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class="entry-title">Going Forward</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5252" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5252","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5252\",\"title\":\"Going%20Forward\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/10\\\/going-forward\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5252\"}"}"></div><br/><p>Doomscrolling is NOT going to help you, or anyone you wish to help, either.</p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5237" class="post-5237 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-healing category-magick category-professional-life category-spirituality category-the-life-of-the-witch category-witchcraft tag-6th-annual-samhain-night-market tag-city-winery-hudson-valley tag-cuban-witch tag-energy-healer tag-gay-male-witch tag-halloween tag-hudson-valley-events tag-hudson-valley-happenings tag-hudson-valley-ny tag-in-person-energy-healing-treatments tag-in-person-readings tag-magickal-spellcaster tag-montgomery-ny tag-moon-serpent-and-bone tag-orange-county-ny tag-psychic-reader tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-samnain tag-virtual-energy-healing-treatments tag-virtual-readings tag-witches tag-youtube-channel tag-youtube-videos with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-25-2024/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="920" height="920" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg?w=920&h=920&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg?w=920&h=920&crop=1 920w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg?w=300&h=300&crop=1 300w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg?w=768&h=768&crop=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" data-attachment-id="5249" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-25-2024/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg" data-orig-size="957,954" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Moon Serpent and Bone 6th Annual Samhain Night Market" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-samhain-night-market.jpg?w=920" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">Moon Serpent and Bone 10/25/2024</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5237" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5237","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5237\",\"title\":\"Moon%20Serpent%20and%20Bone%26nbsp%3B10%2F25%2F2024\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/30\\\/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-25-2024\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5237\"}"}"></div><br/><p>This is the official WordPress Blog post about the upcoming Moon Serpent and Bone 6th Annual Samhain Night Market, also known as the Moon Serpent and Bone 6th Annual Samhain Oddities and Curiosities Night Market. Also, it honors me greatly that, of the more than 250 applications Moon Serpent and Bone received for this Night […]<span class="read-more">Read Post &rsaquo;</span></p> <div id="atatags-26942-6746a077708bb"></div> <script> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: 'atatags-26942-6746a077708bb', location: 120, formFactor: '001', label: { text: 'Advertisements', }, creative: { reportAd: { text: 'Report this ad', }, privacySettings: { text: 'Privacy', } } }); }); </script></div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5226" class="post-5226 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-divination category-healing category-professional-life category-the-life-of-the-witch tag-1st-annual-haunting tag-cuban-witch tag-energy-healer tag-energy-healing-treatments tag-gay-male-witch tag-hudson-valley-happenings tag-hudson-valley-ny tag-in-person-sessions tag-magickal-spellcaster tag-moon-serpent-and-bone tag-ossining-community-center tag-ossining-ny tag-psychic-reader tag-psychic-readings tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-sing-sing-kill-greenway tag-virtual-sessions tag-westchester-county-ny tag-youtube-channel tag-youtube-videos with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-18-2024/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="920" height="920" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=920&h=920&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=920&h=920&crop=1 920w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=300&h=300&crop=1 300w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=768&h=768&crop=1 768w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=1024&h=1024&crop=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" data-attachment-id="5234" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-18-2024/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg" data-orig-size="1042,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1st Annual Haunting Sing Sing Kill Greenway 10-18-2024" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1st-annual-haunting-sing-sing-kill-greenway-10-18-2024.jpg?w=920" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">Moon Serpent and Bone 10/18/2024</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5226" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5226","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5226\",\"title\":\"Moon%20Serpent%20and%20Bone%26nbsp%3B10%2F18%2F2024\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/29\\\/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-18-2024\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5226\"}"}"></div><br/><p>Are you ready to meet some ghosties? Or shall you run screaming in the night? BWAHAHAHA!</p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5211" class="post-5211 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-divination category-professional-life category-the-life-of-the-witch tag-cuban-witch tag-energy-healer tag-gay-male-witch tag-hudson-valley-events tag-hudson-valley-happenings tag-hudson-valley-ny tag-in-person-energy-healing-treatments tag-in-person-readings tag-lightclub-curiosity-shoppe tag-magickal-spellcaster tag-malefique tag-moon-serpent-and-bone tag-orange-county-ny tag-psychic-reader tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-virtual-energy-healing-treatments tag-virtual-readings tag-warwick-ny tag-youtube-channel tag-youtube-videos with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-11-2024/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="396" height="512" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone.jpg?w=396&h=512&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone.jpg 396w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone.jpg?w=116&h=150&crop=1 116w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone.jpg?w=232&h=300&crop=1 232w" sizes="(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px" data-attachment-id="5224" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-11-2024/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone.jpg" data-orig-size="396,512" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Malefique A Night of Spirits from Moon Serpent and Bone" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone.jpg?w=232" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malefique-a-night-of-spirits-from-moon-serpent-and-bone.jpg?w=396" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">Moon