Book Review: Wyrd Sisters Deck Of Spells and Rituals 

Title: Wyrd Sisters: A Deck of Spells and Rituals
Author and Artist: Casey Zabala
Publisher: Weiser Books
Release Date: April 8, 2024
Pages: 60 Cards and 80-Page Guidebook

 

The deck and guidebook in this box make up a grimoire to inspire witches to make their own magic. There are cards with spells for things like sacred guidance and drawing down the moon, and cards using candles to create such energies as compassion and creativity. Other cards work with sigils and tools. Each has its own page in the guidebook giving insights, actions, and choices that are jumping off points for crafting personal rituals and spells.

What makes this oracle deck different is that it works with the Wyrd Sisters – ancient deities living at the base of the world tree who weave fate. Like the Norns of Norse mythology, there is the Spinner who represents the past and what came to be, the Weaver who speaks to what is unfolding in the present, and the One Who Cuts the Cord who shows what the future will become. 

When consulting the oracle, Zabala invites users to take their divination practice one step further by first connecting to universal cycles by selecting the sister who matches which phase of the cycle you are in. For example, my current situation was in need of direction, so I put down the Weaver. The card I drew from the deck was a candle spell for clearing. The book spoke of infusing a black candle with the burdens and baggage I wished to transform and then to burn it. On the eve of a dark moon and Mercury going into retrograde, it turned out to be just what I needed but had not have thought to do.

I like the guide because not every page gives precise instructions on what to do, but rather presents information and suggestions for ingredients and practices with which to work my own magic. Of course, the cards can also be drawn without incorporating one of the Wyrd Sisters and a sample four-card spread for doing that is provided.

The deck is hand-illustrated and cards are three-and-a-half inches by five-inches on sturdy stock with silver-gilded edges.

While beginners are able to use this deck, experienced witches will find it offers another way to approach their workings. 

 

About the Author:
Casey Zabala is an artist, tarot reader, practicing witch, intuitive mystic, and the founder of Modern Witches Confluence. She is the author and illustrator of the feminist “Wanderer’s Tarot” and its guidebook. With a master’s degree in philosophy, cosmology, and consciousness, Zabala believes that divination is a tool for personal empowerment and healing and hopes to empower others on their path of self-discovery. She is at home in the intersections of dreams, meadows, and used bookshops in Northern California. Visit her on social media: @wandererstarot. 

About the Reviewer:
All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and “just knew things.” In my maiden years, I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-full-moons magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, crystals, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. It was like coming home to myself. I have been in multiple covens, some virtual. As an eclectic solitary practitioner, I travel the country in a converted school bus and share magick with those I meet. Find me at https://thewitchonwheels.com/ and on Facebook.