Table of Contents

• Hello, and Happy Imbloc!

• Hagstones & Elemental Magick with Water

• Dear Joy: Your Personal Questions Answered

• Special Dates and Celebrations This Week

• Coven Share: How do you do you?

• Thanks & What’s Upcoming?

Hello, and Happy Imbloc!

Hello there,

I hope you enjoyed your Imbolc celebration, however you chose to mark it, and welcome to spring! I’ve already begun my countdown to the Spring Equinox – just five weeks to go – following what has felt like a long, dark winter here in the UK, both in reduced daylight and in the challenging days of my soul last season. I now welcome the balance of day and night that the Equinox brings, along with the extra four hours of light.

Last week’s New Moon truly exhausted me, but it also provided an opportunity to focus on small, daily rituals that bring light into our lives and uplift our energy. As sensitives, we often tend to care more for others than for ourselves, yet we can only give what we have. I hope you find something in this week’s newsletter that adds a spark of extra joy during this season of renewal.

Hagstones & Elemental Magick with Water

This week, I’m excited to share insights on hagstones and the use of water in Elemental Magick. Most exciting of all, I’ll introduce a simple daily practice that helps keep my energy elevated.

Celtic legend speaks of hagstones—also known as holey stones or witch stones—which are naturally formed stones with a hole, usually found near the sea or other bodies of water. They are revered as powerful protective talismans that, when worn or carried, guard the bearer against curses, hexes, negative spirits, and harm. Hagstones have also been used to ward off nightmares when strung on a bedpost, placed under pillows, or made into mobiles. It is believed that peering through the hole of a hagstone can reveal the Fae or Wee Folk and other otherworldly entities—though a word of caution: be careful what you wish for, as some visions cannot be unsee. If a hagstone breaks, it is thought to have expended its power to protect a life. I also cherish the power of hag shells; as with all things, the magic is strongest when found naturally, and sometimes, they may find you!

Be aware that gifting a hagstone or shell as a necklace or charm creates Elemental Magick that draws the wearer back to the place where it was found. When such an object is found in a place you love and given to someone you cherish, it can act as a love spell.

I love taking walks by the sea—it is both humbling and powerful. I often use running water to “wash my worries away.” Sometimes, if I need to let go of something, I write it down, tear the paper up, and place it in a stream rather than burning or burying it; there is solace in knowing that even the smallest worry will eventually be carried away by the vast sea.

Water itself is a potent energetic force, acting like a magnet. I use a glass of water by my bedside (not for drinking) to absorb negative energy—especially effective against the evil eye or jealousy. Overnight, the water acts like a super sponge, drawing out any lingering negativity. In the morning, I dispose of the water using my “energy out” hand (left if right-handed, and vice versa). After a brief pause, I fill my glass from the tap three times and pour it down the toilet, all while silently chanting, “Thrice leave me, thrice leave me, negativity, thrice leave me.” I then finish by drinking a fresh glass of wate, poured with my energy in hand, with the mantra, “I’m grateful; fresh energy flows quickly and easily into me.”

May this practice bring you renewal and positive change.

Dear Joy: Your Personal Questions Answered

On my Etsy shop JoyWellnessWitch my practice is open to the whole world. I'm very grateful to the openness and connection I have with my clients. Each week I'll be sharing someone's energetic queries and my intuitive advice.

Special Dates and Celebrations This Week

WED 5th Waxing Quarter Moon For our magick, a Waxing Quarter Moon is considered a good time for spells focused on growth, building, taking action on intentions, achieving balance between the past and future, and initiating new projects that require momentum as it represents the halfway point between the New Moon and the Full Moon, signifying a period of increasing energy and progress. 

Coven Share: How do you do you?

We feel good as we connect with our world and our tribe, the way I celebrate the cycles of the year and being connected to the elements may look very different to you, please share your practice with me, we grow as a community and how you celebrate may really inspire others, This is your space to fill.

Blessed Imbolc, Everyone! Wishing everyone a wonderful Imbolc! May your days be full of warmth, light, and peace. Pictured on my altar: Faux pine tree, quartz cluster, celestite cluster, selenite block where I'm cleansing my black tourmaline pendant, wand, Brigid's bed with a corn husk doll, faux flowers, cinnamon sticks tied together with red ribbon, offering of cornbread, goddess statue, offering of salt, The Empress tarot card, amethyst cluster, and lots of candles! I also have a paper Brigid's cross taped to my window. Blessed be!

If you have a picture of how you appreciate nature, celebrate the cycles of the year or of your practice please share them with me, I will only be able to pick one that I feel best represents this time, but I’d love to know how you are getting along. Please say if you'd like an anonymous share or if you're happy for me to use your name and location in the world.

Thanks & What’s Upcoming?