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The Witch Way SpellcastSaggiberries and True Sight - Sagittarius Full MoonHi all, it's been a while since I've got behind the mic to cast my random vocalizations into the void, but here tis, another Witchway Spellcast for your ears. Lucky you! This month is loaded with celestial bodies playing whack-a-mole with our souls, but hey, it's gonna be alright, just take a moment to see the Big Picture and channel that inner freedom and responsibility that is quintessential Centaur Sag.
Original Song: "Mother Nyx" (one of my very first recordings!)
2025-06-1136 minThe Witch Way SpellcastSoul Growth - Libra Full MoonHey all, hope you're all surviving and thriving as the Libra Full Moon comes through to bring balance and beauty to your life! Venus and Mercury are both direct again thank goodness, which means you can stop those wheels a spinnin' and get things back on track with new insights of self worth and clarity. Libra is the scales, and is asking us to appreciate the light within us and within others. We consult the Doreen Virtue Goddess Oracle Deck for guidance and there's a song to help break those fugly blues!
Original Song: "The Fugly Song" 2025-04-1130 minThe Witch Way SpellcastEndings and Beginnings - Virgo Full Moon Eclipse / Kelly Haavaldsrud InterviewHey all, happy full moon in Virgo - ECLIPSE! Turn around... Bright Eyes... Hope you're all doing well out there. This moon is asking us to clear out what is no longer working for us - ideal for Spring Cleaning and Royal Flushing! The advice is to retreat into one's "cave" to do the necessary reflections and meditations, which is appropriate since BOTH Venus and Mercury are heading into Retrobats Town. Take it easy and be kind to yourself.
My special guest is sake sommelier, photographer and tour guide Kelly Haavaldsrud! She is the quintessential Virgo. Super...2025-03-1450 minThe Witch Way SpellcastHearts and Minds - Leo Full MoonHey all, hope you're surviving out there in the Wilderness. It's a Leo Full Moon which is one for the Cat People among us. Big hearts and big hair vibes win the day. If you're a grumpy cat, that's OK too. So am I. Take a nap and get some cuddles. I have not one, but two tarot cards from "The Light and Shadow Tarot" and hopefully the insights will benefit us all.
Original Song: "Highest Height"
2025-02-1125 minThe Witch Way SpellcastSerpent Dreaming - Aquarius New MoonHappy Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake! Hope you are all well and surviving on Gaia as we enter into 2025. It's a big time for upheaval, but it's like the shedding of a skin. Painful, but necessary.
I'm joined by my Partner in Time, Dandelion Jackson for a segment called "Aspirations and Celebrations" - and we shoot the breeze on various things from Rainbow Serpents to Pilgrimages.... you can check out our "Jillgrimage to Yamagata" video series here on YT.
旧正月おめでとうございます！
Original song: "Year of the Snake"
2025-01-2949 minThe Witch Way SpellcastSaggy Days and Gemmy Nights - Gemini Full MoonHola amigas and welcome to the last Spellcast of 2024! Thanks for being on this journey with me - here's to more spellcasting in the new year. This full moon is full of Trickster vibes, but also very motivating as Jupiter is jumpin' alongside Luna and the two of them are having a right laff at us - and probably at themselves too. Wishing you all a magical Solstice!
Original song: "Royal Jelly" - by Sorcha and The Sinners (2012)
2024-12-1525 min
The Creativity CafeInterweaving Music, Magic, and Astrology with Sorcha ChisholmOriginally from Adelaide, Australia, songwriter, musician, poet, and podcaster, Sorcha Chisholm has been living in Tokyo since 2004. With a voice and demeanour that both soothe and intrigue, Sorcha's work invites us into a world that asks us to go deep and get real. Her monthly podcast, The Witch Way Spellcast, gives us the opportunity to explore the power of the witch, including alternative modes of thinking, challenging the status quo, and using art and magic as weapons of choice against depression, helplessness, and despair.
