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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to episode 15. If you’ve just joined us, I am Robin At, a tired witch on Instagram. And I’m with the beautiful Maria at Maria the Arcane on Instagram. And today we have a special guest, bambi. She goes by Childish underscore, underscore Bambino on TikTok. Hey there. Thank you so much for joining us. You’re welcome to our podcast. Thank you for having me.
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Privileged. Honestly, thank you for having such a peasant.
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We’re all peasants here. No, she’s not wrong.
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Correct.
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So, Amber, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? How did you get into practicing magic? So, it’s a cliche millennial magic story. I watched too much Charmed as a young teenager
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of three. I have two younger sisters. Let’s just go, you know, which one did you think that you were? This is important. See, it’s changed over time, because when I was younger no, I don’t want to hear about over time. I’m saying, as a child, which term sister in your brain did you fantasize you would be original three? I thought I was Piper, but as soon as Page came along, I was like, that’s my bitch. Yes. I just want to be her. Everything about her is just perfection. Lego Steven. I’m Leo.
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Continue our friendship. So for that reason, I will make no comments, or I may incriminate myself. I think I’m Phoebe. I’m Phoebe. I’m like, the useless one. No, listen, I’m the useless one who has, like, the surprise attack. Like, actually, I have some uses.
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Phoebe. That’s true. I probably am Leo Fox. No, I’m Cole. I’m the misunderstood, like, crybaby demon. You may think you are badass enough to be cold, but sweetheart
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anyway, let’s go back to becoming a witch. Origin stories. My origin story. Jesus. Yeah. So I started watching Chubby. I was raised really Catholic, I baptized first communion, and then I chose to be confirmed by the time I was, like, 40. And I enjoyed doing churchy things. And then I stopped watching Charmed. I was like, Actually, this whole, like, one Almighty Father thing sounds like a load of bullshit. And then I started watching Charmed, and then I heard about Wicker, and I was like, Okay, this is cool. This seems like something that is more aligned with me as a person, then got made fun of for it. Stopped. You didn’t do anything for years. I still believed in ghosts and spirituality and stuff like that, but never really delved into it again. I spent too long trying to be normal and socially acceptable. And then about three, four years ago, again, cliche origin story came across tumblr witches. And then I was like, I missed this. I want to get back into it. So I do my research there, bought some books, and then I came across this instagram of this incredible witch that I was just like, wow, this person, she’s so intelligent, so knowledgeable, so insightful. I have to follow her that person was attired, which I got to know her, realized she’s just big, chaotic. Yes, big chaotic. Dumpling anything.
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I knew that you got into the instagram stuff and then you started following me, but I didn’t know that I was a part of your origin story. Teach me most of what I know about Taroge. The point that you got me my career in it. The amount of times I thanked you for that shit. Come on. Yeah, but I thought you were just being a pal. That’s adorable.
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This is the one time I’m going to be nice to you. So I’ll take it. So, yeah, I met Robin. We got talking quite a lot and she helped me with a few things. I found resources through her page. Then obviously we gained a little collective. I met Maria and these kind of both of you, like very inspirational women who were very knowledgeable and very intelligent and very insightful. You helped me on my journey as well as my own growth, do my own research, do my own practice, that kind of thing. But it physically pains me to be this nice. But without the two of you, I wouldn’t be where I am on my witchcraft journey today. I am never going to say that again. So if you ever need me to be that nice to again, just relisten to this section. It’s going to be my brain tone every single time you text me. It’s just going to be robin is so smart and amazing and inspirational. That’s like so true. Am true. I did not want to inflate your ego any further because you will never be able to find a house. You have no shame in saying I’m smart and incredibly beautiful. So here we are. Maybe beautiful. Absolutely, yes. I don’t know if you guys can see this, but I currently have no makeup on and two chins. The more chins, the more YouTube.
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I learned a lot through you guys and doing my own research and just generally exploring through other people’s. I found a lot on social media, but then obviously kind of did my own learning and my own always good. That is so good. A few books I highly recommend. Oh, yes. I think The Craft by Gabby Hirst. Oh, no. Is it Modern Witchcraft? Something like that by Gabby Hirstick. I remember her name. Can’t remember the dumb name. It was craft. It was definitely craft. I can picture you reading that book at the field or in the beach or whatever. I remember seeing that person at the top of the hill. Yes, very much. I recommend that for anyone who’s like brand new to witchcraft, it’s very much a beginner’s book. But if you’re either trying to refresh after many years away or you just want an easily digestible, non preachy textbook book that’s going to have things that are very insightful and very practical to use. Definitely go for that one. I highly recommend it. Plus, the cover is so pretty.
