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written by Karin Ugander

Change of events? Unexpected twists and turns? Right now we are in a passage where you might be redirected by Spirit. In different phases and places we are more or less open to take another road. So what can we do to navigate in the best possible way? Let´s take a look at the stars and see what they have to say.

Mercury retrograde and time to reflect

A few times a year it looks as if Mercury is moving backwards in a retrograde motion. Every planet does this, but through time we have all learned that Mercury retrograde can be extra good to watch out for. Mercury influences a lot of things that we in our society is dependent upon. Things like communication, transportation, telephones, deliveries and all sorts of devices. When Mercury is going retrograde all of these things can be troublesome, delayed,  misplaced and just simply messed up!

It is said that Mercury retrograde is not the best time to buy or sell things, especially if they are expensive or very important. Same thing with signing contracts. But, if you still need to do it during this period, check everything extra carefully and read the fine printed details.

There is a good side to Mercury retrograde as well. Mercury rules thinking, inventing and connecting things, both in our outer and inner worlds. During Mercury retrograde we all get a chance to re-do things. Rewrite, edit, go back in time, understand and connect things that we have missed.

Mercury (the Greek god Hermes) is a messenger of the Gods. He is also one of the few beings that can visit the underworld and still return back up alive again. This is very interesting because connecting with Mercury, especially during Mercury retrograde we can also go deep into new territory.

In the underworld, and in other worlds different from our ordinary reality, things are not necessarily working in the same way. It can be upside down, it can be a mirror world from ours and it can be very strange. But, if we take it slow and give ourselves time to relax, we might just find a new perspective, a new idea or even a new truth when we ascend back into the world again.

Old friends

This Mercury retrograde is taking place in the sign of Aquarius. This is the third of the air signs. It is connected to thinking, planning, constructions of the mind, friends, groups and organisations. During this retrograde old friends and communities may come back to you. People from your past may return, if not in person then in your heart or mind. If and when they do, take your time and reflect for a while on your journey in life. Where you are now compared to where you were then. This could also be a great time for sending healing to yourself or a situation back in time.

Conflicts and unhealthy communication

During this particular Mercury retrograde it is important to be extra aware of the flow of communication on platforms and social media (Aquarius) . As a parent it can be good to check in with your children or teenagers that they are okey and that they are not involved in a difficult situation.

If you are a public person of any kind, or has an open social media account, you need to be prepared that things may get more turbulent than usual and that you may need to block and say no to unhealthy flows of communication.

To summarize this, we are all working through past relationships and situations. Some may be painful, some may be more of a sentimental nature. They may not be connected to a romantic relationship, they could just as well be connected to work, friends, groups and communities. My advice, is to let this energy flow through you, but don´t get caught in the web of things. If you feel the same way about reconnecting again after the Mercury retrograde is over, then do it. If you don´t, then bless what has been and everyone involved  and move forward in life. Mercury retrograde is from 31^st of January until the 20^th of February

Spirit sets another course

Right now the Sun, Mercury (communication, connection) and Pallas Athene (wisdom, strategy) are joined together in the sign of Aquarius. There they make a good connection (big trine) to the north node (where we are supposed to go) in the sign of Gemini. Interestingly Gemini is one of the signs that Mercury rules. This constellation can help Spirit to step in, and redirect your life.

The Sun, Mercury and Pallas Athene also make a good aspect (sextile) to the south node (karma) and Juno. This can help us with letting go of the things that we don´t need to carry around anymore. Specially things connected to relationships (Juno) related to karma (south node) and past lives.

This is a good time for doing regression therapy, working on past lives, doing ceremonies for letting go and cutting the cords that binds and holds you back.

You may also not feel any of this heavy load and feel no need to break free. Perhaps you just wake up with a new sense of wonder and feeling a lot freer and more happy. If this is the case, then just spread your wings and fly on! The rest of us, We may need to help Spirit help us!  towards a new direction and a happier and healthier life.

Oracle time!

Now is one of the passages in life when consulting an Oracle can be of importance.  Personally I work with many different tools for talking with spirit and looking at time, both past and present. My oracle tools work in different ways. They may say the same things, but in different ways and also in different rhythms. Some have wider windows to look through and a slower pace, some have smaller windows but a faster speed.

Stars and Numbers show patterns and cycles, they follow one kind of rhythm. They may not always be so clear when Spirit redirects your life on an instant moment. Immediate changes like that are usually more easy to see in the stars after the change has taken place.

Reading Tarot, Lenormand cards, bones or reading in coffee (or “reading the tea leaves” as you say in English), has another rhythm. My personal experience is that they are faster to tell unexpected fast changes and when Spirit is stepping in, taking charge over things. Best is, if you have the possibility to do both things. Both consult the stars and numbers, and also a traditional oracle.

Because things can change fast, I recommended that you do your readings with shorter intervals than usually. If you normally read the cards for yourself each quarter, you may want to change that to once a month. If you do it once a month, perhaps change it to every week or every day? If you are intuitive yourself, you will probably feel when the winds are changing.

If you are working as an Oracle reader of some kind, be prepared for more clients in need of readings, and be prepared for unexpected things showing up in your readings. A very happy part of this Oracle energy wave is that it is an excellent time to pick up and learn an oracle! Or dig in deeper into the mystery of the Oracle that you already use.

Symbols and signs in life

Spirit has a way of communicating things that are important. Signs, symbols and synchronicity can pop up in our dreams, on the daily walk or through other people. And it seems like the more we are aware and awake, the more this language of Spirit talks to us.

This energy with unexpected changes is with us for a while and will reach a peak in the beginning of July when the South node is conjunct Juno at 10 degrees in Sagittarius.

Recommended Reading:

Robert Moss: Sidewalk Oracles. Playing with Signs, Symbols, and Synchronicity in everyday life. New World Library, 2015

Brightest Blessings, and may the Oracle be with You! / Karin Spirit Talker Turtle Red

Karin Ugander (Spirit Talker Turtle Red) is a spiritual channeler living in the south of Sweden. In Scandinavia she is known for the AstroNumerology and psychic readings she’s been doing for over 20 years. Together with her husband Niklas, she runs KaniSkolan, a school of astrology, numerology, tarot, StarCode Healing, and natural medicine. They are also the founders of Alven Inner Ring tradition, a Scandinavian mystery school with roots in shamanism and magick. Karin loves to create magickal oils, flower essences and sigils she combines in her “Karin Victoria” sigil candles and flower sprays. In her spare time she likes to travel, walk in the forest with her dog, and spend time by the ocean. Karin is a high priestess and graduate of the Temple of Witchcraft’s seminary program.

