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Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode two of season three. We’re so happy to have you here today. If you just joined us, my name is Robin. I am a tired witch on Instagram. And today and every day I’m joined, I’ve been beautiful, talented and sexy. Maria the arcane, I think the intro to the last one. So I thought maybe this is what I do now. Maybe I upset our listeners by singing every time.
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That was beautiful. And it should be recorded and be on top of the charts. Thank you. I mean, I’m not trying to say that I am Christina Aguilera, but sometimes the musical notes speaks themselves.
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I think that sounds exactly like her. And anybody who says that it doesn’t is actually being really discriminatory and can get out of my life. Thank you.
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Talented. Thank you. Thank you.
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Before we get into our regularly scheduled lunar phase updates, a little bit of housekeeping. Firstly, Maria and I will be doing a giveaway next week. Yeah, it’s going to happen next week. It is going to be with some really cool stuff that we have left over from the boxes for, like, the patreon boxes that we think that you guys will like. And it will be for people who have already left or do leave reviews for the podcast. So I think that’s really exciting. You guys can preemptively enter. You just need to put your Instagram username in the review. So we’re very excited about that. We will be doing it next week sometime. And then the other thing is, because we are back to our bullshit, we are taking submissions for story requests at this time. For February, we are focusing on love stories this month. Not just love stories, but love sell stories. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I want to hear The Bad and the Ugly. Yeah. Give us your love stole gone wrong. I want to hear it. Maria wants to hear it. If you had one that went really well, we can also talk about that. Give us your love spells. Give them to me. I’ll be sharing one of my own that I did in middle school. I’m so excited to hear that. I didn’t know that. I’m excited.
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I was an all powerful witch. If you haven’t already seen our social media this month, I am very clearly leaning heavily into the Valentine’s Love theme. It’s in the name. It’s in the name. I am partial to the name Valentine, as we can guess. For obvious reasons,
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I am never dropping in. You guys have noticed. But for Christmas, I sent Maria a live Laugh Love poster just so I can really just ruin her life, which actually I’m having framed. And as soon as it’s framed, I’m taking a photo of it imposing. Everyone will get to enjoy it. Good. I’m glad. We are leaning very heavily into the love theme, though, this month, and we are very excited to hear your love spell stories. I think it’s going to be really fun. I hope so. Don’t forget that. You guys can email us at submissions@coffeeandculturens.com to send us your stories to be on our Coffee Talk episodes. We’re very excited for them. So getting into lunar phases. If you are brand new to our podcast, every single episode, we talk about upcoming lunar phases and how you can use them magically. So that being said, as of this date that this episode will come out, the nearest moon is the full moon and Leo on February 16. And the full Moon and Leo is incredible, especially considering we’re still in winter. If you are a fan of Maria’s work, who isn’t? She recently did a video talking about how we’re in winter and we should give ourselves some grace in that. And that being said, because we are still in winter, it’s easy to essentially find yourself in a position where maybe we are lacking basic motivation and the Leo Full Moon is a really good time to reinstate that motivation, your desires, your goals, and kind of set yourself in a position where you can propel yourself forward magically. That being said, the Leo Full Moon, although it is flamboyant and fiery and bright, it still is grounded in a sense of a little bit of reality. So keep your goals realistic and don’t put them in a position that is maybe going to burn you out before you begin. This is a very fiery moon and so it’s easy to make goals that maybe are a little bit I’m going to say outlandish. We’re going to use the word outlandish. I don’t know if that’s the right word, but we’re going to use the word outlandish. And so don’t bring yourself out and make them a little bit realistic, but put that fire under your ass to get going again. Yeah, we are. And I feel like with the Aquarius New moon this month and in conjunction, like with the Leo moon, both sides are extremely independent and like, this is how I am. Take it or leave it, basically. And I think that the full money Leo is just like stepping into your confidence, being like, I am proud of that to do this. Are you excited about this