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https://www.instagram.com...2024-11-261h 03The Witch Way SpellcastSelf Value in the Manifest Reality - Taurus Full MoonTime to check in with our superpowers - our Five Senses. There's also that special one we have in our throats - that superpower called Voice. It's a Taurus Full Moon conjunct Uranus, which calls for the weird turning pro, radical pro-noia and fierce creativity. Make some art, sing a song, get a massage and treat your magical spacesuit to a nice massage or culinary feast. Taurus loves Beauty, and since its ruler is Venus, She is requiring some love and affection right now. There's a spell for money in this episode, a bit of a heads up from t...2024-11-1435 minThe Witch Way SpellcastSamhain Scorpio New Moon - An InvitationHallo Weeeeeenies! Greetings all ye Wise and Wyrd Sister Witches... can you smell that? Yes, that is the sweet smell of apple cinnamon tea, autumnal leaves decaying, fizzing faeries frolicking in the gloaming... and the smell of success. I invite you, dear listener, to join me on a journey... it is not for the feint of heart, but Halloween just HAPPENS to fall on a Scorpio New Moon, so I thought I'd put the call out and see if any of you would like to do some magical "housekeeping" with me... We have a very feisty tarot card from...2024-10-2427 minThe Witch Way SpellcastGolden Brain - Aries Full SupermoonIt's Ramalama moon time and you know what THAT means - yep, it's all systems GO. No rest for the wicked! We are now into the second half of the year, what with "Belloween" upon us again, and we all may be feeling a little frazzled. Aries rules the head, hence the "Golden Brain" reference. There's a cool little meditation in this month's spellcast that you can try if your brain is ramrodding itself like mine is right now... Also, there's a serene little oracle card from the "Literary Witches Oracle" to help us cool our jets, and a...2024-10-1726 minThe Witch Way SpellcastTreading Water - Pisces Full Moon EclipseGreetings Fish Folk! It's a Pisces Full Moon eclipse which is making us all feel a bit slippery, sensitive and maybe even a bit sooky. But that's OK. "Be like Water" as Mr Lee once uttered... swim, float, tread water. The landscape may have inexorably changed, but maybe it's all for the best. This month I consult the Emily Dickinson deck and the tarot card, fittingly, is the "Brother of Cups". I hope the spellcast gives you some consolation and comfort. We're all going through this thing called Life together!
Original song: "House on the Hill" (from t...2024-09-1728 minThe Witch Way SpellcastMind Your Own Mind - Aquarius Full Moon + Yukiko Tamura interviewHey there my magical mates, on this month's spellcast I talk at length about the Aquarius Full Moon upgrades with not one, but TWO T-squares happening all up in the heavens, not to mention Mercury Retrograde conjunct the SUN. It's all good as long as you keep your eyes on the prize and your mind like a steel trap. I had a lovely chat with local Tokyo majo (witch) Yukiko Tamura who is a master yoga instructor and designer of beautiful artisanal bags, clothes and textiles. Her exhibition "mun mun" runs from September 2-9 in Gallery Okariya in Ginza. C...2024-08-1942 minThe Witch Way SpellcastCapicornia Full Moon - Don't Let it Get Your GoatHey kids, it's the second full moon of the goat and this horny beast is asking us if we are indeed, the GOAT. I am pleased to bring you yet another WWSC and in this episode we talk about Capricorn's tetchy conjunction with Lord of the Underworld Pluto - there's a whole lotta rattling bones to succor! Merc is about to Jerk us around again, but fortunately there's a feisty goddess who's got our back from Doreen Virtue's "Goddess Oracle" deck. Also, I'm debuting my wee song baby "Strangerland" for the first time!
