Xandra the Witch | Time Academy
Musings on the magical nature of time + a call to reclaim true self-expression in the modern age 🌟 Xandra Sunglim Burns is a Writer, Witch, and Time Priestess who enjoys rollercoasters 🪄 xandrathewitch.com xandrathewitch.substack.com
Thu, April 24, 2025
I feel powerless, a visitor in a woman’s body
with magic,⭐️ X. This essay poured out of my pen in pretty much one go, born from days and hours of sleep and rest, honouring my soul-aching tiredness. With gratitude to Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey of The Nap Ministry , and to Simone Grace Seol for affirming rest and slowness as a foundation for truth-telling. With gratitude to my divine feminine teachers, Meg McDermott and Bria Melitta . I’m Xandra Sunglim Burns, the Witch, and artist of everyday life. This blog, The Priestess Diaries, is about reviving ancient ritual in modern times. It is also about discovering what a priestess is, does, and why I am one, because I am forever evolving my understanding of this mysterious wisdom! Lunar Logbook , my moon planner for creating your life while honouring nature’s cycles, is now available to order online . I live in Edinburgh, and my pronouns are she/they/he/witch/wizard. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Fri, April 04, 2025
Moon Projects for Magical Productivity
First Quarter Moon project setting ritual!🪄 Lunar Logbook: https://lunarlogbook.com 📸 Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/xandrathewitch/ 📝 Substack: https://xandrathewitch.substack.com/ 📹 TikTok: / http://tiktok.com/@xandrathewitch 🕸️ Website: http://xandrathewitch.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Fri, March 14, 2025
Moon Planning for Witches
How to live, plan, and create by the moon’s phases 🌙 I’m Xandra Sunglim Burns, the Witch, and artist of everyday life. This blog, The Priestess Diaries, is about reviving ancient ritual in modern times. Lunar Logbook , my moon planner for creating the magic story you wish to live, is now available to order online ! I live in Edinburgh, prefer the title Mx, and use all the pronouns. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Thu, March 13, 2025
More Harry Potter Theme Parks are Coming and I'm Concerned
As a theme park enthusiast, I wish I could be excited about Epic Universe and Universal Great Britain. But I can’t shake the fact that theme park licensing for HP is the largest source of [my former favourite author turned raging transphobe] JKR’s income. Is that the only reason I feel icky about these projects? In this video/episode I explore the balance between enjoying IP in theme parks with calling out fan exploitation. I made this for YouTube , then realised I can also post it here, hooray!📝 Substack: https://xandrathewitch.substack.com/ 📸 Instagram: / xandrathewitch 📹 TikTok: / xandrathewitch 🕸️ Website: http://xandrathewitch.com 🪄 Lunar Logbook: https://lunarlogbook.com Sources: * Forbes reports on JKR’s income * How to Fire JKR This is a public episode. If you'd like to
Wed, August 28, 2024
Three Daily Habits I Love Right Now
My self-development hobby has me podcasting about my favourite habits of the moment 😍. I love hearing examples of what daily practices others are focusing on. Here, I’ll go first: * Daily movement or rest - and how I’m organising my wellness YouTube playlists * Daily Correspondence (Half) Hour - and reducing messaging overwhelm * Mini cleaning ritual - for resetting my space and deep cleaning my home Apologies for the weird beeping sound in the audio :( It’s never happened before! Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Summer Glow Up List (Paint Nails Read Plato) * Life Lessons from Gossip Girl podcast This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Fri, August 16, 2024
Life Lessons From Gossip Girl