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Covers. We are 100% here for pretty covers. Fully touch a book by the cover. Honestly, I’m always here for the aesthetic.
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I’ve always been into herbal remedies, like, ever since we were kids. If we were sick, it wasn’t take paracetamol or any other kind of drugs. It was lemon, honey, ginger. It was always herbal remedies growing up. And so I’d learned a lot from my mom, because my mom’s side of my family has got caribbean background. So, again, healing is very food based on that as well. That kind of culture. So I learned a lot from that. And from there, I started looking into it myself, combining it with a witchcraft element, because I have multiple chronic illnesses, which are a laugh and a half.
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Just trying to be able to treat myself with food and herbs and botanicals, as well as shoving my face with pills, which is something I looked into. And from there, people would ask me to, oh, that sounds interesting. Does it work for you? I’m like, yeah, or can I try something? Sure, I’ll make you a little tea draft thing, and they buy me a little present. I was thinking, this is pretty cool. And then they go, can I buy some of you? And I’m like, wait, you want to pay me to make this? Fine. Cool. Sad if that’s your prerogative. And from there, I developed amber’s apothecary, which is a little business I started through instagram, selling herbal remedies, researching more, checking up on the science of, like, medicinal interactions, any kind of, like, counter effects for pregnant women, breastfeeding women, anything like that, as well as interactions with illnesses and medicines to treat those illnesses. Yeah, I’m trying to think of other things. Oh, yeah. That’s how it led me into doing tarot professionally as well, because I learned it for myself. Robin was like, you should do this too, and add it to your little ambitious apothecry. I was like, okay,
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as you can tell, I struggle with self belief sometimes.
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Yeah. So incorporated my tarot into ambassador’s pothry, and it kind of took off from there. And now me and Robin are little colleagues. We are colleagues, yes. Professional women in a professional setting. Very professional businesses. Padded shoulders, the whole work. Yeah, definitely not in bed with my hair, in my pajamas every single day with padded shoulders, very heavy under eye makeup, and just an authority to step on men. Don’t forget the briefcase. Well, obviously, I feel like that went without saying. Oh, yeah, for sure. That’s kind of what led me to where I am today. I now call myself a lazy witch because I have a chaotic life, obviously less so since the global pandemic hip. I’ve also got a full time job working in the music industry as well as well as doing full time kind of hours doing tarot, and leading a very chaotic and hectic social life. My form of daily witchcraft is like my intention candle. Sit in bed and watch tele in the minute that I get spare. And I think especially within the witchcraft community, sometimes we can feel guilty about we can’t be proper witches if we don’t do rituals for every single of the moon and every single Sabbath. Yeah, completely unrealistic. We all have lives. People have children, people have jobs, people have other responsibilities or chronic health issues where you sometimes you’re like, hell no, I can’t. I don’t have any energy. I don’t have any spoons to do a full ritual. So just as much as lighting a candle with intention every day is where I kind of focus. And then for Sabbath I love the most. So Maven obviously coming up soon, I always make a big fuss of that. Friends who aren’t necessarily like practicing witches, but very interesting spirituality, manifestation. If a full moon is about and they need a little extra goodness in their lives, we’ll do something cute together. It may not be a full ritual. It may just be something as simple as casting a circle and do a little manifestation spell. Something like that. Something very like bread and butter of witchcraft rather than Sansi schmancy. Sky. What’s the word? Skyclad. There we go. Skyclad. Dancing under the
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things like sharing meals with people you love I think could be just as much as we’re actually going to get into it during this episode about sharing deals. Yes. Got you. Thank you for intro and yourself. AMS. Honestly, everybody is going to be happier here. I know we are. Oh, yeah. We’re so happy you’re here.
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So if you are new here, every single episode I talk about the upcoming major lunar phases. And we’re coming to a point here where probably going to have to skip an episode focusing on that just because of how months work. And our nearest one coming up is the full moon in Aries on October 1. Now, there’s not a lot to say really about this full moon in particular other than the fact that everyone needs to sit on their hands. Just sit on them. Slow down. The full moon in Aries that might make you feel like you need to charge into a situation without really pausing and thinking it through. And the main thing I want to implore to you guys is if there’s not a deadline, why are you racing? Slow down. The pressure is completely in your own head. And because it’s such a fiery moon in general fire sign. And because it’s such a fiery moon in general, it might make you feel like you’ve got all this extra gusto. And the fact of the matter is that there’s no race. Slow down. Calm down. Have a deep breath. Just breathe. You’re not racing with anybody. It’s kind of like I tell my cats, no one is going to steal your food. Chew it. It’s the same sort of energy. And so unless there’s a massive deadline that you’re rushing towards, the main thing I want to implore to you guys is take a deep breath, sit on your hands, make a plan, and then move forward. You don’t need to rush in. Yeah, I do feel like fire signs do really, really good with fire sign moves and stuff like that.
