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Welcome to episode three of season two. If you just joined, this is Maria at Maria the Arcane on Instagram and Robin at a Target Witch on Instagram. Hello.
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If you are new here, this is your first episode. First of all, welcome to the first and the last podcast you should ever listen to because it’s the greatest podcast alive, obviously,
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but every week we talk about upcoming lunar phases and basically how you can work with that and incorporate it into your magic. I do feel the need to preface because this became a conversation I saw on Twitter when we talk about lunar phases and the astrological kind of associations, I’m not talking about how it is going to affect you specifically with your zodiac sign. There’s a lot of factors that go into that. And this is a very simple energies we can work with in terms of magic, etc. Like so I did want to preface that because it was a conversation on Twitter and I’m like, I am not trying to claim to be an astrology pro, okay? We are just talking about upcoming energies. Michael Jones just saying that to say it. Obviously, we’re just talking about it generally. Yeah, they probably were, but I’d rather preface it so we were all on the same page that I’m not trying to tell you that your life is going to end just because of the new moon. Aquarius, maybe. Yes, it is.
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Yeah. I’m not an astrology ho, okay? I want to be so bad, but there is so much math and calculations in it. That girl does not have the time. No. Anyway, the upcoming lunar phase is the new moon in Aquarius, which is happening on February 11. Now, this is not how, again, it affects your personally, I feel like I’m going to have to preface that. Now, every episode no, you’re fine in Aquarius is essentially something that is going to be activating the airline energy within ourselves. So we’re going to be looking at things like how we communicate, our creativity, friendship. Quite frankly, if you’re looking at air science in general, think of the suit of wands and how we communicate. So that being said, we’re going to look into what sort of stuff inspires you, what is the kind of thing that gets your motor going. These are the energies we’re going to be working with. Similarly speaking, if we’re looking at that in terms of magic, we want to look at magic on building communication between potentially friendships. So let’s say you and a friend have had a falling out. You might want to do spellwork. That opens the door to being able to be heard more effectively, to be able to make amends. This is a great time to start creative projects. So if you’ve been on the fence about doing that paint by numbers, go get it and do it. Why not? You know those crazy bead things that you have, like the little sticky shit and you like, mining, doing it. I don’t know what they’re called. They’re like called like bedazzle buddies or something. I don’t know. Be by numbers? Yeah, some shit like that. I don’t know. They’re just like artistic bedazzlers. That’s all they are. You can’t change my mind, but maybe we’ll get that. Maybe that’s going to be something that’s very therapeutic for you, and this is a great time to start working on that. We’re looking at all things that are dealing with creativity and communication. Sometimes the two go hand in hand. So focus on spellwork that deals with that. Put in some creativity. I wonder if for Mercury retrograde, it’s going to cancel out because of you know what, Maria? This is a land of optimism, and I’d appreciate it if you take your bad attitude elsewhere. Thank you. No, but what is it like cancels out? Mercury retrograde is not happening, okay? Last year. Really? No, it’s not. That’s why the power did not go off this morning. Okay? So please have a word with yourself. Oh, my God. This is also because I know everybody is saying that this is the Age of Aquarius. Again, I’m not an astrological, which I’m not trying to pretend to be that bitch, but my friends who are say that it’s not really the Age of Aquarius. I’m not entirely certain on the math of the whole thing. Again, too much math. I cheated on math through high school. But for those of people that do believe in the Age of Aquarius happening right now, and this is the Aquarius new moon, you might want to hone in those two energies. I don’t know. You live your best life, honey. You live your best life. So, yeah, that’s what we’re focusing on. Really. I stay focusing on communication and how we kind of get that out there and focus on magic potentially canceling out of the parking retrograde. Do you magic specifically to fucking deflect? Yeah, that was the sound of it. Deflecting off my magic shield. Did you like that? Yeah, Wonder Woman. Thanks. I’m pretty much a superhero. Can we talk about how you’re, like, go and talk to your friends again? So you will be that person from Mercury Retrograde contact. You can suck my dick. So let’s start with that. First of all, everybody who’s listening right now, to know that Maria just personally victimized me and I don’t appreciate it. So it’s okay if you want to be that person I’m going to write about in my diary. So how about that? Maria was very mean to me today. She was very mean to me today, and I will never speak to her again. Xoxo, Gossip Girl. I love you. Yeah, if you want an Aquarius, guys, jot it down.
