WITCH IN THE CITY

Name : Sunshine Mimosa  Botanical Name: Mimosa strigillosa  Common Names: Sunshine Mimosa, Powderpuff Mimosa, Sensitive Mimosa Location : Southeastern United States  Element : Air & Earth  Planet : Venus  Magickal Purpose : Joy, Soft Protection, Emotional Healing, Attraction, Friendship, Gentle Boundaries, Heart-Opening, Grounded Happiness  The Sunshine Mimosa, Mimosa strigillosa, spreads like a soft green carpet across the sandy soils of Florida, adorned with delicate pink powder-puff blossoms that seem to glow with quiet happiness. Low-growing and resilient, this plant thrives in sun-drenched landscapes, weaving a living tapestry of softness and strength. Its fern-like leaves close gently when touched, a subtle reminder of sensitivity, awareness, and sacred boundaries. Blooming from spring through fall, the Sunshine Mimosa embodies grounded joy, emotional resilience, and the quiet magick of gentle persistence. Though small in stature, it spreads wid...

Name : Dollarweed  Botanical Name : Hydrocotyle umbellata Common Names : Pennywort, Water Penny, Marsh Penny, Manyflower, Water Pennywort  Location : Southeastern United States  Element : Water & Earth  Planet : Venus & Jupiter  Magickal Purpose : Prosperity, Abundance, Flow, Luck, Healing, New Opportunities, Road Opening  The humble Dollarweed grows where water lingers, along sidewalks, pond edges, lawns, ditches, and shaded gardens after rain. Its round leaves rise on slender stems like small green coins scattered across the ground, shining when the sun catches their waxy surface. Often dismissed as a weed, it is in truth a plant of quiet fortune. Wherever moisture gathers, Dollarweed follows, marking places of movement, seepage, and unseen pathways beneath the soil. It does not fight the land, it follows its own currents.  In magick, Dollarweed is worked to attract money, encourage business, remove financial stagnation, and restore natural e...

Name : Coastal Wolfberry, Southern Wolfberry  Botanical Name : Lycium carolinianum  Common Names : Carolina Wolfberry, Christmas Berry, Carolina Desert-thorn, Creeping Wolfberry  Location : Southeastern United States  Element : Water & Earth  Planet : Moon & Saturn  Magickal Purpose : Protection, Boundary Magick, Ancestral Memory, Resilience, Prosperity through Endurance, Liminal Strength, Saltwater Blessings, Survival, Ocean Magick  Along the salt-washed edges of the Southeast, where land dissolves into sea and wind sculpts the shoreline, Coastal Wolfberry takes root. It is not a showy plant, nor one that demands attention, but rather a quiet sentinel, thorned, watchful, and deeply adapted to survival. I first noticed it growing low and wide near coastal trails, its silvery leaves and bright red berries standing in calm defiance of harsh soil and salt air.  This is a plant that understands boundaries. It thrives at thresholds, between fre...

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) January asks you to slow down even when every instinct urges you forward. This pause is meant to sharpen your power, not dull it. Patience allows your confidence to settle into something steadier. You become more persuasive when you act deliberately. Motivation strengthens through focus rather than force. Love grows when consistency replaces intensity. Singles feel drawn to emotionally grounded partners. Couples deepen trust through shared routines. Passion matures through reliability. Emotional awareness improves when you pause before reacting. Frustration may build if progress feels delayed. You may feel restrained by circumstances. Impulsivity can create tension if unchecked. Words spoken too quickly may need repair. Career matters reward strategy over speed. Leadership improves through listening. Financial caution protects future security. Risky choices should be postponed. Rest restores clarity. Controlled momentum becomes your greatest strength.  E...

The turning of the year is one of the oldest and most potent moments in magical tradition. Across cultures and centuries, New Year’s Eve has been understood as a liminal crossing, a pause between what has been and what is yet to unfold. In this suspended moment, time itself feels pliable, inviting reflection, release, and the deliberate shaping of intention.  In folk magic and ceremonial lore alike, the New Year is not simply a calendar change but a spiritual rebirth. Fires were lit to ward away misfortune, doors were opened to invite luck, and rituals were performed to ensure prosperity, protection, and good health. What we do at the threshold is believed to echo through the months ahead, setting the tone for the entire cycle. This is also a season of clearing.  Old debts, lingering resentments, and stagnant energy are traditionally released before the new year begins. Just as homes are cleaned and hearths tended, the unseen layers of the self are swept and reset. Magic worke...

Name : American Beautyberry Botanical Name : Callicarpa americana Common Names: Beautyberry, French Mulberry Location: Southeastern United States Element : Water & Earth Planet : Venus & Moon Magickal Purpose : Abundance, Femininity, Healing, Resilience, Longevity, Protection Against Malevolent Forces & Misfortune, Attraction, Renewal, Youth & Beauty   American Beautyberry is one of Florida’s most enchanting and vibrant wild plants, an unassuming green shrub for most of the year, until late summer and fall when it erupts into brilliant clusters of purple berries. By December and into late winter, many of these jewel-toned drupes still burst on each branch, glowing against the quiet landscape like amulets strung along the stems.    Though modest in size, Beautyberry holds a powerful presence in Florida’s natural rhythms. Its fruits are beloved by birds and wildlife during the lean months, offering nourishment and color when much of the landscape rests. Th...