Original song: "Strangerland"
2024-07-2025 minThe Witch Way SpellcastSolstice Serendipity Faeries!Well, fancy meeting you here! It's been a long time no see kinda deal hasn't it? Yours truly was in Radio Silence Land for a spell, but now she's BACK with a NEW SPELL! See what I did there? lol. Anyhoo, I hope this Solstice finds you well dear listener, and here's a wee 30 minute vocalization into the Void from the laptop of this Analogue Girl living in a Digital World... there's a few live songs on this one, a couple of random tarot cards to help us through this thing called LIFE, and a bit of astro about...2024-06-2233 minThe Witch Way SpellcastPisces New Moon/Happy Women's Day!Greetings All, Here is your spellcast for the Pisces New Moon! The Cosmic Fishes are telling us to keep the faith, stay flexible and fluid as we head into Eclipse Season. I consult with the faeries from the Froud Faery Oracle deck, and there's a special dedication song for all me women listeners for International Women's Day on March 8.
Take care out there all you Merpeople...
Original song: "Dear Lady" (feat. Morgan Fisher and Kaoru Arai-Colucci)
2024-03-0717 minThe Witch Way SpellcastLunar New Year of the Wood Dragon / Divya Marie Kato InterviewHappy New Year everyone! It's the Lunar New Year of the Wood Dragon which falls on the new moon in Aquarius. It's the true beginning of Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, as the planet continues its dance around the Sun in its place among the Stars. I chat with visual artist, painter and teacher Divya Marie Kato about "dragon hunting" and connecting to Source, and a powerful Hindu Goddess has got our future all sorted. Thanks for listening!
Original Song: "Mastery"
2024-02-1044 minThe Witch Way SpellcastGemini Full Moon - Strive for Clarity/Sarah Furuya InterviewThis episode is a rather cathartic one. The Gemini Moon astrology wants us to THINK before we act, and make sure we've done enough research to support our perspectives on things. The Tarot is warning against apathy and laziness of mind, and we are being asked to seek answers within our deepest, most sensitive selves. I interviewed the enigmatic Sarah Furuya about her pheonix journey into sobriety and peri-menopause, and there's a piano song that will pull at the heart strings for you as well. Thank you for listening this year. Bring on 2024.
Original Piano In...2023-11-2752 minThe Witch Way SpellcastTaurus Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse - S**t or Get Off the PotHello Friends in Near and Far Away Places, tis a full moon eclipse in the sign of the Bull. No BS. Literally. Taurus hates change, but recognizes that it's no good to stay stuck, no matter how bull-headed one might be. It's time to own it like you mean it, face up to your own BS and see it as something to compost! Carnage, carnival and carne (pleasures of the flesh) are the themes of this moon. Halloween/Samhain is the traditional time of the ancestors, and a time to enjoy the skin you're in, so live it up...2023-10-2728 minThe Witch Way SpellcastAries Super Full Moon - Brave New WorldKonnichiwa my comrades! It's a vibrant Aries Full Moon coming fast on the heels of the Equinox. It's Mabon/Ostara and the year is shifting again. Be bold and brave fearless warrior, and mighty forces will come to your aid. Aries is the Initiator, so keep working on that inner healing and tune into mental disciplines to aid in your new found energy to action. We are the Future Dreamers.
*Please excuse my laziness this episode regarding Greco-Roman god names and attributions! (Venus = Aphrodite, Juno = Hera)
Original song: "Ostara/Kore chant" - music by Sorcha C...2023-09-2924 minThe Witch Way SpellcastPisces Full Moon / Gayle de Angelis interview - Blue Moon!Hey y'all, it's fishy-wishy moony moon time, and Mercury has gone AWOL again, but all is good, just keep on dreamin' the good dream! I had an extraordinary chat with Gayle de Angelis about her acapella group "Heartstrings", the power of Leonard Cohen's songs, ranting at the radio and herbal remedies from her love garden.
Cover songs:
- "If it be your Will" - Leonard Cohen, sung by Heartstrings
- "Blue Moon" - Rodgers/Hart, sung by Sorcha
2023-08-3040 minThe Witch Way SpellcastAquarius Full Moon / Venus Retro Survival Guide/ Hilda Green InterviewHi there Moon Children! How you coping out there with all the zaps from the Aquarius moon/Venus retrograde?? Never fear! Your trusty Sorcharess is here to help you navigate these wyrd waters. Also, I had a heart opening chat with the fiesty Hilda Green about the moon's influence on creativity, her time in Tanzania and the EP she is putting out next month!