Serpent and Bone 10/11/2024</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5211" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5211","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5211\",\"title\":\"Moon%20Serpent%20and%20Bone%26nbsp%3B10%2F11%2F2024\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/29\\\/moon-serpent-and-bone-10-11-2024\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5211\"}"}"></div><br/><p>It is my pleasure to announce that I shall be at the Moon Serpent and Bone Night Market on Friday, October 11, 2024, 6 PM-Midnight, Eastern Time. In addition, it honors me greatly that, of the more than 100 applications Moon Serpent and Bone received for this particular Night Market, mine was one of only […]<span class="read-more">Read Post &rsaquo;</span></p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5198" class="post-5198 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magick category-spirituality category-witchcraft tag-cuban-witch tag-energy-healer tag-first-harvest tag-gay-male-witch tag-harvest-festivals tag-lammas tag-lugh tag-lughnasadh tag-magick tag-pagan tag-psychic-reader tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-wicca tag-witch tag-witchcraft tag-youtube-channel tag-youtube-videos with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/lughnasadh-lammas-lugh-and-bread/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="920" height="664" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg?w=920&h=664&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg?w=920&h=664&crop=1 920w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg?w=150&h=108&crop=1 150w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg?w=300&h=217&crop=1 300w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg?w=768&h=554&crop=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" data-attachment-id="5207" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/lughnasadh-lammas-lugh-and-bread/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,664" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lughnasadh Lammas Wiccan Alter Take Two" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lughnasadh-lammas-wiccan-alter-take-two.jpg?w=920" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">Lughnasadh/Lammas, Lugh and Bread</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5198" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5198","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5198\",\"title\":\"Lughnasadh%2FLammas%2C%20Lugh%20and%26nbsp%3BBread\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/26\\\/lughnasadh-lammas-lugh-and-bread\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5198\"}"}"></div><br/><p>In Magickal Traditions, Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO-nuh-suh) is the first of the three Harvest Festivals. The second is the Autumnal Equinox, sometimes referred to as Mabon (pronounced MAY-bohn) and the third and final one is Samhain (correctly pronounced SOW-when), more commonly known as Halloween. Lughnasadh means “Festival of Lugh,” Who Is the Irish God of the […]<span class="read-more">Read Post &rsaquo;</span></p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5187" class="post-5187 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magick category-spirituality category-witchcraft tag-cuban-witch tag-energy-healer tag-gay-male-witch tag-litha tag-magick tag-midsummer tag-pagan-festivals tag-psychic-reader tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-summer-solstice tag-wicca tag-wikipedia tag-witchcraft tag-youtube-channel tag-youtube-videos with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/litha-the-summer-solstice/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="378" height="296" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths.jpg?w=378&h=296&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths.jpg 378w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths.jpg?w=150&h=117&crop=1 150w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths.jpg?w=300&h=235&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px" data-attachment-id="5194" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/litha-the-summer-solstice/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths.jpg" data-orig-size="378,296" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Summer Solstice Sabbats and Sabbaths" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/summer-solstice-sabbats-and-sabbaths.jpg?w=378" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">Litha, the Summer Solstice</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5187" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5187","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5187\",\"title\":\"Litha%2C%20the%20Summer%26nbsp%3BSolstice\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/26\\\/litha-the-summer-solstice\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5187\"}"}"></div><br/><p>Personally, I rarely celebrate the Summer Solstice. Also, in some of the Magickal groups in which I have been involved, over the years, most of them did not always make a habit of doing a Summer Solstice Ritual. However, working with Amy C. Wilson, the Living Goddess and Creatrix of the Moon Serpent and Bone […]<span class="read-more">Read Post &rsaquo;</span></p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5166" class="post-5166 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magick category-my-life category-personal-life category-the-life-of-the-witch tag-bass-pro-shops tag-berks-county tag-cabelas tag-carbon-county tag-daytripping tag-divine-day-trip tag-hamburg tag-kutztown tag-land-spirits tag-lehighton tag-new-hope tag-northeastern-pennsylvania tag-pennsylvania tag-previous-blog-posts tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-setter-ridge-vineyards tag-southeastern-pennsylvania tag-the-spirits tag-travel tag-two-witches-go-on-the-road tag-wikipedia with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/a-divine-day-trip-to-pennsylvania/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="291" height="173" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/28-things-only-people-from-northeastern-pennsylvania-will-understand-from-the-odyssey-online-website.jpeg?w=291&h=173&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/28-things-only-people-from-northeastern-pennsylvania-will-understand-from-the-odyssey-online-website.jpeg 291w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/28-things-only-people-from-northeastern-pennsylvania-will-understand-from-the-odyssey-online-website.jpeg?w=150&h=89&crop=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px" data-attachment-id="5182" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/a-divine-day-trip-to-pennsylvania/28-things-only-people-from-northeastern-pennsylvania-will-understand-from-the-odyssey-online-website/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/28-things-only-people-from-northeastern-pennsylvania-will-understand-from-the-odyssey-online-website.jpeg" data-orig-size="291,173" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="28 Things Only People From Northeastern Pennsylvania Will Understand from The Odyssey Online Website" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/28-things-only-people-from-northeastern-pennsylvania-will-understand-from-the-odyssey-online-website.jpeg?w=291" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/28-things-only-people-from-northeastern-pennsylvania-will-understand-from-the-odyssey-online-website.jpeg?w=291" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">A Divine Day Trip to Pennsylvania</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5166" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5166","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5166\",\"title\":\"A%20Divine%20Day%20Trip%20to%26nbsp%3BPennsylvania\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/18\\\/a-divine-day-trip-to-pennsylvania\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5166\"}"}"></div><br/><p>While we were outdoors, sipping our wine alfresco, both the Divine Driver and I felt the Land Spirits quite clearly, as well as the Spirits, in general.