Every week I paint my nails and watch an episode of Gossip Girl . It’s like my church. Whatever episode I’m on, the themes are spot on to set me up for the week ahead. The timing is always uncanny. Watch the show and see what stands out to you: what inspires you? What disgusts you? Let your emotional reactions to the characters show you what to focus on in your own life. And if you’re inspired, join me in my rewatch! We’re jumping straight in to where I happen to be this week: Season 2 Episode 6: New Haven Can Wait This is the episode where they visit Yale, culminating with Serena and Blair’s show down and the dean’s reception. Life Lessons from Gossip Girl: Flip that chip on your shoulder. When you’re frustrated, who or what do you blame for holding you back? What’s in your control? What’s not ? How can your perceived setbacks be an advantage? Don’t be like Dan and blame it all on being from Brooklyn. Look at Nate, who pretends to be Dan, because anonymity is a privilege. How can you navigate your current situation with pride and authority? Nobody actually cares about how much effort you’re putting in. It’s an ugly truth, but think about it: you won’t get rewarded for trying. Dan and Blair mould themselves to fit the perceived formula. What’s the magic word that will please the Yale gatekeepers? Craft over Contrived Connection. Jenny focuses on bringing her artistic vision to life. Create the best fashion show, and others will follow your lead. Others might fire you, reject you, or stand in your way, but it doesn’t matter. When you’re creating in service to the vision - not just yourself but for everyone who will enjoy it - the work will speak for itself. Invite people in to witness it, knowing that it’s irresistible. Get comfortable being yourself, and you won’t have to try so hard. Leaning on a persona or manipulating others to get your way is an exhausting method to keep up. But if you’re used to being authentic, you don’t have to try. You just have to show up, relax, and be present. Serena and Blair have the same privilege. Serena embraces her It Girl positioning, basking in the magnetism that comes with letting things be easy. Blair doesn’t leverage the privilege she has, trying to ‘earn’ her way where she doesn’t have to. She misses opportunities to connect in surprising ways. That fashion show that impressed the dean? Serena took credit, but it was Blair’s family’s event. Don’t worry about what Serena Van Der Woodsen is doing. What does Serena have that you wish you had? Use jealousy as a tool to inform what feels missing from your life. But if you’re too overwhelmed by envy to be curious, simply look away. xoxo, X This is a public episode. If you'd like to d
Wed, August 14, 2024
888 Lions Gate Portal Wisdom
I have something a little deeper and weirder today. If you are feeling the intensity of this moment in time, this message is for you. Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * My Fringe of Colour Response: Charlene Kaye: A Rockstar breaking generational moulds This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, August 07, 2024
🌒 Get Specific About Your Dreams
🌒 It’s a Waxing Crescent Moon today 7 August, 2024. This Monday, 12 August is the first quarter moon. This is a call to see the signs of positivity, affirmation, and magic on difficult days. Train your brain to respond in a way that serves you moving forward. It’s time to get specific about your dreams. I talk about the most common forms of resistance around wishing, and what to expect as your dreams come true. Mentioned in this episode: * The Source: Open Your Mind, Change Your Life by Dr Tara Swart * My blog post, The Spell is Working: the magic moth i met: ⬇️🌚 Share your New Moon wishes in the comments section 🌚⬇️ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, July 31, 2024
🌘 Retrogrades and Dishonest Encores
🌘 It’s a Waning Crescent Moon today, Wednesday 31 July, 2024. This Sunday 4 August at 12:12 BST is the New Moon in LEO! I’ll be honest - I’m recording back-to-back episodes. This leads to a reflection on how we view time in our creative and expressive lives. What rhythm feels best to you? What’s the balance between polish and authenticity? There are a couple retrogrades this week, so allow time for reflection. Retrogrades are not trying to rob you. They’re trying to help you. Own your process. Decide where you’re headed. Allow the retrogrades to reroute you in a way that ultimately aligns with your vision. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, July 24, 2024
🌖 What Do You Want MORE of?
