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Helaena Weatherwax

@helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social
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Witch, Pagan, Hospice Chaplain, proud B in LGBTQ, dog Mom, lover of the unloved, ravenous reader, vintage style (but not vintage values), death doula.

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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This new moon is special to me because it falls on my birthday. Time to knock the dust off! #witchsky #capricorn
Illustration depicting magical things to do or cast for the new moon in Capricorn.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Ever run out of "kitchen" bay leaves (or cinnamon, or cloves or...) and have to go dig around in your spell supplies and use the "magic" ones? #witchsky #bayleaf
An illustration of bay leaves and small white flowers.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
A spell jar for myself containing honey for sweetness, rose petals, lavender, hyssop, rosehips, cinnamon, bay, clove, my name and a fresh strand of hair to tune it and sealed with a pink candle. #witchsky
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bluecollarcatmom84.bsky.social @bluecollarcatmom84.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
#WitchSky #PaganSky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
We are still growing beneath the quiet earth. #witchsky
Winter solstice affirmations 

I release the urgency to bloom before my roots are ready.
I am allowed to pause without explanation.
I choose depth over noise.
The dark teaches me how to listen to myself.
I honor the cycles of my body, my spirit, my life.
I carry only what I need into the next season.
Even now, especially now, I am growing.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The Shortest Day, by Susan Cooper #witchsky #yule
So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen,
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive.
They shouted, reveling.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing, behind us—listen!
This shortest day
As promise wakens in the sleeping land.
They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends, and hope for peace.
And so do we, here, now,
This year, and every year.
Welcome Yule!
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Deep peace to you during the holiday scramble. #witchsky
Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the infinite peace to you.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I had a very rough day today but then this came across my feed. #witchsky
To the woman trying too hard

Darling, you can pause now.

Even the tide isn't so tightly wound.

You have been hauling your heart through impossible waters, naming the ache in your body as progress.

But there is a moment when the air quietly loosens and you remember that you weren't meant to push this.

Only to feel it.

To walk gently with intention.

To gather all that is still good.

To breathe the open air.

To move fluidly with your own (imperfect) story.

You can let all of the forcing fall like salt back into the knowing sea.

Nothing ever leaves you that was supposed to remain.

Victoria Erickson
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I read this at a memorial last week and wanted to share it. #hospice
A poem entitled When I Go.

When I go
Don't learn to live without me
Just learn to live with my love
In a different way.

And if you need to see me
Close your eyes
Or look in your shadow 
When the sun shines 

I'm there

Sit with me in the quiet
And you will know
 i did not leave 

There is no leaving
When one soul is blended 
With another.

When I go
Don't learn to live without me
Just learn to look for me
In the moments.

I will be there.
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Kitchen_Feri_Witch 🖤 ☽❍☾ 🖤 @kitchenferiwitch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Good morning beautiful friends. Happy Monday. #WitchSky #CovenSky #PaganSky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The earth always holds me. The earth always supports me. When I lay my tired body and wounded spirit down upon it, I will never fall. #witchsky
A dark background with teal, cream and blue colors that features a cream colored bear, two mushrooms and an owl with the text "I am safe and supported."
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Another from my favorite poet. #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Full moon tonight! I will release that which does not serve me and call my power back Blessings to you and yours! #witchsky
A full moon with the words 

Full Moon Mantra

I release the neer for those things in my life that are not serving my higher self. I am not afraid to let go. In their place, I receive love, joy, and abundance. So it is.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I love mushroom themed clothing and whenever anyone asks me why I love mushrooms so much, this is what I say. #witchsky
Candy colored mushrooms with eyes in the stems and the quote, in bright pink, that reads

