Spirit

Well I finished #OnyxStorm. I’m a myriad of emotions. So much to process. 🫢

Can’t wait!

Rain ambience on, candles lit, mood lighting on, and cuddled up with my husband and our fur babies as we read #OnyxStorm? No better way to spend the night!

Many mixed feelings about some places releasing Onyx Storm early. Somewhat jealous of those who got a copy but also somewhat bummed it even happened.

All I want is a signed copy of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros and a new tattoo. 🫡

I’ve been binge watching this adorable mlm anime called Cherry Magic and it’s too precious 🥹

Gemini
Pay attention to synchronicities, read between the lines and don’t rush the growth of your blessings. Speak up about your desires and don’t leave any details out. You teach people how to treat you, including the universe.

Is it really a holiday if you don't get overstimulated?

D’awww what a pretty baby he was! And same, soft spot for cats in general but especially black cats.

When I watch ghost hunter shows I always check and see if the place that’s being investigated is on a ley line point and often times they are. 👀

Another successful win for the #SunfuryBattalion

I’m ready to have the discourse that America should be a matriarchal government and that men can’t hold positions of power ever again and male billionaires have to give all their money to a woman.

Almost done with Fourth Wing for the third time! And the cat is screaming because he wants me to fill his bowl and it’s not food time.

Hello again 1 AM, it’s just me, my book, and my cat.

Honestly so hyped to go see Wicked for the second time with my coworkers on Thanksgiving. What a great way to spend the day!

Of course witches got blamed for that too. The Catholics said the Black Plague was a curse from witches for killing their familiars and honestly they weren’t completely wrong.

Also because the Catholics killed so many black cats they caused the Black Plague because black cats and cats in general were the natural predator for rodents and when all the cats were killed it caused the rodent population to spread, thus causing the black plague.

Anyways everyone meet Leah, my black cat. And yes, I’m a witch with a black cat. 🐈‍⬛

It’s called the “black animal syndrome.” Statistically black dogs and cats are extremely less likely to be adopted over other breeds or coats and are still villainized in 2024, which is wild to me.

And thus birthed the myth that black cats and the women and Pagan people who lived in harmony with nature were also in league with a devil of a completely different religion. And this phenomenon still exists today and is observed in animal shelters across the world.

As the Catholic Church continued to grow in power they began to feel threatened by the Pagans and saw them as direct competition since the Pagans wouldn’t give up their beliefs and cats were seen as willful and having a disdain for authority like Pagans so they got lumped together.

But WHY did the Catholic Church say black cats were bad? Why were black cats specifically in league with the devil? At this time in the world Paganism was still a predominate faith and these Pre-Christianity witches lived in harmony with animals and nature and black cats were among those ranks.

So, the superstition around black cats being evil or a sign of bad luck stems specifically from an order in the 13th Century by the Pope Gregory IX on June 13th, 1233. This order stated that black cats were an incarnation of Satan and this was the start of the witch hunts we all know of.

I was having a conversation today with a coworker about black cats and where the superstition specifically originated from and I was so hyped to share with her the story since she didn’t know the details!

New favorite Lush bath combo; Clear The Skies Bath Oil, Witchy Woo bubble bar, and Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb. 😍

Okay but the Elphaba’s Hat bath bomb from Lush is amazing. 😍

From the first song to the last I quietly sobbed through all of the new Wicked movie. 😭

I’m also reading The Girl Who Could Move Sh** With Her Mind by Jackson Ford in tandem for a book club with some friends and so far loving that too.