Leo moon? Because you’re a Leo moon, right? I am a Leo moon. Leo. I’m a Leo moon and a Leo rising. I’m a Cancer sun and I’m a Leo moon. I am perfect in every way because I am balanced. Listen, our mutual friend bossy once said that I was perfectly balanced because my moon is a sun, like the sun astrological sign and my son is the moon or astrological sign. And even though I know that she was saying that in just I’ve never let that go. We’re going to talk about all that capital in your chart, too. Are we going to talk about it? You don’t need to actually even think about the type of capital store in my chart at all, in any capacity. Because I feel like if people knew exactly how much Capricorn was in my chart that they would really just read me the filth and I am not in the position to emotionally be able to handle that. What a leo cancer thing to say. Eat me. I’m particularly excited about it because I’ve got some personal stuff going on around that time that I’m really excited and looking forward to. And so I think that I’m going to basically use that energy to kind of project some personal shit that I am very
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if you just started listening to us, you don’t hear this still every single time. And if you have, you’ll just have to deal with it anyway. We talk about a tarot card, we go over the universal meanings and then our own interpretation of them. Hearing other people’s opinions helps beginners form their own opinions. Even those who have been practicing for a while expand their views on other meetings. So this week we are talking about the four of wands reversed. When this card is upright, it shows four wands making an arbor, or what is also known as a ceremony arch. There are people in the background, but what stands out is what looks like a couple with flower crowns and bouquets, like a wedding, perhaps. And also in the background you see a kingdom surrounded by four to five walls. The keywords of this card is community, home and celebration. I always feel like it’s important to bring up the crucial appraisal aspects before we dive into what the card means reversed. And so the fours represent to me building up from foundations. This particular four reminds me of the bones of a house which represents the structure we are building towards our passions and life paths, the stability and structure we need to keep thriving. So we’ve made it to a point where we can celebrate our progress. So when this comes up reversed, it represents like a mini tower like moment, a mini earthquake, if you will. And this is when something comes and rocks the progress we’ve made. It can be scary, but what is important to note is that you still have your strong foundations, you still have all the progress you’ve made. This doesn’t mean you should ignore what has happened and move past it either, but you need to take what has happened and use it as knowledge so you can continue to build it’s, not to not repeat the same mistakes. And like some real world examples of this is like having a disagreement with your partner that doesn’t ruin the relationship, not getting that promotion, but still having the job that you love. Or even like having a stressful week where you can’t work on your passion project that you put a ton of time and energy behind and things like that. So how do you do this card? Robin Deer so for me, personally, I love the four of wands. Just you know what I mean? Like, in general, when I see it in reverse, to me, I know you were kind of describing it being a little bit diffused, a little bit delayed, kind of a situation for me. I see the stable structure that the four one gives us as being a bit of an earthquake. We’ve got this, like you said, we’ve got these four walls. They build a house. They are the foundation. These are huge things. And when it’s in reverse for me, I see it kind of being this unhappy family due to miscommunication. I see things like this is such a bad example, but, like, if you were having children, maybe that is not going to go quite the way that you are hoping for it to go, which is, I know, a bit of an extreme example, but I’m trying to think of these big life, pivotal life moments that maybe aren’t going the way we wanted them to go. It’s an earthquake in our structure and a crack in the foundation, and it doesn’t mean that the crack can’t be repaired if it’s addressed properly. Right. Just like a house, you get cracks in your foundation. You have somebody come out and they repair it and they fix it. And if you focus on your personal foundational cracks, it can be fixed as well. But if it goes ignored, those cracks become detrimental and unrepairable, and you know what I mean? They are something that you can’t walk away from. You got to get a whole new house. Yeah. So I see. It kind of is like a warning sign, I guess you could say, as something really serious that needs addressing. Otherwise, these pivotal shifts in our life go from being happy and celebratory to really depressing. Yeah. I love your thoughts on it. Thanks. Very good. It’s because of my big brain. We love that big brain. Thank you.