"if mushrooms can grow from shit, so can you"
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I'm a new hospice chaplain and have been invited to speak at a Veteran's Day pinning ceremony next week. Do you have any veteran appropriate blessings or prayers to share? #hospice
An illustration of red poppies on a cream background.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I had two visitors this Samhain, my maternal Gma and paternal Gpa. They both wanted to hear all the family news! My Grandma visited while I had my morning coffee since she was a coffee addict in life. I love that, as a witch, I can still talk to those who are no longer among the living. #witchsky
A background picture of witch essentials like sage, mushrooms, ferns and tarot cards.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
My early morning devotion on Samhain. #witchsky
A statue of Hecate lit by candles on an altar. The candles reflect the shadows of two hounds and a raven on the wall behind the statue.
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Wayward Witchery @waywardwitchery.com · 30/10/2025
Feeling the pull of a busy world? ✨ Our latest blog and video, ‘Sacred Rest – Finding Stillness in a Busy World,’ explores gentle ways to reclaim calm, reconnect with yourself, and make space for stillness in everyday life. waywardwitchery.com/sacred-rest/ #MagicalBazaar #WitchSky
waywardwitchery.com
Sacred Rest: Reclaiming Stillness in a Busy World - Wayward Witchery
Reclaim sacred rest and stillness in a busy world. Learn mindful rituals, energy renewal, and how rest can be a powerful act of rebellion.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A reminder for all this Samhain! #witchsky
A woman dressed in black with black lipstick holding five lit black candles and the caption "Don't summon what you can't banish"
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Good advice. Nothing was ever "worried" into being better. #witchsky
A pair of hands holding a small universe with a sickle moon and the words "If it's out of your hands, let it out of your mind too."
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This morning's Dawn Prayer. #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I love moon magic but for some reason, every New Moon makes me feel anxious and unsettled. How do they affect you? #witchsky
An info graphic on the reads New Moon Ritus and suggests several ideas.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Look at this cool chaplain thing I got for my hard of hearing/non verbal patients!
A picture board for spiritual care with an emotion scale, a spiritual pain scale and pictorial representations of spiritual needs such as prayer, chanting, the Bible, hand holding, candles or song.A religion chart on the back of a laminated card listing several major religions to help non verbal patients indicate their belief systems.
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The Death Expert @thedeath.expert · 14/10/2025
Toxic positivity hurts when what people need is support #hospice #endoflife #deathpositive
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Messages from Nature! On my way to work, just outside my apartment, I spotted a flock of black vultures (and no carrion) on a grassy hill. Black vultures signify the ending of cycles, cleansing and rebirth. A flock tells me that I'll need community as I go through the next cycle. #witchsky
Two black vultures sit together on a tree limb looking to the left side of the photo.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I took a trip to Luray Caverns in the Shenandoah Valley & this formation"Pluto's Ghost" is my favorite. I have been to several caverns (including this one) & I have never felt the slightest bit uncomfortable. Just a sense of deep peace and safety. How do you feel underground? #witchsky
A large white cave rock formation in the shape of a robed figure, lit with subtle lights in a cavern.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I picked this up today finally and if you're pagan, I CANNOT recommend it enough if you are able to read about the persecution of suspected witches in Puritan society. It's fictional and it grabs you from Chapter 1 and doesn't let go! I read the entire book in one sitting! #witchsky
The cover of a book entitled "Slewfoot" by BROM pictures a young, red haired woman with good legs sitting on a hovering broom in front of a golden full moon.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I've been feeling drained/chaotic lately and struggling to move through my days. Yesterday I did a reading about how to regain my equilibrium. This guy basically screamed STRUCTURE in my "ear"! I struggle with the traditionally masculine aspect but sometimes I guess I need them! #witchsky
The tarot card The Emperor pictures a king buck standing on top of a jasper hill surrounded by trees whose roots are bound together to support the hill.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Tell me a weird little thing that you're proud of! I drink a gallon of water a day. #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I really do try to listen but... #witchsky
A picture of Tina from Bob's burgers leaning back and looking at the viewer, the quote reads 

Me: Ignores advice from tarot 

My Spirit Guides: your ass is grass and I'm gonna mow it.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Yup, that's how you do it. #witchsky
A meme format that pictures a person standing next to a tree with sound waves coming off the tree. The text reads 

Figure 2-32 Allow the Tree's Aura to Blend with Your Own.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I definitely skipped class.
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Talk about a hook...
A beautifully illustrated cover of a book
 called Hemlock and Silver by T Kingfisher. Bright green page edges and a hint of the interior cover art which is black and white.The first page of a book that reads "I had just taken poison when the king arrived to inform me that he had murdered his wife."
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
This poem gives me shivers every time. No is a complete sentence. No is self care. No is magic. #witchsky
youtu.be
WITCHES - A Poem by Fleassy Malay
YouTube video by UPLIFT
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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
boss the fascism
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I haven't read this yet myself but it sounds awesome! Any thoughts on it?
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Today's reminder. What is dragging you right now? #witchsky #hospicechaplain
An illustration of flowers on a blue, pink, orange with the words "LET GO OR BE DRAGGED" in white.2
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Mary Oliver is my favorite poet. I read her poems to my hospice patients and this one really speaks to me. #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Blessings to you all! #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
What do you do to replenish? Tell me about your spiritual self care! My last few weeks have been filled with many good things but many heavy things and I am finding myself struggling to refill my spiritual cup. #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Your life is magic. #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
From the penultimate witch herself. Sin is when you treat people like things. #witchsky #grannyweatherwax
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Here are a couple reminders. Remember that boundaries are essential for spiritual health. #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
A few fungi and ferns from my walk today! #mushroomsky #fungifriends #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Cool Ghost Pipe I found during my woods walk today! #fungifriends
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Have you ever heard the idea that those of us who love "unlovable" creatures do it because if we can love them, others can love us even if/when we consider ourselves unlovable? Yeah. #witchsky
A white illustration of a pigeon, two white rats, a salamander and a toad with the words "Love the Unlocked creatures"
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Let's talk about the wax and wanes of your magic. Are you stronger or weaker during particular times of the year? Is it easier to connect in different environments? Do you have a "go to" meditation for a specific place or element? #witchsky
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I'm a little late but I got my summer flowers on my altar before summer solstice! Poppies, yellow coneflowers, ferns, and mini-daylilies! (I wanted full size daylilies but the flower section at Michael's only had the small ones) #witchsky
A pagan altar with a silk flower summer bouquet, bronze wheel of the year decoration with a Millennium Gaia statue. There are amethyst, sodalite, trolite, blue chalcedony and jade rocks and animals
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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I reorganized my balcony today and moved my crow feeding station to a smaller, lower table and put a large bushy plant nearby. I was worried the crows might have trouble finding it but they showed up immediately and cleaned me out! #witchsky #corvids
A gray outdoor table on a concrete patio with a statue of Hecate, a small incense burner and a pile of in-shell peanuts.
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