Here, at the end of May
a wrap-up, a new CALL YOUR COVEN, + a way to send me snail mail!
I had a three-hour video hang with Meg Jones Wall yesterday that healed parts of my being, during which I shared that my current vibe is: doing a lot, but not having anything real to show for myself.
Now dearest reader, you may be thinking, isn’t bee going through chemotherapy for a rare form of Hodgkins lymphoma? Yes! You might also be thinking, isn’t her wife also going through chemotherapy for breast cancer? Also yes! (If you didn’t know, now you know! We love you!)
And yet, here we are. Yesterday, my bald head looked at my wife’s bald head and said, in earnest, “I really need to put some words on the page tomorrow.” To which she said, chuckling, “Okay, babe.”
What I mean is that Gremlin Mode May got me—especially after Saturn moved from the vast oceans of my Piscean 4H to the spitfires of my Mars-ruled 5H—and while I did start my junk journal, pull tarot cards for the first time since the new year, take a bath for the first time since last fall (stayed in it, but was not ready and will not repeat any time soon), and navigated some of life’s hardest and most painful circumstances with courage, grace, calm, and care, I did not finish the June 2025 newsletter I’d intended to send out today.
The good news is CALL YOUR COVEN’s got the early birds covered! JUNE 2025: THE OUTLAW TAKES THEIR PLACE is out now on all platforms! It’s a fucking banger, if I do say so myself, and also the only time my thinning Leonardo DiCaprio hair will grace your YouTube screen. Enjoy! xx
Earlier this week, I read a post on Instagram by Sarah Corbett of Rowan + Sage® that vulnerably names her current state of burn out and need to step back from her herbalism work.
“Herbs help but they don't fix a society hell bent on burning out neurodivergent & chronically ill people,” she wrote, and can I get an amen? (Amen!)
Her announcement wasn’t made lightly, and I respect the hell out of Sarah for naming another inconvenient truth: When artists, creators, healers, and teachers take a break, people unfollow, cancel their subscriptions, and otherwise withdraw support. Despite a creator’s often enormous library or catalogue of work, without the promise of shiny, new things, as Sarah observes, they seem to hold little value.
So here, at the end of May, a truly chaotic month of disruption, redirection, the messy middle, and Gemini gremlins, instead of beating myself up for what I didn’t finish, I’m going to pivot, park, and peek in the rearview. Spend some time with all of the things I/we did do in May. Celebrate our wins, and acknowledge our works-in-progress. Actually answer the reflection questions we’ve been avoiding all month. Breathe for a moment—here, now—before we move forward.
The internet moves quickly, but we don’t have to. We’ll deal with June in June.
Five Things My Friends Made in May
Tarot In Other Words: An Essential Anthology by Leading Queer Tarot Writers, edited by Cassandra Snow, came out at the beginning of the month! Have you snagged your copy yet? I did contribute an essay, and am therefore biased, but it also features the incredible work of Asali Earthwork,
, Maria the Arcane, , Junauda Petrus, Siri Vincent Plouff, Taylor Ursula, and Meg Jones Wall.Speaking of badass book releases - Charlie Claire Burgess’s latest just hit shelves! Queer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice is a vital, gorgeous, expansive work and I am chomping at the bit for my copy to arrive. However, I did have the honor of blurbing it, so I can say with pride and pleasure that it’s amazing!
My Call Your Coven co-host
and the brilliant just released a joint, 4-hour lecture called Creativity Through the Houses that walks through all 12 houses of the birth chart through the lens of a creative practice. I’m treating myself to it this weekend, and you should too!Speaking of podcast co-hosts, Meg Jones Wall is an incredibly prolific creator who is always making amazing things! May brought Cards of Courage, four weeks of journaling prompts, new spreads, and simple exercises, Rebel Hearts, a downloadable digital tarot spread collection that’s available for purchase or free with proof of pre-order of Tarot Spreads: How to Read Them, Create Them, and Revise Them (out July 7), plus the free, upcoming challenge Tarot and Tropes, twelve days of two-card tarot spreads inspired by twelve different romance tropes! I can’t wait to participate on Instagram and Tumblr!
A new friend and fellow Landscaper, Lexi Mire released a new collection of handcrafted Daily Tarot Card Displays, felt wall hangings intentionally designed to display tarot, oracle and affirmation cards. They’re so incredible and unique and of course the ones I love the most are sold out. But have no fear, there are plenty of delicious options to choose from!
MAY ON SITS 🥣
Two free articles were published in May! (Three, if you include this one.)
Paid pals also received a Sunday serving of Food for Thought for Weeks #19-22, featuring memes from the ascetical algorithm, Mary Oliver excerpts, pulls from THE ORACLE OF REWILDING, and new thoughts on the numerological archetypes! And we had some great chats about yearly cycles in The Soup™ server!
The below questions are from the May newsletter! How many have you answered?
In what ways you are currently undergoing an alchemical transformation?
How have you grown or changed since the beginning of the year?
What bardo states are you still stuck in and cycling through?
What creative actions could you take to break free from whatever is binding you?
How could a particular artistic movement or practice offer your liberation some flair?
Five Things I Loved Making or Consuming in May
The half-edited YouTube vlog I made while my hair was falling out. It’s half harrowing health journey, half hat collection fashion show. I promise it’ll soon see a screen near you. It just needs some light editing! And for my next trick, I’ll tell you all about my treatments while I open mailed medical bills!
First Time Caller by B.K. Borison - This Sleepless In Seattle re-imagining is full of fun banter, swoony chemistry, and a spicy scene that actually made me sweat! It was so cozy and lovely, and the next book in the series—And Now, Back to You, a take on When Harry Met Sally—was just announced!
The zodiac moodboards I made for my trio of romance novels! If I ever mention being bored to anyone ever again, y’all have the right to call me out and point me back towards my Scrivener doc. But seriously, I love all of my pairings so freaking much, and one day I will release a list of all of the silly, little character traits and plot points I gleaned from memes!
Overcompensating from A24/Prime - Comedian Benito Skinner’s debut series is a delightful glimspe at millenials in college. At least I think? I’m truly not sure what timeline this show lives in except for the timeline of my 90s baby dreams!! Come for the opening montage set to Britney’s “Lucky,” and stay for the talking Megan Fox poster of everyone’s Jennifer’s Body-era teenage dream!
Two brand-new ways to reach me! If you’re still reading, you deserve a little treat. So please be the first to know that I have a) made a public tumblr for the first time in my whole life, and b) have a new P.O. Box! I’m so excited to use them both in different, but highly creative ways. And if you’ve been wanting to send anything my way—love letters, gifts, glitter bombs (kidding, please don’t treat the USPS like that!)—here’s your chance! I might just send you something back!
Rebecca/Bee
P.O. Box 207
Van Nuys, CA 91408