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So if you just started listening to us, every podcast, we talk about a random tarot card. We go over the universal meaning and then our own interpretations of the cards. Hearing other people’s opinions helps beginners form their own opinions, or even those who have been practicing for a while, expand their views on other meetings. So this week we’re talking about the nine of wands on the rider. Wait, Smith version of this deck. You’ll see like a wall of wands set behind a wounded person who is holding onto their wand seemingly out of comfort. If you look below their feet, they seem to be standing on like a path of some sort. The universal keywords that go with this card are resilience, blockages, courage and persistence. I actually view this card fairly differently than a lot of readers. This is a big boundary card for me. Boundaries are so important, and while they can be very stressful to uphold, they’re all healthy and necessary for our growth sometimes. These boundaries we need to start not only with others, but with ourselves as well, so we can continue down our life path towards our goals and personal growth. The boundaries we need to set are with things that are holding us back. Distractions, naysayers, and toxic people in situations. So yeah, like when this car pops up, this card seems to pop up when we have been wounded by a certain situation and it’s like hampering our progress. And rather than just ignoring it, we need to set clear boundaries, like verbally set clear boundaries with ourselves and those around us so we can heal and move on. How about you? How do you do it? I kind of am on the same page as you with boundaries, only my idea of boundaries is a little bit almost more literal. So how I look at it is sometimes we’re at this point in our lives where we just want to give up. We want to throw in the towel, we’re like, fuck this, you’re tired, you’re fed up, you’re drained, like, absolutely not right? And what you don’t need to give up, but what you need to do is create a sort of boundary to protect yourself and just have a break and then step back, regroup, and then tackle it again. So it is similar in having the boundary, but the boundary is more within ourselves of knowing when we need to step back, have a little bit of a break before proceeding forward. Does that make sense? Yeah, that does make sense. I really like the Dark Wood tarot version of this card. Everybody has that deck and I do not have it. I don’t know what it looks like. I’m going to look it up right now. So there’s like wands, just like the wall of wands, basically, and there’s like this evil gesture behind the wands. So it’s definitely showing the need for boundaries and as you said, like distractions and all that, it’s just making bad barriers so that way you at least internally feel safe so you can regroup before proceeding forward. Yeah, that’s scary. The nine of wands for Dark Wood is scary. I think I don’t have that deck. It’s scary.
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We can talk about terror decks all day. Yes. It can get me started. Not that I have any. None. I’ve never even owned one. I don’t know anything about tarot. Hello. Anyway, so I’m trying to say is, everybody go buy my book.
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This next section I’m glad you’re like, I’ll intro this. So we’re going to talk about Target, like, an NPR episode. Welcome to Coffee and Cauldrons. On today’s episode, we’re talking about what the fuck’s going on in our lives and in our practice. Wow. Maria is up first. Maria. She comes from South Carolina. Maria, you want to tell us a little bit more about your practice? That would be so good as an NPR announcer? Yeah, I would. Filling out that employment form? Hell yes. Okay, so I’ve been really busy lately. I have so many projects going on. So I’ve been at least taking five to ten minutes out of my day to focus on my spiritual self. And one of the intentions I set for myself this year was to work towards balance, since I’m prone to overworking and putting, and I’ve been trying to put as much real world energy into that as possible. But my schedule won’t be more balanced until March, which is when I’m really looking at my calendar and plotting things out to a T. She’s so much more organized than me.