You can find Karin Ugander at Instagram @flowerpowerwitch and @karinuganderofficial

By Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle 

The occultist knows the fundamental forces of creation, mediated by the gods and spirit entities, are impersonal. They embody impersonal forces, cosmic and terrestrial, but provide a way in which we can interact with them. The priest/ess from the perspective of religion knows these forces are immensely personal and develops relationships with individuals, communities, and the world. They are real, individual beings whom we love, and who can love us and care about our lives. The adept knows both and neither of these things are true.

Recently I shared a post from an astrologer author I love, Rob Brezsney. I like his realist optimism, explored in his book Pronoia (which should be far better well-known). The post’s theme illustrated this type of mystery, the paradox of the union of love and anger and how we must stop hate without becoming hateful. The admittedly challenging graphic was one of a red Devil figure hugging Trump. The post didn’t mention either. My share generated a lot of comments, almost none on the content of the posts but all on the graphic, which is a mystery teaching in itself. The union of pictures AND words is a key to the mysteries. Combinations, particularly unlikely juxtapositions, should make you think. But we live in a world of reactions, with most people thinking the world a stage rather than a classroom. In truth, the stage is just a different classroom.

Most comments were Witches saying Lucifer (not Satan) would reject Trump because of his evil, and a few who implied Trump was too virtuous for Lucifer to embrace. In essence, it was making the Devil figure conform to their own personal expectations and bias. Ironically, wouldn’t a Devil figure do the unexpected? Instead, this Devil was doing exactly what they would do based on their beliefs about Trump and their assumptions that a cosmic metaphysical entity would agree with their human view.

As a priest and a person, I understand the identification with the powers and gods, but as an occultist, I find it interesting when we project our human view onto fundamental powers. If such personal views were the view of the powers, our world would look very different than it does, yet it doesn’t.

In most magickal theologies and myths both good and bad, Lucifer is the light bearer. The function of the bearer is to bring divine light and all that entails into darkness. It’s not personal. You might have to work to find the light or find your own spark of the light, but the light is not a reward nor is the darkness a punishment for moral behavior, no matter how noble or reprehensible. The divine powers do not partake in human tribalism, but we as priest/esses and people channel them towards our human goals. The storm rains on everyone who is outside within the sphere of its influence. The garden of the virtuous doesn’t get one level of rain and the garden of the repugnant get another. The air is available to breathe by all—the liar and the wise woman and everyone in between. Night follows day. There is not a different schedule of dawn and dusk for the pious.

Yes, yes, I can hear you thinking that I’m taking comments on a hot topic meme much too seriously, that people’s comments don’t reflect their deep metaphysical reflections…and yet they do. What we say off-handed often indicates what we believe and how we operate on a deeply rooted level, where we take instinctive action when we are not asked to think deeply and reflect.

One of my greatest concerns in observing the growth of Paganism, Witchcraft, Magick, and Metaphysics is increased tribalism and othering, often rooted in divine relationship, spread through internet meme graphics. The cosmic and impersonal nature of the forces—which take on the personal ONLY when brought through humanity, be it an individual or group—is being forgotten. It’s become easy to assume the manifestation through you or your group is THE manifestation. That leads to righteousness and dogma, rather than philosophy and theology. This can lead to delusion and all manner of problems for a practitioner, group, and community. This can even lead deeper into theological ideas that if the gods agree with us and the world doesn’t reflect that, then there must be other gods and forces opposing them, and they too have their clergy serving them… is this sounding a bit familiar? Haven’t we done this familiar dance? This battle was a big theme of the Age of Pisces. How can we manifest it differently in the new aeon of Aquarius? Theologically thinking the cosmic powers are in conflict is like thinking gravity is in conflict with electromagnetism. They are both necessary for the fabric of reality and operate impersonally until you have a personal experience with them.

The occultist needs to be a priest/ess to bring the concepts into the heart, into life. The priest/ess needs to be an occultist to seek understanding of different models of the fundamental nature of consciousness and the cosmos. We all have to learn that it is personal and impersonal, simultaneously. In that paradox is where true mystery is found.

written by Karin Ugander

Are you feeling like everyone needs you and that there is not enough time and energy to go round? Are you mixing up dates and meetings? Is it hard to tell what day of the week it is? Well, you are not alone. We are in a wave of strong emotional hunger and a lot of confusion at the same time as we are in a mist of telepathically openings. Exiting but also exhausting times. So let´s take a closer look at the sky for some navigation.

Emotional and spiritual hunger

Right now we have Neptune (dreams, creativity, psychic abilities) right next to the asteroid Ceres (nurturing) in the sign of Pisces, Neptune’s home sign. One way of describing Ceres is like the universal mother. Ceres in the horoscope describe the mothering experience that we received as a child and express as a parent. That could be the physical mother or any person playing a nourishing and parenting role.

When Ceres functions well and is healthy, we have the ability to both give and receive nourishment on all levels from physical to spiritual. Ceres is many times dominant in the astrological charts of famous chefs or the classical cooking mom or dad making wonderful dinners with lots of family and friends. If you have met a spiritual teacher that radiates an aura of love, safety and comfort they probably have a strong Ceres in their chart. Just being next to a person like that gives you a good homey feeling.

Being taken for granted

One of the challenges of the Ceres personality is that the people around such a person may shift from gratitude over the gifts given, to demanding to be fed and nourished. Then the Ceres person becomes the invisible parent, always expected to be there and no longer respected for who they are and what they do.

As you may already have figured out, a Ceres personality receives a lot of parental projections. The good and the bad becomes very strong and magnified. If and when a Ceres personality or spiritual teacher says no and sets boundaries to its surroundings, it can feel very strong for a person or student that has not dealt with the parental figures from childhood. It can bring up feelings of being rejected and not being loved.

If you identify with the Ceres personality in one way or another, it is important to learn to be unavailable at times. Think of it like a mother or father helping their children to learn to cook for themselves. It´s not about abandonment, it´s about helping someone to become self-sufficient.

Bottomless hunger and unrealistic expectations

Neptune is the planet of music, poetry and spirituality. The shadow side of Neptune is daydreaming, illusions and lack of boundaries. Now when Neptune is joined with Ceres in Pisces it can create a bottomless hunger for nourishment on all levels.