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So we thought it’d be fun this week to talk about designation methods that you don’t really see others talk about a lot or do a lot, it seems like, which is preferred. Divination practices are, like, card readings, sea leaf readings, bones, runes, crying, but no one would be shocked here. But I am obviously very partial to card readings myself
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next year to tell me, like, black and gold decks, which is crazy how much you’re talking about. Okay. I mean, it’s fine. It’s not like my home or your bus are definitely not insulated with tarot decks. No, not mine decks. I don’t know
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right now. And you’re hysterical. You need to relax. Relaxing sounds nice.
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What is a definition that you’ve heard of that you don’t really hear about? Okay, so listen, I actually got, like, in an absolute hole recently on the Internet and researching that. I’ve actually requested my uncle, who’s a woodworker, to make one. So I’m a really big fan of the concept of and practice of automatic writing. And I got into a hole about historical versions of automatic writing. Like the original Panchet was a tool that was made in France, I think they said that was a tool for automatic writing, which then was converted to what is now the Ouija board. Right. And in between the Ouija board and automatic writing was something called a channeling board. And it looks like a clock and you put your hands on the wood and then as the wood kind of moved side to side, it’s like the ticking part of the clock. I’m sure that has a name and I’m sure one of our listeners will be like, Robin. It’s called the pendulum or something. I don’t know what it’s called, but the little thing that you put your hand on, you do that and then just like a Ouija board, you kind of let spirit take over. And it like a clock moves this sort of like hand to the different letters on the top. I’m going to send you a photo of it. It’s really cool. That sounds really neat. It is really neat. And I heard it, but I’ve never seen it. You know what I mean? I asked my uncle to make me one now because I am really interested in trying one out. Yeah, but automatic writing and all forms of automatic writing are something that I think is underutilized me too. It’s a lot of fun and it is something that of course you have to get used to and you can’t just do it once and you’re like, wow, I am a professional at this. I mean, I guess you could some people are like tapped in like that, but I think it’s really cool and I think more people should do it. What about you? So I thought a fun one to bring up would be junk readings. The practice is very much like throwing bones, but instead of bones, you have things like small toys, charms, tiny figurines rings, keys and other options. And people do like the little scoop into the junk and then they throw it, right? Exactly. You toss them on a mat and depending on the once you throw and how they land, it will give you answers using your personal correspondences with the objects. Honestly, I would love to go on an antique shop or second hand store and find like, odds and ends to use for these types of readings. How fun is that? And I also think for these types of readings, having a connection with the objects would be very important, like kind of like zinging with a crystal. And I just think it would be fun to make your own little collection of stuff like, oh, well, this means this to me. And I don’t know, you can make it really crazy. Like completely junky. Like 25 cent toys from those one machines
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sold from the 25 cent machines. They were like little homies or something. Do you remember those? Yeah,
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like, you know me, I’d probably go the aesthetic route, a bunch of like, cute little antique objects. But yeah, I think that’s a really fun and I want to make my own. Yes, please. So what’s another one for you? I think this is probably one that a lot of people actually know more of, but Sarah Mancy, when you put wax, when you use wax as divination and you can like there’s a couple of different ways. Like you can burn candles and then read the leftover wax. You can burn a candle and then like, purposely throw the wax into water, like cold water, and then you flip it over and you read the underside of the wax. I actually really prefer this. When you’re at points in your intuition developing, I think that ceremonies he is one of the easiest ways to develop your intuition. Because you can take a bath, you can bring some candles with you. You throw the wax into the water and then you read the wax. And because it is very much something that has got symbolism, et cetera, you can essentially what do you see? Do you know what I mean? And then just trusting that intuition right away and then going to whatever resource you have for symbolism. Because I’m assuming if you’re developing your intuition, you also aren’t like, back pocket with symbolism. And then you can refer to that. And that, I feel, one of the quickest ways to kind of learn to trust your intuition because you are also in a bathtub, which means that you can’t just sit there second guessing yourself and googling it. It’s just this is what I see. Making a mental note of that. I’ll check on it later. No, I love that. I’ve done it before. I didn’t know the name for it, though. So when you said Sarah Mansi was like, huh. I believe that’s how you pronounce it. It’s one of those words that I’ve always read and I’ve never actually heard somebody else say it might be pronouncing it wrong, but I love wax divination. I think that it’s so underrated and underutilized, especially when people are relatively new to their craft and they’re really focusing on working on building that intuition. I think it is chef’s kits. Yeah, I like that. So I wanted to also talk about Venus loss. This became reintroduced to me in New Worldwitry, the book by Corey Hutchinson. I heard about it when I was younger and I’ve done it. Ain’t a glass is a type of OVO mancy definition with eggs. Using eggs for divination purpose has actually been used by many different cultures because you have like, egg cleanses and all that. But the Venus glass was very popular in the 17th century in New England and even in Salem, it was using the Salem wish trials to convict the witches. That is so ironic. That is so ironic. They’re using actual witchcraft to be like, is this person a witch?