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Look at us getting stuff done. And everyone else is like, what? Yeah, it’s like there’s a meme of the person with the briefcase under their arm and they’re like rushing for no reason. That’s this moon sign for everyone who’s not a fire sign. The other 75% of us are not going to be thriving. So just slow down, make a plan and move forward. It’s not a race. Chill, breathe, go have a lollipop, freaking make yourself happy. Honestly, it’s okay. You’re going to be okay. It’s in your head and that’s valid and that’s fair, but chill the fuck out.
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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 others opinions helps beginners form their own opinions, or even those who have been practicing for a while expand their views on other meetings. This week we’re going to talk about the seven of pentacles. On this card. You see a person standing in front of a bush or a grove. These bushes are starting to bear fruit and our person is staring at them lovingly as they lean on their shovel or ho. I couldn’t really tell which one it was, but anyways, the universal meaning of this card is watching the universal meaning of this card is watching something come into fruition and more work is needed in order for that goal or goals to become fruitful. My definition is more than less the same. It shows up in client meetings or my own readings. When someone has been working really hard towards a goal in their life and they’re proud of the work they’ve been putting in, there’s a catch though. They need to keep putting in the work. Now isn’t the time to take a break or take a vacation. This bush image can easily start to wilt or lose the fruit, and the same can be set about the goals when they haven’t quite yet been realized. The person should be proud of themselves though. They worked really hard to reach to this point and they need to use that feeling that they’re experiencing this self joy in order to feel their desire to keep going. So how do you feel about this card cabin, dear? Here’s the thing. First of all, I wanted to say that every single time you said bush, the twelve year old me went, Hey, bush.
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I was trying so hard to find a different word. I really was. I did not want to say the word ho either. I just love a ho in my book. She just brings me just such pleasure.
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I turned to my wife last night as I was coming up with what I wanted to say and it’s like, I really need a separate word for this. I can’t think of anything. Should I say orchard? Because it does not look like one hedge has been a good one. Hedge? Yeah, it doesn’t matter.
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Back to the meaning of the bush, meaning the seven of pentacles is usually a very big warning of being disappointment, being disappointed because it’s got this sort of long wait period that comes with it. I usually see it in readings for clients when they work really hard, like you said, and they’re expecting the reward. So, like, let’s say they’re hoping for a promotion and they’ve been working their ass off for the last six months to a year to ensure that promotion. It comes up as like, I get that you’ve been working really hard and I think that’s great, but you need to wait another couple of months, another six months, another eight months, whatever. It depends on the rest of the reading, of course, but it’s a big I’m sorry to tell you, but you’ve still got a long way ahead of you. Keep working and it’s always like a positive thing, but with a negative kind of sugar coat and you got to get through that spicy lollipops, I see what they’re called, but they’re like mango flavored and they’re dipped in chili. You need to get through the chili coating to get to the sweet inside and that’s kind of how I view this card. You’re going to have to be disappointed, but you have to keep working because you are going in the right direction and it is going to pay off. You just need to not give up. So, yeah, it’s positive and negative bit. Yeah. What about you, AMS? I feel very similar, especially with reading for clients. For me, it’s very much a card of frustration, not just for my clients as well, but for me. I am an instant gratification person. I do not want your millennial anything that’s it, I want it, it’s mine, I deserve it, I want it now. When really
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it can be very frustrating when you know that you feel that you deserve something now, but you have this repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition. When you feel that three cycles of this repetition ago you should have had what you want. So it can be very much like ugh again, when sometimes that’s what we need. We need to go through the cycles of repetition to eventually get what we want and sometimes the outcome that we want, we don’t get, but we get something along the way that we needed more. You might not get that promotion, you might not get that relationship that you’ve been wanting by going on dates and doing the work on your relationship and to try and improve things, your relationship still might end or you might not ever eventually get into a relationship with that person. But the things you learn along the way will help you more the next time this situation comes around. So as much as now you don’t get that fruit that you’ve been waiting to pick the season afterwards, all that work that you put into that ground and into the soil and into this plant will make it even more fruitful next time, right? And isn’t it more important, the friends we made along the way,
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what happened to us being inspiration, now we’re trash it’s totally fine. Like I’m just going to remember this when I cheat the fuck out of her when I see her. Look, I told you that was the one time I’m ever going to be nice for the two of you that’s it jumped up.