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I’m still resting, like, when I need to during the week and stuff like that. But it’s so crazy. In my downtime, she gets 20 minutes of sleep where she stands up and leans me into walls. I’m serious. I wake up at, like, wake up and I work until, like, five, and then I’m working again from nine to ten. It’s nuts right now, but I’m still trying to rest when I can. And during my downtime, I’ve actually been doing a lot of shadow work, pulling cards for myself and actually taking the time to write them out and listening to audiobooks while I do house stuff, both like, fiction and for research. And I always stress to keep your practice super simple, especially if you’re busy, and that’s fine. If you don’t have the time to, like, a huge candles fill, that’s fine. I’ve been lighting, like, simple candle fills with intention. But honestly, I just spend most of this time journaling. I’m not fighting the introspection, being so introspective during this period of time, because that’s what winter is all about. It’s like going into yourself and thinking about just becoming a better person on the inside so you can start cultivating it with real world energy later, especially during spring. But because I’ve been, like, spending that time at night, like, the five to ten minutes, I’ve actually felt more creative and be able to, like, handle the pressure. Those people who are not in our disc or not in our discord, who are not in the Patreon Marie has been making these incredible images for her posts, for the articles, and they’re beyutiful beyutiful. I know part of it is because of whatever crazy app you’re using that is like, beyond me. But they are striking and I think they’re beautiful. Thank you. Yeah. Part of Home Witchery. I’ve also been rage Cleaning
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spellwork. Right? Hello, rage Cleaning. Hi. I’m going to call you some really bad names, and you can come take it out here on my house if you want. So what have you been up to? Well, so a few things. Maria and I just talked about this before we started recording this section. And I have an announcement because it is affecting my practice right now. I am pregnant. I am due in June. So I’m five months pregnant. That is a house.
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Yes. So that’s affecting everything right now, including my practice. I’ve created none about me, but I’m going to be an ante again. I’m going to be an anti,
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just so everybody knows. Now I’m saying it now. I will not be posting any pictures of my child on social media. I know that a lot of people are going to be happy for me, I’m sure, and send lovely messages, and I appreciate it. I know how fucking egotistical that sounds, so let’s just pretend I didn’t say it as self absorbed as I just did. So nice. They’re such wonderful people. My listener. You guys are all so nice. So I know that people are going to be kind, but I want to just put that out there now so that way people don’t expect my page to suddenly become a mommy blogging page or similar, because I’m just not comfortable with that social media. I don’t know. My wish playing during Halloween when it’s yeah, there might be an occasional thing here and there, but as my husband and I talked about, there’s no way I’m going to be able to keep it from everybody. And nor should I shouldn’t have to feel like I should keep the fact that I made a child from everyone. Even if I don’t want to share pictures. That’s what’s going on. I think you should do it. Like, just make people guess. Like, show a bun in the oven and just be like
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a recipe for a single bun in the oven. Oh, my God. Or if my dad keeps making fun of my husband saying, what if there’s a couple of them in there? You’ll never know. And my husband’s like, that’s not fucking funny. And I’m like, it’s so funny. Could you imagine? There’s another one? I would die. I do not want twins. I obviously wouldn’t actually die. That would be a blessing. But I do not fucking want twins. Yeah, that’s what’s been going on with me. That’s also why Tired, which hasn’t had any blog posts recently because I basically only stopped being sick like three weeks ago. I don’t know if you guys heard the tone of my voice and my excitement, like, all through November on here, but I pretty much was barfing in between each recording. Very cool, very sexy. You can’t see it, but I’m flicking my hair. But that is affecting my practice in a really major way. I’ve actually created some boundaries where I’m not doing spell work for other people currently because I don’t know, I just don’t feel like using my own personal energy in that way, you know what I mean? My energy is going to other things and I don’t feel like any kind of spell work that does not personally involve me or my family or my closest friends is appropriate at this time. So I have kind of, as Maria said, simplifying things in a way that works for me right now is creating that little bit of a boundary. And it’s been a trial and error, but I’m figuring it out, but it’s been good. And I’ve been reading actually a lot of opinion pieces, I guess, which articles, things like that. Spirituality articles about pregnancy opening. Like, you’re like, literally a portal to, like, the other side. And it’s like when you’re most sensitive and stuff. Like, it’s really interesting. I can send you some of them. I’d never heard of it before, but my best friend who’s a little Wooboo, she sent me an article on it and I was like, this is really interesting, and I’ve been reading a lot about it. I wouldn’t say I’m a professional on it or anything, so please don’t ask me questions on it, but I’m happy to share articles on it. But it’s been very interesting. It is a little bit New Agey, a little Nonmus day for me at times. But it is interesting thinking of yourself because the fetus is not Earth side, yet you inadvertently become this portal to the other side, so you’re more sensitive to people’s energies and spirits, et cetera. I mean, I haven’t noticed a difference, but I do enjoy reading about it. I wonder if vivid dreams have anything to do with that. Yeah, that’s been a really huge overarching theme for me in not only my personal life, but in my practice because it has very much so been kind of finding this balancing act of still being super dedicated to my practice because I am but also creating boundaries within what I am and what I am not willing to do in terms of, like, helping other people. That make sense. That makes sense. Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Which normally I’m like a mother. I’m like, Oh, of course I’ll spend $4.
