Pull up a chair, coven mates. Here’s a chance to go deep. Pluto stationed retrograde and it's not going direct again until October 15. That's 162 days. Five and a half months. The Underworld Lord has turned inward — and he's asking you to do the same. This isn't Mercury retrograde. This isn't your wifi acting up and your ex texting you at 2am. 😅 This is deep. This is shadow. This is the stuff you buried and told yourself you dealt with. This is the power you gave away and never reclaimed. This is the version of yourself you killed off to make everyone else comfortable. Pluto sees all of it. And Hekate? She's already standing at the gate with her torches lit. 🔥🔥 So I built something for us. 🤩 ✨ THE WITCH'S DESCENT: 23 Weeks of Grimoire Prompts for Pluto Retrograde 2026 ✨ One prompt per week. Every week. From now until October 15. Five phases. Twenty-three prompts. Devotional acts for every single one. 📖 Phase I — THE THRESHOLD (May 6 – Jun 2 | Hekate as Propylaia) 📖 Phase II — THE DESCENT (Jun 3 – Jul 7 | Hekate as Phosphoros) 📖 Phase III — THE UNDERWORLD FLOOR (Jul 8 – Aug 11 | Hekate as Chthonia) 📖 Phase IV — THE RETRIEVAL (Aug 12 – Sep 15 | Hekate as Soteira) 📖 Phase V — THE ASCENT (Sep 16 – Oct 15 | Hekate as Propolos) This isn't cute journaling prompts. This is grimoire work. Ink on paper. Honest. Ugly. Sacred. Between you and Her. 📌 MARK THESE DATES — the transit hits hardest here: 🗡️ May 26 — Pluto squares Mars. Power struggles and control issues erupt. Week 3 prompt lands here: "What does my anger know that I don't?" 💔 June 17 — Pluto opposes Venus. Deep relationship dynamics around desire, control, and fear of loss get exposed. Week 7 prompt: "Where has love become a power struggle?" ⚡ July (all month) — Mars, Uranus, and Neptune all form positive aspects to Pluto. The most creatively potent window of the entire retrograde. Dream big. Build. Create. 👁️ July 20 — Jupiter in Leo opposes Pluto. Egos inflate, truths magnify, old structures crack. The Hoodwitch calls this "a major reckoning between collective ideals and those who hold power." thehoodwitch.com

My therapists assignment for the two weeks since I’ve seen her was to commit to giving my body the physical release it needs. When stress and rage builds in my chest and bubbles into my neck I don’t permit it to scream or stomp or throw things to vent, which she says is what is normal to do. I don’t like screaming, it hurts my throat I tell her. As I left work late and started skimming something to listen to on the ride home, I heard news of my state supreme Court throwing out our most recent majority supported Redistricting map. I felt the rage, I wanted to cry, instead I chose to scream with every fiber of my being into the car and I swear it bellowed out beyond the glass. I imagined the glass splintering and making its way to the vocal cords of those who lie while speaking upon podiums with every breath. I look forward to sharing my progress with her tomorrow.

Copy, paste, and fill in your entry! 🕯️ Name/Pronouns 🔮 Sun/Moon/Rising 🌑 Favorite Moon Phase 🌊 Favorite Element 🗝️ How’d Hekate Find You? ⚡ A song that feels like your magic: We're glad you're here. Now let us get to know you. 🖤

We walk the night‑path of the alphabet, invoking a plant, flower, or medicinal herb at each step. If the herb’s hidden wisdom is known, whisper its healing gifts as an offering to the Triple‑Gate.If only the name comes to mind, place it on the altar of letters and let the mysteries grow. How to Play: 1. We begin with A and name a plant of the crossroads. 2. You answer with B, then C, and so on, each entry following the next letter in order. 3. When you can, add a brief note of its traditional medicinal use (e.g., “lavender – calms nervous tension”). 4. If the herb is unfamiliar beyond its name, simply give the name and let the next traveler expand its lore. The Goal: To trace a continuous strand of botanical knowledge, honoring Hekate’s role as keeper of thresholds—between letter and plant, between spirit and flesh. I shall light the first candle below.

Hey, loves. Pull up a chair. This one goes deep. Today Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius. Five months of descent begins now. And this isn't new. Humanity has been telling this story for over four thousand years. Before Persephone ever set foot in the Underworld, there was Inanna. The Sumerian Queen of Heaven heard the call of the Great Below and walked willingly toward it. At each of the seven gates, the gatekeeper stripped something from her — her crown, her lapis necklace, her breastplate, her gold ring, her measuring rod, her garments — until she stood before her sister Ereshkigal completely naked. No title. No armor. No identity. Only what was left when everything else was taken. She died on a meat hook in the dark. And she was reborn. A thousand years later, the Greeks told it again. Persephone descends. Demeter grieves. The world goes cold. And who is the one holding torches at the threshold between the living and the dead? Hekate. She heard Persephone's cries when no one else did. She guided Demeter through the search. And when Persephone finally rose, it was Hekate who walked beside her — torch in hand — as companion and witness. Same story. Same bones. Sumer to Greece to right now. Pluto asks the same thing Ereshkigal asked Inanna at every gate: What are you willing to surrender to become who you actually are? ❤️‍🔥 Torchlight For Today ❤️‍🔥 "One torch shows a person where it is they currently stand. Mercy, miracles, present. The other shows where they might go, severity, mysteries, future, a warning and foresight. In this manner she reveals the path of transformation to those who enter her realm of darkness.” -Me lol 😅 👇 Wednesday prompt: Pluto's descent begins today. What gate are you standing at? What's being asked of you — to remove, release, or surrender? Drop it below. Even one word. She's listening. En Erebos, Phos. In darkness, light. Blessings, Tirza 🌿🗝️🌙