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So we are coming up on the autumn equinox or Mayban, and it is going to be happening on the 22nd this year. So autumn equinox is the night of equal light and equal light and equal darkness. So you’re going to have as much daylight hours as night time hours. And so in a way, we are celebrating life and we’re also celebrating death. And it is also the second harvest Sabbath of the year and this is the one that deals with fruit. So again, all of the stuff that we have manifested throughout the year is coming to a head. Like we are receiving everything that we have manifested or even additionally, because we have one more to go. So you can put in more intentions for that next one, which will be selling, which we’re all looking forward to, right? Right. Yes. So the way me and my family celebrate Mayban is that we treat it like our Thanksgiving. We don’t celebrate like the traditional Thanksgiving in November. So maybe Bond is our Thanksgiving week. We cook a big meal, we eat it together and we say our thanks. We go write down what we’re thankful for. And we also that night we do an apple spell together, which is actually the White Witch Parlor’s apple spell because it’s really cute and it’s simple and it’s something the witchland can do and it’s a really cute spell. I love that. Yeah. So what do you guys do? Well, for me and my house, any excuse to eat baked goods is basically sign me up. I know that maybe on is a big holiday of apples and apple related anything. I hate baked apples. I hate them so fucking much. I know this is the whole unamerican, but apple pie to me is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever eaten in my life. Okay, we can agree on apple pie or any fruit pie. I hate fruit. Pier. My husband loves apple pie. He loves it. He thinks it’s so good and I’m just like, get that fucking thing out of my face. I hate it. I think it’s so gross. I don’t mind baked apples. I do not like pie pastry unless it’s covered in chocolate or pie. I can’t do it, man. I just can’t. So I do apple crumble instead. We don’t really have pies. Sweet pies. Anyway. Most of our pies, you guys are like the king and queens of meat pies. I hear that. If you don’t let me finish, we don’t really have sweet pies. We mainly have savory and meat pies. Right? Like pastries, right? Yeah. Pastries are really big there, right? Oh, yeah. But the only real sweet pie that we do have it is like, an apple pie, or it still is. Like, why the fuck would you say out of all these flavors, I’m going to have mushy little nuggets of sad? Not sad. I have never had an apple pie where I was like, oh, delicious. I’m so glad I ate this disgusting pie.
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Watch. 90% of our listeners are like, apple pie stands, and they’re just like, Get the fuck out. I know. They’re like, unsubscribe until she said she didn’t like apple pie, and now I want to throw her in a fireplace, beat her into the abyss. Anyway, so I make apple crumble, and I’ve got a recipe I actually shared in my Instagram stories a couple of days ago, which is an oatmeal apple loave. So instead of it being chunks of apple, I use apple sauce. And I like making applesauce and spiced apple sauce. Like, I do like apples. I just don’t like diced up baked apples. I do not like apples or bananas. What? You don’t like banana? Oh, I hate banana. Oh, my God. I’m rethinking our entire friendship. Oh, my God. I also use a lot because my mom focuses right towards the first harvest, so you’re getting kind of that end of summer vegetables. I like taking zucchinis and I grate them and freeze them in little containers to make zucchini bread with all year round. I’m a huge slot for zucchini bread. I think it’s so good. Put a little walnut in that. Oh, my Lord. Really? What I’m trying to say is, guys, welcome to the Mabon episode, where Robin just talks about food, porn, any kind of sweet loaf. That’s what I like during Maybon. I like making a ton of it and feeding it to my family. And as I’m the only practicing witch in my household, we don’t make a huge thing out of it. I usually just make, like, a nice dessert for everyone to have afterwards, and then I just say my gratitude at my altar to my spirits and my guides. It’s not a big one for me. Maybe you have a little pumpkin spice hot cocoa that evening. Hello. You’re going to hate me for this, but pumpkin spice is the worst thing ever. Oh, I don’t hate you for that. I mean, I love pumpkin, and I think that pumpkin in general is a godsend. But I’m actually like the traditional Starbucks pumpkin spice. Shit is not for me. It’s not that it’s bad. I’m not crazy about the flavor. I have to actually add the seasoning for myself in order to like it. I do not like anything that’s pre mixed and app store. It tastes off to me. It tastes, I don’t know, artificial. It tastes weird. I’m not going to shit on people, for the record, who do like pumpkin spice. I’m not going to be that bitch who’s like girls who like pumpkin. If you like it, go for them.