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You have all the energy. I’m always so in awe of your productivity. I’m working from dawn to dusk and I’m like, I’ve done something. Now we swapped. Now you’re racing and I’m laying in bed eating vegan cheese. It’s being like, please bring me some more water.
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Yeah, this is my way by means of an announcement. Yahoo. Yay. Mama robins yes. I don’t know. We’ll figure it out. If I decide to post something on Instagram. I don’t know, we’ll see what people think before I do that. I still think you do the Kitchen Witcher. You think that would be so fucking funny. Actually. That’d be so funny. I was thinking about doing something with the cauldron, being, like, hunting Stern in my cauldron, but it just feels so, like, interest mom, which is not me. The little shoes and, like, the peg board, and they’re like, we’re expecting family number three. I’m sure I do, because your pin turn is small. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just I’m not and so for me, it would feel so inauthentic. I don’t know if I can do it. You know what I mean? Like, I’m just forcing myself to be like, she’s got to have fun with me. What you should do is have, like, as you said, a cauldron and just have a bunch of plants in it. Because my last name is Valentine, I was thinking about maybe doing something on Valentine’s Day. Oh, that’d be so cute. Now, that’s the kind of Courtney I can get behind. Okay, so it has to be super corny. We don’t like basic corny. It’s got to be, honestly very uncomfortable to look at corny. Like, when your parents, in front of the high school pick you up, that’s the kind of corny that I’m here for. Like, disgusting.
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Truly amazing. I sign off on that idea. Yes. It will be really great. I’ll figure it out. I don’t know what I’ll do. I don’t know if I’ll do anything. I don’t know. Why don’t you guys tell me what you think I should do, if you think I should do it. Whatever post, I post on Friday or over the weekend. Just comment the bone emoji. I’ll know what you mean. And if I get enough fun emojis, then I’ll maybe post something on Instagram. It’s our little secret. Can’t wait to litter your page
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and talk about it at all. But I do agree with my husband that I shouldn’t have to feel like I have to keep it a secret, even if I don’t have the intention of making my unborn child a feature on my social media. So that is the plan, guys. Let me know what you think, because even if you don’t like it, there’s still a baby coming. Oh, God, I’m coughing. Okay, one last thing I’m going to add here at the end, after having told you all that I am with child, I appreciate everyone I appreciate whatever things you’re going to say, good or bad, but I will tell everyone this right now. I don’t want your advice at all. I don’t care. I know that it comes from really good place, but I actually have degrees in childhood development, and I was San Francisco’s top rated nanny for several years in a row. I have a lot of experience in this. And I know people have so much amazing, wonderful advice, but unless it is prompted, please don’t give it to me. I’m already getting quite bombarded. And I know everybody means well, but I don’t want to snap at anyone because it’s rude. And I know people mean well, but please respect that boundary. Thank you. I love you so much. Kisses, kisses, kisses.
