The Witches Are Watching

Explore your inner archetypes of the healthy masculine (Charley) vs. the toxic masculine (Jerry) in this tarot spread inspired by the 2011 film FRIGHT NIGHT. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches find a surprisingly hearty meal in the 2011 remake of FRIGHT NIGHT and delight in all that is David Tennant. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches brave their shadows to bring toxic patterns to light through this week's tarot spread. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches are back after a longer-than-intended hiatus, and this week we find ourselves deep in the horror of the toxic masculine's shadow in the wrenching film Promising Young Woman. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches embrace their strangeness in this excellent tarot spread crafted by Julia, and along the way discover a new interpretation for Three of Wands that blew Karen's mind.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches discuss the haunting, harrowing film LAMB (2021) and ask the question: Can domestication ever truly conquer wildness? The film answers: No. No, it can't. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches get personal with their inner Freddys and Nancys in this five card spread. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia and Karen talk teen fears, broad strokes shadow work, and keeping clearly cursed objects in one's basement (aka psyche). Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches welcome listeners new and old with an excerpt from our first episode in which we discuss ‘What is shadow work?' Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Gain insight and support from Lucy in the spread “I Wish Dianne Wiest Was My Mom.” Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches revisit one of their favorite teenage movies, THE LOST BOYS, and find more shadow work depth than they remembered on their first twenty-plus viewings back in the day. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches bring you two tarot spreads for our beloved film BEETLEJUICE and show just how versatile tarot can be. Witches' Hat Tip to: April Elliott Kent of bigskyastrology.com and Anna Bellissima of Needle and Hook. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

This week the Witches put down their Handbooks and accidentally-on-purpose summon the trickster lurking in every 1980s kid's shadow, then we find ourselves disturbed and confused in Iceland by the trailer for the new movie LAMB. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches brave the forest of our shadows in a spread inspired by The Witch. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches grab their brooms and their soapboxes to rail against the patriarchy in the movie and in real life. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches find validation in a NatGeo article about how horror helps us process trauma. We also dig up the bones of spiritual bypassing and ask the big existential question: why do you love horror? Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

In this classic horror comedy, the Witches find more than they bargained for and accidentally create an episode as long as the film itself.CW: trauma, eating disorders and self-harm.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia crafts a powerful tarot spread, and the cards don't mince words for either of the Witches. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches are surprised that a zombie movie can make them feel ALL THE FEELINGS. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches both get surprisingly uplifting readings from a tarot spread inspired by a pretty dark movie. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia and Karen talk therapy, inner children, predators, idealized selves, and Bluebeard. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia and Karen dive deep into the Major Arcana tarot archetypes in HANNIBAL. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches are back to talk more HANNIBAL with a deep dive into Hannigram, wendigos, the tragic awesomeness of Beverly, and accidentally uncovering Julia's deepest fear. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Magic abounds on the Super Blood Moon eclipse as Julia guides us through a tarot spread asking Big Questions with Big Answers. In our first double-feature, we read each other's cards back-to-back, giving you twice the tarot for your imaginary money.FYI, the Witches will take a brief break for a couple weeks (because Life), returning either June 18th or 25th with part two of our HANNIBAL shadow-fest. We promise it won't ALL be about Mads.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches feel all the feelings, and not just about Mads (gymnast) Mikkelsen. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia and Karen explore the sunken place and really wish we had a map. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

This week the red balloon is in the other hand as Karen reads Julia's cards in a spread inspired by the movies' themes and crafted by Julia. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia and Karen talk childhood shame, adult regret, and Mike's happily-ever-after. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia crafts a tarot spread to reveal how your childhood fears can lead to deep truths and unexpected rewards. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Julia reveals her secret love, Karen faces a childhood fear, and the Witches conclude that Pennywise isn't the scariest thing in the movie. Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Karen flies solo this week and shares two of her scariest, spookiest true stories.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

This week the Witches grab their big girl brooms and head into the basement. Ghosts? Demons? Old pipes? All of the above? You never know until you go down those dark, creaky stairs.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Join the Witches as Julia crafts a tarot spread inspired by the movie ALIEN and reads Karen's cards. Through this spread, you can discover what mission you're really on, what you need to blow out the airlock, and what Ripley would do in your shoes.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

Join the Witches on a shadow journey through the symbolism-drenched movie ALIEN. We explore themes of reproductive fear, the life cycles of psychological monsters, and how listening to your inner Ripley could be the key to defeating your own xenomorphs.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

What started as a minisode evolved into a full-blown episode analyzing the character of Gabriel and Tilda Swinton's mesmerizing performance (and career). The Witches discuss the danger of unintegrated shadows, how Gabriel can be used as a red flag for spotting the abusers in your own life, and just how amazing Tilda is.CW: This episode discusses trauma and abusive people.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com. We'd love to have you join our adventure.

The Witches insist that Djimon Hounsou's Papa Midnite didn't get nearly enough screen time in this amazing movie. (We could pretend it's strictly a philosophical interest in what hangs in the balance between “good” and “evil”…but we'd be lying.) We also talk asshole angels and rhapsodize over how Lucifer makes shadow integration look like a hell of a lot of fun.

In this original guided meditation, reach deep into your shadow to uncover a part of yourself lost long ago. If you're new to guided meditations, you may be surprised by how deeply transformative they can be. Same goes for anyone new to shadow work. If you have any hesitation about this or if you have a history of trauma, please speak with a therapist before beginning this work. This meditation is meant to supplement your therapy, not replace it. If you are cleared to do this, please give yourself space to feel whatever comes up. You never know what you'll uncover.

The Witches dive deep into this 1991 Oscar-winning smorgasbord of Jungian deliciousness. We discuss what Clarice can teach us about facing the things that haunt us most, the subversive charm of one of cinema's most notorious cannibals, and how Jack Crawford is actually kind of an asshole when you really think about it.

Cross the wicked pleasures of the horror genre with the spiritual path of witchcraft, and what do you get? The Witches Are Watching, a podcast that explores the shadowy depths – and sinister delights – of the psyche.Each week we'll focus on a horror film or series and have way too much fun discussing what it can teach us about shadow work, archetypes, and so much more. Join us as we dive into the depths of the mind and soul through our love of horror, the magic of storytelling, and the spiritual path of witchcraft.Find links to our social media and email online at thewitchesarewatching.com.We'd love to have you join our adventure.