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So they would drop an egg in the glass of water and depending on the shapes it made, it showed how someone’s love life would play out. Like, if there was a coffin, you wouldn’t get married or you would die before you get married. But I really like OPO, mancy. I think it’s a lot of fun. Yeah. I don’t know anything about this, but when you say that the shapes that it made, do you mean like in shadows? No, the egg whites would make as soon as you drop it in a glass of water. Literally thought you meant, like, the whole egg.
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Interesting. What kind of shapes are we talking now? I understand. Hello. What is up, guys? That’s my fault. You’re supposed to crack the egg open and put it in a glass and see what shapes the egg whites make or how the yolk is positioned and stuff like that. It’s this whole thing that apparently a lot of cultures have used. I really think it’s a lot of fun and it’s just a quick, easy thing to do with it’s. Very hedge witchery like, home witchery like. Oh, fucking egg. I’m so dumb. The egg cracks when you dump it in the water. Your relationship is cracked. Robin oh, my God. I’m literally so stupid. I’m just like, yeah, tell me more about that. Actually, tell me more about this shadow magic that you refer to. Maria oh, my God. Sorry. Literally so stupid.
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This is actually something that I had forgotten about. And when you and I had decided our topic that we were going to do, I coincidentally, last night was shopping for copper things. So it’s my seven year wedding anniversary coming up in like, two weeks, and I was like, oh, what’s good for a seven year wedding anniversary? And copper was one of the things that was suggested. So I’m on Etsy and I’m looking for copper things. And because I am who I am, etsy suggests to me dowsing rods, copper dowsing rods. I didn’t put anniversary, I just put, like, copper gifts. And she’s like, based off your search recommendations. And I’m like, well, the way my husband would hate this is unreal. But not only that, but it’s like, let’s go find some water, baby. Here’s a present for you. That’s actually meant for me. Exactly. So dowsing rods are, like, very commonly known to be used for finding water. They are like these little copper rods that you put in your hands and they’ve got, like a little thing that goes inside of it. So you’re not manipulating the rods. They have kind of like free movement and you use them to find water. They cross together. People go, okay, here’s water. Let’s dig, build a well. But I have seen them. Now, I have never done this because I do not have dowsing rods, which is why Etsy was suggesting them to me. But people use them to communicate with spirits and ask yes no questions like you would with a pendulum. I’ve seen it become incredibly popular recently on live streamed, kind of like Q and A divination things I’ve seen on Instagram, TikTok. I’ve seen a few of them on YouTube and I know that some people do it on their, like patreon behind Paywalls. Again, I don’t use this personally, but I have seen it and I found it very interesting, mostly because of that connection between things like intuition and water, water finding and things like what would potentially lead us to finding water in a position. Again, I don’t know that much about this, but I have found it very interesting, that connection of using something that is used to find like water as a tool to communicate with, like spirit and I find that so fascinating. Do I want to spend $100 on dozen rods to potentially get a yes or no answer? No, I do not. But do I think that people could maybe who already have them or have an interest in them, use that? Like, yeehaw guys, more power to you. Actually, when I was in elementary, we had like woods behind our house and I would use a wood one, but I didn’t use it to find water. I would close my eyes and let spirit guide me to fun objects that I would find in the forest. Like eight years old, with two things which has happened. Show me where the newts are.