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So, Maria, what’s stirring your cold run this week? I’ve been loving how much everyone is into shadow work. Right now, shadow work, at its core is doing the work to become a better human, not only for yourself, but for the world around you. I know, which is we’re talking about this even a few years ago, but it seems like after such a crazy 2020, more people really do want to better themselves, whether it is like fighting prejudices and owning their sexuality or gender identity, balancing out their egos, saying no to imposter syndrome, or just really like working on not being an asshole to themselves or to others. I think a lot of witches have realized not working with our shadow cells creates a lot of blockages not only within our practices, but when it comes to our energy in the outside world and creates so much freaking blockages in life in general. Shadow work, as simple as it is like journaling and shadow work that involves introspection and it still requires real world energy and doing the hard work that needs to get done and facing the issues head on rather than not owning it. But yes, people right now are really doing this incredibly hard work, basically ripping themselves open so they can heal just to be better humans. And it’s really great to see now only if we could get every turf or racist to do the same. Dude, suck my dick. That shadow work. Honestly, guys. Honestly shitting on somebody’s chest because they’re racist is shadow work. Jot that down, guys. Write it down. It’ll better yourself. Write it down. Oh, my God. Yeah, so I completely agree with you. I think it’s great. I actually recently talked on a live that I did with a friend who I did with Temperance Alden, where I actually don’t really practice shadow work. And I always feel like people want me to have an opinion on it, but I don’t do shadow work because for me personally, I choose to do therapy in lieu of that shadow work, which is you’re doing some sort of interpersonal work. That’s what’s matter. And I think a lot of people are also realizing that shadow work is not just about spell work. Like, you can’t do a spell and all of a sudden you wipe, like, ten years of trauma, actually, specifically and what’s not stirring my cauldron. So put a pin in that because I will be coming back to it. But I don’t know, it’s really great to see that people are like, I want to better myself. I want to be a better person. I love it. I love it so much. And the thing is that I know that I say this a lot on social media, and people are probably annoyed of me saying it at this point, but we all have room to grow and be better people, and that looks different for everybody. And you’re never done growing and you’re never done evolving to the best version of yourself. It is a journey that we start from life to death. And sometimes that journey, you’re going to be sat on the side of the trail having a little snack and not working so hard. And other times, you’re going to have your little fucking hikey pole things and you’re going up that mountain real hard. And it doesn’t matter if you’re having a snack or if you’re working hard with your hikey pole things, you’re still on the trail moving forward, and that’s super important. Did you like that metaphor? I did. It was like very full energy. Wow. Thank you so much. I would like to thank my parents for giving me this ability to just put things into words. Wow, my brain is made of pudding. I’m sorry, everybody. shadow work. Yeah. And so the only thing I wanted to add was that in encouraging people to continue that kind of energy is that it is going to look different for everybody. And just because you don’t want to do journal prompts and stuff like that, doesn’t mean you can’t still kind of confront that side of yourself. Mental health is really, really important. And shadow work is something that, as Maria said, is ripping yourself open to heal and get better. And so that is going to look different for everybody, and that’s okay. Yeah. And I think
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Your brain’s not putting pudding. Wow, that was really deep. Amazing. Someone give this girl a Nobel Peace Prize. Honestly, claps all around. Sorry.
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Gay shadow work.
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So, Robin, what is not stirring my cauldron right now? Well, what’s snot during my Coldron? Did I say snot? No, we will not be rerecording. That’s fine. So what’s not stirring my cauldron right now is a pattern that I’ve been noticing. And yes, I will admit most of this is coming from places like Tik Tok, but it is happening on other social media, too. So I don’t want to fall into this trend of just being like, TikTok sucks. Everything on Tik tok blows. You know what I mean? It’s happening everywhere. Yes, I’m noticing it mostly on TikTok, but that doesn’t mean it’s not happening on Twitter, on Instagram, et cetera. So what I’m noticing a lot is these really unhealthy conversations where it is a bit cloud chasing, but it’s saying really inflammatory stuff to get a reaction, and then people are being like, oh, my gosh, is that what’s happening to me? Like, I saw a video. I genuinely do not remember who I saw this on. So nobody asked me because I don’t remember, but somebody was talking about how like during the full Moon, the Moon wobbles or some shit, and then that affects you because your body is made of 80% water and blah, blah, blah. And scientifically, the Moon wobbles, always wobbling. Earth also wobbles. It’s part of how planets and moons and stuff orbit. It’s not this constant smooth thing and it doesn’t wobble more or during a full Moon versus a waning moon or waning Gibbos or something. It’s always wobbling. The lunar phases, although deeply spiritual, are shadows created by the sun, and the sun shadow does not make the Moon wobble, more or less. I wonder if they meant like the I’m going to