Adar 5785: for such a time as this

🌒 Moon of Revealing 🌒 began at sundown on February 28, 2025. Everything is upside down. Let's work with the trickster princess to turn it right side up.

Digital “half frame” photo of Ketzirah and what she was looking at when she took the selfie. Taken February 28, 2025

Where is our focus? What do we miss?

In proper trickster fashion, this Adar newsletter is a little late; but also right on time. The world is a LOT right now. Maybe not for you, but for me. Living in DC what is happening to the US government is in the air. I see the Capitol on my way to work. If I take a little walk at lunch, I can walk past the White House. From anywhere in DC you can see the Washington Monument.

And I’m going to be honest, if you aren’t freaking out right now — WHY NOT? I’m not saying to spend every day panicking, but shit is going down. Our government is being shredded and it’s not something that can just be fixed after the midterms. This is generational levels of impact.

גַּם־אֲנִ֥י וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י אָצ֣וּם כֵּ֑ן וּבְכֵ֞ן אָב֤וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־כַדָּ֔ת וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָבַ֖דְתִּי אָבָֽדְתִּי

I and my maidens will observe the same fast. Then I shall go to the king, though it is contrary to the law; and if I am to perish, I shall perish!”

Esther 4:16

Now is the moment to decide what you stand for, who you stand with, what skills you have that are relevant, and what risks you are willing to take. Vashti said no, and disappeared. Esther said yes, and saved the day. But then her people, our people, did to others what was threatened against them — and worse. The lesson to learn from the story is not “right time, right place” but “that which is hateful to you do not do to another; that is the entire Torah, and the rest is its interpretation. Go study.”(Babylonian Talmud; Shabbat 31a.6)

But do we? Will we? Can we?

It is not enough to just resist. It is not enough to just stop “THEM.” We must do it in ways where we do not weaponize our own fear and trauma. Where we don’t inflict the same punishment on others that was threatened against us. That does not mean there are no consequences, but we must not lose ourselves in the moment. We must not act thinking we can regain our humanity later. You don’t. You can’t. We are what we do. Our actions define us.

Adar is the moon of revealing. What will this month reveal to you?

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Art + Magiq + Activism = 47 Hexes

I recently organized my magiqal art activism under the banner of 47 Hexes. Much like the golem I created in 2020, which I considered an extended hypersigil, I envision the next few years being filled with this type of magiqal art activism.

I’m offering these for FREE for folks who want to print and slap them around their cities or share them on the socials. Only rule is you can’t sell them. And as soon as I get through the approvals process, they will also be for sale on Redbubble. Learn more and find the art at 47hexes.com.

And in case you are wondering, what good does protest art like this do? Check out the coverage from WashingtonProbs, one of DC’s most popular IG accounts. It may be a small dent, but it’s reminding everyone who sees them that American’s don’t co-sign what is happening. And hopefully inspires others to take actions too.

Out and About

I’m back at Atlas Brew Works next weekend. If you are in the DC area, stop by and say hello!

Your Magick Aunties will also be appearing at the Sacred Space Conference, in Baltimore, at the end of March. Sacred Space is a great opportunity to study hands on with amazing magickal teachers like Ivo Dominguez, Angela Raincatcher, Thorn Coyle, and Amy Blackthorn — just to name a few. Learn more and register at https://www.sacredspacefoundation.org

Adar Resources

Adar (אדר) Basics

Zehirut: Illuminated Awareness

Hamantaschen: Symbol of Adar

A Hamantaschen Ritual for Purim

Wishing you exquisite awareness, laughter, and good trouble,

Ketzirah