Original songs: "Garden Grows" and "Entirely Open" by Hilda Green
2023-08-0148 minThe Witch Way SpellcastCapricorn Super Moon - Climb Every MountainHey all, it's a Capricorn Super Moon which is bleating at us to get on with the Work, but also to take a moment and take in the view from the top of the mountain that is YOU - what's ahead, sure, but more importantly, how far you've come. Give thanks and gratitude and celebrate the wild in whatever way you deem fit, Child of Earth!
Cover song - Climb Every Mountain (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
2023-07-0220 minThe Witch Way SpellcastScorpio Lunar Eclipse - Release the Beast it’s Beltane!Hey there my beautiful beasts, it's a Beltane full moon lunar eclipse in sexy, strange, seductive Scorpio! My birthday happened to fall on the same night as the full moon so I decided to do a random party recording and some dear friends dropped in for some deep musings on this powerful Sabbat. I hope this lunar eclipse assists you in your transformation from scuttling Scorpion to exultant Phoenix!
Original song: "The Garden"
2023-05-0622 minThe Witch Way SpellcastLibra Full Moon/Phil McQueen Interview - Take a BeatHow are the scales balancing for you at this time? Too much of one thing and not another? I do hope you will enjoy this month's harmonizing spellcast, featuring a heartfelt interview with all-round superstar Phil McQueen! His new photo book "Tokyo Gay Underground" is available now! We talked about his photographic adventures in Tokyo and Australia capturing the raw energy of these two unique landscapes, and also his extensive philanthropic work.
Original song: "Lover's War" by Sorcha and The Sinners
2023-04-0643 minThe Witch Way SpellcastVirgo Full Moon - Ducks in a RowHey everyone, Sorcharess here with another spell cast for the full moon. This month it's all about taking the time to heal, recuperate and dream up a bright future for yourself. I'm a bit melancholic myself at the moment, but I ain't gonna be no victim, just let it ride itself out til I'm ready to re-emerge as something gorgeous!
Original Song: "Chrysalis"
2023-03-0723 minThe Witch Way SpellcastLions and Tigers and Bears oh my! Leo Full Moon/ interview with Anneliese Nakahara-KnightMiaow my cats and thanks for listening in to this spell cast for the full moon in Leo! It's the kind of moon that may have your cats skittering around the room like demons from hell because la Luna is squaring off with that irrational paradigm shifter planet Uranus (in the physical sign of Taurus) Not to worry! Perhaps a good sing will help. We'll learn all about the benefits of singing from Anneliese Nakahara-Knight, co-founder of MotherSong Japan.
Featured original LIVE song: "Black Red Blue"
2023-02-0741 minThe Witch Way SpellcastLions and Tigers and Bears oh my! - Leo Full Moon / interview with Anneliese Nakahara-KnightMiaow my cats and thanks for listening in to this spellcast for the full moon in Leo! It's the kind of moon that may have your cats skittering about the room because it's squaring off with that irrational and stubborn Taurus in Uranus. Not to worry! Have a sing and learn about all its benefits with Anneliese Nakahara Knight, co-founder of MotherSong - a bi-monthly event for women to sing it out and connect with others.
Featured original LIVE song - "Black Red Blue"
2023-02-0641 minThe Witch Way SpellcastCancer Full Moon/Mercury Retrograde - Warm FuzziesHappy New Year 2023! Thanks for tuning in to the first spellcast of the year. The Cancer Full Moon is drawing us to her warm bosom for cuddles and nurturing. Never mind the Mercury Retrograde idle chatter, conundrums and comedown from the silly season - now is the time to turn off the phone and do the TLC routine.