pronounce this wrong because I’ve only seen it like I’m aware of peargree when the Moon is the closest to the Earth, right? Possibly, but that’s not what they said and they clarified I was fishing the comments, like, surely this person is not saying that. I’ve also seen people saying stuff like the Moon is in Taurus and therefore your trauma from your past is going to be brought up. Trauma responses are very real things that happen, and it doesn’t matter what lunar phase or astrological phase that we’re currently in. And saying that sort of stuff is not only spiritual bypassing, but it’s incredibly dangerous to people that have trauma and PTSD, et cetera. And I’ve been seeing this crop up more and more lately, especially when it comes to the astrology stuff. Like what I’m seeing as somebody who knows how to work the algorithm myself, and I’m sure Maria can agree what’s happening is they’re saying these really inflammatory things to get engagement. So if people share it, save it, comment, like so that way they can continue to grow as an account regardless of the people that they’re actually hurting in the process, happening everywhere. Like I said, it’s on all platforms. I’ve seen it multiple, like probably 100 accounts by now. It’s just starting to sort of ramp up right now, at least that I’ve noticed. Maybe it’s my algorithm that’s feeding me more of this content because I’m rage watching it. Have you noticed that? No, I completely agree because I think a lot of witches are also moving to Twitter, which requires words and stuff, and words can be messy. Like if you’re feeling super passionate about something and you start writing that stuff out and you can say something, I know I’m guilty of this. I’ve said stuff on Twitter before that came out completely wrong from what I meant because I was passionate in the moment. I wasn’t rereading what I said and how it might be perceived.
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If somebody is telling you things like your life is in danger because of magic and it’s not something like that is literally like don’t drink Belladonna, or if somebody’s telling you that your trauma is going to come up because of a crystal or a lunar phase. These are red flags that these people are actually using you and your own experiences to gain clout. It’s marketing. It’s really fucked up. All I want to say is just please consume this kind of content with a responsible eye, if you will. I don’t know the word here. I’ve lost it again. My brain has made a pudding. But consume responsibly because I’m seeing this come up and then I’m getting messages from people. I don’t know if you are Maria, but I’m getting messages from people like, I saw this. Am I going to die? I saw this. Is that why my twin flame physically abused me? And it’s like, no, first of all, he’s probably not your twin flame. He’s just a dick. And second of all, people, the moon phases are never an excuse for someone to physically or emotionally abuse you 100%. I’m just getting frustrated about it because this is how the queue on and stuff started. I probably queue and on. That’s probably how that stuff started. Yeah. People need a re link for things happening. It’s the exact same conspiracy bullshit. And I keep seeing these videos where I’m like, is this person for real? Are they really this paranoid? Or is this just for cloud? I saw a video where somebody was like, I always make protection magic. I do protection magic. And I don’t mean like protection magic, like, oh, I wear my protective charm or light my candles for my petitions, et cetera. Full on, doing full spell work. They did a video of it every single day because people are always hexing you. This person said in the video and I was like, first of all, that’s not true. And that is creating a really paranoid dialogue within the community that’s not healthy or safe. No, it’s not. It really upset me. And these videos coming up have been upsetting me more and more because there is this beautiful and amazing thing happening where we have all these new witches and new occultists and practitioners and people that they are brand new and they don’t know a lot because they’re brand new. That’s not their fault. And then social media is going to tell them that everyone’s constantly hexing them. The moon is making you have mania. Your twin flame. It’s okay that he physically abused you. Like all these things, and it’s just like, no, stop it. No, all I’m saying is consume smartly, please. And just because somebody online does not make it true. Especially if it’s something that scares you a little bit. Yes. And sometimes sources and sometimes shitty things happen. Like bad things happen and there’s no rhyme or reason. Don’t try to connect your thoughts with something. Sometimes it’s not the moon phase. Sometimes you just have a little sometimes people didn’t hate you. Sometimes you just had a spell of bad luck. It happens. Like, that’s part of the human experience and it’s not necessarily external things. Yes, sometimes it is external, magical things. But let’s start with the practical potentials before jumping to magical. Because if we jump to magical every time, that’s how we start accidentally gaslighting ourselves with our feelings, that’s how we start bypassing spiritually bypassing others, speaking over people’s voices and their traumas and their experiences. It’s really dangerous. And all I’m hoping is that when you see something like that and scares you, then I want you to go in a research and see, you know, is it rooted in reality or is this person potentially manipulating me to get cloud? Yes. 100% scary. Makes me really sad. I actually want to hug every single person that sends me a message because it makes me want to cry and it really upsets me. Yeah, I get those messages all the time and it makes me feel really bad. It’s like people are so messed up for making other people worry. I genuinely think it’s a form of abuse. But we’re not ready for that conversation.