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I like to sprinkle the pumpkin spice, like, the actual powder spice on my coffee grounds. And a great way to do that is also to think about manifesting abundance and money. There you go. But I do know pumpkin spice. That at least this is my own hot tip. Maria and Amber might totally disagree, but if you’re going to use the pumpkin spice, like, premade mix, I always add more ginger to it because I like it a little spicy. Well, see, the only brand that I have found that I like that does have that spice is Trader Joe’s. Their pumpkin spice is amazing. The only kind that I get. It’s so good. 100% recommend bite. Anyway, back to how Amber hates everyone because she doesn’t like pumpkin spice. Continue, bitch. For me, again, this is my own personal trauma coming through here. But cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, those kind of spices, I use it sparingly, very sparingly.
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I’ll bring you into a traumatic section,
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bitch. Don’t you dare insult me like that in my culture.
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I will throw hands in all my life. When I was a kid, do you remember when Harry Potter first came out and they had all the toys, and they had, like, a little potion making set, right? Yes. Oh, so this is probably part of my witchcraft origin story as well. Surprisingly, I got this potion making set, and they were all edible. So you basically made sweets out of all these little and there was this one that I was obsessed with, which was like, a green liquid with purple slugs in it. They’re not real slugs. They were, like little gummy things, but they are super cinnamony. And I ate so many of these damn potions, I made myself sick. Oh, no. Every time I taste like soup, anything that’s like, I don’t mind a hint of cinnamon, like, a little fragrance of it, but when it’s it’s full, punch you in the face. Here comes full cinnamon. I’m like, hell no. Get out of my face. Get out of my area. If you want to go to the other side of the planet, that would be beautiful. That’s very talent. That’s so fucking funny. So, yeah, pretty much I can’t have anything pumpkin flavored, because when I was a kid, I just was so fat. I made so many candies, and I couldn’t stop myself. I literally couldn’t stop myself if I physically tried.
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You know what I mean? Like a very Ron Weasley moment where you’re actually throwing up slugs and you went, it’s true. That’s what it felt like. Oh, my gosh. I didn’t think about that. That’s hilarious. Oh, my God.
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So if you don’t need pumpkin things, what do you have? How do you celebrate? So, for me, Maven is all about sharing meals with family. In England, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving because well, let’s not go. It’s England. It’s not even a thing over here. But I’ve always been someone who loves spending time in the kitchen. We were raised from basically as soon as we could stand by the cooker safely, we were cooking, obviously with adult supervision. So one of the ways I show that I care and I love people is by cooking for them. I love cooking meals. I love cooking desserts. And Maben is a time for me where I will cook up a massive batch of butternut squash soup or some kind of stew, especially with dumplings. Oh, my God. So it dumplings get in my face. I cannot wait. And an apple crumble. I suck at making pastry, so I always go for apple crumble rather than apple pie. Yeah, most recently, apple pie is disgusting. She has a mouse. Okay, I will do it. I started making this my own little ritual, so I put intention into it. So now when I make the soup, I make it as, like, a prosperity soup. So I put little bits of cinnamon, nutmeg, and I don’t, like, give people this soup unknown that it’s like which you’re like, hey, you’re going to get abundance. I’ve made this for you. It’s fun. At squash soup. It’s got this, this, and this. But I also put the intention to bring you extra prosperity and abundance over the winter. If I can’t share the actual meal with my friends in person, I’ll be like, hey, Tupperware, eat it. That’s really sweet. Yeah, it’s really nice. I was speaking with my neighbors about it last night. Where I live, we’re all really close, and regularly I’ll just pop my head out. Last night, I went to go bring in my laundry from outside and drying, and my neighbor was cooking up some Persian chicken because he’s like a 70 year old Persian man, and he’s an absolute sweetheart. And he’s like, oh, you did this. Almost ready. I was like, Sorry. All right, cool. I’ll be there in five. Oh, my goodness. It’s adorable. So we just sit there and we eat, and we’ll share a drink. I’ve said, his girlfriend partner, she’s, like, in her 60s. She’s not necessarily a witch, but she’s very spiritual. She reads Tarot cards. She’s very much into astrology and numerology. So when I was saying to her that Maven is coming up, this is what I love doing for Maven, I was like, Yeah, I’ll do this for you. You always cook for me. I will make a full meal. We’ll have soup, we’ll have stew, we’ll have an apple crumble, and we’ll just share a little evening together. And that’s adorable. It just gives me the warm fuzzies internally because I hate winter. Winter makes me want to cry. So for me, I am a Leo baby through and through. Like, give me sunshine, give me 25 deg well, 25 Celsius heat every single day. Sunshine, no clouds. So I can just like I’m the only Goth that will sunbathe for 8 hours straight and be in. Absolutely.