</p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5153" class="post-5153 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-professional-life category-witchcraft tag-6th-annual-ostara-night-market tag-astrology tag-dutchess-county-ny tag-energy-healer tag-friday-march-22-2024-6-11pm-et tag-gay-male-witch tag-hudson-valley-events tag-hudson-valley-happenings tag-hudson-valley-ny tag-in-person-energy-healing-treatments tag-in-person-readings tag-locust-grove-estate-2 tag-magick tag-moon-serpent-and-bone tag-ostara tag-paganism tag-poughkeepsie-ny tag-practitioners tag-psychic-reader tag-psychic-readers tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-vendors tag-vernal-equinox tag-virtual-energy-healing-treatments tag-virtual-readings tag-witchcraft tag-witches tag-wordpress-blog-post tag-youtube-channel tag-youtube-videos with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/02/23/moon-serpent-and-bone-march-2024/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="920" height="470" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg?w=920&h=470&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg?w=920&h=470&crop=1 920w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg?w=150&h=77&crop=1 150w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg?w=300&h=153&crop=1 300w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg?w=768&h=392&crop=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" data-attachment-id="5162" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/02/23/moon-serpent-and-bone-march-2024/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg" data-orig-size="940,470" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Moon Serpent and Bone 6th Annual Ostara Festival" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/moon-serpent-and-bone-6th-annual-ostara-festival.jpeg?w=920" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">Moon Serpent and Bone: March, 2024</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5153" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5153","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5153\",\"title\":\"Moon%20Serpent%20and%20Bone%3A%20March%2C%26nbsp%3B2024\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/23\\\/moon-serpent-and-bone-march-2024\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5153\"}"}"></div><br/><p>In fact, of the more than 150 applications Moon Serpent and Bone received, mine was one of 44 that was accepted.</p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5112" class="post-5112 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magick category-planetary-powers category-spirituality tag-creative-expression tag-creativity tag-day-of-mercury tag-energy-healer tag-gay-male-witch tag-hermes tag-magick tag-magickal-traditions tag-mercurius tag-planet-mercury tag-psychic-reader tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-sarasvati tag-saraswati tag-tehuti tag-thoth tag-wednesday with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/01/31/the-witch-bitch-newsletter-wednesday-day-of-mercury/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="837" height="836" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg?w=837&h=836&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg 837w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg?w=300&h=300&crop=1 300w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg?w=768&h=767&crop=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px" data-attachment-id="5127" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/01/31/the-witch-bitch-newsletter-wednesday-day-of-mercury/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg" data-orig-size="837,836" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Planet Mercury from Phys org Website" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/planet-mercury-from-phys-org-website.jpg?w=837" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">The Witch Bitch Newsletter: Wednesday–Day of Mercury</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5671660_post_5112" data-settings="{"id":5671660,"item_id":"_post_5112","settings":"{\"id\":5671660,\"unique_id\":\"wp-post-5112\",\"title\":\"The%20Witch%20Bitch%20Newsletter%3A%20Wednesday%26%238211%3BDay%20of%26nbsp%3BMercury\",\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thetarotman.wordpress.com\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/31\\\/the-witch-bitch-newsletter-wednesday-day-of-mercury\\\/\",\"item_id\":\"_post_5112\"}"}"></div><br/><p>PLEASE NOTE: This post may or may not touch upon Mercury retrogrades, especially since that is a topic that deserve its own post.</p> </div> </header> </a> </article> <article id="post-5099" class="post-5099 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magick category-planetary-powers category-spirituality category-witchcraft tag-day-of-mars tag-energy-healer tag-gay-male-witch tag-magick tag-mars tag-planetary-energies tag-psychic-reader tag-ritual-work tag-robert-alvarez-the-psychic-witch tag-space-com tag-spellcraft tag-tuesday tag-witch-bitch-newsletter tag-witchcraft with-image"> <a href="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/01/30/the-witch-bitch-newsletter-tuesday-day-of-mars/" rel="bookmark" class="post-link"> <div class="entry-image"> <img width="920" height="675" src="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg?w=920&h=675&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg?w=920&h=675&crop=1 920w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg?w=150&h=110&crop=1 150w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg?w=300&h=220&crop=1 300w, https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg?w=768&h=563&crop=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" data-attachment-id="5107" data-permalink="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/2024/01/30/the-witch-bitch-newsletter-tuesday-day-of-mars/mars-the-planet/" data-orig-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Mars the Planet" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thetarotman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mars-the-planet.jpg?w=920" /> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title">The Witch Bitch Newsletter: Tuesday–Day of Mars</h2> <div class="entry-excerpt"><div class="cs-rating pd-rating" 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