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If you are new and you just joined us, every week, we talk about creators that we are loving right now. Marie and I find these completely organically. Stop sending us emails, messages, et cetera, asking to be on here. It’s fucking rude. It’s dumb. And it tells us that you don’t actually listen to the podcast or give a fuck. You just want some clout and it’s rude. So that being said, Maria, who the heck is your first creator this week? Or your only creative one each? Hello. So I’ve already mentioned them before, but it’s Cocorina. I think I said the name right. And I wanted to talk about the Divine Feminine deck. I actually got the deck, and it is the most luscious, luxurious deck I think I’ve ever owned. It is so beautiful and the card stock is just oh my gosh. Like Chef’s Kiss. Amazing. It is so good and it shuffles like a dream. And with the gilded edges and with like little gilded accents, it looks so pretty. It’s going to be hard, at least for now. For me to go back
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in general is like 1000% up your alley. Makes sense to me. Yeah, it makes sense to me why you would immediately resonate with this deck. I remember seeing the preview photos for it and I was like, yeah, that’s Maria. That is 100% her. Shit. So good. And then I also got the Planner, the 2021 Planner from them. Oh my gosh, that too beautiful. So beautiful. And I love her prompts because she’ll have prompts for the beginning of the month and for the different moon phases and stuff like that. And she even like these beautiful illustrations for each month going over what’s happening with astrology and stuff like that. And it’s just really beautiful. And I appreciate her as an artist because it’s stunning and I love writing. She’s very, very talented. And it’s funny because when she started releasing her art and getting out there, I saw a lot of people kind of trying to piggyback that style and it’s like, you are our copy. You are not the original. And it shows. There’s only one. There’s only one. So how about you? Who are you liking? So I found this on a hashtag on Instagram. It is called Shadow Lighthaven on Etsy. It’s weird because when you type in Shadow Light Haven on Etsy, it doesn’t come up. But if you Google it, it comes up right away. So if people are looking for it, Google it. But they make candles. And when I tell you this is the most beautiful shit I’ve ever seen in my entire life, I don’t really know how magical they actually are. They say, Oh, it corresponds with X, Y and Z. I’m not sold on that. But what I am sold on is this is the most beautiful shit I’ve ever seen in my life. And I will be purchasing one.
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They’re so pretty. It’s like they use that clear wax and they utilize it in just like they do it in teacups. And there’s like metallic foils and stuff in it. It’s really hard to describe, but I really think you guys should go check it out. I know Maria and I are planning on starting this podcast episode, sharing the creators we share on our Instagram that we’ve created. So I think that will be a really good way to be able to explain this better. So check the Instagram when it goes up. Keep an eye on there because these are so fucking pretty. They also make like wands, inceptors and crowns, but the candles are hands down just unbelievable. So, so fucking pretty. Chef’s Kiss. Everybody in Discord who listens to us is like, Robin, Maria, stop trying to make chefs kiss a thing. No, it’s already happening, actually. So get on board or get left behind. Get on board or get left behind.
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Thank you guys for joining us this week, and we hope to see you next time on Friday, February 19, for our fourth episode. If you keep an eye out on our personal Instagrams or on the podcast Twitter slash Instagram, because there’s two. Follow us there for more information or even better, joining us on our Discord tier, which is First Cousin on Patreon. So we can answer your questions for next time on our part, too. You’ll even get to hear our lovely voices for an additional 30 ish minute episode for being on our Patreon casting tier. Anthony, again, this is Coffee and Coulter with Robin from Attitude Bitch and Instagram from Maria the Arcane on Instagram. Are you ready to count? Yeah. Let’s do it. Count, little mama.