Ceres and Neptune is also in a challenging aspect to the south node (past life, karma) and the north node (where we are supposed to go). The south node is in Saggitarius which may make us look in the past and search for the right teacher or role model to give us the answers and what we need to be fed. The north node though, is suggesting that we look closer for our answers and that we connect with others and trade tools and information. That we get engaged in our own development rather than expect it to be served to us on a plate.

Home and altars

Neptune is the ruler of Pisces and the 12^th house of astrology. It is the word of water and the kingly ruler is Poseidon. When we see Neptune close to a planet or in challenging aspect it can make whatever it touches fall right trough our fingers, much like water. Now when we have Neptune/Ceres the energy and nourishment that is created can disperse as quick as it was created. Low energy levels can lead to stress, lethargy, arguments and fights.

By updating, cleaning and recharging energy holders in your home, you help your home to hold a good energy level. Energy holders are everything from the working altars of the witch and the magician to ornaments and decorations in the house. Personally I have a tendency to create small mini altars all over the house in window sills and bookshelves with empty space. That´s great, but not so great when the altars are forgotten and start collecting dust. Then they can eventually drain more energy than they create. With these astrological aspects you definitely want all parts of the house to generate more energy than it takes.

If you are working with larger energies like being a caretaker of a Temple, sanctuary or tradition it is extra important to keep the temple clean and give offerings accordingly to your traditions. Everyone is hungry at the moment, not just the living.

Ceres and Neptune are joined together until around the 11^th of February.

Crystals and telepathy

Right now we have the asteroid Atlantis at 23 degrees in Virgo, right next to the goddess asteroid Vesta at 21 degrees in the same sign (priest/ess, home, shelter). This can open up and increase the ability for telepathy. This has two sides to it. Telepathy is great when people are thinking about love peace and understanding. Not so fun though when people are carrying around a lot of anger and perhaps even hatred.

What may help you is to create a crystal grid in your home to filter the information and communication surrounding you and your home. Just remember to keep it clean, updated and recharged! You can also carry a crystal or stone with you for support.

During this period it is extra important to stop for a moment when you become energetically overwhelmed by something. Ask yourself, is it mine? If not, do I want to process this energy? If not, say thank you for the information and then let it go without processing it further.

Extra challenging time for children and animals

Children and animals are extra sensitive to energies. Now when nourishment and energy can slip through our fingers and the telepathy traffic in the ethers are intense, they can have an extra challenging time. As parents, elders, witches and healers now is the time to be extra diligent in dusting, smudging, clearing, recharging and keeping a good and healthy space. Not just for ourselves, but also for our neighborhood and community. It´s time to bring the Neighborhood Witch out!

Recommended Reading:

• Demetra George and Douglas Bloch, Asteroid Goddesses, The Mythology, Psychology and Astrology of the Re- emerging Feminine. Ibis Press.
• Kiera Fogg: Crystal Gridwork, the power of Crystals and Sacred Geometry to Heal, Protect, and Inspire. Weiser books.
• Nicholas Pearson: Stones of the Goddess, 104 crystals for the Divine Feminine. Destiny books.

Blessings! / Karin Spirit Talker Turtle Red

Karin Ugander (Spirit Talker Turtle Red) is a spiritual channeler living in the south of Sweden. In Scandinavia she is known for the AstroNumerology and psychic readings she’s been doing for over 20 years. Together with her husband Niklas, she runs KaniSkolan, a school of astrology, numerology, tarot, StarCode Healing, and natural medicine. They are also the founders of Alven Inner Ring tradition, a Scandinavian mystery school with roots in shamanism and magick. Karin loves to create magickal oils, flower essences and sigils she combines in her “Karin Victoria” sigil candles and flower sprays. In her spare time she likes to travel, walk in the forest with her dog, and spend time by the ocean. Karin is a high priestess and graduate of the Temple of Witchcraft’s seminary program.

You can find Karin Ugander at Instagram @flowerpowerwitch and @karinuganderofficial

By Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle 

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I wish more occultists, magicians, and witches used a bit more occultism, magick, and witchcraft. Or even some basic understanding of energy dynamics and psychology. I don’t mean lighting candles or reciting spells, but integrating these core concepts into their daily lives and interactions with people. I fear that even with great blessings of communication and connectivity from the internet age, we are training a generation of magicians to disregard the basic principles, magnifying all the things we don’t want, and in some cases, becoming them.

I think of the Phillip K. Dick quote quite a lot: “To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement. This is a paradox; whoever defeats a segment of the Empire becomes the Empire; it proliferates like a virus, imposing its form on its enemies. Thereby it becomes its enemies.” While it’s deeply important to stand up for what is right, and to step-by-step create the world in which we want to live, how we do it is as important as why we are doing it. Not everything we fight is some Empire; nonetheless, many things we oppose are part and parcel of the malevolent expressions of empire—patriarchy, colonialism, intolerance. Some of us can look at the process of standing up as the difference between power and force. True power creates transformative change while force, often coercion, can make quicker outer changes without the transformation of lasting change. I think in the last few years here in America, we have seen a lot of change by force rather than true power.

In magick, we deal with magickal power, what we perceive as literal currents of energy, subtle yet no less real. We deal in the power of consciousness, and we start with our own. Many learn and apply the principles of consciousness in a systematic way, through a book (or series of books), teachers, mentors, groups, or schools. Others learn in a more haphazard way, from bits of lore from a multitude of sources, and can have some very creative and true interpretations for the new aeon, but also miss out on some core pieces of theory.

For me, my foundation was in the New Thought Hermetics of The Kybalion, often catabolized into the modern Law of Attraction focused on self-fulfillment and consumerism while letting go of some of the key universal points. Many feel The Kybalion is too esoteric and too dated, and they have a point, but I don’t think The Secret is the solution to that critique. True critics of The Kybalion will cite it as a romantic knock-off of the much older work of the Corpus Hermeticum, leaving out as much from the Hermeticum as The Secret leaves out of The Kybalion. And I’m sure in ancient Alexandria, as the Corpus Hermeticum was taking shape, there were those quiet critics who saw it as a rip-off of the true secrets of Egyptian Temple culture for foreign invaders who only cared about themselves. So the more things change in occultism, the more they stay the same.

