
Plum Tourmaline: strong spiritual connection, emotional healing, self-worth, and transformative, empowered love
Prehnite; calm the mind, relieve anxiety, and facilitate inner peace and emotional healing
Flourite: enhance thoughtful focus, and organize chaotic thoughts

There is a sigil inside with a short chant and I have pictures here to show you all. I found a sort of this thing online, tailored it to fit: and it charmed me.

To be honest. I hope you all can find the charm in this as much as I did.

Be your best you! Blessings.

[Greenbriar]

I’ve tried several times to write an entry for this about transformation in my life, but it just keeps getting too personal.

I may see if I can look at it from another angle and come up with something, but know that I am here, and I’m enjoying your entries.

[tracyS]

@Greenbriar

just keeps getting too personal.

I may see if I can look at it from

How about taking an object and using transformation magic to re-purpose it, like a stick into a rune or wand and how that object is a tool for your craft. Just an idea.

[Greenbriar]

Thank you. I had been stuck on personal transformation in my life, but I will take your suggestion and think of another direction to take it.

[Greenbriar]

Challenge Entry

Transformation of a Garden.

Since I’m a Green Witch and my practice is Earth and Nature based, it seemed natural for me to document the transformation of our back yard for this challenge.

I dug around and found an image of the back yard in 2007 right before we actually moved it (they had just laid sod a few days before)

I get emotional when I see this photo of the yard as it was back then.

For a start, there was a beautiful mature Loblolly pine in the yard, and a little grove of three more of them just on the other side of the wall. The lots either side of us weren’t developed yet and had a thickets of trees on them. And on the other side of the street which runs behind the wall, there was a lovely hedgerow all along. It was truly heavenly.

I had such dreams for this yard. I knew that eventually the whole area would be built up, and I wanted to provide a habitat for the birds and butterflies I enjoyed so much, in order to contiue enjoying them. So that was my plan from the start.

As soon as I started trying to work with it though, I realized that having all those trees around mean dealing with ROOTS. In the end, raised beds became the answer, and container gardens in particularly root-y areas.

Over the years since then we lost the original pine tree - our arborist said that when they graded the yard and laid the sod they had essentially suffocated the tree by crushing the roots. Then, one after another, the three trees on the other side of the wall died and had to be removed as well

Bit by bit, I created my little sanctuary - planting Savannah hollies, Vitex trees, Southern Wax Myrtle and a crepe myrtle, to provide some shade and habitat.

Then we created the island beds with landscaping blocks and started adding some decent soil to plant in ( the weeds love it!) Each spring I add more soil and compost.

But finally it’s how I wanted it - it’s just a case of maintaining it now, which in Texas is no easy feat. The weeds tend to grow rampantly in summer and I don’t have the energy or the willpower to keep after them.

So this reminds me of any kind of magic, you can have the dreams and intention of what you want to manifest, but you have to be willing to put in the work to make it happen.

[georgia]

@Greenbriar

tried several times to write an entry

You’re not the only one. I know my life is changing like crazy, but it’s hard to put into words. This challenge is tricky… but that’s what makes it a challenge.

Challenge Entry

I have no before and after pics. My only proof of “before” is prior posts. There is no proof of “after.” It’s all just emotions and sensations at the moment. That will change in time.

My recent mouse guest convinced me to simplify my life. I didn’t have much choice. Yet it was brilliant. I had taken as much as possible with me through 3 moves, which is unusual. In the past, every move was a clearing out, a lightening of my load, a simplification. Sure, I got rid of a few things here and there through those last 3 moves- mostly against my wishes. This time, I am voluntarily following through, keeping only what I use rather than what I hope to be doing in the near future. There are still items I want to use up which will take time, but I am more coherent about what can and cannot be worked.

Most of what I have been doing in the past 9 months is digital. I’m removing movies, music, and pictures I haven’t been using. Some of these items are stress creators rather than relievers. I’m glad to be getting rid of them, though I was happy to have them at the time I collected them. They have kept me busy when I had no other means of activity, but they are now derelict in their duties. This process will continue for quite some time, as the external hard drive is comprised of several terabytes of info and art.

Physical simplification seems to be slowing. I put everything I want to keep into plastic bins which a pest could not chew through. Mouse was a guest, don’t get me wrong, and a very polite teacher at that. I could have had a lot of damage, but he allowed me to get things in order. I have chosen to accept mouse as my Spirit Guide for now- never thought I’d do that! Sure, there are still things I could go through to remove unused and simplify even further. At the moment, I feel satisfied with what I have done on the physical plane so far.

