Llewellyn Unbound

Cultivating a community through the exploration of magical living and spiritual evolution.
Topic suggested by Chirotus. Thank you! Most people don’t completely remember their early childhood. Freud suggested this was the result of our embarrassment over ideas and actions of our early youth and called it “motivated forgetting.” However, many people remember certain events from that period that had a strong effect on them. One that I remember [...]
Lo Scarabeo is known for their creativity, including printing treatments. They have many beautiful silver and gold foil decks, a glow in the dark oracle, and are coming out with the first ever 3-D tarot deck. Their most recent deck is the Golden Universal Tarot. The cards are really beautiful but unfortunately it is difficult [...]
Today we sadly mark the passing of a storyteller, priestess, consultant, reader, and author, Bronwynn Forrest Torgerson, who left this world on April 12, 2013. From her Witchvox obituary: Bronwynn was a passionate writer and story-teller. She authored several books, including One Witches Way and Cookie Cutter Magic, as well as myriad other articles, short [...]
The Full Moon in Scorpio will occur Thursday, April 25 at 3:57 pm Eastern (7:57 pm GMT) at 6 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the April 10 New Moon in Aries), which found us focusing on our self-confidence and drive. The [...]
Lunaea Weatherstone is becoming one of the most prolific tarot authors and creators working today. She created her own collage deck, Full Moon Dreams Tarot, which had a limited edition set of 250 decks and sold out very quickly. She is no longer offering it for sale (although decks have been known to sell on [...]
Magick is more than making changes outside of you, it is also making changes to yourself. If there is something you don’t like about yourself, you can change it. Well, there’s nothing new about that! There are numerous systems for personal growth, change, and empowerment, some more effective than others. To effectively use any of [...]
Kirk - “Is he dead?” McCoy -”it’s worse than that Jim, his brain’s gone.” The above dialog comes from the first episode of the third season of the original Star Trek. The episode was first shown in 1968, was the first episode in the “we’ll put this show here to die” time slot of 10:00 p.m. on [...]
Taurus, The Bull April 19 to May 20 Modality: Fixed Element: Earth Ruler: Venus Keywords: Stubbornness, perseverance, stability, dependability, sensuality As a bull, you are known for your determination and willpower, but, taken too far, these traits can turn into stubbornness. You are stable and find security in routine, which can often make change difficult. [...]
Pluto began its retrograde motion in Capricorn on Friday, April 12, and will continue “backwards” until September 20. Just like any other retrograde planet (including that trickster Mercury), periods of retrograde are periods of “re:” renewing, reflecting, restarting, etc. Instead of being viewed negatively, these retrograde periods are a positive time to slow down (especially [...]
In 2001, Rachel Pollack published a spread in the Llewellyn Tarot calendar. I fell in love with it immediately and have loved it for over 10 years now. It is a unique spread that uses all the Major Arcana cards. It gives you an overview of your spiritual journey and provides so much insight. Although [...]