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Exactly. And it was a lot of fun. I love it. Happy childhood memories. So I was recently introduced by this from our local discord members and I tried to find background information about it but I couldn’t really. So I can only tell you what I know about it. So there’s this board you can buy. It has like a bunch of different symbols on it, like a house key, cornucopia, car and other things. But you throw three coffee beans onto this board and depending on where they land and how they land, this will be your reading. There are even reversals because sometimes the beans land face up or face down. How do you determine which way is face up and which way is facedown? The butt crack is upright. So if the butt crack guys tummy down
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yes, but honestly, it is an amazing idea. They actually call it a job on me at Sea board and I had my wife get me one and I love it. It’s really fun to do when your coffee brews in the morning and I found the readings to be very reliable and it’s just so quick to set it all up. No shuffling required. It’s really cute and I highly recommend checking it out. I think the person who is selling them on Etsy is modern conjure and it’s stunning highly recommended. At my job, there was a job of mansi that they asked me if I know how to do. And I told them no. But the Java Mancy that they referred to was using coffee beans in your coffee, just like one would with tasmancy. Isn’t that interesting? Yeah, I heard about that, too. I think I’m just curious as to why everyone is making such bad cups of coffee that they’ve got grit at the bottom of their coffee.
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Well, I know the way that coffee, which does it, she actually reads, like when you pour the cream in the coffee and how the cream looks. That’s so interesting. Her courses in slow motion. At my job, they literally gave us an outline of, like, who does this? Do you know what I’m saying? And they described it exactly and the way that they had described it was exactly like Tassimancy only using the grit at the bottom of a cup. Are you using the powder? Like, you know, like the espresso powder, maybe? I was like, where is this happening? You guys throw out your French presses, get better coffee. I don’t know about everyone else, but I like it straight from the source. I’m just going to chew on some coffee beans, coffee beans up my nose and then go out the other nostril and just go look like it’s a luggage that’s a booger. And then I will read that, actually. I’m just kidding. I really don’t think that I’m, like making anybody who, like, does this is purely a joke.
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Any time I make a joke, people think I am serious. It’s mostly I know that is so true. And I really just want to emphasize the fact that that is a joke and I do not mean to insult anybody who does. Java Mancy, please. I am so sorry. Don’t for Robin, please. I’m just joking. Like oh, jeez. As we all know, if I make fun of anybody the most, it is myself. Like, so what’s another definition for you other than hawking up coffee?
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I was going to talk about one thing, and we actually had talked about it beforehand. Okay? And I was like, I changed my mind. Yeah, I changed my mind. And I said, we’re going to talk about numerology because as we all know, I am horny for numerology. And I think that people think, too. People forget that we can use numerology to figure out things that are happening. The idea about it is that, first of all, you can look at things like angel numbers. So if numbers are repeating themselves multiple times, you can look at the numerology of that. The problem with angel numbers that I find is that sometimes people begin looking for them everywhere instead of allowing them to naturally come to you, as you would with your intuition. And so you think that you’re seeing repeating numbers when in reality you’re just spending maybe a little bit too much time on your phone. That’s not a dig. It’s just your intuition will tell you if you’re seeing the repeating numbers. What Robin thing is definitely not the same as like, using an agel number to your benefit. Like if you’re waiting for, let’s say, 111 to come around to make a wish or whatever, then that’s you that’s fine. No, exactly. And so
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there’s that. So with the numerology, you can also do things like look at somebody’s birthday and do numerological playback on whether or not this person is going to be a good influence for you in your life, these sort of things. Exactly. And it’s not going to be the same sort of divination that one would maybe see situation a situation with like tarot or rooms or similar. But it is going to be the kind of divination that you can utilize for like, I want to go on a plane on this day without knowing the full astrological breakdown. You can use numerology to be like, you know what, actually your travel plans are probably going to be pretty stressful on this day and it might not be for you, that sort of thing. It’s a little bit more simple, but I think it’s fun and useful. So I don’t know. I don’t know. I love working with numbers.