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I do want to say for our followers who do not like, there are some people that are like, well, I really don’t want to do a feast or something like that. There’s also the aspect of it being equal to that. You can also celebrate the night in the start of, you know, the veil is going to start thinning even more. So you can maybe just work on divination that night. You can start with spirits and stuff like that so it doesn’t have to just revolve around like Thanksgiving type bill includes. Yes. It’s more just about embracing and having gratitude. You can do that in any way. There’s no wrong way to be happy about the things you have in your life. Yes. Happy bone. Everybody enjoy your apple pies even though these two seasons. And if any of you send me a photo of an apple pie, you will be blocked on the spot. Now you’re going to get all the images from that one episode and I live for it. So
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so Amber, what is stirring your culture right now? Oh, baby. So this burger, new Moon Energy, I have a virgo moon, so I am the queen of well, I say queen of being organized. Organized chaos is how I like to put it. But I like lists, I like itineraries. I like symmetry. I like organization. It makes me very happy. So this Virgo New Moon Energy, especially at this time of year, is beautiful. We’ve just had like a little bit of a heat wave in England over the past few days. So it has enabled me to do every ounce of laundry that could possibly be in my house, even clothes that might not necessarily be dirty, but they’ve been hung up for a while and haven’t been worn. So I’m just going to wash them again. Everything’s fresh, clean. I have been hoovering, dusting, just it’s stunning. It’s making me very happy at this moment in time. I’m thoroughly enjoying it. If you saw my house right now, you know how much I am not vibing with the virgo energy.
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I know, I agree. Well, okay. It’s like I’m organized in some parts of my life and then others it’s like not so much. And the home stuff is definitely not there. I have an active, like what’s that called, like when the body rejects something. Do you know what I’m talking about? Like if you get a Psych and it pushes it out. I have that towards virgo energy. And it’s not that I don’t like virgos. There’s a lot of virgos that I love so much, but when it comes to me personally taking on that kind of energy, my body just, like, rejects it. Just let me do the plugs. Yeah, that’s my shame in the plugs.
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I would have paid so much money to go back in time and watch Tiny. You just, like, throwing up slugs. You’re such a good friend. Can you imagine, though? I would be, like, full grade adult. Like, ha ha, look at this dumb kid.
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Completely. I suck at being organized, usually, which is my virgo. Moon hates it. Like, I want to be, but then life gets on top of me, so my room looks like I mean, you’ve seen what my room gets by Robin. Yeah, it’s not good. It makes my mental health really bad, but then I’m like, but it’s too much effort. So this extra kick of the ass is exactly what I needed to get my space and myself centered and aligned again. I think, really, it’s like a chronic illness thing, but if you’re not in the best spot, that a mess, just easily overwhelms. But you legit do not have the energy in order to vote the time to it, and it makes a flare worse, and you’re just like, I don’t know what the hell to do. I really don’t. I just live in a tiny home, and therefore this whole house can be speaking span spotless. Like, scrubbed it with a toothbrush, right? And it takes literally one day, and it looks like a fucking tornado. I got the crystal delivery for Restocks, and I opened it up, and it’s everywhere. Shit. Everywhere. It was one box. Anybody listening to this? And I’m trying to say, who wants to get a tiny home? Don’t do it. Your space will not be more clean. It is a lie. You just have less place to put it. Yeah,
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what we’re saying, amber, if you want to loan us some of your virgo ness for this new, greatly appreciated. If you need a list making, please don’t. It gives me such joy. Like, Excel spreadsheets. You don’t understand how much I enjoy spreadsheets. It’s disgusting. It’s getting to the point where I need a personal assistant, and that personal assistant needs to be a virtual you are welcome to come over, because as soon as I see a spreadsheet, I have a panic attack. I spend my spare time well, I used to not so much anymore, because I don’t deal with them as much anymore, but in my old job, there were a lot of what I had to deal with, so I would spend my spare time learning cool functions to make my life easier and make spreadsheets more colorful. That’s how much of a weirdo I am. Yeah, I have one of those little journey it’s called my Journey. It’s a moleskin app for organizing my life. And it does absolutely nothing for me. I struggle. I struggle so hard. Well, either of you have any an organized PA, let me know. I will whip you off a sexy spreadsheet. Oh, man. I bet it will be so sexy that it will send me directly into a panic attack. I love that. I look forward to my future anxiety on this. Thank you.