🌖 It’s a Waning Gibbous Moon today, Wednesday 24 July 2024. This Sunday, 28 July is a last quarter moon. What do you want MORE of, in your daily life? Where are you making space for it? Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * My Summer Glow-Up List This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, July 17, 2024
🌔 Container Goals
🌔 It’s a Waxing Gibbous Moon today, Wednesday 17 July 2024. This Sunday, 21 July is the second Full Moon in Capricorn of the year. We’re talking about one of my favourite subjects: CONTAINERS! I bring up old school pencil storage pieces that they still sell at Staples , I have just learned! Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, July 10, 2024
🌒 Peace in Practice
🌓 It’s a Waxing Crescent Moon today, Wednesday 10 July 2024. This Saturday, 13 July is the First Quarter Moon. In this episode, I discuss WHERE to invite vision boards into your life, an expansive definition of ‘home’, and an update on my rollercoaster lock screen dreams. Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, July 03, 2024
🌘 Dark Moon Discomfort 😫
🌘 It’s a Waning Crescent (DARK!) Moon today, Wednesday 3 July 2024. This Friday, 5 July at 23:57 BST, is the New Moon in Cancer. No new plans just yet! Finish what you started or decide to let the steps go. Receive spaciousness, make room for grief of what didn’t go as planned. FEEL THE DISCOMFORT! Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, June 26, 2024
🌗 Receive the Results
🌔 It’s a Waning Gibbous Moon today, Wednesday 26 June 2024. This Friday, 28 June at 02:07 BST, is the Last Quarter Moon in Aries. Now is the time to believe in the plan you set, and allow this cycle to close. Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests X This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, June 19, 2024
🌕 Fun Club Challenge: Fun Every Day
🌔 It’s a Waxing Gibbous Moon today, Wednesday 19 June 2024. This Saturday, 22 June at 02:07 BST, is the Full Moon in Capricorn. Now is the time to block off some SPACE in your calendar. Practice Lunar Logoff, and reflect on how this cycle's strategy is going. Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * Follow the Fun Club Challenge on Tiktok: @xandrathewitch Xandra the Witch is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, June 12, 2024
🌓 What Will You See to Fruition?
🌓 It’s a Waxing Crescent Moon today, Wednesday 12 June 2024. This Friday, 14 June, is the first Quarter Moon. Now is the time to decide: What will you see to fruition this moon cycle? Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial X This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, June 05, 2024
🌑 Hello From My Blanket Island
🌑 It’s the Waning Crescent Dark Moon in Gemini today, Wednesday 5 June 2024. Tomorrow, 6 June, is the Gemini New Moon at 12:37pm BST. Take out a blank piece of paper and make bullet point stars. Fill this page with wishes! Thanks for bearing with the audio quality for an episode! I’ll experiment with another recording method next time I podcast from my garden. Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial snug and leaf This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, May 29, 2024
🌗 Decluttering as Shadow Work
🌗 It’s the Last Quarter moon in Aquarius today, Wednesday 29 May, 2024. Time to wrap up the final steps of the projects you set at the beginning of this moon cycle. Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * Coco’s Refine Your Devices course X This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, May 22, 2024
🌕 Money Can’t Buy You Time
🌕 It’s a Waxing Gibbous Moon today, 22 May, 2024. The Full Moon is tomorrow, 23 May at 13:52 BST. My advice: Channel Sagittarian visionaries like Taylor Swift and Jane Austen, and have a ball! Write the chapter of what’s going on in YOUR story right now. What’s the story? Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * Follow @xandrathewitch on TikTok for more Taylor Swift Readings * My Lunar Logbook planner will go to print soon! Subscribe to my newsletter for updates and follow @lunarlogbook on Instagram This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, May 15, 2024
🌓 Go Offline. Opportunities Won’t Pass You By.