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I think we have time for one more. Yeah, well, I do want to say on the numerology,
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both of us, but for like readings with, let’s say, the junk readings, if you’re just grabbing a handful, you can actually count the amount of things like you throw and you can use that also for like if let’s say you grab four things, we’re like, oh, well, four structure and investment or whatever.
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Okay, so my last one is Biblio Mancy. And now this does seem to be picking up steam again. I’ve seen posts about it and it’s been brought up in the discord. So some people say you have to do it with the Bible, but you don’t like, you do not have to do it with the Bible. That’s more like I know they do it in Catholicism where they go, let God or spirit talk to me and then they find like a passage they need to hear or whatever. But anyways, you can use any book, even a fantasy book, an owner’s manual, or even a steamy romance book, whatever flips your boat and what you think could give you the answers you need. Anyways, like how I practice with Global Mancy is actually with a book of messages now, it’s not affirmations, Robin, so quit gagging in the background.
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Anyway, how I personally do it is I close my eyes, I have my left hand under the book and my right hand on the cover, and I think about the question I have now still with my eyes closed, I flip through the pages until I feel called to stop. And then I use my finger to scan the pages once again with my eyes closed. And when I once again call to stop, I look to see what phrase or word my finger has landed on. If it’s in a blank space, I repeat the whole process. Or even if it happens with a second attempt, if it happens with a second attempt, I rephrase because it’s kind of like, well, adjust your question because your question can’t be answered right now or whatever. I love Big Loomancy. It’s a lot of fun. And I don’t know who doesn’t love a good book and then using them for diminishing. Like, Kiss, please. Yeah, I’m with you, girl. I’m with you, girl. Do you do biblirancy? I do sometimes, but I do use the Bible for it. I just feel like you’re not going to get the same sort of like, wherefore art thou shit? Anywhere but the Bible. And I kind of like the cryptic nature of it. So going to be honest, I kind of like the shame. Got to be honest, guys. Going to be honest.
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Let’s not have shame in it, because it definitely does. That’s, like, the whole point.
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So, Robin, what is stirring your cauldron right now? Oh, God, I laugh. I ruined it. You didn’t ruin it. Trust me. I am fully hard.
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So what is during my cold run right now is there is a shit pot of new books coming out or that have, like, just come out that I am so jazzed about. If you are a patreon member of ours, we have a book club that we do. And Aiden Watcher was one of our books, like, five months ago, six months ago, which was six ways, and he just had a new book come out called Changeling, and I’m very excited about it. I’ve heard really good things about it. It’s something that I am planning on getting here soon to go through
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files. Yeah, literally. Martha Starling has a book that is about to come out about Welsh witchcraft. I’ve actually had the pleasure of reading it early because I got an advanced copy. Twelve out of ten. Absolutely loved it. I really like Mara’s writing style. Julia Diaz has another book coming out called The Altar Within, which I’ve heard really, really good things about. I’m excited about that. My personal friend Frankie, also known as Chaotic Witch Aunt, has a book that is coming out in America. It already came out in England, I believe, or at least in Europe, like two or three months ago. But their book is coming out in the States. I’m getting a copy. I’m really excited about it. It’s really good. I’m not really sure what to expect from Frankie’s book. I knew that it was very well researched, but I didn’t know what to expect. And I have to be honest, I really enjoyed it. I thought it was a great book, and I’m excited to see where it goes from here. So that I’m super excited about. There’s just a ton of new books that are coming out that just sound they all sound really good. I agree. Yeah. I’m just big jazz. There are two that were coming out from Wiser. One of them was about Santa Marte. And