The most difficult things to simplify have been the herbs I was given during my last move and my craft supplies. I want so much to paint certain projects, to make some things mine, and to add those craft items to my belief system. The ideas came to me long ago, and have not been worked on for quite some time. Maybe they never will find completion, and perhaps that is for the best. If I work on some of these and have to then leave them behind, I will feel just as badly as I do at giving them away, unformed. Someone else can have the fun of creating if I give away what I have at this moment, and I won’t have the continuing guilt of storing the items untouched. If I find I need something in the future, I can always buy new and have the shopper’s high to feed the creativity. The trick is deciding what I really want and need right now, especially when my focus has been entirely on digital cleansing and things I can do in the relative dark of quiet hours with very little space to spread out.

Hmmm. Looks like my next project is going to be decompression. Come to the surface slowly so I don’t get “the bends.” Breathe deeply and evenly.

[BryWisteria]

One week to go!

April is metamorphosing into May and change is in the air - can you smell it? As the sabbat approaches, so too does this challenge reach its halfway point. A big thank you to everyone who has shared their transformative spells, stories, wisdom, and more so far. They have been inspiring to read!

For those still pondering about the theme, rest assured that plenty of time remains on the challenge clock. There is one more week until this challenge closes.

Looking forward to reading your entries!

Blessed be

[Eira_of_the_Living_Hearth]

Challenge Entry

Embracing the Power of Change

Transformation, to me, isn’t about becoming someone else, it’s about reclaiming who I already am beneath the noise of my mental and physical issues. My childhood traumas and learned beliefs. Every day, I’m learning that magick lives in the small shifts like choosing calm over chaos, curiosity over fear, and self-trust over doubt. I don’t need elaborate tools to transform my life. I do it in the quiet moments, when I pause, breathe mindfully, and choose differently.

Lately, I’ve been feeling the old versions of me quietly falling away, my old thought patterns, old habits, and beliefs that used to hold me back just don’t hit the same anymore. It’s like that invisible wall I have always pushed against is finally dissolving. I’m not gripping so tightly to my anxiety and depression these days. I’m learning to let life take the wheel a bit, to trust instead of resist. Letting go, letting things be, surrendering to something bigger, it’s starting to feel natural instead of scary. I feel lighter, more open, more flexible in how I move through things, and I don’t get pulled into reactions the way I used to. There’s a calmness growing inside me now that I didn’t have before.

At the same time, things are becoming clearer in a way I can’t ignore. Pieces of my life that once felt confusing are starting to click into place, and I feel more connected to my heart than ever. I’m noticing more compassion rising up in me, even toward people I once held resentment toward. It’s like those heavy emotions have softened, making room for more understanding, love, and even a little grief for what others have been through. I’m seeing more, feeling more, but in a way that feels grounding instead of overwhelming. It’s a different kind of strength, and I’m really starting to trust the feeling.

I have created (or still creating) 3 different things (activities) to go along with this challenge. First, I created my own sigil that I could write on myself (tattoo maybe ) or in any of my books or journals to remind me of my quiet becoming. I had AI (ChatGPT) assist me in creating an infographic that I could print and put in my Book of Mirrors.

Second, I created a list of 7 things I can do to help myself in times of feeling like I’m taking steps backward and not forward. I have written them in my Book of Mirrors as well.

And third, I’m working on creating a wish/manifestation box like the one demonstrated in this Spells8 activity:

Wish Box: How to Create a Manifestation Box for Your Dreams

I have old vintage scrapbook paper I’m going to cover the box in, index cards to write on and decorate, and I’m going to add my favorite crystal chips, herbs, and flowers for an added boost. Once I have it done, I’ll take pictures to share!

I really enjoyed this challenge, and it was the spark I needed to get motivated again.

[Greenbriar]

Edited to Add: Challenge Entry #2

I love your sigil.

I worked with Co-Pilot on something similar, although in this case, I actually drew the sigil myself.

From Co-Pilot:

The Seed‑to‑Sun Spiral

Energy: transformation, emergence, easeful growth

Shape: A small spiral at the bottom that unfurls into a straight upward line ending in a tiny sunburst.

Symbolism:

• • The spiral = your old story unwinding

  • The line = your new clarity

  • The sunburst = your radiance, your intuition, your ease

Why it fits:

It honors the truth that your growth isn’t forced — it’s unfolding.