Some practitioners divide their magickal life from their mundane life and don’t think to apply such principles at work, at home, and in relationships. Some even see it as somehow “unfair.” Others simply don’t give it any thought outside of the Temple and away from the altar. Many love the aesthetics of magick. I do too. But some find it difficult to put it into practice. And by self-identity, many “non-magickal” people are using these principles naturally or as learned from another paradigm—psychology, self help, religion, art. Where I see it woefully misrepresented is online social media, where one can present as an magickal adept one moment and then in the next show no understanding of a magickal paradigm in dealing with their communications and conflicts with others.

Reflect on your intention in a situation or interaction. What is the most skillful use of your magickal consciousness to make that happen? If you don’t have a clear intention, what is it you hope to discover? How do you go about doing that in the way that expresses your magickal will in balance, rather than through force? These are particularly important when we are seemingly in a conflict with another person or group, be it a friendly argument, misunderstanding, or out-and-out conflict. Are we mirroring back what we are complaining about in the first place? Are we magnifying and legitimizing a voice or perspective that we are trying to minimize? Are we trying to honestly change someone’s mind? Are we presenting not to change our “opponent” but for the audience watching? Are we sure? Most importantly for magickal people to ask themselves, what are the unconscious patterns we can forget about in the heat of a heated moment? Are we feeding someone’s ego? Are we feeding our own ego? Are we seeking strength from the agreement of others to legitimize our own feelings and point of view? Are we seeking to delegitimize another view not by merit, but by massive agreement from others?

Resistance is one magickal formula, by definition through opposition. Many rebellious magickal paradigms are born of it. Embodiment is another magickal formula. Become the very thing you seek and embody its principles. Non-duality is another. Each has their merits and drawbacks. Each can be necessary. Things must be built up. Things must be torn down. Things must find a balance. Things must find union. In these increasingly polarized times, a magician can have personal intention, but must step between and beyond to create change. Over-identification with one or the other side of a polarity prevents you from wielding the whole spectrum as a tool.

Any of these intentions is legitimate if you are willful and conscious of them. But when we grow unconscious, we become more easily manipulated by others, even if they don’t realize consciously they are doing it. When we become unconscious, we more easily manipulate without knowing it. We often magnify harm with no clear purpose other than wanting to “win” an argument. We can have honorable reasons on why we want to win, but we have to seek greater and greater clarity as we walk a path of magickal power. Otherwise that power turns on us.

Don’t separate your magickal life, business life, in-person personal life, and even online life. While they are different, they are all a part of your life. Put your practice into practice in every area of your life. Look at every interaction as an opportunity to progress magically. Think of everything you do, everything you say (or type), and everything you think as a potential act of magick…because it is.

written by Karin Ugander

We are in a time of turbulence and strong energies are moving through us, both on a personal and a collective plane. It may feel like the earth is shaking and yet at the same time a feeling of standing still, not moving fast enough. So how could this be? And is there anything that one can do to find some kind of balance and perhaps peace? Well, I believe there is. Let´s take a closer look at the stars at the moment and see if we can find any clues together on how to navigate in our nearest future.

Knowing when to let go

Right now we have many placements in the fixed air sign of Aquarius. We have Saturn (restriction), Mercury (communication), Jupiter (expansion) and Pallas Athene (intellect, strategy). When many different energies are joined or squeezed in together like this, it can be rather confusing. Especially with Jupiter with one foot on the gas pedal and Saturn standing on the breaks right next to it at the same time.

Aquarius is the third air sign in the Zodiac. Being the third and the last of the air signs it is supposed to be the most developed and mature of the air siblings.  But like in other families this may not always be the case. When Aquarius is balanced it is reasonable, intellectual, peaceful and good at diplomacy. When unbalanced it is argumentative, very stubborn and does not know when to let go of the discussion. In this unbalanced state Aquarius can cause conflict and harm instead of reason and joined forces for good.

How important is this fight?

To complicate things further Saturn, Mercury, Jupiter and Pallas Athene is in challenging aspect to Mars (willpower), Uranus (transformation, rebellion), and Lillith Black Moon are all in the earth sign of Taurus. And Taurus just like Aquarius is a fixed sign, not willing to let go and being very stubborn. We can expect this tension and conflict to play out in many ways.

On a personal level it may lead to more discussions leading to actions (Taurus) that you don´t wish for (Lilith black moon) and cannot restrict.

If you find yourself in an escalating conflict at home, with your family or friends stop for a minute and ask yourself, how important is this fight? Will it lead to a transformation that can bring out something good? (Scorpio as the opposite sign of Taurus) or will it only fix our opposing positions even harder? (two fixed signs battling). Sometimes there is a fine balance between upholding family rules and the exercise of power. Something that perhaps every teenage parent learns the hard way.

Sometimes timing is everything and it can be worth the wait to be able to send a crystal arrow of illumination and love at exactly the right moment.

Balance between the heart and the intellect

The sign of Leo is the opposite sign of Aquarius. If we space out in the intellectual world of Aquarius we can find balance within the warm heart of Leo. If we have balance between these two signs we can have an intensive discussion with our opponent and still go out like friends and have a beer afterwards. Leo can help to anchor the very mental world of Aquarius. And when Leo takes things far to personal a balanced Aquarius can help Leo to have perspective and a wider look at things.

We will have many opportunities to practice this balance when also the Sun joins the others in the sign of Aquarius on the 20^th of January.

Protection and driving carefully

The sun at  21 degrees in Capricorn is closing in on Pluto at 24 degrees in the same sign. When the Sun is meeting up with Pluto we have reasons to be a bit careful. As the sun, which moves around 1 degree a day, passes by Pluto a lot of energy is released. On the good side it can feel like a relief. Decisions, situations and relationships that has been stagnant can finally find a solution and move forward. On the other hand, the energy is rash and therefore unpredictable. For that reason it is good to be extra careful in traffic. Take your time and be prepared, awakened and focused when driving. Charging crystals and protection bundles for your car is not a bad idea. Challenging connections between the Sun and Pluto in a horoscope is a warning sign for violence and abuse. Keep your eyes open for those who might need assistance. If you are living in a difficult situation do not hesitate to ask for help.

Recharging the ward around your house

The Sun and Pluto aspect in Capricorn is great for doing protection magick and just doing a security check around your house. How is the roof, windows and doors? Is the fire alarm working as it should? Making this protective energy even stronger is the Sun and Pluto making a good trine to the goddess asteroid Vesta (house, home, shelter, priest/ess) in the sign of Virgo. This is a wonderful combination for making  potions, bundles, wards and essences for protection and for the home.

