By Katrina Rasbold
Witches have a different relationship with time than most people. We feel the tug of moons and seasons, yes — but also the strange elasticity of hours that stretch and contract depending on the work we’re doing. Time is not a straight line to us but a soft, breathing thing. It bends. It listens. It waits until we’re paying attention.
Magic teaches us that time is never just one thing.
Some things ripen.
Some things rot.
Some things are late on purpose.
Some things arrive early because you’re finally ready.
Most people move through life trying to wrestle time into submission with calendars, alarms, tight schedules, and productivity apps that promise to make every minute efficient, but Witches know that magic doesn’t flow on a digital clock or even an analog one. It moves in pulses, in cycles, in heartbeats, and in the subtle openings between moments. Often, the most important things happen just after you thought they should have… or long before you ever imagined they could.
If you’re frustrated with timing right now, breathe. Truly. Let your shoulders drop. Timing is one of the trickiest initiations a Witch encounters because it tests both your patience and your trust. When things don’t unfold on your preferred timeline, it’s easy to imagine you’ve done something wrong, missed a sign, or fallen behind. But Witches don’t “fall behind.” We simply move in rhythm with forces larger than the clock on the wall.
You’re not off your path and you’re not off your schedule. You’re just operating on Witch time.
Witch time is patient… until the moment it isn’t. It can lull you into stillness, asking you to rest, restore, and gather your ingredients, both literally or metaphorically, before the next phase and ten suddenly, without warning, the energy flips. The spell cracks open. The opportunity appears. The door you couldn’t even find last month swings wide as though it was always meant for you.
Witch time asks you to tune into these shifts.
It teaches you to notice when things feel sticky or slow, not as punishment, but as invitation. Slowness often means gestation. It means the roots are doing their unseen work. It means the spell is incubating in the dark, the way seeds dream underground before they sprout. In mundane life, this might look like delays, rescheduling, uncertainty, or the sense that nothing is moving. Witches know better because we understand the power of the unseen.
And when Witch time speeds up? That’s when you trust your instincts. That’s when you say yes to the nudge, the spark, the unexpected alignment that seems to come out of nowhere. Witch time accelerates when the energy is ripe, when your spirit is prepared, and when the path ahead needs you to move.
The unavoidable paradox is that Witches must be both patient and ready. We learn to soften into the waiting while keeping our tools sharpened. We learn to honor the slow magic without ignoring the sudden call to action.
So whatever timing you find yourself navigating right now, whether it is slow, fast, uncertain, or strangely perfect, remember this:
You’re not behind.
You’re not blocked.
You’re not lost.
You’re simply moving on Witch time and Witch time is sacred.
Everything is in its proper place and everything is right on time… you just can’t always see that it is until after the fact and trust me, it’s Witch O’clock somewhere.
Katrina Rasbold is a professional Witch, published author, priestess, and editor of Green Egg Magazine. She and her husband, Eric, are the creators of the CUSP spiritual path and owners of Crossroads Occult. You can reach her through www.katrinarasbold.com.
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