Tomorrow, 20 March, is the astronomical equinox. The day and night will be equal and it is a celebration of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. There are magical events taking place from now onwards, and here's a list of online and in-person things to do. I generally list events in the UK, especially in or near London because that's where I live, but some are a bit further afield.
Now - 30 April; Tarot Then and Now exhibition. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Times: Mon-Sat 10.30am-6pm, Wednesdays until noon. Talks: Wednesday from 14.30pm. Free entry to exhibition, talks priced separately https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Now - 30 April; Tarot: Origins and Afterlives Exhibition. Venue: The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Free entry with prebooked timed tickets https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Now - 31 May; Hereafter Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 10.30am-5pm Mon-Fri. Free but book a ticket https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/
Now - 4 April; Dormitorium: The Film Décors of the Quay Brothers. Venue: Swedenborg Hall, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. Time: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri. Free https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/
Lunchtimes until 31 March: Lunchtime Meditation. Venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/
Every Wednesday and Friday; College of Psychic Studies - pop in to have a look around the lovely building. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co
Wednesday 19 - 21 March; The Witch's Journey. Online event. Tickets free. https://www.bruja.us/thewitchesjourney?
Wednesday 19 March; Magical Transmutations: Mutual Influences of Alchemical and Grimoire Imagery in Early Modern Manuscripts. Lecture by Sergei Zotov. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. 2:00PM. Tickets free. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Wednesday 19 March; College of Psychic Studies Guided Tour with Curator and Archivist Jacqui McIntosh. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday 19 March (and other dates); Tea with a medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm Cost £55 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Wednesday 19 March (and other days); The London Witches Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at: Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London SE1 9DF. Times: 4pm and 6pm. Tickets: £14.36. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/march-offer-london-witches-history-bankside-walking-tour-tickets-945086096957?
Wednesday 19 March; A Quest into the Akashic Records. Workshop with Vicky Sweetlove. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 5pm. Tickets: from £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday 19 March; Queer Tarot. Round table discussion regarding the current Warbug Institute exhibition. Venue: IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Time: 6pm. Tickets: free. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Wednesday 19 March (3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/
Wednesday, 19 March; Festival of Independent Creative Practice: Dancing with the Devil. Performance at Rose Bruford College, Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup DA15 9DF. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £2 – £10 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-of-independent-creative-practice-dancing-with-the-devil-tickets-1254495412549?
Wednesday, 19 March; Dark Fairytales and Creative Writing. Part of a series of workshops by Bernadette Russell via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Wednesday 19 March; The Intuitive and Psychic Self. Start of 6-part online course by Daniel Pitt via The College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets £190. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Wednesday, 19 March; Healing Circle: Spring Equinox. Venue: Kave cafe, 2 Hammersmith Broadway, London W6 7AL. Time: 7pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healing-circle-spring-equinox-tickets-1267809776169?
Wednesday 19 March (every Wednesday); Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Wednesday 19 March (Not the usual second Wednesday of the month). The Green Children of Woolpit. Talk by Deborah Hyde at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: The Duke of Greenwich, 91 Colomb St, SE10 9EZ. Time: 7:30pm. free but suggested donation: £4. https://sitp.online/sitp/greenwich
Wednesday 19 March; Glastonbury Goddess Temple Spring Equinox Ceremony online. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets (donation): £5. https://goddesstemple.co.uk/
Wednesday 19 March; Horror and Hilarity: The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol. Talk by Richard Hand on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday, 19 March; Witches Film Screening + Q and A with director Elizabeth Sankey. Venue: ArtHouse Crouch End, 159A Tottenham Lane London N8 9BT. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £9.92. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witches-film-screening-qa-with-director-elizabeth-sankey-tickets-1205321080799?
Wednesday, 19 March (every Wednesday); Tibetan Sound Bowl Meditation online with Spiritual Tiik. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £12.74. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627
Thursday 20 March; Stonehenge Spring Equinox Managed Open Access. English Heritage is allowing open access to the 5,000-year-old megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire from approximately 5.45am until 8.30am. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/
Thursday 20 March; Spring Equinox: Druid ceremony at Tower Hill. Start at The Ship, 3 Hart Street off Mark Lane, London, EC3R 7NB. Starts 10.45am. Free. https://www.meetup.com/saturday-morning-folklore-club/events/304538601/
Thursday 20 March; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk
Thursday 20 March; The Secret Life of Chocolate. Talk and signing by Marcos Patchett.. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events
Thursday, 20 March; Spring Equinox Sacred Circle. Venue: St Peter-in-the-Forest, 18 Woodford New Road, London E17 3PP. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £38.62 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-equinox-sacred-circle-tickets-1266418855889?