the other one yeah, it was called, like, let me find it. Let me find it because I know that I emailed them. I was like, can I have this? I literally just wrote them and got a bunch of books that I read. But I did the same thing. Can I just have this? And they actually told me that it wasn’t available yet for that. It is the Twister Fate. And there’s a new release called Twister Fate and one called Secrets of Santa Marte. And I emailed them, was just like, can I just have this? And they were like, yeah, those are not available yet at all, even for early releases until summer. And I was like, Fair. Can I have it then, please? Yeah, I do this, like, once a year. I know that I have a problem doing this, like, once a year, being like, look at all the books coming out. But I’m still really look at all I’m going to read. I’m going to read every single one from front to another one that I just forgot about and was reminded about was jason Miller has a new book coming out in May, consorting with Spirits, which I am freaking and jazz about. Yes. Jason Mankey has one coming out also. That is really yeah, it’s called Phil’s Need to Reach His Horn God one. That was him, right? Yes, that sounds right. It’s called The Big Book of, like, Witches Spells or something. The Witches Book of Spell Wrap is what it’s called. And it looks really good. That sounds amazing. Sounds like Judicia illness book. Yeah. I will take another one. So excited. Yeah. There’s just, like a lot of books coming out that I am really, really jazz for. I’m excited to read. Yes. And a bunch of them are like, new names that I’m not familiar with. And I love reading new people’s perspectives because I feel like when we have these authors that we read, like, 15 works from, they’re obviously amazing and I’m not very in them at all. But you do kind of have an idea of what to expect from them, even if you don’t know what the content is going to be about, per se. And so these new names, it excites me because I’m like, oh, I wonder what their perspective is going to be. And I think that’s cool about it. Me too.
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So, Maria, what’s not stirring your cold run this week? Well, I’m going to tell you, so this is going to be a very serious rant. Okay. It’s not just me complaining about the woes of Tarot reading, just so we’re clear. Okay. Okay. I hate pulling negative cards of the day. And as I move through the day, that has turned out to be a pretty great one that I’m like, oh, the card that I pulled isn’t making any sense in relation to my day. So you just kind of like, let it go. Let go of the dread that has been plaguing you. And you’re just like, it’s fine. Everything’s fine. And you start thinking, oh, maybe I didn’t shuffle well enough, or maybe I’m just having a rough, divination day. And then it happens. The card manifests, and it’s just like, well, shit. On one hand, you’re, like, super proud of yourself for pulling the right card, but at the same time, you’re like, okay, I should have just been mentally preparing myself for this all day. But sometimes you have to have sometimes you get the foresight of what’s to come so you can avoid it, or at least, like, as I said, prepare yourself. But other times, no, this is going to play out, and it’s going to suck, and you’re just going to have to deal with it. But then you’re waiting all day for it to happen, and it’s like, you get to that comfort zone where you’re like, oh, I’m safe. I’m fine. And then tragedy strikes. And that was totally not my day yet.
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That was not stirring my culture and waiting for the negative card to fall into place. I love it. I think it’s good, actually. Oh, my goodness. Sorry. I was trying this is what happens when you try to love and like the situation. Don’t love and like the situation. Just prepare yourself for the inevitable. Okay? That’s all I’m saying.
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You’re so silly. I know.
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Greetings and salutations to everyone who has just joined us. This person. Greetings and salutations. Okay, so that’s what we’re doing. Just joined us in this episode. Guess what? We’re going to talk about creators that we like right now. Creators, shops, artists, authors, photographers, doesn’t matter. We’re going to talk about it. And just like every time we have to tell you, we’ve got to remind the people that these are organic fines and things that we’re just liking right now and has nothing to do with things being promoted or anything like that. You can’t do that. We’re not going to promote yourself. Sorry.