This transit is until around 20 January when the Sun has moved on into the sign of Aquarius. The asteroid Vesta stays in the sign of Virgo until around the 19^th of July. Wonderful news for all of us who love practical magick!

Summary

This is a period when we will all be challenged out from our comfort zone. We can be put in situations that we could never imagine happening . This can happen in big collective ways and in small personal ways. When and if this happens, remember to breath and remember your training. Ask for support from the living, the ancestors and spirit.

The road of life is made up from everyday decisions and it can sometimes feel very stressful to make the right decision when under pressure. But If you take your time to make a connection between the head, the heart and the womb. And give yourself time to align the rays of Love, Will and Wisdom you have a great chance of ending up in a very good place.

Blessings! / Karin Spirit Talker Turtle Red

Karin Ugander (Spirit Talker Turtle Red) is a spiritual channeler living in the south of Sweden. In Scandinavia she is known for the AstroNumerology and psychic readings she’s been doing for over 20 years. Together with her husband Niklas, she runs KaniSkolan, a school of astrology, numerology, tarot, StarCode Healing, and natural medicine. They are also the founders of Alven Inner Ring tradition, a Scandinavian mystery school with roots in shamanism and magick. Karin loves to create magickal oils, flower essences and sigils she combines in her “Karin Victoria” sigil candles and flower sprays. In her spare time she likes to travel, walk in the forest with her dog, and spend time by the ocean. Karin is a high priestess and graduate of the Temple of Witchcraft’s seminary program.

You can find Karin Ugander at Instagram @flowerpowerwitch and @karinuganderofficial

By Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle 

Photo from Pixabay at Pexels.com

Not that long ago, I was not an advocate of online magick. Classes? Sure. But the actual doing of magick? No.

Despite being a full-time Witch immersed in writing, philosophy, and theology, I have a Bachelor of Music Performance with a minor in Music Business. My early adulthood was filled not only with Witches and occultists, but also musicians, artists, and poets whose work ranged from classical and jazz to glam rock and heavy metal, which is where I honestly fit a bit better. While I sang opera and art songs, I dreamed of rock and roll stardom, as many of my peers did. After graduation, I worked in the business for a few years professionally, more behind the scenes than as a performer. I had an emotional trauma around the end of my band and immersed myself in the business side, not the artistic. And soon I was out of the business altogether and slowly working my way in the realm of metaphysics, something I would have never predicted.

When I looked around years later at my peers, I only needed a few fingers to count those in my graduating class who were still involved full-time in music business, education, or performance. Now that all of us are in our forties, there are even fewer. Some of us joke that nothing kills your love of music like music school. My artist friends will say nothing kills your love of art like art school. And there is some truth to that, but why?

I found music school incredibly challenging. I was amid people who had taken music lessons since they were three, whereas I came to a serious love of musical performance at sixteen. I struggled to read music or sight sing, and I needed practice to get things down. I had never sung in a choir before, and suddenly was doing that four times a week, required. While voice was my instrument, I found myself learning keyboard and conducting. Creative classes were equally challenging. Your art is judged and critiqued with the desire to make it better, but I often disagreed. Sometimes students were challenged to write for a different instrument or in a different style, and explore exercises in creativity that they never would have chosen and found little inspiration doing. I knew what I knew, and I liked what I liked, and found myself challenged by everything else. I had always overcome all challenges in the past, and I did this time, but where math, science, history, and the like were relatively easy for me, music school forced me to explore things that I didn’t instantly or easily master. And I didn’t like it.

Now that I run a Witchcraft school program, I find the same process happening with some students. Why do I run a Witchcraft school? Because every step I’ve taken in service has led me, often by request, to do so. I had my own practice. People wanted to know what I was doing. I started a discussion study group. My own teachers stopped teaching publicly for a bit. People wanted something more formal. I created classes based on what I learned. People graduated that program and wanted more. An advanced study group became an advanced class, and then more people wanted the basics. Graduates wanted community, a chance to gather. People sought an identity, but when they started doing things in my name that I wasn’t comfortable with, I created some guidelines. People at a distance wanted to take the class before the days of online teaching, so I created books. People who had the books wanted direct guidance. I started to widely travel to teach intensives. Graduates of the intensives wanted long-term training and mentorship. I opened a school online, and when it became too big for me to do alone, we formalized a tradition with more teachers and even deeper and diverse classes.

I created what I wanted. I would have loved to have had a school where I could have cohesively learned things with mentorship and community. Putting together the pieces was a different struggle for me, but I’m glad to have done it, and continue to do it. Yet as I offer this, there are always problems. We have conflict, hurt feelings, and all manner of dramas that pop up. I think they are all part of the esoteric teaching process, but I am reminded of music school, and I don’t want to kill anyone’s love of magick.

My first realization is that I had a lot of youthful, naïve expectations around my music school days, and some people come to a Witchcraft school, coven, or teacher in a similar state, as completely unconscious of it as I was in music school. In the “big fish little pond” that was my virtually non-existent high school music scene, I was recognized as being already good. I had that recognition with academics, with art, and with my new depths of music.

But I had no deep mentorship. Things came easy because I was rarely challenged. I had an expectation that this was killing time at college until I would be “discovered” and go onto a trail of fame and fortune for my insightful songs and performances. Everybody had their own version of that dream in school, and most were much better musicians going in than I was. I expected to be praised and have fun because music is fun. I didn’t expect it to be tedious. I didn’t expect critical feedback. I didn’t expect to fail and didn’t always learn from my failures.

I see many people expecting only praise and no challenge in magick. I see many people expecting every moment to be fun, with no effort placed into learning a craft. I see many people expecting study with a “famous” Witch will result in their own fame and fortune, without necessarily doing anything noteworthy. It used to bother me, but I think back to music college. That was me too.

My second realization is that no person or thing “killed” my love of music. I changed. I had experiences in school, but also outside of school, that refocused my priorities. I met my husband. I fought with my bandmates until we broke up rather dramatically. I entered into an unhealthy business filled with wonderfully damaged people with whom I never bonded because I kept really strong boundaries, and my path led me to what I am doing now, which I love. My past experience with academics, art, and music inform my current experience. I had some wonderful, masterful professors, some really eccentric ones, and some bad ones, and each taught me something I carry with me. If I had tried to pursue music full-time professionally, I wouldn’t be where I am.

