Heather Chuck Craft: Fashion as Duality of Self

Getting Witchy Wit It: Fashion as Witchcraft

Today’s guest is Dylan Howell, a palm reader, intuitive and clairvoyant. Dylan uses the handle @gettingwitchywitit on Instagram, YouTube and Tik Tok, where she posts witchy tips and cheeky videos about spirituality and astrology. I was charmed by Dylan’s sense of humor and her confidence in her own practice. She believes in glamour magick, Venusian baths and using colors to manifest her desires. She’s also beautiful, and I was not surprised, but I was very intrigued to find out she used to compete in pageants. We talked about all this and a lot more, including crop tops, shadow work and the difference between witchstagram and witch tok.

If you want more fashion magick or to get my insights on tarot and astrology, you can follow me on Instagram @littleritualstarot. I’m also on twitter @tobeyward. The intro and outro music is Song of Sweetness by Potential Gospel. The podcast art is by Juliann Gates. This episode was mastered by Matt Fox.

Stephanie Athena Valente: Fashion as Poetry

Today’s guest is Brooklyn-based poet and witch Stephanie Athena Valente. Stephanie’s published works include Hotel Ghost, waiting for the end of the world, Little Fang and Spell Work, and her writing has been featured in Witch Craft Magazine, Maudlin House and Hobart, among others. She’s also the associate editor at Yes, Poetry.

I first encountered Stephanie on Instagram, through the network of witches and writers connected to the online magazine Luna Luna. I was instantly intrigued by her unique blend of poetry, tarot, astrology and glamour. Her writing is unabashedly magickal and femme, and her Instagram persona seems uninhibited in a way I envy.

We talked about everything from covens to Doc Martens, including her teenage obsession with Hot Topic, her overwhelming success with love spells, her Italian and Greek-flavored glamour magick and how she was, in her words, radicalized by The Craft. And since we’re both writers, we couldn’t help nerding out about writing and creativity too.

Stephanie is inspired by the designs of L'école des Femmes.
One of her favorite mantras is from The LA Minimalist.
She recommends Waking the Witch by Pam Grossman and she's excited to read The GLAM Witch by Michael Herkes.
Her vegan boots are from Koi Footwear.

If you want more fashion magick or to get my insights on tarot and astrology, you can follow me on Instagram @littleritualstarot. I’m also on twitter @tobeyward. You can find Stephanie on Instagram @stephanie.athena. The intro and outro music is Song of Sweetness by Potential Gospel. The podcast art is by Juliann Gates. This episode was mastered by Matt Fox.

The Stylist Witch: Fashion as Magick

Today’s conversation is with Gabriela Rosales, a.k.a. The Stylist Witch. Gabriela is a stylist and self-described glamour witch based in Southern California. She specializes in the use of one’s wardrobe as the ultimate magickal tool, and she’s also a Venusian-ruled quadruple Taurus. She believes her divine purpose is to empower others through the self-loving ritual of adornment. For her, beauty is not an obligation or a convention, but a way of being.

I’ve been a fan of Gabriela’s for a while, and I was thrilled when she agreed to be interviewed, because her practice so perfectly embodies what I’m interested in exploring here. If you don’t follow her on Instagram or Twitter, you definitely should. She’s @thestylistwitch on both, and her Instagram feed has this gorgeous, sumptuous aesthetic that moves through color stories as we move through the zodiacal seasons.

It’s also rare that I find someone who truly wants to nerd out about the intersections of magick and fashion as much as I want to, but as soon as this interview began, I knew I’d found a kindred spirit. We talk about claiming the word witch, the foundations of authentic style, her zodiac-inspired power nails, and how you can tell if your glamour magick is working.

You can learn more about Gabriela and shop all her offerings here.

If you want more fashion magick or to get my insights on tarot and astrology, you can follow me on Instagram @littleritualstarot. I’m also on twitter @tobeyward. The intro and outro music is Song of Sweetness by Potential Gospel. The podcast art is by Juliann Gates. This episode was mastered by Matt Fox. Little Rituals will be back next month on the new or full moon.

Britt Asam: Fashion as Astrology

My guest this episode is Britt Asam, a Senior Art Director at Abercrombie & Fitch and an astrology enthusiast. Britt has always been one of those people who exudes style and charisma, and she seems to have an instinct for knowing what’s cool before anyone else does. We discuss her fashion evolution toward simplicity, her Taurean love of luxury, and her journey growing up and growing older. We also both have strong Aquarius and Taurus placements, and we talk about how we relate to those two energies.

Because our conversation veers into astrology, I start with an introduction about my approach to astrology and how I like to use it and think about it.

Britt listens to To Be Magnetic.
She would wear a Réalisation Par dress.

Astrology Resources:
Chani Nicholas
Kelly Surtees
Steven Forrest
Astrology University
The Astrology Podcast
Bad Astrologers

If you want more fashion magick or to get my insights on tarot and astrology, you can follow me on Instagram @littleritualstarot. I’m also on twitter @tobeyward. You can find Britt on Instagram at @britt_asam. The intro and outro music is Song of Sweetness by Potential Gospel. The podcast art is by Juliann Gates. This episode was mastered by Matt Fox. If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review.

Ivy Hang: Fashion as Protection

If you’ve listened to other episodes of this podcast, you know I always end by asking my guests if they have any style or self expression goals as they get older. I turned 39 in February, and aging is something I think about a lot. In this introduction, I talk about the crone archetype, the myth of Baba Yaga according to Clarissa Pinkola Estés in Women Who Run with the Wolves, and aging as a woman in a patriarchal society.

My guest today is Ivy Hang, a queer, non-binary, Vietnamese femme, who, in their own words, is "navigating life one day at a time and working on self-love." Ivy has a unique perspective on gender and a nuanced approach to style that I really appreciated. They’ve worked hard to define for themselves what makes them feel good and what kinds of fashion and self expression are right for them. We talked about dark lipstick as a kind of spell, fashion as protection, and lingerie selfies as a tool for embodiment.

Ivy's dress is from I Do Declare.
They're inspired by the lingerie of Creepyyeha.
Their strawberry print jumpsuit is from Big Bud Press.
They would like to wear a Catherine D'Lish dressing gown.
You can follow Ivy on Instagram @sighsuponsighs.

If you want more fashion magick or to get my insights on tarot and astrology, you can follow me on Instagram at @littleritualstarot. I’m also on twitter @tobeyward. The intro and outro music is Song of Sweetness by Potential Gospel. The podcast art is by Juliann Gates. This episode was mastered by Matt Fox. If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review. Little Rituals will be back next month on the new moon.