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. 

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. 

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.