For some people, life is defined by their music, their art, their dance, their writing. Others by career, family, or religion. Most people are a blend. For me, magick is the blend of many things: the science, art, and religion, as Laurie Cabot teaches. We often have a romantic notion of magick and Witchcraft from books, movies, and television. We fantasize of rich cohesive traditions and wise mentors, vast libraries and schools of learning. I think back when scholars talk about the Druid colleges and the ancient Mystery Schools. I also think about Buddhist temple retreats today, and how we usually don’t have access to something similar. It’s one of the reason stories like Harry Potter are so popular among Witches themselves, not just ordinary readers. We are seeking that. Yet we often find interesting fragments and eccentric people not quite living up to our expectations. And this is good because we should always be challenged to take it to the next step, but we shouldn’t always have to start over from square one, rediscovering it all. I think back to my high school guitar jamming in my bedroom, the excitement of stumbling into a 7th Chord. Little did I realize that if I had only picked up a good book, or stuck with a good guitar teacher, I would have had access to it earlier. In music theory in college, I got an education in understanding all the chords, the types of rhythms and forms, each discovery widening my creative palette.

For me, a Witchcraft school or teaching tradition is a repository for both what has been and what is growing now. Like any student learning operative skills along with philosophical concepts, you’ll be challenged in various ways. It won’t always be easy or affirming or fun, but other times, it will be joyous and magickal and will flow through you. I think of all the tedium of scales that led me to amazing performances on stage that were truly magickal. If you don’t want or need access to structure and training and guidance, or the form is not right for you, or you prefer to hunt down things on your own, that’s great. Do it. But don’t come to a school, group, or teacher with vast unconscious expectations of ego satisfaction and then be upset when it doesn’t happen. Know thyself just a bit, and figure out what approaches are best for you at this time. If something doesn’t work, does it truly not work for you, or are you being challenged in uncomfortable ways? Leaving for either reason is fine, but knowing why is the most important thing.

There is room in my vision of Witchcraft, and hopefully yours, for all eras of the Witch as we forge new futures. Some will be the Temple priestess, others the wild eccentric at the edge. Many will seek deep roots, and others will float about like thistle down. You are all my Witch kin, Witchfolk drawing from the same ancient source, because at various times, I’ve been all of those things. The trick is knowing what I am today and where I want to be tomorrow. I might be in for an unexpected twist and end up someplace completely different than my expectation. I usually do. But that is truly the heart of the path.

written by Karin Ugander

We did it! We have just passed through a massive amount of energy with the solar eclipse in the middle of December, and the big conjunction with Jupiter and Saturn at Midwinter. But, the ride is not over yet. We still have a strong and special full Moon on the 29^th of December and a New Year to celebrate. So let´s take a look at what the stars has in store for us this time.

Full Moon in Cancer and longing for family

This full moon will probably feel quite strong. It is the first full moon after very strong shifts in the sky. Cancer is the first of the water signs and it is actually ruled by the moon itself. People who are moon sensitive usually feel the moon extra strong when it is in the sign of Cancer each month. Now we have a full moon in Cancer and can expect a strong wave of energy.

The sign of Cancer is also the ruler of the 4^th house in Astrology and there we find things connected to our home and the family that we grew up with. This means that the strong longing for family and our loved ones, may not peak at Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve, but at the full moon on the 29^th. If you have someone close to you going through an extra hard time, this Full moon could be extra important to reach out and say: Hello, you’re not alone!

Difficulties in asking for help

It can be extra hard to ask for help because Mercury (communication, friendship, siblings) is in the sign of Capricorn. And there one can have a strong need to communicate in a strict and correct way. Asking for help could go against ones upbringing. It could feel like exposing a weakness, and Capricorn does not like that.

At this full moon, both the sun and the moon is in a challenging aspect (square) to Chiron in Aries which can bring up strong healing themes on deep levels. To summarise this, people close to you can go through more difficult things than they show, and they can have an extra hard time to talk about it and ask for assistance.

Mercury is in the sign of Capricorn until around the 8^th of January when it moves into the sign of Aquarius.

A Sharp Sword cutting in darkness

The Asteroid Pallas Athena is clever, smart and effective. Now as the asteroid has entered into the sign of Aquarius she is also very fast and precise. There she helps us to use our mind to determine the best strategy to use moving ahead. There is a challenge though.

Pallas Athena at 7 deg. in Aquarius is in a challenging aspect to both  Lillith Black Moon (instinct, but also what we cannot see with our eyes) and Uranus in the sign of Taurus (change, transformation). This can create different kinds of situations. It may be that we say things very true and correct, but we may be very blunt. And in this case we risk hurting people in ways we did not intend to.

We may also start a big transformation (Uranus) unintendedly. If you are a public person in some way, you may want to check the things that you post one extra time before posting. It could be a good idea to have someone else read it first, if you are unsure of how it may be perceived.

The other scenario is that we cut away things that are more harmful than we understood at the moment, and by this avoid problems that could manifest further down the road. It could be that we say no to continue doing business with someone and later it shows that they were not honest.

Either way, when you have decisions or statements to make, take it easy. Take a deep breath and be as precise (Pallas Athena) and heart/womb (Lillith Black Moon) connected as you can be. In many shamanic traditions men are also considered to have a womb, a dreaming basket if you may call it that. One of the keys for opening up the wisdom of  Lillith Black Moon is to listen to that dreaming place and it´s guidance.

Pallas Athena and Lillith Black Moon is in challenging aspect to each other until around the 24^th of January.

Past Life memories and clearing Karma

The asteroid Vesta at 19 degrees in Virgo, (priest, priestess, dedication) is very active right now. She is in a challenging aspect to Venus and the South node in Sagittarius , North node in Gemini and Neptune in Pisces. Whenever Venus and Vesta are meeting each other, there is something ancient going on. This is amplified with Venus right next to the South node (past lives, karma).

Don´t be surprised if old memories surface. It may be from this life, or it could be from past lives. Love, romance and strong feelings (Venus, Neptune) can be strong themes. Just remember that Neptune is also the planet of illusions. Sometimes we have a tendency to idealise things of the past.

Remembering being a former incarnated Priest/ess of Egypt doesn’t necessarily make you a better person or your magick stronger than what it is today. It does however give you an experience and a history to tap into. If the memory  surfaces it has a message to deliver. Listen and use discernment and good judgement on what to do with the information .

