The end of this year sees the final swing of Pluto in Capricorn before it moves in to Aquarius, it won’t enter Capricorn again for another couple of centuries so it’s not something we’ll have to deal with for the rest of our lives – thanks the Gods. It has been impactful (since 2008) on the Cardinal Signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn and we’ve been going through it these past 16 years as Cardinals. And it’s especially less fun when both you and your partner have two cardinal signs in your big 3 and several of your family members are also cardinals. Life has been rough and I am most definitely looking forward to Pluto moving his attentions to the fixed signs (sorry Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius but it’s been rough) instead of us Cardinals.
So what has this transit ending meant for me? Lately I have been shifting into a mindset of what I want from my life, my physical health and where my passions/interests lay in my business and where I want that to go – all very on point themes for an Aries. I’ve been very divorced from my Craft for quite some time now and I haven’t really been hugely interested in pursuing the more spiritual aspects of my path, I’ve been crafting and creating, writing a little bit more but not fully enmeshed with my practice. I haven’t even been blogging as much as I had wanted to, or worked on the Smash or Trash series I was promising to. I’ve come to realise that I need to begin exploring my path again, connecting again and being more fully present within myself spiritually. I’m not sure what that will look like but the past couple of months I’ve had people purchase tarot readings from me and the feedback has been very positive which tells me that although I’ve felt disconnected from Spirit, Spirit has not disconnected from me.
A few years ago I had the idea of closing The Country Witch’s Cottage and creating it anew into something else; something that represented the more intimate aspects of my craft and of my practice. I wanted it to be reflected in the products that I made, the herbs I grew and the commitment I had to the Green Path. Being a hedge witch with green/folk magic leanings, I wanted to share that with the world and have it reflected in the things I wrote about and the products I made but alas, life happened and I did not end up doing it it was going to be called Hedge Wylde which was entirely appropriate to my path. I don’t know that I still want to do that completely, I love The Country Witch’s Cottage – it has a whole community of support and I have met some wonderful people through it. But I have been feeling called lately to move more toward Hedge Wylde as I grow my garden more and sink my soul back into the Green Path. I am feeling called to go within and explore the very nature of who I am and the path I walk, of creating things that I grow myself or wildcraft, of having that more personal connection to the beginning and finish. Do not despair, CWC will still operate as normal with the same quality products that I have always had but within that may be a category just for the products made from things I have grown; I feel as though this will make it more seasonal and appropriate.
I am also feeling moved toward re-opening The Wild Wortwyf (Blog/FB/Etsy), this was my herbal business from many years ago. I haven’t done much with it in the past few years but I am wanting to begin creating straight herbal remedies again, I had such a passion for it and I loved doing it. Probably one of the first things I will create is a St John’s Wort oil or salve, my plants were very prolific this year. I also want to create single note herb boxes that concentrate on the whole herb and what can be done with it, having a small number of hand crafted items in it to work with. That will probably be a combination of the herbs I grow myself and the organic and wildcrafted herbs I use in CWC.
I think most of all I want to feel that connection, that spark again. Going through severe depression, anxiety and stress will disconnect you very quickly from anything that isn’t important to survival. And it also takes away the passion you had for things because all you feel is apathy and like it can be too much work (I talked about it here). I was looking through some old blog posts, photos and business stuff (my business has been in one form or another for a very long time, it’s only been CWC since 2014, before that it had other names) and I realised how, once upon a time, I was so in love with the crafting and creation of curated witchcraft items. How my practice was an every day part of my life and how passionate I was about cards and herbs and just being my witchy self and I realised how much I missed it. This is where I think this transit is taking me, back to my roots, back to where I started and back to recapturing the love and passion I once had and it’s going to be an interesting journey for sure.
What do you think Pluto in Capricorn is moving from your life? What lessons have you learned over the past 16 years? What are you leaving behind when Pluto shifts signs? And what can you do to take your life forward in the direction you want it to be going?
Bring on November 19th, it’s going to be interesting!!
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