🌓 It’s the First Quarter Moon today, 15 May, 2024. My advice: set your projects, choose your steps with certainty, and get to work! 💥📝✅ Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * My Lunar Logbook planner will go to print soon! Subscribe to my newsletter for updates and follow @lunarlogbook on Instagram So what’s the Super Secret Opportunity, Xandra? Well! I have been invited to perform a solo set of Taylor Swift cover songs at my local temple, the Hard Rock Cafe! (Did you know I LOVE the Hard Rock Cafe ?) I’ll be singing on Wednesday 6 June, the night before Taylor comes to town! =D 🎉 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, May 08, 2024
🌚 Find Clarity through the Mundane
It’s the New Moon in Taurus today, 8 May, 2024. My advice: bask in it, and take your time 🌲🌻🌱☀️ Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests Find Clarity through the Mundane * Don’t look for clarity. Do create ways to look more clearly. * Follow this simple, practical tip for creating a space in your mind to welcome epiphanies * Let me know how it goes! X This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, May 01, 2024
TIME ACADEMY: Your New Moon Soundtrack
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com Today is the Last Quarter Moon of this Aries New Moon cycle. Here’s a lesson on creating your own lunar soundtrack or theme song, to prepare for next week’s New Moon. Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests* Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial
Wed, April 24, 2024
Taylor Swift & Time: Tortured Poets Department First Impressions
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com Happy Tortured Poets Department release week! It’s a double podcast episode! Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests* Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * Leave a comment on xandrathewitch.substack.com with your thoughts on Taylor, time, and Tortured Poets 🪶 Show Notes: * Taylor’s introduction to The Tortured Poets Department on Instagram * Midnights lyric booklet* Taylor’s Time Person of the Year interview Part 1: Taylor Swift and Time: * The journey of discovering new art for the first time* Albums as a personal bookmark in time* Creating with new albums as inspiration* Operating on ‘Taylor time’ - measure time by the significant moments of your life rather than on traditional metrics of time alone* Reading into mentions of time in the liner notes for The Tortured Poets Department and Midnights* Honouring AND overriding the clock in Midnights Part 2: The Tortured Poets Department First Impression Favourites: * I’ve never shared this kind of reaction before!--> Listen on Substack
Wed, April 17, 2024
TIME ACADEMY: Should I charge for this?
Reader, are you ready for my most vulnerable episode yet?? Tbh, I almost didn’t publish this 😳. For, in this episode, I break the illusion of fearless leadership. I admit that I don’t have it all figured out . But here it is; I’m sharing it anyway, because I trust it will be relatable. I’m an Aries rising, it’s what I do. Boldly, I volunteer to bare my soul, to embarrass myself, to go first so it’s easier for the next person 👊🏼. TIME WILL TELL. In the future I suspect I’ll point back to this episode as evidence of my own progress in uncovering certainty. In the episode, I share my questioning over whether to make the Time Academy podcast series for Substack members only. Speaking it aloud, I found confidence in making episodes free by default, while reserving the the option to make some private. Substack members will ALWAYS get a new weekly episode, and everyone else will USUALLY get one, to be determined on a week-by-week basis. Most of all, I celebrate that time has told (is that an expression? Do we say that?) about my Priestess Diaries Substack blogposts. I feel good about the format and flow and pricing for the key to these intimate pages. Hooray! 🌷 So know that if you’re getting started, on your first big project or your fiftieth (or like, I, you’ve lost count), you are not alone in the wobbliness. You will find solidity in your venture (probably six months from when you started 😇), and one day, it will be so easy, you forget it was ever a thing to fret about. Cheers to the journey, and enjoy the show, X Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * Submit your Time Queries for future episode topic requests * Read The Priestess Diaries on Substack Should I charge for this? And other questions for you: * How does it feel to be a creator in such a noisy media landscape? * How do you view art and media differently when you pay for it? * If you are a creator yourself, how do you make decisions about charging for your work? What questions and uncertainties come up? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Wed, April 03, 2024
TIME ACADEMY: What To Do When You Have Too Much To Do