Memories that pops up can be from any time and age, but the theme of Egypt is strong right now with the Asteroid Isis (Egyptian goddess) at 9 deg. in Aquarius, Conjunct Pallas Athena at 7 deg in Aquarius, squaring Uranus and Lillith Black Moon in Taurus as mentioned above.

The Rainbow Oracle for 2021

What is New Year celebrations without some fun game to play? This is a Rainbow Oracle game that you can play with family and friends. It can just as easily be done online with someone taking the role of the Oracle. Things that you need

• A bag of some sorts
• Ribbons in different colours. They can be made out of silk, yarn or different pieces of cloth. If you don´t have any of those you can also colour small papers and put in the bag.
• Put all the ribbons in the bag. Imagine how a magickal rainbow is swirling around in the bag.

How to use the bag:

• Give it a good shake, ask how the next year will be and pull out a ribbon.

Below you can read suggestions on meanings of the colours. You can make up your own meanings as you wish. Just make sure that you decide the meanings before you start the game and not make them up as you go along! You may also add challenges for the different colours, but this time I have chosen to just have the uplifting side. Personally, after a year like 2020 I´m very open for Good News and things to look forward to!

• Red- new beginnings, lust, passion.
• Orange- unexpected changes, success
• Gold – wisdom, you´ve struck gold!
• Coral – feminine power, the goddess is watching over you.
• Yellow- knowledge and education.
• Lime – new friends and opportunities.
• Light green – rebirth, new path opens up.
• Dark green – health and wealth.
• Turquoise – travels, new career.
• Light blue – more fun will come into your life.
• Dark blue – mediumship and clairvoyance.
• Lilac – fairies are watching over you.
• Purple – magick and witchcraft.
• Magenta – angels are watching over you.
• Pink – love, romance, the birth of something new.
• Silver- your life will speed up.
• Rainbow – believe in magick, unicorns are watching over you.

Happy New Year! Gott Nytt År! / Karin Spirit Talker Turtle Red

Karin Ugander (Spirit Talker Turtle Red) is a spiritual channeler living in the south of Sweden. In Scandinavia she is known for the AstroNumerology and psychic readings she’s been doing for over 20 years. Together with her husband Niklas, she runs KaniSkolan, a school of astrology, numerology, tarot, StarCode Healing, and natural medicine. They are also the founders of Alven Inner Ring tradition, a Scandinavian mystery school with roots in shamanism and magick. Karin loves to create magickal oils, flower essences and sigils she combines in her “Karin Victoria” sigil candles and flower sprays. In her spare time she likes to travel, walk in the forest with her dog, and spend time by the ocean. Karin is a high priestess and graduate of the Temple of Witchcraft’s seminary program.

You can find Karin Ugander at Instagram @flowerpowerwitch and @karinuganderofficial

By Christopher Penczak, edited by Tina Whittle 

Chalice Well Lion Fountain

Not that long ago, I was not an advocate of online magick. Classes? Sure. But the actual doing of magick? No.

I had a friend who early on was deeply immersed in online rituals with an internet coven, and perhaps my assessment had a lot to do with that particular person, but I didn’t see a lot of evolutionary result there. To be fair, I could say that about a lot of in-person groups and teachings, but I had a larger sample size for them. My online coven sample size was small, so I reached my opinions quickly, and they were not kind.

I teach online, and have done so for a number of years, so it’s not that I doubt the method of transmission for information. When I have taught online classes—and when I have taken them—the audio or video, whether live or recorded, facilitated my own personal experience, but not necessarily the group experience. I do believe in astral temples and dream workings where people can have distant group experiences, but that takes some training and some previous resonance (or so I believed). I didn’t see that in an online format, particularly for ritual. The in-person transmission is so important to me, mouth to ear as they say, that I have spent the better part of the last twenty years traveling and teaching all around the United States, with forays into Canada, Mexico, England, Wales, Sweden, Brazil, and Australia.

Fast forward to the year of Covid-19. Here we enter into a time of intense separation due to mostly self-imposed quarantine or local guidelines. We can’t get together for large events. We often can’t get together for small events. All events suddenly go online, including rituals. I was skeptical, but I did it. I know many felt the same way. And I found something wonderful has happened—amid this difficulty, we created an opportunity for greater community and different community to grow. Now our challenge will be continuing this when things return to whatever “normal” will be and we can gather more easily in person.

My inspiration around this time has been the magician I consider the High Priestess of the new aeon, Dion Fortune. While certainly a product of her time, she was also far ahead of her time in many things. I think to the Magickal Battle of Britain, and how she and her organization, the Fraternity of the Inner Light, circulated letters of guided imagery to link them all at the same time each week, specifically to do magick to prevent the invasion of the Nazis into the UK and ultimately the triumph of the Allies as a force for evolution and enlightenment. She used a mix of Pagan and Christian imagery around the Glastonbury Tor holy site. This was not mere fanciful imagination alone, but a simple and powerful magickal working. People didn’t see each other. They didn’t hear each other’s voices. There was no real time guidance…and yet it worked!

Today we have access to more tools. We could argue they make us lazy in our magickal workings, and there is some truth to that, but those who are not lazy—who also use the tools such as online meetings with shared graphics, music, and synchronized workings in real time—have an ability to connect both psychically and technologically in very real ways. Different? Yes. More exhausting? Sometimes. But nonetheless real. I found myself having to shed the former prejudices I had about online work as I witnessed shared astral temple space, especially one instance where a group of people united in one tradition, current, and egregore came together and produced some real magickal voltage.

As Witches, we use what we have available. We use what works. I’ve found something that does both and is serving for this time. I encourage us all to use the tools we have available and find ways to weave our community together and make the magick in new ways. You won’t regret it.

written by Karin Ugander

This will most certainly be a December to remember. Not just only because of the pandemic and the fact that we will celebrate the holidays differently, but also because of the special astrological events taking place. A river of energy is about to sweep all over us. The December events will culminate at Midwinter on the 21^st of December, when Jupiter and Saturn will conjunct and join each other like one big star in the sky. You can find many interesting posts on the internet on this. My focus in this Astrolog however, will be about how to navigate the energy within ourselves and together with our families and loved ones. It all starts today with a Solar eclipse…

Solar eclipse and new knowledge

Today we have a total Solar Eclipse. It is said that the moon eclipses are a change for the people and the solar eclipses are a change for the leaders. A moon eclipse happens at full moon and at those we usually become aware of how we are influenced by others and the collective energies are felt strong. A solar eclipse happens at a new moon and we usually become aware about how we move in the world and influence others. A new moon signals a new beginning.