Original song: "Jezebel" (from the album "Hymns for Her, 2016)
BGM by The Lyre Ensemble - "Babale to Nanshe" "Dumuzid's Dream" "Hymn to Ishtar"
2023-01-0724 minThe Witch Way SpellcastGemini Full Moon/Mars Retrograde - Mind Your MannersHey there party monsters! 2022 is a WRAP. I hope you've thrived and survived this year, 'cause there's certainly more to come. The full moon in Gemini is conjunct a retrograding Mars so there may be a bit of weirdness and frustration about - but it's a great opportunity to put your money where your mouth is and get real on your motivations.
Original song: "The Flower and the Bee"
2022-12-0823 minThe Witch Way SpellcastTaurus Full Moon Lunar Eclipse - Bitch, Please!It's the Halloween/Samhain full moon and another eclipse to boot! Lots of stuff coming up to scare you or bite you on the bum, but hey, better to drink with those demons than give them their pound of (your) flesh!
Featuring the premiere of "Three Ravens" - a 17th century English folk song performed by The Raven's Tale
2022-11-0821 minThe Witch Way SpellcastAries Full Moon - Vulnerability is Brave/Michiyo Taniguchi InterviewHappy Halloweenies! Thanks for tuning into another spellcast episode. The Force has Awakened with a dynamic Full Moon in Aries demanding that we GET REAL and AUTHENTIC with ourselves and others.
My guest is Michiyo Taniguchi - a Wiccan Aromatherapist and Magical Gardener. We talk about her work, gardening for mental health and she gives us an invigorating oil blend recipe for meditating on the Aries Moon.
Original song: "Brave Bold Woman"
2022-10-0940 minThe Witch Way SpellcastPisces Full Moon - Feels Upon FeelsHi everyone! I'm back after a refreshing trip home to Australia for the summer/winter. It's a Pisces Full moon conjunct Neptune waterpark-wild-ride with Mercury stationing Retrograde so I hope you brought your swimsuit! There's a whole lotta swell to surf right now, so hang ten lol. Hope this spellcast helps to bring some clarity and comfort. As usual there's the tarot card for the month, plus a dedication poem and my original song "Sarah".
2022-09-1022 minThe Witch Way SpellcastEpisode 15 - Capricorn Super Moon!Hello Moonlovers, poets, dreamers and crusaders for truth, imagination and knowledge, here be the latest spell-cast, featuring an extra long astro forecast for this Full Moon in the sign of the Seagoat: Capricorn. There's also a very auspicious Tarot card and a song from yesteryear when yours truly was a raging RockBitch from Hell. Enjoy!
Featured original song: "Tidal" by Sorcha and The Sinners
2022-07-1328 minThe Witch Way SpellcastEpisode 14 - Sagittarius Moon / Rod Turolla interviewSalutations dear listeners! It's a Saggy full moon and time to ponder our place in the Universe after that hefty Mercury Retrograde cycle. I chat with Tokyo based magician Rod Turolla about his work running the esoteric group "Academia Magicae" and there's a contemplative tarot card to ponder as we enter Solstice Season.
Original song: "Pieces of the Sun"
2022-06-1340 minThe Witch Way SpellcastEpisode 13 - Scorpio Lunar Eclipse!Hey there sexy people, the Scorping is upon us again and I hope you're ready for some action! This full moon is a deep, intense and perhaps brooding and introspective one for some people. It's a highly charged alchemical one, but BEWARE! Mercury is retrograde, so don't go treading lightly into dangerous waters!!
Featured original song: "Spiral"
2022-05-1525 minThe Witch Way SpellcastEpisode 12 - Libra Full Moon / Biankah Bailey & Marcellus NealyHi everyone! It's a full moon in Libra - the sign of the scales. We're exploring themes of balance and justice amidst all this fiery Aries energy. I also have a chat with the editors of "Umoja" - a collection of poems and stories from the black diaspora in Japan and beyond.
Original song: "The Fool"
2022-04-1644 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 11Visions of a Vanguard Virgo Moon! This month I am joined by visionary creatrix, Danae Moon Thorp, owner of the magical Melbourne store Spellbox, and author of "Becoming the Witch - The Art of Magic". Also a deep dive into the compelling astro of the time, and a very practical Tarot card to guide us throughout the month.