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So, Amber, what is not stirring or cold during this week? You should not have got me started on this because I can run for hours. So obviously, in our job, we deal with horror clients day in, day out on divination and very spiritual people who believe in the power of the universe. All three of us do as well. But when I’m doing a reading for a client and give them an answer, and they reply with, is it fate, though? Is it destiny? Are we destined to be together? I want to yeet my cauldron out of the fucking window and into the abyss.
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Sweet. I feel this. You are not that important to the fabric of the universe. That whether you date Tom, Dick, or Harry is written down in stone.
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I believe that our life has different paths. I do readings based off of the path you’re on right now. But I personally believe that the future is about consent. And so therefore, let’s say I was going to say, amber, this job you’re going to take is going to give you so much stress. You’re going to be so stressed out if you take this job, you now have the choice to say, I’m just not going to take that job. Yeah, exactly. The way that I do readings. The future is never set in stone. We can always change it, and it’s always moving. It’s continuous moving parts. And what you contribute to that after you find out where you are headed can change the outcome. And so
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right, exactly. It’s the type of people who want you to tell them the answer they want to hear. They aren’t actually there for a Tarot reading. They’re not actually there for advice and spiritual guidance. They already have an answer in their head that they want to hear. And if you don’t give it to them, then you’re somehow the asshole I’ve had wrong. You don’t know what you’re doing. I’ve had people at work who asked me, my exboyfriend from five years ago, will we get by together? And when I say no, they go, I don’t accept this. I don’t claim. And then they just leave. Or you’re wrong. Like, oh, yeah, okay, never mind. I apologize. You guys haven’t spoken in five years, but I’m the out of touch one here. Cool. All right. For sure. For me, especially when I fully believe in the butterfly effect, like, each action has a consequence. And if it’s something where free will is involved with regards to people’s free will. It’s a chain of events. You could do one thing that causes somebody else to do another thing, that causes somebody else to do another thing, and it could change everybody’s path dramatically. Yeah, even you learning about it is changing something. Exactly right. It’s a butterfly effect. I want to write a blog post soon. I probably will this weekend on why the wick and read is inherently impossible to adhere to. And it’s because of things like the butterfly Effect. Nothing actually leaves your hands clean. There’s no such thing, in my opinion, at least a magic that is or divination or anything that keeps your hands entirely clean. There’s no way. And if you think that the magic you’re doing is always for greater good or always quote white magic, which I don’t believe in white magic at all, but that’s another matter. If you think that it’s always that way, then you have a God complex, and you need to have some words with yourself, because it’s impossible. It’s impossible to walk out of any situation where your hands are clean. And that all falls into that butterfly effect thing. You could save someone’s life by stopping them from jumping in front of a bus. And you think, Yeah, I’ve done a good deal. It turns out that person, three days later murdered someone. You think, You’ve done a good thing. We’ve got tools. Very extreme end of the spectrum.
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It’s like the dark version of and they were roommates.
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Hot tub 10ft away because of that game. I miss mine anyway. Look at all those chickens. And they were roommates. But it’s true. It is true. Like, yeah, maybe not everybody you’re going to save is going to be a fucking murderer. But there are still butterfly effects that happen. And no matter your intention, you can have the purest of love and light intentions. But something that you do that’s filled with love and light may cause further down the line, something untoward to happen. And you have zero control over that. I agree 100%. That’s why it’s just stop it. Stop with the fate. I completely agree with Amber. Nothing is fate. Just knock it off. If it was fate, you wouldn’t get to ask about it. Exactly. Because simply by knowing about it could change it. Exactly. Yeah. It’s like going back in time. You can’t talk to your past self. You’ll change the fabric of the future. Stay away from a tired witch on Instagram. She will ruin your life.
