Dress // Free People • Jewellery // Most rings from SHOPDIXI, thrifted or found while travelling

Sometimes I like to dress up and exchange all my dark clothing for something a little more fanciful with plenty of lace, in what I deem as my white witch looks. Ha!

Honestly though, I am absolutely dumbfounded by how quickly 2016 is coming to a close and to think how prior to this year I would’ve never ever imagined to be this jubilant as I am right now. These images from my Italy trip with my fam jam this past summer seem fitting because after what seemed like an endless trek walking uphill and and downhill on uneven cobblestones we finally made it to the top of the side of this cliff that unveiled itself to this fucking unreal view. I remember looking out into the great abyss of the ocean, trying to take in the magnitude of colours and radiance but this moment held a peculiar sort of magic that cannot be matched. For copious amount of reasons this trip meant so much to me but I distinctly remember how upon soaking in the mystical pulchritude of Cinque Terre, I felt a sort of harmonious hum that flowed through my very form. Perhaps the only proper equivalence to illustrate the degree of such significance would be the feeling of making peace with yourself. A certain connectedness to everyone and everything, past, present and future. A particular stillness that extends its arms in great fervour, encircles you in glorious benevolence and whispers acceptance.  you are home.

Dress // USED House of Vintage • Boots // UNIF • Necklace // SHOPDIXI

“The symbolism of the Scorpion is wrapped up in it’s ability to focus on it’s power, this is the Scorpions special gift. Scopions magic is the magic of “defense”. We all have to protect ourselves from threats. Many times we do not notice threats, but the scorpion was born to protect itself from invasion naturally. Scorpion Attributes and Power: If you get your power from the scorpion, such as one who is born under the zodiac sign of the Scorpio, then there are a few things to be mindful of. Even if you are lured by the scorpion, then the scorpion is the animal for you. Be mindful of its attributes and powers. If you are enticed by the scorpio, it is because you need to protect yourself. You were born with an innate power of self preservation, and you need to use this power at all times. The challenge will be to perceive your gift and more importantly, to use it.”

– The Hoodwitch

With Scorpio Season coming to an end in ways it is somewhat a relief. November is always the most hectic and overwhelming month of the year for me since everyone in my family is born this month including one of our doggos! I always find it mental how both my parents are born three days apart (Nov 9th & 12th) and how my sister and I are born a day a part by two years (mine the 22nd hers the 23rd) and of course Pom our first lil nugget is born on the 28th. This time of the year always possesses an abundance of high energy, a time for celebration but also I find it to be a month that also lends itself to being quite inquisitive, reflective and mystically powerful for me. In past year’s surrounding my birthday I usually experience some sort of identity // existential crisis if you will…no drama here right?! I think when I was younger I was always afraid of getting older, fearing I hadn’t accomplished all the things I wanted to do in my life amongst a spinning downhill spiral of negative self-talk but as I turn 25 tomorrow this year feel’s a lot different than any other. If anything, I feel fucking elated it’s a curious sort of bliss that I’ve been experiencing lately one I can’t properly describe. It’s all encompassing yet expansive, it’s the sort of light I’ve been speaking of all year trying to locate it and I feel as if I’ve finally been able to harness it and am still learning how to use it. It feels a lot like the sort of vibrancy everyone possesses but is a matter of really looking inwards, pulling everything a part and somehow assembling it all back together to see how it all works. The sort of light that comes with confronting all the pernicious elements of who you are and burning out the dark. The sort of light that begins with a single flame and eventually manifests into wild fire, one that can’t be put out. The sort of light that is mesmerizing and contains a certain kind of radiancy, celestial and divine.

xx