A sneak peek at how your Halloween’s gonna go
Caaareful with that Retrograde.ARIES
Don’t be too extra. You
want to make people’s Insta
Stories for GOOD reasons.TAURUS
A tiff with your BFF sucks, but
don’t let it stop you from partying
By JAKE REGISTER and forgetting all about that BS!emember
Bette
Midler in
Hocus
Pocus? Yeah, real-life
witches are nothing
like that. I should
know. I am one.
What I actually
do: harness my innate
energy and intentions
to guide my choices,
sometimes using
objects as a conduit.
Both magick and
astrology use links
between the physical
and spiritual worlds.
( I k n ow t his t o o,
because I’m also an
astrologer—and,
BTW, I’m spelling
“magick” with a “k”
because this stuff is
way different from
stage magic. *the
more you know*)
I n a s t ro l o g y, t h e
planets correspondwith specific con-
cepts and actions (the
Moon symbolizes
emotions, Mercury
symbolizes communi-
cation, you get it).
In magick, physical
objects can corre-
spond with people
and goals. So with a
little spell work, a
candle can represent
your crush, and the
way it burns may
shape the trajectory
of your relationship.Another thing the
two practices have in
common: They’re
both often very misun-
derstood. So I’m
gonna go ahead and
debunk the myths!Witches are weird.
Nope! Between fairy
tales and pop culture,
there’s no shortage ofOTT witch characters,
but real witches are
simply people who
practice magick and
use their energy to
manifest intentions. If
you’ve ever seen the
“...” while texting
your crush and hoped
it was them about to
ask you out—you
know, like really pic-What everyone gets wrong about
witches
I promise I’ve never eaten a child.
By ALIZA KELLYr
tured it as a way of
making it happen—
it ’s a s sim p l e (a n d
normal) as that.Okay, but they’re evil.
Still no. It’s true that
depictions of witches
haven’t always been
flattering—and
between turning
h u m a ns in t o mi c e a n d
sucking out the souls
of mortals, they’ve
gotten stuck with a
certain reputation.
Magickal energy isn’t
innately negative
though. Years ago,
witches were often
recognized as healers
in their communities
(and their remedies
were considered
medicine). Modern-
day witches still use
their practices to
fuel empowerment,
wellness, and positive
vibrations.TBH,aflyingbroomstick>Ube
r.What even is eye
of newt, anyway?astrology82 Cosmopolitan October 2019