This Solar Eclipse is at 23 degrees in Saggitarius (knowledge, teachers, visionaries) and  it is close to the south node (karma, past lives,) and Mercury (communication). If you are a teacher of some kind, or a leader, you may feel that your old mould or clothing is too old, or too tight. You may search for new expressions and ways of teaching.

On a global scale governments and countries may find a need to communicate (Mercury) and educate (Saggitarius) in a new and different way.

Don´t throw away you canvas

The Solar Eclipse is also in a Grand Cross with Neptune (creativity, art) in Pisces and Vesta (fire, motivation, dedication) in the sign of Virgo. This could make your creativity a bit squeezed in, or blocked. Whatever you do, don´t throw away your canvases, paintings, drafts on your book or music recordings. It´s not as bad as it seems. Wait for the blockage to be released. It will come…

Ladies of the Underworld and initiation

At this Solar Eclipse, Venus and Vesta are joined together exactly at 28 degrees in Scorpio. This sign is ruled by Pluto, the Lord of the Underworld. They make a sextile, positive aspect to Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn in Capricorn. We can associate this with the ladies (goddesses) that descended to the underworld like Persefone and Inanna. Venus and Vesta also makes a beautiful trine, positive aspect to Chiron (initiation) in Aries.

If you are a psychic in some way it may suggest an initiation (Chiron) to a new (Jupiter) and beautiful flow of communication with the dead and the underworld (Pluto in Capricorn and Venus, Vesta in Scorpio.) The permanent change is amplified with the aspect to Saturn. In numerology the number 28 is a number for Initiation, passing a test and moving on to a new level. It is the tarot card 2 of Wands.

The December shower of energy continues

As I mentioned above this is just the beginning of the energies coming towards us. Here are some other dates to look out for. The dates can differ somewhat depending on the time zone.

Dec 15^th  Venus enters Sagittarius. This helps us to broaden our minds and look more up to the sky. Venus in Scorpio has had a tendency to put relationships under the microscope. Venus moving into the sign of Saggitarius can help us to be more forgiving towards ourselves and our loved ones.

Dec 15^th Chiron goes direct. This can feel like a fresh breath of air. Chiron in retrograde in Aries has been a challenge in terms of self-confidence. With Chiron going direct, It will be easier to believe in oneself again.

Dec 17^th  Saturn enters Aquarius, December 19^th Jupiter enters Aquarius.  These big planets leaving the earthly world of Capricorn and moving into the air world of Aquarius will be felt on many planes. It will be a release of energy. Stagnant energy begins to move. More on this in coming bloggs.

December 20-21 Sun and Mercury enters Capricorn. It´s kind of comforting that the Sun and Mercury holds some anchoring energies at the same time as Jupiter and Saturn’s moves forward away from Capricorn to Aquarius. Imagine that we are shifting from a big anchor in earth (Saturn and Jupiter) to a smaller anchor (the Sun and Mercury)

Standing in a time of change

One of my Spirit teachers describe Universal energies like a big Dragon. When the Dragon moves, everything moves, we move, our position and relationship to everything changes. Our inner dragon energy – Kundalini also wants to move, and our chakras and energy bodies changes position in relationship to the Universe.

Now with these planets changing position one after another the Dragon will change position and even a small movement universally speaking, will be felt on our planes of consciousness.

One small, but very effective thing that we can do on a daily basis,  is to check in with ourselves and our relationship to the Universe by connecting to the elements.

Universal Dragon balancing exercise

• Take a few breaths and centre yourself.
• Take contact with the element of Fire (East in the TOW tradition). Has the fire inside me (kundalini) changed? How are my energy bodies doing? How much light is flowing through? Is there any stops, and if so how can I assist myself?
• Take contact with the element of Air (South). How is my mind doing? Is it focused or easily distracted? Any new thoughts or mental processes going on? Is my mind connected to the collective? Is that good or creating stress? How can I support my mind in the best way?
• Take contact with the element of Water (West). How is my emotions and flow in life today? Any hindrances? Am I stuck in something? Am I swimming in my own water or other people’s water? How can I assist myself to flow through with ease?
• Take contact with the element of Earth (North). How is my body doing? Any pain, blockages? How safe do I feel today? Is my body an energy holder for other people’s processes? Is that good or bad? How can I support myself in the best way?
• Take contact with the Universal energies in the centre. Imagine a breathing Universal Dragon. How is my connection to that energy? Has my relationship to the Universe changed? If yes, then how? Breath and find balance.
• Move your attention into your Heart. Create a link between your Heart and the Universal Dragon. Ask if there is anything that you need to know about the day and your closest environment? Do you need to prepare for something?
• Breath, thank the Universal Dragon, the elements and let go of excessive energy.

Be a voice for the Voiceless

As always when there is a lot of energy moving in, people can react in strong ways. The ones that can not change their circumstances in the same way as perhaps you and me, are children, animals and vulnerable people. We are moving towards the Holidays and it is important to remember that not all families are supportive and healthy, even under what is considered normal circumstances. Now there are extra tensions with the Pandemic causing a lot off stress,  and we have strong astrological transits moving massive amounts of energy.

As Witches, Healers and Magickal People we have extra resources to be a voice for the voiceless and assist those in need. An now is an extra important time to use that power.

With this I wish you many Yule Blessings, or as we say in Swedish –

“En riktigt God Jul!” / Karin Spirit Talker Turtle Red

Karin Ugander (Spirit Talker Turtle Red) is a spiritual channeler living in the south of Sweden. In Scandinavia she is known for the AstroNumerology and psychic readings she’s been doing for over 20 years. Together with her husband Niklas, she runs KaniSkolan, a school of astrology, numerology, tarot, StarCode Healing, and natural medicine. They are also the founders of Alven Inner Ring tradition, a Scandinavian mystery school with roots in shamanism and magick. Karin loves to create magickal oils, flower essences and sigils she combines in her “Karin Victoria” sigil candles and flower sprays. In her spare time she likes to travel, walk in the forest with her dog, and spend time by the ocean. Karin is a high priestess and graduate of the Temple of Witchcraft’s seminary program.

You can find Karin Ugander at Instagram @flowerpowerwitch and @karinuganderofficial