Brumalia - November 24th - December 25th  In our Witches’ Tradition, the Winter Solstice festivity is observed as “Brumalia”. It occurs from November 24th until December 25th. In ancient Rome, Brumalia was a month-long vigil celebrated in honor of the Agricultural Deities: Ceres and Saturn. They were presented offerings and libations of: fruits, grains, wine, olive oil, flowers, and honey. Brumalia marked the astronomic winter solstice; the time of dark intermission that concluded on ‘Natalis Solus Invicti’ or the Feast of Sol Invictus. Ancient Brumalia festivities included nighttime feasting, bonfires, dancing, singing and sacred rites of divination and fortune-telling. During the Brumalia holiday we hold candle-lit vigils in our homes and focus our magick towards protection, prosperity, clearing roads, and attracting good fortune. During this time; we as Witches say farewell to the Spirit of the Old Year and celebrate the rebirth of the Sun God. We present offerings to the Great ...

Name: Rayless Sunflower  Botanical Name: Helianthus radula  Common Names: Rayless Sunflower, Pineland Sunflower, Stiff Sunflower Location: Native to Florida and the Southeastern U.S.  Element: Fire & Earth  Planet: Sun  Magickal Purpose: Renewal, Strength, Movement, Vitality, Illumination, Hidden Truths, Balancing of Light and Shadow, Solar Magick, Renewal After Loss  The Rayless Sunflower, Helianthus radula, is one of Florida’s most striking and mysterious wildflowers. Unlike its bright, petal-ringed cousins, this sunflower blooms without outer rays, offering instead a dense, velvet-brown disc that seems to hold sunlight in its core. Found in sandy pine flatwoods and prairies, its upright stems and vibrant green leaves embody the steady strength of the Sun even as autumn’s cool winds begin to stir. Blooming from late summer into early winter, the Rayless Sunflower reminds us that light never truly fades, it only shifts. This flower represents the movem...

Name : Florida Paintbrush  Botanical Name : Carphephorus corymbosus  Common Names : Coastal Plain Chaffhead, Paintbrush Wildflower  Location : Native to Florida and the Southeastern U.S.  Element : Air & Fire  Planet : Mercury & Sun  Magickal Purpose : Clarity, Inspiration, Ancestral Connection, Spirit Communication, Transition, Seasonal Balance  The Florida Paintbrush is a lesser-known but breathtaking wildflower native to the meadows and pine flatwoods of Florida. Blooming in late summer and autumn, its tall stalks rise up with clusters of violet-pink blossoms that resemble a painter’s brush dipped in vivid color. When they appear in October, they transform fields into glowing purple landscapes, evoking both mystery and celebration.  Because of its timing, the Florida Paintbrush has become a flower of transition. Blooming as the days shorten and the air shifts, it carries the energy of endings and beginnings, liminal thresholds, and the ...

  Halloween – October 31st  Festa Dei Morti , Day of the Dead , Samhain , Juorno de Morti, Festival of the Dead   The true origin and roots of Halloween have been lost in time. It is often conjectured that this ancient holiday may be linked to the Feast of Pamona , the Roman Goddess of Orchards and Fruit - as well as to Parentalia ; the ancient Roman festival held in honor of the dead.  In the Italian and Sicilian Traditions of Witchcraft the Festa Dei Morti or Festival of the Dead focuses upon ancestral devotion and commemoration. The Festival of the Dead is a sacred and holy time of remembrance, love, spiritual communion, joy and mourning. It is a time of reflection, for looking back at the last year and coming to terms With the phenomenon of which we have no control over; death. Witches gather to celebrate the harvest season with family and friends. We mourn the downward spiral of life, but focus our minds and hearts on what is to come in the future. To a Witch...

Name: Queen of the Night, Orchid Cactus, Night-blooming Cereus  Botanical Name: Epiphyllum oxypetalum  Common Names : Night-blooming Cereus, Princess of the Night, Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus, Lady of the Night, Brahma Kamal, Gekka Bijin (Japan ‒ “Beauty under the Moon”), Tan Hua  Location : Mexico, Central America, Asia, India  Element : Water  Planet : Moon & Neptune  Magickal Purpose: Transformation, Dreams, Prophecy, Divine Connection, Love, Intuition, Mystery, Rebirth  The Queen of the Night flower is famed for its rare and dramatic blooms. The blossom opens during the night releasing an intoxicating fragrance that lingers in the moonlight and wilts before dawn. Because of its’ ephemeral beauty, the flower has become a symbol of transience, mysticism, and the sacred nocturnal mysteries.  FULL MOON VISION ELIXIR On the night of the Full Moon, prepare this elixir to enhance intuition, dream work, and spiritual clarity. For this rite you will ...