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If you are new here, every week, we talk about creators that we are loving right now. And if you’re new here, quick little preface. Don’t send us messages asking to be featured on this. It’s rude. It’s weird. We hate it. These are people that we are organically finding on our own, enjoying and wanting to share with you guys. They’re not paid promotions. They never will be. Please stop it. So, first things first. Maria, who are you loving right now? Oh, my gosh. So I got the new Nightmare Before Christmas tarot Deck by Abrigo Larson. And oh my God, it is so good. It is probably one of the best mass produced decks I have ever owned. The box is beautiful. The card stock is like butter. And of course, it’s Nightmare Before Christmas. What is not to love? All of the imagery fits perfectly for each card, especially in the major arcana. Yeah, I love it. It’s so good so far. And it’s one of the decks that I’m like. Well, I’m going to keep this for myself. Sorry, clients, not for you. It’s mine. I’m so excited to receive it, especially after the photos you’ve posted. I’m just like, it’s going to be well worth the wait. Well, the people person, the creator, the account, the shop. Hello, is this a podcast that I’m loving right now is actually a friend of mine. Her name is Sam and she goes by the Candle Wife. And she’s not a witch or anything like that, but she has launched her spooky season candles and she has a hocus pocus candle that let me tell you, I need it in my life. I’ve actually already been loaded her money and told her to send me like 40 of them. They’re so cute. I love it so much. It’s like literally so brilliant. And I think it’s a really good example of the fact that you can have fun candles without it necessarily needing to be witchy or witchcraft and still beyond that vibe. You know what I mean? Yeah, 100%. Yeah. I think it’s cute. I think it’s fun. I do too. I’m here for a good hocus pocus candle. We love a good hocus pocus candle. Yeah. I literally have a seven day isleth, a black lame. Hers has like a little tag on it that says, do not let a virgin light, or something like that. And I’m just like, I’m sorry. Yes, I am here for this. That is adorable. Gorgeous. What about you, Mr? You living right now? So I taught words. Try again. There are two creators I am absolutely adoring at the moment. They’re both people I’ve purchased from previously, and they’re both UK creators as well. So I thought a little bit for any of your UK listeners. So we have first of all, there’s a jewelry store. She is at Violet Delights on Instagram, and she makes the cutest little witchy iconography, pop culture witch type jewelry. It’s so cute. I got some from her a while ago. They’re just really simple little silver moons. They’re quite subtle. So if you’re a witch that likes to wear witchy jewelry but don’t necessarily want it to be in your face to people you may not necessarily know, you’re out of the broom closet. They are beautiful, but there’s also like really obvious stuff as well. But the one thing I really love about this shop and the way she does things. I think if you spend over £15, you get a one card terror reading with your item. So when I bought it adorable. When I got my earrings a while ago, I received the eight of swords in my deck in my and I was like, Oh, bitch, call me the fuck out there. Thanks. Yeah, I look it up on my mirror and it helps remind me every single day you are in control. The only thing holding you back here is you. And to me, it’s just the most beautiful little touch. And she’s just released these gorgeous witches curse boxes, which are like £40, and what you get in them for the price is unreal. So you get a couple of witchy prints. There’s a protection candle, crystal power reading, there’s some necklaces, earrings, the work. So what you actually get for the £40 unreal, I think there’s like ten or more items in there, which is cheapest chips, and you get 20% off code Phoenix purchase on her website, which is beautiful. And she’s just an absolute sweetheart. I posted a story on Instagram a while ago that my treatment for my chronic illness was going down the pan. Thank you to our government under funding NHS. But she saw that and she was like, what’s your address? I’m going to send you some little crystals just to help you feel better. Oh, that’s so sweet. Honestly, I was so touched and I was like, that’s the sweetest thing. Thank you so much. It really made me feel better. Just the fact that she was so kind. She was really kind. I know. It was the cockles of my heart. And then the other one is she is at which in store that’s witching as in witching or without a g, which in store. And she’s a graphic I’ll put in the bio I have to get. You have one of those you’re professional podcasters I am with she does print, she does custom commissions for artwork as well. She’s released these gorgeous little hand painted coffin. I can’t see how to describe them. They’re basically like coffin shaped, but they’re handpainted little mural type things.
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Gorgeous. I’ve got one of her prints on my wall and it’s the lover’s card and it’s in gold and it’s all shiny and it’s stunning. She sounds really nice. Oh, it’s so pretty. It’s above my bed and it just is beautiful. The work she does is gorgeous, but I know there’s a lot of modern witches who don’t necessarily like the old school very what’s the word I’m looking for? Very intricate designs with loads of stuff going on. Hers is minimalistic, but still very true to the kind of mospooky aesthetic. It’s really, really beautiful. So that’s another one that I thought I’d mentioned. And she does commissions as well, which doesn’t love a personalized product. Yeah, I love that. I’ve looked at her stuff and it’s really cute. It’s really cute. Both of the creators that you mentioned. Hello. I followed them both.
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We hope you guys will join us on October 2 for our 16th episode. Thank you very much for being here. Keep an eye out on our Instagram or on our Twitter. You can follow us on Twitter at coffeecoldrens for more information or even better, joining us on our discordier, which is First Covenant on Patreon, so we can answer your questions next time. Or you get to hear our lovely voices for 30 additional minutes if you join any of the tears. Casting an up for the part two of the podcast. Yes. So again, this is Coffee and Coultrons with Robin At, A Tired Witch on Instagram and with Maria At. Maria the Arcane on Instagram. And I’m amba Obama from at Childish Bambino on TikTok. All right. One, two,
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three.