Thursday, 20 March; Pagan Revivals, Ancient and Modern. Lecture and Soirée with Robin Douglas Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10 per person. https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Thursday, 20 March; Spring Equinox Sound Bath and Yin Yoga: A Journey to Balance and Harmony. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/
Thursday 20 March; PF London Spring Equinox Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.30pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon
Thursday 20 March; Spring Equinox Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: Peckham Rye, London SE15. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834
Thursday, 20 March; MYth Premier Screening and Cocktail. Venue: art'otel London Hoxton, Powered by Radisson Hotels, 1-3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/myth-premier-screening-and-cocktail-tickets-1249562718729?
Friday 21 March; Drum Birthing Workshop with Lynn Gosney. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8.45am. Tickets £225/£250. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain
Friday 21 March (usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/
Friday 21 March; Atlantis Bookshop's 103rd Birthday Celebration. Pop in for a cup of tea and some cake. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/
Friday 21 March; Unlock the Mysteries of Tarot. Part of 6-week online course with rest less events. Time: 11.30am. Tickets £3.99 per lesson. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/unlock-the-mysteries-of-tarot-6-week-course/
Friday 21 March; Authentic Andean Shamanism with a Peruvian Curandero. Workshop with Dr Ruben Orellana and Michele Costa-Lukis. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Friday 21 March (1st and 3rd Friday each month); The Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?
Friday 21 March (every fortnight until July 25); Practice Reading Tarot. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/
Friday 21 March; Spring Equinox Drum Journey with Kate. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £30. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Friday 21 March; Tarot for Beginners. Part of online 8-week course by Rain McManus. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £160 for the entire course. https://www.facebook.com/events/1306653543902329/?
Friday 21 March; A Demonstration of Psychic and Mediumistic Powers with Daniel Pitt. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £27. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Friday 21 March; London Witches Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet Meet outside Farringdon tube Station, London EC1M 6BY, UK. Time: 7.50pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/
Saturday, 22 March; Magick, Art and Alchemy Conference 2025. Venue: Ryde Castle Hotel, 16 Esplanade, Ryde PO33 2ED. Starts 9am. Tickets from £40 early bird rate. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magick-art-alchemy-conference-2025-tickets-886296886847
Saturday 22 March; The Round Table and The Grail: Quest for the Sacred Chalice. Workshop with Mike Bais. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 10am-5pm. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 22 March; Undoing Stress in the Nervous System to Prepare for Spiritual Development. Workshop with Ann Mathie. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm-5pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 22 March; Drum Circle with Emma Hewitt of Salamay Tarot and Healing Arts. Venue: Forest Hill Friends Meeting House, 34 Sunderland Road, London SE23 2QA. Time: 2pm. Tickets £20. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-hewitt-salamay-tarot-healing-arts-38061527643
Saturday 22 March; Reading the Runes Workshops. Start of course online course by Laura Daligan. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £150 for the entire course, or pay by instalments. https://www.lauradaligan.com/
Saturday, 22 March; Spring Equinox Wise Woman Workshop with Mary Betteridge. Venue: Embody Wellness, 11 Saint George Wharf, London SW8 2LE. Time: 3pm. Tickets £38.62 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-equinox-wise-woman-workshop-mary-betteridge-tickets-1255554259589?
Saturday, 22 March; Wild Witchcraft Conference 25. Speakers include author Rachel Patterson and founder of Witchfest Merlyn Hern. Venue: Merchistoun Hall, Waterlooville, PO8 9LJ. Time: 10.30am-5pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/witchfest/1431506?