Original song: "Strings"
2022-03-1745 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 10Hi everyone! It's a short and sweet podcast this month. The Leo Full Moon is asking us to trust our hearts, give ourselves some R&R glamour-pussing and to curl up into a warm ball if need be. Take care out there.
Original song: "Sometimes, Lately"
2022-02-1614 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 09Happy New Year 2022! I hope everyone is well and had a great holiday. It's the first spellcast of the year and I am over the moon (pun intended lol) to bring you this moonth's edition, featuring a fascinating talk with poet, writer and tarot reader Joy Waller. The full moon is back in its home sign of Cancer and she's certainly mooning around and needing some big bosom hugs, so grab a glass of vino and let's tune out for a while!
Original song: "Selkie"
2022-01-1836 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 08It's the final spell cast of 2021! Phew, what a ride this year has been. It has been such a pleasure to create and curate these podcasts, and I look forward to bringing you more Witch Way Juju in the coming new year. In this episode I chat with the enigmatic Zoria Petkoska about her work as a poet and writer in Japan. There is the astro for this Gemini Full moon and TWO oracle cards to guide us onwards...
Original song: "Year of the Snake"
2021-12-1850 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 07A full moon eclipse in Taurus is upon us! The horns are out and it's time to take the bull by the horns, figuratively speaking, but never mind the bollocks, it's just the Earth having its way with us. Steady as she goes, the cow likes to chew her cud over things and although she doesn't like change too much, this eclipse is sure to jolt her into action, albeit slowly but surely!
Original song: "Give it up to the Goddess"
2021-11-1821 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 06It's SPOOOOOKY time! The Season of the Witch is upon us once again and I couldn't be happier for the cooler weather, frankly. Very chuffed to have Kelly and Megumi Rain join me for a chat and a spin of their hypnotic music, and also, there is the Astro Forecast for this full moon in Aries, and a tarot card from the Thoth-Crowley deck!! Extra scary right?! Please join me!
Original song: "Brave Bold Woman"
2021-10-2041 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 05This month the full moon is in the watery sign of Pisces... it's a time to check in with our emotional strength and powers of compassion.
I chat with the amazing Dandelion Jackson about her musical adventures with Melbourne based bands The Pirate Ska Rebellion and Mr Manifold and the Resolution. Check it out!
2021-09-2040 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 04Greetings my wyrd-comrades, it's been a tough month, and I am sending you all copious cyber hugs as we navigate these stormy waters on Planet Earth. It is the second Aquarian moon this Leo season and it is a VISIONARY one! So hold tight and carve a confident course into the future YOU want to manifest!
Original song "Ways of the World"
2021-08-2022 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 03Never mind the Corona-lympics, here comes the wild and weird full moon in Aquarius!! Awoooo miaow!! In this month's episode I attempt to make sense of this cryptic moon and bring us all a little piece of mind with a meditation/prayer. There's also my new song "Stars Dissolve" and a wonderful interview with Darwin-based healer Kristen Gittins. Enjoy this jam-packed show!
Original song: "Stars Dissolve"
2021-07-2339 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 02It's a full moon in Capricorn - The Sea Goat. Time to get down to work. On this month's spellcast I interview Julia Mascetti from The Lonely Harps Club, and will play you some blood-moon haiku from Zoria Petkoska. Come for the inspo, stay for the astro snacks!
Original song: "Let the World Turn"
2021-06-2537 minThe Witch Way SpellcastThe Witch Way Spellcast - Episode 01It's a full moon eclipse! A "blood flower" Sagittarius full moon eclipse no less. So what an auspicious time to launch a new podcast (ahem, "spell-cast"). My name is Sorcharess and I have been navigating the Witch Way for over 20 years. Which way shall we go? The Witch Way! Tee hee! Follow me!
Original song: "Prayer"
2021-05-2519 min