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Too bad. Yeah, too bad, actually. So that being said, Maria, who are you loving right now? Okay, so this is more like an event thing. I don’t know if many people follow me or follow the shop, but I do videos for Tamed Wild for their products and stuff. Well, they hosted a retreat with all the Tamed Wild employees and for people who wanted to attend the retreat, of course. But the employees obtained wild were teaching at the retreat. So I was teaching at the most recent Embolic retreat, and it was just so much fun. Oh my gosh. It was just being around that much community and around people from different walks of life was such an amazing experience. And doing group spells and doing all the workshops that other employees put together. It was just a blast. And what I did was I read cards for everybody that was there, that was attending, who paid to attend, and usually stuff like that is like way outside of my comfort zone. But I decided to give it a go this time. Honestly, I’m really glad I did because it was amazing. Yeah. And it’s such in a beautiful place. Like the owner of Tank Wild, Shelby, she owns the inn that it takes place in and it’s just beautiful. Like inn that was, I think they said, made in the 1920s by a famous architect who did it in a classical fridge style. And it’s just stunning. And yeah, great experience. So if you’re looking for a Sabbath retreat to go to, I can honestly say I was at one and it was a lot of fun and I highly recommend it. And I should be reading Tarot at all of them besides a few in the summer. That’s so exciting. It honestly sounded so fun. Like, I’m really jealous I didn’t get to go. Especially consider, we’ve all been cooped up for so long and people are now finally coming out of their shells and being able to go back into civilization some. That’s incredible. And I’m just so happy for you that you haven’t sounded so good. Yeah, it was good. I really enjoyed myself. I missed you, though. I’m very miscible, so I get it. I do get it. My presence is missed when it’s not there. So who are you loving? I’m just razzing this week. I’m super into Lady Moonco. They are a company that makes things like trinkets and brooches and clothing and jewelry and just all sorts of things. If you love practical magic, you’ll love it. They have a huge section on practical magic, which is so cute. Very specifically, they have a pin that is a poly pocket pin, but it’s like a witch’s house. And I just want that to be real. I want that to be real, like, so much. I want it to be real. I love their crock little
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his Pinset that I really want that are okay. So again, as we’ve already discussed in this chat today, because my last name is Valentine, I am annoying about Valentine’s Day and I love it. And I specifically love the conversation hearts, which is why I lean so heavily on the conversation heart art for the social media this month. But she’s got one that’s got a Hexulator twin flame and birth chart, please. And I really, really wanted to get it last year and I forgot and I might buy it this year. I’m fully obsessed with it. So cute. You know what? I do deserve it. Thank you so much for noticing. Yeah. I’m here to tell you yes, when the husband says no, thank you, I just need that validation. She also got a Tarot deck that is all music based. It’s got, like, Janice Chocolate and it’s got David Bowie and Dolly Pardon and stuff as their majors. And I think it’s really cute. Plus, the back is pink, the little lyrics and the lyrics are on the side. I love that. So, yeah, totally obsessed. Anyway,
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thank you guys so much for joining us today. We hope to see you again on Friday, February 18, for our third episode of season three. Or you can catch us on the in between for coffee talk. That being said, make sure to send us your submissions for your love spells gone awry or gone really well. In the meantime, you can keep an eye out on our Instagrams and on our Twitter for more information. And you can find both of these by going to coffeeandculturens.com. Yeah. Or even better, you can join us on our discord tier, which is first coven on Patreon, so we can answer some questions in our part two next time. If you’re loving coffee and cauldrons, please take a moment to review us on Apple podcasts and on Spotify now, we would definitely appreciate it and love it so much. And now, if you put your username, you will be entered in a giveaway. If you also follow the other things when we post the giveaway. Yes. And if you join us on Patreon, you’ll even get to hear our sexy, sensual, lovely, just immaculate voices for an additional 30 ish minute episode for being on the casting tier and up. Well, actually, you’re not going to join the casting tier and up. No, they were like, do it, shouting for downstairs. I’m so glad to Lila got a little insert into our podcast. Good day. This is coffee and cauldron with Robin at A Tired Witch on Instagram. And I’m Maria from at Maria’s Arcane on Instagram. All right, you ready? You ready? Yeah.
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Yes. Perfect.