Friday the 13th | Freya | Valentine’s
Friday the 13th and Valentine’s landing so close together actually feels heavy - but in a really good way.
Friday the 13th is all about women, thirteen moons in a year, our bodies that move in cycles, our energies that rise and fall. After all, Friday is named after the Norse goddess Frigg, closely associated with the goddess Freyja, who understood that power comes and goes; it’s gentle, it pauses.
Freya wasn’t just love and beauty. She was desire, grief, rage, magic, and rest without trying to make any of it comfortable for other people. She knew that feminine power honours its own timing.
Then Saint Valentine comes along, and he tells us love should look a certain way. Being demure, giving, tending to your lover, making an effort, even when you’re knackered - Eff that, witches.
Real love is about choosing yourself, especially when your body is asking for you…


This resonated with me Raychel. I'm currently on sick leave and am worrying about the burden my absence is putting on others and am thinking I need to come up with a new plan but reading this (repeatedly if needed) will encourage me to quiet those thoughts.