Knoxville Sage Newsletter #45

This week in magick!

Greetings, Magickal Souls!

Hey! I hope your Witches’ New Year has started well! Hopefully you remember your cinnamon ritual and you are already reaping the benefits!

Candie is traveling or work to start the month. I am trying to get my crap together.. (You will notice this theme a lot! 😂)

On Sunday my partner and I went to the Psychology of a Cult show at the Bijou. It was not what I was hoping for but it was a good night of education! This next week and weekend are expected to be a bit busier. A meetup, the Learn Heal Grow event, and another show at the Bijou.

The Vegfest events have ended for the season. So I am hoping to get back into my studies for my metaphysical degree. As well as the building of some other streams of income through a Revenue Growth Intensive!

Ohhhh! We are also already setting up the things we want to do to celebrate a year of our newsletter! So some things may be coming down the road!

Anyway, I hope your week is as busy or relaxed as you need!

Sage Advice

To follow up on Samhain, All Soul’s Day and the thin veil. Let’s talk a little more about ancestral work. Ways to honor them, maybe thank them for their guidance.

Why Honor Your Ancestors?

No one is more invested in our health, success, and wellbeing than family, especially the lineage of those who directly birthed or seeded us.

Benefits of ancestral work:

  • They may be easier to communicate with because they aren’t inundated with prayer like deities.

  • They can help.

  • It can be a form of luck magic.

Good times to make offerings and do rituals

  • Every New Moon, at night

  • Saturdays during the hour of Saturn

  • Tuesday nights after dark, hour of Saturn

  • Around the time of Halloween/ Samhain/ Dia de los Muertos, or sympathetic calendrical beacons per your cultural and religious background

  • Any holiday spent together and breaking bread with living family (Christmas, etc.)

  • Birthdays or deathdays of significant ancestors

  • Your own birthday; the birthdays of your parents, children, or siblings

How to honor your ancestors:

  • Ancestral/Dead Altar -

    • Black or white altar cloth

    • At least one candle, or a central candle and smaller candles for particular ancestors you wish to venerate.

    • Photos of passed over relatives, especially ones who were dear to you, or that you’re particularly interested in.

    • Belongings of deceased relatives, such as jewelry, diaries, letters, religious items (rosaries, bibles), metals of honor or regalia, keys, or keepsakes .

    • Ashes of relatives, or graveyard dirt from their burial site

    • Incense burner

    • A place for flowers

    • A place for beverage offerings

    • A place for food offerings

  • Appropriate Offerings -

    • Fresh water (required)

    • Hot coffee or tea, often sweetened

    • Wine or hard alcohol

    • Cigarettes/ tobacco

    • Desserts, sweets, or candy

    • Home cooked food

    • Fresh fruits, cut and ready to eat

    • Bread, cut and ready to eat

    • Flowers

    • Coins.

Once you have your altar set up, you’re ready for ritual veneration and making offerings.

A woman armed with ancestral wisdom is a powerful force. You’ll find her powers come from within, she is in tune with her spirit, and the magic of the universe. She trusts, values and follows her intuition.

Lori Bregman

Night Sky: Meteors & the Moon!

The South Taurids’ predicted peak is November 5, 2025. The North Taurids’ predicted peak is for November 9, 2025. Both the South and North Taurids don’t have very definite peaks. They are especially noticeable from late October into early November, when they overlap.

November 5: Moon reaches perigee

The moon will reach perigee – its closest point to us in its elliptical orbit around Earth – at 22 UTC on November 5, 2025, when it’s 221,725 miles (356,833 km) away. And it’ll be the closest full supermoon of 2025. Expect high tides.

Adopt Your Next Familiar

Meet Catharine currently a PetSmart resident! She is a DLH tabby around 4-5 years old. Her owner was a rescuer, but has found out she has terminal cancer and she's trying to rehome her cats to prepare for the worst.

Learn how to connect to your ancestors and receive the benefits that come from veneration--deeper spirituality, more love in your life, better outcomes in creative pursuits, powerful magic and spell work, and an improved sense of wellness.

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This Weeks Happenings!

Astrology Readings - New Moon Rising Gifts & Goods - 1230-215p. Show Me More

Tarot Readings - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 11a-4p. Show Me More 

Metaphysical Meetup - FrogJuice Boocherie - 630-730p. 

Full Moon Hike - Ijams Nature Center - 730-9p. Show Me More

Tarot Readings - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 11a-4p. Show Me More 

Full Moon Yoga - Renegade Yoga - 9p-10p. Show Me More 

Animal Communication - New Moon Rising Gifts & Goods - 2-5p. Show Me More

Tarot Readings - Inner Perfect - 11a-5p. Show Me More

Author Event with Adrienne Young - Fable Hollow Coffee & BookShoppe - 7-9p. Show Me More

Mini Tarot Readings - New Moon Rising Gifts & Goods - 1-5p. Show Me More

Practice Group for Psychics, Mediums, & Channelers - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 1030a-1230p. Show Me More

Tuning Fork & Light Activation - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 10a-2p. Show Me More

Embody the Divine Feminine - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 11a-4p. Show Me More

Vision Board Tarot: The Magician - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 130-3p. Show Me More

Tarot Readings - Inner Perfect - 11a-5p. Show Me More

Ecstatic Dance - Inner Perfect - 7p. Show Me More

Sound Bath Meditation - Ijams Nature Center - 1030a-12p. Show Me More

Crystals 101 w/Stanli - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 12p-4p. Show Me More

FULL Tarot & Oracle Readings with Astral - The Sacred Owl & Salt Room - 1p-430p. Show Me More

Triple Moon Market - The Pentacle Store - Noon -6p.

1st Annual Community Gathering & Fundraiser! - Learn.Heal.Grow - 1-4p. Show Me More

Introduction to Crystals w/Coven’s Library - Learn.Heal.Grow - 4-5p. Show Me More

Introduction to Astrology w/Coven’s Library - Learn.Heal.Grow - 5-6p. Show Me More

Introduction to Lunar Magick w/Coven’s Library - Learn.Heal.Grow - 6-7p. Show Me More

Women’s Creative Collective - FrogJuice Boocherie - 6-8p. 

Mini Tarot Readings - New Moon Rising Gifts & Goods - 1-5p. Show Me More

Tea Tasting Tuesday - Trends of Eluna - 11a-7p. Show Me More

Tarot Class (The Tower) - Learn.Heal.Grow - 6-730p. Show Me More

Thank you for reading! Please share us, and if you have any thoughts, recommendations, events. Whatever please reach out!

~The Knoxville Sage