Saturday, 22 March; Witchcraft in the Modern World: 1900 to the present. Class with Ethan Doyle-White. Venue: City Lit, Keeley Street, London. Time: 10.30am-1pm. Tickets: £69/£55/£45. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/
Saturday, 22 March; Sacred Sweat Lodge for Spring Equinox. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: 11.30am. Tickets £30, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/
Saturday, 22 March; Tarot – Origins and Afterlives British Sign Language Tour. Venue: The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: noon. Tickets: free. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Saturday, 22 March; Spring Equinox at Coldrum Stones with Kent Gorsed. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow, West Maling, Kent. Time: noon. Free. https://www.facebook.com/kentgorsedd/
Saturday, 22 March; Candle Magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm. Cost: £22 per person. https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.
Saturday, 22 March; Free and open Gorsed of Caer Abiri Equinox ritual at Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire. Meet at the Red Lion pub from noon for druidic ceremony at 1.30pm. Offering of bread, mead, or Bardic performance always welcomed. Free event, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/groups/49080749624/
Saturday 22 March; Ostara Ritual. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/ostara-ritual-to-isis/
Saturday, 22 March; Paul McKenna on Power Manifesting via by Mind Body Spirit. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Street, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 3pm. Tickets from £50.64. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mind-body-spirit-6186126875
Saturday, 22 March; Spring Equinox Ceremony and Shamanic Journey by Indigo Earth. Venue: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, Southern Grove, London E3 4PX. Time: 5pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-equinox-ceremony-and-shamanic-journey-by-indigo-earth-tickets-1258841913049?
Saturday, 22 March; Woodland Earth Hour Ritual with Mani and London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Queen's Wood Road entrance to Queen's Wood, Highgate, London N6 5UU. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: Free. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/
Saturday, 22 March; Eostre Ritual By Cunning Folk. Venue: Dash The Henge Store, 348 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RW. Time: 7pm. Tickets free. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560
Saturday, 22 March; Saturday Gong Bath. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets from £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053
Sunday 23 March; Trance Mediumship: Training Day with Sarah Tyler-Walters. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday 23 March (and other times and dates); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 11am. Tickets: £35. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648
Sunday 23 March; Shamanic Group with Les Fuller. All welcome Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-3pm. Tickets: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/
Sunday 23 March; Druidic Ritual to celebrate Spring Equinox on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, at 12.30pm to prepare the site for the ritual at 1pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill
Sunday 23 March; Black Jaguar Medicine: Sister Otorongo and Soul Loss Retrieval Ceremony with Pixie P Carney. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 1pm-5pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Sunday 23 March (tbc); Anderida Gorsedd Imbolc open ritual. Venue: Long Man of Wilmington, Wilmington, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm, walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards, the Giants Rest pub. https://www.facebook.com/groups/227609495203/
Sunday 23 March; Storytelling Sunday: Haunted Dolls by Cunning Folk. Venue: Love Shack, 299 Cambridge Heath Road #Arch 298, London E2 9HA. Time: 2pm, Tickets £6.66. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560
Sunday, 23 March; Throne of Light: A Glorious Spring Equinox Celebration at Hackney Henge. Venue: Nature’s Throne, Capital Ring London E5. Time: 2pm, Tickets donations welcome. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/throne-of-light-a-glorious-spring-equinox-celebration-at-hackney-henge-tickets-1238572436499?
Sunday 23 March (usually second Sunday of the month); Celebrate the Spring Equinox with Ritual in the Tower (Luna Iter). In-person ritual in Hackney, East London for members of the group, guests and seekers on the path. Meet at the Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Rd, London, from 4.30pm, moving on to a historic site to start the ritual at 6pm. Entry: £8. https://www.hildegardmaier.co.uk/luna-iter or https://www.facebook.com/groups/1230392930656154
Sunday 23 March; Morris. Max Reeves' Book Launch and a Day of Dance to Celebrate, before the Crossbones Vigil. Venue: Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 3pm. Free, just turn up
Sunday 23 March (every Sunday); Mindfulness Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk
Sunday 23 March; Crossbones Vigil to honour the outcast dead of Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 6.45pm for 7pm. Free, just turn up http://crossbones.org.uk
Sunday 23 March; Ostara Pagan Ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk
Sunday 23 March; The Maternal Body in the Early Modern Age. Talk by Olivia Langford on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
For activities after these dates please visit my events page.
Please note that I am not responsible for the content of events other than my own talks and workshops. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com I earn commission from some links.
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