Welcome one and all to the TIME ACADEMY! Time Academy Student Centre ⏳ * Book a 1:1 Time Tutorial * Submit your Time Queries for future episodes :) What To Do When You Have Too Much To Do * Pause and plan. * Use the Magic Marker Checklist Method : Decide what you’re doing next (and what you’re NOT doing next) * Let people help you. Invest in support. ➡️ Research project: Notice when people offer to help you.* *psst… I JUST DID THIS by offering to answer your time queries ;) Show Notes * In this episode, I share a little success story about discovering my sense of self-expression online, and mention my manifesto, Why I Write This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Sat, November 26, 2022
Why I Disappear From Social Media Every Two Weeks
Why I Went Offline (Again) & a Leadership Challenge for YOU 🌟 Hot take: it is 100% possible to run a business - even an online business - and take quality time away from the screen. Even during a launch. In fact, I’m gonna do that, right now. One way I lead by example is by logging off social media for three days at the new moon and full moon. I schedule a newsletter to dispatch during this time, and retreat from the algorithm entirely. 🌚🌝✨ I challenge you to do this too: to take a break from social media OR, to follow your equivalent nudge, to question ‘the way things work’ in your industry, community, or area of interest. You can lead that shift. You can set a new pace, that honours the cycles of yourself, the seasons, the moon — and assert value in the necessity of retreating. 🌲 If you are ready to step into that leadership role, there are two ways I offer my guidance: 🪄 the SAGE SORCERER: Are you ready to expand and impact more people with your subtle gifts? End the year with your emergence and alignment as the brilliant magical soul you are. Explore your calling through 1:1 Voxer coaching from 1-31 December. DM me if you are the Sorcerer. 🎢 ROLLERCOASTERS & RITUALS RETREAT: Honour the pacing needs of your presence in life, by going very quickly (on the rollercoaster) + very slowly (in the queue, in anticipation, and in nature, at a remote glamping location in the English countryside). September 2023. Join the waitlist: xandrathewitch.com Explore more, and subscribe to my moon newsletter at xandrathewitch.com ✨ DM me your interest and Q’s — or email xandrathewitch@gmail.com 💌 ❤️ Xandra the witch, writer, and rock star priestess of the creative arts 🪄 xandrathewitch.com xandrathewitch@gmail.com @xandrathewitch on instagram and tiktok This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Sun, September 25, 2022
How I Use Passion Planner
I've been using Passion Planner for 8 years! How my planning strategy has evolved, how I use my planner now, and what I believe a planner is ACTUALLY for. Plus, a tangent rant on quantifying being a fan, and some deep thoughts on navigating the chaos and cyclical nature of life ❤️ Xandra the witch, writer, and rock star priestess, finding fulfilment, in sorcery and in peace 🪄 get 10% off your passion planner: XANDRAR737 lots of planner videos on youtube (xandra the witch) xandrathewitch.com xandrathewitch@gmail.com @xandrathewitch on instagram and tiktok
Wed, September 21, 2022
Life Lessons from Doctor Strange
10-min deep dive on my fave marvel character DOCTOR STRANGE 🤗💗 why he’s so depressed why he’s obsessed with Christine why he fs up the entire spider-man film and - AND - what we can learn from his mistakes 😊✨ ❤️ Xandra the witch, writer, and rock star priestess, finding fulfilment, in sorcery and in peace 🪄 xandrathewitch.com xandrathewitch@gmail.com @xandrathewitch on instagram and tiktok This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Sun, September 18, 2022
How I Got Into Oxford
The biggest leap of magical faith I took was committing to my dream to read English at Oxford. Here's the story of why that mattered so much to me, and the essential steps I took to get there. How I Got Into Oxford: I let myself want it I held confidence in this truth I asked for help I went big I insisted on enjoying myself I embodied the desired results ❤️ Xandra the witch, writer, and rock star priestess, dedicated to chasing big dreams & cheering you on in doing the same 💫 xandrathewitch.com xandrathewitch@gmail.com @xandrathewitch on instagram and tiktok This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
Sun, September 18, 2022
A New Kind of Podcast
Today, I thought, 'I should have a podcast'. So I started one. Without overthinking it. Without a theme song or artwork. My mission is to give voice to what I know, and to share my enthusiasm. So I made myself a new platform for doing that. If you're over-planning your next move, consider: do you really have to? ;) ❤️ Xandra the witch, writer, and rock star priestess, living boldly and inviting you to do the same. xandrathewitch.com xandrathewitch@gmail.com @xandrathewitch on instagram and tiktok This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit xandrathewitch.substack.com/subscribe
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